Audrey blinked, like she was seeing me for the first time. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them,” said Meggie, making him laugh for the first time that morning. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In 1768 the virus struck Siberia’s Pacific coast, apparently for the first time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He unfolded it; then, for the first time, he saw his picture. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alex has never told—will never tell—anyone, but he saw Henry for the first time when he was twelve years old. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Here, at night, it looked like a real place—but for the first time, a place I could see. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But she says that when she looked down into my tiny mushed-up face for the first time, all she could see was how pretty my eyes were. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

That evening, Shawn saddled a new horse, a copper-coated mare, for the first time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But inside I’m smiling—because, for the first time in my life, I’ve made fear a tailwind rather than a headwind. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know exactly what’s happened to me, and for the first time today, I don’t really care. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get closer and closer to the glass ceiling, and for the first time in days, I see the sun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It hits me—for the first time, I didn’t have to wrestle with my key. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My mom raises her head and stares at me, like she’s studying my face for the first time. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn't see him very clearly, the place was so dim, but for the first time I heard what a high, silly voice he had. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had moved into the subsidized apartment in Williamsburg, which gave her her own kitchen and bathroom for the first time in seven years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life he had access to an electric dream-making machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in hours, she forgot to be afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So for the first time in his life, Nick kept a good idea to himself. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did she see, young girl like that, barely out of high school, with unbraided hair, lip rouge for the first time and high-heeled shoes? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went on a safari for the first time, like tourists. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Van Hopper lunched in the restaurant for the first time since her influenza, and I had a pain in the pit of my stomach as I followed her into the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Julian’s eyes widened with childish, theatrical surprise; not for the first time, I thought how much he was like Henry, that same strange mixture of chill and warmth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And three weeks ago, for the first time ever, she had not invited him to her birthday party. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He could not of course know—for he, Napoleon, was only now for the first time announcing it—that the name “Animal Farm” had been abolished. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, maybe ever, he wondered if that was strange. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So many that Quentyn, seeing the port for the first time from the deck of the Meadowlark, had told his friends that they would only linger here three days. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was mad weird seeing across the border for the first time in my entire life, taking in the country where my grandparents were born. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So I got up, and saw for the first time three shadowy figures. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Opposite the soldiers, Pa straightens his shoulders, and for the first time since the Khmer Rouge takeover, he stands tall. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at it as if for the first time, studying the wallpaper pattern carefully on the top half before allowing her eyes to fall to the numbered grid on the bottom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

For the first time since I started school—no, even longer than that—for the first time ever, I was looking forward to a party. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reading for the first time about the internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II, he went on to lecture about it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Always, meeting us older hands in Mr. Muhammad’s service for the first time, there were several new ministers of small new Temples. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Matty, a master of stealth, had brought him secretly, at night, to meet his daughter for the first time. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And for the first time he did not want to go. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone quieted, and for the first time, Thomas noted the grinds and rattles of the rising lift, reminding him of his own nightmarish trip the day before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One Saturday, soon before he is scheduled to take the SAT, his family drives to Connecticut for the weekend, leaving Gogol at home alone overnight for the first time in his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie disembarked from the trolley feeling light for the first time in as long as she could remember. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then for the first time he saw how few biguns there were and understood why the work had been so hard. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Eliot followed her, walking for the first time in his sneakers across the pear- colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Six weeks earlier, Jule arrived in London for the first time. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sunny’s mother could see the bruise above my eye for the first time and her eyes popped. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Those who were working with him for the first time were instantly infused with his confidence, not to mention his sense of urgency. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As the sky was clear, the evening was bitterly cold, and for the first time in weeks, there were only a few customers in the Trout. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Kassia’s haunting music has recendy been recorded for the first time in a thousand years, and it rather gracefully refutes the assumption that the development of early music is exclusively the handiwork of men. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I used toilet soap for the first time, not the blue detergent that I had washed with for so many years at home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes swept the surrounding hills and through them I saw for the first time the wild beauty of our hills and the magic of the green river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question that twists inside me again and again—am I enough?—I realize for the first time, is not just my question, but was the old Jenna’s question as well. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I moved into what had been my parents’ room, they rotated into what had been the kids’ room, and for the first time my brother and I had actual space for ourselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I was a free man for the first time in twenty-seven years, but instead of greeting me, they said with some concern, “Aren’t you meant to be at the Grand Parade?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So for the first time he rode on men’s shoulders and behind the coffin where O-lan was. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I do too,” Pinmei said, and the king’s eyes looked directly at her for the first time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Was on my way over to see you,” I tell him, and for the first time, standing next to Judd Travers, I feel taller than I really am. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enter the game for the first time. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

This flow of envy and thus, of power, is, for the first time in the history of geeks, flowing in the other direction ... breaking what has been the status quo for many years. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crime became real, for example—for the first time—not as a possibility but as the possibility. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I wish him luck,” said Fudge, sounding bitter for the first time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And so I discovered the sunken door, and so I came up, for the first time, to moonlight. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later I walked into the yard for the first time since Eddie’s execution. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The valet’s tone held positive warmth and feeling for the first time. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had spent the morning completely emptying his school trunk for the first time since he had packed it six years ago. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He wiped his nose and mouth with the back of his hand and for the first time since the morning felt hungry. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was also operating, for the first time ever, without the tacit protection of my older brother. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Amy’s lecture put the matter in a new light, and for the first time it did look weak and selfish to lose heart at the first failure, and shut himself up in moody indifference. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silent man at his side turned then and looked at him for the first time. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the short brunette in a sea of tall redheads, and for the first time, Joaquin was sort of glad that he didn’t have a ton of baby photos. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My own feeling was that for the first time I really wanted to keep going. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Malone looked at him clearly for the first time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me more closely, as if seeing me for the first time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She left the house for the first time at the age of twelve in a coach and horses that had to travel only two blocks to take her to the convent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I saw him for the first time, he looked like a monster with a bloody face, a swollen eye. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I was actually excited about homework, maybe for the first time ever. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung turned to the woman and looked at her for the first time. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Hudson and I are face-to-face for the first time since the second day of summer school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He went directly to the kitchen and there he stopped for the first time at the end of a trip that had begun on the other side of the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I went to kindergarten and had to speak English for the first time, I became silent. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But sitting in that garden, for the first time I was an alien, I was a sailor—landless and disconnected. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was being judged for the first time not by the color of my skin but by the measure of my mind and character. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, he wondered what he was doing here and why he had come. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Last term, Harry and Ron had helped Gryffindor win the House Championship, beating Slytherin for the first time in seven years. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe she knew that the disparities of the world had just quietly shown themselves to me for the first time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why I believed her, but for the first time ever, I told someone my secret. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The one-armed boy spoke for the first time. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Here, for the first time, she saw blacks and whites treated as equals. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

And for the first time ever, my parents decided to skip the eggnog and the Christmas tunes in the living room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I shaved for the first time on my fifteenth birthday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It had placed Archie at a disadvantage for the first time as assigner because Rollo had only been the curtain raiser, a bit of amusement Obie had arranged to enliven the proceedings. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even so, I’m surprised when I hear myself using the library voice—when I hear myself telling the story for the first time. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see the city yet, but for the first time I was within its limits. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I liked the move because for the first time I didn’t have to share a room with Jim, who never made any pretense of liking me or wanting me around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm about to have an intimate dinner with the Larsens for the first time as their son's girlfriend. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of them, whom I was meeting for the first time, was K. D. Matanzima. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy grabbed Annabeth and backed away from the edge as a presence emerged from the void—a form so vast and shadowy, he felt like he understood the concept of dark for the first time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But for the first time in his life, he looked at them and felt no comfort. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I was seventeen, in my last year of high school, and for the first time in my life I was starting to have opinions of my own. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year, for the first time since Haymitch won, the final stop on the tour will be 12, and the Capitol will spring for the festivities. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Pippin found that for the first time he was close to Merry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Who’s that?” he asked, hearing Thomas’s voice for the first time. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day a colored baby was bom inside Mercy for the first time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The look on Danny’s face, though, when I saw him for the first time, helped a little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

While the Methodists cast around for someone willing to come and serve in the wilds of West Virginia, the Coalwood Community Church, for the first time anyone could remember, was padlocked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, Marigold felt like she was really seeing her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was like they was seeing us for the first time. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A few of the later plates even showed, for the first time, the life cycles of tropical frogs and toads, as well as lizards and snakes. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In June 1956, in the monthly journal Liberation, I pointed out that the charter endorsed private enterprise and would allow capitalism to flourish among Africans for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, a few kids had glanced back at her, impressed, as if they were noticing her for the first time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The others agreed; they sent their report, and two hours later Reynie was drifting away to sleep, having finished an upbeat mental letter to Miss Perumal and feeling hopeful for the first time in ages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time it occurred to him that he was eleven years old and that perhaps his great muscles were not quite what they had once been. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A few days later, we went to the San Jose airport to pick up my sister and to see her new nose for the first time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Twig’s eyebrows pinched as she noticed my mood shift for the first time, but she stepped back and handed me the egg. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On January 30, only three weeks after they learned of Marina Raskova’s death, the 587th flew an independent combat mission for the first time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She had written in Ashoke’s extension at MIT, conscious of writing his name for the first time in her life, writing his last name as well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alone with Milo later, Major Major felt protest stir for the first time and said he would prefer to continue eating with the other officers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Brother Ugo was looking at him more carefully now, as though seeing something for the first time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pull away from her, hating her for the first time in my life, real live squawking hatred. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair’s right for the first time in your life? The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Alex laughs again, incredulous, looking into the heavy circles under Henry’s eyes and the chewed-up bottom lip and, for the first time, seeing a man born to lead a nation. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

At his coming-out party in September 2010, the Young General’s face was officially shown to the world for the first time. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

What made the scheme novel was that for the first time it decoupled a test moratorium from all other disarmament issues, thereby removing the major cause of the deadlock between the two countries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

President Snow smiles and I notice his lips for the first time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Plus she just saw her mother’s cells for the first time,” I told him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a shock in this seeing; it’s like seeing somebody naked, for the first time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The logo wasn’t new to her, but now it was like seeing it for the first time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was at this point, half-way up the hill road, that the engine stuttered and I noticed for the first time that my petrol was gone. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring hard at Fudge, as though seeing him plainly for the first time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A darkness covered Adam’s cheeks and for the first time his eyes seemed to see. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sighed, and for the first time since their night at the opera, she offered up something more than attitude. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As Bigwig found a place alongside, he noticed for the first time, in the opposite wall of the run, a kind of recess like an open cave. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following morning, they walked separately to school for the first time, took seats on the opposite sides of the classroom in first period and every period after that. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was taller than Maya, but for the first time, her height felt intimidating instead of safe. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When Martin comes back to join me, the droop in his posture brings tears to my eyes for the first time. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time in my life, I’m glad that I’m small and plain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the accused took turns cross-examining the witnesses, the Crown and the prosecution began to get a sense for the first time of the true caliber of the men and women on trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm seeing Her Majesty for the first time. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It feels for the first time like I'm moving away from the shadow of my brother and coming to stand in my own light. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I saw the garden for the first time, so green among the dark brick buildings, I thought back to my parents' Persian rug. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time he thinks of that moment not with terror, but with gratitude. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want my breath to smell like pepperoni and onion rings when I see you again for the first time in almost a year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I turned enough to see her hovering over me, and for the first time, I saw her as more of a protector than a stranger. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Then the poisoner didn’t know Slughorn very well,” said Hermione, speaking for the first time in hours and sounding as though she had a bad head cold. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My empathy link was really tingling for the first time in months, which either meant a whole lot of people had suddenly switched on the Nature Channel, or Grover was close. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Annabeth took a deep breath, relaxing for the first time in hours. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Ella Collins,” Mom echoed, addressing her directly for the first time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt strength come into my arms and hands and legs and feet, and my neck and head stretched for the first time. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the day we all played together for the first time, the magic that lives in the four of us together. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And Nellie, for the first time since Edward had been with her, did not sing him a lullaby. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

"So," Mentor said with a deep sigh, "I went to Trade Mart and for the first time, I asked to make a trade." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

Turner felt, for the first time, the full ignominy of the retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then for the first time the Witch spoke. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I used my lovely bathroom for the first time on Sunday and, strange as it may seem, I like it better than any other place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, for the first time in his life, he had begun to wonder. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The whole crew sat on deck, without a storm or a monster attack to worry about for the first time in days, and ate ice cream. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I remember when Morris brought you in for the first time,” he said, and took another drink of his coffee. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He thought, not for the first time, how much more convenient things would be if the Morales family could afford a computer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mom laughed and hugged her mother for the first time in seventeen years. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I could barely look at her, because for the first time in I don’t know how long, I wanted to believe that I could actually be a different person tomorrow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Friday evening, for the first time in my life, I received a Christmas present. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I saw the full reflection of myself for the first time in my life. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sunny said something for the first time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I reread some of the articles and read others for the first time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then I turned and ran into the nearest ghost—Clyde—and committed Pacicide, dying for the first time in the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But now that she was trying to accomplish the task for the first time by herself, all her fragile hope was shattering. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I did, however, let a smile inch onto my face for the first time since the race. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Or think about how you might present yourself if you were going on national television for the first time. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the other direction, the children were gathering in excited little knots, plotting and planning, for the first time any of them could remember, for the future. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Eventually I ended up at a Waffle House. The waitress came to take my order and said, ‘What’s on your mind, Sunshine?’ and I smiled for the first time in weeks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Seeing the other people on the tapes for the first time. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As the three of us approach the house I see it as if for the first time—the porch light shining, an evergreen wreath on the door, the black iron railing and neatly shoveled walkway. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t actually wear my red nanga when I went down there for the first time, but I carried it with me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did they realize she had spoken for the first time in all those years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night I made for the first time the kind of journey which later became the monotonous routine of my life: traveling through an unknown countryside from one unknown settlement to another. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He plucked out a pickle and, for the first time, ate with gusto. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Grace could hear the quiet sniffles from all four of their parents behind them, watching their two children meet for the first time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Cora and Caesar sprinted through the wild grass, exposed for the first time since the swamp. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The slave catcher got into the wagon for the first time since he picked up Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Finnick’s real charms of self-effacing humor and an easygoing nature are on display for the first time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I can bring my cap pistol for a starter’s gun,” volunteered Brad, showing interest for the first time. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is just as wonderful as when I was a young girl and visited Beyond for the first time. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

There was a lot that Roosevelt wanted to say publicly for the first time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Perotin, though, began using an upgraded method of notation that did for the first time indicate the rhythmic value of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the kitchen, for the first time ever I saw tears in my father’s eyes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they won their next match, against Hufflepuff, they would overtake Slytherin in the House Championship for the first time in seven years. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I worried about my appearance for the first time around him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

About a week after Aaron and Evan came home from the hospital, Ivy started her period for the first time. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mother looked down on me for the first time and saw the large tumor that had robbed her of a baby’s perfection. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve always loved Mardi Gras, and for the first time, I know why: I’ve never seen such a celebration of life like this one. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She wears a silvery sari, a wedding gift worn for the first time, the sleeves of her blouse reaching the crook of her elbow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His sleeves were rolled up, and I noticed for the first time that his forearms were freckled, too. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alicia, who inherited her mama’s rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he smiled at me as if he had just seen the sunrise for the first time in his life. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Taran saw, for the first time, how ancient was the enchanter’s face, and how careworn. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Peewee told me about it and for the first time he didn’t make a lot of jokes about it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a growl from behind him, and for the first time I see the Jack Russell terrier. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Screw this, I thought, and for the first time, I imagined just going back home, ditching the Great Perhaps for the old comforts of school friends. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Brooke encircles him in a hug as if they are old friends, though I know that they only met for the first time today; just yesterday Adam was saying how nervous he was about it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'll just be putting it to the test for the first time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa asked, speaking Igbo for the first time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lana felt good for the first time since she had come upon those two characters messing up her bar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His comprehension catching up with his senses, Harry realized that he had just Apparated for the first time in his life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There’s none of that extra care most people have when they’re in a new place for the first time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was wearing the new blue wool dress for the first time, with a snowy white collar and deep cuffs, and she had never looked lovelier. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life, the image of my mother made me believe that I could change the way things were. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It took most of the walk across campus before I understood what she’d said, then I checked my course schedule and, for the first time, noticed the numbers next to the course names. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Patricia takes her face out of her hands and looks at her husband as if she’s seeing him for the first time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to try my hand at fishing, for the first time in my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We play “London Bridge Is Falling Down,” me for the first time, fumbling to follow Madge’s slide positions. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The passage of the Molasses Act so infuriated the American colonists that for the first time the phrase “no taxation without representation” became a rallying cry. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Once he got tired he might check into a hotel: room, like he had said, one with a big mirror, and shave for the first time. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Boys appeared wearing sports shirts and white shoes for the first time since the previous summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had now made unscathed, for the first time, that crossing-over and return which only a wizard can make with open eyes, and which not the greatest mage can make without risk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now she realized, for the first time, that the silver woman was crowned. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a room to myself for the first time in my life. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then we stand there in silence, but for the first time the silence that lingers between us feels a little more natural. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She laughed for the first time since Papa had died and Mama opened her eyes and smiled. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhausted by the long crossing, they hung up their hammocks and slept deeply for the first time in two weeks. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was her apartment, her name on the lease for the first time since she had been a young teacher. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We needed that much time to paddle and drift away from the blood trail, to realize that for the first time in several days we could breathe a little more freely. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were excited and a bit anxious about eating in a restaurant for the first time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They were discovering each other for the first time and there was no need for words. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, for the first time ever in any class I’d ever been in with him, Tooms spoke up without being called on. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

How, later, she had held him for the first time, and had noticed the startling pale eyes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the fire grew, it lit the inside of the barn so that for the first time the soldiers could also see their quarry in the gaps between the slats. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I saw dawn for the first time. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since Genie’d found Michael, his stomach unknotted, just a tiny bit, but still. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life, Kyle Keeley wanted to check out a library book more than anything in the world. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It proved relatively easy, actually, because for the first time in several days, he had no distractions. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Her fingers stopped for the first time, as she retorted rather angrily, “What have I told you? Do you still think, in spite of it, that I do not mean what I say?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I got to the top of the climbing wall for the first time without getting scorched by lava. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

From the way they looked at me, it seemed they were seeing a black child for the first time in their lives. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet dangle off the end, dance nervously, relishing relief for the first time in months. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"And for the first time tonight I'm truly sorry." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zemaye smiled with what seemed to be, for the first time, a real amusement in her eyes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A bond bigger than any crown pulses through the five of us, and, for the first time since the start of this pageant, I know it’s me who has the upper hand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But I saw that on this one day, for the first time since I’d known him, he could not accept the way his life was turning out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

One day, a girl asked, “Sandra, were you surprised when you saw shoes for the first time in America?” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When we wore out those memories, we went on about the Ankton sisters and their swinging dresses, and about meeting Mean Lady Ming for the first time and being afraid of her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was now in a country that really wanted him, and for the first time in thirteen years he felt truly safe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs’s feet slowed beside me, and I saw for the first time how red his eyes were. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With the convention drawing close, I worked with a speechwriter for the first time, a gifted young woman named Sarah Hurwitz who helped shape my ideas into a tight seventeen-minute speech. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m white?” he says, like he’s just hearing that for the first time. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, it occurs to me to wonder what made her that way. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His chin quivered slightly, and for the first time it hit me how much he must’ve loved her, how it had split him open when she left. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as a twelve-year-old girl landing in America for the first time, I could sense that we were not in a nice neighborhood. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And Bigger, looking at him, saw that sunshine for the first time in many days; and as he saw it, the entire cell, with its four close walls, became crushingly real. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The train door slides open for the first time in days, and we are hurried out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Between the quick-decaying rush of excitement from seeing Amelia for the first time and the caffeine making his head spin, he was glad to be sitting. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He smiled for the first time; his teeth matched his disgusting nose. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I thought it was corny as hell, but Jupe got this look on her face like she was seeing a sunrise for the first time. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was the fall of 1994 when we spent our days on the same campus for the first time since attending grade school together. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His sweaty singlet clung to his body and she noticed, for the first time, how much weight he had lost, how shrunken his chest looked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that was why for the first time after that cold day in France he was beginning to miss the presence of other people. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger stopped listening, feeling fear for the first time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that for the first time since I have come to St. Emilion, I am not dwelling in the past but anticipating, without dread, the future. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Besides, the way he’d looked so shook up when he saw those rocks for the first time I figure they meant more to him than they did to me anyway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

General Peckem screamed, as though struck by the enormity of the disaster for the first time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Milo looked around and, for the first time, noticed dozens of them—sitting on the car, standing in the road, and lying all over the trees and bushes. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or differently, so that for the first time in her life she noticed smells. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the thrift shop in Fairview, as I watched her laughing with the owner about a big ugly hat somebody brought in, I felt like I was seeing her for the first time. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life Michael entirely bathed himself. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She knew she was in trouble, and tonight, for the first time in her life, she’d felt like death itself was staring her in the face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wore my new shirt for the first time. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He yelled for a switch one time when he could have slipped through a pick and I found myself alone, unchallenged for the first time in the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The normal cells, suffering respiratory damage for the first time, are not killed but are set on the path that may eventually lead to malignancy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That night, for the first time since coming to Vrindavan, I felt safe. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

For weeks we’d been toiling in what amounted to a canyon; now, for the first time on the expedition the vista was primarily sky rather than earth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, Sticky found himself wondering what sort of ordeal Corliss had gone through. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When John got out his books that night, Meg’s heart sank, and for the first time in her married life, she was afraid of her husband. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had entered the village for the first time, like so many others, she had been welcomed, years before. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the laboratory the girls from Dora’s heard the Plain Songs and Gregorian music for the first time. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arm was loosening up every day, and for the first time since his fall with Fair Knightess, he began to look like the rider he had once been. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then for the first time the awful aloneness hit him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so hot that for the first time in history Mother left the candles of the chandelier unlit at dinnertime. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Freshly, as if for the first time, you love what’s best in yourself and in the world, all that might be lost. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time I noticed that his large eyes were a pretty golden-brown color like a caramel candy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why the devil did he cheat me?” he demanded in his high strident voice, and for the first time looked straight at me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I scroll through Facebook for the first time all day, looking at all the pictures my friends are posting from Cabo. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Force sprang into his expression for the first time. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her children, even now, would be alone in the dark house, alone at night for the first time. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny, already jealous, for the first time in his life, over Rab’s taking Cilia out, buying her sweets—and never saying anything— tried his best to quarrel with a puzzled Rab over this apple. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time in my short life, rats were a preferable option to humans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The greatest benefit of my crude English was that, for the first time, I could understand a few stock phrases in the movies. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary stood silent for a long moment, as if hearing the song for the first time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then I saw Diamond Head for the first time, raising its stone face above Honolulu Bay. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so busy that he often read his scripted lines for the first time the moment he stepped in front of the microphone for the broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

—I heard you Cry for the first time in that Dining Room, when the Midwife was above.—&c. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Cooled by the creek and the shade of the bridge, I felt unhot for the first time in weeks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And for the first time he noticed, with a kind of inward shudder, and yet not knowing at what he shuddered, that both Aaronson and Rutherford had broken noses. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As he was looking around, for the first time he noticed another person on the Balcony with him. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is so flimsy and I notice for the first time how thin his hair’s getting as he stands and leaves the room. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Orr asked suddenly, and looked straight into Yossarian’s face for the first time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I know that for the first time, I felt as though I had visited with someone who had some kind of physical illness that had just lingered on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck for the first time by the spectacle of him—this strange mix-of-everything man. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And so The Baron and I met for the first time, and it was the beginning of a harassing but wonderful friendship. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know all this happened to my mom a long time ago, but it feels like it's all happening to me, for the first time, right now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Nikhil changed his,” Moushumi blurts out suddenly, and for the first time all evening, with the exception of the opera singers, the room goes completely quiet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stops talking for a moment, like for the first time she is realizing something. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I understood for the first time how it felt to experience real poverty. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Drops of water dripping from her fingertips, she raised her head and looked at Laila, looked at her as if for the first time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She saw that the tortoiseshell comb was still in Penelope’s hair, and for the first time Ophie began to wonder about it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And I believe it was then, looking on that view, that I began for the first time to adopt a frame of mind appropriate for the journey before me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When we stood, I saw for the first time that I was grown taller than Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They’d more or less dressed themselves when Mr. Jack came back, just as though for the first time, and pretended to be surprised and shocked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it struck me that, for the first time since arriving in France, I could understand every word that someone was saying. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then, for the first time since the Henry had sailed, Nat saw a twinkle in Prince’s eyes. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terryl felt very comfortable with April, so much so that Terryl felt she had a best friend for the first time in her life. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel, for the first time, as though I have a power of my own, a power Madoc cannot take from me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We walked over and took a good look at it for the first time. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his father rise off him slowly, coming up beaten by a son for the first time in his life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he and his mount hit the finish line for the first time, they were two lengths in front. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Roz, do you know what tomorrow is? Tomorrow is Swimming Day! The day when all the parents take their goslings out on the pond for the first time. And you simply must bring Brightbill.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He laughed, and I noticed for the first time he had a gold tooth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the castle, for the first time in her young life, Mig had enough to eat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I saw Carabayllo for the first time when accompanying Farmer on a trip to Lima. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I was not learning it all over again but for the first time, apparently, since Mother claims I did none of these things as a baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always put music on when I paint, but for the first time I can remember, I’m afraid that the colors will overwhelm me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“None whatever, my chicken,” she said, and for the first time there was a hint of pity in her voice. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not, certainly, that of persons who saw me then for the first time, and who knew nothing about my character. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He blinks at me, then laughs for the first time all night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was only lately that he was having small moments of clarity, of illumination, and seeing himself for the first time as the closest of Mary Ann’s enemies, the kindest of her assassins. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liz smiled, and for the first time, she looked like herself again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gazed through the window and for the first time in my life saw white schoolchildren. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But today he felt as though he were seeing the men and boys working there for the first time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, he wondered if his brother was thinking about the same thing he always thought about when he came here. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pull at the collar of my shirt, for the first time in all my years at Saint Grace’s feeling the whitewashed walls closing in on me, my chest tightening. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But Bailey was quiet for the first time since we left Stamps. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only later did she understand that the evil had not appeared for the first time that night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Never in my life have I felt so lifted up and more than myself than when I met you for the first time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“So there is!” cried the Courtiers, as they all suddenly noticed the star for the first time. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The undertaker picked up the policy and pretended to see the amount for the first time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is here that Newton stomped his foot to measure the echo, calculating the speed of sound for the first time.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And for the first time he hadn’t called him Double O Nothing. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Students from various tribal primary schools studied together for the first time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like a director for the first time ever today. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Away from the fences, the armed guards, and the strange sense of threat that pervaded Sayle Enterprises, it was as if he were breathing fresh air for the first time in days. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, Will and Lyra thought they could see those things, like veils of shimmering gauze, falling from the sky like thistledown. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I guess I was starting to grow up, because for the first time I understood at least a little about the loneliness and frustration that often seemed to fill our house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Toomer rose again to face Red his expression had changed and his eyes seemed akin to those of the pack for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wonder of seeing the whole world from above for the first time, Magdalys had forgotten that part. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The whooshing was getting louder, and I felt afraid for the first time, afraid that we might all get sucked down and drown in the mud. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt explicitly that secret living I’d known throughout my life, but now for the first time it took the form of a bizarre sanction being with Pete and even Wen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to the bathroom and for the first time in days looked at her face. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Just now he spoke coherent words for the first time:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was then I felt a stirring go through the room and for the first time I realized that I was guilty. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I think she gets the picture, and actually shuts up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘Nay, there was no change of counsel,’ said the Lady Galadriel, speaking for the first time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nice way to meet your dad for the first time in ten years. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He thought of telling her about that day in Wentnor when he hid from Molly and felt, for the first time, the possibility of shaping his own destiny. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you didn’t have a real good imagination you’d probably think those noises were the sounds of some kid blowing a hom for the first time, but I knew better than that. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, I wished I had been wearing a watch when Rufus called me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Daoud faced me, and for the first time, I saw the pain in his eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Harry pulled his booklist out of his pocket and consulted it for the first time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since Moms funeral, I let it out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She smiled at him, looking suddenly, and for the first time, vulnerable. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He had, and not for the first time, cast a spell upon them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It somehow startles me to see him without a monitor or a magazine cover obstructing the view, like he’s in focus for the first time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life, I felt all alone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Laila examined Mariam’s drooping cheeks, the eyelids that sagged in tired folds, the deep lines that framed her mouth—she saw these things as though she too were looking at someone for the first time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The good news was for the first time, he had pointed to the letters himself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at her and smiled for the first time all day. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That night I slept in my own bunk, and for the first time since Calypso’s Island, dreams found me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Yet now for the first time she saw something of Eddard Stark in his face, something as stem and hard as the north. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But that night she was like the little tottering, stumbling, clutching child, who of a sudden realizes its powers, and walks for the first time alone, boldly and with overconfidence. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life here was tough, and for the first time I began to appreciate my mother's masterful touch. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So—for the first time, I’m a free woman. Not a care—not a care in the world.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a finished silence after that so that for the first time they could hear the wind picking at the pine trees. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A person had to go put and do things and see things, and I wondered, for the first time, if this had something to do with Gram and Gramps taking me on this trip. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He seemed a little vexed at them for the first time since Hanako had met him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So for the first time that day, I wasn’t being watched. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Palmer dumped the gifts onto the table and for the first time took a good look at them. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The man’s body felt so old, so frail, yet so fatally single-purposed that for the first time Jason saw clear and unshadowed the disaster toward which he rushed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie touched her arm and she turned, and for the first time since the library, their eyes met. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they had won, so on the blackboard in the shell house the next day he finally listed the sophomore boat as the first varsity boat for the first time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I signaled that 1 wanted to take a break, he spoke for the first time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I promise not to divulge her secrets, but for the first time, I ask her to return the favor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

His voice, which had been so calm throughout the interrogation of Barty Crouch, shook very slightly for the first time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was eleven years old, and it was like I was seeing my country for the first time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Among my fellow-prisoners I had also for the first time on Winter a certain feeling of being a man among women, or among eunuchs. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though for the first time she was completely alone—where she had always wanted to be—free of the possibility of distraction. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned to my seat the white woman sitting beside me spoke to me for the first time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was so exciting to think about sitting down to dinner with Annie for the first time as a real, honest-to-God couple. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now he began to believe, for the first time, that he had a murder on his hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

While the Belgians were sampling Coca-Cola for the first time, Bobby, avoiding Joan’s watchful eye, drank too many bottles of Belgian beer and the next day experienced his first hangover. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Scarcely had this happened, when he felt for the first time that morning a general physical well being. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay warm in her bed, her fingers playing over her own smile as though encountering it for the first time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“With access for the first time to a good diet, he began to grow tall and strong,” recalls Boyd. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In Chryse and Utopia, for the first time in human history, spacecraft had touched down, gently and safely, on the red planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that made me feel, for the first time, like I was one of them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

On March 9, for the first time since entering the pack, the men felt the swell of the ocean slowly lift the ice under their feet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

That frightened me, because for the first time I began to think about what God means. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Many people break down for the first time in prison,” the official said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The propeller cuts out; Captain Nemo emerges from his cabin for the first time in weeks, looking grim. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

For a few moments I lay regaining my breath and for the first time really felt the fierce determination that nothing now could stop us reaching the top. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time I saw hurt in her eyes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked at Pandora’s jar, and for the first time I had an urge to open it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I smile and kiss her forehead the exact same way I did when we lay like this for the first time nine years ago. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In August, Bunderson wrote Reggie for the first time with specifics of a possible plea, or, rather, of the offer from the county. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But once Luke said it, it felt real for the first time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes held a trace of that heartbreak, as if he were seeing all that suffering for the first time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in a long time, I didn’t pray for Papá to come home. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that this information—information I’d shared with Ocean when he wanted to drive me to school for the first time—would continue to be useful to us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We going to a picnic—a church picnic,” she said, and suddenly, unaccountably, and for the first time, smiled. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

In September 1870, the women of Wyoming voted for the first time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I answered honestly, and then, for the first time since the beginning of the school year, my students came together as one. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Flip a coin continuously until a tail appears for the first time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time Bridge wondered how her mother was able to always be there as she woke. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Almost six months,” Maya said, and for the first time, she looked almost relaxed, not like a lab rat in a cage, waiting to see what would happen next. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They noticed for the first time that the grass in front of it was torn and scored with lines. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, for the first time, I was tempted. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Outside Palmer met Panther for the first time. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

This made me suspicious—for the first time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look nice today,” he said, as if he were noticing her for the first time, and Pearl turned a deep pink, right down to the roots of her hair. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life the astonished bug couldn’t think of a thing to say. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There goes our superstar, lumbering onto the stage with the grace of a baby elephant trying to walk for the first time.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“When I saw the kouros for the first time,” he said, “I felt as though there was a glass between me and the work.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In exactly one month, she would be twelve years old, and for the first time in her life, Papa wouldn’t be there to celebrate with her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But watching him scrape a rock into a boulder, over and over like that, with total concentration, I don’t know, man, for the first time I saw him in a totally different way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My dad wasn’t necessarily going to win the Teddy Bear Society’s Father of the Year Award, but for the first time in weeks, he reacted. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take big gulps and for the first time allow myself to feel how much I hated the bunker. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Pierce was about nineteen years old when she attended the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, and she was ninety-one when she became eligible to vote for the first time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

During the winter of 1957-58, Dr. Wallace saw no chickadees or nuthatches at his home feeding station for the first time in many years. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He smiled his big smile, and for the first time in my life I was glad to see him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

All this, all this yellow and blue, river and wood, passed for the first time across Siddhartha’s eyes. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upper reaches of his property had been logged for the first time just a dozen years before. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After that, for the first time in his life, Billy Ray started wondering about the Lord, whom he’d previously always considered a kind of stern Santa Claus. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to wipe it on the shoulder of his T-shirt, and he looked at her like he was seeing her for the first time since she got there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Winston that for the first time in his life he was looking, with knowledge, at a member of the Thought Police. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The brightly shining metal plates were then immediately used to make a model in which for the first time all the DNA components were present. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“It is better as it is,” he muttered to himself, and for the first time was wholly filled with despair. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The night sky is empty and silent, and for the first time in four days, so is my mind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He became quiet for the first time since Digory had seen him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Briefly he felt a tiny sliver of sureness for the first time. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time she was scared for her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And, for the first time in my life, I felt the dizzy faintness of motion sickness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You hush,” she said, turning to him for the first time, “she got you, ain’t she?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Salvador smiled for the first time in days. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my phone from my pocket, I set an alarm for 5:00 a.m., for the first time maybe ever. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

What could be happening in there, now that for the first time animals and human beings were meeting on terms of equality? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He glanced at her, and for the first time since he had spied her at the window his expression seemed uncertain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Potato Head spoke up for the first time since they’d drifted from the subject of malaria pills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone always chuckled and made small jokes when the Nines rode home for the first time. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Donna speaks for the first time since the men left. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When they got there, Reggie, for the first time, walked through what he remembered had happened, and told Britney the details he remembered, showed her where his car wound up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was September fourth, and for the first time in a very long time, the days were moving again. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Shin saw a soccer ball for the first time when he was twenty-three, after fleeing to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I toss my head back to call to a friend, and I notice something for the first time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, nearly evening, and for the first time for months, it seemed to Malcolm, he could see a sunset. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was frustrated for the first time in a long time at how long it took me to get my jeans on. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Claudia’s words came slowly; she was forming thoughts into the shape of words for the first time in a long time. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on her face is the beauty of the morning, and for the first time, I think, she recognizes it: 5:30 a.m. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Walking home, the twins discussed Lee for the first time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Papa nodded, but for the first time that I had ever seen, it looked to me like he had lost heart. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard it that night for the first time in the juniper tree outside of Ultima’s window. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were testing them for the first time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I did this because 1 know she’s not always so good at faking her feelings, and August was coming over for the first time today. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But for the first time in months, I cried. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She closes her eyes and opens them again like she’s looking at the world for the first time—so innocent and pure. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

During the Reconstruction era, African Americans began to serve on juries in the South for the first time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And next to her, for the first time in forever, was Ma. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the sheer awfulness of the thought, or maybe it was hunger, but Alex found himself laughing for the first time in weeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The woman held her upright a second longer before turning back to the bag, and in her absence, Koffi looked around for the first time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But, assigned to one of the vast eighty-eight-cell galleries for the first time, I found it hard to know where to begin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time in history, law was no longer the shadow of justice, it was justice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I know it's stupid, and honestly, at this point, I spend about half my waking hours imagining us meeting in person for the first time. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, the clinic was extremely comfortable and for the first time I actually enjoyed a hospital convalescence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had gotten my period for the first time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But for the first time, I don’t put the book down, or hide it under my covers. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I turned my head to the side a bit and studied the brand on my face; for the first time, studied it hard: the capital / that proclaimed my insolent manners and crimes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you remember when we read The Little Prince together for the first time? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ate for the first time since Bate had turned her loose. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He knew I had tried to wear lipstick for the first time today. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help laughing, really laughing, for the first time in months. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jerusalem woke to a blizzard for the first time in fifty years on Easter Sunday. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Derek turned as if seeing the plane for the first time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

This had become abundantly clear ever since a competition in Seoul, Korea, earlier in the year when for the first time ever, I beat Mariel at a competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When we came inside this cabin for the first time, Theo sat us down in the living room, just like this. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, his arms laden, made his Adam’s apple go up and down twice, and Francie heard him speak for the first time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered for the first time people of my own age firmly aligned with the liberation struggle, who were prepared, despite their relative privilege, to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the oppressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood for the first time how he must have felt in his darkest moods. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They forget that their readers are encountering the event for the first time and need to see it enacted with their own eyes'. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lelia laughed and said, “Of course Stew hated it. He didn’t say anything, though. I think for the first time in his life he’s afraid of losing a woman.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But today I stood in the corner for the first time in six weeks, staring at our used-to-be plants—brown and crisp and dead all over. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She felt fear for the first time and backed into the comer of the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I waited, my heart beating faster, the way it had when my mother dropped me off for the first time at a boarding school. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I try not to think of seeing him for the first time. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The exam went much, much, much better than expected because for the first time I had an actual medical issue. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Skimming down closer, they found themselves ignored, for the first time, because something more interesting was gripping the minds of all the ghosts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dad mentioned the dozen figure for the first time on their wedding day. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

On another trip he looked back and saw the smoke curiing up through die trees and realized, for the first time, that he now had the means to make a signal. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But today she had had too sharp a lesson in the retribution of this Puritan Colony, for the first time she felt a twinge of real fear. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie, my great-aunt, my rigid taskmaster of a piano teacher, passed away in June, bequeathing her house on Euclid to my parents, allowing them to become home owners for the first time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"Not if you don't want to," Viji Aunty says, and I see Rani's eyes light up for the first time since we arrived here. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But that spring, I got to feeling restless for the first time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year, for the first time in my life, I started thinking school could be fun. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Not really,” Felix mumbled, and picked up his debit card for the first time. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Also, for the first time in ages, Minerva and I are roommates again at Dona Chelito’s where we board. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From my locker I collected my sneakers, jock strap, and gym pants and then turned away, leaving the door ajar for the first time, forlornly open and abandoned, the locker unlocked. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I heard, really for the first time: “We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time, being treated like the Greenie didn’t bother him that much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The baby had just kicked for the first time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I already knew what was on the other side of the door, so I watched Nana’s face when she saw it for the first time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I see a word I heard for the first time this weekend. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But after the surreal encounter with the rose, for the first time the descent makes me feel safer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She tries to close it, but I take it from her, and for the first time in weeks I see my right leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted her chin and pulled him down to her, and their mouths met for the first time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since she died, I feel like I’ve found her again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They ate well for the first time since they had begun their journey. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to find her looking at his face, as if she were seeing it for the first time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I heard his voice for the first time as he repeated the marriage words. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and raced for the gate in the green wall which, now for the first time, he remembered seeing. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

But Mala had heard, and, for the first time, we looked at each other and smiled. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I think of Namontack walking along the docks—the same docks I left so many months ago—and seeing our world for the first time. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

However, their remarks about the Huntsmen gave him hope for the first time. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if she’s been walking on a wire, trying to keep her balance, and now, for the first time, she is on solid ground. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We fired Columbia’s rocket engine shortly after we swung around behind the moon’s left edge, out of touch with the earth for the first time in three days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” the guard said, apparently not for the first time. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Thing is, for the first time since Bernoffski died on me, I was able to identify the body. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Here, for the first time, I found ways and techniques of gauging meaningfully the effects of American civilization upon the personalities of people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He combed his thick hair back from his forehead and stared into a mirror, probably for the first time in weeks. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he understood for the first time that to the boy he was himself an alien. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the top of the arc, while the bat was flat on its back, Gregor noticed for the first time that someone was sitting on it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turns and walks away, and for the first time, I see him not as a priest. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tonight, for the first time, she caught the beauty of the ancient Hebrew verses. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me, steps away, stops, comes back, kisses me on the forehead for the first time in my life and I’m so happy I feel like floating out of the bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And for the first time that Adam could remember, Charles began to cry. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But either way, by daylight I would be leaving Texas for the first time in my life. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, Thomas noted, not saying a word, perhaps for the first time in his life. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I lifted my face to the sky and for the first time in much too long, I prayed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Syl looked back at the cap’n and the surprised face he made showed he was really seeing him for the first time. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Now Wes’s mind wandered to the long term for the first time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The Girl smiles for the first time, but there's something eternally cautious about her eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Our sleep-deprived night could be seen in the circles under our eyes, and our stomachs rumbled with hunger, but we felt for the first time that our ordeal might soon be over. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was nervous about living away from home for the first time, about leaving the only life I’d ever known. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He went as still as Nina had ever seen him, and his gaze focused on Inej for the first time since he’d entered the little cabin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The doors close and we're in the space for the third time today but, for the first time, we are in the moment together. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I felt springy and fit and for the first time in years had a stomach that didn’t look like a ball bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I ate two squares of chocolate in between classes, but for the first time in a long time, they didn’t make me feel better. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stood up, his head held carefully, and looked fully at her for the first time. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

There were no people in this place and the BFG stopped for the first time since they had set out from his cave many hours before. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, coming back from school, Gogol finds his mother at home again, wearing a bathrobe instead of a sari, and sees his sister awake for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled for the first time in days, and that made it all worthwhile. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time, I felt the equal of an adult; I knew that I had been beaten for a reason that was not right. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, and for the first time, really, I was struck by the bitter, irrevocable truth of it; the evil of what we had done. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Radar observations of Chryse were made for the first time—because of the geometry of Earth and Mars—only a few weeks before the nominal landing date. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early eighteenth century scientific laws begin for the first time to be named after their discoverers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“All right,” says Ms. Albright, “Dodger has just befriended Oliver, and he’s bringing him back to the hideout for the first time to meet Fagin and the boys. So. What’s your objective?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Jones, overcome by a mixture of thrill and fear, saw John Wilkes Booth for the first time. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I ran out the front door for the first time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I understand what he means. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Carmen decided, for the first time ever, to play hooky. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He eventually met a nurse there, a woman from Dothan, Alabama, whose compassionate care made him feel comfortable and hopeful for the first time, perhaps, in his entire life. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Looking closely at the pewter pendant for the first time, Molly asks, “Is your necklace—significant?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then, for the first time, it occurred to me that perhaps he had not. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I paused to catch my breath and for the first time since I began my race I slowed down to a walk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Marie Patrice lifted up the long skirt of her habit and for the first time in my life I saw her ankles. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The marine colonel looked at the VC as if he were seeing him for the first time. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A charismatic eleventh-grade geometry teacher stoked her interest in math, and for the first time, she entertained the idea of a future that took advantage of her knack for numbers and all things analytical. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Faber, for the first time, raised his eyes and looked directly into Montag's face. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

As others join the conversation, Megan turns in her seat and squints at Molly, as if noticing her for the first time. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The couple stood motionless under the scorching sun, looking at the train as it merged with the black strip of the horizon, linking arms for the first time since the day of their wedding. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Their gentle pressure erases the past few months, and I am the girl who sat on the rocks next to the chasm, with river spray on her ankles, and kissed him for the first time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I gaze up at the blank wall, and for the first time in forever, I don’t see the swastika I put there. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I look at Zoey, and for the first time all afternoon, we make eye contact, and I know she knows it’s the first time we’ve made eye contact all afternoon. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I concerned myself with career changes and the adjustment period of living with a boyfriend for the first time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sarai noticed, for the first time, the table at the riverside. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But she loves George more, and so, when her own mother died—the mother that let George fly when he fell in love for the first time—Aunt Nancy came to find her brother. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I’m bringing a boy home for the first time and there’s no one here for you to meet.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Being laid on the ground next to Lev for the first time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I knew their terrible life so intimately that I was startled by the immediacy of seeing her in person for the first time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Valerie in awe, appreciating for the first time her perpetual marble calm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Seeing Master Williams for the first time, I had the feeling she was a smart woman. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The next day we turned for the first time a little south of east. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke to you for the first time when I was eighteen, on the stage of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, when I introduced my mother as the nominee for president. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The possibility of enforcing not only complete obedience to the will of the State, but complete uniformity of opinion on all subjects, now existed for the first time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Vince and I sat together at the church dinner, reminiscing about our earlier dates, and for the first time I felt as though we were good friends again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body was heavy with longing, my heart—for the first time—full of hate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was a great commotion in the house, because there was going to be a party in Tres Marias for the first time since the forgotten days when Dona Ester was a girl. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had smiled for the first time since Levi’s bar mitzvah, Danny said, and his mother had wept with joy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We stood face to face for the first time five weeks ago, when 1 arrived at this posting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in a long time, I felt hope. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Rondell just listening to everybody with a blank look on his face, like he wasn’t even at the party and was hearing about this supposed fight for the first time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That's when he tried to kiss me good night for the first time, and I angled my head to offer a cheek. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked up at him then, in the eye, maybe for the first time ever. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Having him there made me feel so relaxed that I was able to fall into a deep sleep for the first time since I’d left Cuba. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And the next day, after I had lived through the night, it was that nurse who held Mom’s hand when they brought her to meet me for the first time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was growing up, and for the first time it occurred to me that our world was changing before my eyes, and not for the better. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sitting for the first time in hours, she felt her own fatigue gathering behind her eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He didn’t tell her that Mrs. Sen paced the apartment, staring at the plastic-covered lampshades as if noticing them for the first time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The corporal clenched his fists and was ready to swing at Bull’s face when he noticed for the first time that his attacker held the rank of lieutenant colonel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slept soundly for the first time in many days. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sees the pile of birthday cards scattered on the carpet, and remembers a hot August day fourteen years ago in Cambridge when he held his son for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we went to the district commandant to enlist, we were a class of twenty young men, many of whom proudly shaved for the first time before going to the barracks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both her parents and Ashima are at once impressed and puzzled when they come to visit for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then for the first time he stated that he was not involved, and asked one of the other boys to corroborate his testimony. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now that she was thirteen, he showed up for the first time and said he was sorry? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In General Groves, Lawrence encountered—possibly for the first time in his adult life—someone who was even more driven than himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I could still fake it with all the guys, or try to, but hanging out with Jules made me feel for the first time since Vinny that I could do something right, something good. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel Wood’s eyes focused for the first time on the three trunk bearers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Welcome, it seemed to say as I laid my eyes upon it for the first time. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And so Meggie heard her father read aloud, for the first time in nine years, in a drafty old church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On February 17, the sun dipped below the horizon at midnight for the first time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The marquee was nearly full now, and for the first time there was no queue outside. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bobby smiled for the first time in months when he heard that the Icelandic bill had been enacted, and on March 23, 2005, he was released from his cell. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was clerking for a Philadelphia lawyer, making less than $100 a week, when he drove out to Levittown for the first time to represent a home buyer. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” Bunny said, and I thought I detected for the first time a note of suspicion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered, for the first time, if he was receiving all my letters. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, I’ve got the same jitters I had when Nico read my lyrics for the first time: How will people react? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When two new students came for the first time, one from Ghana and the other from Nigeria, Mwombeki gave them what he called the welcome talk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He felt good about himself for the first time in a long time. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, the house stood empty for the first time in months. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, mad and sad, I went to the Fulton Street Bridge for the first time since Gramma died. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Jones knelt down and, for the first time in the Night of Joy, took off his sunglasses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in decades, maybe centuries, the ship was free to turn in the wind. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time that he had a Confederate flag tattooed on his arm. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My parents bring Mackenzie to visit for the first time. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She poured another inch of wine, realizing for the first time that the house smelled different, too. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked at each other disconcertedly, feeling for the first time in their lives that they were practically strangers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were red, and, for the first time he could remember, he felt defeated. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He edges closer, bordering on friendly for the first time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was as if I had put on a new, strong pair of glasses for the first time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I remember exactly where I saw Martha for the first time. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A prison administrator dealing with captured American enlisted men for the first time should be warned: Expect no brotherly love, even between brothers. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy water pounded against her body and knocked her to the ground, and her Damage Sensors flared for the first time. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Something in that breeze made him think of Aunt Queen, and for the first time in a very long time, he, too, felt at peace. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the fingernails hard as her palm skin, and noticed for the first time how shapely her hands were. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't think I've ever fallen asleep in a dark place and woken to see it in the light for the first time. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yesterday Mother felt well enough to cook split-pea soup for the first time, but then she was downstairs talking and forgot all about it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The captain looks around, seeming to notice for the first time that there is no one else on board. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even like action movies, which Pa and I are openly fine with since she will ask you ten thousand questions during a movie, even if everyone is seeing it for the first time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I wondered when they had done so for the first time, and if she had noticed then. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, I realized that I was experiencing heat hallucinations for the first time in my life. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we turned into the swept yard, I noticed for the first time how rundown the place looked. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, I rode a horse for the first time. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life, I was even happy to see those annoying little brothers of mine. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We have come here because—” He paused, realizing for the first time the vagueness of his own motives. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The raft followed easily and Brian let himself feel just the slightest bit positive for the first time since the lightning had hit them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m seeing one of them for the first time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Tonight, for the first time in my life, I was the main attraction in my house. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then for the first time in months, after being in limbo all that time, everything stopped. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pulled her shift from her shoulders, and for the first time I saw her exposed, as she had been in the engraved figure hung upon the wall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hannah is a minor character, illustrated for the first time on page twelve or thirteen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, and then the door creaked open and the children saw Count Olaf for the first time. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But that early autumn morning, the trees still heavy with bronze leaves, he welcomed the image for the first time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t spoken a single word to him since the day I’d seen him in bio, and for the first time in a month, I had a real opportunity to study him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt has color in his cheeks again, and he is able to lead Sunday services for the first time in many weeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It is morning when I see Wahunsonacock, the Great Powhatan, for the first time. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“If you put your mind to it you can paint something in words,” Vincent tells his brother, not for the first time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I sounded like someone else I’d just met for the first time. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was Thursday, third period, and for the first time in a long while Fadi felt a sense of eager anticipation buzz through his body. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

While they discussed it, the donkey opened both eyes together for the first time, stared at them, heaved his deepest breath yet, and died. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took in the ugliness of Joey’s words, and I saw, for the first time, how different he was from me—different parents, different friends, different brother. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s grown now. You can do whatever you want to,” Ophie said to Colin, and the boy smiled for the first time ever. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life I don’t want to be. the dishes you miss number fifty, he says, walking away. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

She sank into it and slept so soundly that for the first time in weeks, she did not dream of the fortress. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that for the first time in as long as I could remember, I had absolutely no desire to log back into the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Stepping into the entry way with Bram is like seeing it for the first time. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“This year, for the first time, the Sunshine Bakers of America Annual Cake Bakeoff will be judged by not one but—’” Without warning, Cady snapped her head up from the table. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t as if crack came to Baltimore for the first time in 1995. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that night, for the first time, I understood what I was facing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She tallies the score and, for the first time ever, I’m actually winning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, and not for the first time that night. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He flung the trailing end of the long fur over his right shoulder, and felt warm for the first time in days. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I also noticed, for the first time, a sense of being alone. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a very determined look on his face—it’s like his eyebrows are trying to meet for the first time at the top of his nose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time since he became my lieutenant, Dex doesn’t acknowledge my orders. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now, perhaps for the first time, the absolute horror of the crisis at the primate building washed over him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig hesitated, and for the first time that night—maybe even the first time ever—I saw uncertainty in her eyes. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped for a moment and looked at us like he was the kid from The Sixth Sense seeing dead people for the first time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Polly dreamed of her father for the first time since his death—his bawdy jokes, his weakness for ale, and the soft grin on his face whenever he looked at her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pulled the helmet from my head, I felt, for the first time in my life, nearly as cool as Charlie. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then at the conclusion of this film he felt that the entertainment had lasted long enough for the first time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She took his hands in hers, and for the first time she felt him warm at her touch. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reminded me of a little boy going off by himself for the first time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But all I can think is that, for the first time in a long, long time, I am being hugged by my mother and my father at the same time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I clamped my mouth shut, aware for the first time that the shrill sound was coming from my own throat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss heard it in her voice for the first time that night: hesitation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She sank down on it as soon as she got into the room and stretched out, feeling bathed, scoured, vacuumed, and for the first time simple. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked at her again, she was gazing at something on the ground, and I noticed for the first time how tiny lines had clustered around her eyes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because of Taisin’s new confidence, today the connection opened up, and for the first time, each could see a tiny part of the other. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I heard it like I was hearing sound for the first time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then she smiles at me, and for the first time it doesn’t come off as mad-creepy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was very much impressed, and not for the first time, by my guardian’s subtlety. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since what happened I admitted that to myself. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Shudders racked him, and for the first time he realized how cold he was. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy looked at what she was drawing for the first time. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She rolled up the legs of her trousers to the knees, crossed the stream, and, for the first time in her life, headed down the hill for Herat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He showered my grandmother with compliments, and for the first time in her life, she felt desirable. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time I resented the part that I must play in her schemes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The anger was not to be mistaken, but for the first time I realized that more than hostility lurked within this boy. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

His frightening appearance would for the first time become useful for him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day before we left for Amsterdam, I went back to Support Group for the first time since meeting Augustus. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stop dead, catching a real breath for the first time in forty-eight stairs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

That night, for the first time, I saw men. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1901, as a junior officer aboard the Discovery, captained by Robert F. Scott, he headed for Antarctica for the first time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And being on this trip was supposed to make her happy, happy for the first time since her husband died last year. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were examining Ralph curiously, as though they were seeing him for the first time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Roused for the first time in days from his contemplation of the Deathly Hallows, Harry hurried back inside the tent to find Ron and Hermione kneeling on the floor beside the little radio. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were sitting down to dinner for the first time in their newly moved house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting, Ralph was aware of the heat for the first time that day. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She smiles for the first time all day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And while Cari and Wash talked and Naomi walked alongside them, Beto noticed, really noticed, the path for the first time. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, she reflected on what a strange people these northerners were. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some people came that I hardly knew and some I met for the first time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he seemed to see the great oyster for the first time. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time, he wondered how the rest of his family would cope if any of them had to hide. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

My thirsty roots feel planted in the ground for the first time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get over how happy I was, crying genuine tears of actual happiness for the first time in maybe forever, imagining my mom as a Patrick. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My mother stared at her a long moment, and for the first time I think she understood the feelings Lily had for Nathan. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

After that wild ride, Smith put Pollard up on Seabiscuit for the first time to see how he would handle the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had watched Ben’s legs that night as if seeing them for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here you are, then,” said the driver, a surprisingly short while later, speaking for the first time as he slowed in Charing Cross Road and stopped outside the Leaky Cauldron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I’m gonna be a writer,” Benton said for the first time ever. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you think we’ll ever be friends again?” she asked as they hiked toward the river, lugging their boards for the first time the entire trip. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Really looked, for the first time in a long while, maybe since Mama died. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Of being seen for the first time ever in my life? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then they encountered European society and for the first time their history acquired a narrative flow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And I remembered for the first time in a long time that scar Jermaine had. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

No one doubted the origins of that nameless child: he looked exactly like the colonel at the time he was taken to see ice for the first time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Lucky for you, Sully,” Harry said, speaking for the first time. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was two years older than I and had started school for the first time that year a month earlier, in October. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, like cockroaches or something,” the first girl blurted out, her muddy brown eyes settling on us for the first time. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ron looked for a moment as though he was going to laugh; he certainly caught Harry’s eye for the first time in days, but Harry was still feeling too resentful toward Ron to care. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t cry, but I am in a position to realize, for the first time in many years, that the tear ducts are still there and still capable of doing their job. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when Amil slept too long in the mornings at home, I used to poke his cheek so I could watch his puffy eyes open for the first time that day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She glanced up at Mrs. Richardson, who for the first time realized how very big and sincere Pearl’s eyes were. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alex thought, not for the first time, how ironic it was that they were living in a sixteen-story building and could only get into four apartments. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Strides were made in private housing, with a black real estate agent given access for the first time to multilisting services. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Amen,” I say, delayed, and now, like many of these people, I pray for the first time in years. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Smacking her lips frankly, she smiled at Dumbledore for the first time, and he didn’t hesitate to press his advantage. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Frankfurt catalogues were circulated throughout Europe, setting up for the first time a truly international trade in books. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But this year she realized for the first time that her mother hated the camp. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That July, my father s paycheck could not cover our rent for the first time. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It struck me for the first time how odd it was that none of them were married. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain, for the first time, raised his voice. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There on the road, I felt the babe within me move for the first time. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A Burger King opened for the first time in South Africa last year, and there was a queue around the block. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, my mother spoke of her unhappiness for the first time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, the struggle would for the first time take me outside the borders of my country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, for the first time in his life, he built a home for himself, feathered with comfort and permanence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in maybe forever, I really did feel like I might just have superpowers. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She follows me into his room and stands for a moment, looking around as if she’s seeing it for the first time. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It struck her for the first time that it wasn’t anymore. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I watched her go, tears welled in my eyes, and for the first time since I was a child, I let them come. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, Alex felt very small and very young. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In 1988, for the first time ever, the proportion of white students dropped below half, to 48 percent. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was the chance he had been waiting for to show his authority, and for the first time since we’d known each other he put his hand on my shoulder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, my life is already pretty sweet right now for the first time in forever. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And as if sleeping wasn’t hard enough, the crickets and frogs were out too, and for the first time their chirping was annoying. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Scott snuck glances her way too, but where Mom’s eyes were filled with concern and confusion, Scott looked at George as if his sibling made sense to him for the first time. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At that, for the first time, he thought he saw Magister Spurge look ashamed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She and Dad had just brought me home from the hospital for the first time, and Auggie’s parents had just brought him home from the hospital for the first time, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was walking to school, lost in feeling sorry for myself—my dad was dead, my mom in rehab, my girlfriend missing—when I saw the Bat Lady for the first time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But now for the first time such giving was not pain. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Taylor looked around as if she were seeing everything for the first time: the arsenal, the unassailable wall of green, the volcano stretching up from the land like an angry fist of rock. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He sat down in the armchair, and for the first time she noticed how much space there was between the furniture, how sparse her flat was, how unlived in. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ethan and I sit down opposite each other on a flat granite rock near the edge, and I appreciate the pond’s beauty for the first time, seeing it through Ethan’s eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Time for Booth to go inside the theater for the first time since the Lincolns had arrived. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She makes a noise like someone seeing a magic trick for the first time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My parents met for the first time on the day of their wedding—an arranged marriage. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The words die in my throat as the carrier puts down the crate, and for the first time I see his face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I realised for the first time since I had come into the room that my legs were trembling, weak as straw. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Standing before him, I realized for the first time how hunched his shoulders were, and he seemed suddenly sad and kind of old. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Teddy looked at him directly for the first time. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When I reached the crest of the bridge I saw the Archives for the first time in my life, rising like some great greystone over the trees to the west. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I say this, James looks at me like he is hearing me for the first time. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

But I feel too good, too refreshed—no nightmare for the first time all week—for their insults to get me down. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

This directed Aunt Marge’s attention to Harry for the first time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But then the Current of Faith came along, and for the first time the black spot didn’t mean death. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That’s when I knew for the first time that I really did love my sister. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Amazing indeed,” murmured Fenoglio, and for the first time he looked at his creation with revulsion rather than admiration. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I helped him to his feet, and we went up the hill together, Timothy leaning on me for support for the first time. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am going away, she thought, and for the first time the reminder brought no delight, only a deeper longing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to go back, and the rest of the cast wanted to get there for the first time. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We put our arms around each other’s shoulders, and for the first time I can remember, I wasn’t even thinking about my face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

This is a striking case of French imposing itself upon English, and of the scientists determining for the first time the language of the theologians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

‘Well, sir, there is a Council early tomorrow, I hear, and he only got up today for the first time.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here a man realizes for the first time in how many places a man can get hit. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know now that it was the sense of being a real part of a mass of my own kind, for the first time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prams drifted along the paths, hoods down in full sunlight, and white, soft-skulled babies gaped at the outdoor world for the first time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Farmer met Dr. Ezekowitz for the first time after John was admitted. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Her parents had gotten divorced last year, and her dad had moved to Texas, so for the first time in three years, Jenna had spent the summer away from us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Malcolm turned his head and looked at them properly for the first time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

So, when she said “God bless America,” it almost felt like I was meeting her for the first time in my life. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was so tired she felt quite dizzy, but for the first time since they had set off Mo's face wasn’t looking grim with anxiety. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The servant of God, Calliope Helen is baptized in the Name of the Father, Amen ...” and he pushed me under for the first time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He built the Mary Rose before I was born, and I seen the picture of him standing by the bow when she got launched for the first time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The pickings from their rubbish heaps had become richer in consequence, and for the first time Tree-ear was able to forget about his stomach for a few hours each day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I think of my friends on their last night in Cabo, and for the first time since I got here I don’t wish I were there. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Kira nodded, and for the first time in many months she began to cry for her own loss. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like they were my kids, and for the first time I understood why moms cry at school plays and graduations. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dayah massages Alan’s weak leg like she used to do when he was a toddler struggling to balance and walk for the first time. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I hoped John Worth didn’t have to go anywhere either. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

So they danced up in the Bottom on the second Saturday in June, danced at the wedding where everybody realized for the first time that except for their magnificent teeth, the deweys would never grow. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Baba sings in a fake deep voice as he passes through the family room, making me laugh for the first time since that afternoon. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She puts down the knife and—for the first time—turns to really look at me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And for the first time I recognize the voice. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She could feel the awed admiration of the audience as they saw the robe displayed for the first time in a year, and she felt pride in the work she had done. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie thought she recognized the place where Basta had met them when they drove past it—it was the hill from which she had seen the village for the first time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I got to ride on a merry-go-round for the first time, and nobody stared. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had landed next to a tumbledown garage in a small yard, and Harry looked out for the first time at Ron’s house. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I hung up the phone, and for the first time in a long while, I felt like everything was going to be okay. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Francie had an idea that the librarian was seeing the brown bowl for the first time, also. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing the lobby for the first time feels like I’ve somehow stepped into one of those old black-and-white movies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He had Peewee carrying a shotgun for the first time. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw heard, for the first time, a note of fear in Hooper's voice, and knew that he was leader, again, now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

These days, the woman was suspicious of almost everyone who came to her door, but these two girls, with their artless faces, made her feel hopeful for the first time in weeks. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I would rip off my visor and leave my apartment for the first time in six months. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dazed by a confused feeling of pleasure and rage, she gave him her hand for the first time and only then did Mauricio Babilonia let himself shake hers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I watched my mother, seeing her for the first time, this pretty woman with her white skin and oval face, not too round like Auntie’s or sharp like Popo’s. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry Potter!” said Professor Trelawney in deep, vibrant tones, noticing him for the first time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I notice my shoulders trembling for the first time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Lee thought for the first time that day of his son. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in nine years, I start to cry. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

So Father was extremely well-bred and he had to laugh yesterday because for the first time in his fifty-five years, he scraped out the frying pan at the table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To stay in Sagarmatha’s good graces, for instance, no team was permitted to enter the Icefall for the first time without first undertaking an elaborate puja, or religious ceremony. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Because, for the first time in his life, he realized that, in Latin, alma mater meant “generous or nourishing mother.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They probably just wanted to make us laugh a little bit so we wouldn’t be too nervous about landing on the moon for the first time ever. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because for the first time in my life, I fit. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She seemed tired and pale after the ride up the mountain, but now that we were here, we both looked at the scenery for the first time. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two ballot papers would only confuse a majority of voters, most of whom would be voting for the first time in their lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm?”The old man looked around and saw me for the first time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The people in the cars behind me started honking, and the toll booth attendant looked into the vehicle for the first time since we drove up. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Look, I am as excited as you are to be a rebel for the first time in my life—yay—train roof—fun — but now—oh. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Cal’s coxswain, Grover Clark, glanced across the river and, for the first time since he’d left it behind at the starting line, he saw the Washington boat, sweeping up on his stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his professional career, he was not just motivated. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him for the first time that Grog, who was supposed to be in California, hadn’t made an appearance out there in a good long time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it brought his hand down against me for the first time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hut was warm and comfortable, and for the first time since plunging into Tartarus, Annabeth felt like she could relax. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Weren’t they started after he left for the first time? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A thought fed into her mind, and she recoiled because for the first time ever, at least so directly, it wasn’t hers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She moved toward the causeway, her feet scarring the snow for the first time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was not happy in any way that would make sense to most people, but I was, for the first time in my life, deeply content with what life was giving me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her aunt was staring at her, as if really seeing her for the first time. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time since she’d started this crazy project, she felt afraid. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was like watching our neighborhood tick for the first time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

According to the latest annual report on violence, Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time is not the world’s most violent region. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She noticed, for the first time, a light sprinkle of freckles on her cheeks, and she touched them in wonder. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down for the first time and his eyes got wide. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He spoke Igbo for the first time, his brows almost meeting in a quick frown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We sit together at lunch for the first time since I sent him that angry-face emoji. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He was very small and was looking tensely about him—wide-eyed as a kitten above ground for the first time—as though by no means sure where he might be. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama never missed church, but for the first time in years, she decided she would stay home with Jojo. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe it had always been this way and he was only seeing it for the first time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The New York Amsterdam News, our local weekly Negro newspaper, suggested that the United States was now going to treat Negroes as equals for the first time. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was more than a year now since he had sat at this table for the first time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Polyphemus sobbed... and for the first time it sank in that he was a son of Poseidon, too. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But even a thrush has wings!” cried the kestrel, speaking for the first time in his sharp-beaked alarm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inspired by the controversy, in 1796 Cuvier wrote a landmark paper, Note on the Species of Living and Fossil Elephants, in which he put forward for the first time a formal theory of extinctions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When it was burning and the charcoal was at last getting hot he turned, noticing Brian for the first time in the dream. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

An all but unthinkable thought crossed Caesar’s mind for the first time. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Judge Quinzy looked at Penelope as if he were seeing her for the first time, although of course she had been standing there all along. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When the stewardess approaches with her cart of beverages he tries his luck and asks for a Bloody Mary, tasting the metallic bite of alcohol for the first time in his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The look on her face was one of surprise, as if she were seeing my hair for the first time. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I began to feel like I was getting the whole story for the first time, that I was being handed the missing pieces to the puzzle, and the world was making a little more sense. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am interested, for the first time in ages, in something other than my own misery. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put on her hoop earrings for the first time in nearly a year. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had turned away from Richmond, and now, for the first time during the war, a Confederate army was penetrating into the North, into Shadrach’s home state of Pennsylvania. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he marries her,” Dain says, laughing for the first time in this conversation, “he’ll get a knife in the front.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But for the first time ever the ride didn’t feel like pleasure. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Away from home for the first time, I felt independent. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It smells heavenly, and for the first time since I got rushed into Mercy Hospital, I’m hungry. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

These, Bono illuminates for me in asides, and for the first time, I fully comprehended the magnitude of human story in our endeavor and the intricacies stashed like clockwork behind the regularity of our uniforms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I met him for the first time on this journey.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the same age I was when I had that exact thought for the first time. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hell yes! I’m in. I’m definitely in,” she says, smiling, the two of us on the same page for the first time probably ever. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Here’s the truth,” I said, and then I told the whole story, for the first time ever, spoken aloud so I could never get it back. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time, I looked at them carefully, and I grasped what Jenner had discovered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stops for the first time all night, looks lonesome and worried. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me for the first time that, whether she knows it or not, she isn’t suggesting running away to be human. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As she looked, Minli realized for the first time, she could read the words — or really the word. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

In talking about Reverend Harris, however, the regent, for the first time, gave me a lecture on how I was to conduct myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably because for the first time in eight months, I’m a car ride away from home. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mala rose to her feet, adjusting the end of her sari over her head and holding it to her chest, and, for the first time since her arrival, I felt sympathy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Two days ago, when I let Vega in here for the first time, he couldn’t believe what I had done. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly around the gallery, sipping at my glass of wine, permitting myself to look at the show, for the first time really. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So far as she knew, they’d met for the first time just ' yesterday. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

News of their visit, like news of everything else that happens in Turner Station, quickly found its way to Speed’s Grocery, where Courtney Speed learned the story of Henrietta Lacks for the first time. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Still, for the first time it bothered me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to look at art schools and see the ocean for the first time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The chromosomes inside the cells swelled and spread out, and for the first time, scientists could see each of them clearly. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He steadily moved through his coursework, earning decent grades for the first time in his high school career. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Faster even than the time she flew down the stairs having seen for the first time what the disease had done to her grandfather. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to meet someone for the first time and immediately start talking about my secrets, my dreams, my disappointments. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The future is never certain, but for the first time since we were taken, I know we won’t go down without a fight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He looked round the room, seeing it for the first time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up as if she was seeing me for the first time. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I laugh and look around the room, feeling lighter for the first time since lunch last week. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I can’t say as I’m terribly ...” I trailed off, noticing something for the first time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This year for the first time he sold his grain as soon as it was harvested, and when he felt the silver upon his palm he gripped it hard in defiance. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And one of them, the archer who’d saved Lyra from Mrs. Coulter, flew directly alongside the basket, and Lyra saw her clearly for the first time. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was not merely a question of losing Central Africa; for the first time in the whole war, the territory of Oceania itself was menaced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Meeting your in-laws for the first time, likewise, you’ll tend to rein in the blue jokes. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I clap Ben on the back, and for the first time all day, the three of us are looking not forward but at one another. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since she had come to Wethersfield she did not feel chilly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life, I had begun to doubt my father. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, the sun less than an hour from rising and the guests finally gone, Soraya and I lay together for the first time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tasted red wine for the first time, and my new friends laughed at my pinched face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Moss,” said Javier, as if he was trying it out for the first time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wondered what the pteranodon had been through, what she felt like, tasting the sky for the first time in so long after only seeing glimpses of it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And I think for the first time I got through to him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost all the tenants from Tres Marias made the trip by bus or train, some for the first time in their lives, to say goodbye to her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having no way to get word directly to anyone in Karhide, as mail would be read and telephone or radio listened to, I went for the first time to the Royal Embassy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at Chubs’s curled-up form and, for the first time, realized just how cold it was without the heat from Betty’s vent. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was imagining it, but for the first time in a long while, my brother seemed to be mine again, and I didn’t realize until just that moment how much I’d missed him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the following morning, we had bread and tea for the first time in many months. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Caleb looks at me for the first time in days, and I stare back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

With a heavy sigh, Taylor examined the hands that had done this thing, her hands, as if seeing them for the first time. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At that point, I noticed for the first time that the sculpture wasn’t a single piece of metal, but two, bolted together at the nape of the titan’s neck. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Minho had looked him square in the face for the first time with that last sentence, and Thomas scooted back a few inches before he could stop himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Just then, for the first time since he had lain down, Zooey, with his eyes still shut, compressed his lips—very much, as a matter of parenthetical fact, in the habitual style of his mother. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The man seemed to notice him for the first time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was excited to see Africa again, and to see my grandparents for the first time since I was a baby. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I absorbed these things in a slow, observant manner, as if seeing them for the first time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When nothing happened, the newspapers, for the first time, began accusing him of being obsessed with an enemy that did not exist. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was like they were seeing her uncomfortable for the first time. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Those were Ma’s words, and when I got home, I found myself, for the first time in a long time, also admitting that I wished she was home and not working. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the company of this dreamer made her feel awake for the first time, even as she tried to sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He grinned for the first time in days, realizing he sounded just like Headmaster mangling a saying. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. We’ll conduct a test. You pretend that you’re me and you’re meeting someone for the first time. Now walk up to this imaginary person and introduce yourself without laughing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can picture Max with her head resting on her overlapping hands, staring upward at the night sky and seeing fireworks for the first time. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in a long time, I was not afraid. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m Nikhil,” he says for the first time in his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my cousin Pierre. We visit your country for the first time, and we wish to see the Archduke, who started our—how you say—first Earth war.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I was failing for the first time in my life. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day he woke up smiling for the first time in months. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One might imagine that a criminal defendant, when brought before the judge—or when meeting with his attorney for the first time—would be told of the consequences of a guilty plea or conviction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And for a second—maybe for the first time—Toby got a glimpse of the future. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stare at her like I’m seeing her for the first time, which I guess I am. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gregor noticed for the first time that Temp and Tick were literally standing over the sleeping Boots, shielding her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore for the first time it came plainly to me that, my friend being dead, I must accomplish the thing he died for. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Apollo seemed to notice the problem for the first time. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in his room, leaning against his bed, trying to pretend that Park didn't have his arm around her for the first time since she crushed his cassette tapes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You were there at that office building, weren’t you?” one of the other apprentices said—a “spat,” one of the new ones, at conclave for the first time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Father was planning his usual trip to Verplancks Point, and this year for the first time I was going with him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed tiny to me now, the synagogue, so much less neat than when I had seen it for the first time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I rode down the Dan Ryan with friends and beheld, for the first time, the State Street Corridor—a four- mile stretch of dilapidated public housing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Bull said, looking for the first time into the interior of the car but looking through the front window at the silhouette propped against the door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if, for the first time in her life, her thoughts had turned off and her body was moving on its own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Merry started, noticing the stranger for the first time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow we’re going to light the stove for the first time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She saw her name in print for the first time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since the track meet, I smile inside, too. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Watching Bongo soar, I considered, not for the first time, my rambling roots. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Pearl entered the Richardsons’ house for the first time, she paused with one foot on the threshold. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were bright for the first time in days. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“We had to wait ninety days before the adoption was official back then,” Grace’s mother said, and Grace noticed for the first time that the straw in her iced tea was chewed into ribbons. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The boy looked up, ruddy gold hair flopping in his eyes, and spoke for the first time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This figure does not even reflect the large number of Tang men who could not get into the country for the first time. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, now you’re back,” he said, and for the first time they stopped talking and just stared at each other. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like we’re coming out of our trance and noticing it for the first time. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Pinmei suddenly felt as if she were seeing him for the first time, the redness of Yishan’s hat and clothes burning with a light of its own. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

You would not say beautiful about her, but you would stare, as I am doing: for the first time in her life she looks distinguished. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted green, and for the first time, Raymie stood face-to-face with the grandmother. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I read through the afternoon and into the evening, developing for the first time a vocabulary for the uneasiness I’d felt since childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They kissed for the first time then in the cold spring rain, though neither one of them now knew that it was raining. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was only seven, my images of certain people from this period are very precise, because I had begun to see adults for the first time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even buck or cause a ruckus when they put a saddle on him for the first time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had the effect of outlining their bodies so that he could see them both clearly for the first time. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now, with a black president at the helm for the first time, even Hampton succumbed to the Zeitgeist of the era. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I distance myself from the personal tragedy that has consumed me since they announced the Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tilted his head as though seeing Koffi for the first time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The whole ocean heaved under them, and now for the first time Leo felt as if they were totally adrift. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was almost exactly the heroine’s age when I read this for the first time. A teacher gave it to me—my favorite teacher. You know, Miss Larsen.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But for the first time in my life, I'm too self-conscious to say yes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dog, for the first time and last time in his life, capitulated. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around to him and saw the bat for the first time. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My classmates seemed, for the first time, like a fairly decent bunch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked at the check and smiled, for the first time in days, it felt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pride welled up inside me, and for the first time, I knew that working for integration was the right thing for me to be doing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The logo wasn’t new to her, but now it was like seeing it for the first time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Also protective of him, because for the first time in my life I feel responsible for him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He heard, for the first time that day, music: a polka. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds in my throat, and for the first time in my life I wonder why I always leap before looking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Nor was the effect of horses due only to the terror that they inspired in soldiers fighting against them for the first time. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It was seven years ago I met him for the first time.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My trade was good,” he said, “and for the first time in my life I was established in a business that was satisfactory to me.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, placid and happy, Blanca was in splendid health for the first time in her life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke seemed to notice her for the first time. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He said, We ate chicken for the first time in many years. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I saw Wab and Chi-Boy for what they were as they stood there, his long arm thrown over her shoulders: a couple. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in the bedclothes and for the first time cried in despair. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the person in the backseat removes his cap and looks up so I can see him for the first time in the mirror. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His hair was combed for the first time in months, and he actually had on a clean shirt. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soon we'd leave too, and for the first time ever, Baba would be all alone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Here, for the first time, I found that I could live a different way. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Scott isn’t home when I get back, so I get my laptop out and Google him, for the first time ever. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A mere scratch," said Cor, using for the first time a rather lordly tone. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I’m kicking butt at the moment—universe domination is within my grasp for the first time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Fittingly, in June a switch is thrown, and electric light illuminates the exhibitions for the first time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, he looked confused, as if he were hearing the word halmoni for the first time. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In all my years in the streets, I’d been looking at the exploitation that for the first time I really saw and understood. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birdie looked hopeful for the first time in their conversation. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Stares eye to eye with Gerhard and realizes for the first time that they are nearly the same height. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

That last night, as Mrs. Richardson settled down to sleep in the Winslow house for the first time, she began to think, as she would for a long time, of her youngest child. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. Last spring, in McCarren’s Park, I saw a tulip for the first time in my life.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize now that that night I was seeing her for the first time, the secret strength of her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I take the forged prescription, put on my coat, and for the first time, Helena decides to stay home without me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was for the first time ever. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And as its beams shot across the land the travelers could see for the first time what sort of place they were in. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice made Viserys turn his head, and he saw her for the first time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Moushumi had gone out and bought a rolling pin, made an apple pie for the first time in her life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lied when she claimed she met Powell for the first time that evening as he arrived at her house while the soldiers were there. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Film by film, Georges’ world was projected on screen for the first time in over a decade. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I remember once as a child seeing our family’s puppy encounter snow for the first time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Ultima walked past me I smelled for the first time a trace of the sweet fragrance of herbs that always lingered in her wake. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reopening of schools led to an easing of government restrictions on black travel into white neighbourhoods, and I was able to visit the ranch for the first time in two months. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked him full in the face and for the first time, Harry saw her foolish smile falter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

These things I know already, yet hearing them from colored mouths, it is as if I am hearing them for the first time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But I seemed to be doing a lot of things for the first time lately. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life, he smiled thinking about the always-coming infinite future stretching out before him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He knew this wood, but he had been so long confined to Winterfell that he felt as though he were seeing it for the first time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In any case, when I was finished with it, she spoke to me for the first time since she had asked me that morning if I would like an egg. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Hazel and his companions had spent the night doing everything that came unnaturally to them, and this for the first time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked Elinor up and down as if he were seeing her for the first time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Feeling for the first time that I could speak to listening ears, I wrote a wild, crude poem in free verse, coining images of black hands playing, working, holding bayonets, stiffening finally in death ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had experienced, for the first time, the Muslim teaching, “If you will take one step toward Allah—Allah will take two steps toward you. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the empty coffee pot aside and sat forward, giving me his undivided attention for the first time since we’d met him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Documents showed that President Kennedy sent Special Forces troops to South Vietnam in the spring of 1961, putting Americans into combat in Vietnam for the first time. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her enunciation was flawless as she spoke with such reverent clarity that it seemed like she was speaking the words for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, they camped on the side of the road for the first time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Tommie looked down, noticing him standing behind Naomi for the first time. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cholera, a deadly disease, had just reached England for the first time, and there were epidemics of typhus, typhoid fever, and scarlet fever. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am very different from that self who drove to Manderley for the first time, hopeful and eager, handicapped by a rather desperate gaucherie and filled with an intense desire to please. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He took off those glasses, and it seemed to me that for the first time I saw the depth of his grief. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From where he stood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant’s hair was very much like the hair of the old king. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two enjoyed the warmth of each other’s bodies, and Moss realized something for the first time: It was possible for someone to like him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stay quiet, trying to take as much of it in as I can, but for the first time since the Wardraft, it occurs to me how out of place I am in this championship. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though my father tried to reassure me that we were safe and that the situation would calm down, for the first time, I was really scared. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember what I said or did or felt when I saw him for the first time, though everyone has a story about it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the crypt, and it smelled of mildew and damp and old stones, and it seemed, for the first time, very small. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The frank laughter of the gigantic Jesuit lifted Pedro Tercero’s spirits and brought a smile to his lips for the first time in three weeks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed so long and hard that tears of laughter glittered in her eyes, and as she laughed, for the first time she reached out and squeezed her new husband Njord’s hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She turned her long neck and looked right at me, and for the first time I understood the expression “doe-eyed.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In 1950, uranium production from mines in Colorado increased sharply, exceeding Canadian output for the first time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My light is off and my eyes are closed when I realize that for the first time I’ve forgotten to cross off the day on my calendar. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But for the first time today, neither of us were sizing each other up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His eyes, I noticed, not for the first time, were almost as pale as Kevin’s. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ada Taylor knelt beside me on the floor as I cried for the first time over the thought that my favorite person in the world was probably dead. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled into an empty alley behind a row of red brick town- houses and looked at me for the first time since we’d gotten in the car. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I pretend I’m buying it and getting to read it for the first time. Besides, I try to support Riverbank. It’s basically the only semisophis...” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Although I was often homesick during my travels, I nevertheless felt as though I were truly home for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man rose, taking change from his pocket, and spoke for the first time. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Luke ran into the dark night, a strange sense of peace filling his body for the first time in years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like a lightning flash in the night, the initial exchange on the floor of Congress in February of 1790 had exposed these divisions of opinion before a national audience for the first time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But here’s the crazy thing: for the first time ever, I almost get it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I realized that Jack had a crush on her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I also heard, for the first time, the poet Dylan Thomas on the radio. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She looks me in the eye for the first time since my ma’s book. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And then it is me, telling my story for the first time. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As evening drew in, bringing with it an unexpected gust of chilly rain for the first time in weeks, there occurred one of those inexplicable moments when they appeared to have seen something interesting. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After the beating Caesar visited the schoolhouse at night for the first time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That night Alba heard her cry for the first time, covering her face with her blanket to suffocate her grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always found comfort in them, but tonight it was as though she were hearing them for the first time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because of the freezing water, but for the first time, I could see his scar clearly. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of smile you give a toddler who has finally managed, after months of intensive training, to use the potty on his own for the first time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It is a woman,” said the chef de train, speaking for the first time. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through that movie and a book of the same name, lots of Americans got to learn about the Lost Boys for the first time. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And look there!” cried the Prince, because now he saw, for the first time, in the rubble of the mountain path, the footsteps of a woman. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Here, for the first time in my life, I was witnessing black soldiers commanded by black generals applauded by black leaders who were all guests of a black head of state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the sun started shining on me for the first time, and for the first time in my life I began to smile. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in fifteen days, JB looks at me for a split second, and I almost see the hint of a smile. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I watch the night settle over campus and for the first time I think, Maybe I’m brave. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As those days of May brought more and more physical punishment, for the first time in four months I was assigned a personal bodyguard to follow me from class to class. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re the ones who know about me—the only ones who know about me—and for the first time, they’re in the same place at the same time. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I didn’t feel guilty. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the only hijabi, I often felt all eyes land on me when I walked into a gym for the first time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The workers in the office were all white, and I saw an obese woman for the first time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The cellar shook as the American tanks rolled past the house, and, as Henry saw the immense tanks, he realized for the first time how frightening German tanks must have appeared to the Russian people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered walking down these steps to her funeral, holding his piece of firewood in his coat for the first time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was during this Red Summer that black Americans, for the first time, mounted armed resistance against mobs of whites who were determined to oppress them and deny them their rights. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I thought of Florida, of my “school friends,” and realized for the first time how much I would miss the Creek if I ever had to leave it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not long after that, I moved in with Nan, and not too long after that, Nan and I moved for the first time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped what he was doing, and looked at her as if for the first time. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Milo looked up, very surprised, and noticed for the first time, in the half-light of the room, a pleasant-looking old lady quietly knitting and rocking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Legends, myths, gods and religions appeared for the first time with the Cognitive Revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my book cover as if I was seeing it for the first time. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blind for the first time in her life, she lost all sense of time and space. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jean went out, she called the high-heeled Indian and for the first time gave him an order. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to do or say, I ducked behind the oak tree, feeling for the first time like Granny had been betrayed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It also meant that my family could vote—for the first time ever, anywhere. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life, I got to really shop. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because I had let down my guard a little for the first time since I was six. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I end up there a lot. It’s where I kissed this girl, Cathy, for the first time. I went there after my family died, and after my first cycling marathon.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time how the hydrangeas were coming into bloom, their blue heads thrusting themselves from the green foliage behind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie had let the accident in, perhaps for the first time in public. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Both Gogol and Moushumi are absent from these books, and for the first time all evening he feels a hint of that odd bond that had first drawn them together. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in long grass and hear the river now for the first time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and for the first time ever, I believed her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I remember seeing him for the first time in front of the Carvel on Amesfort Avenue when I was about five or six. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But for the first time Sandwich had struck a chord with him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ethel looked at Cora for the first time, her drawn face framed by the hatch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She looks at me and seems to see me for the first time, takes in that I am dressed like her, like a servant, but that there’s something off about me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then for the first time Lyra truly realized what she was doing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I grab her leaning into me, feel for the first time the soft dimple of her body. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A silky scarf is tied around her head and for the first time, I get a good look at her face without all the makeup. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“And for the first time in my life, I wished I wasn’t my parents’ son.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

So, I went to visit my aunt Helen, and for the first time in my life, it didn’t help. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty, and for the first time it actually felt that way. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It had been less than an hour since we’d left Cuba, and for the first time, I was entering a different country, a different world, a different life. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And now, for the first time, that was over. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’d been improving for a while, but he looked fully healthy for the first time. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he returned this time, he said that at his brother Philbert’s home, “we had dinner with our mother for the first time in all those years!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw for the first time the horizons of life, how they are always too close. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my arms around her shoulders—for the first time I can remember—and she stiffens in my arms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not for the first time in the past hour, Rishi wondered how his parents could’ve made such a big mistake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We were leaving only three weeks after I had enrolled in the fourth grade for the first time that year. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One day he had found his way to Village for the first time, and had met the blind man there. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Two nights later, on February 1, Hitler addressed the German people for the first time over the radio. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Gherland, for the first time in his life, felt ashamed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He did not want this woman to see him for the first time with the wadding sticking out of his clothes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was nearly 7:00 p.m. when the last marching band finished and Barack and I walked through the dark and into the White House, arriving for the first time as residents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Before starting my homework, I changed into a pair of dry sweats, pulled my damp hair up into a ponytail, and checked my e-mail for the first time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now for the first time she dropped her bright, terribly cheerful manner. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Liam’s face turned in my direction, and for the first time, I realized he was actually awake—his eyes were swollen shut. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Squeezed between them, Alex felt warm and safe for the first time all day. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Riding in the van, squashed between all the kids, I sit there, and for the first time with this family, everyone’s quiet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I think, for the first time in years. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In his face, now for the first time, Lee could see Aron’s face in spite of the different coloring. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And finally, the Road opened, allowing citizens of the Protectorate, for the first time in their lives, to venture forth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I noted, not for the first time lately, how well he looked, how his stiff sad manner had relaxed into a more natural one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Runt was awake when Pax returned, and for the first time since the explosion, he was struggling to rise. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We He there whispering, as if someone might hear us, and for the first time I tell him about Germ. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time that her hair had a lot of gray sprinkled through it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

By the same token, there are movies that people hate when they see them for the first time, and they still hate them two or three years later. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t how I’d wanted to hold her hand for the first time. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he smiled for the first time in a long while and said in Spanish: “When I die, burn mercury in my room for three days.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, for the first time in almost a week, he had smiled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got up to stretch, Joseph realized for the first time that day how tired he felt. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We deemed the fireflies a bounty and the ants a plague, but it occurred to me for the first time to question why there should be such a distinction. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She looked at her hands; they were her own hands, and yet it was like seeing them for the first time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was then, in the back of that tinny little car, that I experienced for the first time something like desperation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s because I still have the ashes of my own district on my shoes, but for the first time, I give the people of 13 something I have withheld from them: credit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time that his smile was lopsided, his mouth sloping up on one side. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time in my life, I knew that there was nothing they could do to help me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time tiny, delicate wrinkles at the corners of her lips and on her forehead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wonders, not for the first time, about her mother. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Considering she was meeting a giant for the first time in her life, the Queen remained astonishingly self-composed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning they found, for the first time since they had left the Chetwood, a track plain to see. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She laid eyes on Martin and Ethel’s porch for the first time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I only know that for the first time, I feel immoral about him being here in my bed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, and Tommy and I exchanged glances for the first time in ages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his arms around me, for the first time since I came home, I cried. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was excited about going to school for the first time that following Monday. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cried, feeling something close to joy for the first time since I could remember. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like watching a child learn about death for the first time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel the electricity coursing through the air like I was coming alive for the first time in months, and I loved it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It's not until he's handed Haymitch the heel that he even looks at me for the first time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in a flash, Jemmy saw that for the first time the prince was up to a kindly piece of mischief. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent is on his own, truly, for the first time, in a big city, with his first job. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That night, for the first time, he studied all night. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You know, I really honestly thought about it for the first time in Corsica, I mean really thought about what you do up there with your friends.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana experienced little emotion when he saw the field for the first time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Spoon,” he said, looking up and smiling as though trying the word out for the first time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

His gaze finally connects with Mom’s, letting her see him, truly, for the first time in a long time. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It felt quite odd walking and walking to wherever, to meet her grandparents for the first time, not having any of her things. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When you feel that love for the first time, people caring about you, it’s a wonderful feeling. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She undid his braid with anxious fingers, as she had on the night he'd taken her for the first time, beneath the stars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They saw their first waterfall, and for the first time wildlife. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to tell my family that I had finally made friends with the clock—and for the first time in my life I was waking up early! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Looking at Soraya’s smiling face in that mirror, in the momentary privacy of the veil, 1 whispered to her for the first time that I loved her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When morning came, for the first time in many months the fire was out, Jo’s place was empty, and the room was very still. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw for the first time that he was barefoot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was a ritual all the local Japanese mothers performed the day before they sent their daughters off to school for the first time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked the sheriff in the eye for the first time. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Dad heard that, he acted outraged, as though he’d learned for the first time that his children were going hungry. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled for the first time that day. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That night, a clean, well-fed Jack slept for the first time in three years in a bed with sheets, a feather pillow cradling his head. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t take me to my floor, you will die,” the white man said, smiling a little for the first time. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It may be, sir, that we’re looking upon a phenomenon that, for the first time, would absolutely prove the existence of God, sir.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I understood what Judy was saying about finding someone who shared interests with you. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed books, and for the first time in my life I needed schoolmasters who would tell me each day what to think about. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boatswain, unmanned for the first time, respectfully dried his eyes on the Jack, and then cheering up, and addressing Mr. Wopsle as Your Honour, solicited permission to take him by the fin. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I think, for the first time in my life, that things really can be different. They have to be different.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that’s you, Fiver, is it?” said Bigwig, noticing him for the first time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a member of the union, I had no choice: I was suddenly, and for the first time in my life, out of a job, out of a paycheck, and pitted against my employers. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo squinted into the darkness and saw for the first time that they had entered a vast cavern lit only by a soft, eerie glow from the great stalactites which hung ominously from the ceiling. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I had lunch with Audrey for the first time in forever. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Large mammals changed that: for the first time in human history, it became possible to move heavy goods in large quantities, as well as people, rapidly overland for long distances. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That surprised Dicey, and, sensing his concern, she was grateful to him, for the first time in all the time in Bridgeport, truly grateful. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it's time to go home, I kiss my sisters for the first time and decide that they are the most beautiful little babies in the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I was very moved,” he told me when we met for the first time in December 2008, a few days after his birthday. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When seven-year-old Bobby, accompanied by his mother, walked into the Brooklyn Chess Club for the first time on a Friday night in January 1951, he was an anomaly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This had a pleasant effect on Billy, who began to enjoy his body for the first time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed for the first time there was a note under my door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Probably for the first time in my life I wish it wasn’t the end of the day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She tried on that thought for the first time since after the explosion. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it was inevitable that as my word-base broadened, I could for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had the enthusiasm of somebody who just played Chrono Trigger for the first time and has to tell everybody about it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I laughed for the first time all day. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's shuffled away with a huge cohort of men, and I am separated from Papa for the first time in my life. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Eilonwy, as the bewildered Taran saw her for the first time, had, in addition to blue eyes, long hair of reddish gold reaching to her waist. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“There he goes again!” the Earthworm cried, speaking for the first time. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Since the night before last, for the first time in all the years I had been going to the gorge, I was not interested in watching. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have anything from America,” Karen said, as though she were seeing her family’s possessions for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were both adopted and met each other for the first time and, after doing some research, realized that you might be our brother. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As if he was seeing for the first time, he realized what he was doing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe the rush of emotion pulsing through me — just because he’d happened to look at me for the first time in a half-dozen weeks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

So proud and high were their heads, I saw for the first time how miserable were the real horses plodding the streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In my room I lay in bed, lights off, but I left the door cracked for the first time in my life. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And for just a minute, and for the first time since he died, I let down the gate and I thought about my buddy Stan. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It's more that I finally feel, for the first time in more than two years, liberated from some of the guilt I've forced upon myself. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He helped her up, and for the first time they looked around at the land where the ghosts were. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Ama here got some powder to wake you up,” he said, speaking very quietly, and Lyra turned to the girl, seeing her for the first time, and put her hand on Ama’s shoulder in thanks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Here too, for the first time, we came upon others. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s silly, but there is America so close to me for the first time in my life — I can’t bear not to set my foot upon it!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The most productive areas of modern China were politically joined for the first time in 221 B.C. and have remained so for most of the time since then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dug my face into my pillow, and for the first time ever in my life, I disobeyed Grandma by ignoring her call. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once sealed inside, the three of us were able to get out of our hot suits and take showers for the first time in eight days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then for the first time since we left Cold Sassy, the boys got to talking about her and Grandpa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We’re drifting apart because for the first time in my life, I have a secret to keep. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she turned to leave, I felt good about her for the first time. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he met his relatives in Europe, Gaston Moch told his son, he was going to learn for the first time that he and his family were Jewish. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

More than a year since Blount had hung around the place on his first long drunk and seen the mute for the first time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But for the first time in her life, Ashima has no desire to escape to Calcutta, not now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at myself now isn’t like seeing myself for the first time; it’s like seeing someone else for the first time. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She shook her head, and maybe for the first time in his life, he could feel she was disappointed in him. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tone has changed immediately and his eyes are friendly for the first time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas asked, surprised at hearing his voice for the first time in his salvageable memory. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was tired from his wakeful night and from the excitement of meeting someone for the first time. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Maybe . . . because for the first time . . . there was a chance I could keep him," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It rains,” Burnham wrote to Margaret, on Tuesday, April 18, “and for the first time I say, let it. My roofs are in such good order at last, as to leaks we care little.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She turned a little, taking Tommy in her gaze for the first time. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, for the first time, the Lion was quite silent. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She felt shy for the first time in years and ran into the bathtub room to change. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Well, about six weeks ago, she heard the name Gatsby for the first time in years. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then they led me outside, and sunlight hit my face for the first time in over half a year. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Roger began to withdraw his spear and the boys noticed it for the first time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She looked at me as if for the first time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me for the first time since I’d arrived, then reached up and turned a knob on his hearing aid. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I open Daddy’s notebook instead and read a story about a little girl seeing the ocean for the first time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Thinking of this, I realized for the first time that it was a child’s voice that had been saying my name. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing she would have discussed with Odenigbo, Kainene’s voicing for the first time a resentment with their parents and with her, but she and Odenigbo hardly talked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time, it included physical contact. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still light when we were led on deck and we saw the island for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess you’ll be seeing snow for the first time. How do you say ‘snow’ in Spanish?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I realize that maybe, for the first time in a long time, I have a new friend. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed genuinely pleased that I was coming to live with him for the first time with any degree of permanence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yet for the first time in ages life in Osage County went on without his overwhelming presence. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My hand is gripping the bag that’s stuffed with the money I collected from generous relatives excited to see me for the first time in eight years, and I try not to bump into people. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As the morning went on he sipped broth for the first time. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jasmine stared at Sasha, whom she was seeing in person for the first time. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They smiled at each other when they heard her voice for the first time, a cry that started like the mewl of a cat and exploded into a healthy, full- throated yowl. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But now, for the first time, I fully understood why Timothy had so carefully trained me to move around the island, and the reef . The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was grand to see his face when he noticed something for the first time that year. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the cloud ripped apart, and I saw Typhon clearly for the first time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She visited Jackson Park for the first time on Thursday, June 8, the day Ferris’s wheel turned. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That night, we feasted on fish and katniss roots until we were all, for the first time in months, full. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Can I cut in?” he asked tentatively, glancing at Edward for the first time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Byron looked at me for the first time and I started easing toward the door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because for the first time, in as long as he could remember, Dell belonged to something. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But I was about to meet them for the first time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They had lost...for the first time ever, he had lost a Quidditch match. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in several years, I was able to pick out a card to give to Barack on our anniversary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t anticipated how difficult it would be to see his homeland for the first time in so long. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The King opened his hands and looked up for the first time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her excitement gave me the courage to hop on a plane for the first time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And as I stood in the kitchen, in line to fill my cup for the first time, you walked up behind me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He adjusted the mirror and looked at me for the first time. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I told her about entering the enclosure, rescuing Songololo from the nursery, meeting the bonobos for the first time. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I dialed the number for the first time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jerome knew what I was, as suddenly I did, too, for the first time clearly understood that I wasn’t a girl but something in between. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I went to bed feeling utterly conflicted and, for the first time in years, I was scared for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My parents yelled at me for the first time in weeks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then for the first time I focus my attention on the screen. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Winslow looked uncomfortable for the first time that morning. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat across from us, tapped his desk with his fingers, and used the word “adoption” for the first time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Apa comes out of the bedroom for the first time since he came home yesterday morning. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

That night for the first time in my life I realized that it is the physical presence of people and their spirits that gives a town life. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mom seemed to shake herself and looked down at Finn as if she was seeing him—really seeing him—for the first time since he’d walked into the kitchen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then, for the first time ever, George Buckman took both his hands off the steering wheel while the car was in motion. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Once I passed Humansdorp, the forests became denser and for the first time in my life I saw wild elephants and baboons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the pump was used for the first time, the villagers all gathered around. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In less than a week, the Abnegation initiates will be able to visit their families for the first time since the Choosing Ceremony. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and we stood up, I noticed for the first time Quentin’s worn, faded shirt, thin at the elbows, and his patched cotton pants and his scuffed, ankle-high shoes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gwystyl, noticing them for the first time, gave a stifled moan. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life, another man’s name upset Gogol more than his own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still no one fired at them, so for the first time, Serafima’s navigator released the catch that held the bombs in place. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Once, when the 46th Guards arrived at a new base for the first time, they didn’t immediately cover their Po-2s with the camouflage nets that hid them from enemy spy planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But for the first time in a long time, there was terror.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Friendlich lifts his bushy eyebrows and smiles for the first time ever. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

At precisely 1230 hours, Colonel Bull Meecham strode into the briefing room to meet the officers of his squadron for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I replaced the chalk on the ledge, aware for the first time that my hands shake when I’m nervous. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It would have been a nice way to go to sleep; Reynie was feeling calm for the first time all day. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants a Luminous Stone,” said a third villager, speaking for the first time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was eventually performed whole for the first time in 1921, fifty-two years after his death. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The lazy apprentice bursting in, happy for the first time in two months, irritated her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was shocked when she came through the door and saw his face for the first time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

What she had overheard reminded her of the argument he had had with her mother, and she wondered, not for the first time, how many of those tales told to children were true. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Deborah was ready to see her mother’s cells for the first time, Day couldn’t come. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Beau whined, and I kicked once more, and for the first time I got my shoulders clear of the water for a second, before my legs were washed out from beneath me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Hooper looked up at him directly, for the first time since the storm had begun. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I feel, for the first time, their true power. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel freedom for the first time in months, and an air of contentedness wanders next to me all the way home. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“When, for the first time, I finally know and understand her.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Halfway down Visenya’s Hill the queen fell for the first time, when her foot slipped in something that might have been nightsoil. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time in Native American history, the confusing, incorrect name prevailed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His voice was firm and clear and for the first time that evening Cora did not miss a single word. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time how burned my clothing was. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around him like a baby animal seeing the world for the first time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I realised for the first time that his head was shaved all over, and he had no hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Like someone is loving me back for the first time in my life. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But he did his job—more than his job—because for the first time in history, two tributes were allowed to win. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was something she would have to carry, Mia had said to her, and for the first time, she felt that perhaps she could. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted my sisters to see the astronauts on the moon almost as badly as I had wanted them to see the Jackson Five on TV for the first time. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was ironic that I, an African, was seeing the Africa of storybooks and legend for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix looked satisfied for the first time since she had entered the house. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

That night, for the first time in Jack’s experience, the prisoners were locked in their barracks. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Webb looked down at his own shirt, probably seeing it for the first time in his life. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

After brushing his teeth, and washing his face, and emailing Dr. Martin and Lark, and picking a book, Axel climbs into his very own bed for the first time in over three weeks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Students who normally paid Miles for his services began taking matters into their own hands, and detention was full for the first time all year. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This is so against my religion, I’m actually flummoxed for the first time since learning the word. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

That was apparent really for the first time, now that he was no longer raised on his small limbs and, moreover, now that nothing else distracted one's gaze. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to tell him the truth for the first time, about to let him know that he’d let us all down plenty, but then I stopped. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” said Harry, realizing this for the first time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I remember vaguely the “we” from when I first woke up, the two of them a united front for the first time since Abby’s death. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He peered up at me for the first time since we’d walked into his cubbyhole office. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dress is pretty,” I lied, noticing for the first time there were no lunch fixings anywhere. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I finally really push for the first time, something inside me clicks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I am aware that for the first time in my memory, Tiny and Jane are following me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And I know for the first time that I’ve truly pierced her loneliness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

So he had fallen: for the first time since his conversion, for the last time in his life. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Cora slept across three seats, free from chains and attic gloom for the first time in months. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It felt like this was happening for the first time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Think of backgrounding as a training school for feedlot life: The animals are, for the first time in their lives, confined to a pen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The truth is, I have power for the first time in my life. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I thought, not for the first time, that if Alice could manage to go on not hating him, there would be very little she couldn’t ask of him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched the marching scenes on the news that evening, I realized for the first time how serious this was and how badly I could have been hurt. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They looked different, maybe because I was seeing them for the first time in their own home rather than in Abba, where they were visitors in Papa-Nnukwu s house. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lying awake in the City, Ash could hear Gwen’s steady breathing in the dark, and she felt the distance between her and Sidhean for the first time, and it made her long for him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling virtue go out of me, I lit a cigarette in the instructors’ room for the first time since I’d joined the staff. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“They declared that for the first time in their experience, they are actually fearful of America’s losing a war.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

That night, maybe for the first time, I saw a hint of this realization in Ma’s face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Matt looked at Tam Lin directly for the first time since they arrived at the oasis. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time she seemed to sing her prayers instead of muttering them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was there watching when they shaved her head for the first time. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He was going to take them all the way to a league championship for the first time in forever. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I went back to the stairs and realized for the first time that there was another set of stairs going up, even though this was the top floor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s stuck in my armpit, and as I maneuver down the tree, I feel sad for the first time since Charlie died. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As time passed, the fabric of space continued to expand, the radiation cooled and, in ordinary visible light, for the first time space became dark, as it is today. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He declares not for the first time that theirs should be only a business relationship; whatever he makes officially belongs to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Cora took him into her room for the first time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A warmth of calmness spread through his chest, and for the first time since he’d found himself there, he didn’t feel like the Glade was the worst place in the universe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I reached out to feel the language on my skin for the first time since Minerva had breathed her words over my forehead when she thought I was sleeping during her nightly check-ins. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Tonight she had understood for the first time what her aunt had seen in that fierce man to make her cross an ocean at his side. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

One by one the boats surged up onto the rocky beach, and the crew stumbled through the water, on solid ground for the first time in sixteen months. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t the one meeting her mom for the first time in over a year. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Henri the painter heard for the first time the Book of the Dead and was so moved that he changed his medium. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at her like he was seeing her for the first time. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That day was, like, realizing for the first time that the religion your parents subscribe to doesn’t work for you. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

From the startled look on his face, there was little doubt he was seeing black schoolboys for the first time in his life; the same could be said about the rest of his colleagues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My restlessness with Mason—and for the first time in my life a restlessness with being around white people—began as soon as I got back home and entered eighth grade. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right then, for the first time since we’d brought him home, Old Yeller came up off his cowhide bed. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they stepped across the threshold for the first time, Esteban lifted his wife in his arms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thanked him for helping her find focus and discipline for the first time in her life and for showing her a world outside Levittown and her social set. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stared over at Franny’s prostrate, face-down position on the couch, and heard, probably for the first time, the only partly stifled sounds of anguish coming from her. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And so she and Ashoke had spent Thanksgiving together, not bothering, for the first time in years, to buy a turkey. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time, I realized a separation could be permanent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then he spoke to me consciously for the first time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize that next year, Ben, you and I will be separated for the first time in our whole lives.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets looked unfamiliar in the dark, as though I was seeing the buildings from a different angle for the first time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A tiny scuff in the plaster on a western wall of the White House, which he was seeing up close for the first time. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I have a plan. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was frightened by the thought of being away from home for the first time in my life, but I was also trying to find courage. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished my dinner that night for the first time in months. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know where she heard them for the first time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In 1839 he returned to his homeland for the first time since his childhood and was greeted rapturously by crowds chanting 'Hail! The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She was still kind of weird, but for the first time in a long time, she was actively involved in Ocean’s life again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Delia patted her hip, and for the first time, I saw that she had a sort of tool belt full of odds and ends wrapped around her waist. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He put his arm around me and I snuggled up, feeling warm for the first time all night. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With shows like “Roy,” in the late 1990s, the writers of the show attempted, for the first time, to link some of these pieces together with a common theme. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah," Miss Honey said, smiling for the first time, "that was two years ago. It was my greatest triumph." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, for the first time since Kit’s arrest, William came to call. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I have not been outside since the storm began, and I am bored for the first time since I ran away from home eight months ago to live on the land. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell she lets me go because I’m having a friend over for the first time since Halloween. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

If these were Death Eaters, then perhaps their defenses were about to be tested by Dark Magic for the first time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It turned out that the Soviet team would be playing for the first time on United States soil. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself slowly toward the door, still groping awkwardly with his feelers, which he now learned to value for the first time, to check what was happening there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled on the couch, and for the first time since we got to Hope Springs, I didn’t have that “wearing someone else’s gym socks” feeling. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Every feeling, and with the sense that they’d been stripped down to their essence, revealed for the first time in all their unspeakable beauty, their unbearable fragility. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I say, for the first time in my life. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t enjoy it, and for the first time I found myself thinking about the words of the song, closely listening to the subtle instruments in the beat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life, I became a citizen of a country. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I took my pencil, and for the first time broke away from Aaron Douglas’s signature style. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I looked back at him I realized for the first time how old he was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I know only this: that when my mother told me she had not been the mother to me that she wished she’d been, she became that mother for the first time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“A family of rootworkers,” I said, proud to admit it for the first time. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Blanca smiled at him for the first time, and he bent down and kissed her quickly on the mouth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was full of pity for the first time in years. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time the pile of big croker sacks by his chair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes! He took me to the cinema for the first time, we saw Birth of a Nation. I didn’t much care for it, but Richard looked so dashing as we left the theater.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

So, when we finally come to Wotton’s formulation of a tacit reserve, we encounter, for the first time, a sound comprehension of the nature of scientific knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Joseph moved closer to the fire to warm his hands and noticed, for the first time, that the man had red hair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wondered as I watched the stars, really seeing them for the first time, whether they could see me, too. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Judith and Rose chatted, but Julie’s eyes wandered around the room and she saw for the first time a gas cooking stove, a couch, framed pictures on the wall, and curtains of cotton print. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four more kids read their poetry for the first time today. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anybody meeting him there for the first time might have thought him reticent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused near Tom and spun one of the free-running wheels of the buckboard, and he inspected Tom as though he saw him for the first time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, because for the first time I can remember, Lily is showing an interest in me, I add, “Thanks for asking.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Toby walked around the side of the building and saw the truck for the first time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was relieved to see that she had slipped into a thin ragged housecoat—even though it had holes in all the wrong places—and I could look directly at her for the first time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Folks who meet me for the first time like to feel that they're being brought behind the scenes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was, for the first time, a definitely American voice. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything’s going to be all right now, Yanek,” he told me, and for the first time in six years, I believed he was right. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up startled, for the first time afraid of the father that I saw in my dreams. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But now, for the first time, he felt something new. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

For it was as though I were looking at my own legs for the first time—independent objects that could of their own volition lead me to safety or danger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked back across the grass she looked directly at him for the first time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes, that would be me, seeing Marcus in person for the first time ever. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Payday” was his first reaction, and for the first time I realized that, yes, it had happened on one of the alternate Wednesdays when we were paid. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter and I had painted our nails beriy pink a few days before, and for the first time, I didn’t cry remembering the scene at the park. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I woke up early that morning and lay in bed, looking at the stars and savoring the thought of not going to work and of starting sixth grade for the first time that year. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They rolled down the homestretch for the first time, and Pollard felt the rightness of Seabiscuit’s stride, the smooth strumming under him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The dining room and the living room were converted into bedrooms and for the first time we were squeezed for living space. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Hazel, for the first time, saw what they saw. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He looks around the chamber as if seeing it for the first time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m so proud of you two,” Dad said—and I felt almost guilty, for the first time, because Dad had no idea why I was really doing this. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at me for the first time that evening. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She made me think, for the first time, that I could leave Abnegation—that I had to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I shocked myself by shouting for the first time since your passing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In San Francisco, for the first time, I perceived myself as part of something. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, gentlemen, for the first time ever, I guess there will be a lady joining us in this ceremony.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, this is it,” I said, and for the first time smiled excitedly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt, for the first time, completely at ease in her presence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She burned her fingers trying to light a fire for the first time in her life and she had to ask Aureliano to do her the favor of showing her how to make coffee. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Miss Debenham for the first time showed signs of losing her temper. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming up on the stone cottage, I inhale the mossy loaminess, and my muscles relax for the first time in weeks, maybe months. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was anxious to defend himself and almost broke his silence for the first time—but before he could get a word in, Gaily was talking again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As I helped bring her into the group at Nationals Camp, for the first time I felt as if I truly belonged there myself. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I tell her about seeing him for the first time, about the way he moves—light and fluid and certain. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I saw her shoot, for real, for the first time. I'm about to put in a formal request myself.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not even sure I Get It myself I get to see Michael on the playground and talk to him for the first time in what feels like a really long time. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, or so it seemed, I noticed the piece on the right-hand side. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to remain calm as I turned to the two women and really looked at them for the first time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then, for the first time since we met, I lost my patience with Deborah. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He'd just made the shot of a lifetime in front of thousands of people, and for the first time in a week, he actually hadn't been thinking about money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bod walked down the narrow stone stairs for the first time in six years. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We watched her weep as she stepped onto Pakistani soil for the first time in almost nine years. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now for the first time he learned to handle a broom properly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice cracked as I tried my best not to cry, because for the first time on the trip I was worried about one of us not making it back to Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He longs for her as his parents have longed, all these years, for the people they love in India—for the first time in his life, he knows this feeling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just before we get to the front of the line, Tiny pushes me in front of him—I guess so he can have the pleasure of watching me use the ID for the first time. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Baba jan,” I muttered, marveling, not for the first time, at how badly Baba could sting me with so few words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But what hurt more was that I had witnessed for the first time the death of a man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a ticklish job, saddling the pony for the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked out into the quiet, sunny streets, and for the first time in her life, she hated it all—the white city, the white world. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But somehow, suddenly, it was like I was seeing them for the first time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when news of your father’s death reached me ... for the first time, I felt a terrible loneliness in that house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt far from my home streets of Johannesburg; I was in the Africa of myth and legend for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this precarious vantage point, I can see the shape of the whole arena for the first time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I became less active in my play, and for the first time in my life I had to pause and think of what was happening to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi blushed for the first time inside the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, I was left in awe of the insatiable appetite of teenage boys. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nuclear weapons were used for the first time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw him for the first time when lunching here yesterday.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s giving me a look like she’s seeing something for the first time, and I school my expression to blankness, worried that I somehow gave too much away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Colonel Scheisskopf, squinting, moved very close to the map, and for the first time since he entered the room a light of comprehension shed a dim glow over his stolid face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Not long after this, I really did see Eagle for the first time in a day, as it appeared as a tiny blinking light in my sextant. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below are some important strategies for teaching a song either for the first time, or even to review a song or help children analyze an old and familiar song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She’d been told who this group was—or who they weren’t, anyway—six of them, two of them women, jumping from a plane for the first time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

That was when Nok noticed her mother’s stare for the first time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This afternoon, for the first time in ages, Jan gave us some news of the outside world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I spoke timidly, as if I was standing at her counter for the first time. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, okay, how about this, then? I’m upset that my big sister isn’t going with me to see our mom for the first time since we found her bleeding to death on the floor.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I kissed and held my wife for the first time in all these many years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little bunny had begun to move for the first time since he had been put in his cage. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked away from his face for the first time, trying to find words. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

‘I would have you command this Warden, and bid him let me go,’ she said; but though her words were still proud, her heart faltered, and for the first time she doubted herself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The full ramifications of the Scoreboard’s existence occurred to me for the first time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And then, impulsively, admitting it for the first time: “I’m saying I don’t want to raise Gogol alone in this country. It’s not right. I want to go back.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We went about carrying, but not sharing, the same new peace, the same hope, concrete for the first time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yo went quiet for the first time in months, then burst into tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

For one second there was something familiar about him, and I noticed for the first time how old he looked. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Ishmael for the first time in his life that such destruction could be beautiful. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me for the first time and yo, this is not the face you see on a Decker. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, she learned that her sister had been committed to a mental institution called Crownsville. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After checking on Trampita to make sure he was still asleep, I quietly walked over to the row nearest the car and picked cotton for the first time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They will go home and sit in their living rooms and interact with their parents for the first time as adults. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In school we studied American history including, for the first time, slavery. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It felt firm and warm, and for the first time in a long while Violet felt as if her life and the lives of her siblings might turn out well after all. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

In his underwear, Enrique stands for the first time on U.S. soil. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was out in the world for the first time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I started crying. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use that word for the first time in my life. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In my daydream I see Daddy seeing Mama for the first time reading a book under a tree. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, it actually scares me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As I ran, I felt myself for the first time becoming Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung, hearing her voice for the first time, looked at her back as she stood before him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She was speaking Igbo for the first time, and in her Asaba dialect, the F’s sounded like W’s. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She carefully returned the clover to her book, hugged her father-in-law-to-be for the first time ever, and started making sandwiches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Many of the scholars were seeing him for the first time, and you could almost feel their carefully cultivated skepticism fail. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In her presence I threw back my head and laughed out loud for the first time in my life. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

At dawn he started with a chosen few and for the first time a boat filled with armed men floated on the Tiber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The schoolteacher put his arm affectionately over Matty’s shoulders, and Matty noticed for the first time that the teacher had lost weight. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And if, in daylight, we improve our resolution so we can make out things that are a meter across, then we begin to detect for the first time individual organisms—whales, cows, flamingos, people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school year was coming to an end and, for the first time, I did not feel sad about it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We would be going home for the first time in five months. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked terrible, and when she was leaving, he was so sad, she writes Theo, it was “as though it were for the first time but could also be the last time.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That day on the way to school, my brothers and I raced each other for the first time in months. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” Ranofer answered, realizing for the first time that he had no idea of how to proceed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, something nice like that made me smile and not cry. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can see her, young and small and scared, coming into Saint Grace’s for the first time, clutching that ratty panda bear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dr. Tamba sat in the audience smiling for the first time since we had arrived in New York City. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In 1886 Japan had for the first time allowed its citizens to emigrate, and thousands from his district had already left the country in search of better opportunities. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her scream is short but deafening, and in its wake I am aware for the first time of Agloe’s abject silence. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Aaa regarded the captain for the first time. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow squeaked under her feet, and for the first time she felt the dry bite of the cold right through her parka and boots. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There it is, that’s just what I mean. Here you two are getting together for the first time and you didn’t show the man no love.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

While she and the baby studied each other for the first time, I cleaned up the bed and tended to Perilee as best I could, trying not to be alarmed at the amount of blood. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time that some of his front teeth were broken off. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, for the first time ever, we’re actually driving to school together. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dad’s crossing the bridge by the old abandoned gristmill, turning at the boarded-up school, and for the first time I can feel Shiloh’s body begin to shake. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time how his back was becoming bent with age and the hair on his head was wispy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He started to remove it now—for the first time and doubtless the last. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esteban looked around at us like he was seeing us for the first time. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He put on long pants for the first time in nearly two months, then called Lisa Simpson, who said she’d meet him in the lobby. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

See, for the first time in my life, I know I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t mean anything to us,” he remembered, “until a large group of planes came near the ship and we could see for the first time the rising sun emblem on the plane wings.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice was talking as rapidly as ever, but what caught my attention was that, for the first time, Jasper was not in the room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They immediately accepted him as one of their own, and for the first time in his life, James Halliday had a circle of friends. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for Mother—very, very sorry—because for the first time in my life I noticed she wasn’t indifferent to my coldness. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She will eat today for the first time in months. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was aware of my black-and-white shoes for the first time since the day of Clifton's shooting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

From under the lowest rail they looked out, upstream, and now, for the first time, saw the whole river plainly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith and the Howards looked out over the crowd and saw for the first time how famous Seabiscuit had become. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she kissed him for the first time, she felt the grip of her sadness, how it seized more tightly around her, and how different his mouth was from Ishmael’s. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He looked around him as if seeing the world for the first time. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he lifted his smouldering stick of touchwood and blew on it, he caught sight of me for the first time. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the rubbery white octopus chunks bobbing in the tarry mass of liver, I rejected an entire meal for the first time since childhood. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She exhales slowly, her eyes softening for the first time in a long time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

At this country dance Johnny for the first time saw Rab move suddenly into action. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when a diprotodon, the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth, set eyes for the first time on this frail-looking ape, he probably gave it one glance and then went back to chewing leaves. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Ocean for the first time the next day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before slipping into Margaret’s waiting car, Branwell stopped and for the first time in twenty-seven days took in a deep breath of fresh, cold air. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time, Kira began to perceive the vastness from which the Singer created his song. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His instincts told him that if he could make it inside that door, he might find safety for the first time since the wolves had sent him south. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Buddy met my eyes and I saw, for the first time, how he had changed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I think for the first time in ages he sees hope. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Behind them the sky had turned dark, and for the first time in over a hundred years, a drop of rain fell into the empty lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Felicia turns to her mother as if seeing her for the first time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius asked, noticing for the first time the man standing up on the porch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at the end of one of those days in late winter when for the first time it seems possible that spring may come again. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

With my belly now full for the first time in a long time, I could think about something other than sickness and hunger. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time in memory Momma was staring behind me at Sister Monroe. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had brought together the groundlings and the silk feathered hats for the first time in the history of PPC’s existence. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And Grandma saw them, as if for the first time. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shin and I met for the first time on the day after that balloon debacle. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We ate our fill for the first time since our arrival,” Poulsson said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time she can recall, she sees Dillard Early smile. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Letters from him trickled in, once or twice a month, with half the words blacked out, calling her “Sweetheart” for the first time in fifteen years. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like seeing everything for the first time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix said nothing, but looked, for the first time, a little discomfited. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t help trusting Albus Dumbledore, and as Harry watched him beaming around at the students, he felt really calm for the first time since the dementor had entered the train compartment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But now, for the first time in a long time, he remembered that he was blind—well and truly blind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Never could. Did you say something like that when you saw me for the first time? Did you say, ‘half brother’?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a seat near the window, breathing normally for the first time all afternoon. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But when Aragorn arose all that beheld him gazed in silence, for it seemed to them that he was revealed to them now for the first time. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was bringing in outside writers for the first time and taking on broader issues of interest to young women. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I left my bed for the first time and walked to the necessary without assistance. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gawaine was surprised at this discovery, which had struck him for the first time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, I think back to that afternoon in Father Masego’s office when I was twelve, the day he told me I was extraordinary. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With a walk-up, War Admiral would have the added edge of performing a start at which he was superb and experienced, while Seabiscuit would be trying it for the first time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stood outside the armory looking up, Jon felt almost as overwhelmed as he had that day on the kings- road, when he'd seen it for the first time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

How they punished me for the first time in three months, since Khalid passed away. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Manet lay down his fork, his expression serious for the first time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mood was bright as I entered the prison wearing blue jeans for the first time ever, uniforms on hangers slung over my shoulder. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was then, as she stood there, her shoulders rising and falling with her breathing, that Tommy seemed to become aware for the first time just how frail she was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppet blinks, looking up at the chandeliers as though seeing them for the first time, before turning back to Celia to accept the cup of tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His wide eyes and open mouth told Miyax he was afraid for the first time in his life. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw for the first time occasional black-white couples strolling around arm in arm. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, towards the end of this period, comets entered Halley’s life for the first time, although at first only in a minor way. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Before Ralph had time to reply, he smiled quickly, turned and climbed into the forest Ralph looked back at Jack, seeing him, infuriatingly, for the first time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I must have known this theoretically or at least heard it stated, but now for the first time the lesson takes hold. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like walking outside and feeling the sunlight on your face for the first time all day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I opened his doors for the first time. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in months, I turn away from that road. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I find I can’t hold his gaze. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes narrowed, his mouth worked strenuously; for the first time that afternoon he was intent. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked that freedom on the rails, but for the first time, it didn’t feel right to have no roots, to have no family. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind grew calm for the first time in several days, and some of the events surrounding the letter began passing in review through his consciousness. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent a night in jail for the first time in his life. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z