I worried that a bad reaction from Mola might startle her back underground where I would have no chance of finding her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had no trouble finding enough pine boughs to make a new bed. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week ago, Harry would have said finding a partner for a dance would be a cinch compared to taking on a Hungarian Horntail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the time she touched down on the Island forty-eight hours after finding the Baggy, we were all addicts, fallen women with married lovers and illegitimate babies on the way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“What’s to prevent any Negro from going where he pleases in this country and finding what he wants?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In the privacy of her mind, Koffi faintly wondered where they were heading, whether their new direction would get them any closer to finding the Shetani or send them back to where they’d started. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After seven empty villages, they had all come to dread finding Craster's as dead and desolate as the rest, but it seemed they would be spared that. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He and I had a good time finding limbs that were twisted and bent by the wind, the sun, and the ice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Geak—I have the hardest time finding words to say to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This finding alone would have ensured Hubble’s reputation, but he now turned to the question of working out just how much vaster the universe was, and made an even more striking discovery. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once, finding the back door unlocked, he slept in a kitchen. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would spend my Saturdays and Sundays finding all of the people named Black and learning what they knew about the key in the vase in Dad’s closet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you remember finding any strange-looking flowers while you were in Iraq?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I thought about what Hesda had said, about how hard it was to yield, and I figured maybe my mom was finding that out. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I expect I’m better at finding things out than you are, dear. Tell me, what did you think of me before that day I gave you the note?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure what would be worse when they reached it: finding Sigurd and fighting him, or finding nothing at all. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Alba examined it carefully, finding no resemblance to the image of her dreams. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie back, listening to the soaps, and after a little I try finding it again, and my stupid radio will pick up every Chicago station except the one carrying the football game. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

To finding out his charmed life is nearing its end. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Everything would depend on what ancient findings we had accidentally been told about, and how accurate the account was. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought back to finding that photo of my family in Uncle Chester's trunk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

First, we realized that finding the Toy Tinker’s truck, which had seemed like such an enormous stroke of luck, had in fact led us into the very trap we should have avoided. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The main challenge lay in finding an entity to endow. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want her in Mom’s room, either, but he decided to ignore that and focus on finding Rocket. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had laughed, finding it strange that she knew nothing of the process. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Musical surrealism and attempts at finding what the future of sound might be ran, somewhat surprisingly, alongside another avenue being explored by classical composers in the 1920s: rummaging around in music’s attic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Despite her tireless work finding homes for abandoned babies, Xan had a deep loathing for difficult things. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The job of finding bodies was so gruesome it caused grown men to scream out loud. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I returned to the clearing, I imagined finding him there on my tarp, lying back with one foot in one hand, the position he so loved; but it was empty. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on, now,” she said, looking around, and he darted inside the breast, finding a fur-lined pocket where he could sit securely. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had no trouble finding the bookstore, but it wasn’t what I was looking for. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

I biked down to the big machine shop, finding the three-footer laid out on a black cloth on a table in the rear of the facility. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boys hurry to the Hammer Deich station and report their findings. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Would she be strong enough to help them, to ease their pain, to aid them in finding their eternal rest? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Everything’s dated,” Levant pointed out, finding a place for a lantern. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Axel reports today’s findings and then lets his friend rest, finds his dad outside watching the trucks with the logs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Every writer faces the challenge of finding a superlative in the English word-hoard that has not been inflated by hyperbole and overuse. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Despite Taran’s disappointment at finding the Lord Gwydion dressed in a coarse jacket and mud-spattered boots, he followed the man with growing admiration. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Our chances will be better of finding an entrance to the Labyrinth. We have to make it back to camp before Luke and his army.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In California, Shin began giving God all the credit for his escape from Camp 14 and for his good fortune in finding a way out of North Korea and China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He wants to find a place to fix that tire, but he’s having trouble finding a garage that’s open. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Coke’s initial reaction to the Pepsi Challenge was to dispute its findings. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I think it’s a good thing about finding out how everybody laughs at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord hath given to Each his especial Gift & Work; & I reckon that when that mysterious Work is taken up, we finding it at long last, then do we most fulfill what we Need Be. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He closed the letter by drawing a map and giving detailed direc-tions for finding the trailer on Bullhead City’s Baseline Road. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick asked glumly, feeling for his mother’s pulse, and—perhaps all too quickly—finding it, strong as the pulse of an ox. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he and Startop arrived at the Blue Boar, fully expecting there to find me, or tidings of me; but, finding neither, went on to Miss Havisham’s, where they lost me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand no garage man who had seen him ever came forward--and perhaps he had an easier, surer way of finding out what he wanted to know. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I had maybe given up finding a good job in St. Louis so that I could continue my journey. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec powered on the device and pulled up the maps feature, finding the one that had the Berg’s voyages documented, all the fines converging in one spot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Though he was entirely self-taught, never learned Latin, and had scant understanding of Linnaean classifications, he was a prize plant collector, with an uncanny knack for finding and recognizing unknown species. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was more upset at not getting ice cream than they were about finding another you-know-what. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

I think of the littlest girl finding Dee, my old doll, in the closet. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Adding infinite things to each other seems to work out most of the time, so long as you are dealing with something in real life, like finding the volume of a barrel of wine. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This meant we had to keep finding new stores. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

This will mean finding another place to live, another church to join, new community clubs to keep me busy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I spend the first few minutes practicing without a knife, finding the right stance, learning the right arm motion. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I take a shuddering breath, finding the courage to ask a question I have often wondered but never dared voice aloud. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“How happy those children seem together!” observed Mr. March, finding it difficult to become absorbed in his Aristotle after the young couple had gone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished my rounds, finding nothing, and headed back toward the highway. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I told her everything, from finding Aunt Florentine’s head resting on the mound of marigolds, to the bees buzzing around her and Tidings running for the hearse. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We circled the churchyard carefully before finding an entrance route. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She talked about kids like Axel finding ways to help. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

C.P. was anxious about finding another job, but during a conversation with the owner of one of the stores on his route, he learned that a nearby service station was for sale. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of men who passed were irritated at not finding the beach just beyond the canal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Then it was just a matter of finding the perfect time to strike,” he said proudly, as if victory had been assured from the moment he decided to save us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Eolian was always my best bet for finding Denna, and as the weather worsened I found her there more and more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I specifically remember not telling her because I didn’t want her to say, once again, that finding out who this person was wasn’t important. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He landed a glancing blow on the man's cheek, before finding himself facedown in the dirt, his face being slammed into the mud, with the wind knocked out of him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What made you stay away so long?” she asked presently, finding it so pleasant to ask confidential questions and get delightful answers that she could not keep silent. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad talked about moving there, finding an apartment nearby. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ear, Eye and Arm had trouble finding a taxi that would take them to Dead Man’s Vlei after dark. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The little ones had a good chance of finding new parents. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

These two did not like to accept the advantage of armour, and, finding the satin cooler to wear, they were determined to be ordinary and brave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin and Park were unaware of Kim Yong’s escape, and they had no way to gauge the odds of getting out of Camp 14 or of finding safe passage to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Good luck finding them. What kind did you say they were?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I nodded, my fingers finding the bare skin of his forearms, tracing the muscles and overlying veins there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Hell, they could grab tents and camp, finding showers and food when and where they could. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In meetings on recruitment, I argued insistently—and I’m sure brazenly, in some people’s opinion—that the firm cast a wider net when it came to finding young talent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Start by finding a short, simple, fun or interesting pattern in the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Eagerly he set to the task of finding the correct answers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I told her how hard I had tried to find names for them and how strange it was finding them carved in the bark of a sycamore tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am already so tired I’m finding it difficult to stand on my own. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard enough of the tones through the door to be sure Adam was finding them tiresome. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every hotel had filled to capacity, even beyond capacity, with some managers finding themselves compelled to install cots in lobbies and halls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was a better chance of finding shelter along a field road, but also a better chance of running into troops. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I got there, all I could think about was finding a way to touch her hand or her arm without anybody seeing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But then I thought about going home again, or staying where I was, or hiding in the garden every night and Father finding me, and that made me feel even more frightened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Someplace close to a city,” Annabeth suggested, “in case we need supplies. But somewhere out of the way, so the Romans will have trouble finding us. Any ideas?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lazlo was always finding ways to slip off on his own, and his legs were always striped from the hazel switch that hung from a hook with his name on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was like a dance, a dance in the stink of sheep and the smell of newborn steam coming off the lambs and the sounds of them, mothers and lambs, finding one another and love. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The possibility of finding a match now seemed as distant as the sky above us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only hard part is finding someplace to put them. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The compass is for orienteering—finding your way with a map—and saves you a lot of time plotting your course. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could trace the route, ponder the findings, suggest new destinations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As for finding out where the ymbrynes are,” said the clown, “no problem. We’ll catch a wight and torture it out of him. Make him show us on the Map of Days.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, under current law, an actual conviction or finding of a formal violation is not necessary to trigger exclusion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Domishmen left the Great Pyramid an hour shy of sunset in case they took a wrong turn or had difficulty finding the purple lotus. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I was finding that they were very handy to have around. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My older brothers and sisters, meanwhile, began eating with their friends, or eating somewhere blocks away, in the hope of finding better food. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Animated by this belief, I paid particular attention to their policy statement and activities, with the idea of finding affinities rather than differences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

School had always been a safe haven for him, and he’d counted on finding someone there who could give him a better idea of what was going on. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He remembered what Hazel had said about finding a treasure that would help them with the quest, but he wasn’t sure what he was looking for. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Most black folks considered “finding myself’ a luxury. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huntsmen had retraced their steps halfway to Winterfell without finding any sign of where the Starks might have parted company with the direwolves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No hope of finding anything in this mess before I passed out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hana and Zeke have been hovering over Uriah’s body since we got here, their fingers finding his, their eyes searching for life. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Donna pulls me up the stairs and into her bedroom, where it’s a frenzy of finding the right outfit for my very new hair and my very new face. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Harry was finding the Great Hall very hot all of a sudden, even though the ceiling still looked cold and rainy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In 2001, he presented his findings at an annual meeting of the Psy- chonomic Society; it was the very first study to show the effects of talking on a cell phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Hartshorne and May began to look for patterns in the cheating, some of their findings were equally obvious. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working the bank up and down, and not finding the trail, she swam across the river and worked the other side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite what he’d just seen, Thomas didn’t know which he felt more strongly—curiosity to know what was inside, or dread at finding out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Lancelot,” said the King, finding him one afternoon in file rose garden, "you have been looking wretched lately. Is there anything the matter?" The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set it on the table and then shove my hands into my pockets to keep them from finding any more trouble. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Once he found three in fifteen days, but another time he went three years without finding any at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The jumper had landed funny, his body twisted around, and Kevin was finding it difficult to pull his shoes off. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The chances of finding another form of intelligence is not. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sadness falls off my mother a little bit each day, like peeling the ugly brown fuzz off a kiwi fruit and finding the sweet green goodness inside. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A successful quest for Olympic gold would require finding nine young men of exceptional strength, grace, endurance, and most of all mental toughness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The thing is, I think they’re on an upper floor. Camilla said something about carrying bags upstairs. There might be fire stairs, but I wouldn’t know how to go about finding them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was the beauty of the place and also the pleasure of finding things. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He says that a crucial aspect of breaking the bonds of addiction and finding inner peace owes to “a commitment to a higher power and spiritual awakening.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

So, I said, in a reflexively cynical response, I guess the key to finding the meaning of life is to stop taking out the garbage? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more talk of returning me to the coffeehouse or finding a different home for Nell. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming to the last page and finding it unremarkable, she looked at me for explanation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Qareeb’s hard work finding a manufacturer, there was a quick turnaround for our dress samples. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you keep finding them,” James said, looking up from Mysterious Messages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I spent most of my time focused on the critical task of finding food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But their procedure, as it turned out, actually had baked laboratory dust onto the targets, which accounted for the irregular findings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Being held hostage—suddenly finding yourself prisoner on a volatile inmate- run Death Row—could damage a person in fundamental ways. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By stealing and reading secret messages and by reading the decoded reports of agents and spy hunters, Washington was finding out what the British were going to do sometimes even before British troops knew. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reporter Joseph Chamberlin spent hours roaming the streets, often finding himself dodging showers of scorching sparks. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So what do a blackbird’s wails and warbles have to do with finding our way out of the library?” said Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was just a matter of finding the tunnel that led there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I know their hearts are set more on gold and profits than on finding lost colonists or saving souls. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That grin sent a wave of reassurance through Thomas, as if he were finding out the world was okay again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With all their cleverness they had never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It only added to their shame that they were able to reproduce the Joliots’ findings almost immediately with the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of finding a path, I immediately slammed into a tree and got a nice-size knot on my head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dad mumbled something about finding a phone to call the insurance company while Dr. Somerset started toward another family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By September, not only had I given up hope of ever hearing back from Harper & Row, I gave up on ever finding Constantine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Still concentrating on finding the cat, Angel didn’t see Jordan until it was too late. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also try all the apartment buildings listed, finding, at the two buildings where someone actually answers, that they want twelve-month leases. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she thought of David finding his parents on his own, Tally ran after him. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The problem was not finding something to bind it to; it was finding something to bind it with—twine, string, any kind of cord. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He kept finding new ways to betray her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Then they started running all that on TV about the Population Police, how the Population Police had ways of finding out everything, how they'd do anything to enforce the law.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The historian has to mediate between the past and the present, finding a language which will convey to present readers the beliefs and convictions of people who thought quite differently. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Shortly before sunset Herr Thiessen heads west, finding the circus easily as there is a large crowd assembled outside already. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps the disappointment, after finally arriving at Aunt Cilla’s house, and finding only Eunice there, whom they had never heard of. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling from King's finding to Dome by way of Braavos was scarcely the most direct of routes, but it was the safest... or so he hoped. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The real challenge was finding time to study. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In that brief time, he vaguely remembered opening his eyes and finding himself slung over a guard’s back. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was anxious that he might miss her visit, as though his dreams were a door she might even now be knocking on, and finding no one at home. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But usually when I'm finding black market objects for people, I begin with a physical description. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Kote sat in front of the fire and ate his meal mechanically, as if he were simply finding a place inside himself to keep the food. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Melanie had known that Marshall understood the importance of what she was saying and that he was trying awfully hard to believe that it was all more important than finding Security. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She kept our hopes of finding you alive,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I did not tell him about finding the treasure. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Others shall speak of its finding, for in that I played small part.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The animals were very fortunate in finding a good supply of water under the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Not finding them, she turned back in time to see a fox ripple like a ribbon as he pounced and sped off with the lemming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I go in, I shower in warm water and wash away the mortification of finding Michah with that girl. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sought her out, finding her in the kitchen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer was given the task of finding out whether the elaborate educational curriculum that had been devised for Sesame Street by its academic advisers was actually reaching the show’s viewers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to save you this. I thought you’d understand...” began Jo, finding it a great deal harder than she expected. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so despised that Americans broke new ground in finding imaginative ways to get around it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It should only be about finding the discipline and the courage to do the hard work. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She told Mrs. Sharpe about finding the third letter tucked neatly into the bushes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I can’t have Miss Duncan or any of the other instructors finding out about what I do with Jackson on the side, so this is what I’m reduced to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Reading the list would mean finding out whether my dream had come true, or whether it would just be another triumph for those who had no faith in me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting this thing off of Kaitlin, and I’m finding a way out of this place.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And precious time must be spent finding her a place to stay and precious money put out for her keep—more if she was to go to school. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He placed them in a pot of water to keep the bees from finding them again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm no closer to finding what I'm looking for. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was strange; only a few minutes had passed, but she was already finding it difficult to recall the details of the woman's face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I remembered searching through the wreckage of the giant bronze warrior she’d sacrificed her life to defeat, and not finding any sign of her. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She falters frequently, finding it difficult to articulate precisely what she means. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He said she became obsessed with finding another husband, and that it was awful and painful to watch. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But he’d never seen Frank look as terrified as he did now, finding the two of them passed out in the stables. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If that was the case, Maya wasn’t sure that she could stop herself from finding the guy and punching him again on behalf of Grace. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"A ship now, might have been wiser. No chance o' finding more men on the way, but still . . . clever man, he'd go by ship, but me . . . thirty years I been taking this kingsroad." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thornton was himself bruised and battered, and he went carefully over Buck’s body, when he had been brought around, finding three broken ribs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went all the way to the beginning of the reef without finding it Then I reversed my course, and walked in the other direction. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of her cane shudders as it knocks against the runnels, finding every storm drain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The material facts were that the knights of the Round Table set out in a body, soon after Pentecost, with the immediate object of finding the Holy Grail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I care about being grounded after finding out that Marcus’s alibi was true? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Like me, I assumed he was focusing all of his energy on finding the Second Gate before the Sixers did. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And some snakes weren’t venomous at all and spent their days eating crickets and mice and finding a nice sunny rock to lie on. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were taken off onto small snows and brigs, if that they could afford; and others, finding no route of escape upon the water, fled the town by land, praying for mercy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They knew I had no immediate means of finding out the truth, and they did not believe that I should go into the matter unless my suspicions were aroused against one particular person. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try and think of everything I know about finding water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted to yell, We love you! and Aren’t you proud of us for finding you? and Oh, Mom, I thought we’d never see you again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, the room became even more noisy with people shoving chairs, finding their books, and rushing toward the exit. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppet says, as though she is having difficulty finding the proper words to respond with. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Are you finding ‘pleasure in the pathless woods,’ as Lord Byron would say?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Just some old things of mine,” Melanie said, holding out her hand for the book, but April kept on turning the pages and finding more bunches of paper people. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would make his living during his travels by finding the local champion wherever he happened to be, and they would duel, and Inigo would disarm him and accept whatever they happened to bet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A cute underclassman actually stops me in the hall and asks if I need help finding my way. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That may not be a very scientific method for finding the east-west middle of the country, but it will do. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this, the goddess purred, because your mother was greedy and cursed you with the gift of finding riches. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Campion was expert at finding a night’s refuge in the open. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The journey had become automatic: the sleep by day, hidden in underbrush and trees; the finding of water; the careful division of scraps of food, augmented by what he could find in the fields. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot picture prim Oriana doing such a brutal, brave thing—pressing the point of her knife into flesh, finding the right spot and slicing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Science is the process for finding the explanations that no one else can give you. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He knew that these doubts and his revolutionary thoughts about transmutation and the creation of species would stand in his way of finding a wife. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes slid from one end of him to the other, up, down, and sideways, never finding purchase. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And to myself I said, No telling about finding a brand-new Pa who whistled Temptations songs and smelled like a Christmas tree. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

‘There’s not much point in finding a magic ring that lets you into other worlds if you’re afraid to look at them when you’ve got there.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she had kept Lancelot behind so as to be alone with him, and, finding that it was no good being alone with him, had reversed her decision—but we do not know the reason. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could begin with Minerva's mother telling her she was an outside child or maybe her just finding out, or maybe some kids telling her in a mean way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In short, the Department of Agriculture embarked on its program without even elementary investigation of what was already known about the chemical to be used — or if it investigated, it ignored the findings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

By that I mean not finding anything wrong with flirtations, a kiss, an embrace, an off-color joke. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Or were they looking for a practical tool for finding meaning in everyday life? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not at all,” said Luke, finding his voice, “it’s Saint Francis curing the lepers.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to harder physical work, secondary school students spent more time finding fault with themselves and one another. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In an hour the animals’ loop would be dark, and finding our way down the mountain would be much more dangerous. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the story Toad keeps finding buttons — big ones, little ones, square ones — but none of the buttons he finds is the right button. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

To a greater or lesser degree, most members of the reporting team performed similar feats of tedious investigation before finding characters who would personify the statistical trends. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And later, as she sat on the veranda waiting for him, she loathed herself for not finding better words. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They loved playing tag or card games with campaign staff during the quieter moments and made a point of finding an ice cream shop in every new place they went. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was the hands-on end of the struggle: placing babies with adoptive parents, finding work for the unemployed and medical help for the uninsured. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he and Ron were no closer to finding out what it was, or how it Petrified its victims. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There was a Baskin-Robbins on the block near Barack’s apartment, and we got ourselves two cones, taking them outside to eat, finding ourselves a spot on the curb. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Without Timothy’s eyes, I was finding that in my world, everything had to be veiy precise; an exact place for everything. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst story would’ve been never finding each other again, or never meeting in the first place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

At the end of a decade or more of intensive chemical control, entomologists were finding that problems they had considered solved a few years earlier had returned to plague them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nor was anyone from either of those two states willing to serve on the committee, which was instructed to report its findings to the full House before the end of the session. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Darwin now rushed to finish the monumental opus that he had originally intended to publish with all his findings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Henrietta’s husband and children were still patients at Hopkins, he said, so finding them wouldn’t be difficult. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Still, he was Hazel’s brother, and finding him was a conversation for another time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was like walking into the cockpit of an airplane and finding the pilot and co-pilot passed out drunk in their seats. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sitting alone in the dark, his leg aching, some mosquitos finding him again, he started crying. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am anxious, of course, about finding a legal guardian. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When I said this to Siobhan she said, “Well, we’re meant to be writing stories today, so why don’t you write about finding Wellington and going to the police station.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The archaeological community initially found it difficult to credit these findings, but one test after another confirmed both the early date of the structures and the pre-agricultural society of their builders. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to rely on Ms. G’s class to be my surrogate family, but I’m slowly finding out that it might not be a good idea because we may not be a family next year. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Relatives warned him that she was too old for him and that he was much better off finding an age-appropriate wife without the baggage of three children. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” I said, finding the low place that was Cape Coalwood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Safford raced downstairs and out into the crowd, but “finding it impossible to go further, as everyone acted crazy or mad,” he retreated. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But it might be hard finding a car with enough room to accommodate four kids and two adults. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like the benefit of finding out from Shelby stuff about the girls Max and I like, and being able to tell Shelby whatever she needs to know about any guy she likes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And he hasn’t mentioned finding me at the ghetto fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Strauss fired back furiously that his science advisors, Professors Lawrence and Teller, thought the assumptions underlying Rabi’s findings baseless. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

You might not think I could sleep upon finding out I was the Marked Girl. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“What are you finding?” came Grandma’s voice from below. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The truth, seldom mentioned but there for anyone to see, is that nature is not so easily molded and that the insects are finding ways to circumvent our chemical attacks on them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Just come round my house this summer! Anyway, maybe it only shows dead people. Shame about not finding Flamel, though. Have some bacon or something, why aren’t you eating anything?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I never thought that finding myself confined in a small space with a spotted hyena would be good news, but there you go. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d read a story in one of the old books in the attic about a bunch of kids finding a deserted pirate ship, and then a skeleton in one of the rooms. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, alarmed at finding herself alone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still scared me to think of anyone else finding out. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And once someone finds the capacity to tell the truth, finding the truth, and expressing it, becomes much easier. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nico and Hedge had no trouble finding their way back to camp. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And nothing was more galling to my uncle than finding me outside, sitting cross-legged on a grass mat, studying and writing my letters, which I copied from the Qur’an. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I swing down and report my findings to Beetee, who seems satisfied, even if I’m not terribly scientific. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then there’s just everyday tasks; Dr. Atchley got lost heading to his lunch talk and a phone came in handy in finding the correct steakhouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But with every good thing, like kisses while we wait to cross the street or our hands finding each other again after crowds split us up, I’m still rocked by this idea of everything ending. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Margot, pored through the thick brochure three times without finding anything to her liking and within her budget. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Shadow rolled over on the foam rubber, finding new places that hurt as he rolled, hoping that he had not woken fully and relieved to find sleep was enfolding him once more. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She launched herself up the cargo crates, scaling them like a nimble insect, her rubber-soled feet finding grips and footholds. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Coach Douglas went out of his way to get her father any support he needed, even finding the money to send the tennis team to a week-long camp in North Carolina a few years ago. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Really? Are you finding it as painful as I am, Henna?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The problem now isn't finding a place in which those jobs are in demand, because like you say . . . they are everywhere. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I get on with the business of finding a towel. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotle was also the midwife of rhetoric’s place in the liberal arts—making it an object of systematic study and finding a place for it in his system of thought. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I would report our findings to the corporal, and then the entire squad would attack the village we had spied on, killing everyone so that we would stay alive. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Learning and remembering things of the past and finding out about faraway places was interesting to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was already focused on finding that piece of skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He felt protective towards Hooper, and patient with him, now, since finding him in the stream. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Soon they would have the story of her death, of the reporters’ finding her bones in the furnace, of her head being cut off, of his running away during the excitement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm genuinely thinking of trying to re-create Foxface's trip up to the pyramid in hopes of finding a new means of destruction when my eyes light on the burlap bag of apples. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s really hard to be happy for someone finding romance when I’ve clearly just taken a loss in the same department, but it’s Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Plus, she’s been sewing banners, interviewing new judges, and finding sponsors for the pageant, which means she’s checked out of parenthood completely for a few months. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But the sentry—unless he could kill him—would raise the alarm at once and he could not be sure of finding the way to the river in the dark. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the ones that helped me come to mind, from finding strong mentors to being entrusted with responsibilities that forced me to get serious about my behavior. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Don stayed behind in Anacortes, lodging with family friends and eventually finding work in a lumber mill. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We spent the day wandering around the neighborhood, finding restaurants and cafes where we could eat for an affordable price. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Next couple of weeks I work on finding my lost traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘No!’ answered Frodo, coming back to himself out of darkness, and finding to his surprise that it was not dark, and that out of the window he could see the sunlit garden. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d done this several times before; I had become obsessed with finding a live tarantula. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Leslie was good at finding things for him,-and he liked the company as well. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Vivienne goes through my jewelry cabinet, finding nothing adequately matching her ghostly dress in her own. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lee Jordan was finding it difficult not to take sides. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He started, his hands advancing in the thick orange dusk like the hands of a blindfolded child, finding her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘One of Gaia’s giants, I think. Can you get that message to Thalia Grace? You’re better at finding people in dreams than I am. I need her advice.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I should have asked her for help with finding a safe place to stay. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now, however, he could tell that most wizards would not have said “So what?” upon finding out that one of their friends had a giantess for a mother. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After finding three that meet her specifications, she lifts the first and blows on it, saying, “Steed, rise and bear us where I command.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Your listeners aren’t finding their seats, putting down their forks, wrapping up a conversation, or whatever. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jim would never talk to any of the others, but I always did, finding out where the boy or girl who sat next to me was from. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It let me know I was close to finding what I’d come here looking for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The finding indicated that he had a blocked urinary tract. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t uttered a word to anyone about finding the boy with Maribel, but ever since it happened, I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about it, either. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m not here to judge you, Frankie,” I said shakily, finding my voice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What was the point of his finding Benton Sage’s journal? Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to assume that my frustration finding a job was because of my religion, my last name, or because I wore hijab, but I wasn’t naïve. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In Greece alone in the ancient world people were preoccupied with the visible; they were finding the satisfaction of their desires in what was actually in the world around them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around quickly; finding another ride home would be pretty impossible. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If you can distinguish between trees and a long open corridor through the trees you will have no trouble finding your way along the AT. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I had no problem finding multiple minor-league white team lineups from the same years. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She had some idea of the difficulties that peculiar squadron had in finding and keeping pilots. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Harry wished they wouldn’t, because he was trying to concentrate on finding his way to classes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The most horrifying part of my last year hadn’t been finding out I was pregnant, or getting kicked out of school. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I'm careful not to look any of them in the eye, afraid that I'll be finding myself staring at Officer Khan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Vespucci helpfully explained that he was writing about the finding of a new world ‘of which our forefathers made absolutely no mention’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All his life and all his studies were aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like finding out new things about music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was worried about finding it, since I’d never been there before, but I’m good at reading maps, and I didn’t have any trouble. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already we were losing the taste for freedom, already we were finding these walls secure. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was dark, and finding the insects was like trying to pick pepper off a black cloth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She did not recall him finding Needle, until he handed the sword back to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were also glimpses of his finding the game of football a difficult struggle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Shin, the biggest struggle remained finding enough to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We are one week gone from finding the handsaw. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"There is actually a certain value in not finding anything," he said. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Harry was finding it hard to think about the future at all; he felt as though his whole life had been leading up to, and would finish with, the first task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the Harvard volunteers were finding that their Boston experience was not turning into the exciting adventure many of them had envisioned. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Her main skills had been running and finding them places to hide. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered when my present-day back-home parents would give up on finding me alive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1975, near the time of Saigon’s final collapse, I received a long, disjointed letter in which Bowker described the problem of finding a meaningful use for his life after the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that same moment, many of our friends, relatives, and colleagues were finding their seats on the platform outside. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At work he has his usual frustrations, and he is having trouble finding a place to hold the exhibition of Vincent’s work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Maskelyne realized that the nub of the problem lay with finding a mountain of sufficiently regular shape to judge its mass. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He talked very slowly and sometimes had trouble finding the right word, and the first impression of him around that gay and courtly camp was that he was rather dull-witted and not much fun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of finding Lucera, Wick became drunk with the power of binding magic. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They pooled their findings and made a critical discovery. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as the right wall reached the end of its journey, its connecting rods finding their mark and entering without a glitch. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

More than 650,000 people are released from prison each year, and for many, finding a new home appears next to impossible, not just in the short term, but for the rest of their lives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every single time I’m frightened in here, I think that I’ve never been so scared; but always, always, I keep finding there’s another level of fear I had no concept of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

If finding fugitives doesn’t work out for me as a career, I might get into guardianship of billionaire children. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The most exciting part for me was finding the Allies themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mark looked up at the branches of the trees, finding a clear spot that revealed brilliant stars overhead. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Polly was finding the song more and more interesting because she thought she was beginning to see the connection between the music and the things that were happening. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The current best estimate for Earth’s weight is 5.9725 billion trillion metric tons, a difference of only about 1 percent from Cavendish’s finding. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Either from the agony of waiting as Tats meanders through her story, the agony of finding out that it had something to do with Farooq, or the agony of carrying around so much potential happiness. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It’s especially not easy to bury a body without your whole household finding out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wait until Mom stops grilling Sam about finding work. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Loitering on Earth potentially meant finding oneself abruptly classed as biologically unacceptable, a menace to the pristine heredity of the race. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wore pajamas for the first time, finding them uncomfortable in the beginning, but gradually growing used to them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course the ruins were very large; finding seven people in what had once been a city of millions was no simple matter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You might need help finding a truck,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He doled out a constant stream of advice and counsel, all the time recording his findings in thick red volumes entitled Genetic Studies of Genius. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you keep finding them,” James said, looking up from Mysterious Messages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Kira nodded and smoothed the robe again, finding the tragic toppling cities and the interspersed meadows of soft greens. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our most immediate problem was finding a place to live. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One final thing. Mr. Shelton here has requested that we call Dr. Lopez, the district superintendent, to advise her of our findings. With any luck, Jake will be going back to school tomorrow.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Why am I suddenly finding it difficult to swallow my food?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nasty creature was terrifying to think about, but he wondered why finding a dead one was such a big deal. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had no problem finding other people and other things to occupy him—men were always climbing the stairs asking for him, and he was happy to accompany them, leaving her alone. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mist in the Menagerie slowly dissipates as she searches the tent, finding nothing concealed within it but paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It can happen if it likes; a broken arm is better than a hole in the guts, and many a man would be thankful enough for such a chance of finding his home way again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex removed the man’s watch, then ransacked his pockets, finding nothing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

If true, that finding would suggest parallel evolution and multiregional origins of modern humans, rather than origins in a single Garden of Eden. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He went below in the darkness, drank two glasses of water to celebrate finding land, then went back up to the cockpit to sit and wait for dawn. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think this is Mother’s way of finding the good and praising it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hollin Havilliard, upon finding his porridge burnt, had beaten one of his servants so badly that there was no possibility of it being concealed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Is there no way of finding out where he has gone?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young Tristran Thorn, eight years old, did not attend, finding himself packed off to stay with extremely distant relations in a village a day's ride away. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We have different ways of talking to Tía Darma. His way is not very effective. But I can tell finding him is important to Marcus.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I should be upset, I guess, but I’m actually finding Olive to be a relief. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Bheki was the drinks man, always finding us booze and always coming up with an excuse to drink. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He then left home, joined the navy, and drifted through a long series of jobs without finding any real calling. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

To Jesse Beams he added, “We are finding so many things happening when we bombard nuclei that we are rather bewildered.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But she also felt as if the whole world had spun the wrong way and she was still finding her balance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And with ’em any hope of finding a big tuna. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned, his hands finding my waist, his lips finding mine like he’d been preparing himself for this moment. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

By July 1921, the justice of the peace had closed his inquiries, stating that Anna Brown’s death had come at “the hands of parties unknown”—the same finding as delivered in the Whitehorn inquest. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I can't risk someone coming around the corner and finding me here in tears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I took a bite, finding it as sweet and hot as any I'd ever had, and was overcome with such a surge of homesickness that I turned away to keep my control. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look sharp, Tom,” said Slughorn, turning around and finding him still present. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A blackbird dropped down onto a privet hedge and, finding no satisfactory foothold, flew away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My stomach grumbled, loud in the silent basement, reminding me that now that I was awake I should be finding it some food. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe you have, no,” said Lazlo, finding a place for his arms about her shoulders, wild windswept hair and wings and all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She looked a little troubled at finding a strange, anxious boy darkening her front porch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Once this controversy was put aside, members of the Free African Society patrolled the streets daily, rounding up the ill and finding shelter for homeless children. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The sickening, wet thunk of it finding a home. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Even finding such a thing is dirty; even concealing it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was more than fine with lying low—finding that computer station and punching in the code was more than enough responsibility for him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Minya,” she pleaded, “so long as no one’s died, there’s hope of finding some other way.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The findings befuddled many administrators, who insist that admissions officers have tried to give poorer applicants a leg up. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike the Middle East, where oil almost literally flowed out of a spigot, finding it here was getting harder and more expensive. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, finding out Marcus is a part of the story, it’s as if a little bit of him is still . . .” Barbara wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After finding his way to South Korea, An found work as a banker in Seoul and married a South Korean woman. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

After stopping by a few taverns at random and not finding her, I walked back to the University, not knowing if I should be worried or irritated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Dancing with the field hockey team. He has no trouble finding saddles,” I said, a little bitter. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

So as I sat in the living room that night, I took on the full responsibility of finding my parents’ killer—even if it turned out that the killer shared my DNA. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if that’s why I had a hard time finding work, or because things were slow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It soon became apparent however, that there was a demand for something more properly institutional, with a permanent headquarters, where people could gather to share and discuss new findings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

One learns of the pain of others by suffering one’s own pain, he would say, by turning inside oneself, by finding one’s own soul. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Upon first finding Beck in the tent, I was so shocked by his hideous condition—and by the unforgivable way that we’d let him down yet again-—I nearly broke into tears. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe within the next eight to ten months I should be moving out of Stateway and finding an apartment somewhere better. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I did use the word, waking up out of my sleep sudden and all and finding him at hand. I said I was sorry, but I soon shan’t be.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Emma, finding her so determined upon neglecting her music, had nothing more to say; and, after a moment’s pause, Mrs. Elton chose another subject. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

At any rate, it was worth finding out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I was tiny we would buy a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next two span my new cloak kept me warm on my occasional walks to Imre, where I was consistently un- successful in finding Denna. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As days turned into weeks and the likelihood of finding Father deteriorated, our situation became increasingly desperate. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

First, I wrote all about finding his alibi witness, and that Professor Thomas actually remembered him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I held on to my husband each time, my eyes finding the calm in his. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But what I especially liked was that its founders were focused less on parachuting Ivy Leaguers into urban communities and more on finding and cultivating talent that was already there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Was she on the verge of finding out? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t try to flatten another bird—that had been sheer luck, and besides, it wasn’t exactly pleasant finding shreds of bone and intestines in her soup. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then how is we finding the right bedroom?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have your friend Aech’s school records too. But he was smart enough to give a fake name and address when he enrolled. So finding him will take a bit longer.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was no nobleman, belonging to any aristocracy, no artisan belonging to any guild and finding refuge in it, sharing its life and language. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even if they wanted to share the particulars of the days toil, finding someone outside of Langley who understood what they were talking about would have been well nigh impossible. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Of crossing the desert, seeing those glittering domes with his own eyes, and finding out, at last, what happened to the Unseen City. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I become an expert at finding ways to avoid being alone with him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had left a message in my head, which I found, and then kept finding everywhere 1 went, which said that there was no transmission signal, that I was currently disconnected from feednet. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Round and round he went, night after day after night, tireless, searching ... for prey, for a way out, for his mother, his littermates, his pack . . . searching, searching, and never finding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Imagine finding out that there was someone else in the world who knew a secret that only you knew! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Kira said, finding it unbelievable that a father would do such a thing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had groped her way along, fingering the bark of trees, finding out on which side the moss grew the thickest, moving slowly from tree to tree. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What insane thing might I do, finding myself suddenly alone with him? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stealthily circled the entire building, finding no doors unlocked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The full scope of the dangerous interaction of chemicals is as yet little known, but disturbing findings now come regularly from scientific laboratories. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, a little like a phone call late at night from your sister, who isn’t all that interested in finding herself anymore. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He thought about just walking off, finding shelter without her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She's smarter than the Careers, actually finding a few useful items in the ashes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lawrence pried the necessary salary and staff approvals from Sproul, and committed himself personally to finding money to build Seaborg’s hot lab and reactor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I kept imagining what it would be like to be back with my public school friends, going wild at football homecoming games, joining clubs, and finding dates for prom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

About finding out that a proposal by Wilfrido to take over the restaurant’s lease had been submitted to the city. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For a while the two of them entertained themselves finding places on the globe, but eventually they’d had enough of it, and Sticky Washington had yet to appear. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He spun the lock a few times, pulled out some envelopes, and then, finding the one he was looking for, put everything back in the safe, and hid it once again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t going to end like I’d always thought it would, with some noble, worthy gunter finding the egg and winning the prize. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s out finding us food and looking for work,” I’d say. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were finding no common ground, and I was becoming convinced that the marriage was no longer tenable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant they were finding something to eat in the darkness, something that was flying into their webs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touched her hair again, smoothed her dress, opened and shut her mouth, grimacing with the effort of finding the right words. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay. We just want to keep playing and prove we’re really champions. Besides, I thought finding the missing books was supposed to be the twelfth game.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When no one came over, Maribel and I watched television, hours and hours of it, finding small comfort in its ability to numb, to keep us from losing our minds. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There are opportunities in every circumstance—even a circumstance as complex and troubling as the one around me...but as I take everything in, I’m finding it hard to see any opportunity whatsoever. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She tells me to speak to her about my adventures leading up to finding my mother instead. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly, very slowly, he inched the binoculars along the trees, probing among the lower-down rocks, finding nothing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we should find out how the experts decide whether or not the statue belongs to Michelangelo. That will be better than finding out about Michelangelo himself,” Jamie said. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to be doing something, finding out more about District 13 or helping in the cause to bring down the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then, finding that this position, by raising him above the heads of everyone else, made him a mark for every arrow from the Narnian bows, he decided to jump down again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The police did show you the pictures, and they were looking for your cooperation in finding a killer? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m kind of hoping to avoid finding out for as long as humanly possible. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Public Allies was all about promise—finding it, nurturing it, and putting it to use. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I know she’s been working crazy hard to finding something that would help, so I pull out my own spell book to cheer her up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Besides, maybe finding the lottery ticket on Papi’s birthday was a miracle. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Swedish film crew was eager to meet the challenge of finding Walter's trailer in the backwoods of South Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He knew Orr, and he knew there was not a chance in hell of finding out from him then why he had wanted big cheeks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He ached to do something truly important, like finding the secret of electricity, and, as his father watched, be rewarded for his achievement. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Was it simply fever, feeling without knowing, seeking without finding? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They’re finding us a place to live so when we get there, we will have a home. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“If me taking you and keeping you here and finding all the books and stuff. If it’s all some test from God. Well, you’d tell me. Wouldn’t you?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Freed from the barbers’ clutches, we began to wander about the crowd, finding friends, acquaintances. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I — I is finding it. . . finding it there, sir. . . .” she whispered, “there ... in the trees, sir. “You see, Amos?” said Mr. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Like the others in my condition, I was finding life too burdensome. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the thud of Finnick’s trident finding another mark and know his weapon is occupied. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We only severed the connection the spirit had upon Nathan. Right now, it is finding its way back to his uncle. It will be very angry.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe finding Ziggy will help fix things between us, because she cares about him, too. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mama said, walking out the back door and finding Ophie under the oak tree, tears streaming down her face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, desperate to keep exploring, and realizing she would never again have this opportunity, Maria pressed on, raising more species, checking her findings, sketching and recording every transformation in her study book. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had stridden through the deep woods with no thought of danger; he concentrated only on finding the pair that he had seen so close to death. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The main problem, Ernest concluded, was the difficulty of tracking fissionable material in the Soviet Union to ensure that it was not finding its way into weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve been so focused on finding my brother that I haven’t even given much thought to my magic and how it works. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I tell about giving the things to people who can use them, finding the right homes for them. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He’d watched the way she assessed the terms of their deal, probably finding a dozen loopholes to get herself out of it if things went wrong. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Alex felt a wave of guilt for finding a heartfelt discussion about saints to be so stupid. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t help finding these pictures funny—but still, as Burt caught the spirit and made amusing comments on the films, I was overcome with a sense of mischief. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I was visiting with him on the Wall, he mentioned how con- * cemed he was about finding a good man to take his place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Same way as you, I guess,” said Gregor, finding his voice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing Anorak's Almanac seemed to indicate was that a familiarity with Halliday’s various obsessions would be essential to finding the egg. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After a day of cleaving rock salt from the innards of the mountain, finding him standing there with six guards hadn’t improved her mood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This finding excited Louis Leakey more than any other. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy, don’t you stand there and say what Granny ought to do,” she blazed, finding her ground of accusation. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Rad Lab’s first report on its findings reached the Physical Review dated February 27—a crucial two days earlier than a letter from Lawrence’s Caltech rival, C. C. Lauritsen, documenting his own experiments. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She snapped back to attention, pulling herself upright, blinking, finding a smile out of nowhere. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Littering brings a $300 fine, even if you use it as a metaphor for finding yourself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As with most scientific revolutions, Rutherford’s new findings were not universally accepted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But maybe that's better than finding out he stopped caring about us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You have a way of finding photos of criminals online, don’t you?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I realized something: I would not leave Afghanistan without finding Sohrab. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“For almost ninety years I’ve walked among my kind, and yours ... all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren’t alive yet.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because of my friendships with Kotane, Ismail Meer, and Ruth First, and my observation of their own sacrifices, I was finding it more and more difficult to justify my prejudice against the party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled and rolled, and daydreamed about finding Marcus’s witness and being able to tell Mom that she was wrong. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They rigorously studied his opening, middle game, and endings—and filtered classified analyses of their findings to the top Soviet players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I set my plate down, glance at my manure-stained hands, wipe them on my pants, and, finding them no cleaner, dig into my food anyway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be finding a way to get out of this town for good. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She thought about Nathan opening the bedroom door the day she had visited her, and finding the body. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But here, finding themselves in an even more open place, they settled into a kind of static panic, like that which sometimes comes upon inexperienced climbers exposed on a sheer face. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their plan was to find jobs in Mexico, earn some money, then continue their travels toward South America, finding more work along the way. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She skimmed the posted reactions, finding an assortment of replies. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to go in. I’ll look myself. The point is finding Grandpa.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When the first orphans were found huddled near a blacksmith’s forge, Israel and two others were given the task of finding shelter, care, and support for them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It must have been a bitter disappointment for Gene Johnson, so disheartening that he was never able to bring himself to publish an account of the expedition and its findings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been easy finding it, with the city spread out like a three-dimensional map right underneath him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

To this was added even his own army, for while besieging Aquileia and finding the capture difficult, disgusted by his cruelty and fearing him less, seeing that Maximinus had many enemies, the soldiers murdered him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, it is usually preceded by a long gestation period in which all the hard work is done without finding the key to the solution to the problem. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we snuck around that whole first year, finding places to make out every chance we got, until later, when he told me he was gay. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The facts about Everest were established, and this involved a triple process of finding, making and decreeing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Large game was much harder to come by on the river, and finding food was a constant worry. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The way the Lackses remember it, his findings confirmed their worst fears. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She tells her about the dozen foster homes and the nose ring and the argument with Dina and finding out on the Internet that her mother’s in jail. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She would no longer have to worry about Kainene’s finding out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rumors had it that someone had ratted them out, and Takumi seemed intent on finding out who—intent enough, anyway, to shout about it with his mouth jam-packed with bufriedo. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Whenever he got close to finding the jar, his dad would put on this Mexican mask a neighbor bought him and he would throw Mateo onto the couch for an epic fight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I would say there were no more mushrooms left to find, except that Angelo was still finding them in spots I had just visited. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Satyrs were having trouble finding new demigods and bringing them to Half-Blood Hill because so many monsters were roaming the country. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And when I called Martha Vaughan to tell her about my findings, I underscored the limitations of what we could know for sure. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The incident revealed a pair of explorers still finding their way on the strange urban frontier. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The formula for finding the roots of a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is… The + sign gives us one root, while the – sign gives us the other. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was seeking herself and finding herself in just such sweet, half darkness which met her moods. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Heron must have known that Father didn’t want to talk about Sam, but he said, “Perhaps there’d be a way of finding out where he is.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about finding a place to study ancient theology.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It offered similar group activities, but children and teenagers still flocked to the Hitler Youth, finding its marches, rallies, and meetings irresistible. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Imani teases me, we sip on our warm drinks, Kasim keeps finding reasons to come to our table, we giggle some more, and the couple sitting next to us finally moves to another table. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Besides, finding Wick was her best clue for figuring out the rest of Lázaro’s riddle. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Into the doors and into the soft lights I go, silently, past the rows of puritanical benches straight and torturous, finding that to which I am assigned and bending my body to its agony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t never gonna forget you, Mexico,” he said as the driver swung open the doors and people started filing in and finding seats. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then June grabbed Taryn’s hand as well, while Drew mumbled something about finding his friends first. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“After finding out all this stuff at once.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And even if I knew what and where, I could never get beyond the visual of someone finding me—swinging—inches from the floor. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I be busy meanwhile reading my short history of England and finding out all about their perfidy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stood up and went to look at Lyra, finding her comfortable enough on the floor with a biscuit in her fist. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I always tried finding somewhere else to sleep, away from the sick, but it was almost impossible. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He made a complete search of the perimeter of the meadow, finding neither holes nor trails. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

After finding his book, we sit on a bench at the park down the street. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"You'll have no trouble finding a husband. Take care of that lovely skin, keep it out of the sun." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It's technically the truth, and right now it seems easier than explaining everything else, about me, and Bas, about how finding Mirjam feels like a task that will put order to the world. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sass seemed to take pleasure in finding someone who was worse off than she was, while I could not believe there was anyone more miserable than I was. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I need your help finding something," she says. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Together, they climbed the creaking stairs, stepping over broken and mildewed missing steps and finding their way around the holes and gaps in the floors to their room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she began to look boldly at people — she stared, even — finding that this brazenness made them look away. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tables filling up with girls who are chatting, smiling, finding a place because they know where to go. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They make it seem so easy, but for me, finding the good is sometimes hard and I worry that no matter how much good we find, there will always be more bad. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once out of my suit, I did some practice navigating, finding several stars and measuring the angle between them and the earth’s horizon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a difference between suppressing the publication of research findings and restricting the personal give-and-take among scientists that was indispensable for scientific progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Do you think there's a reward out for finding us?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our best chance for survival lay in finding somewhere the soldiers could not hurt us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

OPPOSITE: Maria made paintings like these in her study book to record her findings as she investigated. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He considers finding a couch to sleep on, but what if these demons from hell break out of their cages and murder each other during the night when he’s supposed to be watching them? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had reckoned, during the terrible night, on finding at least some of the tribe holding out against the horrors of the island in the safest place. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then comes the issue of finding a place to actually sit. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He watched them head off in another direction and considered finding a new position with his men. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a big fat zero,” Hal once pointed out, finding great significance to that. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I kept finding it on me days after, in my bed, in my clothes, under my nails. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

So he shook her hand, finding it firm and cool and soft. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, I’m scared about my dad coming back and finding out that I’m gone! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cops finding out where you live, knowing that you sell but unable to prove it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t last more than a few semesters at any of these schools, finding himself driving with regularity to Arizona, where the booze laws were looser, partying regularly. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had come here as a boy, finding his way with great difficulty. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The Activities Building was the site of club meetings and branch get- togethers, an end run around the embarrassment and difficulty of finding a venue in the town that would accommodate a racially mixed group. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As the waitress departs, Celia casts a long look around the room, scanning the crowd as though she is looking for someone but not finding a point to focus on. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

First she said she was Detective Inspector Pearce and was in charge of finding Salim. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after that, Gat started lending me his books and finding me at the tiny beach in the early evenings. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Lots of liberal white folks are looking for black friends. It’s almost as hard as finding an egg donor who is a tall blond eighteen-year-old at Harvard.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The task of finding fission neutrons was dumped in the lap of Alvarez, then a junior researcher still searching for a career-making project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The sharks, finding nothing, stopped knocking on the boat and eventually left. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It happened after Mom decided it was time for Maureen to develop a little self-sufficiency by moving out and finding a place of her own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cynthia traipsed around the cemetery, looking for giggles, finding none. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But rather than take Kappe's offer, the men had each taken inventory of their wardrobe and made exchanges, finding enough suitable clothing among themselves. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

That night, however, I put my ear to my bedroom wall in hopes of finding out what was going on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, finding myself dull, I have taken up the old disciplines I learned in Rotherer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a closer look, Dana. It’s too straight. It’s not a bone; it’s modern lumber. We’ve been finding pieces like it for a couple of weeks now.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I lay for a few minutes, finding patterns in the ceiling, then put on my shoes and run my fingers through my hair to flatten it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Arts for academic achievement: A compilation of evaluation findings from 2004-2006. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She was finding out what I knew, what I thought, and somewhere in that day, I realized with a kind of shock, or stunned belief, that we were actually “talking.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Beans seemed anxious at first, then frantic, as if not finding Farquar would condemn him to being nine forever. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tabitha was still in high school, and she was finding the same thing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A firefly buzzes around the room, finding him and not me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

More often than not, I found myself dropped in the middle of a swamp of dimly lit memories and unrestrained feelings with no map, no flashlight, and no easy way of finding the way out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not just about the perpetual problem of finding money but about the whole crew business. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods or both. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few days have passed since the thing with Q and me finding out what my cousins really do for money. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The secret to his success was finding the right balance. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bus attendant ties our luggage on the roof rack and we cram inside, finding corners and seat edges to perch on. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So if there was a spy here, good luck finding him, but it wasn’t my dad. All right?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to concentrate on dribbling and shooting, but I was filled with worry about how to stay loyal to Audrey while finding out Jenna’s secret. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

That is, everything about the Clovis phenomenon and its spread through the Americas corresponds to findings for other, unquestioned virgin-land colonizations in history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She cheered on these newly arrived fugitives, working herself, finding work for them, finding food for them, praying for them, sometimes begging for them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys didn’t need to worry any longer about finding the man who’d given them the camera. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The room erupted in laughter, and no one said anything else publicly about Gartler’s findings. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“This is against the rules,” the missionary said, finding a pen in his cart. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Maribel rose to her feet, like a filly finding her legs, and stretched. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The travelers lost no time in helping themselves to Medwyn’s provisions, or in finding the byre. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Such findings raise the possibility that scientists might be able to create a “package” of charcoal, nutrients, and microfauna that could be used to transform bad tropical soil into terra preta. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Last week I saw him chew out Mamá’s younger coworker for texting instead of finding something “useful” to do on her break, like tidying up the break room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that Mr. Bender is much more clever at finding information about Jenna Fox on the Net than I am. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I remember finding your second note about hallway down, on a Monday. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

One big idea behind finding your model was that when you did, you’d glimpse your future. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps notebooks full of symbols and glyphs, working through his old notes and finding new elements to consider. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

What chance did he have of walking around Brunswick and finding a house with a baby, and that baby would be Jupiter? Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The soldier shined the bluish light toward the chamber to the right, finding the massive shape of the Berg nestled there. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I took to the stairs and noticed right away that I was finding it a little difficult to breathe. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

This is an encouraging finding on two fronts. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Almost entirely by themselves for thousands of years, these two centers of civilization were so different that researchers today have difficulty finding a conceptual vocabulary that applies to both. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“And how' do you intend on getting all this? It’s hard finding a husband and a place. You don’t just add water.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He set his teeth and started to climb, finding the holds by touch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My parents and I focused on getting settled and finding work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I remember reading about Pythagoras around this time, and finding some of his ideas curiously appealing—wearing white garments, for instance, or abstaining from foods which have a soul. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wash was so busy finding ways to be with Naomi that he all but forgot the scheme to get money to improve the colored school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She loved finding bits of wood that she could smooth and connect and fashion into something else. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

All I could picture was Mom’s glum face after finding out about Dad’s pricey plane ticket, and Dad’s crushed expression when he’d admitted that he didn’t know when he could replace my broken phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was still crying furiously and finding it hard to breathe. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The next day the Oak Ridge directors gathered to hear his findings, but right before the meeting an army colonel warned Feynman not to discuss any secret information about how the atomic bomb might work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer lies in finding the right data, and the secret to finding the right data usually means finding the right person—which is more easily said than done. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We walk for three weeks, finding the occasional respite in the barns of sympathetic villagers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Liberals say the findings are evidence of the need for better early- education and antipoverty programs to try to redress an imbalance in opportunities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Duly warned, we can now turn to the archaeological findings. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you need help finding his button?” she asks. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

By coincidence the Coast Guard sent Dad his captain’s license on the same day that the fire investigators released their findings about the Coral Queen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was like finding yourself on a dead-end street, Lina thought. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think he knew that, somehow, finding our heritage was like finding a safe place from her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Shortly after that, she resigned from her job as a journalist, finding that “the duties of wife and mother were a profession in themselves.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We returned to base and I reported my squad’s findings to the lieutenant. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As the habit of killing grows — the resort to “eradicating” any creature that may annoy or inconvenience us — birds are more and more finding themselves a direct target of poisons rather than an incidental one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And then, if she won, she’d go about finding this evil. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maddie was not actually put to work at a Radar screen in one of the direction finding stations, though Maidsend did have one; she was still in the radio room. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the dark I sense a hand searching for me, finally finding my arm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It refuses to die or run cold, always finding its way back into Mary’s body But one night, surely, it has to succumb. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Boe hasn’t even been able to publish his findings in a scientific journal, because, he says, it’s just a bit too weird. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“But you know, I’d have to say finding out there was a Corporation compound right here on the island the whole time and we never knew it. I felt like such a doofus!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The little cottage was deep in a thicket of trees, but he had no trouble finding the place where Claire lived. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had been so intent on finding the cattle that he had forgotten all the events of the past days and past years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t only the sky that had been stolen that day, Lazlo learned, finding out, finally, the answer to the question that had haunted him since he was a little boy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Gaur believed in finding solutions rather than in spouting theory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been moments when Jimmy had chased him and Luke before, but they went miles in a different direction to keep him from finding the plane. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lafayette Baker became an instant celebrity for finding Lincoln’s killer. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin had been mean to me his whole life but I had come to see him in a different light since he had helped me by finding my rocket stuff. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The equation for finding how far it fell was S = ½at2, or sixteen times the square of the time it took to fall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I fretted about them, but I was embarrassed by them, too, and ashamed of myself for wearing pearls and living on Park Avenue while my parents were busy keeping warm and finding something to eat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I need your help finding a person," she says again, because I still haven't responded. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He could never hate people very long because he always ended up finding out something sad about them that he had to factor in. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Back on Earth, Mrs. Klugman, in the old days, did you also worry about finding yourself classified, ahem, as a special?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I grew up thinking of strategy as finding weaknesses and exploiting them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was like we couldn’t stop finding excuses to touch each other. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That phrase is now so familiar that it is easy to lose sight of how surprising Milgram’s findings were. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaped back up the stairs behind it, finding the only hiding spot in the room. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It seemed especially important now to keep him from finding where I stayed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I calculated the consequences of replying “Four Hundred Pound,” and finding them against me, went as near the answer as I could—which was somewhere about eightpence off. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Out in those fields, he used to talk about finding the mother lode, though: a mason jar of old money. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, fat kids have enough problems finding clothes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Call over to Miss Trotter’s,” Big Ma said, finding herself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

On another sat Nivea in her slip, head bowed, murmuring over a rosary as if she were finding fault with the beads that dangled between her knees. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"Rani and Viji Ma'am are taking a walk together. As for finding your grandparents, that's the greatest success story of my career." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t have come here without finding her first.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“We went in the usual way: together at first, in groups, then separating into pairs, and eventually finding ourselves alone as we followed tracks or sounds deeper into the forest.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Becca sifted through the papers until finding one with his picture, and stabbed his face with her finger. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the long run, Fenn says, the consequential finding of the new scholarship is not that many people died but that many people lived. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Suppose someone, finding the ketchup bottle, tried to reconstruct me from my notes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halting for a moment outside the door of the Director’s room, Bernard drew a deep breath and squared his shoulders, bracing himself to meet the dislike and disapproval which he was certain of finding within. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly they would not have wanted Gregor to starve to death, but perhaps they could not have endured finding out what he ate other than by hearsay. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then the sooner we’re rid of it, the sooner to rest,’ he said haltingly, finding no better words to say. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His grasp of physics enabled him to establish a theoretical foundation for almost any new experimental finding. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of demanding courtesy or finding another specialist, Wilson stopped going. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She told him about Granny’s wild search and about finding the box with its lid open and Poppy with paper in her mouth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t respond; I was too preoccupied with finding a safe route into the rally. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in a small room, chosen by the doctor, who had led them into it, down a narrow corridor, fumbling a little at first, but then finding his way. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

A chunk of rock crumbled in her hand, and she had trouble finding footholds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

All I cared about was finding the dining area. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s become so much me that finding it would be like finding me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The closest she’d got to Jason was finding a note he’d left for her under a bust of Diocletian in the basement. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She awoke trembling and terrified of finding him there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I am finding it difficult to discern between asleep and awake,” Tara says, tugging at her lace cuffs again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Because besides getting there and finding you, we didn’t have much of a plan. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had always had an uncanny knack for finding four-leaf clovers, and he loved to present them to her as small tokens of his affection. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the bitter cold weather Pa could not be sure of finding any wild game to shoot for meat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But finding them seemed to be a different story. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, like a taut bow finding release, he sprang to his feet, shaking loose from Bigger and turning to get away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as you were better, I needed to do more than just dream about finding a school where we could both study. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, I is so happy to be finding you all in one lump!’ he said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What must it be like to suddenly be swallowed by the earth, finding oneself nearly ten graves deep? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Since then, every evening, Mom and Grandma had fidgeted, going to the kitchen on the landing, finding something to do on the roof, unable to relax as they waited for Dad to come home. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon when Terryl was in the fourth grade, she remembers finding a cup of orange juice in the kitchen. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t really thought that they had any chance of finding one skinny kid in all that weather, on all that mountain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Lying in his parents’ house, in the middle of the night, she told him the whole story, about meeting Dimitri on a bus, finding his resume in the bin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had to share our findings and write reviews. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, at that' moment, the other bull lost interest in finding Annabeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Science is asking questions and finding answers and never, ever stopping. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Finch said wait a while till you got used to the idea, but we didn’t count on you finding out so quick and so wrong, Miss Scout.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I succeeded on my own in finding a master for myself in the person of Moishe the Beadle. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balancing the citadel was as simple as finding his footing on uneven ground. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But instead of finding sad and mournful people pondering all the ways that others annihilate themselves, Petey found the Rude boys lurking around the front of the cafe. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He says the hardest part of telling a story is finding the beginning. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately the Wizards’ Council to which he reported his findings were unconvinced, as he had arrived at the meeting wearing nothing but a toupee that on closer inspection proved to be a dead badger. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ten o'clock," she remarked, apparently finding the time on the ceiling. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

To cover his slip, he concentrated on finding a comfortable way to carry his leather bag that would leave his hands free. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The finding of Tool would bring more people down, waves of searchers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We ate, finding it difficult to believe we did so. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, as if finding words useless, and murmured: ‘I love him. He’s like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Up until yesterday when Samantha got involved, I never thought there was a real chance of finding him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He stood there and I forced myself to look at his eyes again, finding my grandfather gone, leaving only the searching calm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him that her findings were consistent with either shf or Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we’d agreed on an open communication plan. I don’t want to be finding out that you’re getting married in this way.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Tonight I am lying in my bed counting blessings, finding the good, and praising it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Steve’s smile seems more like a smirk, as if he’s reading my mind and finding not a speck of plumbing knowledge lodged within it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took several deep breaths, finding his chi as Butler had taught him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Even so they often despaired of getting their pony up, or indeed of finding a path for themselves, burdened as they were. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is exactly the reason why wherever people who are anything but white live in this world today, the white man’s governments are finding themselves in deeper and deeper trouble and peril. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone with unflinching courage, and I’m still working hard at even finding mine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like John and his group of Lost Boys, we went to bed hungry again, finding a place to lie down on the rocky red soil of Ethiopia to sleep. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am finding a way to know these answers right here, right now. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Though she had lived in the same house all her life, she still had trouble finding her way at night, when the darkness was complete. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that perhaps in his mind finding a Jew to blame for the rash of disappearances on Maxwell Street might be better for his department’s reputation than simply ignoring them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"And the Prince waking next morning and finding his birds flown!" said Peridan, clapping his hands. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

My inventive mother solved this problem by going to the mainland and finding a Crisfield piano tuner who could also give lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish you luck finding your justice in the Underworld.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought you wrote that poem after I was born, about finding love in quiet places.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The material will help guide educators in finding methods to incorporate music with other subjects in a way that is inherently beneficial to teachers and students rather than a hindrance. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"I don't guess I'll be finding that out. I'm only going for tea." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamed about coming home and finding the apartment empty, cleaned out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Abramov later claimed that he’d contacted several grandmasters but had made little progress in finding an opponent of the caliber that Fischer was insisting on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Prince constructed it in the hopes of someday finding something worthy, something as dangerous and fierce and powerful as he was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There's been talk of permanent placement in foster care, but it's not easy finding spots for older kids. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I can just see Dona Hita finding you, opening your covers, thinking she’ll discover a whole list of clients, and instead—Lord forbid!—snapping her eyes on the Nipples bomb. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother could be running late—she sometimes had problems with her car or not finding her way. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“No puppies. They don’t need help finding homes.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The wolves didn’t seem to have any trouble finding their way,” said Eilonwy. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of finding her observation comforting, I was offended. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I studied his strong, handsome face and knew he would have no trouble finding a lovely wife. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Today, scientists and artists can instantly record and share their findings using digital photography. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

These findings were replicated in every other state where studies about race and the death penalty took place. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ben started outlining plans for finding a date, but I was only half listening, because through the thickening mass of humanity crowding the hallway, I could see Margo Roth Spiegelman. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The writer is freed from the obligation of finding an auditor in public. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, while I do feel more integral to the trio as of late, I still can’t stop thinking about finding him and Jupiter in bed together? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The only difficulty was in finding something foxy enough to wear. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the whole town has bought into our project, and if you’re not cutting and gluing, you’re finding other ways to help. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had never understood the quarrel with malls, with the notion of finding exactly the same shops in all of them; she found malls quite comforting in their sameness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Good luck finding cities full of romance now. I hear they're all in ruins. But lots of people around here seem to be finding love." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I guess since finding out the trunk is real, and seeing inside of it, I’m a little nervous about all the things I don’t know. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Curiously exempt from the Reverend’s rules was Methuselah, in the same way Our Father was finding the Congolese people beyond his power. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the occupants had to say upon finding an unattached head rolling to a halt at their feet can only be imagined. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In contrast, Bobby—all seriousness—had to sit upright to reach the pieces, his elbows just finding their way to the top of the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When it became totally dark, I fumbled over knobs, twisting and pulling until I succeeded in finding the lights. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many young parents had trouble finding affordable child care. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He leans up and kisses the underside of his jaw, finding it rough from a full, fitful day without a shave. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I thought finding religion meant a body quit worrying about luck.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was only aware of the sense that I had been walking in a strange place, and of a feeling of disappointment when I awoke, at finding myself still in the valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’m capable of finding VanQuish too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He touched the spot, finding it still sticky. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She skimmed the posted reactions, finding an assortment of replies. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Expecting to be attacked at any moment, they scuttered and floundered through the undergrowth, finding here a doe and there one of their own rabbits and forcing them on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had proved that by finding Tormund where seasoned rangers of the Watch had failed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But finding a change of clothes—less than three hours after escaping the camp and before anyone could get a look at him—was an extraordinary stroke of luck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A cynic once said that the most difficult part of success is finding someone who is happy for you. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He began to say more, about going to a mosque, finding a mullah, a pair of witnesses, a quick nikka . A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It saddens me to think of her pain upon finding out she cannot return home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will’s did, too, and both children climbed down, finding themselves stiff and shaken after the continued jolting and tensing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The prosecution appealed Clary’s case to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed Judge Cahill in a unanimous opinion, finding that the case was not even close. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just once, though, after I’d been wandering aimlessly around his room for a while, I did ask him: “Tommy, are you glad Ruth completed before finding out everything we did in the end?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though forbidden, living contraband kept finding its way into cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was lightly aggressive; Guitar never opened his door to a knock anymore before finding out who it was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can see why the League would be interested in finding any particularly dangerous kids for their own.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“What about finding the ‘ultimate version’ up on the second-floor balcony?” asked Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We had worked through a network of secondary roads and had taken many roads that were blind, but had always, by backing up and finding another road, gotten closer to Udine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

After Mother berates me about finding a husband every other day, I have to sleep in a wedding cake. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He held up his staff in the hope of finding some marks or inscription that might help his choice; but nothing of the kind was to be seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So finding the headquarters was not the problem. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that atoms are composed of three kinds of elementary particles—protons, neutrons and electrons—is a comparatively recent finding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, a fairly consistent finding is that punitiveness and hostility almost always increase when people are primed—even subliminally—with images or verbal cues associated with African Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They all begin to move at once, finding someone across the circle and clasping hands with them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbled in his tunic pocket, finding the lump of wax, which was all that remained of his candle, with a dried copper leaf sticking to it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he made a big show of finding it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In two hours, less if everything went well, they’d be inside Port Authority, finding where they needed to go and getting ready for the bus ride to salvation. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then when I’m about a block away, throwing all dignity to the wind, I start checking the pockets of the jacket, finding nothing but a film canister, candy wrappers, a pen. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I loved reading and talking with the other students, finding out who they were and where they came from. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This would be like women finding out Jesus had had a twin sister who’d gotten half God’s genes but none of the glory. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will spend the whole day finding the perfect dis-guise to wear to the wrestling matches.... Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not finding out that people have noticed me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Early on, his fear was that Eric was troubled and anxious about not finding work. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Little was in constant fear of losing him and never finding him again. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, a study by the Vera Institute found that during the first month after release from prison, people consistently were more preoccupied with finding work than anything else. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I was,” she reported, finding a small smile. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was what this was all about— finding Ashley, the bald guy in the dark car, Bat Lady herself. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The root woman was assigned the job of finding out if what he said was true or not. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the living descendants of those Aborigines who survived the era of European colonization are now finding it difficult to succeed economically in white Australian society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had to focus on finding a way to pay for college. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And in obtaining it, he took shortcuts and broke some laws, leaving crumbs along the way in hopes of one day turning around and finding his way back to dignity. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The chances of finding the parrot struck me as fairly slim. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Desdemona, finding the scraps in the wash, thought they had to do with the new restaurant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She asked Mr. Yang to patch the plaster and took her time finding a new tenant, the right sort of tenant. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Let me know if you need some help finding anything," she said. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“And I should be extremely miserable,” he answered, suddenly finding himself in intense good humour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could have been the greatest moment in the partnership of Lawrence and Oppenheimer; the unveiling of earthshaking experimental findings with solid theoretical underpinnings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even in the darkness her hands had no trouble finding the loose brick, the one with the secret little empty space behind it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mostly he kept finding different ways of letting me know if everything didn’t work the way it was s’pose to, it wouldn’t be no one’s fault but my own. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The early radio system used by aviators to find their way when they couldn’t see the ground was called “radio direction finding.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Books and libraries provide a ready means for finding out what those answers are. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was also an ominous note to his findings, published in 1868. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They’re finding their own ways now, and finding truths other places than in you.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I imagine finding them sitting on the beanbag chair, reading my reply, or in the middle of writing back to me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Unless someone had moved them upon finding the body, there was no trace of them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s like knowing all the words to a song but still finding them beautiful and surprising. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

At first they moved cautiously, but before long they grew confident at finding no trace of any creature larger than a mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Don Luis’s warm smile soon melted my fear into awe at finding myself in his house, away from the unpleasant implications of a student face-to-face with the school principal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Worse, the article kept reminding the reader that finding your feminine side made you more of a man. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

These days they lived in terror of anyone finding out that Harry had spent most of the last two years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by an ever vigilant crowd of baboons, she could hardly be safer finding new hunting grounds. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he told of his parents disappearing and finding the butcher lying beneath the wall and of healing his head with yarrow. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I ’member the boy finding jus’ how fast he could go without causing Pap no distress, but at the same time trying to fly. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Finally Florent said, “Okay, maybe it’s best you go inside now. Your uncle will think you are clever for finding your way back so quickly.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The shock of finding himself school champion had worn off slightly now, and the fear of what was facing him had started to sink in. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She leapt into it, finding numerous examples she’d show on the screen during her talks, like the one where the husband led the wife around by a leash, she on all fours like a dog. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That very evening, Tommy and Ruth got back together again, and I remember Ruth finding me a few days later to thank me for “sorting it all out so well.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have trouble in finding my water bottle, to take a pull. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some time, neighbors kept finding bits and pieces of the boys. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They usually avoided Vigil talk although Kevin often had inside information about assignments and stuff and he often fed it to Danny in bits and pieces, finding it hard not to show off a bit. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We landed in Philadelphia and I rushed to the convention center, finding just enough time to change clothes and run through my speech twice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Over the next two decades, the Osage were forced to cede nearly a hundred million acres of their ancestral land, ultimately finding refuge in a 50-by-125-mile area in southeastern Kansas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Don't know what he was finding to do in there. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Code talkers were in such demand that recruiters were having a hard time finding enough qualified Navajos. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Filling up measures feels a little like finding equivalent fractions20 , too. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His first thought, as always, is of finding a way to spin the tragedy for his own personal gain. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m finding myself troubled by this set of new apprentices. More specifically the apprentices taken on by Honorable Scythe Faraday.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life, Neel, too, was finding it difficult to eat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then there were harebells, tiny lanterns, cream white and almost sinful looking, and these were so rare and magical that a child, finding one, felt singled out and special all day long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Guarding the girls’ privacy meant finding other ways to satiate the public’s curiosity about our family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if they were a little bit afraid of finding out whether there was any mysterious writing on the slip of paper that still hung, damply limp, from Thoth’s beak. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all flee, in hopes of finding some ground of security. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I imagined the sound of my hands punching off it, and the feel of my body lifting, spinning weightlessly through the air before surrendering to gravity, my feet finding the mat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We stayed in the mess and misery of the house only as long as we had to, trading our wet clothes for dry, finding our shoes, trying not to look at anything else. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

On Friday nights there were always only two things on my mind: getting the hell out of the house and finding the party. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The really significant findings were made when the investigators turned for comparison to a creek in a remote area about 30 miles from the nearest spraying for budworm control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I run and run, finding myself heading for the woods. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they broke out into the sunlight and for a while they were busy finding and devouring rood as they moved down the scar toward the platform and the meeting. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I want to remember, it is like looking into a bowl and finding the last grains of rice you did not finish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had left the others, not least because the stink of Jack Dandy’s cologne made finding anything subtler impossible. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t thought finding others somewhere on a new planet was even an option. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the airport garage we have no trouble finding a row of empty handicapped parking spaces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

During the rest of the drive home, I described in detail my Cat Fantastic findings proving my theory, and then the printer making them sizzle up in smoke. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was just a matter of finding it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

From that time on one could search for days among the orange groves without finding a single scale insect. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I prayed for help in finding a quarter I had lost on my way home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A map and some kind of direction finding will be vital for our escape. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The poor woman had lost her mind and soon afterward Trueba lost his patience, fed up with finding in his food the hairs she had torn from her head in her unending grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the hassle of finding holes for the keys Grandpa Sorenson gave her, in order to uncover extra keys that fit a locked journal, for that odd message? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

This site isn’t for selling old furniture or finding a plumber. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One surprising finding about mobility is that it is not higher in the United States than in Britain or France. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The very moment I put hammer to chisel with the intention of finding NoahandJude, my mind goes to the day Noah almost drowned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Impossible!” said Miss Wren, finally finding her voice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’d been so focused on getting to Grover and finding out what was wrong, I hadn’t considered that someone might question three kids sneaking into the school at night. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

You can imagine the effect that Hofstede’s findings had on people in the aviation industry. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But its scientific findings, its epic discoveries, its travelers’ tales, do return. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia endeavors to be as helpful as she can, which consists mainly of fetching cups of tea and finding new and creative ways to assure people that everything will be fine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, good luck finding him,” the man said savagely, throwing up his hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care about the money or finding a new apartment or his mom going back to school. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, without directions of any sort, the Baudelaire children set off for the city’s banking district in hopes of finding Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Kids weaved around, finding their parents and saying good night to their friends. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At this very moment, other hunters are probably hot on Zero's trail, reporting their findings to Hideo while I gape at my new wardrobe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Does this have anything to do with finding our way out of the library?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They strode down corridors, up flights of stairs, and around and around until she hadn’t the slightest chance of finding her way out again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tobias said that dealing with Erudite was more important than finding out the truth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The biologists therefore had no trouble finding areas for their study. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He looks down, and then out into the audience, and I can tell he is looking for the other Will and not finding him. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She knew it was wrong to hate her parents like this, but she was finding it very hard not to do so. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I vow to investigate and put my findings to good use. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Millions were still unemployed, doubtful about ever finding work again. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Compton described these findings later as “on the whole hopeful.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And he was finding that he had a man's thirst, to the raucous delight of the youths around him, who urged him on every time he drained a glass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was almost obsessed with finding an opportunity to perform her music on stage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler watched him covertly, finding it hard to believe that this man humming to himself and cutting sausage could be the same person who had stood behind the bar just minutes ago, dark-eyed and terrible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I near wiped it from my memory altogether, because I didn’t want to risk someone finding out I knew about Old Man Martin’s shack. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I remembered reaching out a hand to steady myself and finding the strong iron bands on a wagon’s wheel rusted away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He understood more than ever the passion the Gladers felt for finding their way out of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Hushpuppy had a knack for finding huge overturned logs or shallow caves or even abandoned shacks for them each day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam slid down behind me, finding just enough room between my back and the old log. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She moved around the house, onto the porch, down the streets, to the fruit stalls and the butchershop, like a restless ghost, finding peace nowhere and in nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had been alone I would have paid no heed to them, so concerned was I with finding some direction in the strange duststorm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He busies himself going through every compartment on the hovercraft, finding the liquor, and stowing it in his bag. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Eager, but not wanting to seem eager, I made a slow dance around Denna before finally finding some excuse to spend time with her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And Mama, all the way up in heaven, helped me along the way to finding home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He held out the prospect of becoming part of something larger than themselves, of finding in themselves something they did not yet know they possessed, of growing from boyhood to manhood. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Certain common ideas become inexpressible; other, previously undreamt-of ones spring to life, finding miraculous new articulation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This new generation of neuroscientists isn’t antitechnology, despite their cautionary findings. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In this uncomfortable position, he imagined returning to the house and finding it consumed by a violent column of orange flames, reaching skywards like a snapping, hissing monster. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It had frequently been criticized by defense lawyers for almost never finding serious mental disabilities that would prevent defendants from going to trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Over and over, he saw himself doing what he should have: rising from his sleeping bag, finding a rock, and hurling it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Our eyes have a way of finding each other no matter where we are in a room so we can give each other a look. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Last night I did some more research on finding dogs, and read about carrying treats. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Going down three times like this is just like waking up and finding yourself tied to a tree with someone saying, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the answer to this question begins with finding someone who did live among the drug dealers and managed to walk away with the secrets of their trade. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were a long time finding the cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

As if that would ever keep the Angel of Death from finding me, when over and over, he always did. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” said Spender, “I’ve been finding out things. What would you say if I said I’d found a Martian prowling around?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast my mom doesn’t say anything about finding extra clothes in our bags. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence camouflaged his frustration by ordering up a lab-wide effort to expand the Joliots’ findings beyond aluminum, magnesium, and boron to heavier elements. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He knew my brother, but that didn’t stop him from finding ways to torture me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She went to the door of the brightly lit saloon and opened it, finding the room empty. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that it might be difficult finding a single vine strand in a small sea of Snow Sand never bothered him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It made her laugh to think of maybe finding a flower Mr. Chris had never met. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was too wrapped up in finding a way to ease the pain and depression—in making myself feel happy, at least for a while. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy had remarkable luck in finding things—a gold charm, money, a little silken purse, a silver cross with red stones said to be rubies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The black marketer in me, I guess, seeking reassurance and finding value in the tangible world. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hurried over, finding all the needles steady. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I’d be happy to show you in. Would it be easier if you had a wheelchair? Then we wouldn’t have to worry about finding you a good seat.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He could see that she was beside herself with joy over finding a legitimate cause, a bona fide case history, a new movement. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were other things I should have told you, but I’m afraid of my people finding them out. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mei Ching could not have known, of course, that your mother and I, her new husband, had already returned to that same place in 1945 in hopes of finding both her family and her daughters. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grappling with the last steep incline, the final turns of the path, and finding yourself above it all. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A lot of men who got out of prison—whether they were truly guilty or not—had trouble finding jobs. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“But finding the egg is no longer my goal. Now, I have a new quest. A far more important one.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Remember Henry III and his difficulties in finding even a few pounds of sugar? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t even noticed the wall in her excitement at finding Robbie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“But if Mr. Guareschi is looking for his desk, he might have a hard time finding it.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lindane, according to medical findings, is stored in significant amounts in the brain and functioning liver tissue and may induce “profound and long lasting effects on the central nervous system.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Around midnight they had arrived at the mule barn, finding a rusty padlock on the back door, knocked loose with a whack from a hammer out of Roy Lee’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would have saved the world because it deserved to be saved, or maybe he wouldn’t have pressed it because he figured we’d only wind up finding some other way to annihilate ourselves. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The hope of finding his family had kept Kanei moving over the months. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry about anyone finding them. No one goes in there but me,” Ophie said, and it was true. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain to him how dangerous it was, particularly smoking, and even went to the trouble of finding a case history similar to his in a book by Sigmund Freud. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some economists consider the findings of the new studies murky; it cannot be definitively shown that mobility has fallen during the last generation, they say, only that it has not risen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The others don’t know I’ve got it. And now, you and I are going to have one more fling at finding that last ticket. How about it, eh? But you’ll have to help me.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure how Vitellius knew this, since Frank hadn’t told anyone except Hazel, but ghosts had ways of finding out secrets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Another hand up, forcing her limbs to cooperate, seeking a rhythm, but finding only an awkward syncopation that left her muscles trembling with every upward gain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I look down between the raft boards and imagine my always-wish, my fingers reaching through the perfect top of David’s head, finding the broken places in his brain, turning knobs or flipping switches. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lost her in the thick woods and they separated in order to double the chance of finding her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” he whispered, “you need to pay me back for wasting a ton of time in finding Anne of Green Gables.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

August grew still, holding a jar in her hand and looking into the distance like she’d gone in search of the answer and that finding it had been the bonus of the day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of the Negroes she’d known as a child—well-fed and happy slaves, with no worries about finding employment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, we were in a foreign country, and we needed help finding a place to stay for the night. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s just...it’s been a really eventful couple of months. Your mom, finding Grace and Joaquin. Maybe you want to wait until things settle down a bit before you go on another adventure.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Guy kept hiding and his son kept finding him as each time Guy made it easier for the boy. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

More surprising still was the finding that Hubble published in 1929: even the size of a galaxy’s red shift is not random, but is directly proportional to the galaxy’s distance from us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pim goes and sits in a corner with his constant companion, Dickens, in hopes of finding a bit of peace and quiet. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I was counting on finding Pax in a week, maybe ten days.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the morning I get up earlier than normal and walk around town with the Doorman and a street directory, finding each house. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Bailey unties the bows and slips out of the tent easily, finding himself in a winding path between tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jake found a rocky ledge, sat down, and jotted their findings in the small notebook he’d stuffed into his back pocket before leaving home. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

When I thought about it, finding the picture was not surprising; a great many farms, especially big ones, have their own gas pumps. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wish Nora was also excited about finding out who wrote the Hideout messages, but there’s nothing I can do about that. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can tell because I keep finding a whitish smear in my panties, and Mother predicted it would start soon. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The modern tourist industry, in the sense of people traveling en masse to a congenial spot and finding lots of diversions awaiting them when they got there, is essentially a White Mountains invention. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The tricky part will be finding the loose floorboard—if it’s still loose—and getting it lifted so we can see underneath it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I studied the front and back, not finding any markings. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

For a moment I was strolling again, finding childish comfort in its incongruous design. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had, and Lizzie slicked up the tree, her feet finding the branches easily. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I left the group, without finding out how I could make some money and get all the food I wanted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bits failed to stay, I looked for a place to hide the damage, but finding none, I simply ate it, bolting the pieces like a hungry dog. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mai liked that his idea of finding Willow was to come to her for help. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After finding my pool number and strip assignment, I looked at which women from which country I was slated to fence and tried not to psych myself out. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Alex makes a small sound in the back of his throat and turns over, finding Henry’s face soft and close, eyes only half-open. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you referring to the fact that you can’t walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He turns to his left and his right, finding only giddy patrons streaming past. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, finding his way back would be no trick. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He said, “So how are you doing over here? Are you finding your way?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had been vain enough to worry about coming across as too educated for the jobs I sought, but no one even seems interested in finding out how overqualified I am. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking for supernovae is mostly a matter of not finding them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The university had an interest in finding and nurturing promising “nontraditional” students, but it set very high standards as to who was sufficiently promising. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, six months later, I hadn’t even come close to finding him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I kept a journal on our explorations and made drawings to illustrate our findings. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The plants were always looking for new workers, so Generose had no problem finding a plant with an opening. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Because it's like I'm finding a lost sister or something ... like a reunion with an army buddy, an old Greek warrior. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peek in each window as we go down the hall, zigzagging like a pinball, finding Deckers with goggles in every room. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I bought Mom an antique silver cross, but finding a gift for Dad was harder; he always said he never needed anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every single time I’m frightened in here, I think that I’ve never been so scared; but always, always, I keep finding there’s another level of fear I had no concept of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“We just wanted to know if you had had time to think about it. We know this has been a busy month for you, what with finding Maya and Grace and getting to know them.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To trumpet his findings, Howard arranged for the Academy of Natural Sciences, in Philadelphia, to sponsor an international symposium on Early Man. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The archaeological findings are both scarce and opaque. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

George stared at the sign and thought about finding other girls like her while Mom and the principal chatted. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was finding it difficult to maintain the necessary concentration to keep my candle safe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she thought about it: What was more important to her—maybe finding a friend, or her hair? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was fortunate in finding him since I am a volunteer nurse at the hospital where he lies. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella helped her sit up, and, finding her own coat, wrapped it around the girl’s thin shoulders. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But finding that it was an invitation to further abuse, I had learned to refrain from tears, whatever the provocation. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in some almost miraculous way, his fingers were finding holds in the crevices, and he was now perhaps fifteen feet closer to the top, farther from death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We’d fretted about finding boys to be our official escorts, but Mamá had a lot of comadres and they had a lot of sons from which to choose. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

What drew headline attention, however, was the academy’s finding that even low-level radiation exposure carried potential genetic consequences. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Neither she, nor Dr. Gazzaley, believed their findings should be taken to mean that the simple act of playing a video game improves the brain, or, specifically, the attention networks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They know we are down here now and they’ve unleashed something, a pack of mutts probably, bent on finding me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His findings were as follows: That falling bodies acquire speed as they fall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That was when Mark’s hopes of ever finding his family had truly begun to fade. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize that we may be another hour or so just finding the dining room?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Four’s cold hand clamps around one of my hips, one of his fingers finding a strip of bare skin just under the hem of my T-shirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then she went over to the dresser and opened the top drawer, finding the wad of twenty-dollar bills that she knew would be there. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

An image of Aunt Gloria finding Salim dead in the cellar went through my head and a bad feeling went up my esophagus. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I've seemed indifferent to him earlier, I make up for it now, by finding him, nursing him back to health, going to the feast for the medicine, and being very free with my kisses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Because they were so far south, the sun shone around the clock, and the crew was resourceful in finding entertainment. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Fair enough,” he says, “but why were the Abnegation so concerned with finding the Divergent? It wasn’t to help Jeanine, was it?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart was so startled by finding that the owl could tell that he forgot his manners and came closer still. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A marten,” he said, finding the name for Pantalaimon, “a pine marten.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But a few, finding themselves in places with few or none of their natural enemies, look around with the hopeful incredulity of juvenile delinquents who discover the mall’s security cameras are broken—and wreak havoc. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You want to try finding your own seat?” he said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And then I could feel her long smooth fingers rubbing and searching under my chin, finding the spot that was my smooth-neck scar. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” said Malcolm, finding the sharpest knife in the drawer and pulling several sprout stalks across the table in the pale February sunlight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Zero and infinity made the simple acts of taking tangents and finding areas appear to be self-contradictory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Though we had little time to discuss it, since the Dean had to be at his office for an appointment, I promised to return and share my findings with him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her only hope of finding out more about her family. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The greatest challenge she faced was finding a course that didn’t duplicate Dr. Claytor’s meticulous tutelage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Having no success finding a home in the midst of the crowd, and with no tent for shelter, we settle under a tree at the edge of camp with a few other orphans. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve just got to focus on one thing: finding my ma. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why do you butt in when grown people are talking?” she demanded, finding her weapon at last. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where I come from, finding shelter is a problem the average teenager might confidently leave to his parents. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It made me start thinking about maybe finding my mom. Our mom.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

No one had lost a penny or a brooch under the cushions of either sofa and remembered the place and time of the loss or the finding. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble would be finding a way to eavesdrop on his office. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He even managed to minimize the inconvenience, finding a class ten minutes from his country house. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I read and reread, finding out more about this place I would have to make myself think of as my home. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he did not abandon hope of finding some way to budge the North Vietnamese. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to his feet and took a few trembling steps back for a better view, finding it hard to believe what his eyes were seeing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She loved finding things out, and she loved running. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What they were doing was real exploration, real thinking—not just finding out about what a bunch of dead, famous grown-ups believed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The question of finding Rosy a job elsewhere had been brought to his boss, Randall, but the best to be hoped for would be a new position starting a year hence. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Read it right about the same time I was here in this garage finding my old handsaw. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Since the Viking biology experiments were strongly oriented toward organisms that are comfortable in liquid water, some scientists held that the chance of Viking finding life would be substantially improved in Cydonia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, keep your parents from finding out?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Even in the second year after DDT enters a stream, a foraging salmon parr would have trouble finding anything more than an occasional small stonefly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we could rent the spaces, but then we’d have to worry about finding businesses and what kind of businesses should be allowed to rent here.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sprint back down the tunnel, finding the open spaces between people and pushing my way through if there are none. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was actually pretty good at finding ways to turn the vegetarian ground beef, beets, feta cheese, and apricots into something edible. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the one place a body could count on finding both the living and the dead in the evenings was the theater. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And probably guessing Tommy was in danger of getting stick from the others, she went too far the other way, actually finding things to praise, pointing them out to the class. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One in four working Americans—ten million people—had no job and no prospects of finding one, and only a quarter of them were receiving any kind of relief. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Surprising—in all of my nightmares about them finding out the truth, I had pictured Chubs taking it the worst. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You get a bounty for finding a body. I forget how much.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My Aunt Rose says that the reason spirits don’t pass on to the afterlife is because they’ve got unfinished business. I think yours is finding out who killed you, and why.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But he had no trouble finding his way, not like Phoebe, who got lost walking from the dining room to the washroom. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Laila kissed her daughter, aiming for the forehead, finding the crown of her head instead. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I said, “I was finding Toby. He’s my pet rat.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Molly puts the kettle on for tea and rummages through the cupboards, finding steel-cut oats and dried cranberries, walnuts, and honey. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m so upset I’m finding it hard to even speak. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

As happy as Candice was about finding new books and spending some time with her mom, she was also worried about her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I got home I said hello to Father and went upstairs and fed Toby, my rat, and felt happy because I was being a detective and finding things out. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, Penkovsky proved more adept than the Americans at finding a way to communicate with the West. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lee replied, and they moved through half a dozen languages before finding one in which they could talk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time it’s like walking into a room and finding a bomb right in the middle of it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But in the end Buck’s pertinacity was rewarded; for the wolf, finding that no harm was intended, finally sniffed noses with him. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dream of being woken up by that peal of thunder and finding her gone; dream of searching and searching for her under the trees.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They installed me at the marquetry table with some harmless dummy documents to work on—finding the best connections between French rail and bus timetables and making a list of them in German. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Grandma,” he said, finding one, pushing the pea basket pressing into his hip over a little. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I thought of a stranger, a boy or a girl, finding Amil’s pictures and wondering what they meant. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the midst of all his preoccupations, Harry had not forgotten his other ambition: finding out what Malfoy was up to in the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“She kept finding them for the rest of the school year!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this latter finding should not have been so surprising: after all, Lawrence himself was still thoroughly preoccupied with his other work—namely, the construction of the 184-inch cyclotron on the hillside above the university. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I could see people who knew me finding business elsewhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then would come the glass of tea, the Afternoon Service, the ritual of the contest—Danny didn’t once miss finding his father’s deliberate errors—the Evening Service, and the Havdalah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was finding so many things—bottled water, MREs, canned food—and whenever he saw anyone, he gave them whatever was in his canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A look came over her—as though the words were finding a room in her brain. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

While physicists in the middle decades of the twentieth-century were looking perplexedly into the world of the very small, astronomers were finding no less arresting an incompleteness of understanding in the universe at large. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I blundered around, finding a chair, an empty chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, finding a bunch of queer people to be my friends isn’t very hard,” Sasha explained. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

What mattered was finding rabbits and killing them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time he’d almost given up hope of finding the gun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I can safely say that finding out that my mother never told her Arkansas friends about me was worse than her dying. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It may well be that some of the findings about diminished reproduction are also linked with interference with biological oxidation, and consequent depletion of the all-important storage batteries of ATP. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s a seating area for cocktail hour. Taft and Will are finding special rocks.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not Caesar. After finding Jason’s note in Diocletian’s Palace, tracking you down was easy. I only did what I thought was necessary.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Typing my social security number and not finding my name in the database that evening was a weird sort of relief. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I think of his ridiculous reaction to finding the supplies blown up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Monsoon season would be here soon, and going with this boy who also wanted the Shetani could improve her chances of finding the beast and bringing it back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I thought that the lady was in charge,” Ignatius said in his most stentorian voice, finding the man the only blight in the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a hard time finding my way on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’d given up hope of ever finding out who you are and why you gave me away. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They tempted you to trace pathways with your eyes, finding routes between this place and that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Lost Girls would soldier into the jungle in the hopes of finding survivors. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They sat silent, finding it difficult to talk about spiritual matters, until finally Sir Lionel spoke for the last time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting it right can be like finding the way out of a maze. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They seemed less intent on finding out my views than on proving that I was a Communist and a terrorist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the door open, finding a very three-dimensional Rufus in front of me, not someone I’m looking at through video chat or a peephole. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Despite Ernests personal interest in the search for these X-rays, the Rad Lab had no more success finding them than other labs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was poking the idea for weaknesses, and so frightened of finding them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He devoted the rest of his life to searching for a way to tie up these loose ends by finding a grand unified theory, and always failed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In Mother’s flower garden she kept finding things that Grandma had loved. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we’d first gotten back to the house after finding May, August had met both policemen and then sent me and Rosaleen upstairs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have any trouble finding it, because we had been studying maps for months and had memorized a series of craters and other checkpoints leading up to the landing site. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Decades later, she still vividly remembered entering the darkened parlor in their home and finding the mirrors and pictures draped in white, a mourning custom of the time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I may, however, have difficulty finding the appropriate moment to convey such information.' i'd be very grateful if you'd even try, Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t suppose you’ll have any trouble finding people to hold her down for you,” the man said absently, scanning the sky, and added: “Supposed to snow.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as his mother figures out how he’s finding solace, she brings him home the first book in the Bloodfall series from a shopping trip to Nashville, a recommendation from a bookstore employee. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Reading and making my art and finding a special Ally-shaped place in the world. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Facing the impossibility of finding anyone to intervene, convinced that her son would be shot at dawn, Úrsula wrapped up the things she wanted to bring him and went to the jail alone. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That night when I decided that finding the lock was my ultimate raison d'etre—the raison that was the master over all other raisons—I really needed to hear him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re fine, if you have something to say,” replied Tock in a tired voice, for he was much more interested in finding a bone than in shopping for new words. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you might remember last year coming to school and finding all the homecoming posters had been replaced by ones that didn’t take themselves quite so seriously.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was prevented from finding out, as the wagon hit a bump and my numbed hand almost let Abenthy’s guilder fall to the footboard of the wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He must have fought to distract them, maybe to keep them from finding the duffel bag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But finding the wallet made up for all that, plus now they weren't going to starve. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He mumbles to himself what he can remember of Celia’s instructions, the ones that are more complicated than finding books and tying strings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Girls, where are you going?” asked Amy, coming into their room one Saturday afternoon, and finding them getting ready to go out with an air of secrecy which excited her curiosity. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse would be never finding me, never knowing what had happened, but I wouldn’t have done that. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I go home to Kenya during the school vacations, and I spend two or three weeks with her, telling her what I’m doing and finding out from her about life at home. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the most important thing that ever happened, finding that goblet, he was thinking. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It says the third step to finding a lost dog is to advertise. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The not-so-great news: the sagging porch and drooping roof make it pretty clear that just waltzing in and finding the right room isn’t the smartest idea. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

There was no end to this incessant exploring, finding new sites, going on ICQ and Hotline Connect to trade or play chess. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it gives him something to do besides worrying about finding employment. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Fact: Finding friends was so much more than finding fun. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And we have never talked about finding out that Papa had anonymously donated to the children’s hospitals and motherless babies’ homes and disabled veterans from the civil war. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I woke during the night, finding the picture on the television turned to snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been looking for a very long time. I think...perhaps...I may be close to finding another one. There are hopeful signs.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His body was washed up on the shore and Hero, finding it, killed herself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, you can disprove a theory by finding even a single observation that disagrees with the predictions of the theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curse myself for risking so much money in a Skiz bet instead of finding a more reliable way to get cash. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Now, suddenly, I was aware of people watching me from their chairs as I stared hard at the high gloss of the piano keys, finding nothing there but sameness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"Besides, he's our best chance of finding her." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The breezes that on the lagoon had chased their tails like kittens were finding then-way across the platform and into the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I could hack her password, but without a username, I had no chance of finding it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The citadel’s sickening lurch, the helpless silk-on-mesarthium glide down the seraph’s slick palm, flailing wildly for something to hold on to and finding nothing, and then...falling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m already finding that this one day to get everything right isn’t enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Captain Westfall was not excessively handsome, but she couldn’t help finding the ruggedness of his face and the clarity of his golden-brown eyes rather appealing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s 1923, for goodness’ sake,” Mama had grumbled one night as she scanned the newspaper, looking for jobs and finding very little. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and craned my head to the sky, finding solace in the honeyed scent of sunflowers and warm soil. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The girls threw themselves around the library like they owned it, finding tables and claiming them, making sure they saved a seat for Tiffany or Kelli or whoever. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The ice ball was gone, completely gone, and Alfred had trouble finding his voice. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over the desk, my trembling finger finding Coalwood and then moving down the valley toward the river at Big Branch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was particularly struck by his manner of considering Mr. Elton’s house, which, as well as the church, he would go and look at, and would not join them in finding much fault with. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

At last finding the divide in his curtains, he ripped them back, and at the same moment, Dean Thomas lit his lamp. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It reached for one of them, then the other, finding nothing but air. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We had a good head start, because it was dark in the room now, and they kept reaching for the doorknob and not finding it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So, you see, finally we know the kind of problems we have to solve, which is the first step on the road to finding solutions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

For three days everybody hunted all over the house for Margalo without finding so much as a feather. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Lots of places in the Stadium need repairs. They’re waiting on the boss finding an architect.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then I pictured somebody finding my own foot at the water’s edge on Blind Tillie Creek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In 1970 the concept was revived after new findings showed that neutron therapy was most effective at dosages a fraction of those Stone had used. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Like taking the lid off a pot and finding a fanged viper instead of stew. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing Rahim Khan speak Ali’s name was like finding an old dusty music box that hadn’t been opened in years; the melody began to play immediately: Who did you eat today, Babalu? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

With my soft power, I was finding I could be strong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I knew what it was like to have trouble finding your voice, so I reached over and patted his arm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I love finding anachronisms in movies and shows.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Dad says, "Yeees," drawing out the word while his gears are turning, "you've got some good points there— but we have to start somewhere, and for me, that means finding a theory." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to fight anymore either. But you don’t know what it’s like finding out something might be wrong with someone you care about. I’ve been there before, and believe me, it’s really scary.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Leafie finding the correct change was the only thing that was “just right” about life right now. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lee had intended to rest a night before setting off, because Grumman looked in need of it, but there was no chance of finding a room. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A “Missing” sign with her picture was taped to a pole in Brooklyn, New York, asking for help finding her. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Actually, it wasn’t that far, it just seemed that way because as I went looking and finding nothing, I was sure I was going to starve to death. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember coming home that night and finding Hassan in the kitchen, listening to the radio. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By now his father had gotten onto the woes of Jericho, and he was finding his stride. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I stared at the abstract prints, randomly finding pictures in the shapes, like I’d found pictures in the clouds as a child. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eye and Ear could look forward to finding wives who would accept their unusual looks and abilities. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I’d dreamed about this place, I had a hard time finding my way through the maze. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But how will we get to Harvard without your parents finding out what we’re going there for? Maybe you should try emailing her first.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mary Gearhart, a small, pleasant woman, worked at a number of restaurants before finding a job in a German hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But there was another finding in the survey that perhaps explained why parents were not all that concerned: They themselves were massive consumers of media. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Just two minutes into the second half, Josiah made his way through three defenders, dribbling the whole way, before finding himself with a clear shot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Ever since Baltimore and a handful of the other major cities were certified shambler-free more than a year ago, the government has turned its attention to finding a cure. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get them settled as quickly and comfortably as possible, which meant nailing down the details of our move and finding them a new school in Washington, a place where they’d be happy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her findings were sent to the FBI, and the prosecution used them to strengthen their case. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It's like stepping off a stage and finding out your underwear was showing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Off they went, Dede telling them her story of coming home and finding the house abandoned, the boys gone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe they did have a better chance of finding the road than the lodge, but they never found it, either. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

God isn’t the only one who knows, so maybe there could be some way of finding out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, her dress is on the bed and her closet open, a few gowns hanging roughly, as though she pulled them out before finding them wanting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dimple wasn’t sure she cared anymore for his penchant for finding humor in every situation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, we have to read to the end of the sentence to learn that Johnny’s finding the violin isn’t the point. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing could be more straightforward—except we never talk about finding, making or decreeing facts; instead, we ‘establish facts’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He tried to calm himself, to concentrate on finding the Horcrux, but his thoughts buzzed as frantically and fruitlessly as wasps trapped beneath a glass. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He digs inside his ear and inspects his findings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my thoughts focused on finding Heritage, not to think about Dad and Alex, since we knew nothing of their fate. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Pax reached the tree just as the coyote sprang again, this time finding enough purchase to hang from the branch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of staying in the house or finding a nearby apartment, Candice and her mother had moved to Lambert for the summer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

While I was in Kakuma, I had written letters to the International Red Cross, asking for help in finding my family. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron, who won’t die, bending all his thoughts to finding us and coming this time with men on horseback. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

How quickly they had followed the queen’s instructions, finding Hamlet before I did! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

How else could a science of psychology be built except by laboratory findings? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I knew every inch of him, it seemed, and yet, in the last year, we'd had such trouble finding our way to each other. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Because my father is so private, finding him was hard work. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He often asked about my wife, freely offering his aid in finding her more speech work with the city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he slowed in hopes of finding an opponent to toy with. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of Mom taking it from me and finding Tats’s texts is making me sick. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As they could not afford a professional, though, Ralph applied himself to finding a way of doing the work for less. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For God’s sake! He’s capable of standing on his own hind legs and finding something to eat!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came home, and not finding either of us in the house, came out to Alice’s cabin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next two hours we submerge ourselves in finding the sums of infinite geometric series, calculating iterate functions, and expanding powers of binomials. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Mrs. Roberts,” I said, finding no small amount of courage. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I imagine the trouble is in finding the job small enough for men such as yourselves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“With a vent like this leading to every room,” he said, “it will be easy to get lost. When we explore, we’re going to need some way of finding our way back here.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But wherever we were, we Navajos were better at finding real meat than any other Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or watch first light with the sadness left over from finding Rose Dear in the morning twisted into water much too small. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched Esteban that morning, I felt it, the fear coming around the corner, finding me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sound of flying darts cutting through the air to his left and right, finding targets, urged him to hurry, erasing any other thoughts from his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Other actors were milling about, finding their places for Act Three, and Justice Strauss was off in a corner, practicing her lines from her law book. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

His mother was gone, but this...this was like finding a whole new part of her, a part of her he’d thought was lost forever. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s like a code, breaking into his head and finding the key to his secrets. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Enoch rolled his eyes but stopped short of saying what he was We were tired and hungry, every one of us, but finding the loop had given us a burst of new energy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She thanked Axel for finding the error and picked his third statement because, “It gives important details that the other statement was missing.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“The dances, carving the totem, carrying the ancestor rock, touching the Spirit Bear, it was all the same thing—it was finding out who I really was.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In the past, McCormick had publicly criticized Gene Johnson, the Army’s Ebola expert, for spending a lot of money to explore Kitum Cave and then not publishing his findings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was grateful finding the journal had been easier than she’d expected. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Did you really think you could keep a stowaway without me finding out about it? Without him finding out about it?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I know how difficult finding such a place would be for him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I would maybe be interested in finding our brother, though,” Maya said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He tells me about the day the cardinal died, about finding the body on the back deck, about burying him in the mud nest. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Billy was the responsible one, finding the houses, checking them off. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dream was someday ordering a drink and finding out it tasted wonderful. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t want Kyle finding it, either, because she assumed Mr. Lemoncello would give a medal to whoever found the spot where the book was supposed to be. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Soon studies in other areas began to develop findings equally dismal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not wonder at finding him again, just opened her wings and flew out over the field. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you girls will have no trouble finding dates.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow, without my realizing it, my obsession with finding Halliday’s Easter egg was gradually being supplanted by my obsession with Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The headache was on me in a matter of hours and after that, I was quite incapable either of finding my way to a doctor or making myself understood if I had. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pita’s voice cut through us all, saying aloud the one thing that worried us more than Mamá finding out about this. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We went back into 3833 over and over again, but had a hard time finding out anything about the crime. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything we had, everything we needed, was in those bags. Were not getting to the Heart of the Jungle or finding the Shetani until we get that stuff back.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They are so clever at finding other ways to do their research. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the lack of other Muslims didn’t stop me from finding friends and feeling right at home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They dreamed of finding abandoned mansions in the woods and vanishing into secret chambers in ancient castles. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, there is feeling here.—He does seem to have suffered in finding her ill.—Certainly, I can have no doubt of his being fond of her. ‘ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

If anyone was foolish enough to enter without permission, he might wander for days without finding an exit. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Galileo now rushed to publish his discoveries, which transformed astronomy in the space of a few months—the time it took for others to acquire telescopes with which they could corroborate his findings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In other words, she’d gone out of her way to let us know she wasn’t very serious about the prospect of finding her “possible.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfit for any work other than the making of red velvet roses, she had a hard time finding employment befitting her degree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Finn, it looks like you have a talent for finding the pretty ladies.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I'll be right back,” I whisper to Jamie, slipping out of my seat and finding one of the doors to the balcony. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So much of my dad’s poetry is about finding truth in small things. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They came padding in with their eyes lit up like cats finding a bunny in the vegetable garden. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi remembered what his father had taught him while they’d roamed the hills of Kabul, exploring birds’ nests and finding colored rocks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Penzias and Wilson’s finding pushed our acquaintance with the visible universe to within half an inch of the sidewalk. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I turn my head toward the sound of the voice, my eyes finding his. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The people on the ground had really been helpful, especially in thinking up ways for us to save fuel after we had used so much in finding our first Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If clouds were brown,” I say, finally finding my voice, trying to break the spell. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, finding the Lyceum wasn’t easy at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Polly shook her head as she realized that being a fine lady didn’t necessarily mean finding joy. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This became the popular opinion despite the findings of the inquiry. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

We talked about making baby food and finding day care. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could picture his excitement at finding a flower he couldn't categorize, growing in some lonely, desolate part of Iraq. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Here's a scrap of paper, Billy," said Cutwater, finding it in the pocket of a stolen coat. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were able to reaffirm our findings on the catheads each Sunday that Reverend Thomas spent with us. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were soaking wet all the time and had to become ingenious in finding ways to keep their possessions dry. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I looked at four maps before finding one where Turner Station wasn’t covered by ads or blow-up grids of other neighborhoods. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“They wouldn’t want you to marry a widow; such a marriage is inauspicious. And you own land. You would have no trouble finding a wife who would bring you a dowry.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She talked about how she had run away when she was only seven, finding her friends Luke and Thalia and making her way to Camp Half-Blood on Long Island. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He knew the importance of collecting data and finding new markets; he was always on the lookout for better management strategies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

No one had ever written down findings and drawn conclusions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I showed him how to set up his graphs, how to utilize the tables in his textbook, and how to reduce experimental findings to mathematical formulas. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Elation swept through him, and with it his new sense unfurled, growing and reaching out, seeking and finding and knowing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Because supplies had become scarce after week two of the plague, Freneau had a hard time finding paper. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

We leave our shoes in the foyer, and I look around, finding myself wishing Anastasia could see this. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

This, Laila had known, would be the first risky part, finding a man suitable to pose with them as a family member. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In every generation, the bravest satyrs pledge their lives to finding Pan. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph's knees and sat down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The problem is finding a place that wants to hire someone like me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys dashed over too and they all hugged, and then Two Step was there and Mapper and everyone was shouting and finding their friends and making sure they were okay. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even after finding Archer, she’d been so alone in this, muddling through the words, struggling to control the Vision, with no one to help her understand what was happening, what it meant. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Anything more?” asked Laurie, finding it hard to listen patiently to this prophetic burst. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never want to see your ugly faces again,” Cole shouted at the lawyer and his parents after finding out he wouldn’t be released. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My pronunciation was appalling, but I had no way of finding out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His blinkered existence kept him focused on finding food and avoiding beatings. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I leaned into him, my hands finding their perfect place on his lower back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On finding Mrs. Bennet, Elizabeth, and one of the younger girls together, soon after breakfast, he addressed the mother in these words: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

As 1 shall describe, the prospects for finding such a theory seem to be much better now because we know so much more about the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. To be honest, it’s been hard to talk about this with anyone. I keep finding ways to avoid the subject with Esperanza, and I usually tell her everything, Mama.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had taught him all her lore in herbals and healing, and all she knew of the crafts of finding, binding, mending, unsealing and revealing. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe felt it all slipping away: his dream of returning, of finding his mother, of becoming part of something he had yearned for all his life. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind finding him? It’s breakfast time.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I dug for my jeans and, after finding them, checked the pockets. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They are part of a larger development that researchers are finding: an increasing economic segregation. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Janssen came to me, the way Mr. Kreuk had come to me, and I'm very good at finding things. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of finding what he wanted, he came across an ad offering the domain name BillionaireBratz.com for $65,000. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The night of 24 February, I dreamt arriving at 8115 finding the house full of youth dancing away to a mixture of jive and infiba. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, he had some difficulty finding the path this second morning. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Now, finding that something he had said made Ralph smile, he rejoiced and pressed his advantage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My feet and ankles started to swell and I was finding it very tiring to stand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her little boys were good at finding oranges, she said, and she still had a bákala mpandi at her house—a good strong man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their friendship functioned when they were working, when she was tutoring him or he was finding Fragments for her to study. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This depended on their confidence in the reliability of measurements taken decades apart; others were quick to dismiss such findings as the result of defective technique. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was thrilled with what we were doing, as with a discovery, like finding a new place you like, or a good book. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had trouble finding the brilliantly colored pieces of cotton cloth she needed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he could talk to one of them without Julie finding out, he would ask. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“No, you don’t understand,” I said, finding it not a bit calming. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It provided public acknowledgment that she had contributed to a worthy line of inquiry and inked her fingerprints onto findings that would be circulated widely among the aeronautical community. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A correct understanding of who the Japanese people really are, and how they diverged from the closely related Korean people, will be essential to finding that common ground. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Next I searched my pockets, finding not even a bill, or an advertising folder, or a Brotherhood leaflet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But finding a lawyer to help when you don't have enough money to pay them isn't easy." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Dr. King’s speeches and his life were all about peace and brotherhood, about finding justice. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Besides finding him that first apartment, what did this man and his wife ever do for Baba? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you were interested in finding out the ages of things, the University of Chicago in the 1940s was the place to be. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We don’t hear no more whispers from the army, if that’s what it even was, but there ain’t no point in finding out for sure, is there? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the rough, walking parallel to the road for a bit, in hopes of finding a teaberry to chew on. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that as long as she could keep her somewhat problematic attitude in check during a job interview, I didn't think she'd have a problem finding long-term employment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was getting tired of finding out about things after the fact. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I never worried about finding my way through the house, as August left a trail of night-lights on from the kitchen to the bathroom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not finding one, Kim grabs the bird and walks over to a well. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving. Good luck finding your way,” I said. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slurp my coffee as we travel, finding that the cream and sugar greatly enhance its flavor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Things just keep going as long as memory can wield its ax, always finding a soft part in your mind to cut through and enter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A local phrenologist was in one corner measuring a girl’s skull and preparing to read her character from his findings. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

An arrow moves among them on the screen, searching and finding. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Measures like these added precision to the understanding of how long it takes the brain to react, findings that were very much in the spirit of Helmholtz and mental chronometry, the study of brain structures. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their nonworking lives completely revolved around the Net, trading MP3s, finding software, getting their hands on new games, trying out new operating systems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat, not finding that apples were good to eat, batted the small ones across the yard, imagining they had ears and tails and other parts that made things worth chasing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People have a way of finding out these things. I’d have to change my name. I’d need fake paperwork. It’s too dangerous.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For once, I’m finding out when he finds out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Truly? How intriguing. Fjerdans value courage greatly. How are you finding our country?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She won’t waste time at finding words that are not the ones she is thinking. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"Hopefully, today everyone is prepared to share with their partners some more new findings about the person you all have chosen." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He did so by finding out how much gold was needed to coat silver wire in order to obtain silver-gilt. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

My mother moved to Myrtle Beach, finding at last the scene in her painting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Such is the benefit of language: By finding public words to describe one’s feelings, one can describe oneself to oneself. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to protest or hush up their findings. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, I was jealous. Instead of confronting them and finding out the truth, I shifted the wind and sent a heavy metal ring right at Hyacinthus’s head and...well.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Inigo finishes his speech to the Cliffs and spends the next few hours finding a fisherman who sails him back to Florin City. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know Scott has ways of finding what I’ve been up to anyway, being the techie he is, but it takes a lot longer, so most of the time he doesn’t bother. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a time when most scholars were trying to separate the natural world into categories, Maria insisted on finding connections—between life stages, between insect and plant, between art and science. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But here he was, at the point of finding his treasure, and he reminded himself that no project is completed until its objective has been achieved. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He almost screamed at the unfairness, at the injustice—the blind in charge of finding the hidden, sure, that made so much sense. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And she was stooped and seemed to be finding it hard to breathe, as if the air of that place stifled her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Kira saw some of the men turn in their green volumes, finding the same passage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not finding what they had hoped or expected, many returned home, but others stayed and tried to eke out a living. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He lifted Akira with a big, big grunt, staggering sideways before finding his balance. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And now Coin, with her fistful of precious nukes and her well-oiled machine of a district, finding it’s even harder to groom a Mockingjay than to catch one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But now, after months of winter, we were finding our hands and our stomachs empty. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

During that long, terrible trek, finding a safe place to stop and stay for a while had been desperately important. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hand surged upward, finding Sierra’s, and wrapped around it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A person whose driver’s license has been suspended due to a criminal conviction or who does not have access to a car often faces nearly insurmountable barriers to finding employment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had by now given up hope of finding the roadside inn and had set my mind on motoring on till I reached the next town or village and seeking shelter there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Reilly shared none of the medical community’s qualms about Goldman’s findings. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” Sinita whispered, her thin fingers finding my mouth in the dark. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It nearly killed my father after she left, I know it, but he continued on doing everything just as before, whistling and humming and finding little gifts for people. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Girl, where you going? What you doing? You reckon on finding some men up North to dress you in pearls and diamonds?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

To be sure, some researchers have vigorously attacked the new findings as wild exaggerations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was odd finding him in the house, this brother who was nearly a stranger to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were no closer to finding the Nightbeast, and there were only eleven days left before they were turned into toads. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Like eating or sleeping, or like seeking love or finding a job. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she was going to learn how to survive in this world, she reasoned, she’d have to start finding a way on her own. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, aapa. Maya is quite the catch. I’m sure she will have no problem finding eligible suitors when the time comes.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Now suddenly he seemed to be finding his niche in Moch’s boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Against such a background, the future of the salmon fisheries in New Brunswick may well depend on finding a substitute for drenching forests with DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For Bibi’s sake we argued in favor of finding a husband. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon had stopped checking the totals on a daily basis, almost as if he anticipated the bad news the figures contained and wanted to avoid finding out about it definitely. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of finding the right time and place. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s assume for a moment that this boy wasn’t trying to trap you. How are you gonna get the car back to him without other people finding out about it?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she did this, there would be no difficulty in finding the best possible husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Harry had not lost hope of finding and saving Hagrid; he ran so fast that they were halfway toward the forest before they were brought up short again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Ms. Caldwell, but we’re not finding anything. How much deeper do you want us to go?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I figured she must have had trouble finding a babysitter if she was asking me, the brother of the twisted criminal mind. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After a while, finding no response, I knocked and rang again; still no answer. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But if I went through with the exorcism, I would be severing my only lead to finding Yakov’s true killer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We had a better chance of finding another dead muskrat in the cabinets before we found a Sharpie. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bend down and pick up the corset, a smile finding its way to my lips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Suzanne had felt some pressure from her parents to pursue medicine though eventually gave up on it, finding that it messed with her joy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The main difficulty in finding a theory that unifies gravity with the other forces is that general relativity is a “classical” theory; that is, it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Daily Prophet hasn’t said a word about him dying or about finding the body,” Bill went on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I feel bad Travis’s not finding out the same time as me,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Because of his statements finding fault with Jews, he believed that either the Mossad or an inflamed pro-Israeli patriot might also try to kill him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You two will be in charge of finding our books for us.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I think of climbing the stairs with the Abnegation, our feet finding the same rhythm, all of us the same. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even if the fabulous Brotherhood was a reality, there still remained the difficulty of finding one’s way into it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It might have been delayed reaction from the accident, or present shock from finding an entirely different building in place of the Jordan College she knew as home. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wes was moments away from finding out which story the jury would believe. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Bull’s Head it is the bold “finding” that impresses us most; in the Captive, the strenuous “seeking.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sounding a bell, and the louder the bell rang the closer he was to finding me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But lately he felt a desperate need to know, and right then the radio was his only means of finding things out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her relief at finding shelter and a way to build a fire had washed away the anger of the day. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean de Satigny settled his wife provisionally in a hotel and turned his attention to the task of finding them lodgings worthy of his new status. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a sort of musical embodiment of Ellis Island, with all Europe’s exhausted, oppressed cultures finding refuge and a new start in his symphonic embrace. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They had the scent and were excited and in the stupidity of their great hunger they were losing and finding the scent in their excitement. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This news he took to Admetus, who at once set about finding a substitute for himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was finding it hard not to tell her; and since she was in his power, he did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They had almost given up hope of ever finding Flamel in a library book, even though Harry was still sure he’d read the name somewhere. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“This mirror is the key to finding the Stone,” Quirrell murmured, tapping his way around the frame. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

For after finding out who Lio was exactly, Mama had forbidden Minerva to bring him into the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, they ran into difficulty finding human cases of Ebola—they were not able to discover the virus in a natural host or in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By drawing on Agent Burger’s findings, White was able to quickly rule out many of the suspects, including Anna’s ex-husband, Oda Brown. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We had reached the city’s centre, Koil Street lay some six miles away, and we were still not sure of finding it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because making friends was supposed to be that easy, apparently—finding someone else who liked elephants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I stepped into sunlight, finding my shadow again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you finding the U.S. so far?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Troubled by their blisters, they limped back in the direction of the beach with the idea of finding Mace and sharing the food and drink. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Catelyn Stark screamed, finding her voice at last, but it was too late, the blood madness was on them, and they rushed forward with shouts that drowned her softer words. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She spent the afternoon trying to keep me from finding out she’d been vomiting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The unemployed asked for jobs; the childless, for help in finding a baby to adopt; the oppressed, for justice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I believe that you should get another physician besides your mother to verify my findings. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline opened her hand and looked at the stone with the hole in it, hoping for a clue but not finding one. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They climbed on, finding the going easy on the rock road, and when they reached the top of the ridge, they stopped and looked back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It takes three hours to pack up everything we own, and that’s only because I spend an hour finding someone who will rent me a cart. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t he proved his intelligence by finding a new way to run a maze? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He himself was finding it difficult to put faces with the caftan and uniform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And while we hadn't been successful in finding Dell Duke's lost cat named Cheddar, I couldn't help but experience a kind of accomplishment as I stood next to fourteen-year-old Mai and her surly big brother. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I kept moving, running across the dressing room, banging through another door, and finding myself . . . . . . onstage? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

George didn’t bother arguing over who did the finding. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he came to the part about finding the wires cut, right then I thought, Uh-uh, and decided I’d better keep my eyes open. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he starts finding any excuse to hug me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as they flipped through the wide sheets of newsprint, kids kept finding all the other odds and ends that fill up a big city newspaper. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling, I am finding, teaches you a lot of things about yourself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There has not been much time to assimilate these new findings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big enough for mother to grumble about finding me a husband. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one half of her best pair, and in her state of shock, finding the other became important. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I doubt that,” Celia says as she looks at the surrounding patrons, not finding a single eye turned in their direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When he received his authors copies he saw that FitzRoy had added a volume with a religious polemic arguing against Charles’s geological findings—that the earth was formed gradually and was still being formed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe,” he went on, trembling, “that they are much closer to finding out exactly where the child is. They have other sources of knowledge forbidden to me.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was the occasional barn and once a row of little houses but they looked deserted and we didn’t want to risk finding out for sure. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, if he wants kids, Gale won't have any trouble finding a wife. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You know, Mike,” he said, “we’ve really messed this up. We are no nearer finding out what’s wrong with Dave. It was a good idea but it blew up in our face.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Now he took the lead in finding a caretaker for it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I tried to to do the same, but I kept finding myself staring into space with no idea of where I was in the pattern. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no’m,” he breathed softly, knowing that she did not believe him, but finding it impossible to answer her in any other way. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was only one reason why a middle pretty would be here in New Pretty Town: The wardens were looking for someone, and they were serious about finding him or her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And so I spent months riding in the rumble seat of my gram’s car to and from Westwood and hours sitting in the waiting room, until the day they let us know their findings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man at the other end listens to my whole story, wishes me good luck finding a lawyer for free, and hangs up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Title II of that act established a National Education Standards Improvement Council, which was charged with finding appropriate organizations to write standards. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But he was dead set on finding out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Familiar flutterings of panic were starting to disturb Harry now, and he was finding it difficult to concentrate in class again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Whoever had unhooked Walmart’s glass sliding doors from their tracks hadn’t done a good job of finding a safe place to store them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know more about Ducky but I knew I was looking away from finding out more about Ice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘How is I possibly finding the one where the Queen is sleeping?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last it seems that I am finding a platform for my philosophy, etc. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granovetter argues that it is because when it comes to finding out about new jobs — or, for that matter, new information, or new ideas — “weak ties” are always more important than strong ties. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the helicopter flies away, and I have no idea when it will be back with water to keep other people from finding their way into bags. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Miss Havisham,” said I, “I went to Richmond yesterday, to speak to Estella; and finding that some wind had blown her here, I followed.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s Jamie and me in June, the sun on our faces and the sand at our feet, finding each other again after all those years. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A flight of arrows descended on them; where they came from he could not say, but they fell on Stark and Lannister alike, rattling off armor or finding flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But we didn't have any problem finding things to say to each other, because right away Mai wanted to know about the garden behind my house. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Before that, he’d confronted her after finding a pipe in her closet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The cap’n was starting to catch on to what the man was saying, and wasn’t finding it too pleasant. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

At Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, he helped invent a new device for measuring the velocity of a cannon-fired shell, essential for accurate range finding, winning a patent for the work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For the first time since finding out Montez was wounded, Magdalys knew what to do. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were so many challenges, like how finding them was one thing but keeping more from forming was another. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Lander’s talk verged on a sermon, concerning the dilemma of finding your purpose once you’ve slipped the yoke of slavery. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But she always ended up in the big tent, her eyes trained on Jacques-Paul as he defied the odds, grabbing through thin air at nothing, finding temporary safety in the bar at the last minute. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had gnawed into the unsatisfying books and into my own unstocked mind without finding a morsel of peace or understanding. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered seeing “Yearbook” on her class schedule the day I showed her around the school, and I wondered if she’d been as interested in finding out about me as I was about her. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Zach had Cap’s combination, so we made it our mission to see that he never opened the door without finding something bizarre and/or gross. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And now one, finding an empty snail shell he likes better than his own, creeps out, exposing his soft body to the enemy for a moment and then pops into the new shell. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lawsuit probably wouldn’t make much sense; Reggie didn’t have a lot of money and there wasn’t any clear finding of fault. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The only problem was that we had used too much fuel in finding it, and that meant we might have to cut short some of our other plans for the next two days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of these bacteria are finding their way into our food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Some of us are experts at splitting, flaking, sharpening and polishing, as well as finding, rocks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a train, door open, at the platform and we run into it, finding an empty bench in the corner. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After finding out what I had done, would she even want me? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t she remembered that ever since he was eight years old Nat had been finding his way to Blackbird Pond through devious meadow routes? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Especially in the mornings, when the odds of finding someone else up there were slim. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“But the whole quest started with us finding Hera and waking that giant king Porphyrion. I have a feeling the war will end with us too. For better or worse.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But you know as well as I do timings the reason you’ve been finding the sweet spot all year.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Even less is known about these people; the first widely available scholarly article on them did not appear until 2009, and new findings are coming every year. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I never went to find him on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, because I was happier believing he was there than finding out for sure. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Ben silently served up nine bowls of root soup, and then, finding himself out of bowls, poured his own dinner into a pewter mug and drank it down. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It can go days without breaking. It’ll be dark in a few hours, and then we’ll have to hope we can last until morning without the wights finding us. We’ll be utterly defenseless.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I wish you’d try listening once in a while instead of always finding fault. You don’t want to be a captain all your life, do you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Making statements about Mount Everest shareable involves more than just finding a snow-covered mountain; it involves creating a shared language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I also realize that I was a long way, still, from finding my voice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I understood what Judy was saying about finding someone who shared interests with you. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We toil away for a couple hours in the heat, sweating and even finding moments to laugh. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He’s not sure how else to respond, reaching into his mental store of political platitudes and finding them all clinical and intolerable. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had practiced talking about his mother selling kernels at the store and buying the cake makings, his little brother and sisters being all right, no strangers coming past, not finding Sounder’s body. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is when Gus always insists on finding the prisoner, even though that keeps you from winning the game, and the only way to actually free the prisoner is to win the game.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Charles, whom I am teaching to read and write and whom I am finding an extremely intelligent novice, wishes to add a few words. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But we knew what could be found out, and in finding it out, she had made us closer—the Colonel and Takumi and me, anyway. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Congratulations on finding someone who makes you feel so good? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A Code Blue would be called if, for example, the count came up an inmate short and finding him was the top priority. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole, finding pictures and comments about my family. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I have a letter somewhere,” looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Not finding words with which to tell her that for them there was no Each, no Other. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet now, in repayment for his love, in hope of finding a return love for him, she allowed him more. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doon had almost forgotten it in the excitement of finding the boats. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In either case, his head would be splitting, but at home he could be sure of finding camphor on Sunday, while if he went on he could not be sure. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know all about that—it’s like finding out that the factions are an artificial system, designed by scientists to keep us under control for as long as possible. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It's finding and getting to the physical place in which these servers reside, something impossible in the scheme of things, they can exist scattered all over the country and you would never know it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also want to stress two things that it is easy for us to overlook, so used are we to handling Evidence-Indices and finding them convincing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I have to say that finding you two ladies gossiping in the garden when I got home was not what I expected.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu imagined her combing through the piles of secondhand shoes and clothes in the side stalls of Tejuosho market, finding the best pieces and then haggling tirelessly with the trader. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In 2012, several further studies corroborated these initial findings, strengthening the links between these variants of mental illness and family histories and deepening questions about their etiology, epidemiology, triggers, and instigators. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t seem to have a knack for finding you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Of getting lost out there yourself? Or maybe not finding him in time?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The thought of Scout worming his way through my hole in my fence and finding my ball makes me nuts. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had stopped eating, not because of Arnold, whom I had long forgotten, but to be fashionably anorexic like all the other thirteen-year-old girls who were dieting and finding other ways to suffer as teenagers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Geyer, finding the girls was “one of the most satisfactory events of my life,” but his satisfaction was tempered by the fact that Howard remained missing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe her city was real after all, and these were instructions for finding it! The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t get them any closer to finding his fortune. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he refused to believe this, I looked under all the desks without finding one; but he remained unconvinced. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Not taking her eyes off Pet for one second, Bitter stretched out a hand and blindly patted their duvet and pillows before finding Aloe’s arm and squeezing the flesh of his bicep. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that we all gave up hope of ever finding a family for Jason. And now a family has come to find him.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I told her about finding my way on the tube. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difficulty lay not in finding vacant rooms—for there were whole houses vacant—but rather vacant rooms in houses where owners were present still to let out their property. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her problem wasn’t finding Mr. Curtain’s secret computer room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was always alone because I was afraid of making friends and then finding out that they made fun of me behind my back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I cry harder than I have since finding out about the move. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Basically, we were on Facebook all the time, looking for Nicole-hate, not finding any. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The boy coming to the apartment, me going to Capitol Oaks, finding the boy with Maribel that day. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He did not care about finding his captor, repaying insults, or inflicting eternal punishments. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cora had not returned to the railroad station since her arrival, but the day of her deliverance was so vivid she had no trouble finding the road. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Kim thanks the former father for his kind words and for finding us a new family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d have to start by finding out who he is,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But how do you ever expect to go about finding a cauldron in a place like this?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was still finding the words to describe how he felt about them, and he knew that Ana would wait for him to discover the right ones. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

No luck finding the Jade Key inside any of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Let’s start by getting out of here and finding you some proper clothes. Oh, and Inej,” he said as he led her out of the salon, “don’t ever sneak up on me again.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Detectives were always finding clues in the stories, so Ophie would just have to find a way to get to the attic and do a little investigating. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The paint itched and drove him crazy, but he didn’t relish finding his way back out of the mazelike ducts in blind blackness, so he let his forehead itch and again surveyed his position. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers move over my sketchbook, finding the corner. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I get kicked out, they’ll take my memories and there goes any chance of finding my brother. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We still have to write a report for today’s findings,” he said, and glanced up at the clock. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I got some of this cheese left,” I say, “and some dried mutton, but we’re gonna have to start finding some of our own on the way.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The prince who relies entirely upon their words comes to ruin, finding himself stripped naked of other preparations. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hiccupped, finally finding the bananas you’d refused to eat that evening and handing you one. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

While musicians and instrument-makers were finding ways of expanding the expressive range of what they could play, historical destiny was going to hand the bass line an unexpected boost. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And then it would be such a simple matter to set down my findings and lean back comfortably with a fine sense of having discovered truths and taught them to my readers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After finding the key, all sing Verse 2. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

‘How else could I be finding the one I am wanting in a hurry?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I liked doing a good job,” I say, finally finding an honest answer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like me, she was interested in finding new ways to support military families. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"Mother says he needs his beauty sleep," Belet answered, and to give her credit, she didn't sound entirely happy with her mother's strategy in finding Nergal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Because most of it just wasn’t the kind of stuff I'd want everyone in the whole world finding out about on some new perverted website designed by our demented scrum half. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Collecting her red markers as she walked home, she kicked open old lemming nests in the hope of finding baby weasels. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t mean her ancestors weren’t responsible for finding it, though. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some, like the Hattiesburg clan, were organized, finding a concentration of homes where they could settle down together and recreate their community from down south. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Neither wished to live one more day without finding out the truth, and they believed they were the legitimate and natural ones to do so. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tony was nonplussed at finding his golf clubs in the driveway. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He gets better at hiding, I get better at finding.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“How about finding yourself a smart boy? Or better yet, a kind boy, a boy who listens to what you have to say?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“In a way they do, but they’ve also got to live with it the rest of their lives. Can you imagine always worrying about getting caught? About someone finding out?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It was a little tricky finding him and sneaking a good look, considering who else is confined there, but yes, I am certain.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Rhetoric is about connecting with an audience; that means finding shared assumptions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, still struggling for air, and crush him against the wall with my body, my lips finding his. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Which was all a big relief to Maniac, finding out he wasn’t really white, because the way he figured, white was about the most boring color of all. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's not finite and contained, like dealing in black market goods or finding Mirjam. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had told him as much before, but Catelyn was finding that kings do not listen half so attentively as sons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In a way, neither of these findings is so surprising. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Conversely, finding life in Antarctic dry valleys would correspondingly improve, he thought, the chances of life on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But finding Ziggy is more important than my feelings, so I take a deep breath and knock. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They surrendered immediately, ducking back under the ribbons and finding places to stand along the far sideline. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

David led her quickly in the darkness, finding footing on the almost invisible trail without hesitation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In interviews here, my previous findings were confirmed: with the exception of those trained in professions where they can set up independent practice, they can find jobs commensurate with their education only outside the South. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They quickly decided that their best lead for finding Annabeth was the cryptic advice Bacchus had provided: the Emmanuel Building, whatever that was. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you need any help finding your next class?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Asiya and Faizah were just as excited as I was to launch this company because they struggled with the same issues of finding modest clothing options as I did. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And she was still finding plenty of peacock snails. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After the commander’s remarks, contact is established with Professor Pierson, who witnessed the carnage before finding shelter at a farmhouse. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“If the state spent more time finding new sources of water, instead of fining us for filling our swimming pools,” one woman says, “we wouldn’t be in this position.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We’ve watched three horror movies so far without Mom and Dad finding out! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She sipped it and tried not to think about Ma and Ba finding her note. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nägeli was studying another plant—the yellow-flowering hawkweed—and he urged Mendel to try to reproduce his findings on hawkweed as well. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Citra turned the knob, finding it unlocked, and pushed it open just enough to see that the scythe wasn’t there. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Many looking about for family or friends, finding them with little cries of joy and hugs. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know. I’ve thought about it,” she tells me, “and I will speak about them openly, but only because you need help finding your mother.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He thought of the guys coming over and not finding him with a pigeon, and he felt good. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He tucked the pages away and, back in London, continued working on the problem of finding a place for his growing family to live. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I thought of leaving, I just saw myself going out there and finding nobody who knew or cared about me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Observations at Hawk Mountain are in line with findings elsewhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone else dug in their pockets and dropped their findings into John John's cupped palm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The gun goes off and the girls shoot forward, finding their stride, leaping over the first hurdle, regaining their stride, leaping over the second hurdle. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jorge complains incessantly about him, finding faults where there are none. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would just as soon have remained kicked out of the officers’ dub, had it not been for the pleasure he was now finding there with his new companions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The Hunters are your enemies. Forget them and Artemis and the monster. That’s not important. You just concentrate on finding and saving Annabeth.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And every living thing has developed techniques for finding or creating shade. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coworkers got used to finding Mary standing quietly at their desks, enlisting them in her latest attempt to apply the engineer’s values of discipline, order, and progress to the social sphere. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I follow, carefully finding spots to place my hands and feet until I have to stop. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I slung a now-unconscious Belet over my shoulder—she seemed too light—and with Kasusu in my hand, ran around to the rear, finding Ishtar's gleaming black Jaguar parked in the alley. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Had he any means of finding out, he asked him, who the guilty were? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique tries to stay clean by finding bits of cardboard to sleep on. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Jonathan tried to listen, hoping to hear words that would make some sense, but finding very few. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said almost nothing himself, claiming that he didn’t want to influence the findings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Soon Smith was bumping the horse up in class, and he kept finding the winner’s circle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must see it every day, but there’s a big difference between seeing and finding. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When we are studying ideas, linguistic change is the key to finding out what people understood that their predecessors did not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At least finding a weapon at the house was a goal. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He could feel the pulse and undulation of those great waves of magic, surging inside the child, never finding their way to shore. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I slunk away, not even finding a voice to say I was sorry. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept up my single-minded obsession with finding food, to the point where I had no time or room in my mind for other thoughts. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And I want to know about his talking devices, the supercool computers that help him talk and do really hard math problems, like finding black holes in space. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

All of the vague thoughts and excitement about finding a way to live and die were far from him now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

By now those firefighters could be finding code violations in the gym! Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

A fearless docker volunteered to verify the finding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flames had bitten his nose and his lips, yet Dustfinger kept finding him making torches of cotton wool and thin twigs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Must be hard finding a new job every time the kids get old enough for school.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It looked like I had a lot of people finding to do. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Believing something existed and then finding out it didn’t was like reaching the top of the stairs and thinking there was one more step. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They only cared about finding illegal aliens trying to come into America. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of finding redemption, Al Ulbrickson headed home with another defeat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The moment the children received permission, they applied themselves to finding the best strategies for “earning without learning,” as Constance called it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

His estimate came in for ridicule when Stassen presented the task force findings to the National Security Council on December 22. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One of the team taped up a sign with a single handwritten word: Plumbers—a joking reference to their mission of finding and fixing leaks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was finding these detentions particularly irksome because they cut into the already limited time he could have been spending with Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She whipped her head around, terrified of finding Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But if you weren’t going to help Shay, why did you bother finding a cure?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They had no trouble finding Lawrence’s 18-centimeter protons, but only in the lighter elements lithium and beryllium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Greek was very fretful, and kept finding fault with the fruit drinks and food that Singer prepared for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But by the time his article came out, in 1963, he had realized that his findings applied far beyond Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They are finding the American dream of moving up far more elusive than it was for Zannikos. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

With his free hand, Ekon drummed his fingers against his side, finding an old rhythm as he chanted his ancestors’ words in time with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pictured him finding her: “I’ve always loved you, Vera. Look at me. I fixed up everything, just like it was before.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As for his own practicality, Caesar was a capable navigator when it came to finding islands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was going to get two and one-half dollars for finding a cache of liquor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snick of the tongue of the catch finding its place in the door frame releases me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I do not remember why, but instead of finding rocks to break the windows like everyone else, I punched the glass with my fist. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I thought of the hours I had whiled away staring at its beauty and how hard it had been finding the right name for it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Koffi had agree to meet in thirty minutes exactly; more than half of that time was gone, and he was still no closer to finding Brother Ugo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Wine, thank you," I said, finding the idea of milk strangely repulsive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your first priority is always finding them. Always.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But as the dust settled and their house came into view—or what was left of it—any hope of finding them alive seemed to fade. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wonder if they’re working on their books, Esteban finding the English words for his dad as he writes what he sees. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You talk like you just now finding that out,” Gus said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The best part about this being the final destination is that the secret to finding this department was written in Ins and Outs. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Widget ceases his narration as they investigate each silver bar, finding no hidden openings or cleverly disguised hinges. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All morning, as people have been loading the bus, I’ve been scrubbing the apartment clean, finding excuses to walk past the window to glimpse Antonio outside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin melds together, swirls of fingerprint ridges finding one another again, closing solidly once more. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They didn’t really have a plan beyond finding the fastest way to the Hubbard Glacier, but Percy smelled something cooking nearby— sausage, maybe? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re pretty much down to the bare minimum. We have trouble finding things for all the inmates to do—there are only programs for three or four hundred men.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if your fear stopped you from finding out? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pollard unleashed Seabiscuit’s rally immediately, rushing up behind the field in hopes of finding an avenue through the pack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z