The gold eyes with their black rims were fixed on me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed on my paper. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I reckon she thought she was fixing to be next.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Pa-Ja-Mo paper laid a central question of genetics to bed: How can an organism have a fixed set of genes, yet respond so acutely to changes in the environment? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Less than three weeks later, the electrical flaw causing the breakdowns was identified and fixed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It’s mostly white ladies, smiling, got they hair already fixed and sprayed for tomorrow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A pleasant young Negro woman took my order and fixed my breakfast: eggs, grits, bread and coffee—forty-nine cents—no butter and no napkin. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had a big, flat nose this wasn’t quite so pronounced, but it would become obvious if the doctors fixed it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He freezes for a second, eyes fixed on mine. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mom sat still, pen poised in hand, eyes fixed on her papers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what about Dusty’s secret spy at the Coast Guard station? How’d you fix it so he wasn’t around this morning when Noah called in about the Coral Queen!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rivers now closed his book, approached the table, and, as he took a seat, fixed his blue pictorial-looking eyes full on me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rows of striking pins were controlled by levers on the outside of the cone, which was fixed to a square metal base with a bunch of crank handles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was the paintball champion of Wake County and had a cousin in the Marines he wanted to fix up with Carol Lee. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"Please call me Aunty. It's so nice to see a young face! Shall I fix you a snack?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The dwarf fixed the location in his internal compass. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said Henry evenly, raising his head and fixing me with a bleary gaze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“This is as bad a fix as we’ve been in,” he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the gaps in rubber inner tubes and children, Werfel saw his beloved Skardebek darting down toward him, her little black eyes fixed on his eyes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know yet,” said Mother, fixing her own hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison seated us at the picnic table and went inside to fix lemonade. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It takes a moment for everything to reorient around the fixed point in his chest where last night settled. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was Saturday, and she knew he had two tournament games to play, so she had fixed him some lumpy grits and a piece of toast with cherry jelly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for a long time he held the egg in his hand, both frightened and astonished and unable to move, his eyes fixed upon the moon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A creeping gloom unfurled in her chest, the same kind of bleak feeling she got when she’d broken a rule and knew her mama was fixing to be cross with her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Opening the door, she said, “Needs handle fixed. Can he do this?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The other day they were shooting right outside my house and I thought I was fixing to get shot. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll get to see you mow down your own kind and beg for the next fix. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I did fix you a plate, by the way. Don't want you to get jealous," she joked, clearly trying to take her mind away from my giant hand. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

People often want to know if I’m sick or if I’m in pain or if my condition can be fixed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I remember that Constantine always used to come by on January first and fix our good-luck peas for us, even though it was her day off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He only stands in the hall and fixes Marco with a cool grey stare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was breathing heavily, her pupils fixed to a peeling spot on the wall. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, as soon as I entered the room, her piercing eyes fixed upon me. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

—Well, fix yourself something to eat, and I’m going to turn in. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I know this isn’t what you want to hear. But with the mind, I think, there are no quick fixes.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fixed on the emergency workers climbing the steps to the entrance below—getting ready to come through the front doors. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The old man sat very upright, his eyes fixed on the horizon. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He had built our house in Pine Level, and there was very little he couldn’t make, grow, or fix. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

At that, Moss reached over and paused the game, fixing Javier with a searing look. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be able to fix it,” I mumble, and then I hurry away from him, wondering if he’s being mean or if he just doesn’t know I’m not invited. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know how lucky you are, I was just about fixing to stab you in the heart!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

R. M. Renfield, ætat 59.—Sanguine temperament; great physical strength; morbidly excitable; periods of gloom, ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. I’d love to find another old Coke machine or something in someone’s bam. Buy it cheap and fix it up on my own.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

This had become his uniform since he had decided to take some time off from fixing up houses—stripping floors, dry wall, the whole nine. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, landlords in central and Southern China had an almost completely hands-off relationship with their tenants: they would collect a fixed rent and let farmers go about their business. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The seats and desks weren’t permanently fixed in place as they were in most schools, and the children were encouraged to forget the distinction between study and play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, MIT? Engineering? You’re the one with a mathematical brain, not me. I couldn’t even fix the laptop when it broke last year, remember?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘Leo’s right,’ Frank said, though his eyes were fixed on the wreath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He had to concentrate on fixing the problems he could fix. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You are weary with grief, my lord. Let me fix you a sleeping draught.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was now fixed on the far east of the northern shore, on the east of the southern shore, and on the south. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

How come I know more about fixing an overflowing toilet than a professional custodian? Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. We have an elevator in the back, but it went on the fritz this afternoon. The technician is coming to fix it first thing in the morning.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Hanging tightly to the spikes he had fixed, Matthias leaned out dangerously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They sent me in to fix the burners. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That jog to and from the library nearly did me in, but Sunny needed her fix. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The king bent over, and if he had been looking at the gang, he could have seen Pinmei through the crack, her eyes fixed upon him like those of a trapped mouse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They named him Luken and they marveled at his tiny toes and his delicate hands and the way his eyes fixed upon their faces. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

This would give the Sherpas time to install fixed lines on the most exposed sections of the upper mountain before the clients arrived. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I got into trouble he was the one trying to help me fix it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The men from Amity Harbor couldn’t argue with this or with the fixed upward tilt of his chin and jaw. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The signs had been there for me to see all along; they came flying back at me now: Baba hiring Dr. Kumar to fix Hassan’s harelip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And for a moment Harry saw Snape’s profile: His eyes were fixed upon the coiling snake in its enchanted cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Nora,” Ellen says, fixing her with a steely gaze, “is there anything you can do at all to trace the person who sent this to you?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Lots of folks with unfinished business that think sticking around is going to help them fix it,” Aunt Rose said. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Parents who spent their days designing, building, fixing, and operating machines of transportation signed their sons up and gave free rein to their own tinkering instincts. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“That Sunday morning, you fixed us breakfast,” he said, his voice raspy, “and we played cards, remember?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He tells the man I will fall sick and cost money to fix, and because of that the man gives me a piece of cardboard. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fix a bottle a milk for Li’l Man and take a deep breath. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to fix you,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Four were surveying the general floor space, but another three were fixed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And I’d sat down and waited—again, the way I’d done before—with my eyes fixed on the house over the street. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Hugo had fixed something on the mechanical man without guidance from the notebook! The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Treatment should be repeated until the association in the animal’s mind between the sound of the whistle and the feeling of intense, incapacitating nausea is fixed and totally unambiguous. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In these days he could never fix his mind on any one subject for more than a few moments at a time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The second hour was spent actually working with the farm animals— feeding, cleaning, fixing a fence, scraping up klunk. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Harry nodded, his eyes fixed resolutely on the spider now climbing Dumbledore’s hat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My eyes stay fixed on the view outside the restaurant window. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, I can fix you something. Eggs. Bacon.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The Yak was a sleek and speedy Soviet plane, easy to fly and easy to fix, and it could stand up to the deadly Luftwaffe fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“The fixing in the wall. It’ll have to be really strong. Is it going inside or out?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As I returned to the table, Nathaniel stood up and imitated me, pretending to smooth a skirt and fix his hair. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed on where I thought the horizon was, while my ears were on guard for any sign of the animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel’s parents sat at the patio table while a personal chef fixed them omelets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Seventy pairs of monkey eyes fixed on a pair of human eyes in a space suit—and the animals went nuts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m worried maybe the whole of her is rotten and can’t be fixed. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the windows were fixed, she complained that her desk wobbled. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s normal to be worried, Mira, especially when you want something fixed right away. You just have to be patient.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was a lantern before him, fixed to the seat, which illumination touched the edges of objects obscure in their outlines. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“We can fix this if we really work hard,” Shanti said, and the girls felt a renewed sense of hope that they might at last get off the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In order not to become bored, he dedicated himself to the task of repairing the many things that needed fixing in the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She fixed me up with a big white bandage around my finger so that it looked like a stick with a huge wad of cotton candy on the end. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

First off, I picked out the straightest nail I could find and fixed that sign up right. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes came back from the distance, fixing them personally with a falcon’s gleam. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I keep trying to think of a way to fix this, but nothing comes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His gaze was fixed on her with an intensity that indicated nothing else mattered or existed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I kept the umbrella Jay fixed for me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Some of the White Sox players actually admitted to taking part in the fix. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A woman whose flank and jaw glinted hard as salt when she knelt around a fire with other women; whose pale eyes were fixed on a distance where he couldn’t follow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one could match the smooth erudition of Bawden or the assured nihilism of Pirie, who strongly disliked the notion that some phages have tails or that TMV is of fixed length. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Three days later, my father was up on the roof, fixing the aerial so he could watch some football game on TV, and he fell off. And he died.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ben’s vision had blurred and he had difficulty fixing his eye on a single point in the mayhem that had unleashed itself. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sphere of fixed stars is the outer ring. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sam and I are in the cafeteria, standing in line to fix our burrito bowls. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Compliments to your mama. Listen, I might have a fix for your problem,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald fixed Angel a scrambled egg and gave her some juice. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hungry, Mom was at work on a painting, and no one else was there to fix them for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Junior said, “This is a good thing. You both are like partners, Daddy, and if it does get published maybe there will be enough to fix your roof.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, a person gets so few chances to really fix something, to make it right. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She looked about as pleased as he felt; her lips were pursed tight, her eyes fixed longingly on Celia’s retreating back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But I thought I knew someone who could fix it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I glanced at her a few times, but mostly I fixed my eyes on the road. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes were firmly fixed on the building where their lives had changed, so he didn’t see her watching him—studying how gingerly he was walking. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I fix myself at my typewriter and don’t leave most days. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Edwin casually lifted an oily rag from the bottom of the skiff and wiped away the slime, then tossed the rag back under his seat and again fixed his eyes on Cole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The guards always thought they could rely on someone else to catch a mistake or fix a problem. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The chosen beasts who remained were now utterly silent, all with their eyes fixed intently upon the Lion. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dilsey fixed the cradle and undressed her and put her in it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the warriors was closer now, his dark eyes fixed on her with a hunter’s focus. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Phil eases himself back, breathing hard, his eyes fixed on Brian—who covers his face with his hands, blood dripping between his fingers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

That last howling scream, exactly like the first, and then at the end a fixed, steadfast moving backward out of this world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said ’em, I said those words that made it so the lesson ’bout familiarity and contempt’ll be fixed in my mind for’s long as I live, even if that’s to fifty. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Even having resolved the Zed thing, and working as I was to fix the Bruiser situation, I felt like there were just too many problems. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and looked back at Longstreet for one long moment, straight into his eyes, fixing Longstreet with the black stare, the eyes of the General, and then turned away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve fixed up a place where you can talk and not be bothered,” she said. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His attention was firmly fixed on Bob, who had just leveled the point of his spear at Hyperion’s chest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They have a hole through the toe that I tried to fix nearly a year ago, but my sewing skills are poor, and I wound up just making them ugly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Doc fixed me with a look, then Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes, almost hidden in the shadow cast by the brim of his bowler hat, are fixed on the space in the center of the circle that the illusionist occupied only moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And even Byrd, who more than anything wants to fix her own house, not save another. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He’s lying down on the ground, deep into our little fission generator, the one outside the front of the house, fixing whatever’s gone wrong with it this month. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dudley had spent most of the summer in the kitchen, his piggy little eyes fixed on the screen and his five chins wobbling as he ate continually. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And I did not know how to move my feet or fix my eyes or what. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was fixing to say something but her mouth just opened and shut over and over. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was a look, almost, of pale surprise; the dark eyes were so fixed to the world that no move escaped them. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if these instructions were for fixing the electricity? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My stepfather worked as a furnace fireman for the New York City Housing Authority, fixing and maintaining the huge boilers that heated the Red Hook Housing Projects where we lived then. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only thing you can fix is what you done to Bertha.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Not that I blame you for it, but here I am, all fixed up better than ever. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He'd fixed me and him a plate and put two slices of bread on mine because I eat bread with everything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

An old watch from another time and no parts to fix it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she says she feels lost without it, and she won’t get it fixed because her wrist would feel naked while the watch was at the repair place. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raise the boat, fix the leak, fix the engine, then go fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ma always fixed me up a little water with a stick of cinnamon when fear had me jumping like a bug. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s working out what to do, how to fix things. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he knew that I was fixing to leave him, and he wanted to go, too. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on Kaitlin, but Diana wasn’t sure he was actually seeing the dying girl in front of him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Dr. Kumar said, “my job is to fix things on people’s bodies. Sometimes their faces.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up, fixing her eyes on the wall behind me, and whispered, “Don’t say that. I don’t want to hear that.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His eyes are fixed on something above us. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes, almost hidden in the shadow cast by the brim of his bowler hat, are fixed on the space in the center of the circle that the illusionist occupied only moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He lashed the Roc’s tin bowl nest to the top, then fixed it on the stage. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I know it’s driving her crazy that she can’t fix me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Here and there in the vacant lots were metal cylinders, like oil drums, that had been fixed in the ground and were silently venting smoke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I can give up my morning latte and afternoon sugar fix. And maybe we could even ask Gran for an extra loan, but...” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Usually she would’ve gone home by now, but she was wrestling with the rabbit ears on top of the TV, trying to fix the snow on the screen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about an expedition to fix some telescope in outer space called the Hubble. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you look around, it appears that every man here was fixing to go to a different party, and then suddenly they all got plunked here together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent's had his teeth fixed; he is eating better; he has energy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She closes the door and opens it, as if that’ll fix the issue. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I took this well past the point where a do-over could fix it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Not like you to leave my fried chicken and fixings uneaten like that.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The stage makeup enlarged her eyes; enormous and hazel, they fixed on him and did not waver. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I fixed my goggles on my face at the lab table as he weighed the card in his hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The girl fixed him with her beady ghost-eyes and smiled a lopsided smile. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It may not fix all of your problems, but you know what helps? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, Phoebe wore a fixed expression: a sealed, thin smile. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She fixed me breakfast—scrambled eggs and Cream of Wheat—and fed me, one spoonful at a time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Gliding over densely wooded White Man Mountain, her eyes pinned on Sam’s mountain, her position fixed, she heard a familiar cry. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

While he was upstairs changing into a flannel shirt, khakis, tennis socks, and tan leather hiking boots, she fixed black coffee in a thermos and some chicken salad sandwiches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning forward, his chin in his hands, his eyes fixed on the coroner, Mr. Horridge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned round, fixed the children with his bright eyes, and smiled, showing all his teeth. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you very much, Master,” said Kreacher with a bow, and he retreated a short distance, his great pale eyes still fixed upon Mundungus with loathing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If he fixed it, at least he wouldn’t be so completely alone. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Smiley got his gun and was fixing to take aim when I stopped him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Could I stay here, fix things with him, let someone else die in my place? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She figured it out—Papa was keeping Jojo out of everyone's way for a little while, because he was fixing to say something to Spoon Man he didn’t want Jojo to hear. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I realize my shirt has slipped to the side and I fix it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They plan and they fix and they do, and then some kitchen- dwelling fiend slips a scorchy, soggy, tasteless mess into their pots and pans. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was the one place he could hold to, fix upon, identify as belonging to him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their yellowish eyes were fixed upon Harry’s wand, and they looked scared. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“He’ll get the furniture back in place? And what about my window? It’s still all boarded up. Will he fix that, too?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looked at it then back at Pa and it seemed like he was fixing to cry. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“In fact, it would make a lot of children happy if you fixed all the utility poles.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The head moved slowly, taking in the dusky lengths of the wood ride in both directions, and then fixed them once more with its fierce, terrible stare. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harrison had solved the problem of fixing longitude. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The higher version the boys sing is made up of identical notes to the men’s, but at a higher register; so there is a fixed, natural distance between the two identical lines of music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Eliza’s greeting was delivered in a short, abrupt voice, without a smile; and then she sat down again, fixed her eyes on the fire, and seemed to forget me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Most people wouldn’t be excited to get a call on a quiet Sunday morning, asking them to help fix a car. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I can get up real early and fix it.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I took in a breath and kept my eyes fixed on a spot on the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Something must be moving the sphere of fixed stars. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It sure wasn’t the big brick building that his parents landscaped and fixed up to impress the neighbors. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Their eyes are still fixed in a state of terror. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I imagine, considering the horrific state of our toilet, even with Kelton’s waterless fix, Garrett has been holding it in rather than dealing with it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She refused to let her dad fix them, just like with the bumper sticker. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Let’s change first and then we’ll go. I want to fix my hair.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I fixed boardwalks and lifeguard chairs and the dock struts rotting away in the saltwater marsh. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes remained fixed on his plate as she spoke. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

If they pursued their fixed course, there could be no doubt about where they would end up. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She sat still for a moment, holding her cigarette, but without dragging on it, in her left hand, and with her right hand fixed tensely around the base of the glass of milk. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They shake instead, remaining fixed in place like deep roots. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Who wants you to fix their gadgets when they think you might steal their info? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since this was the last meal with Edwin and Garvey, he fixed an extra good one. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He fixed his eyes skyward, though he knew he must still be very deep, the water above him was so dark. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They may be able to “think outside the box” even when everybody else has a fixed approach, but they do not always note when “enough is enough.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then she looked at me and said, “Your nose is bleeding. The next time you come down I’ll fix it for you. It’s easy—I have all the right tools.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"But Mother, Dunstan kissed me," said Daisy Hempstock, and she fixed the crystal snowdrop at the front of her bonnet, where it chimed and glistened. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

So we made a little home of it for ourselves, spread out our sleeping pads and bags, put on all the extra clothes we could find, and fixed dinner from a reclining position. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could slip in, change my clothes, and fix my hair before he got home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled down walls and found old fireplaces that, with a little fixing up, still worked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m surprised they don’t fix that window,” I said now that we were all safe inside. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It is perfect,” Friedrick says, though his gaze remains fixed on her eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then there was the time he fixed a broken sluice gate on the Hoover Dam and saved the lives of thousands of people who would have drowned if the dam had burst. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d have the whole weekend to fix my feelings before I had to go back to school and all the kids there. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, fixing my nose would also highlight the fact that my eyes were slightly wider apart than they should be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We fixed our eyes on the television, on Mr. Sullivan, who introduced a circus act involving monkeys that rode tiny scooters across a high wire. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put down my bags to fix him. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You look so white, Hannahleh. Like death. How can we fix that?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cain’s eyes are fixed on my face as he takes one step away from me and then another. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the young woman directed the bartender’s attention his way that he turned, fixing his light blue eyes on Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I am consoled, somewhat, by the thought that the green plants are in the same fix. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze was fixed upon the back of Mary Debenham’s head. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact,it is not really consistent to treat light like cannonballs in Newton’s theory of gravity because the speed of light is fixed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes, wild and powerful, fixed themselves beseechingly on him, as if praying to him to make it true. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Citra kept her gaze fixed on the dying man’s until his eyes finally emptied of life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

By the fall of 2007, Bobby’s disillusionment with Iceland was fixed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Get somebody to fix that door. I want it shut. Tight.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Followed by a long, contemplative gaze fixed somewhere in the middle distance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Some people are born with it, Papa said, and most people could never afford the surgery to fix it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her dad was probably fixing his famous blueberry pancakes as well. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening inside her body, I was sure I couldn’t fix it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fudge fixed the Prime Minister with a rather stern look. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It's a swarm of spandex pants, water bottles fixed to sports belts, and numbered bibs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They needed to fix me before that happened. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It was worth it,” he said, then fixed Moss with a stare. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her ladies-of-honor perch in their seats, their mouths permanently fixed in smiles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He comes over and fixes my back porch with his own saw and hammer, as in the women’s magazines of long ago, and has a beer afterward, on the lawn, as in ads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Granddaddy sees a problem, he’s gonna try to fix it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like I said, the city didn’t fix nothing! The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Even Cutie at the far end—the only one on his feet—remained silent, eyes fixed upon the gloomy recesses of the vast machine before him. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I’m going around fixing people’s lives, even just for a moment or two. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The neighbors took up a collection because Pilate and Reba had spent everything getting Hagar the things needed to fix herself up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in this case, I’d be happy if I could get just one before fixing Dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then she pointed at Krystal, who was already fixing her mouth to crack a joke. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was open, eyes fixed on something just beyond my head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The evening wind rushed through the bonnet and the blonde wig fixed to his head. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And the creature had no interest in him at all—all its energy was fixed on her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I also fix it so that the audio is in sync with the picture. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He liked to fix things with his hands; it made him feel peaceful and calm and daydreamy, and he was patient with a jammed clock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can build or fix anything with these hands,” he said, his voice breaking. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She wondered what its form might be, and whether it was fixed yet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost smiled, but then fixed her face, probably so as not to gloat over Miss Trotter’s family tragedy. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of the dream: the schoolhouse, the faces of the children; but it was hard to fix the vision in my mind. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I overheard them talking about fixing Mom up on a blind date with August’s uncle Ben. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Kvothe gave a gentle smile and looked around the room as if fixing it in his memory. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The man who fixed cars. Lived at the corner.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not too sure that desegregating schools is going to fix the Negro’s problem.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Thought you would’ve had that fixed by now,” Mr. Sager said, leaning out from behind the school’s welcome sign. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes fixed on the elevator floors as they blinked into the magical numbers: 400, 450, 500. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dedd hesitates, but her mind is already racing backwards, year by year by year, to the moment she has fixed in her memory as zero. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch them put on space suits and fix the Hubble Space Telescope. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes to fixing mechanical things, I fell somewhere into the Complete Idiot level. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes fixed on the floor, hoping Mrs. Walton don’t ask no more questions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Leo’s eyes fixed on a supply crate next to Hazel’s feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If I can fix every detail of this time in my mind, I can keep this moment always,” she thought. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body is telling me there is only one way to fix this, only one way to end the pain, only one way to feel better. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Those things are worth a bundle fixed up.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We used to talk about buying a house like one of these, an old big house, fixing it up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you’ll be able to fix it?” she asks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Uncle,” he said to Crazy Horse, “some of the people want to fix food and eat before we go down there.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hermione wasn’t there -— he supposed she was still in the hospital wing having her teeth fixed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Well, the black man has functioned in the white man’s world as a fixed star, as an immovable pillar: and as he moves out of his place, heaven and earth are shaken to their foundations. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The next time she saw him, she mentioned that "the door doesn't hang straight," and she got to spend another afternoon with him while he fixed the door. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“They’re fixing the malfunction. For the time being. The doctor’s coming out.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stretching as far as I can see are double rows of shiny barbed wire fixed to tall metal posts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the forest cellar, my gun fixed on the dead Russian. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Not fixed,” he says, and I can hear the hurt in his voice. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each instant he seemed as though he would open his eyes and speak; but then would follow a prolonged stertorous breath, and he would relapse into a more fixed insensibility. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Molecular biology did not drive out older, fixed views about the intimate details of cell function. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To fix a broken machine, which was forged out of cast iron at a foundry inside Camp 14, Shin and other repairmen had to haul it on their backs to a repair shop upstairs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I can see that you are listening now. Your head was broken. I fixed it. I brought you back from the world of the dead.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

But Father leaned forward, fixing to rise to the challenge. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was fixing to come home I saw the police. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we fix the piano, I know what I’ll play first. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped up again, set his left leg, fixed his eyes, and waited for the quick swing of the pitcher’s arm, the flashing slant of the ball through the blue-and-white air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Mom, my plane crashed on this island and we had no food and people died and —” “Don’t you worry, baby. We’ll get you fixed up in no time.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Alma, I know we can fix this. I know it,” he said, reaching for the door handle. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Like Tycho before him, he saw the supernova as undermining the Aristotelian notion of literally fixed and eternal stars. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He clears his throat, and his green eyes fix on mine, serious. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Come here a second. Let Mommy fix your hair.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

For a girl like her, whose first instinct is always to fix a situation, the “nothing at all” choice isn’t easy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now, with the afternoon sun setting behind him, he fixed his eyes on the first island to the east. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Mama is for you now. To fix it. Make you happy.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed always on that unseen horror. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The marvelous orchestrated chaos that Mommy had so painstakingly constructed to make her house run smoothly broke down when Daddy died, and Mommy was in no fixing mood. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver-side door had been bashed in, and it would have cost more to fix than the car was worth. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The toilet leaked for five years until a clever and handsome guest fixed it with a piece of chewing gum. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s when I believe my dark skin isn’t a curse, that my lips and hips, hair and nose don’t need fixing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No. What I was doing all day was trying to fix your mistakes. I was trying to prevent our family from being kicked out of the country.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most often, I would fix fence posts or join Papa and my brother Johnny in the fields. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wicked knife was fixed to the figure’s hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So go back there and wait till they fix your stinking machine! Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Now standing erect without external support, his closed hands fixed firmly to his thighs, the kouros expresses the confident vitality that is characteristic of the best of his brothers.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

June was trapped between the two of them, her eyes fixed on the TV screen. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“All they know how to fix here is watery mashed potatoes and something so bad Hamburger Helper done give up on it.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The biggest sweet-eater of them all, coming back to get his fix.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It partially slid off at some point, and she doesn’t seem to care enough to fix it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She is walking mile after mile, pumping her arms furiously, her eyes fixed determinedly before her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do the fish,” he said, “if you fix the salad. “I brought some basil in, too,” he added, with a grin, “just because you’re such a salad perfectionist. It’s right there beside the lettuce.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Boy, they sure fixed you up good. I guess they don’t want you wandering around either.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know what a froat is and I know how to fix it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“As soon as we get that rickshaw fixed.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Screechers were a nuisance, but nothing a well-aimed arrow couldn’t fix. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I put a very high price on the house. I was going to come down during negotiations. Mr. Trask accepted the first price. It put me in a fix.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing but stone to fix it to there. How are you going to do that?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She obeyed, her gaze fixed on the golden wedgies that slapped the bottom of the woman’s bulging feet as she led the way through a curtain of colored beads to the piano. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Can I fix it?” she asks after a moment. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knew Loma was fixing to say “If only he hadn’t got Miss Love’s best friend in trouble and had to marry her.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, every single one of the white-haired people stopped what they were doing and fixed their strange pale eyes on the hut’s door flap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When Donald fell while fixing the roof, Martin hadn’t been home in five years. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s not in the mood for fixing stuff.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We were walking along the corridor to the lounge, and looking up I saw his eyes fixed on me in curiosity. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Marv still hasn’t had it fixed since the bungled bank robbery. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets and guns on “lock and load” opened fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“This is everything you need to fix the truck. You’ll get a better price for it now.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you’d be good at that, too, if your arms grow long enough. Hold on, let me fix your ribbon. There we go.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Dorian leaned in, his eyes fixed on hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were going to tell Grandpop about a miracle to fix his eyes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The burnished plates of his body gleamed in the Luxites and the glowing red of the photoelectric cells that were his eyes, were fixed steadily upon the Earthman at the other side of the table. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe Twig had found a way to fix everything. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Above deck, she tried to keep her eyes fixed on the horizon—the white cliffs that always seemed just a mile or so to the east. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I can still fix this, I chanted as the plane lifted off the tarmac. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I texted Auntie Buzz a message that took fifteen screens because I needed 1,974 characters to explain what I’d done, that I was only trying to help and that I’d fixed everything for her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get to the washbasin, Stuart had to climb a tiny rope ladder which his father had fixed for him. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I settle into my chair to listen, smooth out the kameez I’m wearing, and fix the scarf on my head. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We weren’t going to fix them or anything, right? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All along I been concentrating on Rose, getting her fixed. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The New Dealers were fixing up falling-apart houses, to be rented out as guesthouses. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know she’s really worried because she hasn’t fixed me breakfast or café au lait. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on the ceiling and faked Zen for an hour or two, until finally I couldn’t stand it any longer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

All I could do was fix him another cup of cocoa and pour me another cup of coffee and just sit. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he lowered his head and fixed me with his chilling gaze. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His mother’s anxious eyes were fixed on his face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She fixed the memory of this Saturday in her mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We really went to work on the house and fixed it up better than ever before. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lawyers occasionally tried to fix an election by engineering the appointment of inspectors who were beholden to them; inspectors commonly smoked cigars provided by each side. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They merely want him to fix this radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We were fixing to visit him without an invitation,” I whispered. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our eyes teared and our faces became fixed in a permanent squint. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He agreed to fix the leaky roof in ex-change for six jars of spiced peaches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was clenched between her teeth, and her eyes were fixed on the surface before her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This could be my chance to get Nora to talk to me again, so we can fix our friendship. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The blue tarp is gone. You fixed the hole.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Turn this loud thing off and come inside. I’ll fix you some juice.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to get it painted again and fix the dents and tears.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The surgery that was supposed to fix everything. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Not much. I had an old order of movement. I fixed the dates on it in Mestre.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I tucked Mechtild’s bag of herbs into my pack, which I fixed behind the mare’s saddle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I set off limping, eyes fixed on the ground. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She fixes the sleeve of her coat and doesn’t say a word to defend herself. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They went out into the kitchen and fixed up the hot fish and corn muffins and ate. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The girl was holding a glass full of a transparent drink and seemed to have her eyes fixed over my shoulder on something that stood behind me, a little to my left. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I thought she was fixing to argue that I was getting too big for my britches. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was the only one who could fix this, and he was stuck in a creek loop... The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Conceivably, after only a few minutes’ calculations, the number of chains in the molecule could be fixed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He asked the Englishman to take a look at Rantz—to talk to him, to try to figure him out, and, if possible, to fix him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Legumes used the sun’s energy to fix nitrogen in the soil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“That you can just write a check for two hundred and forty billion dollars and fix all the world’s problems?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, her temper had been terrible, and she had screamed at Jesse all afternoon and was now too tired to fix any supper. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had reached his sheep now; it lay ruminating, its alert eyes fixed on him in case he had brought any rolled oats with him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing fixed up yet, you see. I’ll give you my room; it’s the only place.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“Our grudge is thousands of years old. How can one person fix it?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I break things sometimes, and when I do, I try and fix them. We’ll fix these later.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are two ways to fix a sentence like this. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already he had seen the deer eyes that fixed on him through the rain, fixed on him as she backed away, fixed on him as her body began to turn for flight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got an old table for fixing a brush rake. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed in my mind the Alar, the riding-crop belief, that the two drabs were connected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One morning in late October, Stanton asked her daughter Harriot to fix her hair and help her get dressed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mama brushes the hair out of my face and fixes the collar of my shirt like she did when I was a little girl. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My eyes fixed on the shelf behind his head, the one full of metal spoons and mixing bowls. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It took me a good part of the day to fix up the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had fixed his eyes on Giaco's broad back, as if that could reassure him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Miss Volker had fixed my nose, but it didn’t stop me from wanting to watch war movies. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, gaze fixed on the glow of the dying embers, he chose. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Clothes could not fix what was wrong with me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For me, some of the old questions about who I was and what I wanted to be in life were starting to drift in again, fixing themselves at the forefront of my mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What do you want? Are you going to fix some dinner for Jason and Benjamin, or not?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie just wanted to fix it, and let it be fixed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We can fix spears at night for tomorrow’s hunt. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I helped him to the chair, got his feet on the footstool, and fixed the blanket. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Murphy and Mr. Sorenson come back into the room, she fixes her steady gaze on him and smiles. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s what you do. Rush in to the rescue and try to fix everything.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Mom got sick I kept wishing I had a time machine so I could go back and fix things. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If you wanna keep working, go for it. Far as I’m concerned, we’re only fixing the posts for your science project. And since it’s a prairie dog, no need to fix the fence.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maxwell’s equations predicted that there could be wavelike disturbances in the combined electromagnetic field, and that these would travel at a fixed speed, like ripples on a pond. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But August’s face is not so easily fixed, so there will be no elephant act until he looks like a human being again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If she couldn’t fix this, her mom would become like everything else in the museum: a dusty relic. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have a few — ah — items at home that might embarrass me, if the Ministry were to call. Mr. Borgin fixed a pair of pince-nez to his nose and looked down the list. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what sort of fix Little Arliss had got himself into, but I knew that it had to do with a mad bear, which was enough. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something other than ghosts on which his mind can fix. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to go up, it was dark, I could not find the fixed line. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My dad always used to ask me my spelling words while he was fixing dinner. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Children too, but not nearly so much until their daemons have taken a fixed form. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not that a bunch of beads on a string is going to fix what happened, but it shows she cares. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I see her gaze fixed on the wall as if on a mirror that will reflect her inner self. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His only hope now, he reasoned, was to get enough money from Louie to fix the whole apartment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago Olly’s mom had explained that his dad was going to be home for a while until things were fixed at his work. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She spent a good portion of the following day with sweaty palms and a racing heartbeat, and kept one eye fixed on the passing woods. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Equation 19 fixed the longitude position of the satellite at time T. Equation A3 accounted for errors in longitude. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"Mom? Mom, it's me. I got home fine, and now I'm fixing some food ... it's about nine, I guess. So ... say hi to Dad, and I'll call you tomorrow. Or you can call me. Bye." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was locked, but the metal bar and a lot of grunting fixed that problem. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I said Scout and Jem should be nicer to their mom because she is probably dying of cancer and one day will not be able to come back and fix them breakfast. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother, who usually answered without fixing her words first, hesitated before speaking. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“And smoking is a terrible habit that not only eats your lungs away, it gives you those spidery lip wrinkles before your time, which Botox will not fix.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“So why don’t you fix it?” he asks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His eyes fixed on us— on the Object’s bare legs lying in my lap—while his face remained embalmed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Normally I’d be offended since I did all this work pretending sadness, but right now it’s a good thing she keeps her eyes fixed to the little screen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, sorry about that," I say, still fixed to her scarf and hat. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The radio transmissions were in shorthand: the Corona had put in a call from northwest of sounding board 56, looking for a fix from the lighthouse radio signal. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, Marly, you shine both flashlights into the hole, see, when I find it. I’ll fix this rag, and then we’ll light it and stuff it in and run. See?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She fixed her a crown of braids, leaving most of it tumbling long, and wove in vines and sprays of orchids, sprigs of fern, and the one white feather. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt say, “Oh, why don’t we have Aibileen fix us lunch here? We have a real nice ham and some—” “I stopped by to go out to lunch. Not to eat here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The day before Myron brought her here, my mother had gone out late to a seedy bar to get a fix. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I made him change his clothes and then fixed us a dinner of fried rice from some leftovers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of something to say, but I’d stepped so far into the wrong, I didn’t know how to fix it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the men were all too fixed upon the road for him to ask. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she came close and fixed his shirt collar the way Ma used to do for Dad before he went to the firehouse. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I think again about how Dad and I could fix this. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We have to get the house fixed before. The garage has to be clean—I want all of those boxes out.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I ate twelve French toasts, two omelets, and I was fixing to eat yours.. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not something Cole can fix, but he can face the consequences. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

This morning my idea is pancakes first and then fix the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you going to do with it?” continued Templeton, his little round beady eyes fixed on the goose. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn’t fix them because the house was too old. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister kept me late in school, fixing things for Lent. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he developed ventricular fibrillation, a heart rhythm abnormality that can be fatal within minutes, the problem was quickly fixed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Clear and bright flashes in fixed series—Q for Queen, long, long, short, long. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“We’ve fixed her up a little so her mother can go in and have a look at her.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not too shabby, but I can usually find things to fix. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“And there’s no way you can fix that, Birdie. So leave me alone.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Some said, ‘Why should we? It’s the rest of the world that’s moving. Our borough is fixed. Let them leave Manhattan.’ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes fixed on the shoreline. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Look, yer bleeding everywhere, okay? And I can fix it, all right? Just don’t get any ideas about any more ruddy sticks.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t get better. But the peanut-butter-and-jelly is always good,” he said, gesturing to a table where a half-dozen kids were fixing themselves sandwiches. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t too hard to do if you know how, and Moira had mechanical ability, she used to fix her own car, the minor things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outermost sphere carried the so-called fixed stars, which always stay in the same positions relative to each other but which rotate together across the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talk, talk, talking so everyone would be fixed on her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

By late April, a line of ropes had already been fixed between the head of the Cwm and Camp Three, halfway up the face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Whichever way he looked at it, he had never been in a worse fix. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I told Junior, “I just did what I thought would be the best thing for my family. With the city of Dallas, I worked on a road crew. We filled potholes and fixed roads.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isidore said, “Could you maybe fix dinner for us? If I brought home the ingredients?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

No one carried it and fixed it but me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe I shouldn’t have fixed up my room so much. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Wall wound Stagehand up to top speed, his eyes fixed on Woolf’s back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ram straightens his already erect back, fixes his eyes on me, and begins, his words precise and loud, like he memorized them for school in India. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Just as I was fixing to talk about fishing, Mrs. Snodgrass yelled from over near the smokehouse for Smiley to come catch her a chicken. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, she removed a plastic model of an F-8 Crusader, paused to fix a misplaced decal with a small application of spit, then set it down in a window ledge. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her, “Mom, the sun is fixed. It’s the Earth that moves around the sun.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes fixed on the runners. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A man named Roosevelt promises to fix that if he is elected president. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As if things left alone can fix themselves. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked I saw her sewing or soaking her feet or laughing with Daddy or fixing me breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Stella fixed them both with a steely glare, then said in her best royal voice, “Both of you must go and slay a dragon for me. Begone!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Belet, her jaw fixed, nodded even as she clutched the side of the chariot all the tighter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Or: “Your shoe is untied and it was bothering me, so why don’t you fix that and try it again.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The mind begins to turn in on itself, and one desperately wants something outside of oneself on which to fix one’s attention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attorney Fitzgerald’s fingers are steepled and his eyes are fixed on mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, when the nurse threatened to call security, my first thought was ‘I’ll just call Mia’s parents to fix this.’ If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to settle him down, Grandma busied him with helping her fix lunch. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go get the cream and bandages and let me fix that for you.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They worked hard all day fixing up a house to live in so that Tea Cake could go out looking for something to do the next day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He fixes Jacob with a dizzy, furious stare. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Then it’s settled. You come in tomorrow morning, we’ll fix you up with some gimmicks.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the presence of such nobility, I lowered the fiddle and bow, and fixed my eyes upon the ground. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He listened, his eyes fixed on mine, apparently entranced by these fraudulent recollections. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I waited, shifting my weight from one foot to the other, fixed in her stare. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"You want me to fix a plate up for Needles?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Penelope stood straight and still and fixed the children with a strong look. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

After we’re done dishing out turkey dinners with all the holiday fixings, we eat dinner at my house. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She decided to fix this time in her life exactly the way it was this instant. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm brought the canoe up onto the lank and sodden grass under a yew tree, tied the painter urgently to the nearest branch, and hastened to fix the hoops into their brackets. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I watched my reflection not only in the mirror, but in store windows and across the television when it wasn’t on, trying to get a fix on my looks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rules of the universe were fixed: You look a certain way and so you have to act a certain way and people are going to treat you a certain way. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Instead he said, “Would you be so good” as to light the fire, empty the chamber pot, fix my dinner? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the rare urge west had fixed upon our family, and so my aunt crossed boundaries not delineated in space. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leans close to my ear and whispers, "Now that Ambrosia has put us in a precarious position, you must fix it. You have to do what you're told. You have to be perfect." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The one remaining thing to fix was the tow hook. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense! I’m only redistributing the wealth. I need to repair the roof and fix the robot, have the tennis court put to rights and replace the pipe in the fountain. The stables are collapsing, too.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to worry, Harry. I’m about to fix your arm.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I scraped my hair back from my face in the severe headmistressy way they used to fix it, and holding it in place with one hand, I straightened my shoulders and clicked my heels together. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“It never come out of Jason’s pantry. I fixed him some birthday.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had fixed Jordan a steak dinner and an apple pie, and Monique was not known for her good cooking. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monster fixed its pale yellow eyes on Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Tell your mother I’ll come this afternoon to check in on her. She must have some hand-me-downs she needs fixed up for the baby.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At either end of it an empty bottle of blue glass that once contained poison was fixed in the ground. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A universe where he does derail it and she is not able to fix it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s that, crazy? Shut up your silly mouth. I’m fed up. I’ll take care of you. You say you wanna take a rest? I can fix you up with a nice rest.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d miss everything about him—his fascination with horses, the way he could fix chariots or crumple metal with his bare hands, or tie bad guys into knots. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ail I knew was that you went to a surgeon to fix you when you had appendicitis. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want her thinking I am some ’hood girl with a bunch of problems she has to come and fix. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s all I usually eat for breakfast. If you guys want something different, fix it yourself.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He’s got a new home up in the mountains now, Dumbledore fixed it — nice big cave. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"The hours she spent trying to fix her beloveds stretched into eternity after eternity, until..." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You just have to try harder, Darioush-jan. Those will not fix anything.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am so excited about flying to Seattle with you I have already packed, and I am bringing three of my school pants so you can fix them like you said you would. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Yoren had them fix the woman a place in die hack of a wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Operation Orchard is still on. We can still fix things,” she said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes, fixed on the back of the bedroom door, are glazed over, and he seems to be sinking into the bed as though into quicksand. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That you act a lot like her, too, trying to fix everybody else’s problems? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Miles sauntered into the room and dropped into the chair in front of me, his gaze fixed on the whiteboard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. That’s the sort of thing that happens here. I think I can fix it. Tomorrow.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt come outside and say, “That looks like fun! I’m fixing to call Hilly, tell her to bring Heather and little Will over here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The tarpaulin was not as securely fixed going over the stem—which had a very short prow, what in a face would be called a snub nose—as it was elsewhere around the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard about the match,” said Lupin, turning back to his desk and starting to pile books into his briefcase, “and I’m sorry about your broomstick. Is there any chance of fixing it?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He fixes me with a quizzical stare and then consults his two smaller companions. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The house was large, and it would be too empty without the person on whom Emma fixed all her routines, as she said. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay," I said, turned around and fixed my eyes on the door, and as I walked toward it, I hoped I would make it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Or was it heroic because she was willing to fix it in the first place? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why? What do you want to fix so bad?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I fixed her with my most searing gaze. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on a purple human liver that looked just like the cow liver Mom always served me because it was “filled with iron.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I began to look forward to my times alone to get my fix. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was so fixed and intense that he looked more like a mask than a man. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, fixing his scowl back on me, he said, “Isn’t that right? Isn’t that what you were trying to do? Isn’t that what you put in your bag?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If Hailey and I have any kind of disagreement, she tries to fix it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I ask, my hand reaching up as I fix my hair. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

During this time, Father lined up extra repair jobs— clocks and things to fix in his spare time—until his table was cluttered. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Securing herself to one of her fixed ropes, she crawled out along a horizontal branch, looking closely at all the flower heads she could find. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That is to say, it had been fixed by treaty with King Leodegrance, without consulting her. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re telling blacks that we can fix some of our problems ourselves, that we don’t have to wait to be accepted into the white mainstream to have our day come.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was as frustrated as it gets and looked like he was fixing to throw a rod. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” said Wanda, and the glare she fixed on her face made another wave of amusement pass over Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“In the pageant of life, a girl fixes the sequins. Fixes. Fixes. So much to fix.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At some fixed point in time and space he senses that he need not waste the effort of a glance. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama herself was never good at fixing hair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sidewalk in front of our building has been crumbling for years, and no one has ever bothered to fix it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I came back, she was fixing her own dinner but still talking away at Katz. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s pretty cool of you to try to fix things. So apology accepted.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He turns back and fixes his eye on me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Right after them came the wolf, like he had his mind fixed on catching them, and nothing else. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a shame, but we couldn’t fix them, and couldn’t leave them around for the mortals, so we stuffed the wings in the trash bin outside the cafeteria. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He sat on there in the kitchen, wishing for more coffee, but too tired to get up and fix it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’d like to stick together for the rest of the war, sir. Is there some way you can fix it so nobody will ever break up the Three Musketeers?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tied my dogs to the buggy, and fixed a nice bed for them under it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rumors surfaced that the series had been fixed, rumors that gained credence when just before the first game, the betting odds that had overwhelmingly favored the White Sox dropped to even. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then she fixes me with her calm and knowing gaze, saying softly, “I do not believe God calls you to this life.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Zahra fixes him with a final glare, turns on her heel, and stalks out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My fury might have been squashed thanks to Dad’s skills of fixing Fig’s DVD with some glass cleaner, cloth, and toothpaste, but the damage was done. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I did fix it, but it broke again.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed up my pillow and began to read. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"But that'll help you, right? That will fix the...problem, I guess." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The girl slid the gilded sandals onto her feet, while the old woman fixed the tiara in her hair, and slid golden bracelets crusted with amethysts around her wrists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to pour in the grits when I thought to wonder how in heck you could get cooked grits out of a radiator. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Though I knew that we did not own the house, I thought that the least my father could do was to fix it; after all, we lived in it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him a few seconds to fix me in his memory. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gang did allow some rank-and-file members to sell heroin on its turf but accepted a fixed licensing fee in lieu of a share of profits. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He would set his bearings on Sammy’s behind like a pilot would fix his eye on the horizon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the brilliant bitterness between his father and his mother, a bitterness as smooth and fixed as steel. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looks like he’s fixing to follow me all the way to our house. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom always says we need a man to come over and fix it, but my aunt Lucy always said it was the perfect excuse to not have to answer the front door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Good pep rally, but there’s still a ton of things to fix on this ship before we get to the Mediterranean. Please report to Supreme Commander Leo for your superfun list of chores!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I can fix it so you can pick up the money and nobody’ll bother you.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d pulled out a couple of tools and fixed it in about two minutes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Years ago in the Sea of Monsters, Annabeth had told me her biggest flaw was pride—thinking she could fix anything. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I may as well be a puzzle or a broken machine she wants to fix. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was better than well fixed—he was rich; and the manner of his death was in itself symbolic of success and wellbeing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

May’s head was angled to the side, and her eyes were fixed on a cross-stitched picture of a birdhouse that hung on the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ron’s whole attention was fixed on the letter, which had begun to smoke at the corners. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

M. Dupont took another pause during which his gaze travelled in an almost leisurely manner around all the faces fixed upon him. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Install new seats, change tires, swap headlights, fix taillights. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted to fix everything for both of them so they could have a happy ending. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This fixed distance between a note and its higher self is something that occurs in nature - we humans didn’t invent it, we just found it to be lurking behind all musical sounds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She put down her fork and fixed her exhausted eyes on him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, she’d gone in to fix a toilet on several previous occasions without mishap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We still can help fix it,” Daddy says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Keeping his eyes fixed on Brute’s, Julius, calling on all his courage, forced his foot to take a step forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The killings...I could...Yes, then everything would be fixed...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You’re young,” said Ruby, who was fixed on him with uncommon interest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Because I had to fix something, in the storeroom,” she said at last. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be fine. I’m going to fix you right up.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was the storm that led to the tree that led to Frank fixing the house that led to the bench that led to them here. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They all rested like that, absolutely quiet, drinking more slowly now that their thirsts had been quenched, eyes vaguely fixed on shadow-casting objects downhill. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it fixed its large, yellow eyes on Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Go sit down and fix the errors on your Macbeth exam,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’m drawn to it for a very simple reason: the classical music world had a problem—and they fixed it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re the second person to say that, Annie. I think I’m going to have to come over and have you and your mom fix my pants again.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were firmly fixed on Olympic Gold. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could head out to some junkyards like we used to and see if we can find something worth fixing up.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“And he fixes Uncle Arthur’s laptop whenever it breaks.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes, round pupils the size of pinpricks, fixed on the light steadily. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Wood,” she asked, “can we write to the utilities president and ask him to fix the poles?” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can go to school early tomorrow and fix it before anyone notices.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

How come we couldn’t go back and fix the bad things we did? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl had gone very still now, her eyes fixed on her mother, waiting patiently, aware she was about to learn something very important. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Amari knew that Teenie would fix what she wanted to in spite of what Mrs. Derby suggested, but they had this conversation every morning anyway. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fixed her eyes straight ahead as she spoke. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Can’t believe she knew and, instead of trying to get me to tell her all the details and find a way to fix it, just watched Netflix with me and rubbed my back. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In his house, if something broke, his mother called a repairman to fix it—the stove, the washer, the disposal—or, for almost anything else, it was discarded and replaced. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From the open strip under the roof of this room yellow torchlight glowed, and Ranofer’s eyes fixed on it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He had managed to finish fixing the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Can I fix you something to eat before I go?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“They better have the fixings ready in the kitchen,” Guzzo said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Outside lights were fixed to their poles, or to the roofs of houses; inside lights were set into the ceiling or had cords that had to be plugged in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on a point some ten feet above the forest floor, right behind Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

No woman would understand how easy a machine can get out of fix. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Even before the lodgers had reached the room, she was finished fixing the beds and was slipping out. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was partially hidden behind the linen sheet she was hanging; she fixed it firmly to the line before she answered. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The twins followed, eyes fixed on their boat with unwavering concentration, starving puppies expecting to be fed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they see me walking so easily, Aunt Sylvia sheds a tear and Uncle Bill proudly says, “That doctor didn’t fiddle around. I told him to fix you up like new. And he did.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The light fixed to the front of the train clicks on and off as the train hurtles past the school, squealing on iron rails. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was brilliant and charming, but once fixed on a thing, he was as unyielding as a slab of Joliet limestone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All the while, their eyes were fixed murderously on Magister Spurge, emissary of the elves. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Insurance more than covered the damage, so she wound up with a fixed car and new speakers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Milton is going to fix it. I keep telling him.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What if he could fix the mechanical man without using the notebook? The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“How different can it be from fixing a rig? I just need my tools.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he fixed me with his eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes stayed fixed, away from her eldest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers along the groove where her pencils rested, fixing the feel of the groove in her mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her about discovering the toys in her godfather’s booth and how he used them to fix the automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Victor reached out and fixed his clenched fist in the middle of the circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And hire someone else to help fix things up. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“She died a year later during a surgical procedure to fix some of the damage. It was a fluke—an infection.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was very kind and thoughtful; she knew exacdy how I liked my coffee and fixed me peanut butter and Ritz crackers, but she didn’t say much at all. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She looked around until her eyes fixed on something a few feet away, then abruptly stood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He kept his head down, fixed upon the old stale rushes scattered on the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But I have never fixed on June or any other month—merely looked forward to the summer in general.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Emily’s gaze followed her, and for a moment, remained fixed behind us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For two days Blanca and I lived out of boxes until we had the time to fix things up and put everything in order. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tom White met Farmer’s “WL” definition: someone who donated money but didn’t understand the depth of third-world problems or how to really fix them. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

You did not light me: I was always a mad comet; but you have fixed me. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Gogol listens, stunned, his eyes fixed on his father’s profile. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had a device I wanted to try, and put some hickory sticks in a tin can and set it to boiling while I fixed dinner. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think that my whole world has cracked into all these little pieces, and the only way I can go about fixing it is one shard at a time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Cole knew what his dad hated most about this whole situation was that his son wasn’t something that could be fixed with a lawsuit or a stiff drink. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Well, I can stand a lot; if I couldn’t dam if I wouldn’t be in a hell of a fix, so when they turned the corner I jumped down and followed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You came all the way here, half-broken, just to tell me that the mayor’s boys almost stomped you into mush and that you’re planning on fixing a few races in the future?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Excitement is a drug, and people whose lives are filled with violence are always wondering where the next “fix” is coming from. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wyatt says of her: “She thinks: Why spend all of our time fixing problems when we can perhaps devote a little time preventing them in the first place?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nobody was go’n say Campbell Williams was so sorry that he couldn’t even fix a faucet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then she knelt there, her eyes fixed on the ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He tried to stop her from spending so much time at church, and one of the most effective tools he used was to stop fixing my mother’s car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Wrapped in sackcloth and tied with twine, there was a bright piece of paper with my name fixed to the top, waving in the wind like a little flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The typical economist believes the world has not yet invented a problem that he cannot fix if given a free hand to design the proper incentive scheme. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He never answered, just kept his eyes fixed to the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the time, her gaze remained fixed in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Out for my morning fix, Mike. This human bumper car's your handiwork, I take it?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Hugo felt stupid for thinking he could fix it and especially for imagining there would be a letter from his father waiting for him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Later, a classmate who would spend a week working with that officer told me how every morning an inmate would fix him his coffee, passing the mug out through the bars of his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him to let me fix it but it was like he couldn’t hear me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He left, telling Kathy that someone would come to fix it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were fixed on them as if she and Yishan were ghosts. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Wrapping the fixed line around my arms to rappel, I continued down through the blizzard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not often they search your grips at the frontiers—not if you fix the conductor. I handed out a wad of Turkish notes right away, and there’s been no trouble so far.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon fixed the lord commander’s seal and handed him the letter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Or at least persuade him to let me use the family laptop so I could do an internet search on how to fix a broken iPhone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Right now she was pulling at his shoulder to try to get him to move so she could take the pillow out and fix it nicely and put it back. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mummy showing up tonight had been her way of trying to fix something too. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This presented no problem, however, because for a very small consideration Joe was more than willing to fix whatever broke in whatever he had sold you. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The painkillers helped, but they can’t fix the persistent dull ache in my chest. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A new land of ritual initiation; I found myself curiously proud despite the fix being in. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell if she’s trying to get us back into our clubs because she really wants to fix things, or if she just wants us to leave her classroom. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Now we’re fixing to get some breakfast food, since Lloyd got some ends. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The legend of Bilbo’s wealth was now too firmly fixed in the minds of the younger generation of hobbits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Francie decided to get dressed first, and then fix supper so that she’d be all ready when Ben came to call for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then we can make sure it doesn’t go down like that again. Talk to these kids. Get in their heads. Yeah, they mad. We all mad, but burning down our neighborhood ain’t gon’ fix it.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Right, you told me that, but you weren’t being honest. We don’t need to be here...You want to be here. You don’t know how to fix a house.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By fixing my sights on one summit after another, I managed to keep my bearings through some thick postadolescent fog. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fixed the girl with a nonthreatening half smile, but his eyes looked deadly serious. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I had once some thoughts of fixing in town myself—for I am fond of superior society; but I did not feel quite certain that the air of London would agree with Lady Lucas.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a little different from his therapeutically fixed grin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When it happened, I was down the creek a ways, splitting rails to fix up the yard fence where the bulls had torn it down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here are a few notes on how to fix them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t even going anywhere today, but she’d made up her face and fixed her hair nicely because our father was coming—to talk about money. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“So, you fixing to go to the big meeting over to the school?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And where exactly are we supposed to fix the leash? Around the sting, the blasting end, or the sucker?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He sat there with his hard eyes fixed on her, watching her weep, as stony as the statues of the Seven in the sept above. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. St. John—sitting as still as one of the dusty pictures on the walls, keeping his eyes fixed on the page he perused, and his lips mutely sealed—was easy enough to examine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Every time I tried to draw the shark it looked like a blob, or a windup toy. So I started trying to fix it.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She creeps down the seven ladder rungs and stays fixed for a long time against the back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The bayonets fixed to the ends of their long muskets flashed in the sun. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swiped the back of the label and watched August fix it on the jar, then fasten the second label beneath it, as if she’d done this ten thousand times. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fixes his eyes upon me, his face implacable. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be glad when you two fix whatever’s going on,” Sonny says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the entire history of our marriage, it was the only secret I kept from her, and eventually it became impossible to fix. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was her resourceful self, but she was also an instinctive counterweight to Ralph’s activity — a fixed center. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you can fix a dishwasher, but not everything can be fixed.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I was fixing to call the dog and go on to school when I heard Grandpa ask Hosie if he had cooties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I went to the doctor before in Stanleyville two times, when I broke my arm and when it was fixed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year a few storms fixed their sights on New Orleans, and they always petered out at the last minute. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And I see here that you haven’t paid your tribal tax too. Were you meaning to fix that too?” the policeman said sarcastically. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to my house, I fix an ice pack for my eye. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t fixed herself up or anything while I was gone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The first corpuscule stood perfectly still, partly concealed by a drape, its gaze fixed straight ahead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” she said, fixing her eyes on Hazel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Of the three boats, the Stancomb Wills was in the worst fix. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

All I could see were stars crowding above, fixed in space even as I moved. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got to my building, where I lived with my moms, walked in through the broken door and took the steps, because our elevator was jacked up too—the city didn’t never fix nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There was a silence, in which they all three became aware of the witch’s daemon and his fixed stare at Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Did some­thing go wrong with the fixing of them? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped away from him as he kept his hard eyes fixed on me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If I tell Papa Andrew, he will yell at Auntie Fatmata. That will make it even worse. I have to fix this on my own.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have to wait until next year, at least, what with getting the Mary Rose fixed and school starting and things to do around the house. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many broken things that I don’t know how to fix. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And that was how sin came into the world,” he said, “sin and shame and death. It came the moment their demons became fixed.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He never had many watches to fix, and when he finished he would fool around the house doing any little job that was needed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Again she called the dog, louder this time, her voice shrill and shaky with fear, her eyes fixed on me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Look: I lay there, eyes fixed open on the net above me, wondering what it was, marveling at the beautiful honeycomb pattern of narrow lines. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about what Bertha had said about judging folks for how they fix their mistakes, and I knew I wasn’t doing a very good job of fixing mine. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It helped somewhat, but I was still having trouble fixing my sight on any one thing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She shook her head slowly, her eyes fixed on a different time, a different life. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dandy said, “Nothing one Jack can do that another can't fix.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But the Professor’s face was set, and he stood watch in hand and with his eyes fixed now on the patient and now on Arthur. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But it seemed to Gregor that there must have been some way to fix things so that everybody hadn’t ended up dead. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed on Lucy, as did Van Helsing, and we saw a spasm as of rage flit like a shadow over her face; the sharp teeth champed together. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m fixed so I don’t have to live on a place like this.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She drops her hand, fixing him with a glare that manages to be both chilly and fond. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve only heard of one way to fix grits so I like them,” Bull told her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were fixing to close the lid on her and nail it down, and she wasn’t dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sophie’s claws, all of them, were firmly fixed in the hyena’s scalp and throat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She felt like everything was coming down all around her, and she didn’t know how to fix any of it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I blink hard and fix both my eyes on her lens, which always makes me look angry, but it’s the best I can do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“A problem with my papers. I can fix it. But I can’t miss the appointment.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He experiments, drawing with lithographic crayon over carpenter’s pencil, and uses a mixture of milk and water to fix the drawings to the paper. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Jason,” she says, looking at the grave, “if you’ll fix it so I can see her a minute I’ll give you fifty dollars.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma would fix them supper, and when he went in with the milk, he’d find them all laughing and chattering. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

His cheeks swelled bullfroggishly but his gaze was fixed down his garden. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The last couple of floods just about tore out the pilings. Gonna fix them, too?” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the tower chamber, the prince fixed him with a scowl. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

While I worked with the horses, Tyson fixed up Athena’s chariot and added a whole bunch of special modifications. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If they were going to fix one thing, they’d have to fix everything. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t know if it could be fixed, but at the moment he was too relieved to care. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In my diary I wrote: What if Grandma is wrong?—what if God can’t fix things. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to fix this. Or so help me, I will.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even if the doctors had known about its damage, surgery to fix a blood vessel or remove a bullet deep in the body wasn't possible in 1881. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s me,” I holler, my eyes fixed ahead. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He looked like a mean boy fixing to smash puppies with a brick. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recites and makes us remember, They went forth to battle, but they always fell, Their eyes were fixed above the sullen shields. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Helen. I want you to come home. Whatever’s wrong we’ll fix. Just forget all of it and come on home.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t judge people for the mistakes they make. You judge them for how they fix those mistakes.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All I knew for sure was that Styx Malone knew how to fix everything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Like junkies who save their fixes for when there’s no cops around. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I could go back and somehow fix it, I would. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stretches to take it from me, fixing his face mask with the other hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her letter was like a handrail fixed to reality, one I could reach out and grasp when my mind began to spin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One more thing the Owner couldn’t afford to fix. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He put his head to the side, as if fixing me with his good eye. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even his eyes, which stared from behind the silver rims of his spectacles, did not change their fixed, somber gaze. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“How many hundreds of years is it going to take to fix this thing?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Angelo, fix Irene here a nice drink. Take a little whiskey yourself, help out that cold. I got some Cokes in the kitchen.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I work too much. We’re always trying to fix something around this old house, and saving money in case something else breaks—which, by the way, no more side businesses, okay?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I think about Glenn Burke and all the broken people he had to face, all the broken people he couldn’t fix. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

And despite having no idea how to “fix it”—or what it even is—I can’t shake the feeling that he’s right, and I need to do something. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She reaches for her silk tank top, her eyes fixed on mine as she pulls it slowly off to reveal a black lace bra. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Dude, lime. Calcium carbonate, used in cement and a bunch of other—Ah, never mind. The point is, this ship isn’t going far unless we can fix it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Well, if not, they could have the priest fix it later. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did I ever think that coming here would fix this? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t even fix my messy fro in the mirror, splash some cool water on my face, or add any lip gloss. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He fixed the bedroom and picture windows, glazing the edges of the glass with care. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped to fix a border of broken glass he had placed on the footpath. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Different observers, moving relative to the ether, would see light coming toward them at different speeds, but light’s speed relative to the ether would remain fixed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the dying pair were being dragged across a field to a rescue vehicle, one patrolman told them, “If you’d been home where you belonged, you wouldn’t be in this fix.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s beautiful and fat with green eyes that fix on me disarmingly. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d make myself toast if the toaster weren’t in the garage, along with the remains of several other small appliances my brother offered to fix. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And when we arrived at the village we saw the homed day-moon fixed exactly between the two dark mesas at the southern end of the valley! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but I feel like when you believe that something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just can’t help yourself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She watches me get dressed, fixing and fussing over me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Katz nodded thoughtfully, then fixed me with a sudden fearful look. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I might get the dog I wanted, but I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to fix the problem between my parents. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I have suffered a great loss. I am most grateful for your aid,” I say, fixing my eyes on the simple cross on her breast. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then we heaped his barrow, lifting a gravestone on the mound, and fixed his light but unwarped oar against the sky. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s noisier now, as if whatever he fixed has gotten worse. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Back and forth, back and forth, I pace the room while Mama sits there, shaking like she needs a fix. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His mind shapes itself around the problem, disorder becomes order, the obstacle reveals itself, and before long the radio is fixed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dad will know how to fix it and might need a distraction when I’m gone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Physicians had been forced to take sides during the fever when the squabbles hit the newspapers; they came to the meeting with their opinions fixed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

If you have a heart, it breaks, if you have a heart that’s broken, it fixes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It looks like we have a temporary malfunction, but it will soon be fixed.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m practically invisible at that height— the people on the ground keep their attention fixed on the street—and besides, up there I get the best view of where I’m headed. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But tonight she fixed a strong one, then lay down on the living-room couch, a picture album propped against her knees. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And second, once born, that gross-beaked finch must be able to transmit the same trait to its offspring, thereby fixing the variation for generations to come. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here are three I noticed in just a few days of reading: The senator plans to introduce legislation next week that fixes a critical flaw in the military’s handling of assault cases. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ella had fixed up a nice little upstairs room for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes are so fixed on them that I jump when Kasim puts his arm around me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the political patronage system, still in place despite President Hayes’s efforts to fix it, Garfield was expected to fill thousands of government positions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Milkman opened the parcel Grace had fixed for him and took out a cookie. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he bowed his head and bit his tongue as the chains were fixed, wrist to wrist, wrist to ankle, ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Chas was a friendless jerk who navigated the seas of high school with his rudder fixed on a steady course of intimidation and cruelty. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t fix my mess of a family, but I could try to make things right with Bertha. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes, not clouded with drink but clear of purpose, were fixed on the captaincy of this reeling ship. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they can fix it up,” Toby said to Luke, shaking his head. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like that Kool-Aid pitcher, we were shattered, and my parents couldn’t fix whatever was wrong. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

From there, I can work on fixing stuff that broke. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to fix his screwup, she had to trim my hair even shorter. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Pardon me,” she said flatly to the officer before fixing her curls again and sliding her pearl hatpin into place. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

So, I thought, since you like making things, maybe you could fix it up and use it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Nights she sat up to work on her tinkering, fixing clocks, pots, hand tools. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sigurd fixed the hayloft with his cold eyes, a snarl on his face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

His wife stretched on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb, her eyes fixed to the ceiling by invisible threads of steel, immovable. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child of a well-heeled, status-oriented Back Bay family of antique dealers, she was far out of the league of a jockey with a seventh-grade formal education and no fixed address. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shifty eyes are fixed on us, with one hand hidden below the counter. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stuff he say he gone fix but never do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We believe that the best way to help our world is to fix its genetic deficiencies,” Amar says, like he’s reciting it from memory. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t something you could fix with medicine or bandages. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to get up off the back steps and go gather the eggs when Campbell Junior started squalling in the kitchen. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The truck was returned to wherever it had come from, and Papi went back to his work fixing other people’s houses. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I was upon the land,” Wang Lung replied, waiting, his eyes fixed on her face. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Cherry fixed his steel-cold eyes on mine, and like a snake, his eyes never blinked, never moved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She did not see the startled gaze the two men fixed on her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has to work late. Big event. Says we need to fix our own dinner.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my attention fixed on the dusty floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, Dad looked up and straight ahead, his gaze fixed on something behind me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was he who poetically “fixed” the Bible—-which in itself and its present King James version has enslaved the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you want to fix me, but there is nothing anyone here can do.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But he could still fix the shelter and make it—here die words “safer” came into his mind and he didn’t know why—more livable. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t care about the flowers; her eyes had fixed on the two people in the garden’s center. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Nowadays we are able to fix pitch using an electronic, measurement, Hertz, which gives each pitch a numerical value, though we have stuck with the alphabetical names for ease of use. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It fixed him with its eyes, and the next gout of poison came so close to Thor that he could taste it on the ocean air. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I will visit and fix it next summer.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His ratty home under the pig trough was too chilly, so he fixed himself a cozy nest in the barn behind the grain bins. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t really understand her job, but from what I can tell, whenever something goes wrong at the bank, she fixes it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The heirs listened to the lawyer read the next document, but their eyes stayed fixed on table eight's answer: Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarisse was watching us like she knew what we were talking about, but then she fixed her eyes on her breakfast plate. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I sat there, I thought myself a fool for having tried to fix situations that were so fatally broken. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you wash your face and fix your hair before you came down to breakfast? A lady would never make her appearance until she had at least fixed her face.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze remained fixed on the blackened ruins. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like he was fixing to grab her for another ten-minute kiss. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Neewo slept in his winter bed, a blanket fixed on the ropes so that he could gently rock to sleep. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“She mentioned your front door again, and my dad...well, actually, I volunteered to come fix it. I hope that’s not weird.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was about her grandmother as well, about fixing her legacy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, while the men played cards, she would sometimes fall into long elastic silences, her eyes fixed on the dark, her arms folded, her foot tapping out a coded message against the floor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother didn’t even kick off her shoes, just rushed to the kitchen and began shuffling pans to fix a real dinner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I want to do something with my life besides fix computers in an office tower. I want to make a difference. I want to do interesting work, to be around ideas,” he said. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s frightening, but also somehow comforting to know that there’s one thing the Thunderhead can’t fix. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The Inner Eye,” said Professor Trelawney with dignity, straightening her shawls and many strands of glittering beads, “was fixed upon matters well outside the mundane realms of whooping voices.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Riccio pushed his tongue through the gap in his teeth and kept his eyes fixed on Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He also had a feeding tube fixed in the front of his neck, which pushed lumps of flesh to the sides. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She told Sissy about Johnny, and Sissy said she’d come over and fix him up as soon as she could get away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he knew what to say or how to fix his mistake, he’d go over to her. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You need orange juice, stat. Whenever my uncle used to get the shakes, OJ would fix him right up. That or honey or hard candy.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Longstreet sat gazing at the map, fixing it in his mind. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was pleased that she looked so old the way Mama had fixed her hair. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touched her constantly, fixing a ringlet of hair that had fallen into her face, brushing a speck from her shawl, and patting her left hand with his right. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was those eyes, those unseeing, terror-stricken eyes, fixed: on the ceiling. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I live right close. Wait til I get my papers and lock the door, and I’ll take you home and fix it.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a month the preliminaries were completed, the day was fixed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those hands could fix anything that cranked, moved, pumped heat, moved water, or had valves, vacuums, or wires. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s just it, Mom. They hate me for it and they hate my skin. I can’t do anything about my skin, okay, but my hair I can fix.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I head to the mirror to “fix myself.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I fix that astrolabe, then, Uncle? Are your joints swelling up again?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I lead them down the hall to the room where Nora and I talked to Carlos that time he was fixing the trash chute. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The sailor was as I’d left him, completely unaware, and Mouse by his side, her eyes fixed on Mr. Kendall. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He has a real old car, one that he fixes up himself to keep it running. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Let’s wait until we fix that wing. Then you can get out. Here. Eat this spider.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He fixes them to the wall and reaches for the guitar again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She wouldn't cry in his bedroom about the things he couldn't fix for her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My mother “fixed” my hair by combing it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I always have. But my gift doesn’t fix twisted things.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“After I get your braids fixed up I’ll push you awhile in the swing. Okay?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he set up his staff that Ogion had made him for a mast, stayed it with spells, and fixed across it a yard of sound wood. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m not sure if her advice can fix things in the world I live in now. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You scared me. I can fix up a stomach ache.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was fixed in a course, like a ball in a groove. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And avoiding a stroll by the Hob...that’s going to fix things for me?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got the whole scene fixed in the corner a my eye. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They let me put my hair up but made a lot of fuss over how to fix it, because no one trusts me with hairpins. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He’s like a grandfather who wants to fix up two young kids that he just knows would make a great couple. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We. We’re going to fix up this rickety heap. You and me.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps after her, wishing I could just reach out and grab her hand, so I can fix it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was sitting as still as a statue, its eyes fixed unblinkingly on the far corner of Privet Drive. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I fix my face in the mirror again to make me look serious, almost like Chantal’s, a little bit like Pri’s, with a touch of Donna. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Hessians kept a few paces apart, their muskets ready, their bayonets fixed as if they were advancing on an enemy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I fixed pearls in her hair and brushed carmine on her pale cheeks, the queen was impassive and did not meet my eye. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My eyes were red and fixed on hers. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My bedroom door opens—Dad never gets around to fixing that squeak. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Alex kicked in the water, keeping his head above the surface, his eyes fixed on the jellyfish. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At last he managed to control himself, and sat with his great eyes fixed on Harry in an expression of watery adoration. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The Tynmores had to get a regular window man in to fix it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He advised Bill Volt to put some pressure on the landlord to get the heating system fixed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we'd be sleeping and Momma would be fixing some popcorn. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is looking at me waiting, waiting for me to explain it away, to go back in time, to fix it, to give her back her perfect daughter who never gave her a moment’s trouble. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to get up and wade across when I chanced to look up at the train trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the morning Uncle Jet isolated himself in the hogan, fixing it up and organizing it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He sat next to me on my bed, his eyes fixed on his sandals. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool. There is nothing that money can’t fix—even the killing of a brother,” Uncle snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m trying to fix my friend up with a bum?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, it was as much to say stars could go their own way instead of being fixed to turn around our world. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Come in. There's a fire going in the parlor, and I'll fix you something to eat." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He circled the basket like it was prey, wary eyes fixed on the two remaining slips of paper as he tried to determine which bore his family’s name. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For breakfast, she always fixes Tío Pepe’s tray first thing, before the cook is up, and carries it to their bedroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

To propitiate the North, they fixed the pre-Independence elections in favor of the North and wrote a new constitution that gave the North control of the central government. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

George noticed that Mom kept looking over at George, but when George looked back, Mom had her eyes fixed on the television screen, even if it was showing commercials, which she usually hated. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

They came by at a forced march, their gaze fixed forward, their arms swinging high. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she stops and whispers to me how to fix a problem, I get more upset. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

It's torn and there's no way to fix it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had changed the color of her fingernails and they were so bright red her fingertips looked like mine when they were covered with wet blood while I was trying to fix Maria’s nose. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front room looked pretty after Papa and Mama got it fixed up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could fix this, as everything had always been fixed for her before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He squinted long and hard with his bad eye, to make out the fix our garden was in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I piled on the material until he said, "That there's the scoop we been trying to find. That's what we want. You better stand back a little, 'cause I'm fixing to start her up." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll fix my ...” and he arched out, lunging hopelessly into the space between us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on the still surface of the pond. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Now, if you answer our questions and help us fix time, we might let you go back where you came from.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Roz was a mangled wreck, and there was nothing they could do to fix her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bailing wire or electrician’s tape could fix a lot. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both times the women notified Glushko, who would then fix things. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now all the attention will turn to the surgeons who fixed my deaf ear after the Games last year, and they’ll have to explain why I can hear like a bat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

If this was known, then why wasn’t more being done to fix it? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I nod, my eyes fixed on the red squares. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a person gets tired of being fixed all the time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

My eyes floated up toward the office until they fixed on Zu waving me over. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Turn around and let me fix this bow.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He got up and started fixing his mosquito netting. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erma ushered us into the kitchen, where she was fixing dinner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the conflict we saw, of course, wasn’t only a fixed feature of prison life; it had roots in Sing Sing’s frequent changes of officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loomis worked for us off and on all my life—milking till I got big enough, plowing the garden till I got big enough, fixing fences and chopping wood till I got big enough. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After we were fixed with beds in the high- ceilinged rooms of the partially restored Cistercian monastery, I began talking with some friends I had not seen since leaving the States. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He had managed to finish fixing the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes fixed upon the flames. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t that help to fix the problems I’d been having, the ones Mama and Doc had spoken about all rootworkers having? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As Mama bent over the wash basin on the floor to wring out a towel, Grandpa fixed his eyes on her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When her garden cherub’s silver arc dried up inexplicably, it was Dr. Velutha who fixed its bladder for her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was down in the kitchen fixing around to let her sleep. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His cotton-encrusted eye socket fixed on me, and terror gripped me so fiercely I couldn’t breathe. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Just when we considered ourselves fully prepared and were fixing to depart, lo and behold, we learned that the Pan American Airline would only allow forty-four pounds to be carried across the ocean. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone in the kitchen, I fix myself a frozen waffle and eat it looking out the window. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My fixed desire was to seek and find a good and intelligent woman, whom I could love: a contrast to the fury I left at Thornfield—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I go to the kitchen and fix myself a plate of cheese and fruit. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The second was to help users memorize the alphabet by placing the letters in a fixed sequence and giving them easy-to-remember names. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed the scrunchie in my hair and readjusted my scarf. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got strings out, right now. Wait till next year. Just wait. Then see where I’m marching. I wont need to tell you how I’m fixing it; I say, just wait and see, my boy.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes she would hear him say, "I can fix that," and she'd feel his warm arm across her shoulders. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She fixed it three times already, but it just ain’t working. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“All right. Don’t hurry me. A robot’s only a robot. Once we find out what’s wrong with him, we can fix it and go on.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They fixed it up, made it livable, just another long-term improvement project for Terryl. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was just explaining Leo’s plan to fix the ship when she heard horse hooves clomping across the deck over their heads. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If it turned out the person they’d chosen wasn’t a good communicator or was uncomfortable with being vulnerable, they seemed to think time or marriage vows would fix the problem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Further evidence of fixed residence comes from their heavy stone tools, remains of substantial semi-underground houses with signs of remodeling, big village sites of a hundred or more dwellings, and cemeteries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It stared around with fixed eyes, tongue flicking out of its sharp little mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Moody’s magical eye left the map and fixed, quivering, upon Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Together, she and her sister and Robbie had only one subject, and it was fixed in the unchangeable past. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some people can not be fixed, if he behave like an animal then he should be treated like one, one wrote. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are fixed on the far wall, which is drawing closer by the second. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then I asked him if he had any special dish he liked; if he did I’d try and fix it for him the next day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had fixed so much pain into all of this. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He slept in my bed, which my mother fixed up with a new nubby beige bedspread, and I slept on a cot next to him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her slightly narrowed eyes were fixed upon Fleur, who was gazing down at Bill with a frozen expression on her face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His solution may not always be pretty—it may involve coercion or exorbitant penalties or the violation of civil liberties—but the original problem, rest assured, will be fixed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She flicked the armrest of her throne and then fixed her dark gaze on Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was staring across the room in a daze—how long, I don’t know—when gradually I became aware that Francis was looking at me with an intent, fixed expression on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He left it alone, thinking he’d probably do more harm than good trying to fix it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of Ob, this particular cold morning, not even bothering to fix his usual cup of cocoa when he got out of bed. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her brilliant eyes were fixed unblinkingly on his. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had to be a way for us to fix things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each canoe was tested; a few did not float well and had to be fixed. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next year they demanded it be fixed—and the fish returned. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She took Seth and Kendra by the hands and fixed them with a loving gaze. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I turned three, my doctors recommended that I undergo a major operation to fix my face. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We end our walk in a burst of black and bright: black stage, black furniture, black fixings lit up by lights from all directions and vantage points. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The one it was hard to get a fix on was June. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had it her way it would all be perfectly fixed up to look as it had been when she was my age. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I was just fixing to make myself a peanut-butter sandwich,” she said. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor girl, I’ll fix some ginger water for you to sip. Then you must go to bed at once. If you’re not better in the morning, I’ll send a note to Mr. Das.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever made it must not have hired someone like her dad to fix the errors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I walk down the hallway, my fingers lightly following the wall, my eyes fixed on a tiny light coming from the kitchen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Our little house used to be a shack, until my mom married my dad and made him fix it up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on the largest cloud, as if, when it passed out of sight, I might have the good luck to pass with it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My mom looks at my dad, his eyes fixed on the road, and then she joins in. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I went to see a demon, a Mister Alger; who manages apartment houses. I have a job, cleaning and fixing things in those houses. I can heal sick machines on the side, too.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only sounds were of birds, fountains, and— briefly—the hammer of the man fixing the roof. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stuffed this around the doorjamb and fixed it over the knotholes with thumbtacks borrowed from the Fujitas. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When they are pushed down long enough they will rise up. If they bite you, they are trying to fix things in the only way they know.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody spoke, and all eyes were fixed squarely on the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“But I could help your pop fix his fashion mistakes, Grace. I mean, what’s up with the turtleneck and tweed look? It’s so last millennium.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Scott was still breathing, barely, but his eyes were fixed in their sockets, and his teeth were tightly clenched. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s going to Home Depot tomorrow to buy stuff to fix the plumbing and maybe some paint, nothing interesting. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At one point she said, “I can fix Mr. Sheep Sheep if you want.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She could speak to them, listen to them, maybe even fix things for them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They say a thing that’s broke can always be fixed, if you work at it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

So yeah, even though all your bones matter, you only need to fix the broken one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We constructed our lives around a misunderstanding, and if ever I tried to pull it out and fix it now I would fall down flat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandfather’s eyes were wide open and fixed on the ceiling. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quietly, she fixes a special meal: tortillas, a pork cutlet, rice, fried beans with a sprinkling of cheese. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was filmed with a fixed camera on one of the summit terraces and showed a man sitting at a table, as if at an open-air restaurant, during one of its famous blows. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If something is happening outside of awareness, how on earth do you fix it? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want them to grow up with hate, their eyes fixed on the past. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sidle a glance at the red-haired fighter, to find his attention fixed on me with an intensity that sends an unexpected flutter through my chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hercules fixed those brilliant blue eyes on her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the repair guy came, he said it was going to cost over three hundred dollars to fix the pipe. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun shook his head and went into the kitchen to fix a cabinet door that had gotten loose. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Her sandwich remained fixed in midair, the barbecue sauce trickling down her fingers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Darwin's scheme, the rate of change of an organism was generally fixed, while the rate of natural selection could be amplified to accelerate evolution or dampened to decelerate it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

If that stops working and I can't fix it, I'm a dead man. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mormont paid no mind to the mongrel crowd; his eyes were fixed beyond the siege lines, on the distant city with its ancient | walls of many-colored brick. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mom really loved it when we were doing things together—she and Abbey fixing the salad and potatoes, Dad and me cleaning the fish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The white man whose tan shirt had a star fixed on its pocket stood in front of JimmyTrotter and us and didn’t move. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I kept making typing mistakes and had to go back a couple of times to fix them. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you could tell us how to fix it.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes fixed forward, she passed the ghosts standing guard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“But you’re all missing the bigger picture! We can fix the tear and everything else once we build...you know.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Miss Celia, you mess up the hair coloring again? I helped you fix it last time, remember? We got it back real pretty.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Cersei fixed him with those clear green eyes of hers, beautiful even in their contempt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Inside the car, the driver hears a steady blare at a fixed pitch. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both her eyes and her hand, frozen in pointing, were fixed on Yishan’s outstretched handkerchief. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When there was a heroine, she weighed very little, wore very little, and had had her teeth fixed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jasmine had her eyes fixed on Richard as he was escorted into the courtroom. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then Bigwig, his eyes set in a fixed, glazed stare, began to jerk his way up the ditch toward the opening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandpa used to say to be careful with eggs and words, because neither can ever be fixed. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they fix yesterday, very cold. Fix today, tonight very cold.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You can fix up two schools. Maybe three. You could build a brand-new school on top of the old school.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Up on Coalwood Mountain. That shack off the road, about a third of the way down. She fixed me French toast. She wanted me to be sure to tell you about it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gritting her teeth, she responded, “And I thought you would be the one to fix us something to eat.” Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I got up to get the sugar, I saw Mama fix Doc with a serious, hard look. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

The wagon is broken in the mud, the oxen would not move, the soldiers needed Pa to help them fix the wagon. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she’s fixed in front of the Vista Lounge window, she rarely leaves until someone makes her leave. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“But will she? Will Stef lose her arm? I can’t imagine the doctors will be able to fix it. It’s turning gray, Matt.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I didn’t see this before. I should have. But I’m going to fix it, okay? With your gran’s help.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So, even though nobody’s across from me, I keep my eyes and pretend sword fixed. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We go in the kitchen and I fix her baloney sandwich. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The production guys actually would turn to Keith to fix the software. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“This is filthy. But nothing a little cleaning can’t fix, right?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Her momma is a teacher at some private school, and her daddy is an electrician. Senior, I got his card. He can fix that light on the back porch for us.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She says, If ye don’t fix yeer brother’s shoes an’ I have to get out of this bed there will be wigs on the green. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought that was one of the things you could fix around the place,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I fix em for supper tonight. Got some in the freezer. And tomorrow night you having chicken and dumplings.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dalgard planned to spend the weekend fixing his clocks in the family room of his house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, school’s done. Are you and Miguel ready to start fixing that fence of mine?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Leo,” said Annabeth, “if we get the supplies, how long to fix the ship?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I think because she’s fixed her eyes on something beyond the rivers of blood, to a beautiful place on the other side. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Stella fixes her face mask, looking back at me, her eyes meeting mine for a fraction of a second. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I stay up late fixing this for y’all, and all you can say is ‘tomorrow’? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just a bunch of men singing and blabbing in the Congo language and fixing a roof, that’s all it was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to call him when Granny smiled and said, “Old booger’s gone, thank the good Lord!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She and the girls spent the rest of the hour fixing Quendy’s hair to like showcase the lesion. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Styx loved the museum and could fix everything and he knew how to talk to Dad? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“A woman once asked me: ‘How do you get your husband to fix the plumbing?’ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He will find a way to fix this. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They don’t drop me—it’s more like the group that’s supporting me disintegrates and I get dumped on the floor as everyone rushes to fix the fallen links. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon, when the school bus stopped in front of her house, she jumped out and ran to the kitchen to fix another bottle for him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The fear of the void was so great that Christian scholars tried to fix the Bible to match Aristotle rather than vice versa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He showed me how to balance with no hands, fix a slipped chain, and lube the gears to keep things smooth. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He motioned for them to rise, allowing Yishan to fix his hat before addressing him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the men and then at the Corporal, whose eyes were still fixed on him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He peered down the tunnel and saw a figure with a candle fixed to the stiff bill of his cap. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She flies against the rain, eyes fixed on the horizon, hoping to see the hulking form of the RV coming to save her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“MAMA, fix me something to eat. I’m hungry.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Another one of my fixed duties is to go down to the river and gather water for the family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anyone could come up with a way to fix this, she could. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to fix it, how to make her feel better. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They unfolded the dark-stained red flannel of the muletas and fixed batons in them to spread the stuff and give the matador something to hold. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

On Sunday after church I made an appointment with Miss Volker to fix the leaky side of my nose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you can be so correct and righteous in your heart, and still fix your mouth to say all them mean things.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked around the table, then fixed her gaze on Ruth. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush. Take him down home, T. P. Frony fixing him a bed. You all look after him, now. Hush, Benjy. Go on with T. P.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fixing Skee-Ball machines for eight forty an hour and there’s a hundred grand waiting for us.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mike hurriedly put his crampons back on and disappeared down the fixed ropes without complaint. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened and Libby stood before me, her hair pulled back in a ponytail and her green eyes fixed on my face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tycho’s idea was that the Earth is fixed at the centre of the Universe and that the Sun, the Moon and the fixed stars orbit around the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

"We fixing to do something what needs to be done," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s the big deal if I fix a hot dog or not?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There’s stuff G’pop wasn’t even aware of, and strange sleep talk about fixing it... Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, back at his palace, the magistrate saw this error and attempted to fix the painting himself—which caused the dragon to come to life! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Now,” I said, “I’m going to fix your shoestrings.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe Jenny’s parents, because someone fixed her bumper real fast. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Nice catch,” Beat Box said, his eyes fixed on the blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When Galileo pointed his telescope towards Jupiter on the night of 7 January 1610, he noticed what he took to be some fixed stars near the planet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I watched them as they were fixed on getting Vonetta out of the backseat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A little at a time, she told him about the night after Beto fixed the radio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The undertaker came again to report that Johnny was at his funeral parlor and was being fixed up fine and would be brought home that evening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman turns to the man and says softly, “The eyes can be fixed, don’t you think?” and he says, “I don’t know. I would reckon so.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The grooms were walking around with their faces fixed in permanent winces. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She again fixed die sextant of her eye on the horizon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Fighting for the people she cared about and doing everything it took to fix her mistake? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I got to have that bell fixed,” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn't look at the Beauty Minister; her eyes are fixed on the ground. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes. First off, neither of us is Christian. Second off, spending the summer chasing after idiotic roadside attractions is not going to fix anything. Third off, crucifixes remind me of her.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And when we began to actually build the aeroplane, they made a point of coming down with an already fixed cold supper and helping us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fixed on a longitude between ninety and seventy degrees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My gaze remained fixed on someone who, eyes wide open, stared into space. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her occupation, suspended by Mr. Rochester’s announcement, seemed now forgotten: her eyes, fixed on the blank wall opposite, expressed the surprise of a quiet mind stirred by unwonted tidings. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to fix the fence. It’s a waste of time. In all these years, the rain hasn’t returned. And you know what—it’s not going to!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the time she gets a few hundred dollars saved up here and there, the pipes start leaking or the roof needs fixing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw that his gaze was fixed on the stairwell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes fixed themselves upon Ashe in an oddly intent manner. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And if I figure it out, maybe I can fix it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem particularly upset, but the smile had gone, and her eyes looked far away, fixed somewhere on the sky ahead of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if, after Frank fixes the house, what if that means he’s gone for good? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke stopped; she fixed Penelope with a stern and cautionary look. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Now that he had some point in the darkness to fix his eyes on, he felt less giddy. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on the Countess’s face. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He sat there like a little mouse and thought, and in half a minute it was fixed!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She fixed her gaze on Mother, who twisted her handkerchief nervously, smiling at someone who was not yet there. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I am,” the young man murmured dreamily, his gaze still fixed on the water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like good Marines, we took them with us to our Morse code classes—with bayonets fixed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pony was learning already to fill his stomach out unnaturally large while the cinching was going on, and then to let it down when the straps were fixed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

At eleven, I got dressed and fixed my hair in front of the mirror that hung on the door of my closet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mina. We will fix up the coop and live here, and we will put bars on the door. Yanek and I will see to it.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

People would bring their cars from all over the city for him to fix because he could work miracles on them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And Lazlo had fixed on dark time, and he had wondered at the word haunts, but he had never thought to consider shadow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In return, he watered for people who were sick and fixed fences and made other repairs. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, she did, so I never thanked her for fixing my ankle.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

One of the blue beams is fixed on my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

How was I going to fix any of this? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Toomer, tell me some way I can repay you for the flowers. Let me fix you up an apple pie over the weekend.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mars Bar stared with growing astonishment at Maniac, whose wide, unblinking eyes were fixed on the trestle, yet somehow did not seem to register what was there. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Would you like me to fix you a drink, Mr. McSouthers?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes fixed straight ahead, she pretended to ignore the gallantries, but a couple of times her lips curled into a smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“At last, you announce your purpose! Then you have my permission to go, though you do not need it. And how will you sail without your engineer, without your engines fixed?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She fanned a red taloned hand in the air, drying it, her eyes still fixed on the screen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could fix the delicate electric motors in the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her father was home, the household settled around a fixed point. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s scrubbing the hallway. And from the looks of the tin canister next to him, I think he’s fixing to do some waxing.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The microphone had been fixed and she asked Ann to sit down as she presented the next speaker. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to get into it again—and no amount of apologizing can fix that woman, anyway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The idea of fixed class positions, on the other hand, rubs many the wrong way. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My heart swells to hear that people in America consider this place a historic treasure and are helping to fix it—like when so many people back home pitched in to rebuild our mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

What bothered me most, though, was that I couldn’t fix anything. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He put the money back and opened the bottle on the opener fixed to the counter before leaving the café and wandering down the street going away from the boulevard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one sleeper in particular, though, she found an undue portion of her attention fix, without her even meaning it to. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He fixed me with a solemn and ironical gaze. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jamie repeated the name aloud to fix it in his head, and leaned forward to peer at Maddie more closely in the firelight from the library grate. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The reason he fixed himself up to look good was because he was madly in love with himself. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My gaze was fixed without object upon the encampment, the dim figures who, an arm or a cheek caught in the distinguishing gesture of flame, huddled or moved about the mob of soldiery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I’d had a little sleep and felt on fire to make a plan that would fix everything. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was bending forward and fixing some sort of a metal chain round the two door-handles. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The skull of a ferret was fixed at its top. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on distant brown hills, the reins loose in his hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had seen the dress back when Beto fixed the radio, but the rest was new. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To appreciate the full impact of this on Tycho and his contemporaries, you have to remember that at that time stars were regarded as fixed, eternal and unchanging lights attached to a crystal sphere. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was staring at them and fixed his mouth in the way people do when they're thinking, Not bad. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Well?” said she, fixing her eyes upon me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the front of the Golden Fleece, Sophie fixed people’s hair; in the back she removed it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He’s tired, but not the kind of tired that sleeping can fix. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I always feel better when I’ve fixed you a good hot breakfast before you go on a long hop,” Lillian said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy went to the mirror and stood with her back to us, fixing her hair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I should have felt happy or excited or just right, because I was so close to fixing my family and putting everything back together, just the way it was supposed to be. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had wanted his father to fix the machine, and now, because of him, his father was dead. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Glancing around the helicopter’s capacious interior, I tried to fix the names of my teammates in my memory. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She got up in the morning to fix breakfast and pack a lunch for her husband, then marinated a leg of lamb with wine and garlic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He fixed dinner while the boy played in the sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wished I could fix my own life as easily. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t no man coming in my house fixing nothing,” Grand daddy says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I get to the shack and bang open the door, expecting to see Sandy in the kitchen, fixing himself something he caught—but the stove is off, and the pan is empty on the counter. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He could fix anything that had moving parts—in fact, Father often said Bucky'd make a brilliant engineer if he’d settle down long enough to finish school. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“What are you fixing to do with ’em, Captain?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When little kids ever broke any toy they would come to him and he always took the time to fix it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Since there is no restriction tying the singer to a “fixed” notation, children are free to just imitate or to explore, improvise and play with the sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He’d worked off it for a half hour or so but never came on to 58 or 56, never fixed himself properly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Charles, who only the moment before had been sunk in gloom, glanced up and fixed her with a smile of great warmth and sweetness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What’s the use of fixing them now? We lost the prize.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The one he has keeps pulling his cassettes apart, and I have to fix them.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would fix her hair, cover it with a flimsy net, put on a clean white cannery worker’s dress, and stick a brightly colored handkerchief in the lapel pocket. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned to fix things by watching his mother's boyfriend. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The smuggler has a short fuse when he needs a fix. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Your mama’s off getting her hair fixed. Baby Girl, you know who your mama is.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The line representing fixed costs was flat, and the one representing variable costs angled upward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She must have let Wynn fix her hair, because the style looked a little too similar to his own. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In order to prove this, he needed to determine the distances to these other galaxies, which are so far away that, unlike nearby stars, they really do appear fixed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on the bathroom door, and he hoped Henry could hear him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And, in exchange for coffee or chocolate or tobacco, the Germans gave them paint and lumber and nails and cloth for fixing things up. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This smile of blood is what fixes the attention, finally. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this one seemed worse than the others, and it worried me that maybe they wouldn’t fix it up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Filling the pool had cost $100,000, but it would have cost a lot more to fix it, and there was no money for that. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere they’d fix men that way to give them women’s voices. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood in front of the mirror fixing herself. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

At odd intervals the immense coils would shift lazily with a dry scaly rustle; the head, however, remained fixed in the same position. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I thought about how I’d never seen Papa fix anything around our house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Despite myself I could not keep my eyes off his hands; the harder I tried to keep my gaze fixed elsewhere, the more it fastened itself to those stumps. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just fixes me with the kind of glance that invites me to keep on talking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A universe where he does derail it but Natasha is able to fix it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell the nuns this evening. They need to get that shutter fixed. I’ll help Mr. Taphouse.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you get your watch fixed?” asked the boy. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A dozen different plans went through his head, all wretched ones, and at last he fixed on the worst plan of all. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He spent hours fixing the Archimedes sphere, cleaning it and repairing its circuits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Quincy fixed breakfast like always. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the key facts were clear from De Nova Stella—that the object was fixed among the fixed stars and met every criterion to be regarded as a genuinely new star. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

His single bright eye fixes on me, and he bares his teeth, trying to wrench himself away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They redesigned the spacecraft, fixing flaws that had been exposed by the disaster and redoubling their focus on every possible detail of the next nine missions, each a step in the stairway to the Moon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He takes my gold mockingjay pin from his pocket and fixes it to the jumpsuit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A desperate person—say, someone trying to get the spider god to fix a mistake that had stirred up monsters—why, that person might try anything to get to Anansi in the palace above. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I have to do the chart, darling, and fix you up.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We can only fix what they send us, Captain,” the cook said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My men all blanched against the gloom, our eyes were fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear of being devoured. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fixed me with an Or else stare and held it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jordan was still at work, so Gerald got Angel from next door and fixed them both a couple of Aunt Queen’s “scramburglers.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alright, but I’m fixing you a cup of coffee and I want you to just take the day off, okay?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tucker stood there for a moment, running his hand through his black hair, fixing his glasses, spinning his watch around his wrist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Folks would do such mean things to her Tea Cake if they saw him in such a fix. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In his best-selling book, Man, the Unknown, he proposed fixing what he believed was “an error” in the U.S. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When the flurry of motion became too much, she looked up ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Nobody in our family likes onions, and the only time Mom ever fixes them is when she’s upset. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My gaze fixes on a new trail of golden honey oozing from a crack, just within arm’s reach. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father had to go to one of Mr. Alger’s houses to fix some pipes that had just broken, so that left us without anything to do. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And more importantly...a wrestling mistake could be fixed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma says, I’ll go to the landlord’s office and tell them fix this before ye are all drowned entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she finished I continued to hold out my hand, indicating to her that her blows could never really reach me, my eyes fixed and unblinking upon her face. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or fixes me grits with butter and sugar. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Check out my skiff, see there’s a place on the bow needs fixing, from crunching into the Whaler, but I ain’t in the mood. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was smaller than he remembered and fixed to a single, long, square post, sharpened at the further end to put into the earth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for saying that. I want to fix this somehow. Maybe there’s a way to get the Hideout back.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There’s something grotesque about their grins, fixed for thirty years. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘That’s hardly my fault. Something is wrong with Apollo’s gifts of prophecy. If I knew how to fix it ‘She’s right.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He dribbles back to the top of the key, fixes his eyes on the goal. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

And fixing it all would make me look much more normal. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was the demons’ calendar, which was based on the movements of the sun with its fixed number of days and months and its seven-day weeks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start to fix it, already imagining the disaster that’s coming at dinner. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I don't know how, but I have a feeling that, unlike our leaking faucet, the problem my mother's about to reveal has no quick fix. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But it was the two guards whom the children’s eyes were fixed upon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They laugh, them girls, they laugh in the river, and they fix they hair for beauty. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Someone’s coming to fix your hair before dinner?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soon-Lee fixes her hair, pumping it up in the back with her fingers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He could find no evidence of parallax, and this was an important factor in convincing him that the Earth is fixed, with the stars rotating about it on their crystal sphere. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She nodded at what Charles was saying, but her eyes were fixed on Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He tries the cadence of a movie voice-over: “It’s senior year. She’s a beautiful budding filmmaker. He can swim and fix cars. They don’t know where the path beyond the stone cottage will lead.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be along,” she said, fixing her eyes again on the water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as he hears “I’m gonna fix it!” for the third time and his eyes pop open, he knows something is. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Let’s work on fixing our friendship. We can’t do that if you and my disgusting brother are hanging out.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then he came to the realization that he felt like urinating and he had been putting it off until he had finished fixing the little fish. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Immediately I’d try to fix it by shifting my weight to the other side, but often I’d go too far and overbalance. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I stumbled on my part, too lost in reverie, and the flautist fixed me with a look most vexed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He pined away, leaning perpetually over the pool, fixed in one long gaze. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all their energy, Cahokia’s rulers made a terrible mistake: they did not attempt to fix the problem directly. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

John and I are crouched together on the sofa, trying in vain to fix the radio that we’ve had in our family for years. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They had better be at the house first thing in the morning, ready to fix the ceiling permanently and to offer restitution for the property damage their carelessness had caused. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His glowing green eyes fixed me with a hungry stare. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The frame’s fixed to the wall,” said the old man, “but I could unscrew it for you, I dare say.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But that loaded-down little boat of theirs already looked like it was fixing to sink if you looked at it wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes fixed on the screen: three unread messages. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The traces of their jaws had looked like tiny bullet holes, and Mo had gotten out his book block, carefully fixed the pages back together, then, as he put it, gave them a new dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Above the rock step where John, Stuart, and Lou turned around, the fixed ropes ended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“When something gets broken, it can be fixed.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was an air of unreality to it all, as if the situation would somehow, someway, magically fix itself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So you see, sir,” said Somkit in a voice sweet as palm sugar, "we were just testing that taxi out so we could fix the motor. Ask Officer Manit—he'll vouch for me.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“He wants to make sure you’re on track for coming in on September twenty-second. He wanted to remind us that the calendar is fixed.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Frank saw plenty of minor injuries—some burns, broken bones, black eyes, cuts and gashes, plus a lot of very interesting hairdos from fires and exploding water cannons—but nothing that couldn’t be fixed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s a good-hearted boy. Anything breaks at my house, he fixes it.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn back, Jason’s coming up behind me, his fingers resting in sharp angles on his communication book, his eyes fixed on the water. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fixed his attention on Nero, who lay draped over a branch, tail twitching, eyes on the dog. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Faced with an ecological problem, the Indians fixed it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Looks like your pa can fix more than busted pumpjacks and jammed rigs after all.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed straight down on the floor until she left and I heard the door close behind her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Grim has it fixed in his head I'm at a dangerous age and they need to keep me under observation. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A few of the atomic contacts were still too close for comfort,” they admitted—but perhaps these would be fixed by additional fiddling. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Christina and I don’t speak, but I know our thoughts are the same, fixed on Uriah, on his last breaths. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Right before Mom had the twins, their other car, an ancient CR-V, broke down, and Ivy’s parents had decided it wasn’t worth fixing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Neb’ mind ’bout all dat cleanin’ round de front yard,” he told her as she straightened up from fixing the bed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

All day she and Bubber and Portia and her Dad had been fixing the hall and the dining-room for the party. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Georgie and I had fixed it up like a clubhouse, with candles and books and a few board games, along with blankets and pillows borrowed from the attic. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

That way, even as a pretty, unable to comprehend why she would ever want her brain fixed, Tally could at least read her own words and know what was about to happen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I guess,” I replied, fixing my gaze back toward the window. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wondered idly what fixed memory they would have of me in twenty or thirty years. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘So that’s your advice is it,’ said Sam, ‘that we should go another long march south, to find ourselves in the same fix or a worse one, when we get there, if we ever do?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Four pairs of round black glassy eyes were all fixed upon James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But his eyes remained fixed on her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hawked a loogie in the driveway and tried to fix my face, brace myself, get back on guard. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No one I know of. Maybe my wife, getting it fixed up. So they couldn’t be there exactly expecting you, now could they?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our dinner words fixed on how to let the big news out. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe they’d fix the dents in the sides of my head, or make my nose look a little less squished. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, I liked a challenge—liked to take something and fix it up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the elf bobbing apologetically around his ankles, he fixed his cold eyes upon Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

All I want now is for Gram to tell me how to fix things again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Maybe three stitches. I’ll drive you to Spokane to get it fixed up.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze fixed on my poor uncle and I could not tear my glance away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tie up the spile and the tube of medicine in the parachute and fix it to my belt with vine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Folks aren’t about to let any type of protest go down without trying to stop it. Guess they think that’s better than fixing the actual problem.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Now? I’m in the middle of fixing dinner—” “I’ll finish for you. Please. So I can take her over when I go back to work tomorrow ...” It was arranged. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like it could fix whatever was ruined between me and Audrey. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He could not fix his mind on her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Curtains, scenery, and lights were fixed to huge metal poles that hung from the rafters. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

While she fixed them a snack, Roy slipped out of the kitchen and darted to his parents’ bathroom. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he coud fix up Algernons amaze to be the same like that one so we could both be doing the same kind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He fixed his gaze upon a white sunshade that was advancing at snail’s pace from the beach. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you’re going to start fixing up that truck of yours sitting in my front yard.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“She broke her arm real bad. Can’t be fixed. Can’t be made straight. No more good for weaving. Her hubby tried real hard to straighten up the arm ’cause he needs her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That spring, however, McCandless s sights were fixed unflinchingly on Alaska. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kresney shifts in her chair, her smile fixed on her face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What did that have to do with fixing motors, anyway? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her father picked an apple out of the lunch pail Mama had fixed for them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sam is looking into a mirror, trying to fix her unfixable hair. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her attention was fixed on the three sisters with the flared-sleeve dresses and their round, curly Afros. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes are fixed on Puerto Rican basketball. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Let’s fix them up on a blind date! Can you imagine? Miss Butt, meet Mr. Tushman. Mr. Tushman, here’s Miss Butt. They could get married and have a bunch of little Tushies.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Besides that big piece of pie, she fixed me a glass of lemonade and some for herself, and sat down to talk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

By then, it was dark, but from their windows as we ate the late supper they fixed us, we could see the lights of the chapel where pilgrims were keeping their vigil. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smack in the middle of an orchid there might be a blob of jello and inside a Alickey Mouse doll, a fixed and radiant star. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could fix the engine on the boat easy if I wanted. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on a window on the right side of the second story. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everybody began attending to the paraphernalia of a challenge, the usual sealing of the gages with signets and so on, and the fixing of the date. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt before the Smith, who fixed things that were broken, and asked that he give her sweet Bran his protection. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna go to the bathroom to fix this. See you at lunch.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“What’s to be done, Blackberry?” he asked, making his way to the bolt fixed on the bow, with its ragged remnant of painter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chico lay on the couch, watching television with the kids, but every once in a while I noticed his eyes fixed on me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lyra and Will each awoke with a heavy dread: it was like being a condemned prisoner on the morning fixed for the execution. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s not even fixing Ray, because he is getting better. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Travis is a Christian. Don’t worry. Now can I fix you something to eat?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He accepted the challenge, poked around in the cars, and figured out how to fix them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought the man had “fixed” his scale. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A turtle turned up, a different kind this time, a green sea turtle, bulkier and smoother-shelled, but curious in the same fixed way as a hawksbill. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been working for the last hour, racing the sun to get this section of fence fixed, and I was exhausted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she ever saw something she didn’t think needed fixing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the tenth day, the sun showed its face long enough for Worsley to get a fix. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

For me, the distinction seemed as old and fixed as the mountains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lock Deputy Collins had broken was fixed, so Doc had to be around somewhere. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Joe said, “1 got some free time the next couple days, you got anything else around here needs fixing?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had fixed—cured? saved?— two dogs in late morning and recovered from it by the end of the day. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

After Frankie had fixed the tea to my satisfaction, he passed it over. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That means you can’t fix anything to eat when you get home,” I said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They are created from the most ‘natural’ ratios, even taking into account the distorting fix of Equal Temperament. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Well I—I didn’t have time to get fixed up before—” Mother is shaking her head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I want the United Nations to come right away, and fix it up so everything’s fair, this minute!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he helped fix her pencil sharpener, and when she said “Tank you,” he answered, “Sure!” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie resolved not to glance his way, but she could see without looking the little rosebud mouth fixed in its prissy bow. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by the constant banging, she was either fixing something or breaking something. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ma simply got up to pick up the pieces of the clock she’d been fixing for Earl Baker. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fixing me isn't like fixing a loose screw or a little bit of rust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then it would tilt upward again and either move sideways to the right page or remain fixed in its upward position until the page was turned, and then start downward again. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Tiller, I think Dallas might want to help you fix this porch. And maybe we ought to do some whittling tonight. Got any extra knives?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gladys backed away and lay on her bed, hands on her chest, her huge eyes fixed on the ceiling. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But why are the toys all misfits? Square wheels on a train can be fixed easily enough.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Morning finally came, and I fixed myself some breakfast and coffee; though I have no appetite I must eat. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he took the eyepiece out, replaced his glasses, and fixed the boy with a sour and suspicious look. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Her heart sank as she saw his eyes stop and fix on something: the bookcase behind the desk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I could sober up before my career was permanently fixed on a reckless course. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Moody watched him until he was out of sight, his magical eye fixed upon his back, a look of intense dislike upon his mutilated face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“One thing I would like to know, though,” she said, fixing her eyes on a spot a foot over Ron’s head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We'll fix it up. Don't worry” But Montag did not move and only stood thinking of the ventilator grille in the hall at home and what lay hidden behind the grille. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor must stop to fix the problem. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I said, those books we got from y’all, they were all missing pages. I can fix busted furniture, but I can’t make pages appear for the little ones to learn their lessons.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were both fixed on the form above us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get up! They’ve fired the engine and are fixing to take off!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He fixed up the room just the way he wanted it, with wooden shelves built in an alcove. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Un-Dead. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

My eyes are fixed on the small one-story house across the road. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But for keyboard instruments, on which the pitches of each step are firmly fixed, these nineteen subdivisions were a nightmare. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Miss Love had fixed a sort of padding out of clean feed sacks printed in bright red and white checks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you fix them with a charm or something?” he asked the matron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes?” said Moody, his magical eye rolling right over to fix on Neville. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her eyes widen, and she holds it up to her waist, fixing her wire-frame glasses in surprise. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to take care of my brother and fix everything before she came home the next morning. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They had one cop who was a brother but he was trailing behind and looked like he was fixing to run any minute. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was coming sort of fixed up, and he didn’t mean for nobody else’s wife to rank with her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"I'm fixing to shoot it to 'em upstairs," he said gravely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister said that she could help me fix up my hair. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You taking these shoes to the store to get fixed?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she showers, brushes her teeth and fixes our breakfast—still in the buff. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As she whispered, “thank you,” Carney fixed a rusty junked look on her and pinched her cheek hard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors’ radios were all silent, and his mother hadn’t yet risen to fix his father’s breakfast. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Your dress is pretty,” I lied, noticing for the first time there were no lunch fixings anywhere. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Detective Caputo was through taking in the door, he fixed his eyes on each of us in turn. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He invited King Joffrey to send an envoy to the Iron Islands to fix the borders between their realms and discuss a possible alliance. lyrion read the letter three times and set it aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If he fixed my nose I don’t think he’d want me to do brain surgery on him.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“We’ll either need to fix it or find a new boat. I’m pretty much holding it together with my willpower at this point. Ella, do you have any idea where we can find the Amazons?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In this way attention remained mostly fixed on the plight of the girl upstairs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Alan and I check out the gadgets: ashtray, footrest, air vent, little net fixed to the back of the seat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took a seat directly behind the defendants, and fixed them with a gaze of unique persistence, as though he planned to paint their portraits from memory. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fished some liver out of the jug, clipped a few bits off it, and fixed the bits in plastic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He speaks of glories and triumphs and how fortunate they’ll be to have fixed employment. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Here are some magazines, and scissors and paste. Now how’s that? I’m going down to the kitchen and fix you a tray. Then I’ll be up and read to you.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horatio, his eyes fixed on the child, rises like a man entranced by some ghost or magical creature. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Professor took away one copy to study after dinner, and before our meeting, which is fixed for nine o’clock. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He said Moore must have accidentally circled the wrong option on the consent form, and asked him to come back and fix it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Also, regardless of Bodega’s activities, he was fixing up the neighborhood. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was fixing to ask her about Granny, but her face told me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on Mo with such admiration in them that it wouldn’t have surprised Meggie had he flung himself at her father’s feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They got the utility company to fix several poles. Molly told me they’ve written the governor about the pere-grines. He controls the Department of Transportation.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Listen, kids, I have to fix the wobbly banister on the second floor and then take the building trash out. But we’re not done talking about this, okay?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His mother had gone cold when Arthur died; her grief for him was fixed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Girls gossiping, girls fixing their hair, girls primping. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Melody, but I can’t figure out what you mean. I’m going to fix you some noodles and cheese. Will that be okay?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I can only help as long as she doesn’t try to fix the problem on her own. I have everything she needs.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mom leans forward, her eyes fixed on me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“One thing’s for sure, give him tools, and this young man can fix up anything you can find and build anything you can think of. I can vouch for that.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Desdemona checked her reflection in the window and fixed her hat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Positive affirmation is a temporary fix, a surface measure. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That last night we had dinner together, and I went to bed early, and in the morning Elroy fixed breakfast for me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way those yellow eyes were fixed upon the block made Tyrion uncomfortable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fixed on the Polish girl and the fold between her brow deepened. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are lifted up and fixed upon the air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Tools for emergency, tow lines, a small block and tackle, a trenching tool and crowbar, tools for making and fixing and improvising. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least until Ralph fixed his lock; and then it was the sound of his knob being tried, communication attempted. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Year after year they plant corn, paint houses, fix cars or work at seasonal jobs and live off welfare in the off-seasons. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't do anything but sit propped up in a chair or, more often, huddled under the blankets on her bed, eyes fixed on some point in the distance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But it’s a magic sword, and only magic can repair magic. So he wanted me to fix it.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

What I remember is waiting with my friends before the music began, watching their fathers snap pictures and their mothers fix their hair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She wanted to tell her she hadn’t meant to embarrass her, but her classmate had turned away to stare out the window, her eyes fixed on the changing landscape. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She says to me with her eyes fixed on the road, This is all your fault. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I got TWO in my kitchen and I’m fixing to COOK. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He wore armor similar to Dobrynya’s—made of small scales fixed together that flexed as he moved—but his was shinier than the bogatyr’s had been. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

This is all my fault, and there’s something back at that party that I have to fix. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe praying would help, but fixing things with Eliza was going to take a little more planning. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

We could ask him then to fix things. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t high on Mommy’s list of things to fix. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My children,” said Aslan, fixing his eyes on both of them, “you are to be the first King and Queen of Narnia.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The yin fixes the yang, the image restores the original: with DNA, as with Dorian Gray, the prototype is constantly reinvigorated by its portrait. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I watch as her hands reach up to fix her face mask while she leans over to press a button, the doors slowly closing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then worst, he held on to it like he was fixing to stab something. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

‘Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you’ve fixed!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She clutches her white plastic ring under her arms, eyes fixed on the flaking blue paint on the far wall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s infuriating, isn’t it? They say it to everybody, and here l am saying it to you. Here, let’s fix your hair. You’re all mussed up.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Although we were kept together, our diet was fixed according to race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah, so if you know someone—” “Well, I know this sad junkie. We can make him go cold turkey for a day or two. He’d do anythin’ for a fix.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Henry is...a person I know. And we did something stupid. I had to fix it. It’s fine.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, I can smell it,’ said Frodo, but he did not move, and his eyes remained fixed, staring out towards the dark line and the flickering flame. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: When they asked him to go up to the fourteenth floor, Eric didn’t know what was fixing to happen, did he? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farzana fixed a cot for me and left me a glass of well water in case I got thirsty. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not fifty feet away was the Owner of the Emporium, approaching her rapidly, his gaze fixed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The angels launched new investigations, new policies and programs meant to fix the blind spots they’d created by claiming that the monsters were gone. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The sea glittered with chop, but Leo had fixed the stabilizers well enough that Hazel didn’t look too seasick. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They will be suspended in the void, unable to tell if they are fixed or moving because there will be no landmarks for them to recognize. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Oh, what a thrill there was for Francie when she turned a street corner and saw another store all fixed up for Christmas! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” he said, “I see you fixing to be sassy with Brother Elisha tonight—I'm going to have to give you a little correction. You just wait till I wash my hands.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even though I felt lousy, I had fixed a problem. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were hazy recollections, but certain parts stayed fixed in her mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jack said that it could be fixed without too much trouble. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Jordan found out that Angel’s bed was broken, he was angry and tried to fix it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Evans say she can fix me right up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

May fixed us bologna sandwiches nearly every single day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason fixed a broken door on one of the stables. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A prince can gain their favour in various ways, but because these vary according to the situation, no fixed rules can be given for them, and therefore I shall not discuss them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer was running a message to the Ladee Bar from the first officer of the Gossamer, a sleek trimaran with fixed wind-wing sails and an impressive Buckell cannon on its foredeck, when everything went wrong. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned across the table, fixing me with those riveting tawny eyes of his. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even still, I’m holding out hope that maybe we’ll fix things. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When we make our announcement asking the mysterious author of this wonderful poem to please come forward, I wish for back when a pack of birds and fifteen minutes of recess would fix everything. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

One robot was fixing a broken door when I walked in. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Do 1 think I’m fixed, do you mean?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every week it’s another attempt to fix the problem, cure the incurable. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The other day in center field, when Webb and I had our catch, Webb said, You can't fix broken people. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A fixed clock with a promise of lifetime repair brought us some dishes from an old woman who had a wedding set from her first marriage that her second husband didn’t like. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He fixed the mechanical creatures that had stopped working. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It knocked him off his feet, slammed the wind out of him, and left him dangling from the fixed line in a state of shock for several minutes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He just mostly stared out at the river, where no one was fixing to get dunked that day, whatsoever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I love to fix a big pot of meatballs or jambalaya with shrimps.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perform every action with your heart fixed on the Supreme Lord. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She did not consider what kind of fixing the men were fixed on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We walk with our hands in our pockets, our gazes fixed on the uneven ground before us. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He strongly urged their leader to abandon the fixed survey method once and for all. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Frank with his dirty clothes from a day of work on fixing their house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Besides, if the air-conditioning is going to break down on a ninety-degree day, it’s management’s responsibility to fix it before people start looking for other ways to cool off. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He looks up at me and the feeling that he was fixing to do something rough jumped offen him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Look! It’s Dismay’s collar! It’s still full of lavender the way you fixed it the day of Aunt Florentine’s funeral! Look!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose there is a certain crucial interval in everyone’s life when character is fixed forever; for me, it was that first fall term I spent at Hampden. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Unless they could stay, she wouldn’t think about fixing it up or sailing it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way Lola tells it, they had relatives who found them farm jobs out in the Central Valley; then during off-seasons they worked in restaurants and hotels and department stores—cleaning, fixing, serving. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He had taped the clear tube of a ballpoint pen to the threaded end of the needle, and on top of that he had fixed a tennis ball. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Except he couldn’t fix my arm or leg.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I liked the way his eyes were fixed on me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then I would choose a CD, and he would read while I lay on the floor next to his feet, eyes fixed on his socks, and listened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ignoring safe trucking practices once more, Little Bob fixed his eyes on me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stood under a tree, his attention fixed on three brown leaves that clung to a low branch. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kids in the neighborhood, strangers walking their dogs, moms strolling with carriages—even the two guys fixing the telephone wires. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He told her he wasn’t cut but twice but she had to have him naked so she could look him all over and fix him up to a certain extent. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he asked Farmer and PIH to help fix the Russian pilot projects. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Nancy settled nearby with coffee, sipping quietly from the cup, her alert eyes fixed on the tube. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Definite dates were being fixed for the closing of the camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was running out of new ways to fix fish, and he’s bound to bring home more tonight.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Zosma guards were like mounted statues, eyes blank and fixed on nothing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Stop yammering and fix it! You called him, you send him away!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He said he’d been just fixing to go to bed when he heard a sound and went outside to look. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again my world would be suddenly transformed, fixed like a rose with a nail through it, space hurtling coldly out from me in all directions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed the letter up again and glued it back and went out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never have had to do anything to try to fix all those things that had gone wrong. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Auntie’s holding a bag of skirt sashes for Lola to fix. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Got to mess it up before you can fix it up,” Kelly’s dad yelled over the music. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When her red pickup truck breaks down, she doesn’t have a man to call, so she fixes it herself. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you okay? Is your leg all fixed up?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He was hoping to fix all his problems. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

So I start to ask Janae, thinking that she might have the answers, but her eyes are fixed on the setting sun, and I'm sure her dreams are floating with the clouds. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Far from being the stable, fixed, eternal void that everyone had always assumed, this was a universe that had a beginning. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nancy stayed at home until after the children had woken up, and she fixed them some cereal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry noticed that the other teachers’ smiles had become rather fixed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The fox froze, wary eyes fixed upon this strange new phenomenon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then he slides to the wet ground, his gaze fixed on me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She fixed a glass of hot salt water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His father fixed his glassy eyes on him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He was lying on something that felt like a camp bed, except that it was higher off the ground and that he was fixed down in some way so that he could not move. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lyndon must have been a pretty powerful person to get a man to fix his generator and get a sheriff’s escort in the middle of the night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rope wound around a pulley attached to the outside of the building and ran up to another pulley fixed beside the window directly above hers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I nod, fixing my nose cannula, the oxygen hissing noisily out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Chamberlin’s distaste for the area and its inhabitants was shared by a great many people living in the city’s wealthier sections and would go a long way toward fixing the blame for the Great Fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, I didn’t know how I was going to fix it. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After the autopsy, after the police made her suicide official, after the funeral home had fixed May up as pretty as they could, she came home to the pink house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You bring me back some nice flounder I can fix up for this fambly. And a couple pound of shrimps,” she said, then turning to Ben she said, “You ever been fishin’ much, Ben?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I was just fixing to run up to Grandpa’s and lead Miss Love’s horse around some when here came fat Lee Roy Sleep, saying the Gypsy caravans were going through town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Or we can try, in an immediate and practical way, to fix the flawed snap decisions that distort the course of justice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“What about rootwork? Is there, I don’t know...some spell that can help you fix it?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“With data. For a while now, I’ve been working on developing the perfect artificial intelligence, an algorithm that, when implemented through the NeuroLink, can fix our flaws better than any human police force.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With difficulty Winston continued to keep his eyes fixed on O’Brien’s. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But the grandmother's eyes were fixed on the seashore. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m moving. My husband’s lost his job. I can’t pay to get my car fixed.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ben remained at fixed attention, his eyes not moving from a crucifix that hung on the wall opposite him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom starts fixing her makeup in the mirror. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The blacksmith could fix that and nothing else was hurt. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be collecting supplies from the northbound lanes pretty soon. While Max here is fixing your car issues, perhaps a few of you could join us.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Arthur, who had come pattering through the stone corridors of his palace with a mind fixed on the work in front of him, stood waiting in the doorway without surprise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just needed a wedgies fix before I hit the books.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When body parts broke, he got them fixed so he could keep doing what he liked to do. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t have fixed her up better myself!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The armorers for the 587th sang as they fixed bombs to aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Her clear stare fixed me to the spot and made me forget the dolls. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom fixed up some fried baloney sandwiches for lunch and called Quentin and me into the kitchen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon didn’t answer, fixing his gaze on the front doors before them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“So you will go back now and have that broken bone set. But first I will bind it for you and fix you something better than that branch to walk with.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” Luna said, fixing her gaze on the crow’s bright eye. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Upon which my sister fixed me with her eye, and said, in a low reproachful voice, “Do you hear that? Be grateful.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He seems happy enough by the time I leave because I’ve fixed him a coffee and thrown some ice cream in it as well. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

So we pitched our tents and fixed noodles with the last of our water, then sat side by side on a log, eating in silence, facing Waynesboro. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though the allegations did not point to race-fixing, in the sensational atmosphere following the unexplained suspension of two jockeys, the race was now being referred to as a “frameup” and a “fix.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya couldn’t help but think of it as like the Hello Kitty Band-Aids she and Lauren had had when they were little: super cute, but not so great when it came to fixing major wounds. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then she made her way over to a metal box fixed to the wall near the front door and hidden behind a thick, dusty curtain. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He made me go to bed and fixed me tea and sat down beside me while I drank it. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Club mobilized itself to come to the burnt-out family’s aid and left Violet to figure out on her own what the matter was and how to fix it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a specific value, a fixed place on the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She smiled weakly, refused to look Gerald in the eye, and went to fix her hair. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope struggled through the crowd to get to the door, her mind fixed on a single idea: She had to find the children! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They were in enemy territory now, a place of steep risk, the kind of fix you didn’t walk out of if you didn’t keep your wits about you. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was too scared if I confessed, I’d lose Dad and Noah forever, too cowardly to face it, to fix it, to make it right. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She fixed her eyes on the woods in the distance, but she didn’t say anything. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“My, you are a feisty thing. If Ethyne is not able to fix your wing, rest assured that we will make you a comfortable home and life for the rest of your days. Ethyne...” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I happened to glance back, and there were my three brothers behind us on the road, strung out at regular intervals, their eyes fixed on her. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The older sets are the easiest to fix: simpler circuitry, uniform tubes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Einstein was not a cosmologist, and he accepted the prevailing wisdom that the universe was fixed and eternal. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It takes Dad a long time to fix the parts that he broke. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs and torso followed suit, and I pushed my foot against the pool’s edge, which sent me floating in no fixed direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I simply fix my eyes on a point far in the distance and pretend, there is no audience, no hysteria. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It needed a new muffler that Pa said he didn’t have money to fix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Good question. And the answer, if you understand me, is that that way it’s just a mite harder for people to get a fix on you.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can it be he knows what I’m fixing to do? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be cool if she fixed it up like an antique, but it’s just plain old. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I bet you couldn’t. I bet you fixed hit last night so you couldn’t find hit. You fixin to ruin dat un.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Eastern Europe guides were trained to act more like Sherpas—hauling loads, fixing ropes, establishing the route—and less like caretakers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely see him leaning over his dog, trying to fix something on its collar. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Imagine, though, if you could just change the right inputs; you could fix things before they went wrong.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If that’s true, we need to be sure the littles don’t go up there without us, ever. Or until things fix themselves.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I want to fix your leg up,” I said crazily but in a perfectly natural tone of voice which made my words sound even crazier, even to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you fix me a little bread and meat and slip it up to my room later on, Jenny? I’ll likely feel better after a while, and I’m goin’ to be hungry when I do.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this high view, they looked over the unmoving city under a fixed bright sun and wondered what they could possibly do next. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Today’s behavior is no more fixed than when we tumbled out over Europe to build cathedrals in the twelfth century. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ch — Dad, I don’t really know anything about cars. I wouldn’t be able to fix it if anything went wrong, and I couldn’t afford a mechanic. . . .” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Followed by dozens of masons and carpenters, as if she had contracted her husband’s hallucinating fever, Úrsula fixed the position of light and heat and distributed space without the least sense of its limitations. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you tell anyone. No sense causing a panic. They might get the pipes fixed before there’s a serious fire.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are the most insufferable person I have ever met! I was only returning a favor. You fixed my fountain.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When Miss Havisham had fixed her attention on me, she said, speaking as if there had been no lapse in our dialogue,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She twirled around the table as she fixed each place setting. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Have a chair, babe, and I’ll fix you something to eat.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his hat aloft and bowed graciously to either side, with a fixed, stagey smile on his face. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what exactly am I supposed to fix? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I said Scout and Jem should be nicer to their mom because she is probably dying of cancer and one day will not be able to come back and fix them breakfast. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Shug cook, talk, dean the house, talk, fix up the tree, talk, wake up in the morning, talk. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Putting up walls is a superficial fix, anyway,” she continued. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every eye in the hall was fixed on him, waiting. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It some misunderstanding. We fix,” he lied, to make her feel better. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me then,” said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry, look, “to deceive and entrap you?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Others stared at the humans with fixed expressions on their faces. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she fixed the bottom of the dress until there was no sign of a roll of toilet paper lurking underneath. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

You seemed to melt right into that moment, kneeling before the candles, your eyes fixed on the moving flames. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Second Platoon should look for it and fix the location of air vents for the demolitions teams, who would come in directly behind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But I already told you there’s no way I can fix it. It’s too advanced. I don’t understand one thing about it.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry for what happened to him but we cant fix it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She fixed her hair, which was this hair held together with two magic wands. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe get himself an apartment and fix it up—big chairs and a davenport. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fixed on what lay mere feet from her across the worn dirt floor—the victim. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He guesses it makes sense—they’ve always been fixed points in each other’s worlds, little magnetic poles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jam wanted to move, to say something to them, to sign something to them, but she was fixed in that corner, made of stone. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She and Zeitoun spoke on the phone throughout every day, about everything—painting, the rental properties, things to fix and do and pick up, often just to say hello. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They're firmly fixed in place, so it's not like I can detach one and attach it to the bedroom. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hateful was the look he fixed on Ged across the dark intervening air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Hello!" the boy said as he fixed his red cap. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But this year we can start over. The school wants me to take you down to the doctor and get you fixed up.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mena Prescott was now holding my mother’s hand, and my father was leaning against the truck, his eyes fixed on the mumbling woman. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hugo thought about the little mechanical parts inside the mouse, as well as the other toys that he had stolen and used to fix the automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on something and his legs vibrated and stopped, his hands did the same, and then finally his fingers, but his eyes remained open, transfixed on the top of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins stared into space, her eyes fixed upon something that they could not see. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I wonder how much it will cost to fix my screen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Death Eaters were quite motionless, the glittering eyes in their masks fixed upon Voldemort, and upon Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the cold salt water he had stiffened quickly; his right foot had frozen rigidly over his left, and his arms, locked at the shoulders, were fixed in place with the fingers curled. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In Egypt, a towering colossus, immobile, beyond the power of the imagination to endow with movement, as fixed in the stone as the tremendous temple columns, a representation of the human shape deliberately made unhuman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to fix things with him,” she says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still, with a formal, melancholy expression, his gaze fixed to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before I even think of running upstairs to change and fix my face, Kasim is standing in the kitchen with a smile and a bouquet of flowers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You look good dressed like that, and the way you fixed your hair, Ryan Dean. You look taller.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Virginia, go take a shower to calm down. I’ll fix you a cup of tea.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The universe was contained in a nutshell, ensconced comfortably within the sphere of fixed stars; the cosmos was finite in extent, and entirely filled with matter. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She fixes my pillows and tucks me in gently, pulling the covers up over my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Charles coughed, his eyes fixed on a point across the room, and began rather mechanically to tell the story of the apartment key and the car in the ditch and the olives and the Bisquick. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"My fish! Get the stonecutter to come fix it!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z