For instance, Raoul’s much ado about nothing comes by way of his father, a failed Shakespearean actor who gave up the dream and started a theater camp for underprivileged children. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In time I gave up entirely on being saved by a ship. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly gave up on using one after I left mine in science and math on the same day. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

On another occasion, when she had not yet given up the idea of saving her for the world, she had tried to get her interested in basic domestic affairs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Doctors were openly disputing every aspect of the fever, and the College of Physicians, which had promised to meet every Monday, had given up. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

"If you give up," said Piggy, in an appalled whisper, "what `ud happen to me?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I thought Viola should give up and leave them alone, but I reconsidered after discovering that the black pepper in the egg salad was not pepper at all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He wasn't going to give up his only guaranteed time with Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Why is he trying to goad me into giving up? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Our poor ball must be quite given up.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She had not given up just because she had curtsied to the white lady who screamed at her about her job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Why would a fisherman give up all his fishing hooks? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We circle for a few minutes, until the driver gives up and lets us off at Macy’s. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Fie was on his back flashing the white fur on his belly that signaled I give up! and no one, not even the pups, could strike him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next week, I give up any hope I had that she could be persuaded to my cause. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” Dad said, his voice growing hopeful, “I could give up cable for a year.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But you have to want it desperately, work hard, take advantage of an opportunity—and never give up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I gave up very quickly trying to make people understand what it meant to be the outsider. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So another cycle takes place — a cycle within a cycle: a molecule of ATP gives up one of its phosphate groups and retains only two, becoming a diphosphate molecule, ADP. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She gave up patrolling the aisles and walked back; to the Coat Room. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A few enemy soldiers who refused to give up were still left in the jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me once that she had agreed to marry my dad and live in Paintbrush Falls as long as he didn’t make her give up her dreams. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Matt paces the floor like a man who has given up hope but will make one last attempt to reason. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had maybe given up finding a good job in St. Louis so that I could continue my journey. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she give up before she finish, like it’s too hot to even tell me what to do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But fail to comprehend the schools and you gave up your body later. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But why were you pretending to give up on the library?” asked Kyle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The crone and the girl on the shield gave up the chase at three thousand, but not the fat man in yellow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I am almost ready to give up, I come upon a trampled and routed garden of May apples. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was sitting down the same as giving up? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the physicians gave up their tinkering and simply monitored Lincoln’s heartbeat, temperature, and breathing. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly gave up and Melissa delightedly put the pink tank top and purple skirt back on. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

See, the law in America had always been that you couldn’t give up your citizenship during times of war, but President Roosevelt had signed the law just to get rid of them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sigh and give up, grimly aware that the painting is probably completely ruined by now. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I looked along the bottom of the trail, but finding nothing there that I could use, gave up my search. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By fifth grade, I gave up on friends. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I would never give up on Sir Fig Newton. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The Lakota leader was giving up his rifle: a sign of surrender. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

A few more minutes of grumbling, and Stephen gave up. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was only a cabinet minister talking about Turkey giving up its neutrality sometime soon. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared, but I don’t want to give up so easily. We can’t give up.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wondered again how she would have felt about his giving up church and religion. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only thing, what if never giving up means not thinking smart or speaking true? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He fought his mouth and then he gave up and put his face down in his hands and wept. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rest might have given up all hope of his uncle's safe return, but not him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Alexandrians, who were completely outmatched, quickly gave up the fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe he will give up smoking after all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if she was crying at the thought of having to give up cigarettes or because Salim might not come back safely. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I would have given up a while ago,” she continued. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave up and walked down to the Lincoln Sitting Room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Still others—and I am one of those—never give up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even after his mistake with the Governor, he'd never given up trying to make a better world. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I saw you go into that fire on the floating island. I seen you give up rations so the crew could have more. Some folks, knowin’ when they’re gonna kick it, might play it safe. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But even more than that, he believed, “They are not ready to give up this play. They’re just not. They have such a deep connection to it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Helmuth gives up on the radio, snaps it off, and turns his attention to the card game that Rudi and Arthur are playing. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

"What's he going to do? Throw a cookie at me? He's given up fighting—he said so himself." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I shoved the paper in my backpack and gave up trying. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I reasoned that I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong was so exhausted that he gave up trying to swim. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

If judges agreed, the city would have to give up. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

A day ago we’d have given up our teeth for a good rain, and now we gnashed them in frustration over the deluge. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though a lot of people have given up on them, I refuse to believe they’re a lost cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Charles himself had not given up on God entirely. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope this fog finally gives up,” she said, sighing as the taste of the batter hit her tongue. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Holly wouldn’t willingly give up her equipment; no LEP officer would. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He summoned his reserves of persuasion, his broad and repressed tenderness, ready to give up for Amaranta a glory that had cost him the sacrifice of his best years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had given up on fixing the tooth; I knew I would never have fourteen hundred dollars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As irritated as I was by all this, deep down I was beginning to grasp what my parents already knew: no matter which path I chose, I'd be giving up something. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then finally, he’d give up and come lie down on the cowhide with me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they were just as mean on the inside, but they'd been trained to be polite—to give up their seats for old people and girls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“They gave up nothing! We gave it all for them.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He kept offering them to me, then finally gave up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

For this that his mother gave up meat on Wednesdays. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the messages come from middle school kids all over the country, encouraging us to keep working and never give up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

I don’t mean that we almost gave up, but it took a long time and we lost so many good men. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to give up when the door slowly opened with a creak noisy enough to echo into the woods. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The caption read “Ah don’t give up, Pop. Maybe ya didn’t make a sale all week, but it ain’t as if I didn’t have my paper route.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In 1892, his eyesight failing, Schiaparelli announced he was giving up observing Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run after him a short distance and give up. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess the last bad habit a man will give up is advising.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you were human, you would have to give up your gift, wouldn’t you?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I never gave up hope that you were still alive somewhere.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All impurities burned out and ready for a glorious flux, and for that—more fire. And then either the slag heap or, perhaps what no one in the world ever quite gives up, perfection.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got it halfway down, then gave up. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At this moment all I'm thinking about is what I'd give up for the chance to kiss her or to run my fingers through her dark hair. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When her attempt to abort herself failed and the doctor threatened her, she gave up that method. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Crazy for standing on her principles: no buying on credit, no giving up her children, no eating of unclean meat. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As fleet and bright as a lodestar he wheeled toward Guitar and it did not matter which one of them would give up his ghost in the killing arms of his brother. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called four more times before he gave up and finally left a message more desperate than he liked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But they are not the kind of boys who give up! October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a time he gave up with the bow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also gave up the idea of establishing a good relationship with Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I . . . uh . . . want some answers,” he murmured, but he couldn’t put any strength in his words—felt himself give up inside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was the mighty Fezzik, lover of rhymes, and you did not give up, no matter what. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But Tom Black didn’t give up that easily. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helps me think how to be smart and never give up, both at the same time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Well, maybe you’re right, Albert. But you shouldn’t give up, either.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Since there is no money coming into our family, my mom had to give up the apartment we rented. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while an inexperienced potter would try his hand at painting his pieces, but the more accomplished potters, Min and Kang among them, had long ago given up trying the technique. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It seemed to them quite likely that the place would be given up without any fighting at all. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew there was no talking Dad out of it, but I couldn’t give up without trying. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Friederich was obliged finally to give up the siege, because he learned of the fall of Glatz, the critical point of his new conquests. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, her shout meant that Bennie had given up her hiding place to distract the phantoms. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The psychologist Barry Schwartz recently proposed that elite schools give up their complex admissions process and simply hold a lottery for everyone above the threshold. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When he thinks about giving up, he tries to reassure himself: “I know my day will come. I know I shouldn’t get desperate.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"I may have relinquished weapons, demon, but do not be foolish enough to think I've given up an ounce of my power." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The ump isn’t why you gave up seven runs,” Malik says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The truth was, one pout from either Yonetta or Fern and I would have given up the window seat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The sister who sneaks me M&M’s during Lent, when Mom makes me give up candy and you give up soda. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I remember how Jude gave up the sun and stars and oceans for my drawing of him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“There were so many unknown factors that we had to give up the plan,” said Haukelid. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their valley and crops flooded, the farmers instantly became “the water refugees,” forced to give up their land with little or no compensation from the government. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There were business and professional people, such as the militant former Brooklynites Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, both of them dentists, who had given up their United States’ citizenship. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much time, so I gave up attempting to be quiet, and ran through Jesse’s bedroom to the connecting bathroom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“What, you guys never gave up, even though you were losing like that?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not about what the mortals believe. Maybe it’s because you give up on yourself” His pure brown eyes regarded me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It seems like my parents gave up the magic when I figured out the Santa lie. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It did not give up enough light even for Coraline to make out the things that had been painted onto the flaking cellar walls. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Of somebody who has been calling my number for the last ten minutes, I can hear, and is as ready to give up on me as I am. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not even noon, and I’m so covered in sweat that I’ve given up and taken off my shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Though he’s better at keeping up appearances than Vincent, he has not given up his girlfriend. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then my arms get tired and achy, and I give up and stare at the ceiling. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They believed that if they turned a deaf ear to us, we would give up in frustration and the people on the outside would forget about us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But am I giving up? Isn’t quitting kind of the same thing as failing?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave up on stealth and simply shouted. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that his actions did not seem logical and he gave up trying to explain them logically. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby wipes away tears, then gives up and just lets them fall. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wrote letters to doctors in England, spent his evenings reading casebooks at the library, gave up eating meat on Fridays in order to appease his household god. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We walk around for half an hour, looking for a store that’s affordable, and I just want to give up and bury my face in a Cinnabon, even though they always make me sick. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I got fired from several restaurant jobs when my employers found out I was the one who wouldn’t give up her seat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“You are a difficult case. But don’t give up hope. Everything is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was serious then, and I had pretty much given up on everything. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I learned later that many of the enemy soldiers wanted to give up, but were too ashamed to surrender or too afraid of their officers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s already given up all his dreams for her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What about Caroline’s school? Have you thought of her? What she’ll have to give up to marry you?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved them for not giving up on me because charting this unknown territory on a leap of faith at times was paralyzing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Padre Leo gave up the two-bedroom priest’s apartment attached to the church so that female migrants would have a place to sleep. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When they reached the bone tree and the shoe pile, Loo had no trouble whatsoever giving up his shoes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She tried to count the windows, but soon gave up. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We could give that. Or, you know what? We could give up the bicycle. Bury the money and . . . plant the seeds.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I’m still getting the hang of it! You give up?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

"Each month it gets whittled away and has to start from nothing and build itself up again. It returns, full and shiny, every month. You shouldn't give up either." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Finally she gave up and said, “Well, fine, we’ll just burn the hell up in here, I guess.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But though the Nazi government of Hitler’s Third Reich was clearly going to have to admit defeat pretty soon, they didn’t give up easily. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I recalled a preacher in Des Moines who had warned folks who had come for a soup supper to give up their evil ways and stay off the path to perdition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Oh, and a compass in case I decide to give up and go home. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had stopped broadcasting our faces, as if it had just given up on us and shut its eyes. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now he could see only two courses of action: he could give up and do nothing, or he could start to work on a different kind of movable light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes an animal simply gave up and let itself be devoured. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog’s given up all struggle, sedated by the smell of the shirt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As we rushed the cow, that ponderous beast — uneasy still in spite of its four-legged stance — fled; and we gave up our race for aimless crawling and darting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

So I give up and switch to a fork instead. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My boots gave up the will to stay dry. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up and dropped into a calm eddy of air behind a bank of willows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Once he gets wound up in the pulpit he seems unwilling to give up center stage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, it was easy to give up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Had I listened to the chorus of male voices at the foundation, I might have given up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’d come too far and survived too much to give up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The city’s media ignored the demonstrations, probably hoping that the protesters would give up and go home if they were denied the attention they obviously wanted. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie climbed to her feet, not saying anything, just giving up the warmth and comfort of her spot nearest the fireplace without a fight. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She gave up trying to shout into the phone. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I started to worry I wouldn’t find what I needed and was about to give up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There had been very little hope from the beginning, but on seeing the hollow I gave up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could have given up on going to church and school, but we did not. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever anyone flew at the balloon to try to shoot it down, the gunfire would get so hot that they’d have to give up. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Drum dove toward her, called again, gave up, and went on. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But before Keith gave up his dog, he and Turbo were running through their favorite spots one last time and the feed stopped somewhere in Central Park. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Amma's lullaby about the moon climbing over mountains to bring us flowers was a message about how the moon never gives up too. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Or he might find some ship going far out into the Reaches, so far the shadow would lose him and give up the hunt. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And if he does give up on her—what happens to the emails? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It seems like a price, giving up our names, but maybe it’s a fair exchange for the gun being lowered. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hoped he didn’t think so little of me as to believe I would give up that easily. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do this, okay? Don’t give up on me. I’m not going anywhere.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He asked about my birthdays, my grade school teachers, my childhood pets — and I had to admit that after killing three fish in a row, I’d given up on the whole institution. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Con refused to give up; his stomach churned at the thought of losing Shae. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All we saw was you running the simulation and her nearly getting punched to death-before she gave up. Then you stopped, had a rather abrupt lovers’ reconciliation, and stole the hard drive together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’re just going to give up your house to a pack of dogs?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He could sit down at the piano, looking as if he had given up on China, but pretty soon his left hand would get the cannon booming and the drums beating. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she would have to give up such pursuits. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For some moments it stabbed here and there, then gave up, lifted its head and watched them again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally, she assumed that I would be the one to give up a bed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this state of mind, I bet you don’t even give up your seat to a pregnant lady. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Andrea and I stayed downstairs late that night but at eleven o’clock, just as we were about to give up, there was a bang on the front door. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might as well give up right now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The world was too big, I think, and Marv gave up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The members of the Animal Fanciers’ Society had quickly given up whatever information they had. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I gave up my crown, he would not want me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he ever gave up until I drove away without him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog glanced at Felix, but he wasn’t about to give up his free meal. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

That had been hard, as I hadn’t been ready to give up my own little ocean. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It also meant giving up all those values that I had been taught would make me a worthwhile person. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Many mathematical problems are so intractable, and experiments involving them so expensive, that this kind of probabilistic simulation is the only alternative to giving up on them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m of age, and I’m going to keep fighting even if you’ve given up!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I just gave up and lay down to die!’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mina was warning Judith that parents who gave up their children might not be able to find them again, after the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We waited for the gate to quit squeaking before we gave up our hiding spot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And sometimes you couldn’t get anything like a dial tone for hours at a time and in the end it was easier just to give up and read a book. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Dad hasn't really given up on the blanket either. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn heard Miguel’s voice in his head—Don’t you know when to give up?—but he wasn’t ready to go home yet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Eventually he had to give up, as his eyes were beginning to water and he was getting a crick in his neck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You can’t give up. I’m just trying to help you, Quinn. You got to keep your head in the game and nowhere else. You got that?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I knew it, but suddenly I realized giving up my craft room wouldn’t have killed me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha could not take his friend’s advice; he could not give up his son. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gave up and leant our backs against the painted wall which encircled the temple, the vermilion and white striped wall we had foolishlessly thought meant safety. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I relax, making him think I’m giving up. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But when she saw the stupid way in which she rejected a pretender who for many reasons was more desirable than a prince, she gave up all hope. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Still, I hadn’t given up on the church as Minerva and Maria Teresa had. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he realized that he had to move, he didn’t want to give up his comfortable residence. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

How long can you keep living in fear of turning every corner, before you give up and hide out in your house for good? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When I heard Greg and his pals stir in their tents next to ours, I finally gave up all pretense of sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I live in a community that waves a white flag because we have almost given up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am so pumped that people who care about me saw my potential and never gave up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Still, the White House announced that the enemy offensive was running out of steam, that casualties at Khesanh were light, that we would never give up the marine base there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It would be smart to check every house in that section. But remember—they were alive this morning. I saw them, no doubt. Don’t give up hope yet, son.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Like Cheryl, I had witnessed, been through, and experienced too much in my life at such a young age to give up on my future. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Lots of them are waiting for a true, independent Palestine, too. They’re not going to give up when they’re this dose.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had thought of his father and the terrible look of defeat when he had listened on the phone the other night and finally placed the receiver on the table, giving up. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if I’m as stiff and pointless as I was in the studio and they’ve just given up on getting anything better? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He gave one last glance at the box of mangled cupcakes on her desk, then gave up and headed for the door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the road, they had to give up having tank cars of live fish shipped to them, because it was so hard to get deliveries on time. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was Seven Nightshade Salazar, and the one thing she wouldn’t do was give up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cats there were, many of them, but they were so bloated with fish heads and guts from the canneries that they had long ago given up hunting. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t given up on our old routine but seems to like the new one just fine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But the best he could do was slide the bull carcass along the ground for about a foot before he gave up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone at one point tried to paint half of the stairway bright green but then gave up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I soon found it didn’t matter if I scrubbed like a gal from a one-cow town or if I gave up on Ivory soap and turned to stronger cleaners. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated them all for just giving up. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For a long time already Amaranta had given up trying to make her into a useful woman. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Both feel like giving up, but what else is there to do? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘But do not give up hope! Gandalf is greater than you Shire-folk know — as a rule you can only see his jokes and toys. But this business of ours will be his greatest task.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And in a way it really did, when I considered that a week ago he was nearly dead, and I had almost given up hope. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could see nothing that accounted for the meerkats’ fixed curios­ity, and I might have given up on solving the mystery had squeaking and barking not erupted at a pond nearby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was he stalling, too, or was it the opposite—-had Sticky already given up? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d still try, and then he’d give up and put his hands over his face, and you could tell he was doing everything he could not to let himself think that everything was ruined forever. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I can cut it down. It’s just too big. I guess I’ll have to give up.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, his father, who had been watching him, abruptly gave up watching him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

With his other son he had given up hope. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never gave up hope no matter how many times she lost out with Frank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hens and cats gave up their places on the steps as he approached them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long flowy man comes out, his face flush and his blouse wrinkled into a fret, and he looks as if he’s already given up on the entire project. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And in the incandescence of the pearl the pictures formed of the things Kino’s mind had considered in the past and had given up as impossible. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not when I think of Elias, who gave up his own life for mine. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If the atomic bomb could shock Japan into giving up, it had to be used. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neutron and deuterium were both discoveries from that miraculous year of 1932, when nuclear physics gave up some of its greatest secrets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been trying not to ask you, but I’m giving up,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had talked long into the night, and finally he had given up the idea of going with them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he gave up any thought of more sleep, got up, dressed, picked up his Nimbus Two Thousand, and walked quietly out of the dormitory. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

You mean like you and Dad . . . just gave up? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Arturo shook his head as if he were giving up on trying to understand me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He watched her face as though trying to read her thoughts, but gave up the attempt. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The words burst out, and I regret them but I’m also glad they’re there, glad that before I ask her to give up her identity, I can at least be honest with her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The man in the dark coat had given up on rattling the main gates and was now examining the smaller side gate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It’s possible that Bobby was just giving up, letting go of his life, beginning a slow form of suicide. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I thank you for coming and suffering through my show. I’m surprised you even turned up, I was beginning to give up hope. I’ve had that box reserved for you the entire week.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At that point he gave up on preserving the bulk of the meat and abandoned the carcass to the wolves. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a fraction of his countrymen would give up their lives to win it, and it was not his ambition to be among them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And that you have the right not to answer any questions, and you’re knowingly and freely giving up that right.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Had the earth stopped turning, had the trees frozen, had the sea given up its dead, Jean Louise would not have noticed. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

After several minutes of opening the wrong doors and bumping into people who hit me or called me names, I was in tears, ready to give up, paralyzed by my fear. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, that may very well be, but Seven wasn’t ready to give up on her oldest, dearest dream just yet. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was intended that I give up my nature studies, my Notebook, my beloved river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Gradually, they gave up, and we walked away. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside and out, he’d manage to hide a few little sins somewhere for his own discomfort. They’re the last things we’ll give up.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up your life, preserve your life,” he would say. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“We have been fighting against you for ten years. Our people will never give up.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Old Dan, giving up his search, came back to the tree and bawled a couple of times. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you have your heart set on it, that’s absolutely okay, but you have to know that you’re also deciding to give up all this gymnastics stuff.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Like it was tattooed on my skin that I was a weakling, a loser, that I was planning to give up and die. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“And I hate all of that. I hate it. But we’re almost at the end of the road. We’re almost there. And if you don’t give up, I don’t give up.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"That's so sad, don't you think? I mean, giving up that way? But I know how she feels. And it is her life." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly millions of Americans gave up bread and other carbohydrates and started eating mainly meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He left the decision on whether to push ahead with the patent on radioactive substances to Poillon, who was not so willing to give up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Early in the day he had sounded anxious, but he kept insisting that things would work out, and he told me he wasn't going to give up hope. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There were four people in front of us, but Krystal wasn't giving up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Flora Baumbach had given up dressmaking when she moved in with Turtle years ago. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gives up when he sees I’m not going to shoot that rabbit no way. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, he almost gave up, thinking it didn’t work. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes flew open in the dark, his heart began to hammer, and he gave up on sleeping and lay in a state of terrible impatience for the rest of the night. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rosa Parks was not the first person to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But one thing she wouldn’t do was give up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even if they slip on out owing you some money, you got to bite the bullet, give up some slack, and let them be on their way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had given up on me long before the vice principal did. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d give up bubble tea and half-price tunics and seven of my eight Hanukkah gifts if it meant Dad didn’t travel so much. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron had given up asking her how she was managing to attend several classes at once, but they couldn’t restrain themselves when they saw the exam schedule she had drawn up for herself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He threw his hands up in the air and moaned, “I give up!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba yelled, not giving up on the handle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

After almost a year of trying, she’s just given up and curled inward, spending her days idling away in Warcross instead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. You don’t understand me. You are not a person who gives up. I have always admired that about you. No matter what, you have never given up.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At seventy Mississippi he gave up and began to feel panicky again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just the afternoon before, Mrs. Parks had refused a driver’s command to give up her seat to a white passenger on a crowded bus. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He had even given up the moneys which ordinarily he held back from the family transactions for his own use, so beside himself had he been. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I give up,” I said when I came back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake moved to stand over Miss Riley with a folded newspaper, but the angry bees had too many targets and gave up in confusion, retreating back up the mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His mother refused even then to give up hope. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried crossing the border several times before he gave up and stayed in Tijuana. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You want to give up everything? After all these years of working, because, one night, some woman and her books—” “You should have seen her, Millie!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agamemnon himself was all for giving up and sailing back to Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give up so why don’t you just tell me? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons—throw it to some human being or some human idea. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They carried the boys for almost an hour before they gave up and had to put them down. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Yes. Things went from bad to worse until finally he had to give up his position." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was nearing dusk when I finally gave up and returned to the Priest Hole, where I found my father at the bar, tipping back a beer with the regulars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The man gave up and went back to the fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He pawed at the stinky corpse a few times and then gave up. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I'm done singing, Rani says, "You're so funny, Kabir. You sing about the moon and you don't see what it does? It never gives up." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After several attempts to get him to play, Little Ann gave up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes scan frantically, but my body gives up, falling weakly back onto the gurney. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Father pulled nearly every hair off his head and came close to giving up on a number of occasions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a while they gave up and went to bed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I think she'll give up, she stops in her tracks and points at me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In truth, though she hasn’t admitted it out loud until now, Molly has virtually given up on the idea of disposing of anything. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Seema’s hand seemed to shrivel, and she straightened up, giving up on cookie retrieval completely. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That the Capitol falls, lays down its arms, and gives up its prisoners before they hurt Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Some Americans, the same kind I thought would have deserted at Valley Forge or surrendered after Pearl Harbor, said we might just as well give up on space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she didn’t know what she was giving up until afterward. Maybe once she saw the baby she changed her mind.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She kept picturing the woman from the Pool of the Past, the woman who had given up so much just to keep Aru safe. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A lot of people gave up hope, and we lost some of our group. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long minute, he gives up command of the entrance and motions me in. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, he gave up and decided to just play the game. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hours past he had given up trying to exert himself any more; he could no longer call up any energy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After our miserable lunch, I gave up the idea that there would ever be a good time to tell her the news: that Rich Schields and I were getting married. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why they let me go either. But when they did, I promised myself I’d die before giving up my freedom again. That’s why I became an outlaw.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The hardest part of the makeover process is giving up control. You have to decide: do you want to trust your judgment about what you should be, or try judgment?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could go out there and give up her pack. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I told you — I got tired of trying to stay away from you. So I’m giving up.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It cost her a pang even to think of giving up the little treasures which in her eyes were as precious as the old lady’s jewels. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her not to give up on her dreams. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, giving up on my poor eyesight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘Even if we have to give up the house and move down in mill town,’ their Mama said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel like the only person for miles around who hasn’t given up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her to give up, but how could I? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To her, having a fast-food lunch meant giving up a “real meal.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Not a man, not yet. Until you have known a woman, you cannot un-derstand what you would be giving up." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That is, he seemed to have given up, but he really had not, I could tell. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He struggled in vain against a current of bodies, then gave up, exhausted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam gives up after a couple of tries. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But I gave up all that kid stuff now that I’m a sophomore. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finnick gives up at once, hunching on the ground, clenching his hands over his ears as if he’s trying to crush his skull. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. hugged Fern to her belly and told her not to give up hope, and then Big Ma, Uncle Darnell, JimmyTrotter, Fern, and even Mr. Lucas surrounded them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There is too much information buzzing in my brain to focus on any single part of it, so I give up trying and let myself drift off. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Neither can we. I might as well just give up.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was what I was going to do: show Carmen that I wouldn’t give up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Deed said, “Yeah, well, such is life. You think I’m going to give up the best gig in the state just ’cause you’d be offended? Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kahn gave up trying to make Charlie “look decent” in the fourth grade. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I cringed as though I had given up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jon has given up on his paintings of swirls and innards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself home at the end of the day, lagging far behind my brothers, who had given up trying to cajole me out of my mood. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps Papá was right when he said he was cursed,” I told Mamá one day when I felt like giving up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So I delete it, and then stare at my phone, and then retype it without the exclamation point, and then delete it again, until I finally give up and turn on Fruits Basket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She’d failed to communicate for years when she had the chance; she wasn’t going to give up now. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I give up on the phone and run out our front door, into the hallway. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Soviet memos and cables from the time show that the KGB never gave up hope of cultivating Oppenheimer—but never made any progress, either. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, this’d be a great freaking time to give up. What the—” “I’m sorry—-just tell me what happened.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Pong was ready to give up and get out, but now the guards had moved back into position and would see him if he climbed out of the basket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She waved her hand toward Papá as if to say, “Go. Go. I give up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood-and his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Not giving up. Giving in. There’s a difference.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The architect replies that if the boat were sinking, and there was only room in the lifeboat for one person, he would gladly give up his life for the newspaper tycoon. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, Rodney was looking defensive and on the verge of giving up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had always been hoping to find our parents, but I had almost given up that hope. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d give up his own honey so she could have more. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But listen. You really have to give up chasing great whites, okay?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, that meant all the time, really. Then they finally gave up because they realized that my reading didn’t exactly improve when they frightened me. On the contrary. Take Flatnose, for instance.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It shall be as you please, Mrs. Chester. I’ll give up my place here at once, and attend to the flowers, if you like.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They at once gave up any idea of going back. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could continue on as the picked-on new girl, I could give up on the Parkway and just go back to my toys at home, or I could attempt to earn DeeDee’s respect. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“France was under Nazi occupation. My grandparents gave up their baby girl because they were about to be arrested and sent to a concentration camp.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Tough Will, who was known to sit down in the middle of his own soccer game, right there on the field, until his coach gave up and called in the sub. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I continued to read at a good pace, but I had all but given up on the writing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Finally Momma got sick of having slob all over her hand and gave up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the lessons get harder and harder, and when I have to type out a whole page, I get lazy and want to give up. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My men have given up all hope of victory, she realized glumly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hardly stand to see her give up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Long after the police and their dogs had given up the search for us, Mother and Daddy kept looking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s time to give up,” I said as Mom and I worked in the garden, weeding and watering. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I felt that until I had worked out exactly how I felt about these issues, I had better give up eating meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Now there was only one thing to do: overcome the river, and she had no intention of giving up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She could give up trying to do anything with herself, stop being ambitious. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But if I married Raji, would I have to give up my friends? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The suitor in Rutland was urging her to give up factory life, but there was a more compelling reason for her to return. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After about the fifth encounter I gave up, turned Rocinante about, and retraced my way. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was proud of myself for not giving up and proving everyone wrong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t gone to such lengths to kidnap Miss Peregrine only to give up after one failed attempt. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Prince Dain may want me for a spy, but that doesn’t mean giving up my sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We hid directly under the windows, pressed against the baseboard until the ghost, calling us in the ghost language so that we’d almost answer to stop its voice, gave up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was now on the sidelines, but I also knew that I would not give up the fight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But luckily no child appeared, and in the end she agreed to give up trying, and soon afterwards they parted. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At a quarter to seven he gave up and got dressed before waking Julie. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I knew for sure I would never promise to give up either of those things again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys’ talk quickly wore thin, and Reynie was just about to give up and go study when Jackson’s voice boomed down the corridor: “Corliss Danton! There you are!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally an alarm bell went off in my brain and I threw up both arms, shouting, “Don’t shoot! We give up!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As if reading her thoughts, Martina hissed, “Now you realize how outclassed you are, don’t you, Wetherall? I don’t blame you for giving up.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That didn’t mean I was willing to give up anything else in my life to achieve that goal. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Every time he spoke, it was to remind me that if I gave up, Al would have to take my place in front of the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

So she’s standing there and everyone is supposed to stay away from her because the principal says that they should and you think she’s going to crumple and just give up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only after a year of trying would he give up and go back. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne was not going to give up, however. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave up, tossed the rest of the brownie to the goat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I try jogging a few more times, but eventually I just give up and walk. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Still, some of the women’s rights advocates refused to give up so easily. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Daniel gave up everything to devote himself to ending that foolish slaughter,” Harry said of the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine seemed to be waiting for the pigeon to tire out and give up, but then she got impatient and began swinging the pigeon around in the air by its leg. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Lyra, “because you’d just go and tell them. You’ll have to come along without knowing where we’re going. Of course you could always give up and go back to them.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He says, “Let’s never give up the root cellar, Mason. Not for anything. Tell no one.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Normally I would give up, but not today. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up on the idea of sleep quickly then, curling up into a small ball, wrapping my arms around my legs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I think how many fingers I’d give up for one minute like that with him and decide seven. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean...I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I—I don’t...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I read the same paragraph about twenty times before I finally give up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes — giving up trying to be good. I’m just going to do what I want now, and let the chips fall where they may.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The coyote tried again to move, but yelped and gave up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually he gave up trying to amuse her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was about to give up, and then I saw her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he escaped the immediate reach of the Grievers’ instruments, they gave up and retreated, disappearing into the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t get any mail here because Mom pretty much gave up, and Annie...well, We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

God had said that it was only the men who could give up their jealous selves, their futile individualities of happiness and sorrow, who would die peacefully and enter the ring. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If whoever sent the assassin had been desperate enough to send someone onto the Current of Faith, they shouldn’t have given up so easily. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Look at the battle of Malmesbury, which was given up on account of bad weather. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are pieces of public life, of giving up one’s privacy to become a walking, talking symbol of a nation, that can seem specifically designed to strip away part of your identity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So we gave up trying to make friends with them and simply sat around on the smooth rocks in our bathing costumes, enjoying the lovely sun. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monique looked confused and tried to remember, but gave up with a small shrug of her shoulders, then headed back toward her favorite chair to watch TV. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briefly, I thought about turning around, just giving up, but then I got out of the car and walked up to the front porch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So even though Bobby was in his mid-thirties, he gave up his Manhattan apartment and moved back home. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

After losing our way several times, Da gave up on the map and began asking people on the street for directions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But when the ocean finally gave up the secret of immortality, the gods tricked the asuras and took all the nectar for themselves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could say only two more before she gave up, with him still raring to go. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ron had given up completely, and was merely trying to avoid breathing in the putrid fumes issuing from his cauldron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She did not like to be disagreed with and she never gave up easily. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t have explained why I dropped advanced music theory in favor of geography and comparative politics, or gave up sight-singing to take History of the Jews. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I gave up too fast and now this living thing isn’t alive anymore. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I finally gave up, got up, and made coffee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pooh gave up weed and turned to Blow Pops instead. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Babysitting might not be enough, but I wasn’t about to give up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered when my present-day back-home parents would give up on finding me alive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I duck into a training building, watching from a window until she gives up and goes on her way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But nothing we did worked. And finally the company was going to cut them all down. I was ready to give up. But one day I was at a restaurant over in Cougar.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

But someone had to wear an away uniform, and in this case, Permian didn’t mind at all giving up black. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I remember, and I know we can’t give up on her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Perseus found, as Hercules was later to find, that a lovely maiden had been given up to be devoured by a horrible sea serpent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a little living creature—and it sings beautifully! I’m going to give up my season ticket to the Philharmonic.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the quilt over my head, murmuring a prayer for my parents, for Bibi, who gave up everything to raise me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about that, Matthias, my old lad. When these chaps gave up chasing me, I scooted back to my den. Spring cleaning, y’know. A bit late, but I’m only a bachelor in single quarters, what!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Did he give up too soon so that he could return to her in Alexandria? Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

At two o’clock in the morning, she gave up and went downstairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His strategy was to give up points for position, to give up men in the early going in return for an undefeatable board posture. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And during the day, too, if he agreed to give up something in exchange or do her some favor. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mam tries all the bars around the station before she gives up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Leering at me, he said, “You give up?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before I came to the islands, I had to give up some things.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Over breakfast, I began to wonder if I’d given up too easily. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That’s how he holds his cabinet meetings, walking briskly, each minister getting his turn at being grilled, then falling back, gladly giving up his place to the next one on line. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was running out of air, but he didn’t want to give up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, if meaningful progress is to be made, whites must give up their racial bribes too, and be willing to sacrifice their racial privilege. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And even worse, I never asked her what frightened me the most: Why had she given up hope? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is where my stubbornness did me some good, however, because as much as I wanted to never attempt that release and catch again, I didn’t give up. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As if they’d given up or decided that a small freedom was the worst punishment of all, presenting the bounty of true freedom into painful relief. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Because I know Dad gave up that dream for me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

So I give up on the crutches and I do as he says, letting him be my spotter as I swing down to earth. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, realizing that they were going to attempt to fight their way out, began to shout: “They’ll kill you if you try. They will. Just give up. Give up!” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It fought some on the way in, but once it was in the shallows and mostly out of water, it just gave up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I certainly didn’t want to give up my craft room when I’d hardly had a chance to call it mine. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I was about to give up and go back for Ricky when I spied a narrow corridor of freshly stomped palmettos not far away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He climbs the stairs and before he gets to his own door he can smell the ham Violet will not give up frying in its own fat to season the hominy swelling in the pot. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to have to give up that spot pretty soon.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up trying to help him and focused on not hyperventilating. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the people, who were accustomed to poverty and most of whom had never eaten chicken except at Christmas and on Independence Day, did not give up the euphoria of the first days of victory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your brother used drugs,” she says matter-of-factly, unwilling to give up this line of reasoning. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I grew tired, but still they cheered until, finally, I gave up and started back toward the chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wee hours of morning, he gave up and left to stalk other parts of the mountains. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’ve given up any hope of lasting fame or literary perfection. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I gave up yesterday, I looked back for a last glimpse of her manor, since I couldn't have a last glimpse of her. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gave up sheets on his bed and slept between blankets. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By September, not only had I given up hope of ever hearing back from Harper & Row, I gave up on ever finding Constantine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe, I told myself, in a few hours they’ll pick a spot and give up on following me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now he closed the accounts book in Sonny’s Shop and gave up on the column of numbers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura told me she had finished school, but then she gave up the college idea. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powell glared, still refusing to give up his package. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are hindering Nico. You try to persuade him to give up his goal. I would make him a lord!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If she said that, then she might as well just say I give up, and Emily wasn’t one to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I've not had much luck yet. But I'm not giving up. There must be some generous lawyers, right?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Taryn asks, giving up on the bush after the brambles make her fingers bleed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But I was determined not to give up on them this time. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put in their mother’s old skin trunk, which had carried her meager trousseau to this mountain and most of the food she’d managed to preserve before she gave up trying. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to just walk into that station and just give up.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The last thing Cole gave up was carrying the ancestor rock and soaking in the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But after dragging about twenty tires through the dirt, I gave up on that. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Borrow the car? I thought you gave up driving.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

After this, most committee members simply went back to their old occupations, happy to give up the positions of power they had held during the terrible time of death and sickness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Each of you would have given up what you treasured most, for my sake. I’m glad Orddu didn’t take your harp, Fflewddur,” he added. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They send a nurse to teach me how to walk with crutches, but when she sees I don’t want to get out of bed, she gives up on me fast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her team hadn’t given up, had played as a unit, and had come from behind—a sign of toughness and resolve. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then, instead of giving up, they made another probe to resupply Hermes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smile was not returned, so he gave up. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mom turns up her stereo even louder with her horrible eighties music, and I give up on sleeping. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was right, of course, but it always exasperated me how easily he gave up on things. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede had planned to tell her that she should not give up her lifelong dream for her; that she had proven herself too gifted in her power to not continue her training at the Academy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I understood, but it always felt like giving up. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I gave up my speculations and concluded that in life, as in stories, foolish lovers will go to great lengths, deceiving themselves for the sake of pleasure. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But I never really got the hang of it, and Mom’s friends kept correcting me, so after a while I kind of gave up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Stanton wanted nothing more to do with the organization, and she wanted Anthony to give up her leadership role there as well. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“But in that case—I mean, if you are known to be slow—it wouldn’t be surprising if, say, you voluntarily gave up your five hours with the Bodleian alethiometer....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I lift my hand to show that I give up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He knew it the day he gave up dancing. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, why should “we” give up our racial bribes if whites have been unwilling to give up theirs? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I can hold on! I’m not giving up!” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I gave up, letting the ends hang down my chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The change was good for me and I gave up weed and drinking for the discipline of music with the help of the school’s outstanding music teacher, a black man named C. Lawler Rogers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to give up,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Back she went to her pencil and pad, scribbling and tsking and tearing off sheets, finally giving up, and taking up her New York Times. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen you before. When are you going to give up coming to the station?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

For all I may be forsaking, he’s giving up a good deal more: the possibility of having more wives than one, for instance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had guided these corn plants and worked hard and she was not, now, going to give up the winter’s dried corn soup to a flock of birds, no matter how hungry they were. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then it just gave up and sat there. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Webb kept pushing the syrup over and telling me what I was missing by giving up oatburgers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I was just as glad; it made me hope that the Rebels were at the end of their rope and would have to give up pretty soon and end this terrible war. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you give up that easy,” she replied with a shrug, “I guess you are.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up this life “As one who wraps the draperies of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Kabuo, giving up, propped a buoy bag between the stern fairleads and lit a kerosene lantern with a wooden kitchen match. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The preacher tried painting over those tiles, but the letters won’t stay covered up, and so the preacher has just given up and let them be. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mother tells me you have given up on the tribal art book and are pleased with this one, a sort of fictionalized travelogue? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stephen and his mother eventually gave up trying to find the mysterious baby opossum. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She texted her congrats again and waited a few more seconds before giving up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Another way is to rent more farmland, maybe from your neighbor who has given up. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Within the year he ended the old feud, giving up half the disputed lands to the Domain, of Stok. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Billy,” he said, “a man could freeze to death in this storm, and besides, your dogs will give up and come in.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, don’t give up on Uncle Jet. We can still help him. We can still heal him.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

An Hispanic-American writer tells me, ‘I will never give up my family language; I would as soon give up my soul.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a desperate man, trying to save his own life and the lives of everyone in Fry the only way he knew how, by convincing himself not to give up on...himself. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, this’d be a great freaking time to give up. What the—” “I’m sorry—just tell me what happened.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

It worried him—if Minho gave up, they were all in big trouble. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave up and collapsed at her feet, his head turned away in misery. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny gave up before he even tried to change Celia’s mind. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As we started back to the house, I begged her, “Ma’am, don’t give up on him. Like Doc said, he’s strong. He’s go’n get well. Hear?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mia gave up eventually and wound noodles and tuna around her fork. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Seven wasn’t planning on giving up that battle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But if he thought that would make us give up asking for a real, live dog, he was wrong. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They have moved me here to die, he thought as he gave up the struggle and closed his eyes once more. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am about to give up and toss it onto my dressing table when I glimpse a tiny hole, so small as to be nearly invisible, right at the bottom. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Roy knew he was a faster runner, so he measured his pace; he didn’t want Dana to get discouraged and give up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we shook hands over the net he patted me on the shoulder and said: “That was a good match. Better luck next time. Don’t give up.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give up and go back to the living room with blood still trickling from my nose. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will not give up hope, of course.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined my mother, first walking briskly down one street or another looking for me, then giving up and returning home to await my arrival. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Going to give up all the leaflet stuff and try and stir them up into rebellion?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He gave up paperwork when the school board Xed out his supply budget. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The undergrowth parted, low-hanging branches giving up their accumulation of snow, and Grey Wind and Summer emerged from the green. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I just want to give up Potions,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I thought that if that had happened to me, I would have given up and asked the Lord to take my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The car began to slow down as if it had been tamed and was going to give up without grace. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then came the sound of feet slapping against the concrete steps of the cabin once more, and we gave up pretending altogether. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And they would be nothing compared to the sound that Mrs. Baker made that day from somewhere deep inside that had almost given up, when she heard the first line of that telegram. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Or else they would have given up the effort, and each man would be sunk in his own pool of silence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ophie tossed and turned and finally gave up on trying to sleep. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I gave up trying to signal him and crept ahead to the next window. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon animals that did not hibernate came out to hunt, but I had given up the habits of a carnivore since living with the old people. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first everyone who held a cat's-paw invitation wanted to be the one to give up his gift, but I did not want that. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And you need to work on not giving up so easily. How about we make a deal? I quit Jon; you don’t quit the program.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

From my parents’ awful plan to give up Sir Fig Newton for adoption, to my epic fail with the lemonade stand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Were they really going to give up the Egypt Game? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to shove past me again, but when he realized he couldn’t, he gave up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I gave up quickly on choosing an outfit — throwing on an old flannel shirt and jeans — knowing I would be in my raincoat all night anyway. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t give up your education for some guy who won’t even talk to you,” Peaches said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fail to comprehend the streets and you gave up your body now. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Soon he gave up trying to locate an entry point and elbowed his way into the pepper trees, which scraped his arms and poked his cheeks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute or so, he gave up and turned to sit with his back against the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When Frank asked Hazel how her beef was feeling today, and she replied that his shoe was green, they decided to give up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

You gave up something and got something else. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“They were right in this room last night. The cat was here today. They know everything. They won’t give up. What we really ought to do is take him out tonight, under cover of darkness.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

With time devoted to television, we had to give up listening to some of our favorite radio shows like Fibber McGee and Molly or Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No, just listen, okay? You used to be a part of Quinton’s tutoring program. But I also know that you gave up on school after he went missing. Well, I’m going to restart the program.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Certainly Pascal knew which way to wager, even though he gave up mathematics to win his bet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And he seems to have given up on that. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It seemed like he would never give up and die.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, unwilling to give up the elegance he had felt on the flight, he taxied from the airport to the bus station and settled himself for two idle hours before the Greyhound left. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t the sort of man who gave up easily either; it might take a few more attempts, but he knew he’d get the hang of it eventually. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. da Silva gave up trying to teach her anything and called on her as little as possible. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The finish line comes into view and you will yourself toward it, but the wind pushes you back, your body begs you to give up, and the whole world seems to grind into slow motion. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I give up on the sketch, close my eyes, lean back in my desk chair. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I finally gave up and memorized the numbers of everyone I knew worth calling. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I think she liked it, but mostly everyone had given up on my ever returning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they had to give up and admit Pies was beyond help. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I kept myself to myself most of yesterday and Jen and Ellen purty much give up trying to get me to be friendly, so I fret and chop and clean without no one bothering me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We gave up the pewee and went back to the raft-making, talking very fast now, and laughing a lot. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men set up a domino table and took turns playing, the losers giving up their chairs to the ones waiting their turn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Big Wayne, of all people, giving up football to devote himself to theater? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Major Major gave up after that and always ate at his table alone with his back to the others. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That he had practiced with Lizzie, dug for dams, and eaten them later in a chowder so good that he might have given up Eden for it? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

After riding on the rim for half a mile, he gave up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“We sound Black Protocol, and then shoot at the winch until it gives up.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The law had caught up with a station master in southern Virginia, he said, who gave up the name of Martin’s father. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Buckminster and Mrs. Hurd would try to keep them talking through the meal but would finally give up when the boys’ yawns got longer than their sentences. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Far from giving up on the “humanitarian” H-bomb, Strauss redoubled his efforts on its behalf in his role of Eisenhower administration spokesman on the technicalities of nuclear policy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I don't know what the song is but it seems to be telling them all: Don't you dare give up now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After turning this over in his mind a few times, Reynie gave up and said, “Okay, what did your bucket have to do with getting through the maze?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finn was an expert at giving up—wasn’t that why Sean was barely talking to him? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

‘Jason . . . you’re a fighter. You’d never give up. When you faced your mother’s spirit - that was you being strong. Not me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"The best gift of all is...the very best...the very best gift of all is...to give up your gift." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like I wanted to give up—because in society nobody wants to give us a helping hand. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His body seems easy, relaxed, but it’s his eyes that are speaking, daring me to quit, to give up. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And once you give up processed foods, you have to learn to cook, a skill that is disappearing from many American homes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Accomplishing this degree of unity may mean giving up fierce defense of policies and strategies that exacerbate racial tensions and produce for racially defined groups primarily psychological or cosmetic racial benefits. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Brother Louis, after trying two or three times to make conversation, gave up and led her in silence to the President’s rooms in the tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You have to give up seeing family and friends. Stop going the places you used to go. And you have to lie—every day—to everyone you meet.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I had almost given up hoping for one I saw a train coming. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I know, but I can’t give up without at least trying.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was still young, there was still plenty of time, but failure cloaked me like a mantle, it overwhelmed me, dragged me under, and I gave up hope. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Julia gave up the role of Ophelia, she seemed to give up as well all hope of being a player. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to give up on you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But like me, she’d all but given up, having prodded him and been shut down enough times already. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fish hit the wire several times more and each time he shook his head the old man gave up a little line. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m glad Laurie seems so happy and busy, that he has given up smoking and lets his hair grow. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't quite click that getting a new sibling meant I would give up my coveted spot as the baby of the family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I was strong because I fought for what I believed in and I never gave up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“However, since it is you and not Coach Reed, perhaps we can put the time to some good use, as you seem to have given up on Jane Eyre.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mamita has given up on making conversation with me, and she slurps her soup in silence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I had long given up wishing for. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He gave the sword another fruitless tug, tried and failed to mount the fat pony, gave up, and cried, “On foot then, good sirs and gentle lady! On! On!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“There’s another difference between us, Mr. Scoresby. A witch would no sooner give up flying than give up breathing. To fly is to be perfectly ourselves.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My head felt light, like it was trying to remember everything at once, then gave up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I read in the newspaper that one of our people, a woman named Rosa Parks, had refused to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The riders are hesitant to give up their light, and I snap my fingers in irritation, like Momma would've done. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I told them I wasn’t giving up until my dogs did. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up all kinds of social activity, obsessed with the notion that her body gave off a singed odor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He gave up on milking and set the mixing bowl aside. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Must we either take part in the crime of factory farms or give up meat? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I willingly gave up my chi, the spirit that caused me so much pain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the coach-ride back to Canaan, he several times moaned; but gave up even this paltry attempt at protest, and has since remained almost inert. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because what I think David wanted to tell you—what he might’ve told you if he weren’t so terrified of losing you—is don’t give up.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He quickly mastered the game, eventually giving up baseball for it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nok had already lain awake for an hour before she decided to give up on going back to sleep. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then, just as they are about to give up and go home, at a ferry crossing known as Port Royal, two men they question positively identify Booth and Herold. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I could have tracked her down—I was, after all, a reporter—but after a couple of feeble attempts I gave up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he was about to give up, a strange face hovered over him—a man who looked like Chiron, their trainer back at Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But can I explain the deep sense of loss I felt at the thought of giving up college gymnastics? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Is time for him to give up that foolishness now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They got tired of running and they gave up.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We will have to give up the notion that death is catastrophe, or detestable, or avoidable, or even strange. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He exhaled with a shudder, his arms giving up on the sweet, lost phantom of Sarai. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"The biggest threat is giving up hope. If he decides there's no chance to survive, he'll stop trying." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t look for her. Everyone thinks you did. Maybe you told yourself you did. You held on to her stuff for two months, you pretended. But you gave up. And I—” Finn stopped. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There are people in cars around her who seem to have given up hope altogether, but are hanging tough in their vehicles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You can’t know how hard it is for me to give up Meg,” she continued with a little quiver in her voice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I still haven’t given up on you being a mining engineer. We could work together.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At last the Sun gave up trying to dissuade him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas realized he’d given up on searching the walls and was just heading back toward the Glade in a depressed walk. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Branwell is no better at golf or tennis than he is at basketball, but for the entire month he spends with them, he never gives up trying to be what they want him to be. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva must have given up calling down numbers and getting no response. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These submissions will be seriously reviewed and your status may change, so do not give up hope. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Often during lectures he would get so lost in his own equations that he would give up halfway through and tell the students to work it out for themselves. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He might as well give up, as he always gave up in the end. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When at last they gave up, nineteen years later, they had drilled to a depth of 12,262 meters, or about 7.6 miles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He fought the urge to breathe, to give up and fill his lungs with oil. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I never really gave up on you,” she said. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I think we finally just gave up and watched America’s Unlikeliest Allergy Attacks. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After ten minutes, I give up reading the same lines over and over. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Day one in the Congo, and here my brand-new tulip-tailored linen suit in Poison Green with square mother-of-pearl buttons was fixing to give up the goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee, once he had given up his brackish bookish dream, made a new kind of place for himself in the house beside Reynaud’s Bakery. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would never have given up, although it was discouraging; the crucifix around his neck and the rifle at his back were twin tokens of his absolute determination to complete the task. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had tumbled the length of its body and was trying to stagger to its feet; after a moment it gave up and lay still, barefoot, shivering, its belly heaving in and out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘And you’re with me. And the journey’s finished. But after coming all that way I don’t want to give up yet. It’s not like me, somehow, if you understand.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She'd already spent several fruitless days searching, but she wouldn't give up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But that wondering is very rhetorical because no way would I give up my straight-A+ report card to risk a dabble in hobbies. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I try to join in one more time, but Tressa talks over me until I give up. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Why would he go so far away from his family and give up working and playing music with them? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She could not be sure what she was giving up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people closest to me didn’t give up on me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But when he had recently given up a bunch of runs at an all-star game, he said to Volpe that sometimes “you just have to tip your cap” to the opposition—give them credit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then I looked at Charles with a stumped expression and said I gave up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He might have given up then, retreated, and given himself time to think better of what he was about to do. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I gave up trying to understand my father a long time ago.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She thought she’d blown it because of the way the owner’s attention had wandered, but rather than give up, she marched into the kitchen and prepared a spicy tuna tartare. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Honey, there’s another way, and I’m not just saying this because I’m your math teacher. You are giving up on this class, Julianna.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way out—unless she gave up the job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After her efforts clattered to the ground for the tenth time, she gave up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex wondered if it would get that way later, or if people had given up. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Before I shot each man, I looked at him and saw how his eyes gave up hope and steadied before I pulled the trigger. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have given up, or perhaps she had been ordered to. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Ted was really trying to trick me, to get me to admit that I was giving up, that I wouldn’t fight the divorce. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it felt wrong giving up without trying everything possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Our cousins must be rich to give up these things!” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s like my stump is giving up being angry. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that we all gave up hope of ever finding a family for Jason. And now a family has come to find him.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I know it won’t be the same. But I’m not giving up on her.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

"I give up, sweetheart. Just answer the questions and try not to let the audience see how openly you despise them." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"So you see it, too? I tried telling him to give up, but he said he's been in love with Chantal since sixth grade." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had given up; he had accepted the radioactive dirt and it had begun its job, long ago, of burying him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t give up his secrets, just lay back, blissed out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"What do you mean, the moon never gives up?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

By the time he got out of the hospital the town had come alive again, like the miraculous reblooming of a withered desert flower that all but a handful had given up for dead. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither shadowcats nor stones were like to give up the gods they had worshiped all their lives to bow down before one they hardly knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling had been adamant that Emily give up the book, that it was returned to Mr. Remora ASAP. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Others from the National Woman’s Party gave up and went home, and after hours waiting in the corridor, Paul left, too. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Theo threw a complete game, striking out nine and giving up only two hits, just like the ace of a staff is supposed to. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A Japanese soldier was supposed to die in banzai charges or kill himself rather than give up. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but have you ever tried to put a puzzle together and given up because it was too hard?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Before that party, I’d thought about giving up so many times. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I’m not ready to totally give up Cookie Monster Cash. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

First, they never, ever give up, no matter what the odds are against them. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about that for a while, and then I gave up. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They tell themselves it’s okay to give up, because love should be like the shows on TV, where you float uncontrollably on the smell of the other’s perfume. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After a while, Elizebeth’s team told her it was time to give up. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dr. von Braun wasn't giving up, not by a long shot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My fingertips brushed along her bra and I reached around to fumble with the hook until I gave up and lifted the whole band up over her breasts. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pumblechook’s own room was given up to me to dress in, and was decorated with clean towels expressly for the event. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If I can. But, Beth, I don’t give up yet. I’m going to believe that it is a sick fancy, and not let you think it’s true.” said Jo, trying to speak cheerfully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, when she leaned close, she thought she heard him say, “Molly, I’m ready to give up now.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But he had given up thinking this was a dream. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the exhausted crew of Endurance gave up the battle against the pressure and abandoned the ship, the ice field around her was not a sight to inspire confidence. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Percy figured that she’d given up too much in her life already. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once I sat down at my typewriter and tried to write about what had happened, made about six attempts before I gave up and threw them all away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Boomer is on Gram’s bed, and I think he has finally given up on her coming back again, because he doesn’t cry when he sees that it’s me and not her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I still want to know exactly why my sister gave up on her dream of writing romance novels. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Being a vegetarian also meant giving up traditions I value: the Thanksgiving turkey, my mother’s beef brisket at Passover, or even franks at the ballpark. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mesoamerican peoples left behind texts that are slowly giving up their secrets, but in other areas the lack of written languages has left a great silence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Had I considered my prospects in the light of rea­son, I surely would have given up and let go of the oar, hoping that I might drown before being eaten. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I had given up all hope and had sunk to the lowest depth of despair, out of the white wall of driving sleet, my little dog came to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her head leaned backward, slowly, gently; it was as though she had given up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Next she'll mention having to give up her family because she married a Jew—no, she never brings that up, Grace with all her faults would never do that. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Call me an optimist, but I’ll never give up hope that my family will take my art—and me—seriously. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"At least feed yourself," she'd added, giving up before closing his bedroom door and leaving for work. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, he gave up hope and sent urgent telegrams to the surrounding cities and towns. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I said this life was much too glamorous to ever give up.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the frog had almost given up on its wish. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

That was like a basketball player giving up his basketball. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I felt like giving up, and sometimes I just cried and Biddy had to make me coffee to bring me around. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I think people in the canyon pretty much gave up on the idea of civil engineering. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her hands dived for her bulging, overstuffed, kipple-filled purse; she searched frantically, then gave up. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He is so speedy, so wily, that mall workers long ago gave up trying to catch him. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Do I! Matthias wouldn’t be satisfied until that fish was landed on the bank. I was all for giving up, but not him.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had been running a cooperative store in the Transkei which he was soon to give up to become an editor of the weekly New Age. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear he was giving up on me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I had by now given up hope of finding the roadside inn and had set my mind on motoring on till I reached the next town or village and seeking shelter there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah but...where we gonna get that? My grandpa ain’t trying to give up nothing else. If he even has it...” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, she had given up on him by the time I was seven. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom offers a few more conversation starters, but when I don’t answer, she gives up. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t hurt you because you’re the only good thing in his life. He doesn’t want to give that up. It’s the only thing he hasn’t given up.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rain always said, “Don’t give up, and don’t give in.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Seein’ them up there really made us want to win tonight—it made us not want to give up. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Berlin was the ultimate prize of the war, and Stalin wanted to get there first, before the Germans gave up the battle or the Western Allies stormed into the city themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A man of unfathomable determination, Cortes never thought of giving up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Obeying his mother, George Washington gives up his hope of joining the Royal Navy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to trace it back to the original poster but eventually gave up—Space Boy had become an international phenomenon. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I can’t! I give up! I don’t care! I want to go back to bed and be an invalid for the rest of my life!!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Soon Mother seemed to give up and let us play in the front yard more often, then outside our wall, on the road. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I gave up and sat staring in despair at the vanishing pieces of fried chicken. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had given up her own child, a baby son, when her husband had died and she had come to our house to be my nursemaid. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she gave up and ran to the bridge. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But Nailer was pretty sure that Sadna would fight for him tooth and nail, and maybe even give up her life to save him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would’ve given up the real sun, so giving him an imaginary one was nothing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I have given up on looking perky and am fighting to keep my eyes open. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d given up trying to keep them spotless and they were speckled and streaked with hard mud. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I decide to never give up my room to Mom and Muhammad’s confederacy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“How was it he eventually gave up living in the barn?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

By not telling Father Olufemi about his plans, Kamau was helping him, but also giving up the one thing he had fought so hard to hold on to—his younger brother. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I gave up and headed to the last alarm, the sound of the fire engine clanging in the background. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he bravely surmounted trials in Bolivia that would have caused many others to give up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finally I gave up and dropped it back into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up on us yet,” I told him. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I give up trying to make friends and go over to the archery range for some sanity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

To please him, Alba gave up the bay rum as an adolescent and rinsed her hair with parsley water, which allowed the green to reappear in its full leafmess. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having just seen Beck walk into camp after being given up for dead, however, Anatoli Boukreev was unwilling to write Fischer off. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we first moved in he complained over how he gave up his room downstairs for the loft and he’s worn out climbing up and down to go to the lavatory in the backyard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Can you get some of the smaller girls to give up a few pieces of clothing each?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you lasted that long. I mean, how did you not give up?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fact remains that when a ‘hit’ is made, the atom gives up about twenty times as much energy as was needed to break it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Ned, remembered the way she had smiled that, how tightly her fingers had clutched his as she gave up her hold on life, the rose petals spilling from her palm, dead and black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry gave up trying to make them talk to each other and devoted himself to examining the Firebolt, which he had brought down to the common room with him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of inching along the bridge as fast as I can, I give up several precious seconds and set a quick trap for Hammie. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But he’s mad. Mad people, they don’t know when to give up.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At last she was beginning to give up hope. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And said that it was too difficult, you mean? And gave up my research?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I give up on you, son,” he said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was midday when he wrenched Smiler's head round in disgust and gave up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'm ready to give up for the day when Rani jumps up and drags me to my feet. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I knew I would have to give up my long, tall rag doll, Mellie. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We’d spend ages trying to get them to light, clicking away with no result, and we’d had to give up on more and more—and along with them, the rooms they were supposed to heat. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wife gives up and joins her husband, who has inched to the left to lean up against the wall. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I have given up, too, on oil paints; I have come to dislike their thickness, their obliteration of line, their look of licked lips, the way they call attention to the brushstrokes of the painter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first Amelia and Mrs. Bedlow objected to her returning to work so soon, but they quickly gave up. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She loved her little Michael Jackson, but she hadn’t figured on giving up so much to see him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The other baboon would quickly give up his seat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even read Ivanhoe halfway through before I gave up, since I started The Call of the Wild and it was a whole lot better. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lord Balon's eldest brother had never given up the Old Way, even for a day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Never making money enough for passage to Australia; slowly giving up the plan of returning to school to resume his third-grade education—to become an engineer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides that I have not given up prospecting. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had almost given up hope of ever finding Flamel in a library book, even though Harry was still sure he’d read the name somewhere. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Fine, fine. Enjoy your receipts. I’m not giving up on you, though. What’s the point of being old if you can’t beleaguer the young with your vast stores of wisdom?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mackenzie camped out at the box all afternoon, then gave up and went to a telephone and tried to track Howard down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember how I got you to give up shoes last summer? You bounced around the hot pavement like a ball in a pinball machine.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Seeing everything I own thrown around like trash makes me want to give up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In New Rome, he’d offered to give up his position to Percy Jackson. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I dug out one of the rovers and had a good drive around, but after days of wandering, I think it's time to give up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon his return he gave up his previous research problem and was devoting full time to phage. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Cabot Searcy would not give up his “quest,” as he called it, for the truth behind modern human existence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But then just as I’m about to give up and join her, we walk out and pile into the car. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Colonel Cathcart gave up the idea himself once he realized enlisted men pray to the same God as officers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stared at her without giving up a thing. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted my coach to know that she may have given up on me, but I would never give up on my team. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Out of everything that he would be giving up for these next possibly two months, a flushable toilet was definitely in his top three, alongside internet and Hot Pockets. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had been a sailor once, but when I was born, he gave up the sea and worked on the docks in New York. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just saying that giving up meat is not something that comes easily, at least for me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any ice to skate on in Harlem, so I gave up following hockey. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She gave up her money, her business, the good life that she had, but most important she had to risk leaving her three-year-old daughter and her six-year-old son behind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I give up,” shouted the tormented man and went off to his work in the pulp magazine house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in that tomb, dark as a tin mine, but Bod saw as the dead see and the room gave up its secrets to him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He shouted, not even your golden carp would give up that power as a god! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In despair I gave up, for the time being, attempts to quiet him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three boys gave up all attempts at dignity and now were just trying to keep from bursting into laughter. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She refused to be one of those girls who gave up on everything they’d been planning simply because a boy entered the picture. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“When you’re older—” “When I’m older I don’t want to stop living if something bad happens to me. I don’t want to give up. And I don’t want my kid feeling sorry for me either.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Discouraged, Newlands gave up pushing the idea and soon dropped from view altogether. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He’s not going to give up until I tell him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

The impression was of closeted boredom punctuated by contests and schemes—jumping between the beds, building a camp, half devising a board game, then giving up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Both were still firm supporters of the organization who had given up teaching and decided to become lawyers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mami, I’m going to get better. Please don’t give up on me. Look, I can move my left foot again.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I suppose I should just give up, but in the back of my mind I still think about it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave up the plantain heads, now, it took too long, and they wouldn't fire far enough. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe they wouldn’t have given up when things looked bad. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Will consumers be ready to give up the “convenience” of any food any time? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But if the dove were crushed, they must turn back and give up all hope of the Golden Fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You no think is time for you to give up now, Tasha? You no think that what you doing is futile?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up and walked to the pink house for something cold to drink. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if they had made a pact not to give up on us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It killed me to think Mom was so willing to give up because Dad had disappeared. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like that. I’d never let her give up her chance to sing. She’ll go ahead with all her plans. I wouldn’t ever hold her back. Surely you know that, Wheeze.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Kelly refused to give up her spot as Wilbur, and George happily repeated the role of Charlotte. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I told her to hang on and not to give up for I was going to save her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I give up and take out my invisible brushes and just start painting in my head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s time to give up on this idea,” I said with a sigh. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There I gave up my street clothes and was given a set of old army fatigues with the insignias ripped off. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I walk deeper in the woods in search of them, give up the hunt, and return to the other side of the road to wait for Bando and Officer Conklin. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Uncle Jaspar lost half the pieces before he gave up.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The two of us? What do you know about it, Spaceman? What could you possibly know? What have you ever had to give up for anyone else?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The house is beginning to clear out a little, so I give up and find a spot on the couch. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hemme gave up all pretext of lecture and lay in wait for the next tardy student. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he was admitted to Procris’ presence, however, her manifest grief, her sad face and subdued manner, came near to making him give up the test he had planned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew it would mean splitting us all up for a few years, but she couldn’t give up her life’s project. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that why you gave up being a doctor?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“He has all the right principles: dedication, hard work, perseverance, never giving up. He’s dogged; he’s persistent.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was possible that this woman gave up a baby girl once, a girl with only a dream of a name, and then the grief of it drove her into this place. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And then, because he really is giving up, he shakes his head and walks away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could see he was ready to give up, to slip away from me, from the world, right there in the grove. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t give up our girls for a dozen fortunes. Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Dad gave up trying to include me and left me behind. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After a while they finally gave up as a cricket started calling for night to commence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to walk around it but gave up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although he sobbed with pain, he knew he could not give up now. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but you don’t call attention to yourself. I think I’d give up my arms to get rid of my Tourette’s.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Although Prohibition ultimately failed and was repealed, Sunday refused to give up the fight against alcohol, calling for the reintroduction of the Prohibition amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

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

“They gave up their home, Uncle gave up his store, Joana gave up her studies.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

That’s when I officially gave up the forgetting and started doing all this thinking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In this school Alba learned to eat boiled vegetables and burnt rice, to withstand the freezing courtyard, sing hymns, and give up worldly vanities except those in the realm of sports. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Love was what you gave up when you became—whatever she was now. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Some photographers gave up and drew his head into the picture by hand, guessing at his outline. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she stubbornly refused to give up on Mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas watched as Minho tried desperately to get him back on his feet, then, finally giving up, started to drag the boy across the stone floor by the arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I expect she gave up on me after a while. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He asked her to give up babysitting; they could spend more time together if she didn’t have to work every day. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Becoming is never giving up on the idea that there’s more growing to be done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Several of the mob gave up on him when they saw Mark, charging him instead. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The old men called this weather spirit summer, and said it meant the season was giving up its ghosts at last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One day just as we had given up hope, huge gray clouds, large and clumsy as elephants, came rolling in. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up when he still hadn’t come home at midnight, but she lay awake listening for him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m supposed to give up because you tried?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Before she gave up on me, Mabel sent me a litany of reasons not to like her roommate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For a while, he used to ask Hassan what he wanted, but he gave up doing that because Hassan was always too modest to actually suggest a present. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She finds me right when I’m about to give up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Just give up and take an easier path. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Where wheat became particularly abundant, and game and other food sources were also plentiful, human bands could gradually give up their nomadic lifestyle and settle down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, and give up our palace above the silver river?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“How come after Mom died,” I ask, pushing the uneaten lettuce and cucumbers and tomatoes around my plate, “you gave up on starting your own landscaping business?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when I’m so tired I’m about to give up, I think to check the most obvious place of all—under her mattress, and there it is. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And that was the other part of her pleasure, a pleasure she hated to give up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his entire first season as keeper, Kanue gave up only three goals. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It’s kind of depressing, but we don’t know what else to do. Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

What would it take for you to give up? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just as bad on a higher level, and I’ve given up any attempt to discuss these things with the professors at Beekman. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly gave up and began to cry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark was almost ready to give up, thinking the guy had merely used the device as a toy, when he finally discovered some hidden work files. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No Martial would give up its secrets to a Scholar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the Mad King Aerys II Targaryen had demanded their heads, the Lord of the Eyrie had raised his moon-and-falcon banners in revolt rather than give up those he had pledged to protect. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t tell if there was any movement inside, but he certainly couldn’t just climb back out and give up. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of giving up, she started looking around like she’d lost something on the ground. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as he was about to give up, a troubling thought invaded his mind. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I would never be able to give up Leandro to some higher ideal the way I feel Minerva and Manolo would each other if they had to make the supreme sacrifice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he might in the end have succeeded if Odysseus had not signed to him to give up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the moment he gives in and gives up, pulling me to him despite the threat of the knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But Emma was worth it; so, as his daughter Henrietta wrote much later, he “made up his mind to give up all his natural taste for tidiness.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise I’ve been trying. Please—please, don’t give up on me.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They waited until the others gave up on the chase and came back, and then they rode with us to the New York line. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally gave up and ate my lunch. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must be willing to give up safety and comfort for freedom. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was so stubborn that Father Nicanor gave up his attempts at evangelization and continued visiting him out of humanitarian feelings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Cicero eventually gave up and, in a huff, pretended to have been a tourist. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But really there wasn’t much point, and I gave up the idea out of laziness. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Is that worth giving up for good grades? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At last she had to give up and go without it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there wasn’t any use in trying until I knew where they’d hidden him, so I gave up for the moment and waited. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feared that he had given up on me as beyond help. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suzanne had felt some pressure from her parents to pursue medicine though eventually gave up on it, finding that it messed with her joy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not giving up my crown over usurped. You’ll have to do better.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My parents were so overwrought that they gave up having any more children and devoted their lives to doing good work among the poor and hungry.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

My excuses were fairly pathetic, so I gave up on that. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ground was rutted from past rains, but had hardened in the late summer drought, so they had to give up on sneaker toes and draw the line with a stick. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She looked away uncomfortably and asked, “Why did she give up her place as King’s Huntress?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking we should give up when two girls walked by. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You’d be giving up an opportunity of a lifetime. Is this really what you want?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mother had given up homeschooling by then, but still had a computer, and there were books in the basement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Yo, man, you don’t blow a chance to give up a lecture, do you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi thought for a moment about getting the quilt she’d hidden in the tree, but there would be no way to explain it without giving up her hiding spot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to keep the snow off the lens, and after a time he gave up trying. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Jordan had no skill at fixing and repairing and he quickly gave up the task with a curse and a kick to the bed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up her post by the orchestra room and took up a new waiting spot outside the faculty lounge, her handbag clutched across her abdomen like a shield. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Everything has gone according to plan, Mr. Newton. Although we expected a few more of you to give up along the way.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“And none of his kind would complain. Even if they did, who would listen? Half that coast has been given up as drowned wilderness. Just malaria and convicts now.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He came back to New York reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and saying, "I am given up, Mami! It is no hope for the Island. I will become un dominican-york." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve almost given up when I’m waved down by a young man in jeans, a jacket, and a cap on my way home from work one morning at dawn. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gale didn’t say, “Katniss will pick whoever it will break her heart to give up,” or even “whoever she can’t live without.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“They can’t figure out how to cure him, so they just give up.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, I gave up watching altogether, which was a bit of a relief really. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Rose,” I tell her, “for not giving up.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have no idea when he gave up because I never looked back. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Between the two of them, they’d only succeeded in giving up. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With the help of a dictionary, Robbie had read five pages in a morning and then given up and made do with the illustrations instead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What’s best for Jubilee? You gave up the right to make that decision a long time ago,” Nan said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up, boy. Maybe your father is running late. Most omens are not as dramatic as a chicken, of course. I knew a fellow once who got a dung beetle—” “Thanks, Vitellius,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, after he had given up the idea of medicine, both Charles and his father thought he was going to be a country parson. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hating the cool kids takes an awful lot of energy, and I’d given up on it a long time ago. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed your Christmas bundle, for I didn’t get it till night and had given up hoping. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to say “Don’t give up hope.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“One splat too many. They gave up. Now I’m a ward of the Thunderhead.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

One agent inside the CIA never gave up on the idea that a mole had burrowed into the heart of the America spy service. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It was honestly one dead end after another, and I hate to admit it, but I was ready to give up,” he says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Salim gave up his free ticket and winked at us and laughed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the next day, I played a game with myself, seeing if my mother would give up on me before eight bellows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess after she realized she wasn’t going to see my mother no more, she just gave up.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to give up either one of them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She watched the cheating husbands and scheming wives as faithfully as ever, but she didn’t reprimand them anymore, as if she’d given up correcting the errors of the world. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She adored her brother and gave up everything—even marriage—to care for him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What I look like, giving up this chance? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually he gives up and slumps on the beach, head in his hands, sun glinting gold in his eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The night also had a slight breeze, and when she pictured herself swinging in the breeze, clinging to a rope made of ugly clothing, she almost gave up entirely. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I hated to give up the delicious soup, but the bread sat better with me, and I slowly began to get stronger. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to give up, Grandpa,” I said, “but it’s just too big and my strength’s gone. I’m give out.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know what it’s like. You have no idea what I’ve given up for you, the deal I made—” “What do you mean?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was something I was meant not simply to be, but to do—and it wasn’t to run or hide or give up the minute things seemed terrifying and impossible. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was over nine years since Frodo had seen or heard of him, and he had begun to think that the wizard would never return and had given up all interest in hobbits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The birds, who couldn’t move as fast on land, soon gave up the chase and turned back to the settlement. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jeff gave up and turned it inside out, the tag pointing up and into his hair. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I would have given up—if a voice hadn’t made itself heard in my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could not understand why she didn’t just give up the milk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your brother gave up his dream for me, Henry.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After all he gave up for me, for the two of us to be together, I let him think that he wasn’t enough. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has given up hope of a wife and family for himself. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, what about giving up television to spend more time reading your Bible?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a week, the search was given up. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Lazlo couldn't fathom it, that a goddess would be willing to give up her magic. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who had never given up on him, because we were all openly crying now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t the kind of man who would do something like that. He took his responsibility as a scythe—and training us—very seriously. I can’t believe he would just give up like that....” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

People gave up the ghost with delicacy and taste inside the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Many were ready to give up on Gary Gaines right then, ship him and his family back to Monahans where they came from. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they’re caught by coyotes,” Matt said after he’d calmed enough to trust his voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for me, I’ve given up trying to think like Alice for the day, and turn to a job I know I can do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t already given up on me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I gave up and headed home. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

At times I would decide I was going to punish her by feigning indifference, but after a few days I gave up because she seemed more relaxed when I ignored her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You would give up everything you believed in?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

By the third trunk, I was ready to give up. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve entirely given up on the idea of not losing my temper. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That evening we went home empty-handed and disappointed, but we did not give up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Teacher stood up, giving up on the slanted desk. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I’m amazed that in the end, despite everything, we were able to collect such a large population of kids that just never gave up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Out of angles to play, he gave up a name of a local gambler. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sam gave up halfway through her chocolate cream pie: the slice was half the size of her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Only the old oaks seemed reluctant to give up the summer, and their leaves re- mained an even mingling of gold and green. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cut the fish loose is giving up, and that means breaking Rule Number Three. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas wouldn’t allow himself to give in to Minho s hopelessness— he didn’t want to give up and die just yet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"You would be a lot better off, Miss Honey," she said, "if you gave up your job and drew unemployment money." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even as an infant, when Jonas had brought him here after a long and torturous journey, Gabe had held out, had been strong, had stayed alive, when he, Jonas, had almost given up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And when Constantine left her at the place up in Chicago... four is... pretty old to get given up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he gave up and mumbled the words I was supposed to say, that he didn’t understand fully, but that he knew polygamy was a principle from God. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They had given up and figured it would be fast and maybe not as painful to get eaten by a wild boar. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The other Runners returned within the hour, and from what Thomas heard, none of them had found anything and they’d eventually given up as well. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were still no signs of flagging or giving up. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “No way are we giving up our location. If they find out we are here, it’ll ruin everything.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but still, there must be some iron and steel we could recover. Stuff that wasn’t so scarce when they gave up.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom says it’s time for me to give up now, and that what I’m doing is futile. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Appalachian Trail maps are so monumentally useless that I had long since given up using them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

To me it would feel like giving up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

By this time he’d almost given up hope of finding the gun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway to Doña Zena’s house, I gave up trying to control them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

That she’ll let me know she hasn’t given up on us yet. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Doctors had worked on his foot for seven hours, but finally they gave up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could not give up a human heart as you could give up drinking. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to get to her feet and hunt else­ where, but she remembered that Kapugen never gave up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continuously exhorted them to get out of Idaho, to not give up. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally give up the search, resigned to the fact that the gift is lost forever. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Theo knows the only way to give up the woman is to leave The Hague. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I gave up distraction as a lost cause. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After Call left, I gave up progging and took over the responsibility of my father’s crab floats. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my body slowly giving up on everything, including the flesh on my bones. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Are they giving up the hunt?” he asked. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’d given up on the idea that either of them would speak to me ever again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Candice finally gave up when her mother poked her head in her room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What are we to give up when we have Lent all year long? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But on the subject of who should give up a ticket, Ethan was particularly silent, which was a subtle hint that he really wanted to go. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most everyone thought that Billy Winchell had given up on himself by the time he died. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A site had even been chosen downriver, but there was far too deep a history here to simply give up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And you hope you didn’t give up the root cellar while you were being the aurochs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“You would die before you would deliver a slave to his master, and I will die before I give up that child to its father.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She gave up her dreams and took over hard realities in their place. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a strong enemy threatened an agricultural village, retreat meant giving up fields, houses and granaries. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to bring back some milk,” he said finally, giving up. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The old woman gave up too easily,” he said, his voice low and harsh. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe my dad even figured out what I’ve been doing, that I’ve been planning on taking his boat, and they want me to give up on looking for my mother. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I worried he would get cold, but frankly I wasn’t about to give up my bed with Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She could have given up on her mother, but she was obsessed with trying to get Anastasia to love and take care of her, even though Anastasia acted as though she didn’t have a daughter. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel, who had driven the Investigation from the start, who had cared about what happened to her when I only cared if she loved me, had given up on it, answerless. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Quickly it becomes depressed and gives up on life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

To give up the chance to dance at Carnegie Hall? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But in New York we gave up those old habits long ago. Harry is my oldest friend. He lives with me over in the drain pipe. So how was scrounging tonight, Harry?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now his tissue, which had fought joyously against time, gave up a little. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d given up hope of ever finding out who you are and why you gave me away. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Immigrants were encouraged to acculturate as quickly as they could—meaning that they must learn a new language, giving up traditions, customs, heritage, etc., in order to blend and assimilate into the general population. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Out of friendship for you, they would have given up all they valued; indeed, all they possessed.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was better to give up a left arm. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I’d ask her wouldn’t she hate my giving up the funnies and the automobile trip when there wasn’t a thing I could do for her anymore. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“That didn’t take long. We’ve been fund-raising for two weeks, and already you give up?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly, one by one, the flames gave up their colour and dropped, until at last there were none left—only a glowing heap, ashen-edged. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood now dearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adde Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

For many, it also meant giving up their shops, their businesses, their pensions, and their life savings. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

You have no idea what I’ve given up for you—the deal I made. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At least since the unfortunate death of Mr. Nossik the school had given up on the recurring quit missions. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I'm going to be the one giving up something for him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I sat there with my face in my hands—maybe ten thousand miles—until I finally gave up on the idea of hiding away in my bathroom forever. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m answering your question. The answer is yes. I’m giving up on trying to be popular and normal.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Mother last year gave up her floral hermitage in Bethlehem and moved to an apartment in Atlanta, having found a new church of sorts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel terrible confessing this, but I’ve given up my running,” Luke says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You’ll believe me or you won’t. I have no control over that, but there’s no anger here. Anger will get me killed faster than anything else, and I’m not ready to give up just yet.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he just gave up and watched them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I don’t have to give up on Deb, either. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

By early 1854, most women who wore bloomers gave up their pants to avoid harassment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even if she gave up and left the gym, she wouldn't be going home. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t know what’s going on with you, but I know you are too smart to give up on yourself.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He really didn't want to give up his phone. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just about give up, but then I see a crumpled brown paper bag that’s been smoothed out and folded tight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, she said today, before this all happened, that she wondered how long the school could keep this up. I wouldn’t be surprised if they finally gave up on all this after today.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’d stumbled along in the dark for another hour before giving up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After five months of growing barely enough to feed itself, the family gave up and went to stay with relatives who had moved to Khartoum. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t get it, and I said it twice more before I gave up in disgust. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mama,” she began, then tears filled her eyes and she gave up trying to explain. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despondently, I picked a few lice off my sweater but gave up trying to get them all. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment, and not until that moment, did she give up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up the idea of the biographical sketches and settled finally upon writing a series of short stories, using the material I had got from Ross and his friends, building upon it, inventing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I give up trying to rouse him and concentrate on rigging the barrels like Mr. Woodwell told me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He beamed when he saw them and he cherished the fantastic myth of them, how they never gave up, how size meant nothing to them, how beautifully they played together. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea where to go; she knew only that she would never give up looking for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried water to them day after day after he had given up the wheat, the heavy wooden buckets slung upon a bamboo pole across his shoulders. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He’d given up long ago trying to act brave for the old army vet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If I’d ever questioned why Rain and her friends gave up on city life in San Francisco and founded Garland back in 1967, five minutes on that bus explained it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But he was nowhere near ready to give up. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was, in fact, and Izzy knocked several times and rattled the doorknob before giving up and coming back down. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up so quickly,” Habiba said, pulling me back to the rack of dresses. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

How can I give up on that picture of shiny, future Twinkle because of a boy I just met? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Gurgi was willing to give up his life for us; I can do no less for him. Above all, we must not lose heart so close' to the end of our journey.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When your dreams are of some world that never was or of some world that never will be and you are happy again then you will have given up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At least I wouldn't have to give up all my dreams, I’d think. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Who would I be if I gave up when things got hard? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He spent the longest time at Kang’s stall, and the other potters gave up all pretense of indifference. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to argue, since our only remaining options were either giving up or running into a hail of gunfire. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Why should he choose to disarm himself, give up his voice and leave the only organization offering him a chance to "define" himself? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly what Hagrid would say when he realized his three favorite students had given up his subject, he did not like to think. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Hannie," Mama warns me, but when I don't come back, she gives up. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And he had our dog Oscar's sad eyes, as if he’d given up on trying to please. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, as if he’d given up or had no choice, then drew me down, between his knees. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had given up our lives for theirs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not ready to give up, but my wife’s got a point,” he replied. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After a few months Blanca realized that she could not hold him prisoner indefinitely and gave up her plans to reduce his spirit in order to make him her permanent lover. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost gave up the freedom and the future I could have. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She struggled to find the gossamer thread again, and as she was about to give up, it flashed at her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After some time he gave up the idea of spending the day alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would never have given up having that much power over me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The only thing that keeps me alive,” he kept saying, “is to know that Reizel and the little ones are still alive. Were it not for them, I would give up.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

O’Hare and I gave up on remembering, went into the living room, talked about other things. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe she had given up on me too. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pity you gave up the old title: “The Basket of Hands.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Either way, he could not give up the day. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The family was now destitute; there was no money to send Anna to her fiancé, to the marriage she had given up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At last I gave up looking for him and began to gather abalones for winter. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their longing for them was great enough to make them never give up laboring to see them clearly, until at last the thunder and lightning were changed into the Universal Father. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently the chambers gave up their fair tenants one after another: each came out gaily and airily, with dress that gleamed lustrous through the dusk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grace wondered if she could give up her sister duties or if someone would just come take them from her, like when beauty pageant winners got caught in a sexting scandal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I give up! I give up,” he shouted and went out and got drunk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the Sixers gave up on their barricade, but they continued to send avatars into the Tomb of Horrors to farm copies of the Copper Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Fugees hadn’t given up a goal in the second half. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The murderers were arrested within hours because one of the Klansmen was actually an undercover FBI informant who, as he later testified, had tried to persuade the others to give up the chase. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I did not want to give up; I felt that if I did, he would, too. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had been ready to give up and turn back when he finally came over the ridge and saw, in the late evening, the haze of blue green. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You gave up Elysium,” Frank said in amazement, “so your mother wouldn’t suffer?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

By Thursday noon Kit gave up trying to keep her mind on her work. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And I just didn't want her to have to give up something—something else—for me to have some stupid shoes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was not till he had actually climbed into Bernard’s plane and slammed the door that they gave up pursuit. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said the Wart, “I can see why the reptiles who had given up being fishes decided to become birds. It certainly is tun.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of those girlfriends tried to teach me once, but I think she gave up in the end. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I figured Ob had given up there on that porch in Putnam County and I was preparing myself for the worst. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t want to give up the fun I have with my co- workers, especially Don Lucho with his gold tooth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Kaede said, “and yes. How can I ask her to give up what she wants most?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Thalia raised her hands in an I give up gesture. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The next thing you know you’ll be trying to make her give up hustling.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, I gave up worrying about the new chicken and opened the crate door. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed hopeless, and I should have given up, but I did not. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Please, don’t give up on me. Let me stay on the project with you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

You very soon, without knowing it, give up all hope of communion. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I give up trying to figure out his motives. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The teacher was startled but not unbelieving, for she had long ago given up trying to fathom the ways of the colored people in town. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t giving up on those diplomas, but they had a lot of catching up to do. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m pretty sure...Oh, who knows anymore? I give up.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

My parents and other adults at the masjid had given up trying to "save" her by getting the authorities involved. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I told Sandy I’d give up my spot for him if necessary. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

To tell her that everyone else might have given up at sometimes things just happen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And now it was quite dark and they seemed to have given up blowing that horn. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

If this cave is still open, with the machines and lights, the carpets and running water still here, there will be a terrible temptation to give up and move back to the soft life. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve given up pointing out their errors, since correcting them doesn’t help anyway. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We were up by seven heading into the inning, but Brayden gave up three runs and four hits before recording an out. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He gave up in disgust, took their clothes, and went back to Boston. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I cry because I have never, ever wanted so much to give up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had never given up hope that I might one day reconnect with my family. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the Gladers hadn’t given up said more about these people than anything else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had new ideas about how to break the stranglehold of slavery and refused to give up his guns. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The decision was thus passed on to Max that Francis and I must give up DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Like, maybe the universe is trying to save me from my destiny now that I’ve given up on saving myself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now they seemed not ready to give up the old school, the familiar paths and classrooms. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew she wouldn’t give up that easily. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas said, “Bud, we’d just about given up on you. Do you usually sleep until after noon?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was only, instead, that she was finally his mother and she had not given up on loving him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gave up trying to figure it out, turned over, and at last fell asleep. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So maybe Martin hasn’t given up after all. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“So you’d given up looking for the Hallows when you saw the Cloak?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had yet to give up his rifle, and the silhouette of it across his back made him resemble a gawky, long-limbed bird. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure he believed right up to the end that he was doing the right thing. He never did give up the ship.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Harry watched, Lockhart gave up and slumped, panting, against the white edge of the picture. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He had too much invested in the Erik Fisher Football Dream, and he just couldn’t give up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to study a little for chem but give up within twenty seconds. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, the families had submitted to the Robes and said yes to the Council and given up their babies to the Witch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As I sat on the other end of the line, listening to my mother talk about “sacrifice,” I had no idea what my grandparents had given up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Tough keeping cool. But you didn’t give up.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“At this point, you must understand, we were on the verge of giving up,” he said calmly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I ask, realizing that he’s not going to give up. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I run around The yard, Chasing our rooster, Who gives up Feathers and screams. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave up; the false cat had ceased functioning, so evidently the short—if that was what ailed the thing—had finished off the power supply and basic drive-train. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Will and Lyra were both trembling and weak with fear, exhaustion, nausea, and pain, but giving up was inconceivable. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess I thought he gave up and took off after we saw him out there.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

No doubt he had convinced each of his fellow members to give up one ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he gave up God, did he also give up the strict morality he learned at home? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He seems to have no opinion about the captain, but of the parrot he says, “That bird sees everything. I gave up keeping secrets from him long ago.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I had given up studying for an LL.B. degree at the University of the Witwatersrand after failing my exams several times. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because even though Mai said during the cat search that her mother came from Vietnam, I hadn't completely given up on the idea that she could have something to do with the Cahuilla tribe. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Elsbeth laughed, and because she didn't want to give up her opportunity to flirt with either boy, she told them she liked both equally well. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I. To support the country’s war effort, the striking miners gave up many of their demands and went back to work. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

He grimaced and said wistfully, “It’s what made me give up the good life on the road.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a low voice, the judge said, “I’ll say one thing. They don’t give up easily.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them in the staring light of the great room they slept in, and all but gave up my hope of acting that first night before I had drawn suspicion on myself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Especially the part where I wound up with stitches in my catching arm trying to complete the mission Uncle Jack gave me, and then I still didn’t give up until I completed it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The list of favorite music and favorite books is obscenely long, and I can only get through the A's of the music list before giving up. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

His mother used to throw the sheets away when Frederick wasn’t looking, but lately she has given up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After another minute or so of arguing, I give up and head back down to the cinema. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

If she said that, then she might as well just say I give up, and Emily wasn’t one to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever one of his friends expressed interest in her, Milton told them to give up the idea. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She’d never heard of a kid not wanting to give up her shoes before. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Father said, “Promise me you will stop doing these things. Promise that you will give up this ridiculous game right now, OK?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has already given up trying to crack the code: he has written out the numbers, gridded them, added, multiplied; nothing has come of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I gave up, went to the market, and got a decent bargain, since not many people were out in the rain, even managing a skirt for Helena that might be a little large. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But when both Philemon and Baucis had had to give up the chase panting and exhausted, the gods felt that the time had come for them to take action. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The existence of such elites goes against the most fundamental principles of natural selection, since these dominant members of society willingly give up procreation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted to give up now, just before the end, so close to our destination. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chased us for a bit and then gave up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s incomplete. It’s got potential, but you gave up. Perhaps I should stop by your house with a plate of gingersnaps and have a chat with your mama.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside her jacket—which she was not giving up—and change of clothes, and then her hand settled on the flashlight. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I know Pa does not want me to give up, and as hard as it is to endure life here day to day, there is nothing for me to do but go on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would explain why he gave up and retreated from real life and into his head. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was the time my baby brother was dying of pneumonia and the doctors had given up, but she prayed until the fever broke. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke let Lowry up again, giving up another point before throwing him back to the mat almost immediately. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But Tally had never once realized her friend might actually run away, giving up a life of beauty, glamour, elegance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She seemed to go through a great struggle and then her face gave up and became tragic. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should I give up this job to go to college?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the man in charge cut off the grain, the first group gave up quite soon, the second group a little later. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t give up on me, even though I knew as much about being Jewish as I know about building a nuclear power station out of Popsicle sticks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know this, because I’m rinsing my hair thinking about arms and legs and if I had a choice about which limb I had to give up what I would choose. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“O dear me!” said I, as if I found myself compelled to give up Biddy in despair. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She slept fitfully all night, waking nearly every hour to see that it was still dark, and when she finally gave up on sleep she felt groggy and slow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t do anything about his crooked yellow teeth because he got into a sneeze ing fit every time I started brushing them with my toothbrush, and I finally had to give up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Until one gave up and tucked its tail between its legs in surrender. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She would die, Claire realized, before she would give up the love she felt for her son. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I hear the boat; the other rangers must have given up. Come, let’s show them your find, shall we?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on the verge of giving up and moving out—it’s gotten that bad with me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up on the front door and picked my way around the side of the house, tiptoeing between the square stones that constituted the Rezaeis’ landscaping. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The guy gave up, returned to killing closer quarry. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I still remember glancing back and seeing them give up with a look of utter bewilderment on their faces. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jesper hated to give up the high ground before they knew what they were up against, but they were short on time, and they needed to get to the roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She had heard of a religious community in the Netherlands—the Labadists—whose members gave up all material possessions to live simply, away from the whims and fashions of public life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The least I can do is make it, so he doesn’t have to give up anything else. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

You’re giving up a smaller dream for a bigger one that you actually have a chance of achieving. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I gave up, though I didn’t quite believe in the pet either, Skipper or whoever. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My father laughed and said, “Indeed they are,” and did not pursue the matter; nor did he give up his teaching. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree branches, power lines, porch awnings collapsed like they’d plumb given up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dawn was breaking by the time he finally gave up. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘I read some interesting figures yesterday. If everyone in Britain gave up smoking, the National Health Service would save—’ ‘Ted!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she would not give up, not yet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was going to have to give up something big—big enough to make up for what he’d done. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I give up and see over the scene. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

What kind of memento do you get for the mother who has loved you your whole life, who has given up the world for you? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You-you-you—!” she stuttered as she tried desperately to open the door handle, but her fingers were so rusted together she gave up trying and leaned out the open window. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Grandma,” I said, “you never gave up any of the old ways.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the moment he gave up hoping. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Without Fiver’s encouragement he would have lain down once more and given up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one felt like helping him, and after a moment S.Q. gave up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That’s been put on him, for the trial, even though they gave up wearing those years ago, when the sect wars first began; cassocks made them too conspicuous. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he gives up in despair because none of the dumb humans seem to understand or care, he may lie down. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many Osage had given up their traditional beliefs, but Lizzie had held on to them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He finally pretended to give up, stuffed the package into his pocket, turned around, and started to walk down the stairs. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost begged R. Howard Ridgefield to give up his satire for a while. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave up trying to decide and simply wrote, “I hope so.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I would let go and give up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Not mine. They belonged to my brother, who gave up fishing when he was injured. It’s not easy to wear waders with a prosthetic leg. If I sit on the stairs, perhaps you could...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She’d given up on her work because it had gotten hard and she didn’t want to keep going. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Like, you live there and you got roaches and you got crack and you got streets that don’t get cleaned up and you got people giving up on life and that’s what it’s all about. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finny had regretfully given up the plan of inviting the school band to supply music, since it would have spread news of our carnival to every corner of the campus. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wear the emblem of a bird, and their leader, once picked, gives up his name and is known simply as the Blood Shrike. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A lot of people gave up on Newark, and the city became synonymous with urban decay, unemployment, and poverty. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Now I would have to give up volleyball and track. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘You must not be giving up so easy,’ the BFG said calmly. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in black looked around for a rope to secure the giant, gave up the search almost as soon as he’d begun. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And despite that, despite the utter hopelessness of the situation, they still hadn’t given up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was useless to argue, and Lyddie gave up, hoping that the mood would pass, like her mother’s times of craziness always had. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want to let the girl go with me alone, and she was very reluctant to give up the book.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They told people to give up their evil ways or follow the devil straight down the path to perdition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m interested. Have you given up on your art stuff?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Eventually she gave up and lay on her stomach, fingers dug into the seams. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There was one difference though: Grant would not give up. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was loose and he seemed to have already given up the battle to live. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, Cleopatra did not actually give up any of her considerable power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I can’t stand the way you androids give up,” he said savagely. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It had been very hard work, he said, but he had persuaded the men to give up their pepper at eleven dollars a picul. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up on creeping and started running down the path with Otto. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d eaten the cake, drunk the Tonic, given up the necklace, slaved for my stepmother, let Olive suck me dry. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she’d had to give up a few things here and there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While giving up my craft room for Momma might not have killed me, for Wynn, it just might. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The camera around my neck dangles like it’s about to give up also. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

All those times she’d considered giving up but hadn’t because maybe one day Jenny Lindt might tell her she had what it took—that day was here. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Man, I’m downing this stuff like it’s—well, a Shirley Temple, which I never actually gave up. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“No, Michael didn’t tell. I quit playing because I gave up on me. Became invisible.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And yet the animals never gave up hope. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She’s given up some of her passivity lately, some of her melancholy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As bad as things were, giving up would only make them worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So I say to Penelope what I always say to Dad when he’s drunk and depressed and ready to give up on the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Round the very edge of the island, so that the water lapped against the stone, ran high walls strengthened with so many towers that he soon gave up trying to count them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I gave up seven runs because you couldn’t catch a pop-up,” Carter says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He spent all of five minutes bombarding uranium oxide, and, detecting no neutrons in his apparatus, gave up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I had merely been waiting to see how long I would look before giving up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sighed, gave up, and pointed to yes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Not able to give up art entirely, he creates it himself. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Nancy went on with her work, not sullenly, but so withdrawn that Ellen wearily gave up trying to talk with her and directed all her attention to the small boy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now he would have to give up that place. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The trick with people like Marsha Jean,” said Louisiana’s grandmother, “is to be forever wily, to fight back, to never give up or give in.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go to bed, Mike. I give up.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

About an hour later, sitting outside the emergency room, State Trooper Rindlisbacher gave up on getting answers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The butterflies were not about to give up! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour and a half later they gave up and came to me begging for help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beverly Ember had given up in those few weeks trying to be directly involved in her granddaughter’s life, questioning whether or not she had been overbearing or too nosy. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Blue Eyes gave up on the idea. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She gave up the baby in the first place,” Mrs. Richardson said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To ask would be to give up the lie. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“They won’t give up until they capture this village. They want our food and ammunition.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He kept biting her, so she gave up and fed him formula. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had given up all hope of reaching South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In 1896 he gave up his German citizenship to avoid military conscription and entered the Zurich Polytechnic Institute on a four-year course designed to churn out high school science teachers. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘A person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty or danger.’ Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even last night, before they’d run, Mama had been prepared to take a punishment that she hadn’t deserved, to give up her own freedom so that Koffi didn’t have to give up hers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

By then the rest of the bonobos had given up on the mystery of the missing stake and returned to foraging. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But, in truth, the monster managed only the merest tiny little cough of smoke before turning over on its side and giving up the ghost. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But ill health forced him to give up teaching in 1648, and from then until 1650 he lived in Toulon, before returning to Paris, where he died on 24 October 1655. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“O.K. But we better give up something so He’ll know we really mean it this time.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s hopeless until you give up hope,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione said when they had finally given up and were walking back to the school. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The strain and pressure of operating Bush Hill might have driven less dedicated individuals to give up or ask for replacements. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

By the time I turned twelve and reached grade eight, I’d given up on the idea of playing a competitive team sport. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mother temporarily gave up her hairpieces, a crimped false fringe and a rolled horsehair rat, platforms on which she daily constructed an elaborate mountain of her own hair. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After several minutes, I gave up and knocked at the door. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Worried for me she adds, ‘Do not punish yourself for having to give up our culture in order to “make it” as you say. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma will have to give up her bed and move into the small room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The problems of dating rocks were such that at one point almost everyone in the world had given up on them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“How about giving up one of them,” Moms said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We talked about how Dad is super grumpy now since he gave up coffee for Lent. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They fought over it for months until Lucy’s nerves had worn so thin that she gave up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Storey might well have given up entirely, except that all around him he saw fellow newspapermen scrambling to rent space and find type and paper. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re not giving up your scholarship to pay student loans for the rest of eternity?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Finally he just gave up and flipped on the radio. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She gave up the sky with its signal-fire stars, and flew instead down to Weep to find out what her mercy had set in motion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The men near me roused from their sleep to grumble at me to be still, and I gave up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s bleak, but don’t give up. We’ll find a way.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

For warm eyes or a soft voice or a slow walk—that’s all—a few hairs, a line, a brightness, a sound, a pace, she gave up family. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re stronger than you think, and you’re crazy smart. As my mom always says, ‘our ancestors fought too hard for us to give up now.’” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Nina, people love to give up authority to men in nice clothes. I have uniforms for the stadwatch, the harbor police, and the livery of every merch mansion on the Geldstraat. Let’s go.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Eventually he gave up teaching as well, tutoring only from his room, so that he could monitor Bibi at all hours. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You can’t expect me to give up all my secrets that easily.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling had been adamant that Emily give up the book, that it was returned to Mr. Remora ASAP. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They insisted that the ANC must renounce violence and give up the armed struggle before the government would agree to negotiations — and before I could meet President Botha. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I refuse to give up now, it will look brave to whoever watches me with that camera, but sometimes it isn’t fight- ingthat’s brave, it’s facing the death you know is coming. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When he had gone halfway around the lake, and had jumped up twenty or so birds, he finally gave up and sat at the base of a tree. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I guess we can give up for today.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After an hour or maybe even more of running, the rebels gave up the chase and returned to Mattru Jong while we continued on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“They keep the lights off, and they crawl on the floor, away from the doors and windows. I don’t know how much food they got. Might be they’ll starve before the Feds give up.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Part of him had given up, and the part that still believed stood apart from the broken half of his soul, incredulous. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I have not totally given up on my dream of riches from this New World, but those hopes have certainly dimmed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Ptolemy did not entirely give up his Greek ways. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

If I gave up now, how would I face them? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I had thought he would hardly speak to me, and I was certain he had given up the pursuit of his matrimonial scheme: the sequel showed I was mistaken on both points. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That I’d give up the cause I devoted my life to? I came to warn Brum as soon as I could.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“When we spotted the helicopter last night, most people said it had to be another group. They said you’d taken too long, and that I should give up.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

One of Olena’s strengths is her tenacity and unwillingness to give up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Finally I just gave up trying to talk to her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Newt finally gave up, collapsing backward in defeat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Normal people give up after ten or eleven, unless it's a matter of life or death. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nausea rippled through me, but I couldn’t give up before I started. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I gave up askin’ him questions when I was twelve years old. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Montgomery, only seven years have passed since Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The naiads had not given up—they were trying a different strategy! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was tense during the days I waited for Granny, and when she came I gave up, letting her handle things, answering questions automatically, obeying, knowing that somehow I had to face things alone. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it is not all his fault that he gave up on the orchard. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the pictures were scribbled over, like they were started and then given up halfway through. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to sense that I had given up on small talk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was very clear what was at stake, but they wouldn’t give up their radio.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He gave up his college fund without a second thought, to stand up for his principles. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Jody gave up and went to sit on the steps at the old man’s feet. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had nearly given up hope when he came upon a little mound of shards. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Renouncing all vanity, they gave up their stylish dresses and wore rough wool robes made by Labadist weavers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was speaking faster and faster in her effort to persuade James not to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want to give up any land. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Scientists never give up. They keep trying because they believe in the possible.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Grandpa finally gave up and went back to his room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would give up her life for theirs. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I gave up practically the whole world for you,” I tell him, walking through the front door of my own love story. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the time has come to give up the racial bribes and begin an honest conversation about race in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Asiya had already gone inside to change, but I wasn’t ready to give up just yet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I gave up on figuring out why a long time ago. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And I was kind of glad that JP was the one who gave up those points, because everyone could see how terrible he felt about it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It also didn’t matter that the city bus law—or ordinance, as city laws are called—had said since 1900 that no rider had to give up a seat unless another was available. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Some who had tried this lonely sort of life had given up and joined the crews of purse seiners or of long-line halibut schooners. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The day he touched the Spirit Bear he had been near death and had completely given up trying to be in control. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, gave up the ball, and stood apart again, to watch. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Only one conclusion seemed possible: The Greeks had given up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no such luck, and I wasted a couple of hours before I gave up, hungrier than ever. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Until my baba finally gives up on me,” he said ruefully. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Just look at the French Revolution! Look at their motto—Equality, Liberty, Fraternity. That was their battle cry! Those are things we've given up, that the Nazis have taken from us." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had never been superstitious, but he decided now that if he received no response to help him, he would give up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I might have to give up on practical. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying you shouldn’t grieve. Or just give up and let the sadness or anger take you over. But what’s the step after that?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps she is sad about giving up her goldfish,” Ba said as he shook his head. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then their visits would slacken off, and they would give up hope. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Other times a fish will give up and die right away, if the barb got buried deep enough. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now it had come to it, Sam felt reluctant to give up the Ring and burden his master with it again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

John White Sr. gave up his office in the Alaska Building downtown and set up an office upstairs in the house on the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It would be so much easier to give up and die. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trip would have given up on her by now—or would he be waiting for her still? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He says that he has not given up hope, that no matter what the police say, he still clings to the idea that Megan will come home. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants me to give up the organizers and tell him if anything else is being planned. Apparently, he thinks some adults are using us to forward their radical freedom agenda.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I give up and drag myself back to my ICU. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you 2 give up on the bake sale?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing he had truly to give up was the Antarctic, and that he could not do. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I give up,” Seanie said, and took a drink of milk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She gave up on trying to identify shoes and raised her gaze, studying all the people crammed in behind her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even the plants in the ground seemed to have given up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I gave up long ago trying to pass the white-glove test. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was on the point of giving up, calling them to me, and going elsewhere to hunt, when I heard the bawl of Little Ann. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There the last living things gave up their struggle; the tops of the Morgai were grassless, bare, jagged, barren as a slate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I gave up on pacing and left the arena. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could not give up my life in the struggle, and she could not live with my devotion to something other than herself and the family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detectives trudged back and forth, searching for tire tracks, but after a half hour gave up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With six kids in her family, she had more than likely given up her own cookie and traded something for an extra one to share with us. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Regardless, no one was going to give up his or her seat. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He responded to further attempts at conversation with even fewer syllables—which is to say, none—so finally I just gave up and followed him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her hands and arms and back screamed with the strain of clinging to the cliff’s edge, but she wasn’t about to give up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first Vanderbilt had so much trouble just making contact with War Admiral’s owner that he nearly gave up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’re really just giving up? When you could be the one to find them?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t it you who gave up and Rita who kept fighting? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled at the little girl, wishing her the best of luck, and told her to never give up on her dreams. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Surely, I thought, even he must have given up by now. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If that will be your married look, I, as a Christian, will soon give up the notion of consorting with a mere sprite or salamander. But what had you to ask, thing,—out with it?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Me: “Maxine has been on me about quitting things. She says I can’t just give up so easily. Especially on people.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Luke never made any progress, and after a year Mother gave up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But after hearing twenty-six of the cases, the judge grew weary and gave up on the process, freeing the women who had not yet been tried. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Army was too busy fighting the dead to chase them, so the government gave up and just focused on us Negroes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, I gave up and went to the shine stand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up hope. Not yet. It’s too soon.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He ran toward Harry, and the other children jumped up from their seats and raced up and down the aisles and crowded around Harry while Stuart demanded that he give up the little pillow. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I notice that Jacqui, however, has given up on her own machine, with a ball still in the chute. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I explained that we all owed Walter something because he had been threatened and terrorized, wrongly accused and wrongly condemned, but he never gave up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“No, we mustn’t give up yet,” he said, as gently as he could. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he has escaped, it will not be long now before he comes searching for us. Until we know for sure of his fate, we must never give up hope.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would anyone give up the perfect fantasy reality just because they have to give up their freedom? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Around two in the morning, she gave up trying to sleep. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

One year I had chosen to give up the radio, and another, candy bars. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Father weren’t so patient, I’d have long ago given up hope of ever meeting my parents’ quite moderate expectations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Old Dan gave up on his side, piled into the river, and swam across to the side Little Ann had worked. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within months, pretty much everyone had given up Klebs’s criterion for Luce’s criteria. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s not the way it is. A gift — ” She gave up. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits up with a finality that I guess is supposed to be the period on our conversation, but I know I can’t give up, not that easily. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But if Ivy went to Taryn’s, it would feel like giving up, like admitting that her family didn’t need her right now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And though she had only had the briefest taste of what she would have to give up, she understood now why sages made that vow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t like giving up your room, and I’m sorry. I wouldn’t have asked her if I didn’t need her to come, all right?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And they would laugh, and she would find the strength to continue, partly out of a strange sort of logic: wasn’t it more absurd to give up? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At last, with a quiet tinkle, she gave up. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I was under the impression that you had given up on teaching.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All these virgin martyrs are told by Roman judges they have to give up their faith and accept the Roman gods but they say, Nay, and the judges have them tortured and killed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I gave up trying to explain that really Mom’s from LA. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Do they give up their white status to go and live as colored people in a colored area? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But the most important truth: I wasn’t giving up on Sir Fig Newton. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

For a time, I attempted to grow peanuts, and used different soils and fertilizers, but finally I gave up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried him a few more times, but he didn’t text back, so I gave up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Never give up, even when it scares you half to death. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It terrifies you. That you missed out on something. That you gave up something you didn’t know you wanted.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She waves a hand in the air like she’s given up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By the time the police summoned me to the station, I had given up on sleep. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I came down, I saw my dogs had given up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, at a certain point, I give up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Jamie had given up helping and instead was breaking thick hunks of crust off the disheveled pies still hanging around the dessert table. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You—you owe me a blood debt. Your men gave up Darin—” “And paid for it with their lives. You can’t ask for more than that.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And surely Kevin would give up on me if I went home without him again—left him here for more long years. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The force of gravity is so great that the star’s electrons give up their struggle once and for all; the electrons smash into the star's protons, creating neutrons. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She gave up, apparently, all interest in table manners or hygiene, but acquired a deep concern for and about human relationships. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my phone lets out two more dings, I give up ignoring it and hurry out of the bathroom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

How could she entertain the idea of returning to Farmville and giving up a job she was good at, that she enjoyed, that paid two or three times more than teaching? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had gone to bed hoping that Blanca would call, but after two hours of tossing and turning I gave up hope. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to give up weed, but I couldn’t. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced at the open book, turned it right side up, and then gave up the charade completely, closing it and tossing it to the floor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wants to close his eyes, forget, give up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“There’s a time when a person has to give up. That’s just the truth.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She was speaking faster and faster in her effort to persuade James not to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I should say also that there is a danger in giving up revelation,” she wrote. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom gave up the pretense that we’d ever own a house or even find an apartment with more than one bedroom. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I missed the shot on purpose, for the rest of my life I would be thinking that I gave up the chance to make an easy million dollars. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Otto looked about, this way and that, refusing to give up, because giving up was something else legends didn’t do. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon she would shove everything back in and give up. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You gave up nothing and got something major in return.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Seeing that no answer was coming from Palmer, his mother gave up and walked off muttering, “Doesn’t have the good sense he was born with.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Claudia also decided that she must get accustomed to giving up things. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was paying for the lie and for the doll by giving up her pride. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t give up. You won’t give up. You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve given up on going out on dates in the old way: somehow it’s no longer a serious thing to do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I nearly gave up the idea of running away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But eventually he gave up and let them run. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She’d also inherited some money, so she could give up teaching and buy all the art supplies she wanted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was all Mama said about it, but I could tell by the look in her eyes how much she hated to give up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that you ever really give up the hustle, it seems, but they delegate certain activities to young hungry up-and-comers my age. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up on that bit but kept reading. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that if I ran him over with my truck he would stop feeling guilty about the accident? That he might give up on making amends and call it even?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The lock on the door gave up easily to Kaz’s picks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I promised myself that next time I would do better and I would never give up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

None of us wanted to give up the village to the other, but in the end we killed most of the rebels and captured a few more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to help my team win the game, but they’d given up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mark gave up after his foot went completely through the third step. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That’s one thing that hasn’t changed even after Maddie gave up her groundling membership and became one of the silk feathered hat people. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He finally gave up yelling and came stomping back across the grass, red faced, like he was about to have a heart attack. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a quiet groan to himself he gave up on the idea, knowing he’d feel too guilty about depriving her of valuable sleep. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I still made my wish every day because I decided I was not ready to give up yet. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Late in the morning, the radiators died, and my dad did what he always did—kick them and curse—until he gave up and plopped down on the couch. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In this new environment it was relatively easy for Briony to arrange to swap her day off with Fiona who generously gave up her Saturday for a Monday. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But if her father thought she would give up on college, he was wrong. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just give up and go home then, shall we? Who’d like a nice hot cup of tea before bed? Hell, as long as the Bird ain’t around, make it a toddy!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Each no was louder than the one before it, until the bird finally gave up and ran away. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He said Mama has to stop washing for Mrs. McGarrity and I have to give up my job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He mentioned you giving up the art club and basketball and using the time for studying.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, they will give up trying to reach the material altogether. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If this is what fourth grade was going to be like, she might as well just give up now. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Jim’s “big shot” strategy, as Farmer called it, had worked: dream high, work hard, be open to new, better ideas when they come along, and never, ever give up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“They don’t have any idea, and they don’t care. They don’t have any idea of what the families give up.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’d just about given up hope when a satellite picked up the plane’s image. You’ve managed to survive for all these weeks on your own? Outstanding!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Why, then when my strength fails,” Antigone answered, “I will give up.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You boys have to give up your seats unless you gonna help.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t give up easily even though he was on dry land. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them were arrested for refusing to give up their seats on Montgomery’s segregated buses, just months before Rosa Parks refused to budge. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His family arranged a special ceremony that allowed him to make the trip without giving up his place in society. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She had long ago given up the idea of running away to see new pictures, new faces, as Sammy had so often done. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was worn down but he had not given up hope. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We cannot give up, we cannot give up, she kept repeating. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas wouldn’t allow himself to give in to Minho’s hopelessness— he didn’t want to give up and die just yet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

But I will not give up the root cellar. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She stared at the stains on the ceiling, and waited until they gave up or fell asleep, and then she rolled out from under them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Something in me did not want to give up on life, was unwilling to let go, wanted to fight to the very end. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A warrior does not fear to give up his own life. But will he sacrifice that of his comrades?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no crying or giving up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon tried to be a snake like the other two, but gave up after half a minute and became a mouse instead, and cuddled close against Lyra’s neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I give up on rage, which at this point has become a formality, and make a mental note to get angry again in the morning. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Was it the ship itself giving up the ghost? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"But you're so brave not to give up on trying to help your mother." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She sighs like she is giving up something precious and I had better appreciate it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I can’t keep this a secret. I have to tell my mom before she quits her job and gives up our apartment. She thinks I can buy us a house.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We cannot, somehow, give up the idea that discovery, like a race, is a game in which one person wins and everyone else loses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the dog was quickly out of sight, and the man gave up after a few steps. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We both stood there for a minute—her eyes wanting answers, mine all given up on ever getting them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When this stage is reached, shivering ceases as the body just gives up and apathy takes over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"It would be safer to leave the Ares 4 crew in Hermes and only send the pilot down with the MDV. But that would mean giving up the mission, and they'd rather risk death." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At bedtime, Shirley could no longer put off giving up the letter. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You can’t let them make you give up. They want you feeling ashamed of what you are. They want you so scared you’ll quit.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But never in a million years would I take up a gun and force people to give up being mean. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bucks might give up the does to save their own lives. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, on top of that, we found out after the CBS Evening News that President Johnson wasn’t the only one giving up his job. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Namontack does not understand that he is to give up his gods and his stories and take the word of God from the Bible back to his people. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

No way was she giving up her East Oakland status just to go to school. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We were always the last to give up stupid old- fashioned customs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After tossing and turning a bunch of times I gave up on the whole sleep thing and sat up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Among the first things that had to be given up were Caroline’s mainland voice and piano lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up straining to espy, past the apparently real, something denser. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Papa had given up and gone inside after twenty minutes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But recently he has kept his distance, either because he’s afraid of me or because he has finally given up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It troubled me deeply to think of enemies so determined to kill us that they would give up their own lives. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Hel’s been as silent as I have, and they’ve given up, instead grunting to one another pointedly when she and I beat each other down on the battlefield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

During those days I felt so close to her, and I knew I had been silly for wanting to give up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t me who gave up!” he said a little too loudly, then looked down, embarrassed and swirled the beer in his glass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lenin gave up his post at the doorway, placed himself between his father’s knees and picked his nose. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he asked for rice water and cried because there was none, but later he gave up asking and merely cried. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished she’d been smart enough, or loving enough, to realize everybody has burdens that crush them, only they don’t give up their children. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I give up,” Pork Chop said, after trying to mix in the sugar. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

After hounding us for a few years, she finally gave up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I could ask him to give up being crown prince in favor of his sister. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want to give up the village easily. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yet they gave up days and weeks of their lives, addicted to someone else’s drama. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, when she was chilled to the bone and about to give up, she heard him coming. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he realizes just how angry I am or how good it feels, for once, to give up on regrets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, I give up and pull out my phone, load up my mod of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and start a new game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not one to give up on anything, I chose Portia’s “quality of mercy” speech for my presentation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if these teenage idols could ever take the place he was so willingly giving up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As you can probably tell, after a lot of soul-searching I decided to give up my short experiment with being a vegetarian. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, we gave up pork and got sanctified. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Rahel gave up her job at the gas station and left America gladly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard Riley said, “You are the future leaders, don’t give up,” His words really got my attention. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wonder who loves her, who is worried about her, who maybe cared so much but had to give up on her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or was it because he never shut up, and she couldn’t give up on the idea that he might actually say something at some point that was meaningful, helpful? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He finally gave up and drove back to Selma with his men. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what, but I’m not giving up that haul.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After midnight, White and Smith gave up and returned Burkhart to his cell. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“There’s water out here from the storm. I can’t get it to you, but you can come to it. It’ll make you feel a lot better. Please, Chacho! Don’t give up!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They eventually give up and never move again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Similarly, these are the students who start to believe that they can’t sing at all, and give up on music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they gave up and kept their distance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The usual guard glared at me, but when his glare didn’t work, he gave up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Little League was over, he gave up sports. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Rita didn’t give up on the drills, and she didn’t give up needling the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You do realize the effect this will have on your future? You do understand what you’re giving up? This will impact the opportunities you’ll have open to you for the rest of your life.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had almost given up, but my teachers had not. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she didn’t give up—she got busy. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

We're trained to give up our seats to anyone older than us, and to refer to our elders with titles of respect. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I have given up hoping the RAF will blow this place to smithereens. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"Maybe," I say, because I can hardly tell my mother to carry on if I've already given up myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You heard what Prince Cardan said by the river—he just wants you to give up. It’s a blow to his pride, and it hurts his status, you acting like you’re not afraid of him.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“So ready for this to be the end,” he murmured, almost to himself, “for this to be the twilight of your life, though your life has barely started. You’re ready to give up everything.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Today she shouted, “I give up! How am I supposed to study anything if there are no answers?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The legislature can say all they want to about not giving up runaways, but as long as them rewards are high, somebody’s going to report them.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Miss K laid down her chalk and gave up trying to teach. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had tried to tell her that he was just trying to find the fire dancer, but she wasn’t listening and he had given up, thankful for the hugs and the silence. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He battled the fierce mistral winds in the South of France, only giving up when his easel would not stay anchored. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I try to figure out the alphabet so I can write in Chinese, but I give up so I can read our place settings—which explain the Chinese Zodiac. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was like the Black-Backed Gull had laid its head down and given up the sky. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the middle of June, he gave up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because the person in your story didn’t give up. Giving up would have been never starting the race at all.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Just because everyone has given up on him doesn’t mean I’m going to.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

For a week I did not hear from him and I gave up hope. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled timidly, as if the joke was a pair of old boots that had worn out long ago, but were too comfortable to give up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I left now, he would fall into despair and give up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

"You mean I am to give up my work?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z