| 单词 | fixed |
| 例句 | I don’t have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 “It looks like we have a temporary malfunction, but it will soon be fixed.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Patch-Withers’ face had been shifting expressions and changing colors continuously, and now it settled into fixed surprise. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes fixed on my paper. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if people could be fixed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It’s mostly white ladies, smiling, got they hair already fixed and sprayed for tomorrow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was also working on setting up a website, with the help of the kid who fixed computers at Wilson’s Furniture Store. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 “But it’s not for a fixed safe, I don’t think. Nothing too big. Maybe something portable. Could be a safe-deposit box, actually. An old one. Or some kind of fire-retardant cabinet.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Gerald fixed Angel a scrambled egg and gave her some juice. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 know she’s really worried because she hasn’t fixed me breakfast or café au lait. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z His eyes, slightly glazed, were now fixed on the pocket set, which he gently held open in his left hand, talking to himself, totally unaware of my presence or that he was in a restaurant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Dad looked up and straight ahead, his gaze fixed on something behind me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘My Mother fixed lunch for both of us. I asked you out here and all. We’ll come to a store soon and get cold drinks.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He fixed his eyes on the cottony bits of cloud stuck in the gaps between the pines above him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 She was only standing, weaving from side to side, her eyes fixed upon a nothingness in the wall as if they had struck her a terrible blow upon the head. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z And so Aru fixed Mini with what she hoped was her friendliest, most blinding smile. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You look good dressed like that, and the way you fixed your hair, Ryan Dean. You look taller.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It would be cool if she fixed it up like an antique, but it’s just plain old. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “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 “Well I—I didn’t have time to get fixed up before—” Mother is shaking her head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z 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 Hateful was the look he fixed on Ged across the dark intervening air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z In the tower chamber, the prince fixed him with a scowl. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z And he must have had a certain look on his face, because after she assessed his clothes and hair, she fixed on his expression. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 The girl fixed him with her beady ghost-eyes and smiled a lopsided smile. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z 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 No one carried it and fixed it but me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But Malfoy’s eyes were shining malevolently, and they were fixed on Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But the grandmother's eyes were fixed on the seashore. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes fixed on the door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The door was locked, but the metal bar and a lot of grunting fixed that problem. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Friday the drains were clogged, Saturday they were fixed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 Once, when I escorted some inmates to the commissary and we were all hanging around in the hall waiting for a gate to open, two female officers fixed their attention on Sam. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were fixed on the guitar case under the bed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He blinked again, but they remained fixed, no longer the dregs of his imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 fixed the woman's receding back with a vengeful stare. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 His eyes are sunken and hollow, fixed on Phil as if I’m not there. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Her father picked an apple out of the lunch pail Mama had fixed for them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 In the morning everyone did chores and Ginny fixed breakfast before the six children hurried off to school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She hoped Mama had fixed peanut butter today. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You taking these shoes to the store to get fixed?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the great green mountain of bananas he fixed a nest just big enough for Mother and one of her children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t cry,” he said into her hair.“You’ve done very well. You’ve fixed something the rest of us hadn’t a clue how to mend.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But it’s fixed in space, not shifting when I move. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, men come in here and they don’t even want their shoes fixed, they don’t even buy anything. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 He got it fixed, though, and got to loading his suitcase. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarf fixed the location in his internal compass. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I need my daughter,” she whispered as she ran even faster, her eye fixed on the shimmer of blue. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Do 1 think I’m fixed, do you mean?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The room was unstable unless I looked at some fixed point. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I-I've been thinking. About the fire last week. About the man whose library we fixed. What happened to him?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He fixed me with an Or else stare and held it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I hung up, quickly changed my clothes and fixed my hair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She pulls tape and a giant safety pin out of her pocket, and in fifteen seconds, my costume is fixed. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 He rubs a numbing ointment on one of the deeper cuts, keeping his attention fixed on my wounds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Mike hurriedly put his crampons back on and disappeared down the fixed ropes without complaint. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Hanging tightly to the spikes he had fixed, Matthias leaned out dangerously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 Behind them came an equal number of British redcoats with bayonets fixed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His eyes were fixed on a particular spot in the middle of the “jungle.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was so fixed and intense that he looked more like a mask than a man. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Shorty needed more than a minute to start breathing semiregularly; then he tilted a little onto his side and heaved and flopped back again, his eyes fixed on the starry sky. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hercules fixed those brilliant blue eyes on her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 As for the damage to the reputation of Ashton Place and of its hostess—that was not so easily fixed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z 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 Citra kept her gaze fixed on the dying man’s until his eyes finally emptied of life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Thor said nothing, just hauled the line in, hand over hand, his eyes fixed on his enemy. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z ‘Leo’s right,’ Frank said, though his eyes were fixed on the wreath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Natalie fixed such a withering gaze on the leader that he seemed to shrink an inch or two. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I stared through the glass, fixed on that patch of green, thinking it must’ve been the breeze, but then each of its fingers flexed as if sensation were slowly returning to them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I waited, cursing under my breath till they fixed it — they ground my corn, and took their cut. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 Nobody spoke, and all eyes were fixed squarely on the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 I’m so fixed on the scene that I have failed to realize what’s going on in the house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He placed the Sun “among” the fixed stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She fixed her son with a steady gaze. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 How he picked up his sickle, whirled around and sickled the smell that fixed the ghost forever. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved in silence, Harry’s gaze fixed upon the swinging beam of the wand held in his fist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dorian leaned in, his eyes fixed on hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 He fixed a wooden box right behind the driver’s seat for me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z 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 This moment would be fixed in her memory forever: the moment she saw with her own eyes the creatures she had heard about all her life. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Powell jumped at Donovan’s wild shout, and his eyes followed the redhead’s to the visiplate, when they goggled in fixed horror. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z 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 I glanced at Scott, but he wasn’t looking at me; his gaze was fixed somewhere out of the window, across the tracks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Wall wound Stagehand up to top speed, his eyes fixed on Woolf’s back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His eyes were fixed on distant brown hills, the reins loose in his hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Get her squinty eyes fixed first, then her lips, and cross the river in stages. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When she looked back, the same scene awaited her: Elowen lay there with her eyes half-open, the dagger fixed in her chest, blood pooling down on the floor. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 The colonel kept him squirming a long time with a fixed, uninterested look devoid of all emotion. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They’ll have to clear the road when they get the bridge fixed, but I have a sick and certain feeling they will just pile everybody alongside the road to remind us not to try again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 He freezes for a second, eyes fixed on mine. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z 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 I kept my eyes fixed on a spot on the rug. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “It just feels like everything between us keeps getting messed up. And every time I think it’s all fixed, it just gets messed up again.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A tearful queen was being led out of the room by frozen-faced women, and the king sat stiffly on his throne, his eyes fixed on a paper clutched in his hands. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 The grooms were walking around with their faces fixed in permanent winces. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 As soon as the angel spoke, she fixed her attention on three jagged peaks below her and memorized their configuration exactly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He lashed the Roc’s tin bowl nest to the top, then fixed it on the stage. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her sandwich remained fixed in midair, the barbecue sauce trickling down her fingers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope,” he remarked, “that my parents have fixed you up with a decent place to sleep.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But Jinjoo’s eyes were fixed on the figures in the far distance. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He observed that my gaze was fixed absently upon the stanchions, and after a time grew tired of waiting, and asked me what I thought of. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z My eyes floated up toward the office until they fixed on Zu waving me over. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Nnaemeka’s father said; he fixed his gaze on the enamel bowl that held the last lobe of kola nut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 kept his gaze fixed on the ground and blinked continually. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned to keep my gaze fixed firmly ahead anytime I passed a group of men clustered on a street corner, careful not to register their eyes roving over my chest and legs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 He was on his way to New Mexico, and at present had no fixed address. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z So Grandma fixed him a quick ham sandwich and left him in the kitchen while she disappeared to her bedroom, where she started flipping through the book she was always flipping through. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Let me think about the prophecy—but right now we have more immediate problems. We have to get this ship fixed. Leo, what do we need?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She twirled around the table as she fixed each place setting. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 Mark’s eyes drifted up from the bloody patch on the ground and fixed on Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z My eyes stay fixed on the view outside the restaurant window. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 “You are all true heroes. And as soon as we get Percy fixed up, you must return to Half-Blood Hill. The centaurs shall carry you. “You're coming, too?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 Others stared at the humans with fixed expressions on their faces. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They came by at a forced march, their gaze fixed forward, their arms swinging high. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “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 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 The line representing fixed costs was flat, and the one representing variable costs angled upward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I started tenuously down the fixed lines, stiff with dread. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A Reb came over a rock, bayonet fixed, black thin point forward and poised, face seemed blinded, head twitched. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked the way his eyes were fixed on me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They sat on their haunches and barked, with their eyes fixed on the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Then she knelt there, her eyes fixed on the ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 “It’s been in the shop ever since. Can’t afford to get it fixed.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Boy, they sure fixed you up good. I guess they don’t want you wandering around either.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He ran, bayonet fixed, deep in the great sweep of men flying across this field. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her wide and trusting eyes were also fixed upon the kitchen table. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I thought our ‘getting to know you’ time was done for today,” Drew said, his eyes fixed on the TV. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Every eye in the hall was fixed on him, waiting. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The man watched without a word, and Stelmaria didn’t move; her eyes were fixed on Mrs. Coulter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It looked carved, fixed, and again, she felt it: it had happened a long time ago, and all outcomes, on all scales—from the tiniest to the most colossal—were already in place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Nice catch,” Beat Box said, his eyes fixed on the blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There’s something grotesque about their grins, fixed for thirty years. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 As the ghost turned away, Sarai saw how her eyeballs strained to stay fixed for as long as possible on her, and she read pain in them, and apology. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 Two others walked like men already dead, eyes fixed upon the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 She had fixed us some tea and handed me a cup. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Occupation authorities decree that every house must have a list of its occupants fixed to its door: M. Etienne LeBlanc, age 62. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 “It is hard to lose—that is—” He trailed off incoherently, seeing his companion’s glance fixed on him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw that his gaze was fixed on the stairwell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We really went to work on the house and fixed it up better than ever before. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 But this lady was nice, she was listening hard to me, and she said she would get things fixed quickly for the Lost Girls. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not move, so clamorous were my senses; I was fixed by panic. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I’ll look after your mama. She’d want you in school,” Grandma said as she fixed me a big plate of fried eggs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z His gaze was fixed on her with an intensity that indicated nothing else mattered or existed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Soon as he fixed the radiator and cleaned the oil and grime off the engine, we took the Jamisons for a quick ride and then left Cushie Springs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then the sheet was taken off and shaken clean and the flower fixed again in its little pot. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her gaze is fixed downward, focused on her boots that do not quite touch the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 I fixed my hair up like I’d seen hers on a magazine. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I can still picture her gripping the knife, her eyes fixed, focused, but where my father should be, there’s an aperture in my memory. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I said, keeping my gaze fixed on the TV. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s me,” I holler, my eyes fixed ahead. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 They spoke briefly, then the bigger man fixed his binoculars on Kyril Montana’s rock. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 By the time I was finished making lunch and got myself dressed, Dad had fixed his thermos of coffee and was ready to go, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She forced herself to look up at him, and felt at that moment the intensity of the attention that Florence fixed on her, as though she were trying to shout a warning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z My eyes fixed on the screen: three unread messages. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Not fixed,” he says, and I can hear the hurt in his voice. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He quit the bakery, bought the restaurant, fixed it up, and spent a few weeks learning how to cook. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Conceivably, after only a few minutes’ calculations, the number of chains in the molecule could be fixed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “What about the Mary Rose? I heard you and Amos Woodwell fixed her up.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 She plucked a red blossom from a barrel cactus and fixed it in her hair. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z 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 The tortoise fixed his gaze upon it, cherishing the only relief in that brilliant landscape. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Tally had never been airsick before, but now she clutched the seat restraints, her knuckles white and eyes fixed on the solid ground below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His gaze remained fixed on the blackened ruins. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dad, who had fixed someone’s transmission earlier that day and used the money he’d made to buy a bottle of tequila, said she probably lost track somewhere. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was quite close to Herbie now, eyes fixed fascinatedly on those unreadable dull-red photoelectric cells that were the robot’s eyes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Grandfather’s eyes were wide open and fixed on the ceiling. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 My grandmother said she’d fixed apple dumplings, and together the three of us walked to the house. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The car pool horn would honk, and she would rush out to join four other Japanese women who had fixed their hair that morning, applied the vanishing cream, and sported freshly ironed hankies. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His gaze fixed on the root-beer spot, he took a deep breath, through his nose. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 Its only fixed manifestation is in the Fastnesses, retreats to which people may retire and spend the night or a lifetime. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Once I get set up at the MAV, my solar cells and batteries will be in a fixed position. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 She replaced the sterile towel, fixed the gauze and retied the bows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Wrapping the fixed line around my arms to rappel, I continued down through the blizzard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Then the claw detached, fixed itself around the second stone ring and turned it in the opposite direction. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Jasper sat close to the table, his tail thumping now and again upon the floor, his eyes fixed expectantly on me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 She took Seth and Kendra by the hands and fixed them with a loving gaze. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I wanted to look at her and say something, tell her why I could not move; but my eyes were fixed upon the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He fixed the bedroom and picture windows, glazing the edges of the glass with care. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The zodiac of the fixed stars is the outermost visible sphere, with three invisible spheres beyond. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My body moved forward, but my head remained fixed on the drawing, fixed on the face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 I went back to the desk and fixed the check. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes had just fixed on a large tapestry hanging on the wall behind the two warriors. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her eyes were still fixed on the notice in her other hand. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Sigurd fixed the hayloft with his cold eyes, a snarl on his face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z His round black eyes fixed on Virgil from his nest in the backpack, which Virgil was wearing backward so he could lean against the wall and watch Gulliver at the same time. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 I fixed a bowl of Cheerios and sat down beside my dad. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Our dinner words fixed on how to let the big news out. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “The blue tarp is gone. You fixed the hole.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, yeah. We should reach the Mediterranean tomorrow morning. Then spend the rest of that day sailing to Rome, or flying, if I can get the stabilizer fixed by then....” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Anything can be fixed," the man calls out, "with the right amount of spintria. And we all know you have a bounty of it." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure if I had fixed my mistake, but at least I had tried. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Instead, he lowered his head and fixed me with his chilling gaze. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Black stopped struggling, though his hollowed eyes were still fixed on Scabbers, who was clamped tightly under Ron’s bitten, scratched, and bleeding hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My eyes are fixed on the small one-story house across the road. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Clear and bright flashes in fixed series—Q for Queen, long, long, short, long. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “We’ll soon have you fixed,” she had kept repeating, and could think of nothing else. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Victor reached out and fixed his clenched fist in the middle of the circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Got lines fixed to tie her alongside the dock so she don’t drift away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z My mind was fixed on Dismay—my dog. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 She fixed him with her glowing red eyes and bared her fangs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I looked up again, the Virgencita’s gaze was fixed again, so I bowed my head and prayed for inspiration. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A little at a time, she told him about the night after Beto fixed the radio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I needed to get this all fixed up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z By the end of the day, after she’s been at the hospital all day, then fixed dinner, then bathed Penny and me and put me in bed, I can tell she’s kinda reached her max. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As soon as we stepped in, he loped up to the bars of his cage and set off a full-throated snarl, ears flat against his skull and round eyes fixed on Babu. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The monster fixed its pale yellow eyes on Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 ‘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 Back in the workroom, she found that they had flattened her paper bag and set out the two bologna sandwiches mama had fixed for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I fixed boardwalks and lifeguard chairs and the dock struts rotting away in the saltwater marsh. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited, shifting my weight from one foot to the other, fixed in her stare. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I had to give in, for Mina’s resolution was fixed; she said that it was the last hope for her that we should all work together. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes fixed on the shoreline. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Keeping her eyes fixed on his, she reached down to remove her shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her eyes were firmly fixed on Olympic Gold. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At school the next day, Phoebe wore a fixed expression: a sealed, thin smile. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Some shots right after it happened would have fixed him right up.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z But Joe was readier with his definition than I had expected, and completely stopped me by arguing circularly, and answering with a fixed look, “Her.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “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 I fixed my eyes on the still surface of the pond. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Her clear stare fixed me to the spot and made me forget the dolls. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “And I hope I’m right too. I did what I could to fix your leg. Now you have to believe it’s fixed.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Most of the men and women walked with their eyes toward the ground, or fixed blankly ahead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought the man had “fixed” his scale. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 I nod, my eyes fixed on the red squares. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way to return her gloves to her pack here on this tiny precarious place, so she fixed them under the rope on her shoulder. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 No, she tried to breathe deeply and evenly and keep her eyes fixed on those of the beast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In this way attention remained mostly fixed on the plight of the girl upstairs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her eyes were fixed on the masters of the House of Wu. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “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 He’s worked it so the Confederates would fire the first round, and he’s fixed it so they fired on hungry men. 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 His blank eyes appear fixed on the women and their unerring choreography. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman had fixed Naima’s mistakes as well as completely cleaning, scraping, and repainting eight panels. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Moody’s magical eye left the map and fixed, quivering, upon Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I fixed her with my most searing gaze. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes were fixed on his, with an appealing expression that looked more like fear than pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They shake instead, remaining fixed in place like deep roots. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 His ambitions had fixed upon the vast new America on the other side of the Rockies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth is slightly open and her eyes are fixed straight ahead. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 Though my eyes were fixed on the back of the head lined up in front of me, Grandma’s worried voice still echoed in my mind. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wart fixed on the second question first “How did you know my name?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I think it made her feel better to think of it like something broken that could be fixed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes a person gets tired of being fixed all the time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z His eyes were fixed on the Countess’s face. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They fixed on the longsword trembling on high, watched the moonlight running cold along the metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Stuart Hutchison, at the back of the pack, was still atop the Spur when I reached him, preparing to rappel down the fixed lines. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I fixed each of us little bowls of vinegar, melted butter, and Old Bay spice for dipping the crabmeat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She lay in the bed, her small bare arms holding the bedclothes to her sides, with her violet eyes fixed on his. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Maxwell’s theory predicted that radio or light waves should travel at a certain fixed speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the composition of the household workforce is hardly fixed and has changed with the life chances of the different ethnic groups. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned to the direction that Big Ma and Mr. Lucas’s eyes were fixed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “We can’t be friends like we were before, Irene,” I told her, keeping my eyes fixed on a couple all twined up in the parking lot. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “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 keep my eyes fixed on Jess, on her home, as the train starts to inch forward. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She fixed my pillow and asked me where I was from. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Followed by a long, contemplative gaze fixed somewhere in the middle distance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was glassy-eyed and barely able to say a word, his thoughts still fixed on what had happened on the field, on what had gone wrong and whether it was somehow his fault. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo’s eyes fixed on a supply crate next to Hazel’s feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They had the windows fixed so you couldn't really open them and lean out, and for some reason this made me furious. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Resa fixed the flickering candle to the coffin with a little of its own wax. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 Above the rock step where John, Stuart, and Lou turned around, the fixed ropes ended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 With difficulty Winston continued to keep his eyes fixed on O’Brien’s. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z 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 “Black-on-black crime” is jargon, violence to language, which vanishes the men who engineered the covenants, who fixed the loans, who planned the projects, who built the streets and sold red ink by the barrel. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z 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 When it was securely fixed, he threw the free end out, and at once six witches darted toward it, caught hold, and began to pull, urging the cloud-pine branches toward the Polar Star. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I need these fixed on the smallest boxes, then the words ‘Chicken Tikka’ written on them.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 “In each firm was a man with a fixed irrevocable purpose in life, for the sake of which he would bend or sacrifice all else,” Sullivan wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “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 I stood there pretending to listen to what somebody’s perfectly nice wife was saying to me, but my eyes stayed fixed on Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So I thought I had everything all fixed until that day when I came home and found Ben bellowing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Lola fixed her eyes on Virgil’s hands and shook her head. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 “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 But at the time I thought the blame for my unhappiness must be fixed—on Caroline, on my grandmother, on my mother, even on myself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it’s been fixed, he says, and I’m to get back to the computer immediately. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, that’s a space that didn’t get fixed in Frank’s weeks of being at the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 ‘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 "Hello!" the boy said as he fixed his red cap. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For me, the distinction seemed as old and fixed as the mountains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were fixed, and he could not lift them till he had finished reading all the spell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z By the fall of 2007, Bobby’s disillusionment with Iceland was fixed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My eyes are fixed on Puerto Rican basketball. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The house was fixed up as for a party. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “You turned out so unusual. I fixed your tongue so you could say charming things. You don’t even say hello to the villagers.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Children too, but not nearly so much until their daemons have taken a fixed form. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 We have to get the size fixed in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t allow a fixed catheter and insisted that they help him urinate each and every time he had to go. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The deciding votes came from the Quakers, among Philadelphia’s most prosperous and pious citizens, who did not want to see a “grogshop man fixed in the Senate.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Her brilliant eyes were fixed unblinkingly on his. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “After I get your braids fixed up I’ll push you awhile in the swing. Okay?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take him down to the hospital wing and get that leg of his fixed. Give him some food and water. He won’t last the night otherwise.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z 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 She fixed it three times already, but it just ain’t working. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z At eleven years old, Denise was a few years younger than I was, but I thought she was pretty and smart, and I always liked the way her mom fixed her hair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “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 Milkman opened the parcel Grace had fixed for him and took out a cookie. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When their temperamental foot-powered sewing machines broke down, Shin fixed them. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “A lot more visits. I even fixed up the spare room where I stored my fishing gear so you would have a place to stay. Sometime, it’s almost like you live here.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The tradition of the land is deep fixed in the Texas psyche. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were rounded, wide, and her teeth were bared in a fixed smile. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Because my eyes are fixed on the bottle of water that one of them holds in his big, hairy hand. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 The price to Bayonne had been fixed at a hundred and fifty pesetas. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 When the car was fixed and they were on their way again, Dad asked her how she had managed to hold the children’s attention. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Less than three weeks later, the electrical flaw causing the breakdowns was identified and fixed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I fixed my eyes on every move he made and hung on every word he said, trying to see if he was upset with me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Nearing the finish line for the penultimate time, Louie fixed his eyes on the gleaming head of the pomaded competitor, who was many runners ahead. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Jon fixed the lord commander’s seal and handed him the letter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I tried to go up, it was dark, I could not find the fixed line. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 June folded her arms and fixed her attention on Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I got it fixed up so that it runs off of electricity instead of you having to pump the foot pedal. Pretty slick, huh?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were fixed always on that unseen horror. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened, his eyes fixed on mine, apparently entranced by these fraudulent recollections. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 Inside the car, the driver hears a steady blare at a fixed pitch. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 His face was fixed in her mind: haunted to start with, just to be returning to this place of his torment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was fixed in a course, like a ball in a groove. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 When she’d made things better, fixed part of what she had destroyed, maybe then he would understand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I pictured him finding her: “I’ve always loved you, Vera. Look at me. I fixed up everything, just like it was before.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 Delays at the fixed lines were foreseeable and eminently preventable. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Thus flies foul our fearless night owl,” she might say, the words forming so punctiliously on her lips, her head raised and neck straight and her eyes fixed on our teacher. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 It foraged along with one beady eye fixed on the next morsel. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His face lost all appearance of life and set itself into an expressionless mask, with the eyeballs fixed, paralytic, and staring. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If it reaches a fixed point, it’s dead. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d pulled out a couple of tools and fixed it in about two minutes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He grabbed a fistful of my hair, a large clump, his grip fixed near the root to give him greater leverage, and dragged me into the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then, gaze fixed on the glow of the dying embers, he chose. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She fixed plasters for the child’s chest, trying to turn it into a game, desperate to hide her own terror. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 All the time his eyes were fixed on Meg’s eyes, and she still looked down at his. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat perfectly still, with a formal, melancholy expression, his gaze fixed to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I keep my eyes fixed on the floor, hoping Mrs. Walton don’t ask no more questions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 My eyes were fixed on him when I heard Josiah scream. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My mom couldn’t afford another car, and she couldn’t get the car fixed somewhere else. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z 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 Mary Poppins stared into space, her eyes fixed upon something that they could not see. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 He passed into an animal satisfaction, like a child fixed upon its feeding. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The vet told us that Mango was born with a deep rip in the lining of one lung and that it couldn’t be fixed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Knabe tapped his pencil on his desk, glanced at his notes one last time, and then advanced toward her, his eyes fixed on hers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 Those things that are presented to the eyes and depicted on panels or paper become fixed more firmly in the mind than those that are described in bare words. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 His milky eyes seemed fixed on a point just above Percy’s head. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z If Gay had not been a mechanic, he would not have fixed the car. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her gaze fixed on the sidewalk and turned her head away when Erin tried to catch her attention. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I was either fixed on practical details of immediate survival or transfixed by pain, weeping silently, my mouth open and my hands at my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Face expressionless, pale eyes fixed on Mo, Capricorn sat there waiting: waiting for the clink of coins amidst the harmony of the words, for chests of damp wood heavy with gold and silver. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We both said yes, and she fixed us each a big plate of food. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 She fixed a glass of hot salt water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 The captain’s jaw is fixed and he offers no response, but the parrot says, “You’ll have friends, lots of friends here too, here too!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon, his thick cat’s tail erect, stood on her lap with his blazing eyes fixed on the old man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma softened her voice; she must have known the firm voice would not penetrate the fixed smile on Mamas face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Never you mind!” said Myrtle, her small, leaky eyes fixed on Ron, who was now definitely grinning. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On Saturday, we walked back to the farmhouse, lugging the fixed wagon and all the truck parts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “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 “The boy began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace, keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. After two hours, he returned to the room where the wise man was. “ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z While she fixed them a snack, Roy slipped out of the kitchen and darted to his parents’ bathroom. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Thatcher fixed her stained-glass blue eyes on that pillock and pointed out that the enemy cruiser'd been zigzagging in and out of the zone all day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She crammed the fire bucket down over his shiny pate, his bulging eyes, his rosebud mouth fixed in a perfect little 0. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 Biff Brannon sat on the bed, his knees crossed, his eyes scanning the group before him and then becoming narrow and fixed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I stepped away from him as he kept his hard eyes fixed on me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His eyes were open, his mouth fixed in a silent snarl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We fixed up a bird table, a board sticking out from the sill. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The best idea was to bring a hat, or else go at night, so you could slip home under the cover of darkness and return the next morning to have it fixed. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 If he had not fixed it the owner wouldn’t have taken him to Jimmy Brucia’s for a drink. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if setting a trap solved the horned toad problem, Nali still wanted the fence fixed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Everything would’ve been different. Or if Mom hadn’t —” “You fixed it!” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He fixed the mechanical creatures that had stopped working. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 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 Something must be moving the sphere of fixed stars. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 Ignoring safe trucking practices once more, Little Bob fixed his eyes on me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In any case, above 27,400 feet, no ropes had been fixed ahead of time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I hear the train horn blasting to my left, but the light fixed to the first car is not on. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The rice had fixed what was wrong with me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He gazed back at me with a fixed and patient unconcern. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 When I was little I somehow got it fixed in my head that fog came from dragons. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 “WLs think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Although we were kept together, our diet was fixed according to race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally flew much slower now, eyes fixed ahead, daring only an occasional glimpse at the view around her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Dad grumbled occasionally about heating the attic for Luke—“It’s just like throwing money out those vents”—but Mother always fixed him with one of her stares, and nothing changed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Her skin felt like it was burning from the force of the thirty pairs of eyes fixed on her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I fixed breakfast and soon we were on our way. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A Dauntless soldier with an arm in a sling approaches us, gun held ready, barrel fixed on Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He sat next to me on my bed, his eyes fixed on his sandals. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He fixed his eyes on the back of Hume’s neck and focused his mind on the simple, cruel necessity of taking the next stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z No one she knew actually thought the damage could be fixed so fast, but Cas hoped it would be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I fixed the Alar firmly in my mind, put my thumb and forefinger in front of my pursed lips, and blew between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “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 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 “Rest, Deydey,” she begged, in fear at his fixed and set face, his deep eyes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The first corpuscule stood perfectly still, partly concealed by a drape, its gaze fixed straight ahead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 "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 When he was finished, the boy fixed her manacles again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 My gaze remained fixed on someone who, eyes wide open, stared into space. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could protest, Mr. Morrison set down two bowls and fixed a third for himself. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z His face remained fixed in an expression of polite indifference, but the finger that had been absently stroking his cheek now edged to his crooked nose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 They fixed the cracks themselves, carefully, with dabs of joint compound from a pint-sized container. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of these fixed stars do, in fact, appear to change very slightly their positions relative to each other as the earth orbits around the sun: they are not really fixed at all! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Even though I felt lousy, I had fixed a problem. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z 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 Lily, with her eyes fixed on her book, was busy ignoring him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then he slides to the wet ground, his gaze fixed on me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “The killings...I could...Yes, then everything would be fixed...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 Her ladies-of-honor perch in their seats, their mouths permanently fixed in smiles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The lock Deputy Collins had broken was fixed, so Doc had to be around somewhere. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z What frustrated Fuller the most was the fact that blacks weren’t demanding that all these problems be fixed at once. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 His eyes were fixed on the bathroom door, and he hoped Henry could hear him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Annabeth came up next to me, her eyes fixed on the sky. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Nsia’s breath was labored; I feared she suffered from some asphyxiation, and went to tend to her; all her attention being fixed on the object behind me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His shifty eyes are fixed on us, with one hand hidden below the counter. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Annie shook her head, speaking as she fixed her hair and checked her face in the glass of the window. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Lowering my bike to its side, I took off my backpack and set it on the wheel, my eyes fixed on Digger, who was retrieving the basketball and still hadn’t said a word. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 I keep still, my eyes fixed on the entrance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I keep going, my eyes fixed on the rocks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 The collar was fine net, fixed with a big cameo brooch that rode high. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “Why don’t you just be my friend, Aven? I don’t need to be fixed.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 I took in a breath and kept my eyes fixed on a spot on the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z 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 There was a long pause; I felt Chubs’s eyes slide over to me, but my own were fixed on the tents, watching for trouble. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “You never fixed the stars, by the way,” I said without thinking. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 As I clipped into a fixed rope and prepared to rappel over the lip, I was greeted with an alarming sight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Grandma looked shocked, then fixed her face quick. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Within a month the preliminaries were completed, the day was fixed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When the windows were fixed, she complained that her desk wobbled. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “It is perfect,” Friedrick says, though his gaze remains fixed on her eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Still silent, he fixed the twine cleverly around the monkey, tied a firm knot, and slipped the loop around his belt. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I was happy that the three of them were together, that Mom and Dad had fixed their family and replaced one Ruby with another. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z What happens if it can’t be fixed isn’t clear.They can’t play a scene in what is meant to be a school locker room against a backdrop that looks like a living room. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The old man sat very upright, his eyes fixed on the horizon. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z 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 My eyes are so fixed on them that I jump when Kasim puts his arm around me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 “It was worth it,” he said, then fixed Moss with a stare. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Confident that they'd fixed the initial problems, Bell sent word to Dr. Bliss. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then with sudden clinical interest he observed the white man’s face, for in his eyes he saw a strange, fixed, and withdrawn look of madness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes were fixed on the Polish girl and the fold between her brow deepened. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He sits with eyes fixed upon the speaker, mouth open, limbs motionless save for the hands, which pace and wheel upon his knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “If somebody had fixed things for me when I was a gal, I sure would’ve taken it.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Horatio, his eyes fixed on the child, rises like a man entranced by some ghost or magical creature. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 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 They were big solemn brown eyes and right pretty to look at; only when she fixed them on me, it always seemed like they looked clear through me and saw everything I was thinking. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. Yes, let’s get it fixed. Nyame owes us one, anyway.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Well, it didn’t work. He sure fixed me. I can’t hold up my head. By God! I hate him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And maybe Jenny’s parents, because someone fixed her bumper real fast. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes stayed fixed, away from her eldest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z 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 “You better get that fixed,” he says quietly to Mr. Washburn when he’s done. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z 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 They fixed her face with rouge and lipstick and plucked her eyebrows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m not worried about that. I think between the two of us we can have it fixed up pretty quickly.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 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 But Will’s blue eyes stayed fixed on his - annoyingly determined. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I fixed myself some eggs and ate them out of the pan, without bread because I didn’t have any left and I didn’t feel like going downstairs to buy some. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z If I can get him out, the rest can be fixed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 He was leaning forward, his chin in his hands, his eyes fixed on the coroner, Mr. Horridge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Harry, looking down into the milky eyes fixed upon his own, “I think she does.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Just north of Mole’s Town they came upon the third watcher, carved into the huge oak that marked the village perimeter, its deep eyes fixed upon the kingsroad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 I yearned to leave the witness chair, to break away from Cherry’s fixed glare. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She liked him so much from that first meeting that she fixed things so that he would win the accordion in the raffle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z 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 Rachel’s parents sat at the patio table while a personal chef fixed them omelets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I fixed that image of him in my mind—the smiling, glasses-wearing knucklehead who’d always had my back no matter what. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 The one glance she gave him fixed his appearance forever in Winnie’s mind. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It had no walls, not even a rail; only on one side was there a light plaited screen, which could be moved and fixed in different places according to the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Secretly, I was relieved that I wouldn’t have to deal with getting Beck down the problematic slopes to come, most of which were not protected by fixed lines. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z FOREMAN: And the coroner fixed the time of the death at around midnight. 3RD JUROR: Right. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They fixed the security hole on the server. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then suddenly as he fixed the miserable rags round himself a feeling of pity for his ruined body overcame him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Jefferson now became the fixed object against which he strained. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z From his new perch, Strauss fixed his sights on Oppenheimer’s last means of direct influence on commission policy, a consultantship he had been awarded by the previous chairman, Gordon Dean. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z 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 “Besides, I had to get my phone fixed.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z They had seen the dress back when Beto fixed the radio, but the rest was new. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Eyes fixed forward, she passed the ghosts standing guard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That line then becomes part—the only fixed part—of the image. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Moody pointed at Ron, though his magical eye was still fixed on Lavender. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 I set off limping, eyes fixed on the ground. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z 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 I fixed my gaze on the sandy ruts and looked neither to right nor left. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The beast had fixed its eyes on him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z That was something Tea Cake loved so no matter if Janie had fixed beans two or three times during the week, they had baked beans again on Sunday. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Emilia’s eyes stayed fixed on the German boy who walked behind me, his cap pulled low over his eyes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “I had quite an accident last week, lucky to be alive, really. But the thing’s almost fixed. Which utensil did you say you were interested in?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 I fixed up my pillow and began to read. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “There! You’re all fixed up, Prima Donna. Whatever gave you the idea your arm was going to drop off?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The fox froze, wary eyes fixed upon this strange new phenomenon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z 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 Lissa fixed herself a cup of cocoa and ate a few cookies. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis and I huddled side by side, our eyes fixed upon points in the darkness, that we might avoid any accidental glimpse of our captain’s features. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His eyes, filled with anger and disgust, were fixed on the wretched creature as he now began to move again, still whispering and hissing to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His glowing green eyes fixed me with a hungry stare. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She looked around until her eyes fixed on something a few feet away, then abruptly stood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 The gnome under the rhododendron was now digging for worms at its roots, and Harry kept his eyes fixed upon it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours and a fixed salary and very little original thinking to do. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily fixed the cushions on the couch, wiping away some chip crumbs, and told him to sit down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The second nurse fixed me with a baleful eye. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 He fixed the avocados with sweet oil and pickled vinegar and brought the salad in to Katie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman who fixed a simulated MDV computer failure while being spun around upside-down. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Harry noticed that the other teachers’ smiles had become rather fixed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Then it fixed its large, yellow eyes on Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had his eyes fixed on Harry and was mut-tering nonstop under his breath. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z 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 couldn’t have fixed her up better myself!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 Harry’s eyes, however, were fixed upon the ground at the foot of the tallest tower. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She fixed me with a concerned look, which made me feel all the more worried. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes fixed on a shallow depression in a soft patch of sand: the imprint of a bare foot, definitely human. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In ancient music-making, pitch was fixed - defined - only by the length of your string or pipe, hence the need for a label like ‘A’ to denote the same sound made on different-shaped instruments. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z 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 One stubborn eye flared open and Pinch fixed his annoyed little boy glare upon the bird. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I have to follow Redemption, Jam said to Pet, her eyes still fixed on the black night, her heart racing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “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 All eyes are fixed on people like Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey, who have defied the odds and risen to power, fame, and fortune. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Baba isn't moving either, his eyes still fixed on my face. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was staring to the side in a fixed manner; his head was round and his face as bland and untroubled as a baby’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 She looked around the table, then fixed her gaze on Ruth. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He hugged the old ladies as we finally left their houses, assuring them he’d do his best to be useful—to get the fixable issues fixed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I fixed some lunch, and then he told me some more of his story. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I am,” the young man murmured dreamily, his gaze still fixed on the water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Montag said nothing but now, looking back, sat with his eyes fixed to the blank screen, trembling. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The frames were bent and a lens had popped out, but there was nothing that couldn’t be fixed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 The blackboard had fixed upon it in permanent paint, on one side, the United States flag and under it the words “Slavery, Suffering and Death,” then the word “Christianity” alongside the sign of the Cross. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol listens, stunned, his eyes fixed on his father’s profile. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 I think she's in shock—or maybe she's the kind of person who smiles so much, her face is fixed with a permanent grin, in her eyes as much as on her lips. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dad fixed hot cocoa for me and coffee for himself. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 All I could see were stars crowding above, fixed in space even as I moved. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “When something gets broken, it can be fixed.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 She fixed her perfect hair in the wall mirror, inspected her shining red nails, and went out to the bar. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no fixed line between the Cheerleaders and the crowd behind them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The evening wind rushed through the bonnet and the blonde wig fixed to his head. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “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 All the time, her gaze remained fixed in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At least, mercifully, Oscar’s eyes are fixed to the opposite corner of the room. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z 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 He fixed dinner while the boy played in the sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There it lay, fixed in future time, preceding death as surely as 99 precedes 100. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They got the canopy fixed and sat still, Alice holding Lyra tight and whispering to keep her quiet, Malcolm hardly daring to breathe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I fixed the radio. Hey, you guys! I got a signal!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But the men were all too fixed upon the road for him to ask. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Now Genie fixed his fingers into a pistol and held it up to his face. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z So I fixed on the steady, domed light in the center of the roof and told myself to hold on, just hold on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Her mouth was open, eyes fixed on something just beyond my head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 And more importantly...a wrestling mistake could be fixed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He polished his pince-nez and fixed them to the end of his hairy snout. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “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 Mom leans forward, her eyes fixed on me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m fixed so I don’t have to live on a place like this.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I told her about the bulletin board as I followed her to the kitchen and watched as she fixed herself a drink. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Then Cora fixed her with the evil eye and the girl knew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 I fixed my mind and mouth to say, “Nothing, really,” but Vonetta jumped in front of me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 His attention seemed suddenly to be fixed on Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Abbey said, “Muleman’ll have that tub fixed up good as new in a week. What was Dad thinking? If he was serious, he would’ve burned the dam thing to the waterline.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 She fixed coffee and sandwiches for the Saturday night supper that the boss gave the girls in lieu of overtime money. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After her run, Annabelle takes a long nap, and then they find a brewpub, or she eats an enormous pasta dish that he’s fixed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “No. You’re strong, Lanesha. Who got us ready for the storm? Who fixed this chicken? Who looked after me when I remained in bed? Who tried to reach 911? Who tried to help?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The Soldanos’ place had been fixed courtesy of New Dealer money. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded his head; he fixed his hat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She couldn’t believe that she and Tiller had fixed this boat, and she almost wished there were something else to build. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I had an extra pile sweater in my backpack, but to put it on I would first have to remove my gloves, pack, and wind jacket while dangling from the fixed rope. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 Their eyes are still fixed in a state of terror. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 She teased him about his misuse of commas—and fixed them for him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie just wanted to fix it, and let it be fixed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 couldn’t fathom why I wouldn’t want to be fixed, cured. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 Grandma fixed him a look, frowning like she knew he and Genie were up to something. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Say, Slam, why do you have your face fixed like that,” Charley asked. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth and eyes were hinged open, fixed in fear. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 May fixed us bologna sandwiches nearly every single day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She shakes her head, her fingertip fixed on the spot which, in her view, at any rate, identifies the Mary Janes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Needles swore and cursed, saliva building in the corners of his mouth, tears raining down his face, but his eyes were fixed on his brother. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I went back home and fixed myself some breakfast and read a little. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 They were fixed on Mo’s face, as unmoving as the eyes of a snake. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Dallas leaned far out of the window, his eyes fixed on a bird flying lazily in the distance. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I went to a stylist in Berkeley to get the cut fixed and she looked at me and said, "This is the worst haircut I've ever seen in my life." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 His eyes were fixed on the passing soldiers. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly. A stable composition is fixed firmly to the ground.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I pulled away from the light coming in my door, my eyes fixed on Ma as she stepped to the fireplace. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z His hands were shaking, and his eyes were fixed on mine in supplication, like a dumb thing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “This whole thing could have been fixed back then.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When she finally brought in a tray with the pale gold drinks, she had on lots of perfume and a clean yellow dress with a high neck, and her hair was fixed nice. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 Four were surveying the general floor space, but another three were fixed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 is walking mile after mile, pumping her arms furiously, her eyes fixed determinedly before her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Attorney Fitzgerald’s fingers are steepled and his eyes are fixed on mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, Quincy fixed breakfast like always. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “A fixed cost,” Armpit said as it all suddenly made sense to him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Dilsey fixed the cradle and undressed her and put her in it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z That guy had fixed his mother's car once. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “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 I barely notice them, so fixed am I on this terrible train. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z His instruments, too, he fixed to the framework with close attention, even the compass, whose needle was swinging around the dial quite uselessly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But his eyes remained fixed on her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I fixed her a plate but she pushed it away, turned her back to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z If he fixed it, at least he wouldn’t be so completely alone. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z We fixed the roofs, whitewashed the house from top to bottom, and cleaned it inside and out until it sparkled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Our eyes teared and our faces became fixed in a permanent squint. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were fixed on the distance as though she were seeing that day again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was an open-and-shut case, a fixed arrangement, a tacit agreement that there was no question of going back on. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Jangbu, upon learning over the radio that Chen was in a bad way, hurried down from the South Col to assist with his evacuation down the fixed ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Styx fixed him with a long, sharp, pinning stare. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His dark eyes were still fixed upon the coiling serpent in its protective sphere. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 The old dark eyes grew fixed, and their light turned inward on the years that were living in Gitano’s head. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “You’re young,” said Ruby, who was fixed on him with uncommon interest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Four pairs of round black glassy eyes were all fixed upon James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Definite dates were being fixed for the closing of the camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The Zosma guards were like mounted statues, eyes blank and fixed on nothing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 But Mary Poppins’s eyes were fixed upon him, and Michael suddenly discovered that you could not look at Mary Poppins and disobey her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 Her tongue was clenched between her teeth, and her eyes were fixed on the surface before her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z For the first time, her eyes met Mr. Kapasi’s in the rearview mirror: pale, a bit small, their gaze fixed but drowsy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At the edge of the forest, a huge lean dog fixed a cold, green eye on Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She dipped her head and fixed her gaze on the table in front of her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z After the school bus dropped him off, he ran home and fixed himself a peanut-butter sandwich. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z My comments must have struck Farmer as a put-down, because when I looked across the room his pale blue eyes were fixed on me. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z 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 I kept my eyes fixed on the horizon of the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She fixed on a longitude between ninety and seventy degrees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z After dinner, Cleopatra fixed her royal insignia on a letter to Octavian and summoned a messenger to deliver it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 “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 He fixed his eyes on the approaching girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As long as she fixed on leaves and blossoms, stems and seeds, she could pretend it was a normal day, and there weren’t ghosts standing guard under the arches of the arcade. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her eyes dragged across the trees and fixed on a large snake wrapped around one of its branches. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “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 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 Alex kicked in the water, keeping his head above the surface, his eyes fixed on the jellyfish. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My eyes fixed on a triangle of light in a curtained window. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z 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 And there was a burglar alarm prominently fixed to the front of the house, and a large spotlight at each corner; they’d never be able to get near it, let alone break in. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Gideon had always planned to get it fixed, but when I was leaving, he said he didn’t need it anyway, what with train tracks to guide him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His eyes, round pupils the size of pinpricks, fixed on the light steadily. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there are times when powerful fixed artillery is just what you need. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z 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 I am watching the centuries pass in moments because suddenly I understand time, which is spinning and fixed like the North Star. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our uncle kept saying he was going to get it fixed, but never got around to it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His single fixed thought was that Gregor must get into his room as quickly as possible. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Faced with an ecological problem, the Indians fixed it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 She flinched, but one pair of eyes fixed a gaze so piercing upon her that she could not look away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z With anxiety I watched his eye rove over the gay stores: he fixed on a rich silk of the most brilliant amethyst dye, and a superb pink satin. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z We had fixed so much pain into all of this. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 She wondered what its form might be, and whether it was fixed yet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Opening the door, she said, “Needs handle fixed. Can he do this?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 When Miss Bell returned our compositions, I fixed my eyes on the stack of papers as she walked around the aisles passing them out, trying to spot mine. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z My mother “fixed” my hair by combing it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When her father was home, the household settled around a fixed point. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I don’t believe that my particular body structure is easily adaptable to that type of device,” Ignatius observed, a gimlet eye fixed upon the rusting stool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If the watch doesn’t work properly, it must be fixed here and now by us. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Security was achieved not by roping myself to a teammate but rather by clipping my safety tether to the fixed line and sliding it up the rope as I ascended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Some people assumed afterwards I’d fixed it for him, but that wasn’t the case; it was just luck, and anyway, it wasn’t that great a room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Aberforth remained fixed in his chair, gazing at Harry with the eyes that were so extraordinarily like his brother’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I got the whole scene fixed in the corner a my eye. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Next was a boy whose gaze was fixed on a spot on the back wall, clearly trying to find his happy place. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He lay the bread on the table next to the bushel basket and all the children’s eyes fixed on him attentively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The bartender watched her with fascination, his gaze fixed on her lips long after he’d finished pouring Marmalade’s drink. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s noisier now, as if whatever he fixed has gotten worse. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She fixed her hair, which was this hair held together with two magic wands. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Our eyes are fixed on the amazing sight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 We often laugh to ourselves because he has no memory, no fixed opinions and no common sense. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He was struggling to twist himself and gain a purchase on the ground, but his feet were uppermost, and Iofur had fixed his teeth somewhere near Iorek’s throat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I fixed my gaze on the opposite end of the pool and put my foot against the pool’s wall when Abu yelled, “Go!” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 It seemed a sharp, unnaturally loud sound, and my ears fixed on it, and I could hear it clearly as we went along. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When it reached a certain point which he had fixed, beside a bare branch, he roused the others and led them up the slope toward the elms. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Jasmine had her eyes fixed on Richard as he was escorted into the courtroom. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The cord that came through the window was tied to a brass bell and the bell was fixed in a rough wooden jig that had been nailed to the window molding. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “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 "Yeah, sorry about that," I say, still fixed to her scarf and hat. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The monkey bounded toward her, its terrible eyes fixed on her—and the needle flashed and went into her suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sphere of fixed stars is the outer ring. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My life in particular never has stayed fixed in one position for very long. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They asked if their house was underwater, and Kathy admitted that yes, there was some damage, but that lucky them, their father was a contractor, and that any damage could be quickly fixed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Jacob? Hush. Daddy’s paying the man who fixed the washer and then we need to get it in the van.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Minerva’s eyes as she fixed them on her sister were full of longing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 The experimenter folded himself into that cramped space and fixed his eye on a scintillation screen capturing flashes from a bombarded lithium target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Josh’s eyes fixed on the wall for a moment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “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 The monster’s head bent slowly and the eyes fixed themselves on Powell. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The resulting fixed abode contributes to denser human populations by permitting a shortened birth interval. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He had fixed his eyes on Giaco's broad back, as if that could reassure him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 They were hazy recollections, but certain parts stayed fixed in her mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 “I mean, you can fix a dishwasher, but not everything can be fixed.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “As soon as we get that rickshaw fixed.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 My gaze fixed on my poor uncle and I could not tear my glance away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a little different from his therapeutically fixed grin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z People came into his shop to have things fixed, or to buy records or tapes or whatever else he had for sale. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Votes were bought and campaigns were fixed with dirty money. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I keep my attention fixed on the dusty floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Dumbledore pulled out the chair at the desk and sat down upon it, his eyes fixed upon the unconscious Moody on the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z 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, 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 Possessive of her eggs, the hen kept her eyes fixed on us, no matter how fast we moved. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The color dropped from her face, and her eyes fixed on something behind me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the rock steps on the Southeast Ridge I stopped with Mike to wait for Yasuko, who was having difficulty negotiating the fixed ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He had the nymphs’ attention, if only because they were stunned; but Narcissus was still fixed on his own reflection. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Moss imitated one of Njemile’s moms, and he fixed his face with a wrinkled frown. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 We made our bed, swept and mopped the floor, and fixed breakfast. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He went with his eyes fixed inward, and he went through the gate of the wall about the town, and he went to the house that had been great. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “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 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 The captain stands midship with arms crossed, his good eye fixed on me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes were fixed on the floral wreath hanging over the cash register and her mouth tried to shape the words, “Maybe it’s a bad idea,” but nothing came out. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He himself sat down behind his desk and fixed me with a penetrating but not unkindly eye. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched them as they were fixed on getting Vonetta out of the backseat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 Shortly after sunrise, Armpit opened his book and tried to understand the difference between fixed costs and variable costs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 “You don’t have to,” I said as she fixed a bowl. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I fixed the letter up again and glued it back and went out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of miniature torches fixed to the ship’s rigging splashed starry patterns of light that shimmered on the gilt furnishings and twinkled over the water. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He fixed his own hat on his head. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In return, he watered for people who were sick and fixed fences and made other repairs. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 So Ah wrapped Leafy up in moss and fixed her good in a tree and picked mah way on down to de landin’. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 Then I took the bundle out to the cistern, climbed up the ladder fixed to one side, tipped back the lid, and slipped the treasure into the water. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He hands me the mug without looking at my face, then turns away and stands with his back to me, his gaze fixed on the tracks or something beyond. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 On Sundays, instead of serving Metaxa, Milton fixed cocktails for his guests. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Stars, to him, were fixed mariners, old friends, fine compasses, light pure, and druids in the silvery separateness of the night flight. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your total comes to eleven thousand big ones. Just put your thumb on the drum and we’ll get you all fixed up.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Didn’t seem right to me—if a thing’s fixed, it’s fixed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 “She must’ve come in handy when she fixed up your leg.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z His cheeks swelled bullfroggishly but his gaze was fixed down his garden. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As he clipped his safety tether onto the fixed rope he tossed his ice ax down, then left it lying on the rocks as he embarked on the first rappel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She did not consider what kind of fixing the men were fixed on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He found that the stick bent with great ease, but that once both ends were fixed, the stick was completely firm and unmoving. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 My eyes were red and fixed on hers. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Anyway, they fixed a place for her in the living room, and fed her, and gave her a cup of water. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I lie still, listening to the constant, distant wail of sirens coming from somewhere outside, my eyes fixed on an old water stain on the ceiling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 That spring, however, McCandless s sights were fixed unflinchingly on Alaska. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His father fixed his glassy eyes on him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Sir Lancelot,” he said, “now that we are fixed to have a fight, you won’t do nothing treacherous to me meanwhile?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His gaze was fixed upon the back of Mary Debenham’s head. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He skulked back to a safe position with his suspecting eyes fixed on me and commanded that I fire again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 At university, he had been brilliant with electronics, he fixed CD players that were considered lost causes, and his was the first personal computer Obinze had ever seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 At first, Galileo assumed that Jupiter must be moving aberrantly and the stars must be fixed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 Ma fixed pots and scythes and rakes and picks for eggs or some such, took what we needed, then traded the rest to Ralph Pitcher for store credit at the mercantile. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z She gave him two more jars of peaches and Sam fixed the windows. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z My grandmother had fixed up the yellow house very nicely so that many visitors who passed through Ville Rose came to stay in it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He fixed his gaze directly on hers, and she could see he was thinking about it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 fixed the scrunchie in my hair and readjusted my scarf. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z 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 I mention this in this place, of a fixed purpose, because it is the clue by which I am to be followed into my poor labyrinth. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z His gaze was fixed on Trepid’s gold front tooth. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 I fixed my eyes ahead on the long, straight road, which cut through hundreds of green fields that stretched for miles on either side. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He never answered, just kept his eyes fixed to the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His eyes fixed on my hands and then rose to my eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Gladys munched as slowly and deliberately as a cow, her huge black eyes fixed on me, her lips curled into a slight smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Lissa remained where she was, her eyes fixed on my hiding place. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 I fixed my eyes on them from the backseat and wondered why he wasn’t called Ears. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were fixed on the floor as if Dad and I were not there. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “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 The longer Boots seemed to defy his hunters, the deeper became Caesar’s anger, and having no other target, it fixed itself on Julius. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 My dad fixed me up with the electrical subcontractor on his construction project, and right away I found myself wiring hotel rooms. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “There’s too much commotion now. But don’t worry. I’m sure it can be fixed.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z 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 “What are you up to, Skiffy? This bait for your dad or what? Heard you fixed the Mary Rose, is that it? He finally getting back into it, is he?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I tucked Mechtild’s bag of herbs into my pack, which I fixed behind the mare’s saddle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z That would have to be fixed, she thought. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Wouldn’t that be great, if everything really fixed itself that easy? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He paused and fixed me with his eyes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His eyes are blue and clear and fixed on me like my answer might really mean something to him. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Doc fixed me with a look, then Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I’d flipped the ends and chosen a wide orange headband that matched the checkered dress Mrs. Baxter had fixed for me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 She put down her fork and fixed her exhausted eyes on him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In the citadel and in the city, Sarai and Lazlo each felt the tug of the other, like a string fixed between their hearts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 But Pendleton’s attention had been fixed on his own chief and he apparently had lacked the wherewithal to say anything in this drawn-out moment of the drama. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They remained optimistic that it could be fixed, and they talked about what the automaton might write once it was working again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z And the more he heard about the school district distancing themselves from what had happened, the more certain he was that nothing would ever be fixed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The fixed, vacant, wooden stares of his two enlisted men were even more irritating than always. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had dropped his voice with the horror he felt, and for once Heqet, too, was subdued, his eyes fixed on the bloodstained bandages. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 But he was a natural contrarian, a born critic, whose fullest energies manifested themselves in the act of doing intellectual isometric exercises against the fixed objects presented by someone else's ideas. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She was a puffy, unformed mass of wool leaving something definite and fixed in her wake. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She nodded at what Charles was saying, but her eyes were fixed on Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Still down on his knees, with all eyes fixed upon him, Dr. Leale announced his diagnosis and prediction: “His wound is mortal; it is impossible for him to recover.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They shoveled coal in winters, fixed broken windows, scrubbed dirty floors, and prepared lunch. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 “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 “The man who fixed cars. Lived at the corner.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z 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 The bullock cart lumbers up, the bells around the animals’ necks jangling, they have tiny bells fixed to caps on the tips of their horns too, which tinkle as they move. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Talk, talk, talking so everyone would be fixed on her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Ma handed her the pan, all fixed up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 Mrs. Kresney shifts in her chair, her smile fixed on her face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The gold eyes with their black rims were fixed on me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The armorers for the 587th sang as they fixed bombs to aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When she glanced up, June was twisted in her seat, eyes fixed on Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Jack said that it could be fixed without too much trouble. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Tattered and grimy clothes, dirty hair, hollow gazes—the crowds attention was entirely fixed on the two newcomers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 Her eyes are lifted up and fixed upon the air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 It took him a few minutes to adjust to the darkness, and as his eyes fixed on the red glow of the corners of his cage, he realized just where he was. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Those candid eyes, shadowed with makeup, yes, but like the eyes of cats, fixed for the pounce. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 It was small, with shelves fixed above a dark wood desk and a floral-patterned armchair in one corner. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 Ella had fixed up a nice little upstairs room for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He made sure I was up, and had my lunch fixed, and was out the door on time. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Since this was the last meal with Edwin and Garvey, he fixed an extra good one. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was fixed in space, absolutely motionless, high above the city with no possible means of suspension—unless, indeed, there were some scaffolding in the heavens. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Then suddenly he fixed me with his eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It had already grown almost quite dark and they now found themselves in a maze of corridors lit only by occasional torches fixed in brackets to the walls. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Mom fixed supper every day, but left it on the stove, retreating to her bedroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A wicked knife was fixed to the figure’s hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I continued reading and explaining, my eyes fixed on the text as I read and looking at Rav Gershenson as I explained. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Two pairs of hypnotized eyes followed every movement of the fork to his mouth; the third pair remained fixed on the chipmunk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Why don’t you get your watch fixed?” asked the boy. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His eyes are fixed on the cars driving up and down the street. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “This isn’t the first time. Some things just can’t be fixed. Not forever.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z 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 way those yellow eyes were fixed upon the block made Tyrion uncomfortable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every eye, living and dead, was fixed upon Professor McGonagall, who was speaking from the raised platform at the top of the Hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The London Eye managers have fixed a camera into position, so that a good shot of everyone is possible against a backdrop of Big Ben. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is your last name Muhammad?” she asked, her eyes fixed on me, the only fourth grader in the classroom wearing a hijab, who happened to be sitting in the front row. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 “Can at least get part of that old fence fixed.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He crossed the grass slowly, weaving among the headstones, his eyes fixed on me as he approached. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Mom fixed up some fried baloney sandwiches for lunch and called Quentin and me into the kitchen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After Frankie had fixed the tea to my satisfaction, he passed it over. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The bartenders knew what most of them drank and automatically fixed it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as I helped him right himself, his eyes remained fixed on the ground, where a dozen footprints fanned out in the dust. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I keep my eyes fixed on the runners. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 “I fixed it so you can come with us,” he said. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 “It never come out of Jason’s pantry. I fixed him some birthday.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Tobias pays no attention to them; his eyes, as far as I can tell, are fixed on the door at the end of the corridor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Crookshanks slowly chewed up the spider, his yellow eyes fixed insolently on Ron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 “At home they expect you to be fixed,” she says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z 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 One of the blue beams is fixed on my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t wanted to be home so badly, it would have been okay if the railroad bridge never did get fixed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They could fix this, as everything had always been fixed for her before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Master,” she said, in a low voice, with her eyes attentively and entreatingly fixed upon him. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I stood in the forest cellar, my gun fixed on the dead Russian. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. fixed her mouth to say some “sweetie” thing but Big Ma was louder, and this time, faster. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 “It’s good that you have it. You will need its strength,” the shaman said, and then his gaze fixed itself once again upon some faraway point. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z 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 I stopped moving and fixed my eyes in the direction of the noise. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “We can worry about this in the morning, when I’ve fixed you a good breakfast.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z His attention was fixed on the house’s open doors and the darkness beyond. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z All along I been concentrating on Rose, getting her fixed. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Cersei fixed him with those clear green eyes of hers, beautiful even in their contempt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As Kuhn rightly put it, ‘Scientific development is like Darwinian evolution, a process driven from behind rather than pulled toward some fixed goal towards which it grows ever closer.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He heard Mike say good night and did not answer, but fixed his eyes upon the two-story building where rambling clusters of crimson Martian flowers lay upon the high crystal roof. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Guardsmen crouched behind trees, holding rifles with bayonets fixed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 And the creature had no interest in him at all—all its energy was fixed on her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 We were both fixed on the form above us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A few feet in front of us, my flashlight beam fixed on a trampled dump of red fabric lying on the ground. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My departure, three days after the New Year, nonetheless had been fixed by Murdoch’s arranging for me to speak at a London meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 Desdemona checked her reflection in the window and fixed her hat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Jones was unwrapping yet another peppermint, her black eyes seemingly fixed on the twist of paper in her hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She again fixed die sextant of her eye on the horizon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Here they is. Look. It’s fixed back just like it was at first. Hush, now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Down on the floor boards, I fixed a nice place for my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ghost looked up, silent, and fixed the dog with those hot red eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 The challenge then becomes timing the electrical impulses so they energize the gap at the very moment the particles cross, which means generating them from an oscillator working at a fixed frequency. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His eyes were fixed on the open stove door, watching the yellow flame change shape and turn to blue and red. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The Travel Arena has always reminded me of the Museum of Natural History, except half as big and with international flags fixed along the edges of the dome. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Aurelia and Marcus were unashamedly clinging to each other, their eyes, huge with suspense, fixed on the scene being played out directly below them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 Maybe I shouldn’t have fixed up my room so much. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He stepped forward, his dark eyes fixed on Jason. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Katz nodded thoughtfully, then fixed me with a sudden fearful look. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes fixed themselves upon Ashe in an oddly intent manner. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Marv still hasn’t had it fixed since the bungled bank robbery. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But that had been over a year ago, when there were more wealthy foreigners around with fancy watches they needed fixed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He fixed her with his dark angry eyes and said: The dead see what they believe they will see. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I got to have that bell fixed,” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z With a single sweep of his sword he cut through her neck and, his eyes still fixed on the shield with never a glance at her, he swooped low enough to seize the head. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please, just get them to get the road fixed.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Every eye was fixed upon Voldemort, who stood with his head bowed, and his white hands folded over the Elder Wand in front of him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Following the fixed line, I meandered through a vertical maze of crystalline blue stalagmites. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z "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 I fixed myself a plate of kardhai chicken and the fresh wheat roti my mother had made minutes earlier. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Of a bloodshot eye that had opened, wandered and then fixed its gaze on him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of its streetlamps were out and had not been fixed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 The front room looked pretty after Papa and Mama got it fixed up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going up there,” I said, but when she fixed a plate of chicken and greens and salad and said she was going anyway I naturally had to go with her. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And, feeling better, fixed herself at last a cup of black, hot coffee. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When I ask her where my father is, she tells me he’s getting the car fixed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z 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 She was breathing heavily, her pupils fixed to a peeling spot on the wall. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And then the wolf got up and walked several paces to the right, and then turned its head toward her and fixed its gaze on her again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His eyes are fixed on something above us. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That night she fixed the woman mauled by a teacup bear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her eyes are fixed on me, but she doesn’t speak. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The editor’s eyes were fixed on something far away above the heads of the crowd, and Jethro noticed that tears were running down his cheeks. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "Engineering? I don't think so. Your marks in maths and science are terrible, Ma. You're eighteen now. My marriage was already fixed by then." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He glanced left and right, then fixed them with a decidedly suspicious look. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Perform every action with your heart fixed on the Supreme Lord. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “He fixed it just by thinking!” the woman exclaims. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had fixed on that word as one that gave the appropriate amount of encouragement but did not interrupt the flow of the mother's story. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The grin on his face is fixed, joyless, grim. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Insurance more than covered the damage, so she wound up with a fixed car and new speakers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z 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 liked it when she fixed a lunch if it didn’t slow them up too much getting started. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 She fixed him with one of her more severe squints. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Those things are worth a bundle fixed up.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 She fixed a searching stare at me, and the smile vanished from her face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She fixed the memory of this Saturday in her mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason fixed a broken door on one of the stables. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve fixed up a place where you can talk and not be bothered,” she said. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Are you okay? Is your leg all fixed up?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z His eyes were fixed on the ruined hovel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Judge Quinzy hardly acknowledged Lady Constance’s comical exit; his attention was fixed on Penelope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z 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 It stared around with fixed eyes, tongue flicking out of its sharp little mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She doesn't look at the Beauty Minister; her eyes are fixed on the ground. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The days until the first task seemed to slip by as though someone had fixed the clocks to work at double speed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Miss Emily’s gaze followed her, and for a moment, remained fixed behind us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Her words trailed off and she fixed her stare ahead. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was those eyes, those unseeing, terror-stricken eyes, fixed: on the ceiling. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z His normal eye was fixed upon the sausages, but the blue eye was still darting restlessly around in its socket, taking in the Hall and the students. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He spent most of his time drinking whiskey and never fixed anything. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I kept the umbrella Jay fixed for me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z On the opposite side was the Alabama flag, sporting red bars crossed diagonally against a white field, fixed in the same pattern as the stars and bars of the Confederate flag. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z With the party a week away, Papa had to get the Ford fixed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the other end of the sofa, their older sister, Vivienne, stared at the television screen, her eerie, split-pupiled gaze fixed on the cartoon mouse as it ran from the cartoon cat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She hadn’t fixed herself up or anything while I was gone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Crouching in her corner, her blank gaze fixed on some faraway place, she no longer saw us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I was excited to get my teeth “fixed.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mama protested, said he ought to get those tires fixed if we expected to take this car all the way into Los Angeles. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The next year they demanded it be fixed—and the fish returned. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The couple's eyes are fixed on each other as they undulate on this sea of strangers, this sea of brethren. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I turn my head away quickly, eyes fixed on the clouds. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z His mouth curved into an amused smile, but his eyes remained fixed upon them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 I glance back at him as he trudges along under his guards, Gale and Jackson, his eyes fixed on the ground, his shoulders hunched forward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His mother’s anxious eyes were fixed on his face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The scantily dressed girls curled up in the backseat, or bared breasts in the front, or fixed flat tires, bending way over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “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 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 Then, keeping its distance, the lion circled the wary unicorn, its golden eyes at all times fixed upon the sharp horn that was always turned toward it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Jasmine sat up straight in her seat, her eyes fixed intently on her son. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Their eyes were fixed on them as if she and Yishan were ghosts. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Fudge fixed the Prime Minister with a rather stern look. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She looks over my shoulder, and I follow her line of vision to where her eyes are fixed on a portrait of her family, hanging next to the pantry door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 The old man’s eyes were still fixed on the horizon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he fixed the stems of his glasses once again behind his earlobes and folded his arms across his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When I went away I had died, and so became fixed and unchangeable. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes remained fixed on his plate as she spoke. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 Eventually another family bought the house, fixed it up, and lived there for many years. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He kept his head down, fixed upon the old stale rushes scattered on the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I could sober up before my career was permanently fixed on a reckless course. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z At 0142, on pilot’s orders, the Corona made its corrective dogleg while the navigator fixed twice more on the sounding board. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 “And, moreover, if you must go to the sea, it had better not have been to South End. South End is an unhealthy place. Perry was surprized to hear you had fixed upon South End.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He snapped the visor down and kicked aside the rat who had fixed the poison barb on his tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 “Nancy fixed me some grub to bring to the field with me; I’ll go get it for you.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I fixed the head of the spear and the long string that held it to my wrist. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I fixed my eyes on Lightfoot as if she was one of Granny’s angels come to fetch me, and put my arms tight around T.R. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z 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 “Your mama’s off getting her hair fixed. Baby Girl, you know who your mama is.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z 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 Again the stranger considered the group of men, then, turning, discovered Jonathan’s eyes fixed on him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The small, sensitive, gentle, brown face that I had studied in photographs, until I had dreamed about it, was fixed straight ahead as the Messenger strode, encircled by the marching, strapping Fruit of Islam guards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you fixed the antenna when you settled on a show. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 A final-day match between two 7—7 wrestlers isn’t likely to be fixed, since both fighters badly need the victory. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “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 They had set a fixed price for all Sierra Leoneans; those who couldn’t pay were kicked off the bus. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Evenings, after a long day working at the Winn-Dixie, she restocked the boat’s small refrigerator, fixed dinner, and washed dishes in the brackish water of the bayou. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z 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 The skull of a ferret was fixed at its top. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 The system presumed that all species had already been fixed and would not change. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I was upon the land,” Wang Lung replied, waiting, his eyes fixed on her face. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z After I started art school last fall, Dad fixed up a studio for me in the back of the warehouse where we live. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the knots fixed that morning had loosened under her headcloth and were now cupfuls of soft wool her fingers thrilled to. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 So I read the Psalms, especially the despairing ones, until their words become fixed in my mind, but no peace settles there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 Presently I saw a man leaning on a two-strand barbed-wire fence, the wires fixed not to posts but to crooked tree limbs stuck in the ground. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig’s eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But as Bram launched into his first point, de Wet interjected somewhat testily, “I thought I made my attitude clear. I accept that no decision or date was fixed upon for guerrilla warfare.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 And Mary Poppins, when this had been done, took something shiny from her basket and fixed it to the glue. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 His gaze was fixed and his mouth slightly open. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 Curtains, scenery, and lights were fixed to huge metal poles that hung from the rafters. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 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 “Anger never fixed nothin’,” her father replied, picking up another fat log. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The cat uttered another banshee scream and stepped forward with a stiff-legged, sideways movement, his squinting, terrible eyes fixed on his enormous adversary. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I dont have anything to do to keep me busy now because the TV is broke and I keep forget- ting to get it fixed. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Mom sat still, pen poised in hand, eyes fixed on her papers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dad fixed it so it would blow up and no one’d know where we landed or went! In case they ever came looking, see?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She in a big-girl bed now since the nursery getting fixed up for the new baby. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Downstairs from Meme’s is a basement apartment that Meme’s mother fixed up and rented to a Puerto Rican family. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The old woman was standing over her, that one milky eye fixed on her as though it could see into her mind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 Hecate fixed her torches in them, then walked a slow circle around Hazel, regarding her as if they were partners in some eerie dance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Powell and Augustus, their faces inches apart, fixed their eyes on each other. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Karkaroff”s eyes moved slowly up Harry’s face and fixed upon his scar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 That evening Cole fixed his favorite meal for everyone. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He kept his head and eyes fixed on the front of the courtroom, never once looking behind him to see the family of the police officer or even his own family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I could see nothing that accounted for the meerkats’ fixed curiosity, and I might have given up on solving the mystery had squeaking and barking not erupted at a pond nearby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The two of us stood maybe ten meters apart, fixed in place, for a long time. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The bayonets fixed to the ends of their long muskets flashed in the sun. 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