The Scholl children were upset when the Nazis arrested a young teacher and forced him to stand as Storm Troopers marched past and spat in his face. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I follow Rabiya upstairs, trying not to trip over the deep-pink shalwar kameez Mama forced me to wear. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Every time he saw her, he had been forced to stare at the pink, shining skin, and then to look quickly away. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to eat, wondering what was wrong with the bread. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike at the schools back on the reservation, we were not forced to speak only English. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even the white man Professor Lehman, with his words forced out through his nose, sounded as dignified as Master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was no longer a child, to be cowed or forced into submission, but a grown woman with a definite purpose and an invincible determination. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A printing press, and friends among the judges, who forced Ridgeway to relinquish his charges on no less than three occasions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a forced, practiced calm in his tone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As his practice faltered, Sullivan found himself forced to leave his office in the Auditorium and to sell his personal belongings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He remembered the time, on the first night of his leadership, when they had been forced to rest in the wood above the Enborne. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On June 8, German soldiers burst into our building and once again forced their way into our apartment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She gave him a handful of soft bitter-tasting leaves somewhat like sage, and he chewed them silently and forced them down. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That bore Walder Frey's seal beyond a doubt, Catelyn thought bitterly; hold back, wait, watch, take no risk unless forced to it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When she put her hand in through the top trap door, he cringed and forced himself back into the corner. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Supreme tries to laugh again, but it’s forced. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When she tried to knee him in the groin, he twisted away and forced her legs apart with his knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were always so many things to do and to remember in rocket design and construction that I had been forced to get organized in my mind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to speak the words anyway. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I would have got past Mr. Rochester’s chamber without a pause; but my heart momentarily stopping its beat at that threshold, my foot was forced to stop also. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Elinor’s voice was rising again, and she forced herself to lower it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He feels a twinge of guilt that on some deep level, he’s thankful for whatever tragedy has occurred, because it’s forced them together. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I forced my best smile onto my face and reached to take his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One rumor supposes that he has culinary geniuses from around the world kidnapped and imprisoned in his kitchens, where they are forced by questionable means to cater to his every whim. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And so, I’m forced to let it flow. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even the smell of it made her feel ill, and she would take no chances of bringing up the horse heart she had forced herself to eat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wondered which city this was, and if I’d been here before, before— I gritted my teeth and forced myself to think of other things. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A strong wind whipped up dust, debris, and gravel and forced the bus to slow down to a snail’s pace. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Still they came to trees across the road where they were forced to unload the cart and carry everything over the trunks and then repack it all on the far side. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

If they did not agree to this “compromise,” he cautioned, he would be forced to close the state’s public schools entirely. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once, back in New Orleans, Hazel had been forced to attend a wake for a dead classmate. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And to think you were forced to spend so much time in his company. I’m amazed he didn’t kill you in your sleep. I’m—” Thomas pauses, then decides against finishing his sentence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He explained what he’d seen; how, as the nearest dementor had lowered its mouth to Harry’s, a large silver something had come galloping across the lake and forced the dementors to retreat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to remain still and count to twenty. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he rose the next morning, he forced himself to crawl from the warm sleeping bag and pull on his stiff cold clothes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I had stolen a halfgallon of strawberry ice cream from the freezer, and I forced spoonful after spoonful down my throat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced my mind toward happy thoughts—August, warmth, storks, home—anything to distract myself from the swelling pressure inside me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Floating in the sea of black, we were forced to witness the massive and grotesque deaths of thousands of people. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pond inhaled and forced out a great warm gust. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It forced many to leave behind their homes, and their lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to really hear the words. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As for the King, the Duke learned his intentions when the Duke invaded Tuscany after the capture of the Duchy of Urbino: the King forced him to abandon that campaign. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes had no doubt that Geyer soon would be forced to end his hunt and return to Philadelphia. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Later, Scarlett’s mother could not remember quite what he had told her, although disappointingly, she had learned that that nice Jay Frost had unavoidably been forced to leave town. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

From the first day, I had protested about being forced to wear short trousers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always wondered if he was forced to stay in the house, if he wanted to stay in the house, or if he was just someplace else, like with his father or something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Any society with a marked population explosion will be forced to devote all its energies and technological skills to feeding and caring for the population on its home planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up, walks over to me, puts her hand under my chin, and lifts my face so I’m forced into the earnest hold of her eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She took my face in her hands and forced me to look at her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The chief was given all his storebought utensils and forced to walk away from the village forever. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Black Tips had been nipping at his heels for weeks, and now he’d forced them to play their hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My smile, while somewhat insane, is not forced. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

You forced me to choose, and you are more important to my plans than the old seer. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I shudder when I think of the many internees who might be forced to join us here or be taken to the other camps, as yet unnamed and unpopulated. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I forced a smile and told him it wasn’t important. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Corax was forced to sue him for the outstanding money. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

If he’s refusing tea, then what are we supposed to make forced conversation over? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The horsemen forced their way into the crowd and made room so that the marchers could inch forward. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

So much so, I forced down the barbed lump of betrayal that’d lodged in my windpipe. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

So I avoided Imre until the problem of my second term’s tuition forced me back across the river. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And that is not all. Before you retire to the shed you shall go to Todd and apologize or I shall be forced to give you the strapping of your life.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Thus she was always forced to eat her evening meals out of TV-dinner-trays in front of the dreaded box. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She became woozy, but forced herself to stay alert. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My feet were drawn toward the fire pit, but I forced myself to stop and reconsider. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So I stayed in his room after school and waited for the other twisted criminal minds to come join me for ninety minutes of forced study. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now she was forced to ask if anybody knew of a family called Dead. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a week, the fighting forced even Rasheed to stay home. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He killed not as he had been forced to by the last bull, but as he wanted to. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If she really wanted to talk to me it wouldn’t be so forced. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At the same time he forced himself to stay where he was. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lyddie paid for the Worcester and forced herself to take it out of the shop before opening it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They did not withdraw her from the school and she was forced to endure it for ten solid years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Concealed. by woods, but using the tracks for guidance, they made it to the outskirts of District 12 two days ago, where they were forced to stop when Bonnie twisted her ankle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“From what I know of her father they are quite different. She never forced Poppet or me into playing complicated games, for one thing.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This time I climbed only 120 feet above the bergschrund before lack of composure and the arrival of a snow squall forced me to turn around. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced a laugh and wiped my lip with a napkin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The rush south, the endless forced marches, the bodies left beside the road ... all for naught. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Yes, it’s becoming thicker, as if it has pressed up against a glass window and is being forced to condense. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inch by inch they moved through the swamp, looking for thickets of growth on which to place their feet, testing the suction when they were forced into the thick mud. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Those who would take seriously the boy’s success—and his failure—would be forced to realize how great is the change any academic undergoes, how far one must move from one’s past. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she forced herself to sit up straight. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Aunt Chipo killed one of her precious hens and forced her daughter to eat all of it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he’d been half forced into it, though, my dad loved the job, which baffled my mother given the amount of time it demanded. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It was my fault, I forced him to tell me.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

With water sloshing over his back, he forced a paw between the logs and pried the top one loose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My chest tightened in panic, but I forced myself forward. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The water rushed over his head and he forced himself up through it to catch his breath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had to be forced to do the things girls normally did, and her mother and grandma had finally given up on her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A wind had picked up, so strong that it forced them to stop now and then. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to make a decision right now,” I said, because I didn’t want him to feel forced. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dread coiled within her like a snake, but she forced herself to smile at this man she loved, this man who put no faith in signs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When they forced their way at last into more open ground, they were hot and tired and very scratched, and they were also no longer certain of the direction in which they were going. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the seventies, as more and more Americans spoke out against affirmative action, university presidents were forced to take the defense. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tuft of grass had forced its way up through a crack in the sidewalk, only to meet a raw October wind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to imagine being forced to start your life over in a strange place, after a major trauma.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mirjam must have written it to Amalia in class one day, but was forced into hiding before she could send it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of bad because the woman was only doing her job, and anyway she hadn’t forced me to come here, so she didn’t really deserve my scowl face. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He forced Hermione to show Snape her teeth — she was doing her best to hide them with her hands, though this was difficult as they had now grown down past her collar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I forced a smile, and got to work. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

So Pizarro’s men forced the Inca people to work harder in the gold mines. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Those who fear crowds would have to meet one-on-one, and those who fear psychiatry would be forced to find comfort in untrained friends and family members. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Scores of eyewitnesses revealed that prisoners had been denied food and had been forced to sleep in filthy, dangerously unsanitary cells and hallways. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

"I'm riding the race I'm forced to ride," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself into a longer warm-up routine than normal, including some basic calisthenics and my usual stretching routine, but I couldn’t shake the fatigue I was feeling. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If he treated Henry with deference, it was the rest of us who were forced to bear the wearing, day-to-day brunt of his anger. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, she forced her steps to slow before she opened the door into the stairway. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She swallowed and forced the next words past her lips. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The only reason I’d gone out for the team in the first place was because my dad had forced me into it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She saw how his arms were forced in front of him, and from her vantage point she saw the silver glint of steel below his shirt cuff. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Since she refused to partake of the local social life, Jean de Satigny was forced to go alone to the numerous events to which they were invited. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicolas insisted he could walk barefoot on a bed of coals, but each time he announced a demonstration, Clara had an asthma attack and he was forced to stop. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

War prisoners, criminals, debtors, and orphans could be forced into labor. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself through a couple more books for school and shot a lot of baskets in the side yard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

All of the accused as well as our defense team resided in Johannesburg, so we would be forced to travel each day to Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced himself deep into the dark center of the grove and, kneeling, laid the wreath upon the thick carpet of golden needles. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But if this is true are we not forced to conclude that the real making of the Bull’s Head took place in the artist’s mind? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Randall was soon forced to intervene to formally separate them, like bickering children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would be just a matter of time, the Soviets reasoned, before the Americans would be forced to abandon the city. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We put in our drink order, and Wells jumps right into the forced small talk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They painted his toes purple, too, and forced a laxative down his throat when he opened his mouth again to complain, and then they sent him away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I forced myself not to take any pictures—it was Tucker; Tucker was not a hallucination, even if he was hanging out in a janitors’ closet—and ducked into the nearest bathroom to change. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Cole forced his head to the side and tried to focus. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to look at the blade again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stuck to Teddy on defense, and Doug was forced to take a shot and missed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because who you like can’t be forced or persuaded or manipulated. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was white men who dominated politics, controlled the nation’s wealth, and wrote the rules by which everyone else was forced to live. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can hardly bear to have him tutor me, and his affection seems forced. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The hatred would not let him pick her up, the tenderness forced him to cover her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were forced down a steep flight of stairs, still tied back-to-back and in danger of slipping and breaking their necks at any moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I forced myself to clang on the gate. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure the wretchedness of passing through the X-ray scanner. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Slipping her phone back into her bag, Dimple forced herself to meet Rishi’s eye. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the clatter of five girls dressing and squabbling over a single basin, Lyddie was forced fully awake and began to remember where she was. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He watched them, singing with them—because otherwise they would force him to sing—and trying not to hear the words that he forced outward from his throat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The shock of his weight forced the breath from my chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The trainer believed that racehorses were instinctively hard-trying, competitive creatures who did not need to be forced to exert themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was loth to speak and his tale was unclear, but it is beyond all doubt that he went to Mordor, and there all that he knew was forced from him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I forced more air into my throat so the hiccups would become more obnoxious. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ann was forced to go to work as a domestic for a white woman. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She forced her hands to hunt out eyes, furtive somewhere in the hair, but could not find any. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man had a stick in his hand, and he had forced the hyena dæmon back against the wall. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

My legs trembled as I forced out every ounce of power I had. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Vonetta grabbed Fern’s hand, forced it open, and took her nickel, leaving our two coins in Fern’s palm. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced herself not to think about Father’s reaction when he found her. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

U.S. policy toward the tribes shifted from containment to forced assimilation, and officials increasingly tried to turn the Osage into churchgoing, English-speaking, fully clothed tillers of the soil. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Nok shook her head and forced herself to focus on her route. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant cursed as she was forced from her limo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pippin marvelled at his strength, seeing the passage that he had already forced with no other tool than his great limbs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A forced letter, trying to amuse, describing my fellow passengers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Doc’s fine hands worked precisely, slipping the needle into place and pressing the compressed air trigger that forced the color into the veins. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, no two electrons of the same quantum state can be forced into the same spot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Were you forced to drink hot sauce or swallow pepper?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He battled opponents on the strip and was forced to fight racism and classism in order to claim his spot among the annals of fencing greats, which he did on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Hubbard's hard body forced him backwards, Hubbard's shoe tips slashed at his ankles, knotty shoulders bumped up into his chin, and the bullet head ground into his eyes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That won’t be necessary,” Ma says with a smile that seems a bit forced. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nina swallowed, then forced herself to meet their gazes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He paused, then lifted the boy, who kept slipping, and forced himself to move, knowing he had to go somewhere, anywhere now, no matter what, or where. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He threw back his head and let out a forced, bitter laugh. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a woman repeatedly failed to conceive, she was forced to pay a steep “celibacy tax.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She felt her own tears coming and forced them back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The massive creature simply pressed and tested and forced Nailer to memorize and then to write. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A young surgeon was summoned from Hartford to bleed her, and a nauseous brew of ground roasted toads was forced between her cracked lips, to no avail. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

White folks, she felt, were implicitly evil toward blacks, yet she forced us to go to white schools to get the best education. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled the bar onto my shoulders and forced up the first rep. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He's this quiet black kid who’s supposed to be really smart, but I’ve never heard him speak unless he’s forced to. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Peasants were people who were forced into poverty when the aristocracy took over all the land they had once used. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In an instant, Ron and Hermione had both placed hands on the top of Harry’s head and forced him off his stool and under the table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The 46th Guards dropped bombs over the Blue Line for six months, right up to the point when the Red Army forced the Germans out of the Taman Peninsula in September 1943. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Soon, the place was an inferno, and Septimus was forced to take several steps backwards, from the intensity of the heat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes still riveted to the beloved pair in the ring, she forced her way among the other guests in the Imperial Box to her father’s side and tried to hug him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But two big, burly soldiers right behind them grabbed Stringer’s arms before he could even react, and forced him to keep moving. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hazel hadn’t felt anything like it since the cave in Alaska where Gaea had forced her to resurrect Porphyrion the giant king. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the face of this mass action, Mr. de Klerk said that if the ANC made the country ungovernable, the government might be forced to consider some unpleasant options. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to silence, forced myself to picture this man in his other roles. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have forced you to go out there. I got mad because I thought you were abandoning me.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I was no longer in danger of being forced out of the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a long time they meant nothing to him except abduction: being captured and forced onto his back, his inability to fight, helplessness, pain. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Lewis Powell forced his way into the home of Secretary of State William Seward, slashing him in his bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tension forced laughter out of me, leaving me more relaxed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took to his bed, eventually so enervated that he was forced to take an indefinite leave from his job at the shipyard. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever she cracked one system, more challenging ones rose to take its place—and day after day, she was forced to grapple with them alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My mother believed that cold water on the feet forced the blood to your head so that you thought better. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught himself and forced himself to look straight ahead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My brother and sister were ultimately forced to live with him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered earlier in the night, when Piper had forced the eidolon to leave his mind. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to make sure nothing looked disturbed before he climbed out the window. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old man related that, the week before, he had been forced to appear before a miner, and had taken the form of a stone. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles when I come in, but it’s a forced smile. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Stroke victims who have lost the ability to speak, for example, are virtuosos, because their infirmity has forced them to become far more sensitive to the information written on people’s faces. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Seizing his chance, the rat dodged nimbly into the open, and battered madly at Matthias’s upheld shield until he was forced to drop it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They are forced to hide themselves and their boat in the brush for yet another day. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kauffman forced us to read A Farewell to Arms last year. I hated it. Hemingway’s writing is so bland. He never says anything.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“She hated me. From the first time I forced her.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But weary though they were and in need of refreshment they were forced to leave quickly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Future aeronauts would call these little wings elevators, because they forced the aeroplane up and down in the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace took a deep breath, forced herself to keep her hands in her lap. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She says this with a forced grin on her face, a tone in her voice that is trying to hide its irritation. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Problems of the immigrant and black communities were swept under the dazzling carpet of success, where they grew until they forced their way into the open. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was white and heavyset, and though he smiled a lot, his friendliness seemed forced. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He is smiling and laughing, too, but his expressions are off, forced. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Adam could see the stem and military face of his father as he forced his sons through drill and made them carry heavy packs to develop their shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the pain in his leg, he forced himself to keep going. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It was hard to speak, but she forced out more words. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The man was forced to hug the tree, and his hands were tied to prevent him from letting go. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed as hard as he could, but to no avail, and soon enough he found himself forced onto one knee... Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The reason Jeanine forced us to attack innocent people,” she says bitterly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked once more then he and Motor Boat went round to the back and forced a door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was forced to acknowledge that volition alone, however powerful, was not going to get me up the north wall. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At about that point, a customer, entering the Professor’s store, forced him to leave his vantage point at the dirty window. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In disliking them, I was forced to recognize my own pretension, and that made me hate them even more. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Butler had been forced to make three trips to the Jeep in order to hump the equipment across a stile, a bog, and two fields. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to speak up, firmly and clearly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She went to end-of-summer sales and bought everything in a size four; six months later she would be forced to donate it all to a thrift shop. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Bert Lewyn, the Jewish teenager forced to work in a Berlin munitions factory, discovered that he was also marked for deportation to a concentration camp, he went into hiding. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I look around and realize that everyone in this room is, right now, being forced to sit in a class with a known homosexual. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Inmates at some facilities would be chained to "hitching posts," their arms fastened above their heads in a painful position where they'd be forced to stand for hours. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They forced him to squat with his hands held out in front of him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

My eyeballs throbbed, and it hurt to smile, but I forced one for Audrey. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Using Tendai’s head to push back the door, she forced her way inside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones forced a smile that he hoped passed for benevolent. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They forced his arms back, looped a zip tie around his wrists and pulled it tight. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was as if the Black Tortoise of Winter were being forced to the earth, screaming and struggling. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to keep her face calm and slack, like asking her parents to drop a grand on this sort of thing was something she routinely did, NBD. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children of Vietnam, who’d forced him to grapple with his conscience, needed and deserved to be free from falling bombs and searing napalm. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Since half this crew were bondsmen, forced to work, the ship's officers were slavemasters, and harsh ones. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some lynch mobs actually forced an entire black community to attend a lynching as a means of instilling fear in their hearts or making members of that community leave the region. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Most of them shut down, and black children were forced into crowded classrooms in dilapidated schools, often with teachers who were barely literate themselves. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I am being forced to make a choice. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Scarlett that Mr. Frost was being forced through the wall, pulled into the rock, was being swallowed up by it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Genes might have moved between organisms, but Griffith could not be forced to travel from his lab to his own lectures. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I knew now that he had been remembering what it was like when he had been forced to go far away from home. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Roza was locked out all night, and she was forced to camp out on the lumpy lounge couches, a poem by Wislawa Szymborska beating in her head: Four a.m., no one feels fine. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In third grade— the very last year that one could play T-ball—my mother wanted me to make friends, so she forced me onto the Orlando Pirates. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

His adrenaline is pumping now, and with forced courage, he runs from his hiding place into the cornfield. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we were yoked together, this forced me down as well. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And it bothered me that I was forced away at the conclusion, when the fiction closed tight, like a fortuneteller’s fist—the futures of all the major characters neady resolved. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped my hair and forced myself to sit at my desk with my chemistry book in front of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even so, he forced the terrible monster to submit to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mental health advocates and lawyers succeeded in winning a series of Supreme Court cases that forced states to transfer institutional residents to community programs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“She was enslaved by carnival folk,” Addison said, “forced to pull fat, spoiled children like some common beast of burden— whipped, even, with riding crops!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He bent over and again forced back the leaden flange; and then a shock of surprise and dismay shot through me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Disorganized without Amaroq, they were forced to hunt rabbits and small game. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they forced the creature over the side and into the black waters of the Rhoyne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Worse, the swelling affects everything but your head, so you’re forced to watch the whole tragedy unwinding right in front of your eyes!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The National Association of Colored Women was forced to march separately at the rear of the parade, followed only by a section of men who supported the cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Leo had noticed that Percy seemed to get winded more easily these days - probably because of that nasty acid air he’d been forced to breathe in Tartarus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

By this time the Indian fighting had become like dangerous cattle drives—the tribes were forced into revolt, driven and decimated, and the sad, sullen remnants settled on starvation lands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could not get a clear shot, but fought his way nearer, still invisible, and the Great Hall became more and more crowded as everyone who could walk forced their way inside. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After I was forced out of the University and squared my debt with Devi, I didn’t know what I’d do. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

She forced out an “amen” and then jerked her hand back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A certain compulsion forced him to continue to search for the secrets of the chessboard, and this preoccupation commanded his attention for hours on end. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I forced my way through the rubble toward what remained of the library. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my mind away, forced myself to think about other things. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced it toward the receiver again, but again it stopped short, as if it had collided with a pane of glass. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She took a breath, her pulse pounding in her head, then forced herself to say, “Whatever.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But just as Lyra’s love had drawn him back from past the final door before, so this time Lanre’s power forced him to return from sweet oblivion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cara tried to smile back but shivered instead, and forced her eyes back to the safety of the open book on her desk. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But no conclusion was forced on people who disagreed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teacher acted as though they had no right to be in the school but that she was forced to accept them and was doing so with as little grace as possible. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few times I’m forced to aim the launcher lower than the roof, and then shimmy my way to the top once I get to that side. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I had followed a few coffins up the hill from the church to the cemetery, but because Momma said I was tender-hearted I had never been forced to sit through a funeral service. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Gannon...forced the tube through my lips and down my throat, I gasping and suffocating with the agony of it,” Dora Lewis wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Most people were forced to learn at least some Afrikaans, so it’s useful to keep that, too. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As Kathy put the kids to bed that night, she forced herself to present a face of confidence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We turned our faces glum to reaffirm the forced nature of this trip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was forced to return to the earth alone, in utter desolation. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sprained ankle throbbed as he forced the pedal downward in an effort that was almost beyond him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Like a lioness defending her young . . ." "But you were such a strong big brute you made me give in. I didn't want to, did I now, boo'ful? You forced me 'gainst m' will." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smacked his lips and forced a feeble smile. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed the room at a bound and laid her back flat against the wall, commando-style, then reached one hand across and forced open the screen. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They would allow no woman to be forced to marry against her will they told the newcomers, nor would they surrender any suppliant, no matter how feeble, and no matter how powerful the pursuer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor tried coming to her aid, but he casually pointed the shotgun at her chest and forced Meggie over to the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He came halfway to his feet as if he would bolt from the room, then gave an embarrassed frown and forced himself back down into his chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she forced me to work in her bakery every day after school for twenty-five cents an hour. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced the doors wide apart, so she would have enough light to see. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced key after key into the lock until one slid to the hilt and clicked. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The men had traveled only a mile and a half before the river's ferocity forced them to stop. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Her voice was calm, but it was a forced calm, as if she was trying hard to sound nonchalant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eventually the detailed observations of the apparent motion of the planets forced him to abandon the idea of circular paths and to realize that planets travel in ellipses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced her hands to her sides, shaking her unease, and strode into the music and gaming room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The first time he had come this way, he had been on horseback, sword in hand, and the Targaryen dragons had watched from the walls as he forced Jaime Lannister down from the throne. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Charlie wouldn’t have stolen my lunch, and I wouldn’t have been forced to buy something to eat and sit at another table on the other side of the cafeteria. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Seizing him by the hair, 8-Deer forced the teenager to grovel before him. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Years past they had been forced to sell their last few treasures, and now even the coin they had gotten from Mother's crown had gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A downpour from a huge thunderstorm forced a break in the concert, after which Country Joe and the Fish appeared. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then a great, flat, toeless foot was forced through below. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Would I tell her that the Soviets had forced us into cattle cars and held us prisoner for six weeks with barely any food or water? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Initiated in the United States, the program was intended to stop the Viet Cong who infiltrated farming villages at night and forced villagers to side with the Communists. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I was forced to resign from the ANC, the organization had to replace me, and no matter what I might have liked, I could no longer wield the authority I once possessed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much to their embarrassment and Mammachi’s dismay, he forced them to sit at table with him and drink tea. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke forced himself to walk down the stairs; the only thing that kept him from running was the plate in his hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

None of the boys had been forced to enter anything, but Travis voluntarily entered his Angora rabbit, Bunny. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They hurried to tighten the chains and fasten them securely to iron pegs, which they forced deep into the ground with their wands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Ms. Tomoko to worry, so I forced myself to eat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sat quietly while he forced himself back into composure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Because of your so-called Great Prophecy. And you have forced me into an oath to have no other children. You have left me with nothing!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When he forced one eye open, he found Fedu standing above him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He forced me to consider things I'd rather not think about—the sex of my guitar, for instance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The girl was then pulled with difficulty from the stage, dragged across the dirt courtyard, and forced into the back of the wagon that Polly leaned on. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all its history, I think it was Coalwood’s best moment, even though my dad lost to the union, and my mom was forced to stay a little longer in the hills. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But if our Nestor 10 was not responding with a forced action, why isn’t his curve different? I don’t understand that.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Before they could be forced to sit back down at the table, I got up with my tray and walked away really fast. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Therefore, it was necessary that I develop a new form of simulation to which they are not immune. I have been forced to reassess my own assumptions. That is where you come in.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Audrey giggled, but it sounded forced and more like a hiccup. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to make eye contact with each of them, as best she could. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I think of Oriana and Oak being forced apart for years. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The girls and I danced with our escorts until the balls of our feet hurt, and we were forced to slip off our heels and dance in our bare feet. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to recall the house in New Rochelle with its borders of flowers and the flagstone walk. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Robin, “the fog has kept us from seeing. But whenever we tried to make a sally into the town, we were forced back.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Every single one of them was forced to take the life of someone they loved. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps so anyone forced to come here on Capitol business would have somewhere decent to stay. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The expedition was forced to dump supplies to lighten the loads. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I saw Ultima make some medicine for my uncle, and when she forced it down his throat and his face showed pain, my body too felt the pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He added to the Not Marty side of his list, “Not forced to visit relatives, & to bend in every trifle.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One must be very rich to dress as badly as you do. The poor are forced to dress well.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt so forced, he just wanted to take it back and find another way to say it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“How could I,” he returned, forced to the admission, “when I never see her in my life? Never clapped eyes upon her!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In America you had the forced removal of the native onto reservations coupled with slavery followed by segregation. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were stronger than she and in a few seconds they had forced her to let go. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The more we thought about it, the less likely it seemed that a burglar would have forced a door so early in the evening, when there were still people out on the streets. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I mean, a Death Eater might have forced the answer out of you before impersonating you!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So he forced himself to relate the part that made him uneasy. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, what I observed as the weeks went by forced me to substantially revise my presuppositions about some of my teammates. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

What if Horatio had been seen with me and forced to reveal my whereabouts? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The bellows forced quick flaring heat from the coke. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The images of Fred, Lupin, and Tonks lying dead in the Great Hall forced their way back into his mind’s eye, and for a moment he could hardly breathe: Death was impatient.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She forced the spatula into the pan of potatoes and stabbed the dough next to it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her skin was stuck to her ribs and her breathing was forced because of an immeasurable exhaustion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My two older brothers were at a higher risk of being forced to join the army because of their ages. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was fevered always now, but he forced his frail shell on, because this had to be the finest since Excalibur. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself not to look over my shoulder, but I felt them on me, Detective Barrone’s eyes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to look up at the gaoler. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Zed stuck his hand out and I forced myself to shake his grubby paw. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were big enough to allow a man to pace, others so small that prisoners were forced to sit; the smallest were too cramped to allow even that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She looked unaccustomed to sitting down—like a constantly busy woman who resented having to stop, but whose body forced her to rest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jackson sneered, then forced the sneer into a smile. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This forced us to raise our prices; then prices would go up again, and we’d have to raise them some more. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced first one and then the other down on its knees and fastened the yoke upon them, while all wondered at his mighty prowess. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though in this short block I was forced to walk past everyone I'd ever known and no one would smile or call my name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, he prodded and persuaded and inspired and bribed the boys to do right, but he never forced them, never commanded, never shouted. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If my mother had forced Luke or me to drink hot sauce, paddled us, or not fed us, we would have been placed in foster care, wouldn’t we?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then he turned to the cloaked figure and said, with forced heartiness, "Now, then. How may I serve you, sir?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Painfully, Ned forced his thoughts back to the dagger and what it meant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kaede couldn’t help but feel as though it were a last meal of sorts, and the forced joviality of it all made her uneasy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dad pushed his plate of eggs away and forced a smile. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The sorcerer who led the eldest Pandava brother astray in a cursed game of dice, where he was forced to gamble away his entire kingdom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He almost threw up, but forced himself not to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They brought all the prisoners into the courtyard at dawn and forced them to watch, because this was also a personal matter between the colonel and his prisoner. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced down the first spoonful, making a crooked face, but it was not so bad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the girls who are forced to marry soldiers are never heard from again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the new agricultural tasks demanded so much time that people were forced to settle permanently next to their wheat fields. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to keep it light, trying to bring them back up after almost drowning in the tide, but it felt forced. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby played this form of chess at Nigro’s insistence and wasn’t particularly good at it, but it did quicken his appraisal of the position at hand and forced him to trust his instincts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The village men were forced to carry supplies: guns and mortars, shells, radio equipment. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Linked by their cold hands, they forced their way through the flood and up onto the bridge. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

My still- sore nose scrunched while I forced my feet into my sneakers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore forced the man’s mouth open and poured three drops inside it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Picketts lived on the side with the stone-gabled walls that forced the rising water in our direction.“He probably wouldn’t even remember me.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I caught several of the dogs the first time, but not the one with the yellow eyes, and since I was afraid to handle them, I was forced to let them free. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have been forced to respect them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I forced myself to stand up and look relaxed, like I’d just taken a stroll in the park. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Candice was the one forced to check her email on her mom’s phone all summer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The constantly broken-down elevators forced residents to climb claustrophobic, urine-scented stairways. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

These outbursts forced Bradbury into a repetitive routine of pleading with Teller to stay and persuading him that he was loved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

‘Twice now, I’ve been forced to fight in stadiums - once in Rome, and before that in the Labyrinth. I hate playing games for people’s amusement.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The heat got more and more intense with every second until I was forced into the air-conditioned museum. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Another one hooked my mom, and we were forced up the aisle, funneled toward the flower-stacked coffin at the front of the church. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to sound as bright as possible. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He hugged the granite face and wondered how long he could stay there before exhaustion forced him to let go. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since some of the cars leaked, bad weather forced a doubling up. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to eat slowly, to chew, to suck out the blood. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burglars apparently interrupted, forced warehouse door, fled through garden. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The last door in the hall showed no signs of forced entry. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to read the article from beginning to end. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Each ended with an argument, and with Nathan being forced to go back to Phoenix. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The rider pulled it up and forced it to turn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garria’s tongue tried to pry open her lips while his hand pressed against her jaw until he forced it open. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are my mother’s twin daughters from her first marriage, little babies she was forced to abandon on a road as she was fleeing Kweilin for Chungking in 1944. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was forced to watch when a prisoner was beaten, whipped, shot, hanged, or torn apart by the dogs. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Haymitch is being forced into sobriety, with no secret stashes or home-brewed concoctions to ease his transition. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After years of the Commandant's forced marches through the desert, carrying Helene is no burden. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I speak of it only to explain why I was forced to head for Hawaii while other men who fought harder than I did carried on. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was still standing, not very far away; often she was forced to pass it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The Japanese had resisted hard, but our superior numbers had finally forced them to disappear back into the jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since the first grade, she had forced her teachers to make a special case of her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Thomas forced a grin, though he cringed at the thought of hanging out in the Slammer by himself all day before he got to start. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After five months of self-imposed isolation, this debate was what finally forced him out of the barracks and into circulation again. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked so pleased, I was a bit bummed I had no follow-up and was forced to revert to my own, less impressive repertoire of replies. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The treaty forced Germany to take all the blame for starting the war and to pay high reparations that made Germany poor. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The whole business was so forced and stupid. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and forced himself to think of something else. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

This trend, which began in the early 1970s, is said to have forced states to make the protection of vulnerable prisoners a high priority. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As there was no proof that the Riddles had been murdered at all, the police were forced to let Frank go. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clutter, at the mercy of the gun-bearing visitor, was forced to obey instructions—forced to accompany him to the second floor, where they aroused the rest of the family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod was aware of the dead clustered around them, watching the scene, but he forced himself to ignore them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I gripped the steering wheel tighter and forced myself to breathe calmly, but I couldn’t tamp down the emotions brewing inside of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit ran up on the heels of a group of horses and was forced to check sharply, then ran hopelessly wide again on the final turn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Macon had taken the Buick—age forced him to walk less—so Milkman went on foot to Guitar’s house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fists clenched, but I forced them to relax, and as much as I wanted to snap, to point at the burning land and scream, I didn’t. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The noisome fumes of the stink bomb forced officials to evacuate the school. nonplussed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Page 85 He asked if I was all right, and I forced myself to nod. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I honestly don’t know whether it would be better to forget or be able to remember, but it physically hurts being forced to watch Nana diminish. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wiped my face and forced myself up. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“But this squeamishness about work wears a bit thin when one is forced to assume his upkeep oneself.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He caught bright green lizards, pinched their jaws at the side, and forced them to bite his earlobes, to which they clung like festive, squirming decorations. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Barry forced his eyes to scan the whole page this time instead of glazing over a couple of lines in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Walk straight up to him and slap him in the face so he'll be forced to talk about something else. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

So did I. I forced myself out of the house and to that party. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, those who paid tribute to him were forced to strike at more distant halls to gather the gold they paid to Hrothgar—and a little on the side for themselves. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She changed her mind in 1854 when she learned that Blackwell had boarded a train and rescued a runaway eight-year-old slave girl who was being forced to return to the South. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Robert Baratheon would have seen that at once and moved swiftly to secure the castle, with the forced marches and midnight rides for which he had been famous. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

King Pellinore, not without a few sighs for the good old days, was forced to resign his rights in her to the Saracen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her afternoon naps grew shorter, which meant that Ophie was forced to wait on the old woman. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, his paralysis broke and he forced himself to trudge toward me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wonder what terrible things forced this family to leave their home forever and escape to a new place where they don’t fit in or speak the language fluently. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

With a flick of her left wrist, she forced it open. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He forced down his rising fear, but still it tickled at the back of his mind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The weight forced a side of the mattress down and Mother twisted her bed lamp to beam down on the book. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba was as mystified as the telegraph operator, and was forced to call his family in the city to understand what they had meant. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having borrowed too much, when the rush to buy organic food slowed down, Gene Kahn was forced to sell control of Cascadian to Welch’s. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually they were forced to release me, still unable to diagnose the obvious. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and forced his brain to focus. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking, In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

With a huge effort Harry forced himself on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

More and more prisoners were forced into the car. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The voices of Mars and Ares yelled in his head, urging him to kill Nico and the man in denim and anyone else he could find, but Frank forced down the noise. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sam called it “forced recess”—they let us out of our cabins, and the work wasn’t difficult or tiring like it was in the Garden, but no one wanted to be there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I knew she wouldn't ever have treated us that way unless she was forced out of fear of losing her job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had a heart problem that at times changed her pallor to a purplish hue and forced her to rest on her haunches to catch her breath. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The injury forced me to scratch out of the doubles competition. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

So did the edges of her forced smile. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to slow down as I tied the strip around Stef’s arm just above the wound. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, too brightly, too forced, a schoolgirl still, but he answered me in all solemnity. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad shakes his head, swallows his mouthful with a forced gulp. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You and your tactics have forced us to defend this boy,” Max said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For over a month, whenever he clicked on the television, Charles was forced to look at the five cheaters who, six months earlier, had robbed him of his rightful prize. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

If the burglars had forced the door and the air-raid wardens were to notice it and call the police, there could be very serious repercussions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He heard that they were then dragged outside and forced to kneel on a concrete floor for several more hours. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Harry had not meant to say it so baldly; the words were forced from him as pain shot through his lightning scar and he saw, again, the outline of Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Opening it to the first page, she forced the book into my hands again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to get into this again, to be forced to appease Luke while still validating the fact that he went to the Deuce. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took a self-guided tour of the downstairs rooms just to make sure that no stone had been left unturned, that no obvious forced entry had been missed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

While they were forced to run up and down the sandy gridiron, Milton was reading a paragraph by someone named Carlyle and answering the questions that followed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, a gust of wind swooped down through the vent and forced a cloud of choking blubber smoke into the cramped space, driving the men outside to gasp for air. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

While the other mothers forced my sisters to trace their cursive letters, I worked on shades and spectrums. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then they tossed me onto the floor and forced me to try to crawl to the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Without adequate clothing and supplies, they were forced to stop. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps my final act of rebellion forced their hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even from your scant description, I know that I could not bear the routine and humdrum of the life that you are forced to lead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should have been thrilled with the invitation, but he faced a conflict, and thus was forced to puzzle out what to do. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One veered off behind the building to the smelly toilet we had been forced to use once and swore never again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Principal Jess Matthews greeted us with a forced smile on his face and directed us to our classrooms. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the time had finally come to a head, when he was to be forced to face his doom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of his friends forced out laughs, but they didn’t last long. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her shock lasted seconds, forced out of her by rapid, heavy footfalls approaching. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then he laughed without sound, without moving his lips; it was three short expulsions of breath forced upward through his nostrils by the heaving of his chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This completely changed the structure of communities and created a peasant class, who were forced to work for the landed class and to fight in their wars. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She would have gone on crying if her daughter hadn’t forced her to get dressed, forget about herself, and look for help, even if it meant she had to steal from her father’s household budget. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Osage had been forced to finance part of the federal investigation with their own money—an amount that would eventually reach $20,000, the equivalent today of nearly $300,000. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

What he had forced himself to do to ensure the future freedom of his people: killing children, and, with them, his own soul. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The words forced themselves out through her stiffened lips. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like Lorraine’s nightmare, where something forced her toward the room with the black curtains. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Still, his mother continued to carry him with her, refusing to believe he was dead until the chief forced the baby from her arms and buried him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced his eyes to stay open, making them adjust to the brightness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When Jesse and a few friends started playing computer games in the Middleton High library at lunchtime, nervous parents forced the librarian to make them stop. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s nice that proximity has forced his parents through the era of mutually assured destruction to now, where they have one Christmas instead of two. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jane was forced to smile completely, for a moment; and the smile partly remained as she turned towards him, and said in a conscious, low, yet steady voice, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

But now she couldn’t bear to be forced to wear still more oversize and unflattering clothing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And that none of it would have happened in the first place if Tushman hadn’t forced you to be friends with Auggie. He said his mom thinks that you, quote unquote, snapped under the pressure. ...” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Because you want to or because you feel forced into it?” she asks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Again, racial equality was being forced upon the South by the federal government, and by 1956, Southern white opposition to desegregation mushroomed into a vicious backlash. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It's a lovely winter day in Amsterdam, and though there are other people on the street, couples like me and Willem, nobody acts like the forced parade of people is out of the ordinary. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He retained his hold like a dog, and Bigwig, snarling, brought both his own back legs forward, sank his feet in Bartsia’s side and then, ignoring the pain in his shoulder, forced himself upward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disoriented and uncommunicative, he was forced off the bus in Hurtsboro, Alabama, after unnerving some passengers by talking loudly to himself and gesturing wildly at objects he imagined were flying around him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had thought that it was healed, but the forced journey over the downs had evidently proved too much for the muscle torn by the shotgun pellets. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed and I forced a weak smile in return. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she handed the bills to Petey, she said, “Sooooooo,” drawing out the vowel with such forced casualness that a first grader would have been suspicious. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I feel the pressure increase on my right wrist until my hand is forced to open and I release the syringe. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was forced to wait in the back of an ambulance with a towel that smelled like bleach around me as a team pulled their car out of the river. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

George Weasley vented his feelings by hitting the second Bludger directly at the offending Beater, who was forced to roll right over in midair to avoid it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Their disappointment at not having found Minli forced them to admit their exhaustion, and they had slept under the canopy of tree branches during the day, leaving their silver goldfish as a guardian. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen the women be forced to lower their gaze when they encountered a man. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Abdullah decided to rent our house to a refugee family and forced Mama and me to move into his house. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the car ride here forced us closer together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Her heart hurt, physically, truly hurt, but she forced herself to keep her expression firm, unmoving, as he spoke. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He yelled and shook his fists and with his very threats forced her across the cluttered room until she collided with one of the steel bed frames and fell back onto a mattress. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such questions were immensely valuable and forced one to think hard about one’s views. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly he forced the oyster loose and held it tightly against his breast. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a huge effort, as if she were pushing a boulder up a slope, Lyra forced herself to wake up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The island forced us into a narrow channel on the east side of the river, and we floated underneath sycamore trees leaning out over the water in search of more sunlight. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was forced to climb inland, and by the time he rejoined the river bank on the far side of the gorge there was no sign of the cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virtually everyone supplying goods and services to the city had raised their rates, explaining that shortages of items and the general danger forced up their costs. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The Nazis used Jewish men as forced labor to aid the war effort. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ironically, the greatest triumph for both protagonists was the time they were forced to cooperate during the goblin insurgence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With her other hand, she forced a bottle of hot sauce between his pursed lips. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s fruit salad,” she says, her voice steady but forced. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He’d been part of Hera’s forced “exchange program” to introduce the two camps. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But no roaring crowd forced their doors or trampled their flowerbeds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave her a quick embarrassed peck and then forced her beside him again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And, as I said above, he should not depart from the good if it is possible to do so, but he should know how to enter into evil when forced by necessity. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I forced my eyes open, letting them fall where Liam had been standing only a second before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Cheeks flaming, she forced herself to look him in the eye. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Celaena had Nehemia read from her library books, and then forced her to copy letter after letter until they looked flawless. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So you can imagine how happy she was when they forced her to tell the truth about her imperial ancestry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where a fallen tree dammed the flow, the hunters were forced to loop around a deep green pool, but if the direwolves had done the same they'd left neither print nor spoor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If he forced them to hold down their costs, he would have to do the same with every merchant, laborer, and farmer doing business in town. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They could be fires of the Protection Units, or of local people forced out of their homes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at June, who gave me a forced smile. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had only enough time to observe that there was someone beside him before something wet was forced over his nose and mouth, and he tasted harsh, chemical fumes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

My eyes filled with tears, but I forced myself to not wipe them away. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Neither of us made a move to see what had just happened, and a forced silence fell over the area. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s worse to spend all day in my room, or struggle through my classes and be forced to speak to other human beings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So we’re forced to indulge in an underground market of technology and inventions to help better ourselves. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

With Ares gone, however, the Trojans were forced to fall back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were forced deeper and deeper underwater, the devastating roaring receding into a dull, faraway drone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mas Okui, who was forced to leave his school and go live in a Japanese internment camp, ended up becoming a teacher. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My first letter, Dear Mrs. O’Brien, Inasmuch as you have not seen fit to pay me what you owe me I may be forced to resort to legal action. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We stayed at the hospital for a few more hours until finally Momly basically forced us to leave, saying we didn't have to go back to school but that I could not miss track practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In seeking these articles, I encountered the beads of a pearl necklace Mr. Rochester had forced me to accept a few days ago. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But while I was forced into isolation from my dad's family back in the day, I still had more relatives living in the Bay Area than most of my American friends. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For their final test, each of the fourteen-year-olds is forced to climb a ladder haphazardly nailed to a wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Right,” I forced myself to say, just before the silence became a little too long and awkward. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wheeler and I have been forced to teach him how; he hath no skill in this. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The needs of others were so pressing that she was forced to put her grief aside for later. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was rapidly losing her courage, wondering if her instincts were wrong, but she forced herself to speak. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rather, I take my cue from Gone with the Wind: the scene in which Scarlett is forced to attend Miss Melanie's birthday party. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Playing here, working in the Fishery, and with a wealthy patron on the horizon, I’d no longer be forced to live like a pauper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she took the biggest knife from the kitchen, slipped it into the doorjamb, and forced it until the dried-out wood splintered and came out in fragments. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather pretend that I’m not sure what people think of me instead of being forced to carry around physical proof of it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t. It’s not like you tied him down and forced him.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had outlived all his family and, unable to work, had been forced to sell his possessions one by one, including, at last, the roof over his head. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

After they destroyed the temples, the soldiers roamed the country searching for monks and forced them to convert to the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roza rolled her eyes but forced her voice to remain cheerful. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Under different circumstances, being rid of him for a while would be a boon, but now she’d been forced to accept Wash’s charity again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it had been replaced by another emotion: anger at being forced to get back up on the bar before I’d felt ready. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He forced the door open, cast aside the chair and boxes hastily piled against it with one lazy wave of his wand...and there she stood, the child in her arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to find the next hold. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s the strangest thing, to spend all this time in school—forced through all these mandatory lessons—despite the fact that most of these subjects lead nowhere. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She tried four or five times before she was forced to accept that she just wasn’t big enough, and she put them down on the counter next to the door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“And forced to eat uncooked Pop Tarts until they accept how good they are,” Maya adds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I said that we either defended our country abroad, or we would be forced to fight in the streets of America, which everybody seemed to like. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if every day he were forced to cast another vote, between family and politics, politics and family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Barack and I had been through five campaigns in eleven years already, and each one had forced me to fight a bit harder to hang on to my own priorities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once, when he’d been ill, his boy had forced a pill down his throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And then, finally, of how my appearance had forced her to realize she hadn’t learned to cope at all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Bertus is not the only one being forced to work in Germany. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He read the clipping quickly, gave a very forced laugh, and handed it to Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Because no coaches were running north of Baltimore, the president and his secretary of state were forced to hire—at their own expense, Jefferson grumped—a carriage to take them to Germantown. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It finally got so compelling that I was forced to grip my fingernails into my palms in order to control it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only explanation is that the burglar must have had a duplicate key, since there were no signs of a forced entry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A hand grabbed her chin and forced it up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Jule sat on the edge of the bathtub and forced herself to breathe slowly. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Remember, Hannahleh, we open our door to remind ourselves of the time Jews were forced to keep their doors open to show the Christians we were not practicing blood rituals. Hah!” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie was silent, but she could tell from his expression—a forced, stretched smile that did not part his lips—that he regretted what he had said. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And then, when the president announced his unexpected decision to send a new American peace delegation to France in February of 1799, Jefferson apprised Madison that this “event of events” had been forced upon Adams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Guards forced James Stockdale’s badly healed broken leg into irons and left him until his limbs turned blue. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Unless people are forced to confront their lies, their brutality, their wrongness, how are they supposed to put things right? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Although everyone appeared to be in superb physical shape, circumstances had forced them to do the bulk of their training on StairMasters and treadmills rather than on actual peaks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I realized I was shaking my head and forced myself to speak. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had screeched and thrashed, but no matter how he struggled, he was forced downward. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Newt and Alby scrambled out of the Box after her, then forced their way through to the girl’s lifeless body, the crowd re-forming behind to cut them off from Thomas’s view. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was dragged fighting and protesting downwind and forced against a neighboring pier, and we could hear her hull crying against the oaken piles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before that recess I’d never had to choose, but when I was forced to choose, I chose black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even among those who signed, the experience of being forced to affirm one’s political loyalty was so repugnant that the real issue became whether to stay at Berkeley at all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The two of them were completely inseparable until they were forced apart. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hermione sat between them, making very forced conversation, but though both answered her normally, they avoided making eye contact with each other. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mama forced me to put it on, since the dress is sleeveless. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Do you know Bernard Marx?” she asked in a tone whose excessive casualness was evidently forced. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the capital representation resource centers around the country were forced to close. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Individual combat is a common theme; losers were formally stripped of their garments and forced to parade naked. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Go,” Perry said, lowering his fist with a quick downward movement that forced Blue Bill to spread his wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Greyback unlocked it with a tap of his wand, then forced them into a dank and musty room and left them in total darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

However, Sergio’s sudden decision to fly down the subway stairs was less made than forced on him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He forced down some dinner after Divination, then returned to the empty classroom with Hermione, using the Invisibility Cloak to avoid the teachers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When he had forced a drink from his flask down the hobbit’s throat, cut his leg-bonds, and dragged him to his feet, Merry stood up, looking pale but grim and defiant, and very much alive. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I ate half the sandwich after my mother pretty much forced me to eat something, and I have to say, it was pretty good. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt the blood drain from my face and I forced myself to take a slow, deep breath through my nose to calm myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I felt like a perfectly normal person, who was not cohabitating with a demon that forced me to think thoughts I hated thinking, and I was just feeling, like, I’ve been better this week. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I myself have discarded any kind of softness as useless, I find myself thinking that something important is lost if this man has been forced to deny his own nature. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some girls were forced to leave, for they had become pregnant during the rebellion. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She forced it to go to that situation on the bus so that she could rule out Erudite—except Erudite wasn’t ruled out.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They go in fits and starts, stopping so many times the rest of the Spec is forced to continue around them, parting like water around a stone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then I pulled my T-shirt up over my nose and forced my way against the headwind. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

All went well on the voyage, but when they disembarked and started overland for the palace, Tereus told Philomela that he had received news of Procne’s death and he forced her into a pretended marriage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed shy about answering, but with Mrs. Bates’s help, she forced herself to say a few words. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Treaty of Versailles forced the German people to accept full responsibility for starting the war. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t stop until the pain in my side forced me to take a long, deep breath. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was forced to work day and night to keep the future from seeping into the house, making a kind of refuge of the past, the only world he knew. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She smiled at me, but it was a forced smile, like she wasn’t actually happy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Aron was holding open the skin of the turkey while Lee forced stuffing into the cavity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stops, and I realize that the Augurs must have forced her to face some foul hallucination, something equal to my nightmare battlefield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The smell of the thick cream made him a little ill, but he forced himself to eat some. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to breathe shallowly as he clung to the wire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stood bemused until the pain in her head forced her on. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced the tip of the shovel between the dirt and the top of the metal case and tried to wedge it free. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He had forced her to say her least favorite word in the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Against another wall were white apple blossoms on branches cut into sharp crucifixes and forced to lie flat against the stone. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On February 10, Sheriff Clark and his possemen led 165 demonstrators, mostly teenagers and younger children, on a forced march into the countryside. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the country was at war, suffragists had to decide once again whether to suspend their efforts, as they had been forced to do during the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I stopped and forced myself to turn and walk out the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A blue-and-white Austin had blocked part of the road; the Jeep had been forced to a stop; the women were being led away peaceably, so the truck driver said, peaceably to the car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained how as a lawyer I was often forced to choose between compliance with the law and accommodating my conscience. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Westerberg found the station in time to catch the tail end of the Paul Harvey broadcast, and he was forced to agree: The few sketchy details made the anonymous hiker sound distressingly like his friend. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew, after working in the fields all day, forced his wife against her will to get some rest while he sat by his daughter’s bedside at night. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the table and forced my mind to accept the words “This is my dead sister.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was still dark when I got here this morning,” Mr. Gonzalez would say to Mr. Levy on those rare occasions when Mr. Lew was forced to visit Levy Pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Orcs go fast in tunnels, and this tunnel they knew well; for in spite of Shelob they were forced to use it often as the swiftest way from the Dead City over the mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In one stroke, Archie had forced Renault to show up here, to become part of the chocolate sale, and he also placed Renault at the mercy of the school, the students. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to breathe in slow and regular instead of telling her that my name was not her affair. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abigail had initially resisted the obvious because, as she put it, “the Heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, a strange white man had come to her house, written up the statement, and forced her to sign it, even though none of it was true. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And if you are given too many choices, if you are forced to consider much more than your unconscious is comfortable with, you get paralyzed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This way, the Jews were forced to pay for the repair and restoration of their own businesses, synagogues, and other buildings. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He did manage to get his revenge, and when it came, I was caught flatfooted and forced to leave the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sound of an airplane flying overhead came from the cassette player just as Crab forced the door open and walked in, dripping with sweat, rifle in his left hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We forced white people to take a different view. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He stared a little too hard into my eyes and forced a smile. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he seemed to remember he had a reputation to protect and he forced a scowl. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Liam must have sensed this, because he latched onto my shoulder and forced me down, pressing the side of my face against the cold, rough asphalt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When the great room was cleaned up once again, at swordpoint they forced them out, between the roundhouse and the palisade, pell-mell to huddle in that dead end without exit. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like here”—Gilly now felt forced to justify an opinion which she didn’t in the least hold—“like here at the end, ‘the meanest flower that blows.’ The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Clyde forced me to try it on in the garage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greyback crooned as he forced them along the corridor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, of course”—but his chuckle seems a little forced—“What do you think I am, an ogre?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there one edge of the ruptured skin rose over the other, revealing its fatty layers, and little obtrusions like miniature bunches of red grapes forced up from the fissure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But if he let it get his goat now that would be even less his style, and so he forced it to the back of his mind and had some more coffee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat sipping some water while he told her that he had been drunk, that Amala had forced herself on him, that it had been a brief rash lust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She forced a tiny, awkward smile, trying to reassure him, but Alex could tell something was up. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m an eternal stranger forced to reintroduce myself to her one bon mot at a time. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There was only one show, and one auditorium, so Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan were forced to share at least that much. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of it all made Tyrion feel queasy, but he forced himself to try a spoon of soup for the sake of politeness, and once he had tasted it he was lost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As Otto’s swollen foot was dragged upward, he was forced to stand on one hand. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here he was, a man with an insatiable appetite for learning, forced for most of his adult life to live in intellectual isolation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When he reached the top, he flopped down on his back on the wooden slats, then forced himself to roll over. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In spite of its dubious appearance it sent a faint curl of steam into the frosty air, and Kit forced herself to take a few spoonfuls while the woman stood watching, hands on her hips. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the bar had forced iron rust under the skin and made a kind of tattoo. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham could send telegrams, but they forced a cold and clumsy brevity and afforded little privacy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The word repulsed him, but Ekon forced a small smile of his own. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The shabby theatrics of the war reports, the voice that forced morsels of invented hope down people’s throats, did not interest him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pelias had forced Jason’s father to kill himself and his mother had died of grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Coopers were respected, and their self- respect was in no way forced. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squelched the panic and forced himself to give an encouraging smile as he walked back and knelt at her side. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Dimple bit her lip and forced herself to say the next part. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I mean, yeah, I’m mad that you didn’t tell me. That you’ve been lying to me for I don’t know how long. And that you forced Mom to work with Daniel.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He told her about the frigid little ceremony that Katharine had forced him to go through on the same night every week. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They had concentrated all their efforts on getting inside without being detected: They had not given a moment’s thought to what they would do if they were forced to separate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to wait ten more minutes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the air in his lungs was forced out like he was a half-filled balloon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I can, however, commiserate with them on the situations they were forced to endure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The men are being forced to build a wall that surrounds the entire kingdom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bigger forced a smile and looked down at the black and white linoleum on the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smell reminded her of chemistry lab in secondary school, and so she forced open the bathroom window, which was often jammed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Koffi forced the words, trying to ignore the growing sting behind her eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In her plain black dress she sat there like a cuckoo that has forced its way into another bird's nest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She forced her mind to split into two parts—one intensely focused on her task, one playing the role Sciron needed to see. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But the anthem's running out and I'm only three quarters of the way through the wood when the music ends, the sky goes dark, and I'm forced to stop. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If Vandara had stood, she would have forced herself to ignore the pain in her leg and stand as well. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after Uncle Andrew had struggled in vain with the hat for some time, two other policemen seized it by the brim and forced it off. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And someday, I’m sure of it, kids will be forced to analyze his poems out of a textbook. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Melyngar began to swim, her strong legs keeping her afloat and in motion, but the current swung her around; she collided with Taran and forced him under the water. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But I was forced to meet him again at supper. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Werner feels sympathy for the two million French prisoners of war that the Nazis have forced into labor in Germany. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad forced a smile and attempted to radiate good humor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police forced the door there; they could just as easily do that here too! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

If not, I'd be forced to move around to stay warm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As for the dress, it had cost a week’s wages and she was forced to use scrip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Drawing a deep breath, she forced herself to bring the camp back into focus; it was like turning a camera lens. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he and X-Ray were at Camp Green Lake together, they were forced to get up every morning at four- thirty. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Haymitch finally joins us, contributing twenty-three years of tributes he was forced to mentor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Protect your women: in a civilization that emasculates the male and abuses the female, and in which, moreover, the male is forced to depend on the female’s bread-winning power. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He took a few deep breaths and then forced his face into a smile, which looked quite painful. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Okra is not edible in my book. Like something forgotten that’s been foraged and forced on us. Like eggplant and mushrooms.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clenched his fists and forced his way past Woody. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In other words, the condemned man was forced into a kind of moral collaboration. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He forced his thoughts toward the new situation, the one that was supposed to make him happy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Perspiring and breathing lightly, Malvonne forced herself to read the letter several times. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” said Julian, and did the same exact thing as Jack Will: took my hand, forced a smile, looked down fast. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She forced herself not to look at Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In an interview with the Carolina Times, she, too, felt forced to explain her participation in the program. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the remainder of the day, we were not forced to work very hard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy wanted to run down Cherry Street, but her ankle still smarted a little, so she slapped her notebook shut and forced herself to walk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Starvation, during some bad drought or extra cold winter, had forced them to eat anything they could get hold of. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I puked before I went to bed, but I didn't really have to--I forced myself. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He could have forced her away from the crib, but it seemed more prudent to finish them all.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As KGB officers surrounded Tolkachev, one of them forced a thick rope between his teeth, to prevent him from biting down on a suicide pill. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jake couldn’t believe they were being forced to help the bad guys steal the treasure. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You might know it by the name the pale people forced upon it. The San Juan River,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By “adopt” I mean it was forced on us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had forced his way through holes in walls, crawled through cellars, and ducked down behind the parapets of balconies that were no longer used. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I came because I was forced, and believing my son lived here. Now he has gone none knows where. I must return to my youngest son, he will somehow support us.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has a smile—but not that fake, forced smile. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Oldham did admit that activists had forced some needed changes, but the former cotton mill manager immediately added huffily that “this could have been done solely by negotiation, without the picketing.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Long ago I had been forced to give up climbing on the monkey bars and the swings as well, which had made me very sad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His head had been forced down so that we could not see his face. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when I rise up on tiptoe to kiss him, it doesn’t seem forced at all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy grating sound revealed double sliding doors being forced open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The timing is perfect, because I’m forced to stick a smile on my face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the grave, forced himself to become entirely visible. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Eventually, however, the naysayers were forced to concede that not only did variation change over time, but so did dip. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He then poured her more wine and forced the glass into her hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She sat still for a moment, holding the key, and then she forced herself to walk over to the Boring Room door. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She told everybody that Sula had pushed him, and talked so strongly about it she was forced to abide by the advice of her friends and take him to the county hospital. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and forced the thoughts and dark images away and at some point he fell asleep. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The lack of emotion in Uncle C’s voice forced my head around before I could stop myself. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think the taxpayers would be too keen on hearing that their elected official traveled in unrivaled luxury while they were forced to ride in barrels pushed along by clanking old engines. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The bus lurched to a stop, and we were all forced to stay deathly still as the camp gate slid shut behind us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We have in the past been forced into reluctant change by weather, calamity, and plague. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After covering just four miles, the growing storm forced them to turn back toward the cabin. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers through his hair and forced a smile through clenched teeth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Crouching on all fours, Matthias forced his way into the hole which proved to be another tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on the tidal wave and forced it to reverse. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That same year, another event forced me to recast my whole approach to political work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the river of surplus corn is waiting and so the cows must be forced to consume it and turn it into beef you and I can buy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I forced honey into my voice, and a humble tone. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theseus led his army against Thebes, conquered her and forced her to allow them to be buried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newt forced the Gladers to go on and get some of Frypan’s hard-earned dinner, but he insisted on standing watch for the missing duo. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I search for broken windows, signs of forced entry. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Some of them forced their way into his life, and he thrived on the freshness of those love affairs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clacked as he walked, rattling like a pair of castanets, and since he had no teeth he was forced to eat baby food. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop, Log-a-Log! You have no right to strike a comrade! He was only stating the facts. Our Guerrilla Union rules clearly state that no member can be forced to venture beyond official shrew boundaries.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nature forced my words right back down my throat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My vision blurred with tears and forced the breath out of my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her face tightened into a expression of forced patience, as if she were explaining something to a thick-headed child. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But it troubled me that a small boy would be forced out of school by a bunch of bullies. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had his politics to protect him, and his scientifically based theories of class, and his own rather forced self-certainty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Somehow I landed facedown, which forced the antenna to a strongly oblique angle that put a lot of torque on the hole in the suit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make room for this ghetto, non-Jewish families were forced to move out of their homes, and three or four Jewish families were moved into each one. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even after a hard winter that had frequently forced me to pay for a warm spot to sleep, my hoard was over twenty iron pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He thought he could see the windows and that made him think again of the pilot sitting inside and he forced his thoughts from it—but he could see no hatchet. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the ramrod was forced down behind, it created enough pressure to spray an opponent with a shower of slimy gunk. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

In doing so, she was forced to turn right at every turn, and the simple laws of physics and geometry ensured that eventually she found the exit. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were, indeed, but both she and the boy knew that the real reason she was forced to hand the letter over was the fact that she could not read. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In wartime, being forced to wear men’s underwear drove them crazy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Quite early on, three who tried to do so were hunted down and forced to return. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is my belief that Cathy Ames was born with the tendencies, or lack of them, which drove and forced her all of her life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The nymph fan club tried to shove Hazel out of the way, but she drew her cavalry sword and forced them back. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In addition to their flight preparations, all three young women had to learn to fire pistols and hunting weapons in case they were forced to land in the Siberian wilderness. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He forced his mind back to the whales. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam, who had never heard of Nixon, or the scandal that had forced him to resign, did not say anything back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He continued, “Cannot read in the Evenings—fatness & idleness—Anxiety & responsibility—less money for books &c if many children forced to gain one’s bread.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I came all the way here so that when I talked, you'd be forced to talk back." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She could hear echoing noises coming closer—the stomping boots, the bangs as the soldiers forced open doors not opened quickly enough, the shouted questions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was unceremoniously forced to the floor with the others. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But British gunboats fired on the barge that was carrying Arnold across the river, and he was forced to return to West Point. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father, a wealthy and very well-known businessman, had been forced to contribute money to the Citizens Council campaign in order to do a healthy amount of business in Little Rock. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not go inside the drugstore or walk past it unless my parents forced me to. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in another way I was forced to admit that that was the whole secret of good organization. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But now he was forced to think again. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I wiped my eyes on the back of my sleeve and forced the knot back down my throat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Below us, Madam leaned against the sturdy figure of Lady Seymour, who had come to the house early and forced Madam out of bed and into a Sunday dress. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in her case, neighbors had kept their distance, believing she was destined for an early death and anyone she touched would be forced to accompany her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom forced me. She said it’d be good for making friends.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Everything I ever loved I had been forced to leave behind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The hands forced Samuel’s head down and forced his face tight in against his father’s black best coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Maniac finally forced himself from the shower, he found the old man waiting with clothes. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the banks were lined with a jagged shelf of frozen over-flow, no ice bridges spanned the channel of open water, so he was forced to wade. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he forced his eyes to trace the god’s form, starting with his black iron boots, each one as large as a coffin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The 22-pound bergen backpack that he had been forced to wear cut into his shoulders and had rubbed blisters into his back. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to befriend other students, clumsily introducing myself again and again until I had a small circle of friends. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the first blue light of dawn Matt forced himself to get up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he went now, he’d be forced to return in deep darkness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

To pretend there was an impenetrably thick glass wall between us in the one class where we were forced together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Most recently, when the Somali civil war began in 1991, the warring factions forced the Somali Bantu off their land in the fertile Juba River valley. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I forced a smile and watched as she slipped back into her apartment. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I forced my head high and my eyes wide open, tried to look like I belonged even as I yearned to cringe away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a fistful of his shirt, pushed it up to his chin, forced his head back. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When my cue came, I froze, and he was forced to propel me onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had a system in place that forced their commanders to stop and talk things over and figure out what was going on. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Other prisoners were starting to stir, and Jack forced himself to stand up and look around. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t volunteer for adventure, I was forced into it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“God, how I wish there were more kids in this town so I wouldn’t be forced to hang out with a kook like you,” she replied. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mother hadn’t wanted to come with us to Washington, but I’d forced the issue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In November 1777 Howe began planning a battle that would defeat Washington so thoroughly that he would be forced to surrender, and the Revolutionary War would end in a major British victory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end they were forced to perform this procedure out-of-doors, bleeding patients directly onto the paving stones of the road. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It threw off the skimmer’s balance, forced him to relearn his shuffle, and showed any future employer that he had to be watched. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let’s celebrate,” I said, with a forced gaiety. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we were forced to be part of an international heist. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Out of sheer boredom I have come up with names for the musicians I imagine performing each of the Muzak melodies I am forced to listen to every time I work at Awkworth & Ames. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The implication that Lott was a fan of segregation raised enough of a fury that he was forced to quit his Senate leadership post. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

By this point, even the most thickheaded and grudging students were being forced to admit that my quick admittance to the Arcanum was something other than a fluke. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His wife had given birth to four strong sons, but in the king’s reign, he had been forced to ride into battles to preserve the peace of his kingdom. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t, but I forced myself not to show it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it has been a few hours, or only a few minutes, but I’m forced back into that sleep-wake space by the sound of a man yelling. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After a year, a rent increase forced us to move to the Virginia Highlands section of the city, where we stayed for a year before another rent increase sent us to Midtown Atlanta. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If I’m being honest, the group hug feels a little forced. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was a low, insistent knock thumping through the house that finally forced me out of bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She glared at me constantly and flipped her hair whenever I was near, highlighting how short she’d been forced to cut it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the newly occupied countries, Jews were forced to sew yellow Stars of David on their clothes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That had been one of the worst effects of her betrayal, the way he’d been forced to second-guess himself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A young girl brought here for a forced rendezvous? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced a window with a screwdriver and entered and took the gun; I slipped it in my shirt and returned home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps for that reason his accomplishment took root in my mind and grew rapidly in the darkness where I was forced to hide it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But why commit me to a life of cold, forced chastity behind convent walls? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This was before my time; I joined the college in 1965 at the tail end of the bitterness, when similar disagreements forced another Nobel Prize-winning Master, Sir Nevill Mott, to resign. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The magnetic screws refused to be coaxed back into their grooves without the proper tool, so Artemis was forced to glue them too. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Yet Brian wanted it to be, wanted it to be so much that he forced himself to believe it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to wait—one Mississippi, two Mississippi—then dove aside as the fiery sphere demolished the locker room door. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the foot with both paws and forced it up from the ground. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They treat us like animals, but tonight we will be forced to be their women.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have I heard of the new disease which will turn us all into deformed cretins unless the paper companies are forced to stop dumping mercury into the rivers? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she forced herself to envision the dress she would make for Cari. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Can you imagine being forced to watch as the people you loved and protected were hunted down and dragged away, never to be seen again? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The best thing you can do right now is stay out of my way, or else I may be forced to ram that blue rinse straight into that morass you call a brain.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They forced her to teach in Russian, even though many children did not yet fully understand the language. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As I watched the initial forced desegregation, though, several thoughts ran through my mind: Why are these white people so angry? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t moved and her face was still pressed against the bars with the same sad, forced smile on it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The North Korean government had been forced—by catastrophic famine in the mid-1990s and the importance of Chinese foodstuffs in feeding the population—to tolerate a porous border with China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now it was really no longer a joke, and Gregor forced himself, come what might, into the door. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the mention of sleep, a yawn forced its way out, and I blinked in surprise. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When I finally watched the news, I learned that a spokesman for Fazlullah said the Taliban had been “forced” to shoot me because I would not stop speaking out against them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope that’ll do, if I provide for you like a Jordan Scholar,” she whispered to the dead boy, and forced his teeth apart to slip the coin into his mouth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon forced himself to stand, ignoring the new stars that filled his vision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But regular folks burnt out of their homes and penniless Loyalist refugees on the run from the rebels, they were forced to shelter in Canvastown, the new name for the burned-over district. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several years after the Osage murder investigation, Wren, the Ute agent, was forced out of the bureau again, this time for good. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“No, Minya. Unlike you, the rest of us experience a normal range of emotion, including but not limited to distress when forced to endure the disgust of the dead.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t stay here one minute past what I was being forced to. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Other people forced themselves in front of her and the man and boy disappeared inside. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then he wasn’t sure whether he passed out or just forced himself to separate from his body until it was finally over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I would’ve let it go if my father weren’t using his thick and forced Jamaican accent again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I took the paper to my desk and sat down with a pencil and forced myself through the tangle of numbers step by step. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As she forced her memory back, she felt she was being exposed as a traitor to her sister’s cause. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She forced the slippers over my hands, smiling all the while, watching my eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I dropped them on the table, Prim's hands reached to tear off a chunk, but I made her sit, forced my mother to join us at the table, and poured warm tea. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At one point, a downpour forced him to roll the log close to the cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The taste of that foul porridge almost choked Jon, but he forced it down. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The girl hopped over and forced apart the bushes, in which there did not seem to be an opening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She beckoned him to come close to her, and the second he was within reach she seized him and forced him to sit facing her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Yet when I tried to be gentle with the birds as I grabbed them, they flapped around even more violently, until I was forced to let go. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

One’s thought patterns become different, he said, when forced into the confines of a rigid and unfamiliar tongue. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He swallowed whatever the sound was and forced a smile and tried to shake my hand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scared as I was, I raised my hand to wave and forced myself to smile. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nobody but a religious fanatic would put up with such gross ignorance for over an hour every week of their lives—nobody but religious fanatics and the innocent victims they forced to go to church. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Finn used cold and trembling fingers to peel back his eyelids, forced his reluctant eyes to focus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even the woods and the meadows have been stripped of disorderly life forms and forced into a uniform made of concrete. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groaning, he forced his eyes open, squinting at first. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I nod in agreement, squeeze my lips into a forced smile, and slip past her before she can ask any other questions. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was 1986, not long after Baby Doc Duvalier had been forced from power by a popular uprising. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The Kapos forced everyone to look him squarely in the face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer and Pima forced their stiff limbs to move and stumbled down to the beach, joining a ragged assemblage of other survivors who were streaming toward the sands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And if night fell too soon and Justin was forced to go home by foot over the Bruckner Expressway overpass in the dark, he knew to run all the way. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I twist my arm so she's forced to drop it, and brush past her again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because of this, so as not to lose her kingdom, she was forced to throw herself into the lap of the King of Aragon. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

There had always been something inward and painfully shy about Mike, but the death of his father forced him to grow up even faster than he already had. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash almost missed her visit entirely, because she had been forced to go into Rook Hill with her stepmother and stepsisters. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke with people who had been forced to come to the city after their villages had been destroyed by American bombs, their crops wiped out by Agent Orange. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The temperature plummeted so low that I was forced to spend a few nights at the Catamount Motel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry forced himself to keep looking straight into those cold eyes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I found a small window there, slightly ajar, and I forced it open and climbed inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He modernized the dairy, which was just an old shed filled with flies and manure, and forced the cows to produce enough milk to meet his needs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he forced himself to watch her run back, race for the bank, leap, swing, and jump off, landing gracefully on her feet on the far side. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The bitter word was forced out just in time. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And Gaylyn didn’t know the full story—just how the lies tortured Reggie and left him questioning how he behaved when forced to confront difficult truths. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Forgot why he left in the first place and was forced to sneak into his own home ground. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pain tore through my foot as I forced myself to keep running. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A small country, forced to live by its wits, its foreign policy contained a strong pacifist element. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I forced my hands against my sides, locked my legs together, and descended. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Bobby believed that if he were brought back and forced to stand trial, he’d be convicted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She could scarcely bear to look at Prudence, but she forced herself to raise her head. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then I forced myself to go back to the article. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“There are so many inquisitive people and insti-tutions abounding,” said Arobin, “that one is really forced as a matter of convenience these days to assume the virtue of an occupation if he has it not.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to keep track of her and Keith’s once comfortable savings, which she had hoped to not touch until later but now was forced sometimes to dip into. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But instead she forced herself to smile a little. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She also gave herself twenty years’ headstart over the young girls, although she admitted to only ten, which already forced her to push. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They forced women into slave marriage with the King for the purpose of reproducing their babies at a high rate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly realized I would never recover my composure looking up there, so I looked back at the students and forced a smile. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The island’s undergrowth was surpris-ingly thick, and he had to push it aside to keep it from whipping him in the face as he forced through. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of a year he never spoke at all, unless he was forced to it or found himself alone with the foul old old peasant he met in the woods sometimes, his counselor. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people, forced to disgorge ever- increasing tribute to Tenochtitlan, were resentful and bitter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each group was forced into a rhythm, keeping a pace that was difficult for the slowest and weakest of them as they marched. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

By summer’s end, the Allies forced the German armies back across France and Belgium and liberated Paris. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and forced himself to count to three. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The sounds were full with the sensation of slicing through land, the sense of forced progress, the sense that things made of steel would always win over things made of earth. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It became such an ordeal—so painful—that I forced myself to take my mind off her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Montag faltered, got a grip on the books, and forced himself not to freeze. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Supposing somebody put a gun to your head and forced you to choose, Ishmael. Is there a God or isn’t there?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the soreness confused me, forced me to recall that for me, the woman’s attack had come only hours ago. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tilted Kaz’s head back roughly and forced his mouth open, feeling around with fat fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If they had not wrought a revolution, the students had at least forced the pace of social evolution. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to stand and staggered down the ladder into the main cabin and over to the galley door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And so, as July wanes on, I am forced from my attic bedroom to a cot on the screened back porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He then talked of his own journey since the accident, which he says left him with injuries that forced him to give up his passion of being a farrier. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But one day, an old man arrived at school, wearing trousers with a mended patch near the knee, his face gaunt, his body bowed with the humility that poverty had forced on him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It also forced him and Beidleman to shoulder a disproportionate share of the caretaker duties for their group, and by the first week in May the effort had taken an unmistakable toll on Fischer’s health. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice wobbled a bit, but she forced herself to stand straighter. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The separate office remained, as did the segregated bathrooms, but in the Battle of the West Area Cafeteria, the unseen hand had been forced to concede victory to its petite but relentless adversary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then, after retrieving him from the water, they formed a phalanx, forced their way into the building, and slid the doors closed behind themselves, letting in only a few Seattle pressmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Conor forced himself to keep looking at it, making himself see that it was just a tree, a tree like any other, like any one of those that lined the railway track. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nailer’s right shoulder and upper back burned with all the activity, and he was glad he hadn’t been forced onto light crew today. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, when I studied myself in the mirror, I was forced to admit that I appeared rather fetching in a dramatic way. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

These ladies-in-waiting of the imperial court were forced to sell flowers and other favors to the fishermen near the scene of the battle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess forced himself to fake a smile at Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It forced me to fill my gas tank and compelled me to stop and offer a ride to an old Negro who trudged with heavy heels in the grass- grown verge beside the concrete road. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who brought the alcohol. And nobody forced us to drink it,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When we resisted, she forced our mouths wide open and poured the lentils in. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

My throat was so dry I gagged on it, but I forced the melting snow down, ignoring the shocking pain in my teeth from the cold. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes wide, blinked, forced them to work and saw that he was on his back, looking at the stone-layered ceiling of the overhang. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was sitting in the tent entrance, on guard duty, staring idly at a clump of grape hyacinths that had forced their way through the chilly ground, when Ron shouted excitedly from inside the tent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now, with Mrs. Frisby’s help, he forced open Brutus’s mouth and poured in just a few drops of the smokey liquid the bottle contained. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He forced her to the ground and then kicked her in the direction of the passageway. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy’s powerful advisers had forced her into exile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, when he had regained a little strength, he forced himself to stand and leave. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Gabe had forced her to go into work, saying she had a month’s salary to make up and she’d better get started. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She forced her muscles to flex, her fingers to seek, and pulled herself up one foot, then another, again and again, murmuring prayers of gratitude to her Saints. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was forced on me as I sat chilled through the chapel service, that this probably vindicated the rules of Devon after all, wintery Devon. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

This ragged group then joined several hundred American prisoners of war on a forced trek to Mampo, a small town on the Yalu River, which forms the border between North Korea and China. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Horrible! We’re told when to eat, when to sleep, what to wear, and we’re forced to work. How is this any different from camp?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Ainu were conquered, rounded up into reserves, forced to work for trading posts, driven off land desired by Japanese farmers, and killed when they revolted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m an assassin, and he’s Captain of the Guard, forced to belittle himself by minding the would-be King’s Champion.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs to notify Garrett that he won’t be put up for adoption, sent to a forced labor camp, or cooked into meat pies—but he’s nowhere to be found. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The ancient, giant mahogany trees, all the trees, the game, everything of the forest was being destroyed, and the land was forced to lie flat, he said, and bare as the palm of his hand. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn't shy, but when she spoke, certain words tended to leave her mouth reluctantly, as if they'd been forced out against their will. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The man explains the imprisonment and murder of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and how they were forced to wear purple armbands. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Many, many were sick The chief was given all his storebought utensils and forced to walk away from the village forever. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was fed up with all the rules forced upon me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hank forced his fingers through his wiry hair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because of the ensuing chaos, they were unable to give her a proper funeral, as she would have wished, ana were forced to bury her in a hurry, without speeches or tears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warm morning sun shone on Jody’s back so sweetly that he was forced to take a serious stiff-legged hop now and then in spite of his maturity. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean the place where they were all forced out of their houses to stand naked in the snow?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our warriors were forced backward to the cliffs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The appropriate answer, as far as she was concerned, was "tired," because the overly cheery instructor forced us to lie down on sticky rubber mats for twenty minutes after "lunchtime picture book." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her parents forced her to have a bed, but she convinced them to banish the dresser to the garage. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The forest slowed Flux and the beast, as they were forced to knock down the ashen, leafless trees to keep up. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of letting people respond at their own pace, he forced them to make a decision within 500 milliseconds—half a second. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

After a time he was forced to stop, panting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife whispered in his ear and twice forced him to change his verdict when she thought he was being too generous. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t even think about my parents, forced to deal with the death of their only remaining child. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But troops swarming across the road forced the convoy to a halt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The words tasted of bile in his throat, but he forced them out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Three weeks later, two American atomic bombs forced Japan to surrender. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I was really sick, but I forced myself to go through the entire...” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and forced myself to ask the question I’d been wondering for weeks now. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The guest bathroom has to be perfect, and Hana and I are forced to be Momma’s prep cooks with lots of dicing and measuring and cleaning up after. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It pained her to be gracious, but she forced herself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Seeing Rose standing there with the knife brought back the picture of that night she had forced Matt to take me away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Narrow trails rising above deep gorges now forced the company to go in single file. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Standoff Mark Antony, forced to take action, tried to engage Octavian’s forces in battle, but Octavian refused to fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She could feel his smile even with her eyes closed, and it sickened her, but she propped up the corners of her mouth and forced herself to look at him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could find no improvement with overnight analysis, and upon resumption he was forced to continue seeking what looked like a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We are only gate-crashers in this fantasy, however, forced to pay for our presence with backaches and perpetual thirst. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time—as his brother was taken back and forth to a special medical home and was forced to wear braces on his legs, which left him limping—Morrie felt responsible. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was forced to hire a pair of bodyguards to protea him from his own excesses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A great wind blew upon us in the early part of night, which forced us to remove the sheets from the ship’s railings before they should blow away. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Till I have a letter from Colonel Campbell,” said she, in a voice of forced calmness, “I can imagine nothing with any confidence. It must be all conjecture.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Was Hamlet, too, an actor in Claudius’s malevolent plot, forced into the role of villain on the stage of his mother’s room? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He saw that I saw, forced them down, palms flat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Taisin could feel the forced cheer coming from Kaede, who regarded her with serious brown eyes, her mouth slowly turning down at the corners as the grin faded. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She has been seen twice in your custody and I will be forced to take formal action against you if it happens again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But there was no romance in the knee which forced my legs, nor in the rub of hairy skin on my chest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced an uncomfortable grin as we turned away and started walking toward the black yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A blister was swelling on his left heel which forced him to walk on the edge of his boot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, what if your first kiss had been here, like that, all forced and crazy. What a story you’d have for your first kiss!” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had been forced to flee so often, the thought of going anywhere else was simply terrifying. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth grew sharper; her senses heightened; her skin tickled and warmed till she was forced to shuck her clothes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Seth dropped to all fours and forced his way in. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But we’re all citizens of the United States, forced on a dead-end journey into the desert. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But the church doors were locked, and they were forced to find shelter elsewhere. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to stay alert and to keep shouting. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Atoms would literally be crushed together, their electrons forced into the nucleus, forming neutrons. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She tried to answer, but wound up coughing savagely instead, and he forced her face down in the dirt before she could manage another breath. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

With the police closing in on one side and townsfolk on the other, Uncle Al is forced to refund the whole day’s proceeds. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We glazed at each other until Idiptu, with difficulty, forced himself to relax. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each time she came to the Store, I was forced to go up to her, while she raked her yellow nails down my cheeks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to look into his face and to keep my body stiff to hide my fright. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

His stocky strength seemed striving for release and his fingers, as they twisted each other with nervous yanks, might have forced an iron bar out of true. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But that had been spontaneous, forced upon us by bad weather and strange circumstances, just some random act of God, the type of thing you can’t get insurance for. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were few leaves left on the bush, as the old man had been forced to eat leaves to deal with the great hunger which plagued him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But while all this excitement was going on outside, poor James was forced to stay locked in his bedroom, peeping through the bars of his window at the crowds below. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

His round face quivered as he forced a smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had been forced to lay off drivers and shut down several bus routes just to stay in business. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Ginny’s O.W.L.s were approaching and she was therefore forced to study for hours into the night. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

Being forced to watch as Deputy Collins searched through our house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I scanned the Herball and my other books, but their instructions being general, I was forced to guess. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When they could not pass through the region that Octavian occupied, they were forced into the hills. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

His family came to America to follow the American dream, but when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they were forced into internment camps. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nailer ducked his head and forced down his anger. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she slipped inside and pulled the door shut, she shuffled to the nearest pile of straw and plopped onto it as the first tears forced their way out of her eyes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She sat down and forced herself to take stock of her chances. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Its hand forced itself farther down his throat, icy cold, choking him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Grace, what is—” Grace forced her legs to move forward, and she swiped the phone from Maya so fast that it clattered to the floor. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When they had beds, they usually slept two or more on a twin mattress, lying head to foot, forced to crawl across a sea of sleeping bodies to reach their beds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I forced myself back to that day at the doctors. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Now here she was, a woman getting along in years, forced to make her living among all the black scum of this wicked city. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to turn to the boys, who were silently studying their menus. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I stepped backward into the hallway, and with a forced politeness that surprised me and seemed to throw him off stride, I said, “Won’t you come in?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping up the big house on the corner required an army of servants, and her mother’s entourage forced them to maintain twenty-four-hour shifts in the kitchen. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jolly difficult to sleep and when I do I just have nightmares about flying burning planes with faulty chokes, being forced to cut Julie’s throat with Etienne’s pocketknife, etc. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He waved and forced a smile, trying to hide his disappointment. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I know that I was forced to do some kind of folk steps to music in fourth grade, and I now realize that I was tragically uncoordinated even at that. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They forced farmers to move to land that would be more likely to produce. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It might get noised about that the Pontel- liers had met with reverses, and were forced to conduct their manage on a humbler scale than heretofore. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would once again be forced to relive the horrors of September 15, 1963. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally got close enough to see the runaway’s face, a handsome frightened face, his guards had forced him up the courthouse steps. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will always be grateful to the parish priest who forced a mortician to remove an elaborate arrangement of flowers from a coffin: ‘Don’t hide it!’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another brief was filed on behalf of former child soldiers whose terrifying behavior after being forced into violent African militias made the crimes of our clients seem much less aggravated by comparison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If the wrist failed him, then the touch had fled and he would be forced to challenge the tall men who dwelled beneath the basket with swift drives that they would quickly move to intercept. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have it memorized,” she shouted behind me, “because I’m forced to say it every day of your animal boy life!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Painfully, she forced herself to roll over and crawl to the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They forced all eight of the passengers from the vehicles and ordered them to sit on the curb of the traffic island that split Alameda. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Groaning, he forced a smile, even though it looked like it caused him great pain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The threat of persecution and deportation if found, and the fact that Alexandra was being demolished, did not stop this stream of forced migration. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat forced himself into the burrow as far as he could go, and crouched there, unable to turn and face what might come, for the burrow was very narrow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wavered for a moment and then forced the gate open. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave of nausea breaks over me, and I’m forced to drop my head between my legs for a few moments. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Spurge repeated, “I am sorry. I am sorry I abused your hospitality. And got you involved in my spying. And forced you to flee with me here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Each forced to shake hands with the teacher. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi had opened her mouth to call his name when one of the gorillas barreled toward her and forced her to roll out of its path. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Because Adam had lived in the Middle East, Acosta was "forced” to conclude "that the men of the Indies traveled there from Europe or Asia.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I forced myself not to run as I pushed through the arriving workers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now forced to accept that the Elder Wand was real, she maintained that it was an evil object, and that the way Voldemort had taken possession of it was repellent, not to be considered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The pinch of the Depression forced many research philanthropies to reduce their grants for basic science in physics and chemistry, but money still flowed abundantly for projects in biology and medicine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It is a dreadful thing to have you forced to live there! so far off!—and the air so bad!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He turned to his former partner, Lise Meitner, a Jewish physicist who’d been forced out of Germany by Hitler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think, Ma'am," said Bree very crushingly, "that I know a little more about campaigns and forced marches and what a horse can stand than you do." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Sigurd’s cruel, cold eyes forced themselves into her mind. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But not even her parents would be officially informed that Tally had been forced to run away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“When your foolish act of compassion forced the Kuhani to expel you from candidacy, I thought our hopes might be dashed.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Those with a faint yellow X, or an orange or red one, were forced to fight through the mud with their hands and feet in metal cuffs, a long chain connecting them in a line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

To anyone who questioned the effectiveness of the loyalty oaths, he replied that people who really did owe allegiance to their country would be proud to pledge it as often as he forced them to. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I sank down into the empty space their wagon had left and felt the aches and pains of a dozen injuries that I had forced myself to ignore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She turned tentatively, assessing the emptiness of the room with her eyes, and then tried to lift her head but was forced back by the pain the attempt caused. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t like being forced to sound smart. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We needed to huddle to keep warm, and Dri forced herself to be wrapped in the sail and shiver with us. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody has his holiday once a month; no one, whatever his position, is obliged or forced to work when in kemmer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Lumiere brothers refused my request, so I was forced to build my own, which I did using leftover parts from my automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to stay in her seat until it stopped, and to calmly walk forward. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The black businessman and the black maid were undifferentiated by the law that forced them to the rear of the bus. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph did not take the hint so the fat boy was forced to continue. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it It was as if everything would lead to sorrow, so long as man refused to forget the past. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I felt the press of her hand against mine, I forced my eyes open, blinking against the sunlight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to look up at him, and felt at that moment the intensity of the attention that Florence fixed on her, as though she were trying to shout a warning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

By all accounts, Jack did not furnish a single word to assist the poor players, who were forced to invent or to omit whole passages. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand. If I’m forced to eat another chicken finger, another PB&J, if I even smell another Hot Pocket, I am going to barf.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I trust you, I do,” I said, “but I didn’t want you to think that I had forced my way in or manipulated you. I didn’t want you to be afraid of me.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Assuming an aggressive, sneering manner that seemed forced, for really he is a mild and lenient man, Smith asked the witness if he had a nickname. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many college graduates were forced to work as cabbies or waitresses after graduation, but they retained the confidence of a public identity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ostentatiously counted my eight cents change and held it out so that I was forced to hold up my hand to receive it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Union leaders were not to be completely shut down, but the union was forced to scale back its plans, with separate parades for blacks and whites. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at the office worker and forced a pleasant tone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She slapped the girl’s face violendy, and forced her head back so that their eyes met in struggle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to focus at his big lumpy nose, then a little higher at his eyes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the distance between the grates, the visitors and the prisoners were forced to speak very loud. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Kunthi took it all, I swear it. She forced me, I did not want you to know.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas, still a bit queasy from the Changing, forced himself to take a second and gain his composure. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"I fear I'm the intruder, Lord Varys," he said with forced courtesy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then we are forced to make decisions. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It would not be the first time that Ned had been forced to make common cause with a man he despised. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With Camilla he was forced to assume a slightly more paternalistic stance, beaming down at her with the condescension of an old papa toward a dimwit child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turned and forced myself to walk calmly into the parlor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to tell herself that she had forced Miss Harris into a corner from which the woman could give her nothing but As. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I could at least see that the forced laborer’s handwriting was more like my father’s than the murderer’s. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad used to joke about how they were forced to sleep in separate bedrooms in case they talked about each other’s work,” their daughter, Barbara, recalled. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My mother pulled my head up and forced me to look at her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It is time for you to make your choice. Should you not succeed in crossing the bridge, you will fall into one of the fires of hell and be forced into the next life.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They set off again after a quick noon meal that Taisin ate only because Kaede forced her to; she had sunk into a daze and had begun to murmur to herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Worked hard and rarely forced the bosses to raise the whip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“How many years until moving cities becomes insufficient? What is the solution beyond that? Changing our names? I...I do not enjoy being forced into such deceptions.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I looked again at the inappropriate dress Alice had forced me into. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to think of Frodo, lying bound or in pain or dead somewhere in this dreadful place. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He’d never gone to college, which gave him the wrong idea about himself, but the only reason he hadn’t was because he’d been forced into getting a job after his parents died. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Not Saleem’s, though; apparently, he’s not a good enough actor to make his slight smile look anything but forced. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Lewis’s hands were forced behind his back in an instant. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He forced himself not to swing his blades. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Apparently, Mr. Neely didn’t know me very well if he thought I’d be interested in doing extra homework and hanging out with super-genius Dari, but I nodded and forced a smile. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Otto had had a raspy cough ever since we’d been forced to sleep on the wet ground, and I wasn’t about to let her subject him to that again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Things had grown so tight in Harlem that some hustlers had been forced to go to work. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that I didn’t lie because I was too proud to be caught and forced to admit that I was capable of less than Olympian action. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody was forced to erect Monks Mound, he says. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I should have confided in him: he would never have forced me to be his mistress. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

State governments have been forced to shift funds from public services, education, health, and welfare to pay for incarceration, and they now face unprecedented economic crises as a result. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Anyone insane enough to try to domesticate it either died in the effort or was forced to kill the buffalo before it got too big and nasty. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fat guy forced out a laugh and finally looked my way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I made so many mistakes that I was forced to melt down the error-filled slugs and retype them with excruciating slowness, digging my teeth into my inner cheek until the letters became Yiddish once more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stayed there for ten days, until high winds forced him to seek refuge in a cave midway up the precipitous face of the bluff, where he remained for another ten days. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bearing was such that if she had been a year older, I would have been forced to see her as a lady. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I go to church on Sunday I am forced to recognize a great deal about myself. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mateo is staring into my car like some kid who’s been grounded and forced to watch his friends play from his bedroom window. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then, quite suddenly, he felt something different, something that made him shudder and forced him to his knees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The girls forced smiles as they had been taught, but Sandi, in revenge, also crossed her eyes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t stop, and pretty soon she’d forced me to the far end of the strip until I literally fell backward to the floor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Taken together, these discoveries forced Dewey to consider again the possibility of “plain robbery” as a motive. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck, but I forced myself to keep walking and pretend I was being a good little captive. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And I felt, vaguely, wordlessly, that for a child to be marked off for such a life, to be forced to live in fear was a great injustice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It keeps spinning faster—all that kinetic energy forced down the neck of the funnel until it’s blaring like an alarm—then it falls silent as it drops into the black abyss of the funnel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When Octavian’s troops moved to the outskirts of Alexandria, Mark Antony launched an assault that temporarily forced the Romans to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The responsibility for continuing the conversation, since I had forced it to be superficial, was mine. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t really thirsty, but I forced myself to drink. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry forced a laugh, went to give Ron the rat tonic, then shut himself in his room and lay down on his bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She placed Baby on her lap and forced bits of mashed yam into her mouth, and when Baby choked and started to cry, Olanna, too, fought tears. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Officers stopped Walter's truck and drew their weapons, then forced Walter from his vehicle and surrounded him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Breathing deeply, I forced myself to relax and steady my hand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As wet and weary as he was, Roy forced himself to run faster. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inability to pay rent forced us to move into a house perched atop high logs in a section of the town where flood waters came. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the hyper-rich have achieved a critical mass, property values have zoomed so high that the less- well-off are being forced to leave and the island is becoming nature’s ultimate gated community. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Only then, forced at six months to confront his destiny, does he begin to cry. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One time when he was forced by strategic circumstances to abandon a stronghold to the forces of Colonel Aureliano Buendía, he left two letters for him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Cecilia didn’t lie about one thing, at least not after I “hypnotized” her and forced her to tell us the truth. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had thought he knew Dumbledore quite well, but ever since reading this obituary he had been forced to recognize that he had barely known him at all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was forced to walk lopsidedly across the room with one shoe on and one foot bare, weaving through the mess of furniture and junk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My nightmare started out as something I’d dreamed a million times before: I was being forced to take a standardized test while wearing a straitjacket. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Turner was forced to sail away with his supply ships only half unloaded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the creaking of the door forced the king to look up, and when he saw the visitors, his face lit with surprised recognition, melting his stiffness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He touched his glass to hers and forced a smile. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I forced Chubs to walk behind me when I slipped into the storage room, but it was empty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They tackled their respective heaps of homework, whispering, laughing, and joking till the librarian stood over their table, saying, “You will please keep your silence or I will be forced to ask you to leave.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My appetite vanished and my digestive system, which required abundant oxygen to metabolize food, failed to make use of much of what I forced myself to eat; instead my body began consuming itself for sustenance. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He felt another urge to leave, but he forced himself to stroll over toward Henry and Bud, his hands in his pockets, casual, so no one could tell he felt out of place. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elimination of judicial discretion through mandatory sentencing laws has forced judges to impose sentences for drug crimes that are often longer than those imposed for violent crimes in many countries around the world. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some folk grumbled about servants and slaves being forced to sit in the upstairs gallery. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Achillas hoped that Caesar, with only a handful of troops to hold the city, would be forced to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I feel heat rising in my cheeks as I imagine Gram trapped in Morning Glory Cottage, forced to live behind her curtains. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Most were convinced that the police had forced him to confess. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It was the only chance, the only slender hope left to them, and he was going to cling to it until forced to let go. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’d like you to have her,” he forced himself to say. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The owl had been his companion, his one great link with the magical world whenever he had been forced to return to the Dursleys. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We might have watched her, hanging by a strap umpteen feet in the air, but, even worse, she had been forced to watch us. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now that they are being forced to go back, he’s been using new vocabulary, like a tourist studying foreign phrases for a trip abroad. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you know? Maybe she was forced into it. Remember when her arm was hurt?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A leader was surely forced to offer something which appealed to those he led? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, stay you or I shall be forced to move, and that always puts me in an ill humor,” he said languidly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had, however, bolted the stable door; and by the time they had forced it open there was no sign of him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The men all agreed that it was the worst job any of them had ever been forced to do. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His eyes started to close, but he forced them open. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, in brief, is how the system works: the War on Drugs is a vehicle through which extraordinary numbers of black men are forced into the cage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It forced him to cling tight to the things he could remember, like silver bangles catching in sunlight, a sweet scent he knew but couldn’t place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to look at Hassan, but his head was downcast, his shoulders slumped, his finger twirling a loose string on the hem of his shirt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was the one who had forced Cole to go out for the swim team because that is what he himself had done in high school. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Mamá, Roberto, and I did not have documentation; we were the only ones being forced to leave. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Demetrius stalks off alone, and I know he’s remembering that day two years ago when he was forced to watch his little brother die just like Barrius. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You know that no one forced you, You took this madness on yourself. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wynn forced a smile and a slice of toast on me before I could leave for the Fabric Barn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

At last, the sun was reluctantly forced from the sky. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In mid-December the secretary became ill and was forced to go on sick leave. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Too sick to work, he was forced to go home to his mother for nursing. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For the first time since our family had been forced into the ghetto some eighteen months before, the five of us still together were to be separated. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And the agent could not stand to have something he was doing get derailed by someone with whom he’d been forced to work. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced the proper amount of jovial unconcern into my voice so Sim would take me at my word and drop the subject for the time being. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Left alone and forced to guess what everyone was screaming about, I found that walking through New York became a real pleasure. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dimple took a sip of her virgin cosmo and set it down, forced herself to meet his eye. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Its rigid back and high armrests immediately forced me into a righteous posture. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the leadership of a vigorous new tlatoani, Cuitlahuac, the Indians forced the invaders into narrow alleys where horses were of little advantage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had broken in the middle when he forced open the bolt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But he took a deep breath and forced himself to try to accept the situation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And the man who had forced her to wave the Marxist Party flag. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would wait, with mounting anger; for him; finally they would be forced to go, taking Lily to the Ceremony without him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alex forced himself to stare out the window, knowing not to make eye contact. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Cole felt a growing resentment that he was being forced to endure this lonely existence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She had been a great concert pianist, the doctor said, until illness forced her to retire. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced the memory out of her mind, imagining nothing but air where Black Betty had been in the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hated him as much now as I had when he had forced his silence between me and Danny. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fred yelled happily, but he was wrong; as though it was magnetically attracted to Harry, the Bludger pelted after him once more and Harry was forced to fly off at full speed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The courts were finally forced to offer “bargain days” on which those accused of violating the act could plead guilty in return for an exceedingly low fine. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

More than a quarter of them had been arrested in North Korea, and ten percent said they had been sent to jails, where forced starvation, torture, and executions were commonplace. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t step aside, we will be forced to walk over you instead of past you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when I thought about the fallout—the weirdness I would inevitably be forced to deal with at school the following day—I felt awful and embarrassed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘While deeply saddened by the tragedy in Littleton,” she wrote Tuesday, “I am appalled at the resulting backlash our students are forced to suffer.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

John clipped to a Loyalist and forced to march. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The delay is long enough that the applicant is forced to look up and meet her eyes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Michael, the therapist, had given Grace a list of suggestions, but when she looked them up, they looked too forced, too false, a bunch of strangers smiling at a camera. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He began to feel like a ghost in his own life, existing in a forced blind spot of the world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The hard wooden pews forced us to sit up straight, and the message coming from the pulpit demanded everyone’s attention. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When he smiled at her again, it was taut and forced. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It had been eight days of forced meals, stubbornness, and waves of tears. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Like it or not, even those who insisted that Bruno was wrong when he described an infinite universe were forced to imagine what it would be like if he were right. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers were forced to dismount and unburden their charges. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to concentrate on the logic problems, but somehow they seemed inconsequential to me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here and there it cuts through rocks, leaving no shores to walk on, and we are forced to jump downstream from boulder to boulder. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced me to go to the homeschool gym class at the Y last year. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But once it rested in his hand, he was forced to fight an angel to keep it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He lifted his heavy feet and forced himself to start down the street. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He circled the house for several hours, whistling private calls, until the proximity of dawn forced him to go home. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

According to Haitians who survived the ordeal, they lived in isolation and were forced by U.S. soldiers to eat tainted food and were subject to harassment, including beatings. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

If the flood had forced deer and pheasants as well as people high up above their usual dens and nests, there should be plenty of them around to catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Somehow Jackson gets cuffs on him, but it only makes him wilder and they’re forced to lock him in a closet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I waved her off with a forced smile and reached in the backseat for my black backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her impulse was to jerk away from him, but she forced herself to stand silently. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he was forced to pay his foot soldiers higher wages because of the added risk. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It must have been very strong medicine because he screamed as she forced it down. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole car had smelled so bad, her mom had been forced to leave the windows open all weekend. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was smiling a little, and not a forced smile. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After six months of military occupation in Coalwood, Mr. Carter was forced to sign a contract with the union and, soon afterward, sold Coalwood in disgust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea how to pray to the Christian god, so she was forced back upon her old ones. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Alas,” he wrote later, the one in his mouth “ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raged at his farm, forced it, added to it, drilled and trimmed, and his boundaries extended. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It forced reality on me and kept me sane. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas opened his eyes again and forced himself to sit up in the bed in which he lay, pushing his back against the wall and stretching out his legs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And then there is nothing to do but wait, so I'm forced to turn back. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Lyons complained that the car keys he was holding were causing him pain, the officer forced Lyons into a chokehold. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then she forced a smile and added, “Sounds like fun.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One is of me and Mother, smiling our forced smiles; the other is of me wedged between my parents, looking squeezed, under pressure. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I know that with your counsel and good judgment, we will soon see the day when the enemy are forced to go elsewhere and leave Redwall in peace.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Why were you forced to flee your island after your house was bombed? And why did you run into the woods instead of following the coast?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They also screamed as the salt water was thrown on them, and then they were forced to perform the same horrible dance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not fired, but he was soon forced to resign when additional complaints were brought against him on other matters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was on the opposite side of me, so it was a little bit awkward as we carried the casket in, being forced to look each other in the face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she stopped and resumed cooking the dinner with an unnatural smile on her face as she stirred the greens, and forced herself to think about happy things. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If all the other churches had followed the example of those who resisted, the government would have been confronted with a stalemate that might have forced a compromise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather straps pulled taut; the bit forced Bud’s head up and forward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In 1987, forced to spend a night in the open while descending from the 28,169-foot summit of Kanchenjunga, he froze his feet and had to have all his toes amputated. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Banning was a legal order by the government, and generally entailed forced resignation from in-dicated organizations, and restriction from attending gatherings of any kind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, because the prospective employee came ten minutes early for the interview and Michael-Mary, who adhered to her schedule to the minute, was forced to answer the door in a print peignoir. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretending he was interested in the young unicorns, he forced a smile in return, and moved forward to pat them with the others. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By making the choice to stay in Ms. G’s Class since my freshman year, I’ve forced myself to fit the cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to look directly into her eyes, noticing as he did so that they were precisely the same shade of brown as Ginny’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gaily folded his arms and leaned back in his chair, the scowl on his face so forced that Thomas almost laughed out loud. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were also forced to live with skin-deep guilt brought on by the treatment of their former Nisei schoolmates. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used both his hands to grip Faraday’s in what was meant to be a heartfelt greeting, but felt forced and artificial. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The water turned to steam, drove out the air and forced the piston to the top of the cylinder, where a spring engaged a bolt. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Notably, there isn’t a chair in the study left for me, so I’m forced to stand between my parents as Father Masego addresses them again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Each night in the bitterest winter we were forced to wash faces, arms, necks, legs and feet before going to bed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greyback forced the prisoners to turn again so as to place Harry directly beneath the chandelier. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He leaned a ladder up to her window, forced the latch and let her out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to climb out of bed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I regain my composure and force a smile, hoping it doesn’t look forced. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Come see us again,” she offers, and Dedd, forced to rise to this politeness, adds, “Yes, now you know the way.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet forced himself into the driver’s side and looked at himself in the rearview mirror. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At last they were taken into the student dormitory, where, since the girls’ room lay at one end of a long stone corridor and the boys’ at the other, they were forced to separate. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

James had wanted her to stop playing the game, and Emily couldn’t bear the possibility of someone telling her that being forced to stop was for the best. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They fell where they stood, all except Greyback, who had been forced into a kneeling position, his arms outstretched. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I forced a spoonful of soup down my throat and looked to see if my speed matched that of the preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being forced to wear a head scarf would only accentuate my bad skin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I seemed to exist in some other dimension, utterly alone; until after a while a nurse bent down and forced a warm fluid between my lips. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly captured by his foes, he was forced to walk like a plebe back to his new palace. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each noise was like a scalpel to the skin, but I forced myself to stay against the brick wall, scraping my fingernails along the mortar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then Abilene did something unusual, something that forced him to pay attention. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to take deep breaths and tried to calm down. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The next day the hills rose still higher and steeper before them, and they were forced to turn away northwards out of their course. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I did not want this fight but I think it was forced upon us. As the war was.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shouted through the door again: “State your business, gentlemen, or I'll be forced to do mine.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last the tips of his toes touched mud, he forced his limbs to make swimming motions one last time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children’s lack of warm clothing forced them to stay in their room day after day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We must have missed a turn,” I am forced to admit. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A finch forced to feed on hard seeds adapted by “strengthening” its beak. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now that people were forced to be idle, a certain restlessness could be felt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She felt wild, feral, like she had when Peach had forced her way out of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Legal rulings empowered people with developmental disabilities to refuse treatment and created rights for the mentally disabled that made forced institutionalization much less common. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Would she not be forced to seek welfare, and food stamps, and school lunches, would she and her child not become a drain on the community’s resources? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My father made a mold and forced me into it,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lingered so long that Kit was forced to shut the door behind them to keep the chilling draft from the kitchen. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The difficulties they encounter in acquiring the principality grow, in part, out of the new institutions and methods they are forced to introduce in order to establish their state and their security. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jule stopped walking and forced the lady to look her in the face. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So, in order to secure themselves against him, they were forced to execute him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

They forced him to surrender the contents of his desk, and put everything that interested them into paper bags. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end they were forced to go back down the ravine that they had climbed and seek for a way along the valley. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She pushed Aurelia down the two steps, forced her to sit in the square stone basin, then clapped her hands. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

James had wanted her to stop playing the game, and Emily couldn’t bear the possibility of someone telling her that being forced to stop was for the best. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to get out of bed again, but Mrs. Weasley forced him back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At any rate, something forced his hand, and his feelings came out into the open. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Instead they used a time-out chair, where I would be forced to sit still and be quiet for three minutes when I couldn’t behave. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the problem, it forced Holly to adopt a strategy she would rather not have resorted to. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He starts laughing again, a loud, forced roar. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt a little forced, but then she laughed with me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nina forced herself not to roll her eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Every time I’m whole and back to normal, something happens to tear me apart, and I’m forced to start all over again. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I retied the ribbon to cinch my collar shut and forced a bright American smile. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She begged the girls not to tell Faye, but they were outraged, and it was Faye who forced her to bed and called Dr. Wilde. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He got one hand free, forced it behind her back and leaned hard against it while he started to work on her other hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was forced to admit, however, that from the moment it had been passed its consequences became as real and as serious as the wall against which I pressed the length of my body. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

How she forced herself into the rain like it was acid that day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Again someone took her head and forced it between her knees. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She forced the hand around the flight controls. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

With a grunt, he forced himself to his feet, leaning against the window. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s what they told me when we got home, when Dad took my earbuds away from me and they forced me to sit in the living room. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Straining, he forced himself to get to his feet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Darker moods lurked around the corner, prowlers in shadow, but fierce Grover forced them to think twice. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of thousands of nonviolent offenders have been forced to spend decades in prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It felt like something that was meant to be kept secret, a new seed that might grow to something extraordinary if it wasn’t forced to bloom too soon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This forced some Native communities to depend on the colonizers for supplies. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I know at some point we’ll be forced to reenter its depths, either to hunt or be hunted, but for right now I’m planning to stick to our little beach. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did not answer him but forced my knees to hold me up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“IMPOSSIBLE!” the Maafa forced Brer Fox to snarl in my face, and I threw my arms out for balance as the ship heaved up and down in the water. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He coughed out water and started breathing air, but it forced all his flesh and blood to his upper body. That’s why his chest is so thick and his legs are so skinny.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fields did concede that spinning wheels were not often used outdoors, at the foot of a slave’s cabin, but countered that while authenticity was their watchword, the dimensions of the room forced certain concessions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It had indeed been an awful strain on him; and had he not been forced to his task by more than human considerations he could never have gone through with it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I gagged and gagged again as I carried out overflowing chamber pots, and forced myself to take a blanket from a corpse. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper caught himself nervously wiggling the baleen wedged between his teeth with his tongue and forced himself to stop before he triggered it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He did not eat now; he simply forced food down his throat without tasting it, to keep the gnawing pain of hunger away, to keep from feeling dizzy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue a little heavy in her mouth, her excitement a little forced. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

People trapped in this system were forced to work for little or no pay. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were forced to obey him out of fear, and to constitute a government of which he made himself prince. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lauren was stroking their mom’s hair, holding the towel to the underside of her temple, and Maya forced herself to think straight, to not cry, to figure out this problem. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But the truth is that no one is innocent in love, and nobody forced me to love Kelly J. I don’t want to stop just because she laughs at me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Baruch sprang to help him, and forced the attacker’s head back and back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The people, threatened with starvation, forced the King to yield and permit the boy’s death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the far off hand of Quinn tightened its pressure in easy stages, the laughter grew forced, an element of hollow uncertainty entered, and people broke off to wonder. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I was trembling as I spit out the last forced sentence. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hell, I still don’t know, and she was forced to find out, even if she didn’t wanna find out. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As they couldn’t go through the mail slot they had been pushed under the door, slotted through the sides, and a few even forced through the small window in the downstairs bathroom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the cousins were more interested in drawing blood, especially after they were forced to give up their bedroom to Ophie and her mother. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“About nine o’clock on Wednesday,” Harper's Weekly reported, “a large party, disguised and armed, assailed the Hospital on two sides at the same time; one squad forced the gate, and the other scaled the wall.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In the end they were forced to hack off branches and fashion crude slings to carry the corpses back on foot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Could I skip the difficult hands and feet and just concentrate on the parts that interested me, or would I be forced to sketch the entire figure? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It can’t be stressed strongly enough, moreover, that Hall, Fischer, and the rest of us were forced to make such critical decisions while severely impaired with hypoxia. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple realized she was twisting the envelope as she spoke and forced herself to hold still. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The debils had forced him to watch as they killed his friends and family. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Busted water pipes forced residents to cart water from neighbors’ taps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those who were distracted by doing anagrams—those who were forced to make an unconscious, spontaneous gut decision—chose the best car 60 percent of the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The n got out okay, but the harder I forced the rest, the tighter the noose got. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He told us that the burglars had forced the outside door and the warehouse door with a crowbar, but when they didn’t find anything worth stealing, they tried their luck on the next floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"You should answer the phone," I said with forced calm, trying to release my hands without touching her, for if I touched her — "And you'll continue?" she said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced down a desire to spit the liquid across the table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to look away, but instead she forced herself to meet Frankie’s eyes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Something forced Hannah to bend down and stare into the shelf. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced a smile, but it twisted, out of his control. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she'd be forced to take the Trial because she never took it before. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I used to think that was true because you came into it and showed me Indiana and, in doing that, forced me out of my room and into the world. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Em nodded, dropped her shoulders, forced a smile, and sang to the back wall. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He dreamed of never-ending life for those he deemed worthy, and death or forced sterilization for everyone else. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Well. Various reasons. I remember he wanted to grow his hair out, keep it styled in long braids and ponytails. But his parents forced him to keep it buzzed. Stuff like that.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, my heart was pounding hard enough to explode, but I forced myself to be a ninja. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When I got there, I was forced to sit to rest me under the hedge; and while I sat, I heard wheels, and saw a coach come on. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nailer forced himself not to go to her, not to try to comfort her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to meet his mother’s eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He lost several fingers working in a prison factory and was now disabled as a result of his forced labor at Angola. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Boys captured and forced to fight each other. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had sneaked down to the stables and taken out a fat little pony and somehow forced him into a gallop, chasing those boys down to the riverbank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to arrange his papers and try to study a little before the evening meal. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he was forced to sell most of his collection to pay off his debts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His fallback plan is yet another forced march, this one to the city of Danville, where more than a million rations are supposed to await. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He knew there was no reason for him to be impotent at his age, and was forced to attribute it to the kind of life he was leading and the bachelor ways he had developed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to swallow as much as I could and I pushed the rest of the banana into the front of my teeth, banana mush dripping onto my chin and shirt. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I forced a smile, and did not answer him, aware now of a stab of panic, an uneasy sickness that could not be controlled. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Forced to face her, forced to talk, I felt my gumption rising. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When forced to rub elbows with us boys, he put on superior airs. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her older sisters had scorned their father by seizing control after he was forced to flee Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Riddick forced himself to focus on the music for a while, until his racing mind slowed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The machine men tumbled down the stairs, and Leo forced them to jitterbug like 1920s flappers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Most of us are forced to drink our travesties straight and smile about it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He forced his memory to move beyond the hand to the arm: it was clad in olive drab, army cloth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’d forced her family to cut short their vacation, agreed to go to a horrible school, and flown a helicopter into a monster battle just to see me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Natalie began, and Finn forced himself to turn around and look at her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Lance,” she asked in a startled voice, “do you think they could have forced the King’s hand?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knight had forced their way through most of the press at the back of the plaza, ignoring the curses that were flung at them as they passed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed the cloth tighter to his nose and mouth and forced himself to look away from the carnage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And, like the Jews in Germany, Japanese American citizens—men, women, and children—were rounded up and forced to live in internment camps with no regard for their civil rights. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

A vein in his neck bulged as he forced the words out, appearing and disappearing every few seconds, a great, struggling snake. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She sends my mace flying, and only a few minutes later, I’m forced to yield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hear them and am forced to say no: It is not possible for a child—any child—ever to use his family’s language in school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced a fake laugh, because I got what she was trying to do. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am,” Augustus said, nodding toward her, “your daughter’s car has just been deservedly egged by a blind man. Please close the door and go back inside or we’ll be forced to call the police.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

His mate had not returned to their aerie one morning, and he was forced to be mother and hunter to three eyases again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But the infighting had taken such a nasty turn during the fever—thanks largely to Rush’s aggressive personality—that he was forced to defend himself on his own. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they moved a mile before they were forced to anchor again; sometimes only half a mile; sometimes it seemed the huge dripping anchors barely broke water before the wind died again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, of course, if you prefer to have her screaming mad all the time . . .” In the end John was forced to give in. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, I forced a smile. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She took away the waste bucket Matt had been forced to use since he arrived. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate that he’s about to leave—even though he forced me out of the apartment every day while he was here. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the men—hungry, greedy, tired of planting in dry soil—had been forced to leave the village in order to send food-money home. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej forced herself to look at the Menagerie as she passed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Based on their experiences in the Great War, people assumed women and children would be safe, but able-bodied men would be conscripted into the German army as forced laborers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I forced my eyes open and tried to figure out which direction was up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The Japanese forced us into it. And on a Sunday morning, when no one was ready. It’s cheap, if you ask me. They—” “Look at my face,” interrupted Hatsue. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Prisoners in some facilities would be placed in a "sweatbox," a casket-sized hole or a box situated where the inmate would be forced to endure extreme heat for days or weeks. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This was something I’d trained myself to do many years earlier, a drill I forced myself to go through every time I climbed, and on Everest it may have saved my life. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The hasty moments together, the locked doors and base contrivances, the guilty manoeuvres which the husband’s presence forced on his lovers—these had the effect of soiling what had no excuse unless it was beautiful. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men—like Papa—who were forced to work as loggers there had no prior experience, so Hanako was always worried that her father would get killed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She saw she wasn’t the only one—some of the other women screamed and tried to grab handfuls of sand as they were forced out of the holding pen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clip of boots against the pristine tile forced my eyes up, away from the doctor’s face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Barred by law from invoking race explicitly, those committed to racial hierarchy were forced to search for new means of achieving their goals according to the new rules of American democracy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Harry thought she looked drawn, even ill, and there was something forced in her smile. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

From its beginning, the United States and its citizens have welcomed, solicited, bribed, and forced people from other places to come to lands it said were “cleansed” of their Indigenous inhabitants. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She forced herself up to her knees and reached for the next crate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So I had to be content without him; but contentment cannot be forced, and Nathan noticed my preoccupation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cry that rose up pierced through Moss, forced Johanna to stop for a moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Why?” he found himself forced to ask finally. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he forced a smile and said, “Go upstairs and look around while I get you some wine. Please feel at home, please....” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The front door of the Riddle House bore no sign of being forced, nor did any of the windows. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment she thought of asking him about the captive child below, the Singer of the future, who was being forced to learn the interminable Song. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t feel very courageous, but he forced a smile. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All the way to the creek bed, they forced the enemy , back, sweating under their winter jackets. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

St. Sebastian had been named the patron saint of athletes and soldiers, because he’d been forced to endure extreme physical trials in his life but was able to heal quickly from his injuries. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A hysterical laugh bubbled into Ivy’s throat, but she forced it down. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He drew in a silent breath to quell the small nudge of anxiety that was rising within him; so far he had not been forced to lie. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

At times his name, an entity shapeless and weightless, manages nevertheless to distress him physically, like the scratchy tag of a shirt he has been forced permanently to wear. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she forced herself to eat more slowly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barry forced his eyes to scan the whole page this time instead of glazing over a couple of lines in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Our Lady became so powerful,” said August, “that the master was forced to put her under house arrest, to chain her in the carriage house. She was cast down and bound up.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to restricting the overall size of their virtual environments, earlier MMOs had been forced to limit their virtual populations, usually to a few thousand users per server. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I forced my mind back to that moment in her bedroom when I’d confessed the worst of human things. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we are,” I say with forced cheerfulness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But he had no heart for trying to become a good stonecutter, or for taking notice of anything in the shop beyond what he was forced to learn. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’d avoided talking to him all day, but the lab forced me to relay data about chemical reactions with certain types of metals so he could write it down. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I forced a smile on my face and prayed my mother believed me when I said, “I’m okay, Mommy.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The blades were for them, though so far the blind girl had not been forced to use them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been causing problems for you, haven’t I? You were forced to speak to me directly? What’s this—are you angry that someone has finally managed to get close to bringing you in?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When you sign on as a client, I discovered, you are forced to give up all of that, and more. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks and fingers were sticky as she forced down the last of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Did you know there are children who are forced to work in the rubbish heap? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I forced it back and drove wedges in top and bottom with a hand ax. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That year, the Nazis forced Jews to wear the yellow Star of David. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Number Four was undoubtedly one of the huge ventilators on the surface that forced air through the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My confused feeling for her had been holding me back, and I had clung to her out of my fear of being forced out on my own, and cut adrift. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guardsmen were forced to wait outside the gate of Tres Marias until they received an order from the capital. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the visit, Chadwick continued to show his sulky side, treating the American so rudely that his colleagues and friends were forced to make excuses. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The tear gas was strong and forced us to scatter,” recalled Bobby Thomas, a Hudson High student at the time. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were men who were forced to take advantage of this system of substitute-hiring because of serious illness in the home or the dependency of motherless children. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are forced to conclude that it is lost in the mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, a shiver passed over her, and she forced herself to concentrate on the soothing sound of the waves coming in, going out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The trade-off was that the highway route was so much longer that choosing it would greatly increase our chances of a forced touchdown. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My father’s love of Nikki had forced Bill to step up to his parenting responsibilities—it was almost as if Bill cared more because another man did. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She opened the door only a crack, but two wide hands reached in and forced the door ajar. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Who was to say that he, too, would not go mad, if forced to relinquish his baby—his baby—to the Robes? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Finally he was forced to accept that his father had never set foot in Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Is he, by God! Hi? They should have forced his resignation long ago. Duplicitous plagiarist! Coxcomb!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Leo wanted to throttle the dwarfs, but he forced a smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I got another chance on a fast break, and I could have passed, but I forced a difficult shot because I’d missed the last one. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And at the bottom of the page there was written something so small that Cabot Searcy was forced to squint his eyes and bring his face down as close to the book as possible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Nobody forced them to go work for him. They wanted jobs where they could earn the most money. Who can blame them?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We were forced to concern ourselves with more domestic matters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Courtney Rutherford Hopkins would probably sue county welfare if she knew what kind of place they’d forced her daughter to come to. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I used to complain that family dinners lasted too long, that we were forced to sit at the table when I needed to study for exams. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter, I forced myself to think. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All others are forced to pick up and move when the soldiers say so. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d failed to make the national team five years before, it had forced me to commit myself to becoming a better gymnast. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And I believed her, or forced myself to believe her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And in America, Pa, you would not be forced to join the army?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Physicists were forced to confront astonishing paradoxes roiling their conception of the natural world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I had forced myself to stop thinking about what I had done to that undercover PSF. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At the start of the 1970s, then, we were forced to turn our search for an understanding of the universe from our theory of the extraordinarily vast to our theory of the extraordinarily tiny. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced open the door to the O’Learys’ house and called for them to wake up. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sat me in my room with my pictures and my artifacts, and she forced me to stay there for the rest of the night. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The exhausted youngsters were forced to keep on running. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole Navajo tribe was forced to walk hundreds of miles to a strange and faraway place the white men called Fort Sumner. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reeled back with a groan of disgust, then forced myself to raise the door even higher so I wouldn’t have to lean over to look inside. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The judge said that before he accepted the plea, he needed to ask a question: Had federal agents forced Burkhart to sign a confession at gunpoint or under threat of electrocution? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Despite the urgency I felt, I forced myself to relax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nailer pushed himself upright and forced through the ferns to where the girls crouched around a newly built fire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soldiers forced teams of mules up gangways, K9 dogs boarded vessels with their faithful two- legged companions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“This problem,” Rick said, “stems entirely from your method of operation, Mr. Rosen. Nobody forced your organization to evolve the production of humanoid robots to a point where—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Either guilt or embarrassment forced me to my feet, and she mumbled her thanks and pushed in beside Jane and Guylinda, who woke just long enough to marginally scoot over for her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I am hurled against the walls, again and again, and forced through the opening where the light threatens to burst my eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s always looking at me with a smile that seems forced, a high-pitched tone in her voice laced with pity or maybe disgust. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Gritting my teeth, I forced in more air and something inside me relaxed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When it was finally the girl’s turn, the PSF at the head of the line forced us apart with a sharp jerk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We know it exists but we create further trauma by being forced to look at it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the day approached, Oliver and I were in the township daily, meeting local leaders, discussing plans, and acting in our professional capacity for those being forced out of the area or prosecuted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 2015, this disconnect was once again forced into the light of day as violence surged in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, and Baltimore. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at Misha, forced a grin, and said, “Just one minute.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The body plans of vertebrates depend on this property: if hemoglobin’s capacity to deliver oxygen to distant sites was disrupted, our bodies would be forced to be small and cold. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The register got forced open and all the cash taken. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nausea bubbled and pushed upward as Tad forced himself to take the teacher’s pulse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were being forced to live in crowded ghettos, where many would die from disease and starvation. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He bent over and forced eye contact with Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The cold was ferocious, a hammer blow that nearly forced the air out of his lungs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When forced to hand over our radio to the Nazis, we silently repeated the words; whenever a German was near, we whispered to ourselves, "If this is the worst..." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There were rumors that all the Japanese on the coast were going to be forced to leave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dense forest and rocky outcrops forced the robot to zig and zag and backtrack, but after an hour of steady hiking, she arrived at the craggy mountain peak. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

By March 1917, Czar Nicholas II had been forced to abdicate the throne. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She had forced herself to imagine life going on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I had always intended getting to the far side; I had not, I must admit, expected to go through. Around, was my intention, but the ravine forced me to change.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rumor had it that Mr. Fitt had tipped someone off about Cammy’s raises, and that as a result the dean had been forced to take a leave of absence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot mud would have tasted better, but he was so pleased with himself, I forced myself to drink it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Murderers and rapers may be forced to fight, and all those who persist in slaving, but not thieves or debtors.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were raised on an ethic that extolled the power of the individual to shape his or her life, and then forced into a world where they were treated like cogs in a vast machine. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The British cavalry didn’t need him anymore, so he had been forced to leave the mustangs and find a new job. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yelped and forced herself to keep going, because staying here wasn’t an option. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Robbie,” she squealed, “stand still!”—And the laughter was forced out of her in breathless jerks. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And I would be forced to edge away from the chirping chatter above me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Jew climbing into a truck during a forced labor roundup is kicked by a German soldier, to the delight of other soldiers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were forced by the soldiers to scramble down the high gravel embankment, and the slippery stones slid away underfoot. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to a farmhouse, forced open a basement window, and hid in the coal bin for two days. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Because her gift had forced her—and allowed her—to know them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Because of anonymous threats, the justice of the peace was forced to stop convening inquests into the latest murders. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Some job for the Ministry, trying to sort out who was being forced to act, and who was acting of their own free will. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Over the next two decades, the Osage were forced to cede nearly a hundred million acres of their ancestral land, ultimately finding refuge in a 50-by-125-mile area in southeastern Kansas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Rishi forced himself to concentrate on his sketch, to ignore the tingling heat that was running up and down his arm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes their families didn’t hear from them again and were forced to sell parcels of land to Gupta. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She forced glass after glass of milk down him, and she didn’t leave him alone for a second. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mandy whispered that she had only run laps twice and that they had never forced her to squat. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A few young men forced her to sit down, then bound and gagged her. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They forced factories that had made junk food to crank out healthy food instead. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mayor had forced her to destroy all of her research, but she’d been able to hold on to the letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Chip must not have moved fast enough, because a second later, his father had grabbed his arm and forced him back to sitting. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What did my father—who had dreamed of Australia—think of his children once they forced him to change plans and remain in America? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a dreadful letter. Gawaine was a good man. All you people who forced me to fight him, you didn’t see what a heart he bad inside.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With no means to pay off their “debts,” people in prisons were sold as forced laborers to lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, farms, plantations, and dozens of corporations throughout the South. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

What light and beauty could be forced down the throats of her reluctant pupils, she forced. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He says that these “hypocrites” forced him to flee to Chicago. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the boys back in Congo who were forced to serve as child soldiers, and the girls who were married off, never given a chance to finish high school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He shoved two fingers into her mouth and pried it open, then forced the cold, hard pebbles into it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He would have spoken some good word of shame, for he was an honest man and only his crying child had forced him to evil. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I could believe a lot of things and had been forced to over the course of that month, but getting kicked out of a checker game by my baby brother was pretty tough to swallow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schindler was forced to agree, but ironically, that change was what saved our lives near the end of the war when Schindler argued that his "expert" workers had to be moved to Brünnlitz. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I forced myself along, keeping to the road, though to speak of the muddy path I took as a road was a gross exaggeration. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My lungs ached from exertion after the first two hundred meters, but I forced myself to push on. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time white folks had owned colored folks and forced them to work until their fingers bled. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In preparing litigation on behalf of the children we were representing, it was clear that these shocking and senseless crimes couldn’t be evaluated honestly without understanding the lives these children had been forced to endure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That forced me to put my left hand on the ground for stability. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He finally forced himself to look over at the haggard building. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It faced in the direction of Bellevue, the sanitarium where Mary Todd Lincoln was forced to stay for a while in the 1870s. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Their vests were like capes, and their whistles blew some kind of magic tone that forced drivers to hit brakes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Swallowing down the taste of defeat, Alex folded the map and forced himself on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The whisper was for his father alone, and Harry knew that only the moment of departure could have forced Albus to reveal how great and sincere that fear was. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the guerrilla forced Horan’s head back and held a knife against his throat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Back then, California’s juvenile facilities were notoriously harsh, violent, dilapidated, dull, and overcrowded, with young wards routinely subjected to solitary confinement, and some forced to exercise and attend classes while locked in cages. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Some of them decided to stay. Later, more came to stay. They farmed and raised cattle and sheep. They forced our people off their own lands.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

All Ins life he had been forced to pursue various animals for the royal table, and, when he had caught them, to cut them up into proper joints. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, the treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for starting the war and pay huge reparations as punishment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis had forced us into impossibly crowded conditions designed to bring out the worst in people. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It saddened my mother to learn that some relatives forced their children to start working right after high school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not going to remove my hijab—it was a violation of my religious rights to be forced to do so. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I hate this feeling I get when I’m forced to listen to his pointless, stupid questions. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their fields disappearing beneath their feet and a growing population to feed, Maya farmers were forced to exploit ever more marginal terrain with ever more intensity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And I also forced him to wipe down the tables and help me mop. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But there was no dealing with the wizard, and slowly, again, the deadly Cliffs became a factor in the fight, only now it was the man in black who was being forced to doom. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she removed her brassiere and panties, the black man who had no face, just a voice and an appetite, hit her across the mouth, threw her to the ground and forced himself into her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the workers were so bad off financially they were forced to send their children to work rather than allow them to attend school. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

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 pressed his hand against his lips and forced the struggling rodent between his teeth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment, I imagined telling him this was a setup and I'd been forced by my mentally unstable sister and her clingy friend to harass him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Alex forced himself to look at the Ms. Nobody named Morales. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As Europeans took over more and more of their land, the natives were forced onto reservations, and then over time most of their reservation land was taken from them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

If I were forced to admit it, she is actually kind of pretty. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After being forced to draw the commander, I drew whatever I saw or felt. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I visualized a self-appointed jury of twelve people who condemned him to death and were forced by exigencies of the case to be their own executioners. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men armed with axes and crowbars forced their way to the second floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

On their return they were abused mightily before being permitted to die and those they left behind were forced to observe the grisly increments of their demise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They ignored their mother’s exhausted cry as Briony was forced to stand aside and let them pass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They knew that she didn’t sleep alone nights as they were forced to do. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced my eyes to shut, my body to slide down, and my head to rest against the ledge. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was like being forced to act the leading role in a play you’d watched many times but had never actually rehearsed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe it was a note she was forced to write? Is there a way you could tell if she was forced to write it?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After the screaming and spanking subsided, Joseph’s parents forced him to say he was sorry, especially about the expensive Persian rug he’d destroyed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In her place, she thought, she’d rather not be forced to talk, and tact won out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He plucks a book from the shelf, Geist und Tat, Spirit and Action, by Heinrich Mann, who criticized Germany's growing fascism so loudly that he was forced to flee after Hitler became chancellor. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to walk to the door of the truck and unlock it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We were now forced to shop among the junior miss racks. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just as my fortune seemed to be turning, I was forced to leave my only paying job because of well- intentioned meddling by my friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was eating with a casualness that was only a little forced, doing a good job of keeping his mask up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Cole forced his hand forward until his fingers touched the bear’s moist white coat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was the story of a poor girl who is forced to marry a fisherman from a neighboring beach, though she loves someone else. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colored people, black people, white people, and Indian people were forced to register their race with the government. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

April’s fists clenched but she forced herself to open them. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The working part is doing the things you wouldn’t do ’less you were forced to. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah?” said Ron, and there was no trace of a grin, forced or otherwise, on his face now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The littles, having been down at the big beach all afternoon, were being forced into showers and fresh clothes by Gat, Johnny, and Mirren at Red Gate, where there was an outdoor shower. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She hailed from a small farm where she was often left to her own devices, save on those nights when the master needed company and she was forced to drink the cup of vice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Get Well Soon!” it urged, and the terrible inappropriateness of it forced him to stifle a giggle. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With this, and the bodies, they were forced to walk in the center of the road. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Marthas don’t want to be forced to retire, because who knows where they go? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Facing my pallid reflection in the mirror, I was forced to admit that I was lying to myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That, together, they could figure out a way to save the kids we’d all been forced to leave behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They had chosen their hiding-spot well; to the left of us was a steep wooded bank they could have forced us into had we tried to elude them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trees, forced by the damp heat, found too little soil for full growth, fell early and decayed: creepers cradled them, and new saplings searched a way up. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to keep his lip in, stand up straighter, and stare Chess right in the eye. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I coughed in surprise as the wind forced a leaf straight into my mouth, causing me to choke and splutter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remembered the rituals my father had forced me to learn, and the many times he had said that he wanted me to grow up the way he did. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those released from confinement were forced into servitude on the ranches. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Just relax right there, ladies. Relax and I won’t be forced to use this.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He found it difficult to think; he really had no desire to, but he forced himself. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poor lover was tormented, forced into exile, given horrible tasks to prove her worth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

To the boy, the sounds were alarm bells ringing off the bricks of the school building, making his stomach ache as he forced down his lunch of a browned biscuit smeared with lard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They took my brother and forced us to support them. We did what they told us to do in order to survive. We’re not traitors.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Slowly the second wave forced the first one backward, rolled slowly over it, and then as a victor drags the vanquished, moved in toward the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced words past the lump in his throat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The economic changes making material goods cheaper have forced businesses to seek out new opportunities so that they now market to groups they once ignored. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It drew back the curtains of my mind and forced me to pay attention. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to kneel down and pull the dagger out. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d shoot him, I would, and skip being the first gill-netter in the history of the profession to make a successful forced boarding. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to smile throughout because I didn’t want to crush him with my complaints. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Luckily no one was hurt, but we were forced to move to another one, similarly built. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some Marines could make a good spit shine last for a week, but Bull’s shoes would look as if they had been on a forced march after only several days’ wear. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought I was one of those women who had come to the compound because they didn’t feel safe, because they thought they were going to be forced into marriage. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother handled him easily with the casual confidence of a baby nurse, but I dreaded being forced to change his diapers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It honed his instinct and forced him to trust himself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It might get noised about that the Pontelliers had met with reverses, and were forced to conduct their ménage on a humbler scale than heretofore. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I could even be forced to kill Char! Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he forced us to discuss current events. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was locked and could not be forced. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was the morning of the bombing that I decided to write back to the forced laborer. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas forced a laugh and shook his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Maria Isabel feels she is being forced to have her daughter’s celebration with women who have maligned her as a bad mother. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Because our main source of vehicular transportation was interred in Vine Station, Alabama, the Colonel and I were forced to walk to the Pelham Police Department to search for eyewitnesses. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

That means hydrogen is forced into the oil molecules. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She dropped her arms, embarrassed, and forced the purse shut. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He picked up his sword and forced a smile. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The forced heartiness of an old banker, his monocle dangling on a string, and my bright smile of insincerity: “No, not very lately; will you have another cigarette?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of Geneva as a helpless baby, my dad carrying her to safety, and tears welled up in my eyes, I forced them back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parents grew up amid these conflicts, and were sometimes forced from their homes and villages. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As if he forced me to speak out. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to look away from his proud, unwavering grin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He forced Syl’s head out, then jammed the gun’s barrel in his ear. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

In consequence, he said, archaeologists in the Amazon have been forced to adopt other methods, from soil chemistry to network theory. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Having criminalized interracial sex and marriage, states throughout the South would use the laws to justify the forced sterilization of poor and minority women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z