| 单词 | formal |
| 例句 | Defendants are typically denied meaningful legal representation, pressured by the threat of lengthy sentences into a plea bargain, and then placed under formal control—in prison or jail, on probation or parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was dressed in his formal clothes, as though it were his senior prom, and frozen in the amber of his youth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The paper-and-wood screen slid open and the hostess in the formal dress stepped inside the room. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Once back in Chicago, Ellsworth secured formal authority to hire Olmsted and arranged to have him report directly to Burnham. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The state legislature was scheduled to assemble on Tuesday, August 27, and he was to deliver a formal speech on the condition of Pennsylvania. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Penelope had not had a reason to enter the formal dining room of Ashton Place before. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We decided to feel at home on the day that Grosie gave a formal tea in Mother’s honor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z For this formal group picture she straightened her hair with oil to make a chin- length bob like the others’. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Second Avenue was nice because it had semi-houses that were built when there was still some sort of formal settlement going on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z York might be young and untested, but as Ernest’s designated director, his managerial authority would be, at least in formal terms, indisputable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It didn’t occur to me for many years that they were as alike as sisters, separated only by formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaders may enhance their informal status by renouncing formal symbols. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z As always, her careful delicacy somehow made this makeshift meal on a rooftop seem like a formal dinner in some nobleman’s hall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The discussion soon yielded a formal offer from Conant of a $12,000 salary to cover a full professorship, along with the deanship of a new graduate school of engineering and applied science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding Batson's formal prohibition on race discrimination in jury selection, the Supreme Court and lower federal courts have tolerated all but the most egregious examples of racial bias in jury selection. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t have gone to all that trouble, Mr. McAllister,” said Miss Love, real formal. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My sweetheart, released after three years without formal charges, was waiting here to raise the dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They set up a formal commission to go out and study institutionalized racism all over the world. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He found the Paris fair’s extensive use of formal flower beds objectionable. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Dad had little formal education in mathematics but it was impossible to doubt his aptitude: somehow I knew that if I put the equation before my father, he would be able to solve it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Olanna made to hug her, the usual brief greeting hug, but Alice extended her hand for a formal shake as though they were not neighbors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This is all like a formal ritualistic performance for both of us. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I think it sounds exceedingly formal and stuffy,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We thought it might be less formal than using the typewriter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Fuerte for that reason was a characteristic subsumed by the last of the three qualities, and the one I most often considered—formal. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was silence again, formal, terrible and calm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Church too has treated them badly when it attempted formal instruction. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We all think that she's kidding, but apparently she has already spoken to someone at the bank and she's put in a formal offer. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z With Beaujoyeulx, Catherine conceived what have come to be accepted as the world’s first formal ballets. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At the same time, however, Sister and Father were highly formal terms of address— they were tides, marks of formality like a salute or a curtsey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to adopt the formal speech common to the Erudite. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She was remembering the odd way Raven had greeted them—asking if they needed anything in that really formal way that made James joke about her being a butler. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The family Bible and a huge dictionary with its own magnifying glass lay side by side next to a red plush album full of cramped formal portraits of my ancestors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Mistress Owens?” he said, for he came from a more formal age than our own. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Nigro was a professional teacher and was quite formal in his instructional technique, while Collins, as talented and caring as he was, employed a Socratic approach. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "And no need to be so formal. You can call me Ishtar." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was a symbol of her formal announcement to Aunty Ifeoma that she was getting married, she said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The aunts toyed with their food, silent and formal with one another beneath the littles’ shouts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z For Burnham, with his failed attempts at getting into Harvard and Yale and his lack of formal architectural training, sitting down to dinner with these men was like being a stranger at someone else’s Thanksgiving. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The preferred phrase, especially for formal occasions, is try to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When President James Madison went before Congress seeking a formal declaration of war, he specifically referred to British support for Indigenous fighters on the frontier. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z As we continued to celebrate, we had a formal dinner in her honor. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In other words, Teller was to have no formal authority at Livermore but was granted the implicit authority to direct its thermonuclear research program as he saw fit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The snakes move back and forth together in motions resembling a strikingly formal dance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Seeing as I couldn’t wear my formal, I had to go for a sequined black mother-of-the-bride looking thing I found in one of Mom’s donation piles in Lucy’s room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z John cries, “You sound so formal! Even with a little hate you are so respectful and Korean.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The expansion of victims' rights ultimately made formal what had always been true: Some victims are more protected and valued than others. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Yoyo and her sisters were forgetting a lot of their Spanish, and their father's formal, florid diction was hard to understand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Essentially, the resolution was designed to grant the president the power to order further attacks in Vietnam without asking Congress for a formal declaration of war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In New York, where he had been lobbying Riddle in person, Vanderbilt had the proposal with Riddle’s demands typed up as a formal contract and sent to Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Considered and considerate, formal at every turn, they were shut out and shut off from the deep interplay of their minds. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Her speech is unclipped and loose, full of attitude even when speaking to John in the formal constructions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But I saw another man in formal tails go by. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Segments of competition include talent, formal wear, onstage interview, and academic achievement. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The Mutual had thrown a five-day-long “Dedication Festival,” a gala event that included a formal banquet held, not on the NCC campus, but in Duke University’s “Great Hall.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But then he stopped and turned and gave me a nod, dead polite and formal, before he cycled off. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Except for a formal bow of greeting on Sabbath morning and on Lecture Dayf Kit did not see William again till the day of Thankful Peabody’s wedding. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z All the display windows in the mall are packed with formals for homecoming and pageant season. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Philip’s father was a man of little formal education who had become a powerful social force in Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The formal vote on the proposal would be made at the April 12 board meeting, but as the majority of voters could be expected to follow Whitney’s lead, his opinion was everything. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaving Copenhagen was of course illegal in the formal sense. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “And the second time was just a span ago. A couple played it during a formal dinner I attended off in Aetnia.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He never had a big formal coming-out to lots of people, and he certainly had no reason to call me up and tell me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z On April 10, Ulbrickson finally staged the formal time trial that was to determine who would race as the varsity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’m putting in a formal request to be allowed to retrieve the Black Key and bring it under our protection,” says Magnus. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When the spring classes began, I resumed my commitment with formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The teachers were more formal than those we knew in Stamps, and although they didn’t whip their students with switches, they gave them licks in the palms of their hands with rulers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are those your winter formal pics? I saw a bunch on Insta!” she says, excited. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z At home I was quiet, so perhaps I seemed formal to my relations and other Spanish-speaking visitors to the house. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all dressed in formals, raw silks in black and gray, and their faces had the same cold, hawkish look. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But Pocock was learned far beyond his formal education, as was immediately obvious to everyone who met him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Fischer lodged a formal protest less than six hours after the forfeiture. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Unlike most American weddings I’ve attended, Iranian weddings call for formal clothing—it’s a cardinal sin to show up wearing a summer dress or something perfectly appropriate for a Sunday church service. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Teacher, preacher, doctor, lawyer—now those were very good black jobs, bringing stability and the esteem that accompanied formal training. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There was a formal debate on the always contentious proposition that “the East is a better place to live than the West.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Did I ever wear bat-wing sleeves and velveteen slippers, did I wear dresses like tinted marshmallows to formal dances, shuffle around the floor with some stranger’s groin digging into mine? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The pages were serving the food with the formal movements of a ballet Wine bottles were being placed on the tables, but ale, being less respectable, was being put beneath. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When he returned, the Moscotes had put on formal clothing, had rearranged the furniture and put fresh flowers in the vases, and were waiting in the company of their older daughters. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He seemed to feel that he could tell her anything, now that he had no formal obligations to her. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He said “How do you do” to Obinze in an almost formal manner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You guys are so formal with each other,” Callie told Helen once. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z From the few job inquiries he’d made, he already sensed that jobs in those towers would be different, much more structured, formal, and confining. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We move into a formal living room with ornate molding and green velvet settees, so full of heavy furniture I can hardly see the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Last Respects After two weeks at sea the commander calls all of us above deck for a formal lowering of our yellow flag with three red stripes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She still carefully shows me the parlor, the large country kitchen, the formal dining room, all six of the bedrooms, two of them masters. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s merely a smile, a formal kind of smile, friendly but a little distant, as if I’m a kitten in a window. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Salim said, ‘No, Mum. He looks a right cool dude. The formal look’s all the rage again, didn’t you know?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was formal without suggesting that going to Mrs. Flowers’ house was equivalent to attending church. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He might not yell, but he uses formal titles when he’s really mad. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “You are both more than welcome to accompany Samuel and me to the theater,” Emma Lee said in her strangely formal manner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sunday of the formal opening session, the Morning Herald ran nearly a page of articles covering the charrette, including profiles of the co-chairs flanked by large pictures of them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The glassed-in cars seemed formal and luxurious as we drove from the station to Twenty-ninth Street, and Henriette managed to remain at attention even when sitting down. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I paused, not being able to remember the formal name of the last one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I had pulled up my braids and worn them in a twist on top of my head, instead of straightening my hair, as black women often do for a formal event. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They had no formal organization or established means of community. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing that he had never been trained as a teacher, the school asked Mendel to sit for the formal examination in the natural sciences for high school teachers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But I did do one formal and sentimental thing before I turned my back. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole week before the event, Don Walter and the cooks and waiters are excitedly planning the menu and ordering fresh lilies and roses for the table in the formal dining room upstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Below you will find some of the formal terms musicians use to describe texture. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z These men had little formal education, but a great knowledge of the hardships of the world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Three or four times while I was going through their envelopes, I was tempted to get up and make a formal protest to M. Yoshoto. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Hello, Natalie, what is it?” he said, all formal and weird, like he always gets when he’s working. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dadi only talked like that, all formal and stuff, when she was cooking up some cockamamie plan that would usually end up with something valuable broken. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Old-fashioned velvet jackets and white shirts hung from silk hangers, and formal trousers and more shirts were folded neatly in drawers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In consequence, boundaries between groups were becoming more formal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In creating such checks on authority, the league was just the most formal expression of a region-wide tradition. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Using a formal style when an informal style is called for results in prose that seems stuffy, pompous, affected, haughty. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Writing these pages, admitting my embarrassment or my guilt, admitting my sexual anxieties and my physical insecurity, I have not been able to forget that I am not being formal. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Born a slave before the Civil War, Mcjunkin had no formal education—he had only learned to read as an adult. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Korean language has no fewer than six different levels of conversational address, depending on the relationship between the addressee and the addresser: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Inside, I found a cream-colored envelope—thick paper, crisp and very formal—but the handwriting was crabbed and childish as a fifth-grader’s, in pencil. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Most have never seen him without a proper collar shirt and dress pants, or a formal tuxedo suit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was like a street tragedy with spontaneity tucked softly into the corners of a highly formal structure. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee said in the gravely formal gentleman’s way. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, they were very formal and polite with each other. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z His language was so formal—he sounded so smart! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They looked at each other, a curiously formal and serious look, before setting off to follow the stream. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She refers to my familial house, one of the oldest and most respected in the Empire, by its formal title. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Whereupon, he later wrote in a formal report of the interview, “Suspect underwent an intense visible reaction. He turned gray. His eyes twitched.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked the more formal attire of men in Kraków and gradually purchased several elegant suits. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Actually, I saw her shoot, for real, for the first time. I'm about to put in a formal request myself.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s like a looming apocalypse, but with formal wear. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe my ears, but off we went—once more answering questions in a more formal setting. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their speech was formal and lofty, their manner slow and unhurried, and the traditional clicks of our language were long and dramatic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the formal explanations we use for criminal behavior follow along the same logic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt odd, using the formal term for his own brother. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For this formal affair, however, places were set at table, and the buffet was enormous, eighteen or twenty hot and cold dishes, mostly variations on sube-eggs and breadapple. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We had our next launch on the same day as the Big Creek Christmas formal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He said that the formal proceedings were about to begin and that he didn’t think he needed to remind the public to remain silent. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He's still wearing the formal clothes he wore to escort Mrs. Janssen to the funeral earlier today. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The Chancellor glared at Hemme, then shrugged. “... formal letter of apology posted publicly before the fall term. All in favor?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He listened very carefully, and replied in a rather formal way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A dial tone, of course, followed the formal break in the connection. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z To our teachers, Boy21’s very respectful and formal, always maintaining eye contact. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I am glad to do Mother’s will without a formal vow of obedience. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We defined the issues in terms of developing legal doctrine and establishing legal precedent; our clients became important, but secondary, players in a formal arena that required lawyers to translate lay claims into technical speech. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After formal dances we go to someone’s house or to the St. Charles Restaurant, and after that we neck, though not for long because the time has usually run out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of soup cans and movie stars, I’d be famous for my weather charts and formal suits and that would be good. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee is fifty-eight years old, a tall, rugged Virginian with a silver beard and formal air. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Her Attendant's formal dress is a pale pink that compliments her golden skin perfectly and falls to her knees; the undertrousers are a darker pink, and the stockings and boots are cream. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I fall asleep on the sofa in the formal living room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I found them more formal in manner than their white counterparts; they wore stylish clothes and were finicky about their personal appearance. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Boy, is my date boring. I don’t even know where he is. Why is a tough little rocket boy going stag to the formal? Do you wanta dance?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In English, they would be free of the sharply defined gradients of Korean hierarchy: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z All the girls were dressed in pastels, formal dresses with lots of petticoats their mothers had sewn for them or they had sewn for themselves. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z For the Xhosa people, circumcision represents the formal incorporation of males into society. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it’s not the whole story, since there are many quite numerate people who have had little formal schooling. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Schools, however, provide formal music education, which is just one of the sources of a child’s musical heritage. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Momma made all of us, including Daddy, dress up like we’re going to Christ Temple—not quite Easter formal but not “diverse church” casual. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma, who had been put in charge of their formal education, had read them an abridged version of The Tempest by Charles and Mary Lamb. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He drops the formal posturing and leans close, the smugness rolling off him so thickly that I think I’ll choke on it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My guests squirmed out of their squeezed-up seats behind the table and the adieux, as they should be, were short and formal. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The dragon’s pearl is not the Luminous Stone you seek?” the king replied, and despite his formal tone, Pinmei could hear the devastation in his voice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Confronted with what he viewed as an intellectual treasure trove, this precise, meticulous, formal man was to all appearances overcome by enthusiasm and scholarly greed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As it happened, Zooey had made a formal and serious début as a public performer at the age of seven. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He rose to shake hands, then waved them to sit on two rickety wooden chairs, speaking to Liyana in a careful, formal voice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In an almost formal manner I was invited into a room with a clean chenille-covered bed, an easy chair, a gas fireplace and a table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m taking ballroom dancing now, to get ready for high school mixers and formal and semiformal evenings.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As I say, we weren’t dependent on a formal confession from Smith to prove any part of our case. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He came up the steps to explain in his formal French that the tracks of a large lion, a solitary hunting male, had been spotted on the path from the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “And your mom, of course. And we were thinking that I could help you after school a couple times a week. Until we can get you into formal services here at school.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Realizing that no one in America had thought to write a formal description of the lumbering beast, Cuvier did so, and thus became its official discoverer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Tom White had no formal training as a law-enforcement officer, and he struggled to master new scientific methods, such as decoding the mystifying whorls and loops of fingerprints. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But not before she put in a formal request for me to see a behavioral counselor at the district main offices. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He had been informed of the Foundations decision, and my reception was a cold and formal one. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The shop’s owner was the tall and white-haired John Graham Bell, who always wore a formal black frock coat. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z That was a formal and strong way of saying “I’m sorry.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To my ear, like sounds better; such as has a more formal air. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After dinner that night Brinker came to our room to pay us one of his formal calls. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings, over coffee, she’d help him with his formal medical education, which he’d summarized on thousands of highly imaginative flash cards. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Cobb is required to challenge anyone entering or exiting Washington, but the truth is that, since the war is almost over, the formal restrictions on crossing the bridge after curfew have ended. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He took a breath and was suddenly quite formal. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Eventually Berkeley’s auditors would bring the fund fully into the formal regime established for all such trust funds, requiring that it be deposited in an interest-bearing bank account and designated as a university asset. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her life may have been her language, formal, developed, indecipherable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The speeches were long and formal, and my attention wandered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z On July 7, five days after the shooting, Corkhill announced that he wouldn't start formal legal action until he learned whether the president lived or died. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure that was the way irei was supposed to be used—was it too formal? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As a counterbalance, then, we begin with that everfresh and exciting odium: the author’s formal introduction. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But even after seeing and hearing Elijah Muhammad in person, only a few of the interested visitors would apply by formal letter to Mr. Muhammad to be accepted for Nation of Islam membership. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I make a formal curtsy, as any servant might. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even when released from the system’s formal control, the stigma of criminality lingers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z According to the goddess, in older times darajas had begun their formal training with the splendor around age ten, and spent an additional decade learning its nuances under the tutelage of several masters. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Their villages and towns were spacious, formal, and guarded by moats and palisades. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z School was less important to him now; and before much more time passed, his formal schooling would end. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z There were no formal conferences or rules or even basic principles of organization. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In their own way, both were formal, gracious. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure one of the girls has a spare formal that will do just fine for Mary Anne.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The questions were launched without any formal introduction. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In April, Jesse sent off the formal application that was due on January 1. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about the middle pretty made it hard to be flippant He was wisdom personified, his manner so serious and formal that Tally found herself wishing she had dressed up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Because, to me, Malik and Millie are homecoming/winter formal/spring fling/prom king and queen combined into one. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Cari rounded out the description with an impression of their teacher, who sounded formal but kind. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Thereafter, although no formal agreement was ever made or hinted at, no more bombs were dropped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Yet the meeting had an amazingly formal structure of its own, a structure that went as deep as the desire of men to live together. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, during my time at Public Allies, I saw the benefits of more formal mentoring firsthand. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the evening, there was to be a formal dinner to console Mum Olga for Father’s departure. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z My cousins are people I don’t really think of until I get an occasional photo or formal letters like this. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Dived is the traditional past tense for what Esther Williams did off a diving board, though authorities now accept dove in all but formal writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "An immortal dragon of power cut from this stone will be a fitting sculpture for my formal chamber." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Investors who wanted to devour unwilling targets needed help with their legal strategy, and shareholders needed formal representation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad told me that his older children’s lack of formal education reflected their sacrifice to form the backbone for today’s Universities of Islam in Detroit and Chicago which have better-qualified faculties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We complained vociferously about the inferior quality of the food, and as a result, our advocate Sydney Kentridge made a formal complaint in court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something rather formal about the way he stood, feet apart, head held back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In formal logic and in mathematics, proof is something absolute. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Eddie planted morning glories to run over the door and Hazel acquired some rather rare fuchsia bushes planted in five-gallon cans which made the entrance formal and a little cluttered. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The number of modern actors who use a formal method of loci to remember their lines, I daresay, isn’t that high, for instance—and not everyone in the ancient world went along with it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The store had a dazzling array of formal dresses perfect for some of the special events I had coming up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They were both the same height, dressed in cheap-looking formal wear, but his dad’s eyes were focused on his mom, gazing at her with the exact same adoration that Jessica had described. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They were very nice people but quite formal. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For he had said, ‘Today shall be a holiday,’ had told her firmly that she must rest and relax, and she had given way, after only a little, formal protest. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He made a formal visit, sitting uncomprehendingly in the living room without saying a word. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I will become their daughter, though I never can bring myself to call them Mother and Father—our affiliation feels too formal for that. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I think he wanted to come running out and toss us in the air, but instead we were all formal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Soon he left Chicago and moved to Gilman, Illinois, where he met a young woman and began a formal courtship, which compelled him to visit Holmes’s building one more time, to seek a divorce decree. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was a set, hard, formal look to him, but a happiness in his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, the note to her parents and the formal statement would take no time at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When some teachers call you Mister or Miz, it comes across as either patronizing or too formal. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “You could come dressed as you pleased, fancy formal wear not required,” Mrs. Hidalgo said with a nod. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Initially because of his ill health, Hooke’s formal education was neglected. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z We had some major negotiations over a formal dance at school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My teacher said I had a knack for writing but that my language was oddly formal and stilted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In elementary school, or any early formal educational setting, children often learn music from a music specialist with a set music curriculum and learning goals. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Many of these suits are, perhaps, too formal for the purposes of the proposed trip, or else rather old-fashioned these days. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “The protocol will be different than previously announced,” the guard said, somehow sounding stiff and formal and angry all at once. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Rachel glanced around the ridiculously formal living room as though she had never seen it before. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z If all formal titles were to be stigmatized, he wrote to Benjamin Rush, then perhaps Rush’s children should start addressing their father as “Ben.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z No, that would not require such a formal meeting. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotle explained natural processes in terms of four causes: formal, final, material and efficient. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They were formal and brief and said things like “Maribel is unresponsive and unengaged, even when she is directly addressed in Spanish.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She had wanted to wear her sister’s elaborate wedding dress, but their pennilessness called for something less formal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an intriguing discrimination case in California several years ago which had the same formal structure as this batting-average puzzle. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her formal studies had ended after the ninth standard. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “We’re following up our emails with formal letters to organize the Granger parents. The letters inform parents that we’ve requested a meeting with the board to discuss ways to make the school a safer space.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z This Sun Maiden world of baths and fine jewelry and formal hair weaving was foreign to her, and she was no longer the prettiest girl whose beauty demanded the attention of everyone around her. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He had called us by our formal name, like when your mother or grandmother calls you by all of your names to keep from calling you something worse. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He wore a formal black suit, so I almost didn’t recognize him, a deep purple tie and violet dress shirt, his curly dark hair carefully combed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It is a serious and solemn ceremony, and as a rule on formal occasions everyone skaals everyone else round the table once. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Skeet and Hadari were sentenced to out-of-home placement and sent to group homes, where they would have to complete formal treatment programs before returning to their families. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z John Kwang was Korean, slightly younger than my father would have been, though he spoke a beautiful, almost formal English. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Northern blacks took pride in dressing in the formal suits and dresses popular in the early 1900s. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This was in the unstructured time before formal interviews, when she was standing facing the officers in the hallway, with Leon on one side of her and her mother on the other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Uncle Albert’s already arranged it, but he wanted me to deliver the formal invitations, because that’s how you have a proper dinner party.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They sit in the formal living room, where they normally never sit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The formal identification came last night, the postmortem is today. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The National Geographic Society had scheduled a formal dinner in his honor before the lecture. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Throughout the war, there were never many formal organizations for women soldiers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Despite all of the new procedural rules and formal protections, the law does not address the single most serious problem associated with drug forfeiture laws: the profit motive in drug-law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “They were just for formal occasions,” Hazel said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The party ended up in the formal living room on the second floor of Radar’s house, all twenty of us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He told me my husband would be in detention until formal charges were filed, which could take six months to a year. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After the ball the operators of California’s new Hollywood Park approached him with a formal match race proposal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel busied himself putting on his formal hood, while Brangwain Spurge stopped chewing and stared in horror at a set of knobbly gray-green garments draped on frames by the windows. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z In their settlements of the Tigris and Euphrates valley, they also invented the city-state, formal religion, writing, mathematics, law, and, to a large extent, architecture. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z I need to be more formal, more sure that it is my right to be allowed in front of a monarch, as though I am used to it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The general laughed like a man used to attending formal parties where he’d laughed on cue at the minor jokes of important people. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Johnny, do you think I might’ve overdressed a little for this thing? The invitation said formal, but these girls here all look like they’re dressed for church.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Though I was not aware of it, the next four years were to be the only opportunity for formal study in my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The lot was crowded with people in formal dress: witnesses. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The next day I appeared in court before a senior magistrate for formal remand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t have his hat on, so it’s not a formal event he’s going to. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was bright as hell, and full of lore, but he wasn’t burdened down with any of the cumbersome luggage of a too formal education. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Formal schooling—if you could call what happened in the wooden barn next door to my grandparents’ house “formal schooling”—went only to fourteen years of age. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Walking through the mall in formal wear is surreal. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z These delightfully proportioned amusements would therefore need all the help they could get from formal blueprints like Sonata Form, and from musical versions of the balanced layouts of Capability Brown’s gardens, or Robert Adam’s buildings. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Despite Gaur’s lack of formal education, he was my superior in virtually every sphere of knowledge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a flattering bow, courtly without being ridiculously formal, and safe for a public setting such as this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were married a short time later, first signing their Islamic marriage contract in a traditional nikah ceremony, and then later they celebrated with a more formal occasion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z So when he stepped into his father’s study the next morning to begin the first formal day of tutelage, Turner was about as grim as a dark cloud lowering itself over a Sunday-school picnic. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The group met for over five months in formal meetings, and there was much correspondence and phone exchanges between them as they began lobbying the Icelandic government to consider Fischer’s case. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Never learning how to dress properly, or how to act at a formal dance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z My telegram of formal acceptance went out within five minutes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Very little is known about his early life, but some accounts say that he also studied at Oxford, although there is no formal record of this. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The driveway approaching the main entrance curved around formal gardens of great beauty, now tinged with the first brushstrokes of autumn color. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A formal operation was in progress at the port, but specific details had not yet been revealed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Second Part of Rhetoric 89 That teed up what was to follow: the somewhat hangdog expression of national determination that was, a few days later, to lead to the formal declaration of war. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She and Eric were not going to have a big formal wedding. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Nothing too formal, you understand— just a little dinner for everyone. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, Miss Perry had insisted we all learn to compose proper letters in formal language. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Under Soviet rule, there was no formal annual commemoration for women veterans of the Great Patriotic War. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “We are the king’s advisers, or, in more formal terms, his cabinet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z My voice doesn’t sound like my own, it’s so formal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In his formal education, he had never gone beyond the eighth grade. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dresses—prom, homecoming, cocktail, formal, even wedding—were displayed on mannequins. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Can buy a darn formal straight off the rack and it fits like a dream.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There’s a certain need for formal portraits now that Alex is officially in “courtship” with Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Aside from the formal curriculum at the university, we would spend our time learning the language, learning the country, and learning more about ourselves than we ever imagined. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They were being quite friendly to each other, though oddly formal. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z How many formal visits to a doctor, any doctor, including yourself? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing so formal as that,” Ambrose said as he opened a drawer and pulled out a small metal disk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Only the hollow, formal, intellectual definitions of the separate terms. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The city had decided to issue a formal apology to her grandmother, and were holding a ceremony to rename City Hall in her honor. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z John pours the whiskey and I find myself holding my glass to the bottle in the formal manner, the way I held the envelope for Mrs. Fermin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no formal arrangement for dividing the money,” Mr. McDowell answered. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she should’ve just gone straight to Stanford, but she couldn't leave without saying a formal good-bye to this place. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Dictionaries now accept both dove and snuck, but I wouldn't recommend snuck in formal writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And though I was careful not to take his attention off the driving,” Churchill said, “we made more progress than we might have done in a formal conference.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her posture was straight and formal; the only movement about her was the swaying of a long strand of wooden beads wrapped around her waist and extending down to her knees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The second floor has its own kitchen, and more tables, and a formal dining room lined with wrought-iron rails and floor-to'ceiling doors of glass. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He never received a formal notification that he had passed the ordeal, though Oppenheimer later mentioned that in a copy he had seen of the board’s report, Serber had been “glowingly praised.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Instantly uncomfortable, I wondered how, for so many centuries, people wore such stiff, formal clothes all the time. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A civil war had to be waged to end slavery; a mass movement was necessary to bring a formal end to Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Motion passed. Discipline will be set at a formal letter of apology tendered to—” “For God’s sake, Arthur,” Hemme broke in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is not known whether Bobby, on or near his thirteenth birthday of March 9, 1956, participated in the formal Jewish ritual of Bar Mitzvah, reading Hebrew from the Torah at a synagogue. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With its formal closure thousands more workers joined the swelling army of the unemployed, and homeless men took up residence among the great abandoned palaces of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t command troops or engage in formal diplomacy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Last they have me try on a pair of formal shoes that I can wear with my talent dress and evening gown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z That was the beginning of Chester’s formal musical education. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Quietly, we made our way through the spacious living room and past the formal dining room, guided by the bright light coming from the far end of the house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I had only considered formal suits. A similar sort of gown might do just as well, I suppose.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Shortly before the Red Cross’s visit we had submitted a formal list of complaints to the commissioner of prisons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Death is a formal affair, and they’re dressed in their Sunday best. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Washington was an inherently stiff and formal man who cultivated aloofness and possessed distancing mechanisms second to none. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I could mention the formal values, the careful use of color. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And those qualities can’t be measured with formal tests and statistics. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She was originally built for vacation cruising and has amenities I think you would enjoy, such as a pool, a formal dining room, a ballroom, and a library. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When Bobby discovered that he wasn’t going to play any formal games, but simply speed chess, he went into a not-so-silent rage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “She makes it formal whether she wants to or not. Every meal is a kind of occasion,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As far as Aristotle was concerned, as we saw in Chapter 3, causal explanations had four components: the formal cause, the final cause, the material cause and the efficient cause. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps "meetings" is too formal a word for this. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end, the detective makes us sign a few forms and tells us we’ll have to come in again for more formal affidavits, but that they’ll need some time to prepare a case. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But at a bigger size you have to impose complicated hierarchies and rules and regulations and formal measures to try to command loyalty and cohesion. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Any occasion for visitors was a cause for excitement, so after the initial amazement and curiosity at the strange men, the village bubbled with anticipation as preparations were made for a formal welcoming ceremony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I'm afraid she did. We were on our way to see you so that she could offer you a formal apology for forgetting her place.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We had had discussions in jail during the trial, but this was our first formal session. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I never had, as the reader knows, either given any formal promise or entered into any engagement; and this language was all much too hard and much too despotic for the occasion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Defendants are typically denied meaningful legal representation, pressured by the threat of a lengthy sentence into a plea bargain, and then placed under formal control—in prison or jail, on probation or parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After much thinking, she could determine on nothing better, than Harriet’s returning the visit; but in a way that, if they had understanding, should convince them that it was to be only a formal acquaintance. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I give it to her, for some reason, in the formal Korean way, with my eyes down and my free hand guiding my extended wrist. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z What happened on those awkward, formal visits never varied. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z For us, the main effect of the comparison is to make the cool, formal quality of Manet’s figures even more conspicuous. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem is the big midday meal, as the family always eats together in the formal dining room. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z A few minutes later they emerged to allow Bragg to give me his formal permission to work under his direction. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z My friends and I had rejected most of the societal norms of high school, but we still bought into the iconic powers of formal dances. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In order to see them, I had to put in a formal request for a visit, which had to be approved by the Head Office in Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had asked Melba June, the junior that I had danced with at the Christmas formal, to be my date, and she had jumped into my arms, right there in the auditorium. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In Pascal’s account of why the mercury does not descend in the Torricellian tube the formal and material causes are so attenuated as to be uninteresting, and the final cause has disappeared completely. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The meaning, or content, of art is inseparable from its formal qualities, its style. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And we were all encased in formal clothes—Mom in a dress, me in long pants and a sports jacket, with a new tie carefully knotted at my neck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I explained that I didn't have one, that my formal education had ended just after I turned ten. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Or rather my mother thought she was around that age, as there is no formal record of her birth. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Though Jack had no way of knowing it, this ended his formal education, both religious and academic. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He was struck by how formal he sounded and he didn’t want the Underlanders to think he was making fun of them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Another 18.8 percent used formal means — advertisements, headhunters — and roughly 20 percent applied directly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His letter set down the basic rights that in his view belonged to everyone on American soil—the first formal call for liberty in the colonies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Dad had promised before we came to Nantucket that there would be no formal studying—no language records and no school books. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reserved and formal, and his face was still taut and sallow, but he cheered up finally. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Somebody began a cheer, a formal cheer, a university cheer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang high praises of a black waiter named Max because of his flawless performance at formal dinner parties at their homes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A week after three of the four kids in my neighborhood were buried, the president made a formal address to the nation. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For formal dances I have dresses which I sew myself because I can’t afford to buy them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He made up for a lack of formal training with an intuitive gift and a keen eye. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They danced in silence for a moment or two with Ben watching his feet and Lillian smiling at his adolescent discomfiture in formal dress. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In all but the most formal writing, some of the fussiest grammarians accept It’s me. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been formal once, but now was wild. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But these banners were too stiff and formal to seem cheery. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Marriage was the thing, or rather, a wedding was, with its formal neatness of virtue rewarded, the thrill of its pageantry and banqueting, and dizzy promise of lifelong union. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After the talents wrap, there’s an intermission before the formals. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z California is virtually alone among the states in having a formal program in biological control, and many states have not even one entomologist who devotes full time to it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He is unfailingly polite, even formal, but he can be awkward, even curt, around people. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Obviously, a few people could benefit from formal training, but overall, it was good, right? And Nick was just so wonderful.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z No formal disciplinary action has ever been taken against a Japanese sumo wrestler for match rigging. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Without some capacity for it I could not have qualified as a Mobile, and I received formal training in it on Hain, where they dignify it with the title of Farfetching. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z And I remember, too, the talks of visiting speakers, all eager to inform us of how fortunate we were to be a part of the "vast" and formal ritual. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have anything to wear to a formal dance,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This is formal Mom; this is Mom in a business meeting, her favorite self. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead, the first formal ceremony of their lives centers around the consumption of solid food. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Level of style won’t help you here: unlike the alternatives set apart by other pseudo-rules in the oral tradition, neither which nor that is more formal than the other. verbing and other neologisms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Thereafter he made his wife recite the prayer at the start of each meal, even on formal occasions, when there were guests in the house. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, what should I call you?” he asked, giving me a formal sort of nod. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I grab a piece of manuscript paper and try my best to remember what I learned in school about writing a formal letter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After the brutal reality of things Waterside, it seemed to me as if I had stumbled into a formal ball. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Baba motions us closer as if we’re strangers needing a formal introduction. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z For many Navajo students, this was the end of formal education. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the idea of using loci for artificial memory was at the center of formal education in rhetoric for centuries. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Others were elaborate scrapbooks depicting trips to Disney or the Grand Canyon and included formal portraits of relatives. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But since written English is more formal than conversational English, anyone who wants to write correctly will have to get a grip on whom. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Harris Sinclair, owner of the island, declined any formal investigation of the fire’s origin. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z One morning I started my formal observations, beginning at 125th Street and the Hudson River. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Some, of it was formal and trumped-up, overdone. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had added a second story, installed a private cinema, built heated greenhouses, and laid out formal gardens. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z What made an interpretation right was not its formal structure but its usefulness, the fact that it made possible prediction and control. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z While under formal control, virtually every aspect of one’s life is regulated and monitored by the system, and any form of resistance or disobedience is subject to swift sanction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A platoon of thirty soldiers or even a company of a hundred soldiers can function well on the basis of intimate relations, with a minimum of formal discipline. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned a great deal about being formal just by listening to the way my father and other male relatives of his generation spoke. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My wife’s formal trial began in February in the Rand Supreme Court in Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Inspired by the controversy, in 1796 Cuvier wrote a landmark paper, Note on the Species of Living and Fossil Elephants, in which he put forward for the first time a formal theory of extinctions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They would be gentle, formal, everyone gathered in the musty living room: her elderly uncles and granduncles, their wives, some cousins, and perhaps a baby tied on someone’s back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That night, I sat in the auditorium watching the boys and girls dancing at the Christmas formal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At the end of fifth grade, there was a formal graduation ceremony. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Burnham now possessed formal authority to begin building a fair, but he still had no place to put it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After the church service, we’d decided to skip the formal luncheon and had gone to a diner. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had had no formal instruction in drawing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There are no formal or final causes, and the material cause never varies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In later states, including most today, the leadership often became nonhereditary, and many states abandoned the entire system of formal hereditary classes carried over from chiefdoms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Things were different here, less rigid and formal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Have extensive interdisciplinary expertise and can help others understand and make connections through formal and informal communications. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z These Janis served one after another, banquet-style, more because she had only three working burners and two hands than for formal effect. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in their formal Olympic uniforms, they maneuvered the shell from one deck down to the next, trying to stay clear of lifeboat davits and guylines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "They're fierce warriors, but not soldiers. In formal battle, discipline is more important than courage. They've already done us more good in the kingswood than they would ever have done us on the city walls." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ahead of the formal procession and behind it danced the riau-riau dancers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A formal style that is appropriate for the inscription on a genocide memorial will differ from a casual style that is appropriate for an email to a close friend. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Probably because of the difference in status, the couple never went through a formal marriage ceremony. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I wondered why he kept them at all, let alone in an otherwise empty formal living room. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z At the time, there were no formal women's organizations in the United States. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “If you were actually familiar with Amity’s customs, you would know that they don’t have a formal leader,” says Johanna, her voice simultaneously gentle and firm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The contest with the Russian grandmaster was not a formal match, but consisted of speed games, and Petrosian won the majority. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Through a bombed cemetery, long-forgotten Londoners unearthed and flung into trees, grinning in rotted formal wear. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Whatever the formal status, the marriage was a successful and seemingly happy one, producing four daughters and two sons who survived childhood, and two more babies who died in infancy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z All of these settings are part of a person’s enculturation, or learning one’s culture through experiences, observations, and both formal and informal settings. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Deep windows had opened out on curving formal gardens, and the sea breezes had filled the room with the scent of flowers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There was no formal celebration to mark the occasion. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Prospero the Enchanter gives no formal reason for his retirement from the stage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When they finally got the shell onto the dock, the boys trooped back onto the Manhattan, their serge coats soggy and their straw hats starting to droop, and waited for the formal disembarking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Given the tragic and unique circumstances of his elevation to the presidency, it was decided that it would not be appropriate for him to deliver a formal public inaugural address. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It puts him in a civil humor when people are formal and polite. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Joon mumbles something that sounds close to the formal greeting, but he does not bow. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z After I clean the kitchen, I go in the formal living room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There was a massive stone wall with a doorway in it, and in the farther part of the garden, the trees were younger and the planting less formal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My father went to talk to the men, but my mother and Ultima stood apart with the women with whom they exchanged formal greetings. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Our formal greeting done, we strode up the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon release, people with criminal records are discriminated against, legally, for the rest of their lives, and most will eventually return to the system’s formal control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I was surprised to get such a formal photo from Martin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Tombaugh had no formal training as an astronomer, but he was diligent and he was astute, and after a year’s patient searching he somehow spotted Pluto, a faint point of light in a glittery firmament. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Each had an image of life in the Golden Crescent painted on it—families sailing in the bay, children playing in the palace gardens, men and women in formal dress in this very hall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We can’t afford to go out and buy a formal dress that Mary Anne will only wear once in her life.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Victims' advocates were added to parole boards, and in most states they were given a formal role in state and local prosecutors' offices. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The child of a well-heeled, status-oriented Back Bay family of antique dealers, she was far out of the league of a jockey with a seventh-grade formal education and no fixed address. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At a formal dinner once a professor of some science or other, wanting to make small talk, had pointed out a few insects gyrating above a candelabra. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She, being the nearest woman relative, raised a formal lament for the dead of the family. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Such as is more formal than like, but both are legitimate. possessive antecedents. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The foyer is formal, with flocked burgundy wallpaper, a large gilt-framed mirror, and a dark, ornately carved chest of drawers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Some immeasurable time after Cecilia had gone to her room, Briony went with her mother to the library to have the first of her formal interviews with the police. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But there are also two formal systems for naming the notes in a particular octave. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z With Ben gone, I rode with my father more often, and he began my formal training for the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mom picked up her notebook, opened it, and started to speak in an even, formal voice. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What Olmsted wanted were “minor incidents...of a less evidently prepared character; less formal, more apparently spontaneous and incidental.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was more at ease with formal or geometric designs where the composition was well- defined. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no formal institutions, such as laws, police, and treaties, to resolve conflicts within and between bands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Roy Lee’s date for the formal was there, having come across the mountain to be properly impressed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It is a summons to the dining hall, where the Amity gather for less formal occasions than the meeting we attended. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We’d attend a formal banquet in the ballroom, eating with forks and knives coated in gold. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Aside from a formal plea to the jury, which would not take place until the morrow, the psychiatrist’s testimony terminated Hickock’s planned defense. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z That we’d have to kiss and hold hands and slow dance at the winter formal? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Those words made it formal: the tree was ours. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I had to read several of the letters he’d received first to pick up the stilted formal style of the day. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I walked under an archway to a formal sitting room, with a long couch, several wooden chairs, embroidered pillows, and a low carved table in the middle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Camila, Mya, and I decided to swap corsages when we went stag to the formal. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Some of the examples are a bit formal and can be replaced by the indicative, such as It’s essential that he sees a draft and whether it is good or bad. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They might question us for not having formal evacuation orders. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The difference is just one of style: than I is more suited to formal writing, than me to writing that is closer to speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Of course, Adam would choose to dress up for the symphony and a 1960s sharkskin suit could’ve just been his cool take on formal, but I knew there was more to it than that. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, in the shape of sermons, Christianity provided regular formal occasions for public speaking. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To explain the intersection of genetics, natural selection, and evolution in formal terms, Dobzhansky resurrected two important words—genotype and phenotype. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She was remembering the odd way Raven had greeted them—asking if they needed anything in that really formal way that made James joke about her being a butler. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z So far she had never had a chance to benefit from formal voice training. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z In appreciation for Kami’s enthusiasm and dedication, some weeks later his wish was granted—despite the fact that he had no climbing experience and had received no formal training in proper techniques. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The conviction marks the beginning of the second phase: the period of formal control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Arden was too formal for a person like him, but George felt funny calling an adult by his first name, even though he had said “Call me Paul” more than once. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The reason was that black firms were generally undercapitalized and managed by individuals who lacked a formal education and who had no business network to back them up. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was strange to hear him call Father that, so formal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mama leaves the kitchen and heads toward the formal dining room, where her catering orders are waiting to be packed and labeled. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She spoke in a low, pacifying voice, stranger for being formal, but saved from falseness by the soberness of her face. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I thought about how different she was from Zoe—Zoe all formal and aloof like a princess, Thalia with her ratty clothes and her rebel attitude. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Ordinarily in such a plea, there was not a formal sentencing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Homework came in overwhelming waves, especially chemistry and calculus, which I had a hard enough time learning even with formal instruction. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z That said, even though no formal proposal for a gradual emancipation program came before the Congress in 1790, all the elements for such a program were present in the debates. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Chicago promptly established a formal corporation, the World’s Columbian Exposition Company, to finance and build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even the few who weren’t mad for Granny’s sake likely didn’t know what to say, under the circumstances, and nobody was going to risk criticism by paying a formal call or taking a wedding present. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He had been working his father’s land since he was a boy, so he had not had much formal schooling. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet as bad as these forms of discrimination are, many people who have been ensnared by the system will tell you that the formal mechanisms of exclusion are not the worst of it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In formal writing, avoid using help but, as in: Huck can’t help but look silly in those pants. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw in this the reason for my being staved off so long and the reason for my late guardian’s declining to commit himself to the formal knowledge of such a scheme. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z We filed a formal complaint about our treatment, but it was ignored. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the first to describe the archaeopteryx after its discovery in Bavaria in 1861 and the first to write a formal epitaph for the dodo. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z During one of our study sessions in late November, I worked up the courage to ask Dorothy to the Christmas formal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She went on to write a PhD dissertation on the effect of formal rhetoric on Shakespeare’s language, and remained an evangelist for the use of the trivium in education. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I know Silvey is soft on me, he always has been, and I think he is brokenhearted over Julie, but he was dead stiff and formal escorting me to my interview—awkward, you know? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I had the tyack dress from Lucy’s funeral, and my mom agreed to lend me her black satin gloves if I returned them before she had to wear them for the formal wear segment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He handed the jeweler for whom he worked a formal written request for leave on Friday and Saturday. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Even so, it was presented delicately, not as part of the official agenda, and only after the committee addressed several other formal agenda items. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There was little pretence now—no formal veneer of conversation. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Remarkably, under current law, an actual conviction or finding of a formal violation is not necessary to trigger exclusion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Echevarri didn’t begin formal dance training until the age of twelve, but once she did, there was no looking back. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The intrusion of this ominous meaning creates an extraordinary tension with the dispassionate investigation of the target’s formal qualities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They made a formal recommendation that we organize an international cooperative program, with new and immense radio telescopes, to probe the reaches of deep space for electromagnetic signals making sense. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the radar, and without a formal charter, he had transformed Truman into something like a high school for the performing arts. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There is no need for formal ranks, titles and law books to keep order. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you waiting for a formal invitation?” she asked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He dropped to his knees and cowered in a deep formal bow. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Her complexion is as smooth and delicate as a piece of the fine porcelain from the formal dining salon at home. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mom says, her eyes pinned to the pages of winter formal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z No one questioned this new, formal look of his. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z His father, William Dean, was a tall, handsome, and opinionated man who had little use for formal education aside from reading the Bible, and even less use for women. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z His voice took on a real formal tone, but it was hard to tell if he was being serious. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The formal document assigning the island to Tycho was signed by the King on 23 May. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Its provisions include a formal apology to the Japanese American internees. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Soon after her entry into the King’s lab, she had rebelled against its hierarchical character, taking offense because her first-rate crystallographic ability was not given formal recognition. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A formal bow, a polite wish for her pleasant arrival, and he, too, strode eagerly into the fog in quest of his new teacher. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The texts were in formal Spanish, with thee and thou, and grammar that was hard to follow. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The man in the grey suit will not say, though the move clearly marks the end of formal lessons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One by one, we would make formal complaints about food, or clothing, or visits. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “How much do you think I can get a formal for? This pageant isn’t going to be cheap.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On all fours he scrambled up the formal staircase to the second floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He made formal calls on all of his neighbors, the old-timers who remembered how it used to be and how it was. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s the only paper written in casual printing rather than the formal cursive of a school assignment, and the handwriting is tiny. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He became more and more curt and formal, though never sarcastic; he kept that promise, at least. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He felt formal and polite from all the bowing, and he was glad that his cricket had been able to make the two Chinese gentlemen so happy. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They played whenever they could, as opposed to when they had to, and they didn’t need a soccer complex or a formal practice to get inspired. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z And I wouldn’t recommend it in formal writing or speech. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the company of others, we exchanged only formal courtesies, arranging private meetings with our looks and with letters passed between us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Herb York had learned this in 1954, soon after Lawrence bestowed on him the formal title of Livermore director. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The same way you avoid meeting the eye of an old lover at a formal dinner, or that of an old enemy sitting across the room in a crowded alehouse late at night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The queen's eyes remain cold, her face and words formal. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The upper rows were filled with several dozen ghosts and a few older veterans from the city, all in formal togas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A few other families stood by, in clumps, looking solemn, the women in black, the men in suits or formal guayaberas. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But that position is not a formal office to be filled and carries only limited power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Alexander. Had I known you were involved with my grandson, I would have insisted upon a more formal first meeting.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Before apartheid, any black South African who received a formal education was likely taught by European missionaries, foreign enthusiasts eager to Christianize and Westernize the natives. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Bren said, pulling at the collar of his shirt, which opened into an embarrassingly deep V. “Too formal?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Padva insists on making her a less formal version of the ivory-and-black gown in peach and cream, finishing a sketch in a matter of minutes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In formal terms, the scientific panel would have the opportunity to give its advice on any subject brought before the interim committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His formal proposal arrived a week later, envisioning a tower that was essentially a taller version of what he had built in Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The Maidens used a small knife with an ornately embellished golden handle to cut and smooth my hair, and many hands began twining small strands into a series of formal hanging braids. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was easy to be formal and cold in English. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He stood bareheaded in the rain: regal, formal, a beautiful white-haired, white-bearded old man in a faded blue robe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Researchers, absent the urgent need to know why radar operators fell asleep, started a new generation of more formal, deliberate experiments, trying to measure the capabilities of the human mind. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They were not a political party; they made pretense to no formal religion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The eighteenth century saw something of a shift of emphasis to delivery, with “elocutionism” taking root as a formal discipline on its own. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Golden Gray went into the second room to change his clothes—this time he chose something formal, elegant. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I have not spoken of my faithful vehicle except in formal terms of passing praise. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mkentane’s depiction of Lincoln was stately and formal, and his recitation of one of the greatest of all speeches, the Gettysburg Address, won a standing ovation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hotel was an old and formal building, remodeled inside. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Archer bowed—a formal gesture, but the others nodded approvingly. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I want to do a few sketches of Abuela Celia, maybe even a formal portrait of her on her wicker swing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But the question scented to be ceremonial, part of the formal proceedings. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “She said it was to be my formal suit of clothes.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnham rose to offer the men a formal welcome, but he did not seem at ease. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A natural writer, he quickly grasped the difference between e-mail chat and the more formal and grammatical prose the school wanted, and labored over his essay. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He sat perfectly still, with a formal, melancholy expression, his gaze fixed to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I look at my shoes, polished up nice the way my grandpa used to insist for formal occasions. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Many had come from places that had been destroyed by war, so they had never had access to any kind of formal education. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The next round of the audition is the formal walk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She had nothing further to offer—an indication of a standoff moving to a new phase, into a more formal legal arena, with the sides entrenching. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Nothing good could come of our formal attire, of that I was sure. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And they were taught formal rules of evidence gathering, in order to avoid cases being dropped or stalled, as had happened with the first Osage investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The formal opening, however, would not occur until May 1, 1893, to give Chicago more time to prepare. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “A quick service, that is well and good. A long and formal one would not have gone well for me, had I awakened too soon,” I said with a smile. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The country developed ways by which some could become formal citizens of this nation of laws. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in my life I understood the true purpose of this sort of formal greeting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A strange friendship; grim and gambling Longstreet, formal and pious old Bobby Lee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of Judge Lew Fielding’s courtroom sat twenty-four islanders of Japanese ancestry, dressed in the clothes they reserved for formal occasions. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It says on your school list that you’re supposed to have dress robes this year . . . robes for formal occasions.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They spent a few hours in this formal visit, speaking of the opera season, trips to Europe, the political situation, and the winter chills, while they drank sweet wine and ate puff pastries. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “A lot of people haven’t done as well. And you were successful with no formal education at all.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave it to Taisin, who blushed to receive it, and thanked her with words so formal that Kaede’s heart ached. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z |
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