| 单词 | grand |
| 例句 | Still no decision from the grand jury, so we’re still living. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They have such a grand plan for me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A grand staircase splits into two like a pair of pearl-white snakes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Be my second eye,” the captain says, “and you shall have riches and grand adventures beyond imagining.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We went along with Alexia’s grand plan because it was easier not to have her involved in our tasks. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z John Wilkes Booth saw all of this—the grand illumination, the crowds delirious with joy, the insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a grand piano in one and a fireplace in the other. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther along, beyond their comparatively modest houses, the street broadened and the grand villas of judges and officials rose on either side in the midst of large gardens and vineyards. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On their way back from the moon, Jim Lovell said he thought the earth looked like a “grand oasis in the great vastness of space. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “See if Lice will take my bonefish skiff. It’s worth ten or twelve grand at least.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It would have had to work through inlaid wooden floors and thick carpets, to creep up the grand staircase to the second floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sir lancelot, walking upright in the grand dress, looked strangely stately in the Great Hall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give us the grand tour,” Mr. Keller says. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am. We were supposed to write why we’re excited about the grand opening and, well, balloons are always my favorite part.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z His career and, in fact, his life, have followed no grand plan. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I own a well-used library card and not much else, though it is true I live in a grand house full of expensive, useless objects. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z That seems like rather a grand name for it, and I don’t want to suggest that I went through anything like what soldiers who saw combat in Vietnam did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not as grand as it sounds. I promise you. Anyhow, my father wouldn’t consider Paris. I didn’t have the heart to defy him. My mother had just died.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I felt very grand walking about with my LL.D. in his silk gown.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the grand mansions of lower Broadway stood with their doors ajar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She haunted his thoughts, made him wish to do grand and wonderful things in her name, made him want to be a man who deserved to wear a crown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jinx hadn’t seen him since the night of the Klan rally and felt himself draw back a bit at the sight of the grand knight. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Think of the glass itself, with its five grand colours stained right through. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also the case that Jamaica’s English elite, unlike their counterparts in the United States, had little interest in the grand project of nation building. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Henry, who led the way in, hasn’t even stopped to speak to him, and all Alex can do is follow him up the grand staircase toward his rooms. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Despite a few crowds and tour groups, there’s a hush in the courtyard, and everyone whispers or speaks softly in this grand space. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Rooms on either side had been incorporated to make a grand suite. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z These grand homes, with their high, cool rooms, their polished mahogany furniture, their servants flitting between the main house and the separate cooking building, were meant to command attention, to show power and wealth. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Ophie was half tempted to tell the girl that her mother thought she was on a grand adventure and was having too much fun to send word. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The grand old Duke of York had ten thousand men. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z It took over the grand old church at the Great Library, and no expense was spared. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z African prehistory is a puzzle on a grand scale, still only partly solved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “That is a grand pianoforte, and he might think it too large for Mrs. Bates’s house.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He had pictured a setting far less grand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The little boys are grand, too, but you need a little girl for yourself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A number of well-dressed men and women were gathered in groups, some beside a grand piano, the others lounging in the pale beige upholstery of the blond wood chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Push the grand piano into the centre of the room,’ Mr Tibbs whispered. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma wouldn’t have stood for any screaming coming from her grands, but what Big Ma didn’t know wouldn’t earn us her shame. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z This was the grandest house in the Lane, and the Lane was very proud of it because it was built exactly like a ship. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I thought then that Wayne Parr would always reign as our grand marshal. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The hall's grand staircase and white marble columns vanish. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And this year she had a grand plan. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The throne room was reached by climbing one last wide flight of stairs that culminated in grand redwood doors. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The parrot would call this the grandest of failures, I’m sure. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I was sentenced to 5 to 10 years for grand larceny, burglary and jailbreak. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Potted palms flanked a grand entrance, but the doors stood wide open. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We talked at his house, which was not at all grand, and I recall that he drove himself in a simple car, a little Austin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, in another era, she supposed the massive tent might have been considered grand, even impressive to some. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It's only at a local level, and I never meet anyone half as grand as the likes you associate with, sir, but in my own small way I believe I'm doing my part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I expected to see a grand building like the government offices in Umtata, but the Crown Mine offices were rusted tin shanties on the face of the mine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still premature for the Rad Lab to dream of a Nobel of its own, but the reference to radio-sodium and its potential applications hinted at grand things in store. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I could only just make out her grand form against the inky sky. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was all of golden silk, the largest and grandest structure in the camp. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z White House tours are generally self-guided, but this one involved being taken around by a White House curator, who walked a small group of us through its grand hallways and various public rooms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Yet, he built the spanning bridges and the grand mansions, the sturdy docks and stout factories of the South. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was well for him, with his chivalry and mysticism and all the compensations of the male world, to make the grand renunciation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With a grand gesture he pulled the curtain open. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As this was such a grand occasion, I decided to take the Special Sticks down from their sacred perch and use them for my practice-pad warm-up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From behind her door, I could hear the Johnny Carson theme song and the audience’s laughter, as if they were at a party, having a grand time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then for the grand finale, we head to the backyard, where the Año Viejo doll is waiting in the Charity-Sanchez fire pit. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Soon we were in an area of stately mansions, even the smallest of which was bigger than the regent’s palace, with grand front lawns and tall iron gates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, the grand failures are as entertaining as the great successes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She looked up at Lennie, and she made a small grand gesture with her arm and hand to show that she could act. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She swallowed and turned toward the ballroom, hesitating in the grand doorway to stare at the spectacle ahead of her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Becky led me down a narrow corridor to the front entry hall, where a grand staircase curled upward. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the clever outsiders would come up with some grand plan to scuttle the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was in the promise behind their grand titles—Children of the Sun, Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire, The African Origin of Civilization. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then, right before what was sure to be his final serve, Glenn made a grand gesture of pulling a tennis ball from his pocket and placing it on the ground. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The large front chambers I thought especially grand: and some of the third-storey rooms, though dark and low, were interesting from their air of antiquity. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Many people traveled to Cuzco, the grand city where the Sapa Inca, our emperor, lived. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And he meant to look and sound—no doubt for a moment he did look and sound—very grand and very dreadful as he jumped, crying, "The bolt of Tash falls from above." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “So here’s our tailwind. The checks range from five dollars to two hundred and fifty, and our new grand total is four thousand seven hundred and sixty-five!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He’d slid down the banister of the grand staircase in the first class lobby. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “Of course! He’s grand! But Mary says she won’t marry a sailing man!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They were grand and beautiful and frightening — the horses’ heads shining white, their eyes burning like a blacksmith’s forge. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she was out of glasses, Mama waved her over to where the rest of the household help stood in a line nearest to the grand front door that Ophie would never walk through. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A “grand canonical ensemble” is, oddly enough, the proper term for a quantitative model system in thermodynamics, borrowed from music by way of mathematics. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Lightly hitched to society, he imagined himself bound to grander forces. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z On September second, Shin Hoo's Restaurant, specializing in authentic Chinese cuisine, held its grand opening. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “When a building is so grand,” Dad had told me, “its entry needs its own special name.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I’ll never be able to have anything half so grand at my wedding.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The houses on Warren Street were a mix; some were modest, two or three were rather grand, with arches over the windows and fancy boot scrapers by the front door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “How fitting that I am called the Palace of Illusions when all I have left are memories. Perhaps memories are the grandest illusion of all,” said the palace quietly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Scythe Volta—the one in yellow, with an Afric look about him—strolled around the grand foyer, peering through the archways that led to other areas of the mansion. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When they reached the room where Ana was to stay, it was so much grander than Ana’s room in Quinn House that Ash simply stared for a moment, looking around, to catch her breath. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “So that’s what you care about? The grand prize at the festival?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Despite the uncomfortable interruption in the kitchen Ophie was feeling mighty pleased with herself as she climbed the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The more steps he took away from the grand gallery of quartz chandeliers, the dimmer the light became. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If you consider his deeds you will find them all very grand, and some even extraordinary. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Tally had always thought of the city as huge, a whole world in itself, but the scale of everything out here was so much grander. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We would have been the grand Negro spectacle that Big Ma had scolded us against becoming when we were back in Brooklyn. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure, I pictured myself on that television screen, wearing a bomb-fancy dress, tearing up the stage with some grand, powerhouse song, and in the end having the crown placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Not a grand cabin, to be sure; in fact, little more than a closet with a bunk and a scuttle, which was the proper name for porthole. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z After the war ended, the Japanese and Italian prisoners of war interned at the Greenbrier went home, but Howard Vaughan stayed on, continuing his summer work at the grand hotel alongside Joshua Coleman. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When Kyle and his teammates entered the library’s grand rotunda, the room was more crowded than they had ever seen it. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z How grand it was to disdain the queen herself without fear of consequence! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Holmes had promised a bounty of toys and sweets for Pearl, and for Julia something truly grand, beyond anything she could have received from her poor bland Ned. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All around us the summer-holiday guests in this rather grand hotel were babbling away and tucking into their suppers. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I’d been walking around thinking that our new house was big and grand to the point of being over the top, but then in April I went to England and met Her Majesty the Queen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Directly ahead, a steep cobblestone staircase at the edge of the runway led up to a grand, floodlit mansion constructed on a plateau near the base of the mountain range. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They lived in houses ten times larger and grander than Mr. Cheyney's and consorted with ladies of elegance and beauty. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Most of the homes on the east side of the canyon had grand driveways with arching iron gates. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I scrunched my toes into my black flip-flops, and I willed this day to serve me, to have a grand purpose—to bring my dog home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She can yell at us all she wants but we had a grand time out the country with the cows and the sheep and then the lovely fire above in Italy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “The grand, indeed almost cataclysmic proportion of the explosion produced a kind of solemnity in everyone’s behavior immediately afterwards,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I like to pay my debts, so I know you will allow ‘the old gentleman’ to send you something which once belonged to the little grand daughter he lost. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Off on another grand adventure, are you, Crow? Saving the bird keeper wasn’t enough for you?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Talk about a grand Negro, well, a grand black spectacle. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He backed into the parking space so we could sit in the bed of the truck and have a grand view of the highway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z For the first time in history a grand piano was carried up the Lincoln Memorial steps. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z There is no grand compensation to the admission of envy of the poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in the heart of Rome and was richly furnished, with a grand staircase and resonant halls. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Waiting to greet us, standing just to the left of the door, on a raised portion of the floor by a spectacular grand piano, were Edward’s parents. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z His question took her by surprise, and she realized that, of course, she was a stranger asking for admission to see the King's Huntress on the first day of the season’s first grand hunt. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We pass tobacco shops and jewelry dealers and movie theaters with grand marquees ten feet high. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z According to their Google research, most apps never made any money, and a successful one might only make five grand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The fuse box is under the grand staircase. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was the last thing he said to me before he walked away, leaving me rooted, astonished, beside that grand chapel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Jim’s grand plan, PIH would become an instrument for expanding the resources to treat TB, and in the process save itself. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z This morning, according to Rob’s grand plan, we would climb from Camp Two to Camp Three and spend a night at 24,000 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I saw the white people eating in the mezzanine’s cafe at the top of the grand spiral staircase. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He and Herb had “got along grand”—never a cross word between them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When it comes to the task of understanding ourselves and our world, I think we pay too much attention to those grand themes and too little to the particulars of those fleeting moments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Grandpa Outhouse declared with a tiny, grand voice and then disappeared back into the hole. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Across the wide expanse ringed by grand buildings sits the president’s mansion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Larger ones tended to have more powerful chiefs, more ranks of chiefly lineages, greater distinctions between chiefs and commoners, more retention of tribute by the chiefs, more layers of bureaucrats, and grander public architecture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But there was something old-fashioned and unfamiliar about this Chaya Abramowicz, something haunting, like one of the old photographs on Grandma Belle’s grand piano. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He needs me to do well if he’s going to reach a grand this year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I give them the grand tour, starting with my favorite place in the house—our safe room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I looked at my mother, who was obviously waiting for Dad to explain why escaping from jail was such a grand idea. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps the universe is just a quantum fluctuation on a grand scale—an enormous singular particle that came into existence out of the ultimate vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As grand and sturdy as a birthday card. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z As Bear loomed large before her, a grand grin spread upon her face, revealing not just joy, but a complete lack of teeth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And despite the fact that the world has never seen an empire as grand or a war so terrible, both of them only live in stories now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, gosh, it was grand—” he said, his voice catching in his throat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z You can't tell the truth without talking, so I'm telling her the whole story, trying to make it funny, trying to make it grander than any MDC concert could ever be. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z In the lobby, an elderly gentleman played Gershwin on a grand piano at four each afternoon. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was grand, the way we raced by! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Ms. Monroe says from the back of the room, “Could you please introduce yourself to the grand jurors?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He felt that Dobby deserved just as grand a funeral, and yet here the elf lay between bushes in a roughly dug hole. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Though they joked about hiring a fengshui expert to determine a propitious day for the grand reopening, in the end Ralph and Helen — more practically — simply planned to resume business as soon as possible. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z People are at their doors on Barrack Road and Roden Lane telling me it’s grand to see me back, that I’m a great soldier, a credit to my father and mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, it is a grand, historic venue, but one that I never liked for that purpose because it was just a rented space; it wasn’t theirs. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Two weeks?! We have a big grand opening at Pet World tomorrow. They booked Duke to cut the ribbon.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They weren’t anything grand, and the people weren’t anything grand, but they were okay with me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The hut they occupied was larger and far grander than any at the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Even if the knights had little wish to kill each other on the grand scale, there was no reason why they should not kill the serfs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing Pa and Big Ma wanted to hear was how we made a grand Negro spectacle of ourselves thirty thousand feet up in the air around all these white people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "Good gracious me, so I have! I can see it now! I can actually move it! It is rather grand, isn't it?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Dusty Muleman had invited all the local big shots and politicians to the grand reopening of the casino boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In fact, there was no sign at all of the grand battle that had just been fought here. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He led her down the row of marquees until they came to the second-to-last one, which was grander than the others. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was to be a grand affair, complete with a barbershop quartet, pony rides, caramel apples, a pie-baking contest, a bocce tournament, and an evening promenade under the stars. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He says, Grand, grand, and goes to the shed to wash himself though when he comes back you’d never know he touched himself with water at all he’s that black. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the room on the other side of the foyer stood a grand piano. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The Duke of York wasn’t grand and old. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I stood in front of the closed doors and concentrated, imagining myself a princess, making a grand entrance at a ball. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles, all smiles, made a grand entrance, slowly descending one of the spiral staircases. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Arthur, I know you’re the one with the grand gestures and no chill. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z These tensions and animosities would brew and simmer for many decades, and eventually they would result in urban unrest on a grand scale in the twentieth century. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing to be nervous about! So it’s a big game. But in the grand scheme of things, in a world rife with famine, disease, war, natural disasters, and crime, is a game all that important?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z To truly understand what it was like, you must realize that nothing is so grand as a troupe showing off for one another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bryant was a prominent Durham attorney and a member of one of the city’s grand old white families. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z You take my hand And I feel grand Knowing you walking Hearing me talking I ain’t complaining Though maybe it’s raining When I’m with Jesus. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It would like a new family to run through its massive halls, children to climb on the grand staircase, mothers to chide them and fathers to play hide-and-seek through the many rooms. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She’s worn out and gasping for a cup of tea so would he drop his grand airs, boil the water for the tea and fry some bread before his two small sons starve to death. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The other centre of operatic style in the nineteenth century was Paris, though French opera at that time was essentially a grander version of Italian opera. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Peach came down the grand front staircase with Aunt Goldie, keeping his gaze intently on the front doors, as if he might hear Dismay barking outside any moment. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Lincoln Building, one of the tallest, newest, grandest buildings in New York. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But they sounded much grander when Queen Jadis said them; perhaps because Uncle Andrew was not seven feet tall and dazzlingly beautiful. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z For the first time I noticed—as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next—that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Or are we all bound up together in a grand, interlocking web? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A federal grand jury in Washington began what turned out to be a smoke-screen investigation accusing Fischer of money laundering after his match with Spassky in 1992. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘Sure I would if I was you. You a grand letter-writer and I would give it to Mr. Singer for you,’ said Portia. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She was a child still, despite the ripeness of her thirteen years, and no doubt fancied a grand wedding even as I had done. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Koffi knew all their names and realms, but it was still strange to see the great goddess’s likeness before her, so large, so grand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I felt grand riding atop his horse-drawn wagon when it was piled high with bundles of hay at the end of the harvest. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The reporters had a grand afternoon sipping bubbly and raising enthusiastic toasts to Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she brought me a noisy drum and once a watercolor set and paintbrushes of different thicknesses for expressing the grand and fine things in the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Come on up, Cat. It's a grand feeling.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Contemplating the grand tour of Lawrence and Alvarez and the resurgent electioneering of Teller for the Super, Oppenheimer aired his doubts to Conant in a letter affectionately addressed to “Uncle Jim.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This may very well be the last chance we will have to see this grand sight, this amazing sight, this glorious sight.... October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Most important for our purposes, she staged spectacular pageants at Fontainebleau, Chenonceau and other grand chateaux she had had constructed along Italian lines. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The grandest thing in the room is the fireplace. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Such was the opinion of the great Sir Ernest Gowers; and I have to say I find that a comfort, coming from the grand old boy himself. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “I got James a front row seat. I also got you a li’l greenroom in the back so you can make your grand entrance later.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Several days before the grand hunt, Ash began to see wagons full of crates and rugs and rolled-up canvases driving down the road from West Riding into the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes’ walk took them to a grand stone-fronted building where they sat in a wide dining room with snowy cloths and bright silver on the tables, and ate calves’ liver and bacon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we went shopping together, and sometimes she would sit at the beautiful white baby grand piano in her living room and play her heart out. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Woodland elephants are different from their grand cousins who stomp across the grasslands: they’re smaller and more delicate, nuzzling through the leafy soil with rosy-pink tusks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The grand finale. Or intermission. Because we’re going to keep in touch, right?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Thus it is impossible to test A proton and an antiproton collide at high energy, producing a couple of almost free quarks. grand unified theories directly in the laboratory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the grand jury had decided not to indict the officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have tested Nathan and can say he has vast amounts of kindness as well as the grandest of courage. He has within him the dormant abilities of a talented medicine man.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the aisles of country churches and grand city cathedrals, witnessed by a whole society of approving family and friends, her heroines and heroes reached their innocent climaxes and needed to go no further. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Far from grand but not too horrible, either, like a pebble underneath your sock that’s not quite large enough to bother removing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A bunch of stuffed animals hung from his belt—the huge kind you get for grand prizes at an arcade. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He had been impressed with their perfection of equipment, discipline, grand gaudy uniforms, the pride of their officers. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not want to complicate the discussion by introducing grand political theories; I would rely on common sense and the facts of our history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was to be a grand dinner, and then our music-master, Mr. 13-04, would lead a band and singers in a brief operatic divertissement, delectable to the taste of His Lordship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His status netted him a grand total of $200 a month, a stipend meted out by a few admiring patrons. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The grand jury was unwilling to be a passive participant in this injustice. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ollie knows nothing about me now, certainly not enough to make these grand, sweeping speeches. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We finally got to the competition, and I don’t know if I was expecting some grand ballroom or whatever, but the egg drop was hosted at an old three-story building. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So it was an even grander treat to see the horses moving. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Fern bowed her head low and grand over her plate of corn and string beans. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He had been very well fed by Mrs. Bessie in the Lyte kitchen, and he thought Cilia was a grand kid. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The following weeks were like a parade to Palmer, with himself as grand marshal. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Mighty Volantis, grandest and most populous of the Nine Free Cities. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Unlike the grand ivory buildings in the Fair’s Court of Honor, these walls were painted in garish shades of red and bronze as though colored by a premonition of fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He took the servants’ steps, not the grand stairways of veined marble, but the narrower, steeper, straighter stairs hidden within the thick brick walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a grand Victorian, covered with gingerbread, and painted the color of pistachio saltwater taffy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The tea was tooth-achingly sweet, and Ophie sucked it down gratefully after a day spent running tea trays up and down the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It was an immaculate and friendly house, grand enough but not pretentious, and it sat inside its white fence, surrounded by its clipped lawn, and roses and catoneasters lapped against its white walls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She used to think Bill was the grandest person in the world. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Further west, the same burning occurred, but on even grander scale. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z How much grander would have been the tumult if Indian societies had survived in full splendor! 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He lived in a tree and when other saints visited him for dinner they would sit around on branches like birds having a grand time with their water and dry bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was a grand mansion surrounded by a beautiful garden with flowered fishponds and red-pillared pavilions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “It's a grand night for pizza,” she said. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Washington's district attorney, George Corkhill, wasn't ready to take the case before the grand jury. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For all his grand imagination, he couldn’t conjure an image of a monk shaving that golden head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Attending church on Easter was a grand ceremony when everybody dressed up in the very best they could afford. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In time, the Stockyards’ gate towered before us, all ivory limestone and rising turrets, as grand as any wall in the White City. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z After subtracting out the cost of the food and ignoring the cost of the ruined sleeping bags and the lost tools, we made a grand total of four dollars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z During those six months, a loyajirga would be held, a grand council of leaders and elders, who would form an interim government to hold power for two years, leading up to democratic elections. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Goebbels had promptly remodeled and expanded the house—the hundred-year-old former palace of the marshals of the Prussian court—to make it even grander than it had been. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Today,” he said softly, “we got the whole day to spend together. Ain’t that grand?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were invited to the Hertzoon home for dinner, a grand house on the Zelverstraat with a blue front door and white lace curtains in the windows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The investigators could see there would be no grand admission, beyond Briana acknowledging the existence of the call records. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When I was fourteen, the grand climateric struck again, and my fortunes took a turn that made me actually long for the safety and security of the Brights' home. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “For you, Mama,” said Francie with a grand wave of her hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The servants’ steps were the quickest way down—not grand, but steep and straight and narrow, hidden in the walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had become the grand duke of Cold Sassy again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I shall give a grand dinner before I leave the old house!” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z My “old hen” neighbor—her own label for herself—is sought after like a debutante at a grand ball for her horse-training skills. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In the grand scheme of things, I finally had a role to play. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When we go back into the sitting room, Shorty glances wistfully at the grand piano by the front window. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A subsidiary theme, also economic in character but implying grander suspicions, called for what he termed “settlement” to precede assumption. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Dusty’s first mistake had been allowing Jasper Jr. and Bull to hang out aboard the Coral Queen on the night of the grand reopening. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I thought people who played grand pianos already had money.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z No matter what that grand jury decided, I’m still “Starr who was with Khalil,” and I don’t wanna be seen tonight. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Ash looked at Jewel dubiously — she might be an experienced horse, but to Ash’s eye, Jewel was grander than any horse she had ever ridden. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, boys, oh, boys, wasn’t that a grand night? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “They made their choice long ago. What’s important is that there’s a grand plan in motion, Jacob, and you’ll be part of it.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z At noon one of old Grandma’s grand- nieces brought Ku’oosh two lard pails. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The ground had been turned and tamped to make a nice yard for the mutts house, which sat in the center of her plot like a grand mansion in the heart of a plantation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the universe should have deigned to provide such warnings, but scythes were no more supernatural than tax collectors in the grand scheme of things. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In March 1891 Burnham ordered tests to gauge how well the soil would support the grand palaces then on the architects’ drafting tables. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There were houses very grand and old, with white columns and intricate fences of wrought iron. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The cheers from across the gym were like volleys of arrows piercing our grand delusion. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He followed orders, however, and the former grand marshal of the fair wound up fighting the men who had built it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Frypan and his cooks served up a grand meal of steak, mashed potatoes, green beans and hot rolls. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And it was true that life at Ashton Place was very grand and that most people would consider this a stroke of good fortune, for the children and for Penelope as well. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It was a very grand house, by far the grandest in Cherry-Tree Lane. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I wonder how different my adolescence would have been had I been free But no, it is my parents I see—their optimism during those years when they were entertained by Italian grand opera. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the grand time came before he could light out. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Electric light and a lavatory but no grand times. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You’ll find it easily: any small boy can take you there; no family has a mansion half so grand as he does, being king. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z While other children were having their parents or their dentists pull out their baby teeth, I was knocking mine out with my feet when I did grands battements. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z And there, at the top of a hill, the grandest palace of all awaited. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Quiet, empty, a mix of grand old buildings and new, more of an industrial site than a town really, with development sprawling into its surrounding areas rather than inside the town itself. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They tell him he’s a grand man, even if he’s from the North, and ’twould be an honor to accept a pint from such a patriot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There were dozens of gowns, all of them too grand to wear, and too terrible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The last time he was there, Cool Papa was at his side, taking big strides like he owned the grand white arch that they’d pass through. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Aziz was the little princess of the khan’s grand floral sea. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Make him keep quiet. We were having such fun, such a grand, gay time. Oh, lie’s not even amusing.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They found Mr. Laurence standing before the fire in the great drawing room, but Jo’s attention was entirely absorbed by a grand piano, which stood open. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just meant, I love it here. It’d be a grand place to have my ashes.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “She insists, I’m afraid. I hope you don’t mind. It won’t be as grand as the guild. Comfortable, though.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In advancing the work so quickly and on such a grand scale, Burnham’s department had consumed far more money than anyone had anticipated. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He devoted the rest of his life to searching for a way to tie up these loose ends by finding a grand unified theory, and always failed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They had told her how she might possibly win fifty strips and have a grand day on the excursion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anything is grand if it’s done on a large enough scale,” said Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A larger and grander house was needed and the money was there to buy it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We are merely pieces of a grander design, even more insignificant than I imagined. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And that was precisely what it had been carefully crafted to do—give you a grand feeling. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The concert hall as a dedicated venue was still a novelty outside England, but wealthier members of the bourgeoisie were often invited to hear musical events inside the grand palaces of aristocrats and princes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But of course I didn’t know it at the time, so it was a grand relief when my dog and I got past all chance of seeing Hosie or Lightfoot, either one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I wonder how the baseball came out in the grand leagues today, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s just grand! Not only did he betray us to a wight, he’s mad to boot!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Including us, that made a grand total of thirty-one Japanese people. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Clearly the dinner was a weapon meant to ignite enthusiasm and show the easterners that Chicago fully intended to follow through on its grand boasts about the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As they approached the grand foyer of the house, a silent servant opened the door, and both uncle and nephew walked into the waning light. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Big Ma said, “I don’t know why we have to make a grand Negro spectacle out of everything. “I’ll get my hat.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z This would be failure on a grand scale, even for me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Setting the wrong example for your grands. Showing them they don’t have to live up to their word. Being disrespectful to your own mother. Raising my pressure.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The grand jury issued a statement: “Such practices should not be endured, otherwise our courts will be a mockery, and justice defeated.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They would ride to that crystal city where it is said that the fairies have their grandest palace, and she would know, at last, what Kathleen had known. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Calculus allowed Newton to combine all these equations into one grand set of laws—laws that applied in all cases, under all conditions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, attended its grand opening. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But she was anxious and unsettled, and the palace was too grand to be comfortable. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “No. I’m just sick of being left to sit around while they have grand parties.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every year, I competed in the draughts competition, and some years, I won the grand prize, which was usually a candy bar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the oral argument months earlier, I'd been hopeful as I walked into the imposing Alabama Judicial Building and stood in the grand appellate courtroom that was formerly a Scottish Rite Freemasonry temple. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Standing in the doorway, wearing a grand gown of deepest blue with a dramatic red scarf to set it off, was the most beautiful woman Ophie had ever seen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The “you” and “I” of the speech situation have been gathered into the first person plural: “we” are making war on “our grand foe” who “sole reigning holds the tyranny of heaven. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “And I adore your hat. Would you like the grand tour?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At 15, this youngster from Brooklyn has become the youngest international grand master in chess and has qualified for next year’s tournament to decide who shall meet Mikhail Botvinnik for the world’s chess championship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Our dinner was nowhere near as grand as last night’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “His name is Max. Which you’d know if you’d bothered to be here on time. You even missed the announcement of the grand prize.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The house—or what remains of it—is grand: twenty French windows in the facade, big freshly painted shutters, manicured hedges out front. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They offer him sixpence for his trouble but he waves it away and they hand it to Mam because he’s too grand to be taking sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The landlady, a woman of around forty or so, appears to regard me as a rather grand visitor on account of Mr Farraday's Ford and the high quality of my suit. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Verwoerd had proved to be both the chief theorist and master builder of grand apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go on back to the stern. I’ve had a grand rest.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They rode into a grand, circular courtyard, over paving stones set with a mosaic of gold and green in a pattern of swirls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I sat there in the police station—arrested for suspicion of grand theft auto, a plausible suspect for carjacking or murder—and debated whether I should call my parents or go to jail. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He gave them whatever their hearts desired, and when they grew of age their marriages were celebrated with grand festivities. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She did a high kick to show how grand it was to have room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love brought in the hot pound cake on Granny’s best china plate, holding it high over her head, and set it down in front of Grandpa with a grand flourish. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I see the Steinway grand piano, with its lid propped open. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Jenny, “I know it’s a grand opening. But we need to postpone.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “And you are a grand man, too, Gawaine, a good man and a kind one.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1895, more than three thousand people gathered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for a grand celebration in honor of Stanton’s eightieth birthday. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Rowan looked out at the grand elegy of scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Nick falls to his knees, head thrust backward for the grand finale. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Cathy’s father will have to fly to France one day and find her great great distant grand cousin on her father’s side and inherit the family house. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She swept her hand in a grand gesture. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘Every dream in the world is making a different sort of buzzy-hum music. And these grand swashboggling ears of mine is able to read that music.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So grand was the procession, it needed two hours to pass any one point. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jefferson was the grand strategist, Madison the agile tactician. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As expected, on January 24, 1873, a grand jury indicted Anthony for “knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully” voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Suppose he was to gamble four years against—well, let’s say ten grand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The wood of Vincennes is a deep wood, full of grand old trees and runs of sparkling water. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In this bizarre getup, Hudson made a grand entrance into a party at the whaling station, only to find himself the sole person in costume. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He had come prepared to admire the grand achievement of Burnham’s army of workers but instead found himself troubled by what he saw in the stark frozen landscape. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At its height, I had a small farm with nearly nine hundred plants; a garden far grander than the one I had on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stepmother, Susie Peeler Johnson, worked as a charwoman at the grand Union Station train depot to help support the family. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He and his wife, Margaret, were sailing to Europe in the company of their daughter and her husband for a grand tour that was to continue through the summer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At first Triphena pretended not to recognize her at all—“this grand lady come from the city of looms and spindles.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Every other coven held meetings four times a year to discuss secret coven things in their grand houses. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z This one happened to be an economist who, instead of thinking grand macro thoughts, favored his own list of offbeat micro curiosities. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Chief spoke with a triumphant tone, mundane observations delivered as grand discoveries, while Nneoma listened and smiled and agreed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Insomnia Con’s grand prize, I want to go over some basic info and ground rules first. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The reason this is possible is that at the grand unification energy there is no essential difference between a quark and an antielectron. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it mind-blowing, the engineering behind something as grand as this entryway? It never ceases to amaze me, but particularly on beautiful days like this,” Mr. Keller says. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z His fingers twine in mine and I’m dizzy fore.’ and he’s holding me up and everything is clear and everything is grand, again. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to rain on Penelope’s parade, but she also didn’t want the girl to be disappointed when no one supported her grand scheme. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Southern California is warm and grand and beautiful. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Before Liberation only the wealthiest had lived here, in grand mansions set back from the street behind sturdy walls. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The value of the grand unification energy is not very well known, but it would probably have to be at least a thousand million million GeV. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel led to a massive cavern that opened out into a grand library. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Pelletier expected to find him attached to some grand institution, so he was astounded to discover him teaching elementary arithmetic to boys in a small school on a back street. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "Please," the old man said, stretching out an arm, "your master is having a grand feast. Surely you can spare a small bit for me?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Everyone who saw me probably thought I was having a grand old time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I see beyond darkness, and it is immeasurably grand both above me and below. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “My mom isn’t too thrilled about our grand adventure. But we’ll still see each other at school.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As before, the scythes greeted one another in the grand rotunda, waiting for the assembly room doors to open. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “How exactly did that grand wall come to be compromised?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Just because nothing happened today doesn’t mean Zero’s not waiting in the wings to act. It could be one part of his grand plan.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Suspendedly, Lance, Your Besieged Working Boy V The lovely girl smiled hopefully at Dr. Talc and breathed, “I just love your course. I mean, it’s grand.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a grand speech, but the simple declaration I've waited days to deliver. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As the apostle of building the biggest cyclotrons that technology and funding could produce, Ernest Lawrence was not shy about envisioning the new Berkeley cyclotron being funded by William Crocker’s donation on a grand scale. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As we got to going faster, a grand cloud of dust rose behind us and folks ran out of their houses to watch us go by. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that the same kids who laughed at me and called me stupid were now cheering for me as I hit a grand slam in the Little League World Series. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I hadn’t even known I’d been making a grand Negro spectacle out of myself, bawling over a word in the dictionary. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On February 21a grand jury had indicted—formally accused of a crime—100 blacks for violating an obscure 1921 law banning boycotts “without just or legal cause.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z She was a grand old thing, a cathedral of a mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One moment the trees were solid as stone around him; the next it was as if he were standing among grand marble pillars in a magnificent palace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The grand palace rose above the rest of the city like a mountain, the thick snow lying on its tiered roofs like heavy clouds. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They might have been enemies, but the thought of a world without the Beauty in it made the seas seem a bit smaller, a little less grand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The result is a natural experiment on a grand scale. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Ms. Ofrah arranged for me to do an interview with one of the national news programs today—exactly a week before I testify before the grand jury next Monday. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z One day there would be another grand wedding for Maria and Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there stood stone buildings of even grander proportions. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The television was on; Laurel and Hardy, obscured by a blizzard of electronic snow, were trying to move a grand piano up a great many flights of stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The drill ended with a grand finale: With perfect precision, they marched into an intricate formation that spelled out “Adolf Hitler.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He actually sold the picture for five grand, over the phone, from right there in the Starbucks parking lot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Threatened with prison, she told the grand jury of her role in copying the Pentagon Papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They walked up a grand flight of stairs. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z During one game—he was nine or ten—the score was tied in the bottom of the eleventh and one of the Yankees hit a walk-off grand slam. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z On Tuesday, July 18, the jury charged him, Fire Marshal Murphy, and two Hercules officers with criminal negligence and referred the charges to a grand jury. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We should credit it for what it is: for sheer size and perfection of function, it is far and away the grandest product of collaboration in all of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With Richards a few feet away, happily fielding his invitation to the Santa Anita Turf Club Ball, the traditional party held to honor hundred- grander winners, Pollard was bombarded with harsh questions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about the dinner?” he asked; “the grand event, the coup d State?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "When I grow up," Lakshman says in a grand voice, "I am going to become a lawyer who helps people who don't have money. You think I can do that?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They were creatures never seen before, lithe and grand and complicated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And the procession became even grander as deer and raccoons and birds and all kinds of other animals joined in. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At last, I stood at the bottom of the once grand flight of stairs that led to the upper floors. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z A grand piano stood tightly shut, with a candelabra above, no candle ever touched by flame. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z When we’re done she asks if I’m interested and I point out that she hasn’t yet mentioned who used to live in such a grand place. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “In search of a grander world,” said Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a big moment, for sure—grand and public and to this day readily findable on YouTube. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was the very opposite of grand, but it was my first true home of my own and I was mightily proud. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt saw the grand piano, stacks of music, and Maria’s black hat sitting on a table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was unarmed, but the grand jury decided not to charge the officer. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The various members of the Pike family—parents, grand- parents, et al.—each thought someone else had bought Danny the new bicycle. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The grandest houses, of which there were two, had Likma, enclosed bay windows that hung out over the street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Coming out, the grand revealing where you told your friends and family that you liked girls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In this case, they are mere prototype, a grand curiosity being worn by another local celeb, Philip Rosedale, the founder of Second Life. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And he tried to put on what he thought very grand and stiff manners, but as a fisherman's hut is not usually a good place for learning grand manners, the result was dreadful. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z ‘You haves grand electric lights. It don’t seem natural why you all the time sitting in the dark like this.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Storrs ordered her to be held by the marshal until the grand jury met in January. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He stared at the old building, at the grand alabaster staircase gleaming in the morning light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The windows are grand and tall and also fitted with bomb-resistant glass, kept shut at all times for security reasons, which further adds to the stillness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Late Sunday afternoon, as the grand total of $129 was being stuffed into several coffee cans to go to the bank, there was news about the theft. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “It would be grand—going out with the bang of a dishonorable dismissal.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He was also very vain, and being the center of attention on such a grand scale certainly satisfied his huge ego. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Talk about a grand Negro, well, a grand black spectacle. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Though never accorded any official title, Handel contributed grand anthems and orchestral suites for the Hanover Georges, from the Water Music to the Music for the Royal Fireworks, for the rest of his life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But there was also a party to plan, which meant the grand ballroom had to be refreshed and prepared as well, not to mention an extra cleaning for the other rooms of the first floor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Small houses, grand farmhouses, and the Paradise Park Campground, which would have been a perfect stop for the night, if it weren’t a few miles shy of her destination: Marengo, Illinois. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The guests entering through the grand archway were being shepherded into rooms off the rotunda in small groups to be searched for weapons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A grand moon drifted, and the wings of the citadel cut the sky in two: light above, dark below. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I got it into my head to go to the grand boulevard and see the parade again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z For all his grand designs, Artemis had been a mere mortal in the end. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I suddenly remembered my childhood fantasy that, should I ever win a lottery, I would buy a grand piano for my mother. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When they were quite certain that the meal was finished the birds rose with one grand, fluttering movement and flew round the Bird Woman’s head, copying in their own language the words she said. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I heard the fear in the first music I ever knew, the music that pumped from boom boxes full of grand boast and bluster. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It Was one of those rare times that we were actually encouraged to be boisterous, and it was grand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the grand scheme of the country’s blind, grasping fight against threats seen and unseen, there would be mistakes made. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They made grand marriages, too, but the arrival of the first grandchild brought disappointment. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It was grand to take Spanish at Vocational. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Indeed Gertrude was so grand and beautiful that I was afraid to look at her, even when she touched my curls and asked my name. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If this wasn’t a grand Negro spectacle, I didn’t know what was. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Most discussions of style over the years have followed Cicero in identifying, at least roughly, three kinds—the high or grand style, the low or plain style, and the middle style.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Soon afterward, the King announced a grand celebration in the City during Yule that winter, and Lady Isobel was overjoyed, for Ana was well ready to find a husband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even he knew that his older brother and sister, Chess and Emma, let him win so he could make a grand entrance. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On the contrary, she looks directly at them, turning to one side, then the other, looking into their eyes and smiling as if she knows them, as if they have shared grand and special things. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z At the top, the front door opens like a great mouth, and the grand entry hall swallows us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The library’s grand opening was set for Friday night. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “The event takes place in the grand ballroom of the Imperial Marquis Hotel!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z This means the grand, the small, the bizarre, the poetic, the beautiful, the ugly, the surprising. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He wonders if all the grand words earlier about stories no longer being what they once were was all for show, something that the man does not truly believe. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Littles had a grand piano in their living room, which was all right except that one of the keys was a sticky key and didn’t work properly. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z One moment she floated on clouds of fancy, imagining her grand life once the British beat the rebels. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We had seen trouble beyond compare, but in that moment as we marched along with rain streaming off the ends of our hair, it felt like we were out on a grand adventure together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When we reach the other side I see nothing but the tall, grand trees with their leaves turning red and gold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it a grand country? I love the way it feels under my shoes.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Gasping for air like I just completed a grand allegro combination. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I had a grand total of one good friend at school,” Seven said, and her stomach turned at the use of the word had. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It pleased her to imagine her grand goals, but she was deadly serious about working her way up to be the fine lady her mother had dreamed she would be. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Actors reenacted the same stories in grand pageants and ritual celebrations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I hate to kill a tree, especially one as grand as this that has taken many years to reach this size. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I often wonder, should the Scythedom run entirely off the rails and decide to glean all of humanity in a grand suicide of global gleaning, would the Thunderhead break its noninterference law and stop it? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We spend the next forty-seven minutes designing our grand escape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At some very high energy, called the grand unification energy, these three forces would all have the same strength and so could just be different aspects of a single force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The pair stood and chatted beside two armchairs, beneath one of the dark wooden arches that are found throughout the grand building. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that grand, Major? Now, let the battle commence.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And here were the great-great- grand squabs cooing in the morning and rising to fly like a whirling white scarf around the wagon shed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "It's actually not okay on, like, the grandest possible scale. I guess the thing is that I'm a little confused." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Alfred stopped at the infirmary and made a grand gesture with his arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He possessed grand—some would say grandiose—spiritual ambitions. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s packing at least five grand worth of orthodontia, but has great shoes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She was a grand master, lost to the intricacies of her art. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She always was too grand for her own good. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Everything a human could want was there, from the grand lobby on the ground floor to the elegant Starlight Room one mile up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z According to Armpit’s father, the cost of air-conditioning the homes in west Austin, with their high ceilings and grand entrances, was greater than the amount he paid in rent. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Ellsworth insisted that what Chicago had in mind was something far grander than even the Paris exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the grand tally Up Yonder, each one counts as a point against him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus me and Mong agreed we probably weren’t even that important to them in the grand scheme of things. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z To move through the sweeping gestures of a grand port de bras, the aching lift of an arabesque. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z What distinguishes that summit above the earthly line, is that it is unhandselled, awful, grand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The website said he wasn’t a murderer at all, that he was doing twenty-four-to-life for two counts of burglary and a grand larceny. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can cut the whole time,” I said, as if I were making a grand sacrifice. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “The spirit of adventure, the lure of the unknown, the thrill of a gallant quest. How very grand indeed.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z And at the front, on a raised stage, were the first two baby grand pianos I’d ever laid eyes on, their giant hardwood tops propped open like black bird wings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Old but grand, like she'd stepped out of a portrait, with silver hair and a royal purple shawl. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I expected us to immediately move on to greater things, like arabesques, grands jetés, and pirouettes, but we couldn’t. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra listened awhile, and then lay back in the deck chair with Pantalaimon curled around her neck, and thought of the grand vision the goose daemon had brought with him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We stop before a grand set of doors carved with Belle-roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I declare I never tasted anything so grand in my life,” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Nathan rounded a milky crystal as thick, round, and tall as a cedar tree and saw a grand gallery of clear white quartz crystals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Their proposals to set fire to the grand staircase or sculpt the governor's head out of human feces had all been rejected. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z On the evening of April 13, Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In order for this to work, the change from symmetry to broken symmetry must have taken place very slowly inside the bubble, but this is quite possible according to grand unified theories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Between fifteen and twenty grand just from the casino tables,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was pleasant up there, with the grand view and the breeze, and though none of them said it, they were reluctant to go back down and meet the Executives again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “There — see how much better you look now that those jewels are gone? You were always too plain to wear anything so grand. You should never have tried to rise above your station.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As we approach what used to be the grand entrance, Gale points out something and the whole party slows down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The problem, it is claimed, with grand narratives is that they privilege one perspective over another; the alternative is a relativism which holds that all perspectives are equally valid. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A number of well-dressed men and women were gathered in groups, some beside a grand piano, the others lounging in the pale beige upholstery of the blond wood chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In Los Angeles, a grand jury indicted Daniel Ellsberg on three felony counts, including theft and unauthorized possession of classified documents, and violation of the Espionage Act. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I was stunned: I, who had sneaked into this grand place as an impostor, might now enter through the front door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Rollins lived above the Emerald Palace in a grand suite of rooms, every inch of them covered in gilt and green velvet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There is a grand stone castle in the distance behind her, and she is dashing toward the rustic stables. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Scruffy, a checkered blue bow bobbing in his fur, prances up to the Four Paws Spa's arched grand entryway, where the Japanese prime minister's cat is secretly being held hostage by the evil Dr. Loofah. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Your PIH-er wasn’t saying you shouldn’t have brought John to Boston. Only that it was a shame you had to spend so much, given what else you could do with twenty grand.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They were staring past her, into the grand Victorian space of the ward, the lofty pillars, the potted palms, the neatly ranged beds and their pure, turned-down sheets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They came up in a small dining room meant for crew members, and then George led everyone down a long second class corridor, up the grand staircase, and finally out onto the crowded boat deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The older kids watched Laney run over to Paganini, lift up one floppy ear, and whisper all her grand plans for the tree. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There she found herself outside a grand building, a real Oxford-looking building that didn’t exist in her world at all, though it wouldn’t have looked out of place. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From the humble beginnings of the storefront on Hart Street, to the respectable but by no means splashy domicile off Beniteau, Assumption was finally going to get a grand church building. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The red boundary that marked the Eastern Region swept within its grand confines all that had once been China, India, Burma, Indo-China, and Indonesia. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z "There is a grand monument I had made," the father said, leading them to a massive stone placard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “That’s not unusual, considering we ripped it out of the ground not so long ago. Give it some water from the canteen. Isn’t it a grand day for a drive?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It takes me a few minutes lying here to remember it’s grand jury day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It’s been over two weeks since I talked to the grand jury, and now we’re waiting for their decision, which is similar to waiting for a meteor to hit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He still lives in a grand house in one of the nicest parts of town, and he drives a big white Jeep. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We took an elevator to the ground floor and emerged in a grand, wood-paneled lobby in front of the president’s office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was clean and tired in a grand way. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But the truth is, no one deserves a grand gesture more than you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was quite expensive to live in grand hotels and travel about town in taxicabs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “In the grand scheme of things, no big deal.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In early October, a grand jury recommended filing charges against Springer and several witnesses for what it called flagrant attempts to obstruct justice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As the swarm of people moves into the grand corridor with its flittering arrival and departure boards, no one notices that I slowly drift away from Mr. Talk-a-lot and the annoyed laptop lady. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He had a grand feeling, no doubt, a compensation of vigour and clarity and uplifting of the heart Perhaps his famous God did give him something which she could not give. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As usual, they stopped what they were doing to witness the grand ceremony of feeding the pig. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And then it was just a matter of time before he solved the entire game and uncovered the grand prize. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was lovely music too, with little tunes that sounded like insects hopping around and having a grand time. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Felix took a quick shower and put on a pair of tie-dyed leather skater pants that had cost over five grand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She turned back toward the palace and took a deep breath to steady herself, and then she walked carefully through the crowd of carriages and up the steps toward the grand, open doors. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after the grand jury proceedings began, in early January, one of Hale’s cronies—a pastor—was charged with committing perjury on the stand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You couldn’t doubt that she’d go far in grand opera judging by that performance. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Concrete lions stood on either side of what must have once been the grand entrance, and a crumbling concrete wall ran along its sides. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There had been a grand theatrical season and a whole crop of great young light heavyweights. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Illustriousness was a word she’d once heard in a film where people kept addressing a grand empress. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was elected to nothing, honored for nothing—and yet, though I did not realize this until years later, he was grand marshal of our daily parade. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t see what you think is grand about that.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She says, I am the great great grand cousin of the queen of France. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyddie could tell at a glance it was too grand for her purse and person. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I lean over the balcony outside my room, peering down into the grand foyer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Five minutes later Lyra was knocking on the door of the Master’s lodging, the grand and slightly gloomy house that opened into the Yaxley Quadrangle and backed onto the Library Garden. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Even the pretty Jade orbs on the top floor seemed less grand the second time through, and Pong was ready to get away from all the light and the noise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We meet in the spacious parlor room of the wealthiest lady in the group, who lives in a grand Victorian on the outskirts of town. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z High ceilings, a grand winding staircase descending into the foyer, hand-carved everything, each room themed and with a distinct character. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “The view is so grand that all timidity left me and my watch on the movement of the car was abandoned.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z James Abram Garfield had "wrecked the once grand old Republican party, and for this he dies." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In my head, I had it all planned: I’d make a grand entrance, a hero, prized trophy in my bloodied hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s murder in her eyes when she talks about how grand the mayor’s dinner is going to be. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “So Dusty agreed to cough up the ten grand,” Dad went on, “and he promised never, ever again to flush into the basin.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The taxi stops and I assume we’ve arrived, but then I peer out at what looks like a grander version of the Hyatt Regency. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘It sure enough time for Willie and my Highboy. But with this here real sink and grand running water these little dishes won’t take me two winks.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was the grand illusion of the darkness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If there's one word I hate, it's grand. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Bull knew there was no real reason for Varney to address the squadron; he wanted to be a part of the grand panoply of what could be the first day of a war. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At last count, he said he was up to thirty grand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “At any rate, you got my attention. I’m here. Now I need to see if you’re worthy of my help. Go ahead. Battle. If I’m impressed, I’ll jump in for the grand finale.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But then he remembered the ugly look he had seen on his Uncle’s face the moment before Polly had vanished: and all at once he saw through Uncle Andrew’s grand words. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She sees innocence, the untouched kingdom the great leader slain the great empty hole shaped like the child growing large and becoming grand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The point of my visit, though, was to see what I could see of Alexandria’s grand past. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Welcome,” Gwen said with a quick smile, and they carried the trunk into the house and hefted it up the grand staircase. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z More than the dilapidation, it was this connection, this lost memory of the temple’s grander relation, which gave the useless little building its sorry air. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z You mean I could walk up the grand stairway at Pizitz department store and order a hot dog, French fries, and a Coke in the mezzanine cafe? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Katherine Johnson had given her best to her part of the grand puzzle, of that she was sure. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "I should think it would have been grand for the tailor." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z TJ was waving his hands around like he was drawing some grand equation on an invisible board. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Ms. Ofrah said they would be leading protests around the city if the grand jury didn’t indict. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I think they could use four grand a year more than a dog could,” he’d say. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This is longer than the lifetime predicted by the simplest grand unified theory, but there are more elaborate theories in which the predicted lifetimes are longer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, Lincoln had made a speech proposing to give blacks the right to vote, and last night, April 13, all of Washington had celebrated with a grand illumination of the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Trays a few times a day became a regular thing, and Ophie ran up and down the grand staircase as Mrs. Caruthers requested this or that. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Probably doesn’t have to be a million. I bet a hundred grand would get you on the team and a starting spot.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z This spring was a fire without thrift in the grand literature of the seasons the Meecham family had watched from their verandas. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its emissaries had boasted to Congress that the city could deliver a grander and more appropriate setting than anything New York, Washington, or any other city could propose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Outside, the leaves were falling from grand old trees, people with scarf-bundled necks hurried along the sidewalk holding paper cups, the women, particularly the Asian women, pretty in slender skirts and high-heeled boots. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The falling light magnified the dusky expanse of the park, and the soft yellow glow at the windows on the far side of the lake made the house seem almost grand and beautiful. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But Prendergast had grand hopes for the future, all of which rested on one man: Carter Henry Harrison. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The grand scheme didn’t last long because the pay was too little, but for P.J. this was a brief introduction to a world he would one day inhabit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The chamber of commerce is also sponsoring a quilt competition with a grand prize of five hundred dollars contributed by local businesses. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As a boy, El Patron had observed the grand estate of the wealthy rancher who owned his village. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside her, grand castles of comprehension, models of the world as she had understood it, shivered. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Everything is so above you, so intimidating and grand. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He processed down the grand front staircase, clinging to Aunt Goldie. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “But the thing is,” said Herbert Pocket, “that you look about you. That’s the grand thing. You are in a counting-house, you know, and you look about you.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen exited directly into a grand dining room, the wood heavy and dark. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Ten thousand lousy dollars! Ten grand—that’s what he makes in one stinking night off that casino operation. It’s a joke, son. It’s chump change to a rich maggot like that!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She went on scolding, “Delphine. What do you mean running through the airport, knocking down a white man, causing a grand Negro spectacle for all the world to see?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The first thing Kyle could see inside was a trickling fountain in a grand foyer of brilliant white marble. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The first leg of the trip took Winnie and me to Paris, where we were treated in very grand style by Francois Mitterrand and his charming wife, Danielle, a longtime ANC supporter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If all went according to Hall’s grand plan, our summit assault would be launched from this highest camp—Camp Four—a month hence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He thought of the grandest and prettiest things he knew. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It was silly to think that way, she knew, but they were on a journey that did sometimes seem grand. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Hannah ‘felt in her bones’ that it was going to be an unusually fine day, and she proved herself a true prophetess, for everybody and everything seemed bound to produce a grand success. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Prosper had not forgotten how Scipio acted when the others had been waiting in front of his grand house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Imagine you’ve got this grand plan to give it one last big effort, to finish it off. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Spencer promptly gives the right answer, and Grammy falls back with the satisfaction that she has helped him win a couple grand. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She was used to carrying weight up and down stairs by this point, but the attic stairs were much steeper than those of the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Walton takes her place at the grand piano below and plays a single B flat. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I wanted to look at these things, but as I stepped farther into the room my attention was diverted by the grand spectacle on the bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was no grand puff of smoke or anything, but he appeared as if from nowhere, right in our very own woods. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Take a rest and a drink. It’s a grand night and we’ve come a long way.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z When I wrote to my new employer conveying my regrets at the situation, I received by reply from America instructions to recruit a new staff 'worthy of a grand old English house'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Ophie was overwhelmed by all there was to look at: the finely dressed colored folks, the heavy drapes that made the space feel grand and special, the wide white screen waiting for the film. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And his grand plan from the night before? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hate to tell you this, Scoob-a-doob, but travel around this grand ol’ USA wasn’t always a safe thing for people who look like you. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z In the center of the floor was a massive grand carousel, brightly lit with a top that looked like a gilded crown or something. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It is true that there were no grand mansions there, and that it was very close to an industrial district. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Truly, I have no grand interest, but it is a lazy day and so I say, “Tell away.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z With its silvery green binding it looked plain, a poor thing among all the other grand and lordly volumes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I know, Ophie. But it’s not enough. I was supposed to have a life, a grand one! And instead I’m...nothing but wisp.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The facade of a grand building rises gracefully, pilastered and crenelated. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ms. Blum was introducing their new project, speaking, as she always did, with grand hand gestures that Hazel used to find dramatic but now made her fear for the jars of paint. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And next thing I know, Mrs. Walton’s heels are click-clacking their way over to the grand piano below the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the grand scheme of things, this should not have been a big problem. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then there’s silence while a grand piano rolls out onto center stage by itself. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Smith grasped Seabiscuit’s rein and led his grand little horse down the avenue of guards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While speeches were made in English, Russian, and Icelandic, the audience fidgeted, craning their necks to the side entrance, half expecting—hoping—that at any moment Fischer would make a grand entrance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "Willya do that? I hope you enjoy your stay in New York. It's a grand place." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z If Smith could get the horse into a race on the weekend of February 9, he would have time enough to run him once more before the hundred- grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This move, like his “get tough” rhetoric and policies, was part of a grand strategy articulated by the “new Democrats” to appeal to the elusive white swing voters. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Everyone laughed, and I took a grand bow to hide my embarrassment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The night you died, you said there was a grand party. Was he going to propose to you?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She tried to remind herself who she was right now, at midnight, in this grand, noiseless palace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “What about the dinner?” he asked; “the grand event, the coup d’état?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z After Ainsley makes her grand, strutting exit from the media center, my friends show up. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She claims only the grand jurors know the decision, but Pve got a sinking feeling I know it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “But before that, my grand romantic gesture would have totally gotten me laid.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She passed along gossip circulating in the streets of Philadelphia about plans to mount pro-French demonstrations, allegedly orchestrated by “the grandest of all grand Villains, that traitor to his country—the infernal Scoundrel Jefferson.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Parts of his story had been awkward and stumbling, but some were stately and grand, as if he had been reciting them from some half-forgotten memory. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This was a fairly pretty girl, except that she had legs like an Edwardian grand piano. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And what about his inability to see anything except the grand gesture, and the fact that he bought the house without first consulting my mother? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But Keeley was obviously having a grand time starring in the commercial. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A Sunday concert is just letting out, and some of the kids are trading pieces on the grand piano. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the grand dining room, the noble family had laid out elfin delicacies in heavy silver dishes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked across a courtyard paved in white stones, past a fountain shaped like a horse and rider, and toward a grand glass conservatory, lit from within by hanging lanterns. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk into the grand jury room alone, but somehow my parents are with me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Beyond the dining room was a grand foyer, the floor inlaid with a very pretty gray stone that reminded Ophie of the train station in Atlanta. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Well, our Lyft driver didn’t really give us the grand tour.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There were tears and snits and several small bruises and scrapes, all the hallmarks of a grand party. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Big Ma didn’t appreciate any of this finger popping and making a grand Negro spectacle of ourselves in the junior miss section of Korvettes department store. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There are multiple courtrooms aligned down an enormous hallway with grand marble floors and high ceilings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Proud of its burden, the horse tossed its head and capered, while Hamlet acknowledged the crowd with grand gestures. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I thought of the grand preparations, the hours of ladies in beauty parlors, the hundreds of thousands of new and delicate ball gowns, the spike-heeled satin shoes a passing out might sully. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time I saw King’s College, Cambridge, I didn’t think I was dreaming, but only because my imagination had never produced anything so grand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Well, your grandfather is so full of fun, I expect he has a grand time when he goes to New York for the store.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Grand. It's grand the way they bring them out." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The seat of Poseidon stood just to the right of Zeus’s, but it wasn’t nearly as grand. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A typical scientific paper has never pretended to be more than another little piece in a larger jigsaw—not significant in itself but as an element in a grander scheme. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Late that night they settled in at the Alpha Delta Phi Club for one last night’s sleep before their even grander adventure commenced the following morning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We learned the times tables without understanding their grand principle, simply because we had the capacity and no alternative. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Buildings lined the walls and across a wide stretch of open courtyard Tree-ear could see the grandest of them all—the palace proper. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Within, the hall was as grand as the grandest cathedral. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They were a grand group of people, easy to live and work with, and I enjoyed being with them. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re too grand to pick coal off the road I’ll put on my coat and go down the Dock Road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The arrival of letters was the grand object of every morning’s impatience. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Boats flitted like butterflies around the three grand causeways that linked Tenochtitlan to the mainland. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I certainly wouldn’t be keeping any model jeeps and choppers to remember the war going on, but JimmyTrotter thought his Red Tail war hawks and his brother’s bomber jets were just grand. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He’d stolen a case of bottles from a shop at Winter sector’s edge earlier in the evening and sold all but this one for a grand total of 650 Notes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When I was seven years of age, my prospects changed, as some say they do every seven years of a person's life—the grand climateric, I have heard it called. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m my own Aunt Matilda: when I was a kid I once dreamed of hitting a grand- slam home run and two days later I hit a bases- loaded triple. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if the mountain, so grand, could fit in the small frame of the camera. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Adam sat at the wheel with Lee beside him and the two boys straight and grand in the back seat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that was grand!” he said to himself when it was all over. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls are painted pale cream, the carpet is light blue, and sitting in the middle is a black Steinway baby grand piano. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The Ptolemaic avenues with their grand colonnades are gone, but the streets of Alexandria are just as crowded and chaotic as the ancient accounts describe. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Instead of walking onto the stage, as was customary, Anderson was already standing onstage, posed with utmost dignity in the curve of the grand piano. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z To my oxygen-depleted mind, the clouds drifting up the grand valley of ice known as the Western Cwm looked innocuous, wispy, insubstantial. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She smiled at him and—with a grand consideration—grabbed a pack of sugar-free gum from the stand right behind his register. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Finally a great pair of bronze doors appeared to her left, grander than the rest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Farmer had a grand vision but only limited fundraising experience. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z This title is rather an exaggeration: the resultant theories are not all that grand, nor are they fully unified, as they do not include gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Every other building of substance in Englewood seemed to be charged with the energy of anticipation, not just of the world’s fair but of a grand future expanding far beyond the fair’s end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The maid leads him into a grand drawing room, its ceilings aswirl with plaster flourishes, its walls painted a delicate eggshell blue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Because ever since that doctor swooped in, with his grand gestures and his medical language and his coffee breath, I’ve checked out. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I've seen more elaborate pyrotechnics at the grand openings of grocery stores, but the audience was kind and everyone made an effort to pretend that the display was magnificent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Maybe I would have to settle for something less grand, like a harmonica. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the stars had winked out; the sun would make its grand entrance within the hour. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I feel the need to say something grand and poetic, but the only thing I come up with is “It’s lovely.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We want to count in the grand scale of things. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z O Lord, he said to himself, make it something grand! The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I will have to point out how different things are now - that the days of working with a grand staff at one's beck and call will probably never return within our lifetime. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "This tradition goes back to the very beginning of our islands, and to the onset of our civilization. For generations my ancestors have had the grand privilege to be guardians of our most treasured jewels." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “What, were just gonna go on a grand tour of every commercial establishment in Central Florida?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Max helps me set the painting up in the bakery the night before the grand opening, and we drape it with sewn-together sheets. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have any grand notions about a calling. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a cinch to find the ancient palace because it was surrounded by huge red mud walls and had a very grand entryway. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We cannot but wish and hope Sir, that you will have the same grand object...in view in your next session. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z John Root lies nearby, as do the Palmers, Louis Sullivan, Mayor Harrison, Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and so many others, in vaults and tombs that vary from the simple to the grand. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The hall was the grandest space she had ever been in—higher roofed than any church, wider than most fields, filled with hundreds of diners at scores of long tables. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The result was in fact a blueprint for “separate development” or grand apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Where are thy men of might—thy grand in soul? New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was trying to make it sound, you know, grand,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He had no idea what they meant, but they looked very grand and elegant. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Before us is the Cosmos on the grandest scale we know. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are not so grand now,” he said. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The timing of the deluge had been so perfect, I could almost believe it was some grand theatrical effect produced by the company for our amazement. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “He used giants last time, when he wanted to go for the grand effect,” he said. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It isn't as grand a celebration as it would have been before the war, but the boys gasp in amazement at the wonder and danger of it all. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “These are expensive. Reel is a grand, rod five hundred. But worth every penny.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “And Starr will have to testify to the grand jury,” Daddy says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She opens the door wide to make way for my grand entrance. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Yesterday, you had a grander visitor, and received a bigger gift than a bird. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Back when things were still civilized, the rich folks from town used to come up and stay their weekends in grand hotels, and ride on the gravity railroad. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I see your grands are back for the summer, Miss Bell says. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The candy boxes he brought had photos of some of the grand historic buildings and tree-lined boulevards of Kraków. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z One told a reporter, “If the directory had seen fit to continue the committee with power as originally intended, it would have dropped heads enough to fill the grand court basin....” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But Ireland is free, says Dad, and that’s a grand thing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I am but a lowly servant who has played his part in the grand scheme,” the man says. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He was wearing his only suit, the tuxedo and his derby hat and he looked very grand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra didn't like the taste much, but she had to admit how grand and complicated it was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was simply a small pattern in the grand design of our lives. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "The newly decorated restaurant, Hoo's On First, the eatery of athletes, will hold its grand reopening on Sunday. Specialty of the day: fruited sea bass on purple waves." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a blue-and-white parade—and how different from the grand parade of the Jackboots! Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They might or might not have counted themselves happy, though; happiness as they conceived it then was a thing attained, a grand state, involving a fiefdom to survey from the plump comfort of their dotage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanton called her “a grand, brave woman, radical alike in political, religious, and social principles.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Without his urging, the horse entered the palace and brought him to a grand hall, where his mother's embroidery hung in a place of honor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We counted how many washers the hot magnet picked up, a grand total of thirteen. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z By the time Cleopatra was born, Alexandria had become the largest and grandest city in the world. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But we seek the dominant intelligences, the grandest creatures on the planet, the sentient and graceful masters of the deep ocean, the great whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything had a grand purpose, and there was nothing amiss in the universe; it was our job to adjust to whatever came our way. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I have a grand, master plan to leave my current self behind by joining the ranks of the silk feathered hats. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The six grandest buildings of the exposition towered over the central court with an effect more dramatic and imposing than even he had imagined. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As they got closer, the enormous, grand palace seemed to rise like a growing mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They ran a photo of me in Life magazine next to a quote in which Bobby Fischer said, “There will never be a woman grand master.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hoping to get sent to a corner, where I could fantasize about a grand Cinderella wedding with Jonathan Rodriquez as my groom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As for Father Michael Antoniou, he was later convicted of attempted grand larceny and served two years in prison. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The early visitors returned to their homes and reported to friends and family that the fair, though incomplete, was far grander and more powerful than they had been led to expect. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t matter, kiddo. It’s absolutely unbelievable that a couple of twelve-year-olds made this. You and Serenity will get a grand prize for this. Mark my words.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We’d passed several palaces, each grander and more luxurious than the last. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z New York was known for its architecture, the elegant brownstones, the towering skyscrapers, the grand museums. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At roughly the same time, the government introduced the deceptively named Extension of University Education Act, another leg of grand apartheid, which barred nonwhites from racially “open” universities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Confession: I’ve been on an airplane a grand total of one time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There I would have celebrated my birthday by having a huge party, where fourteen couples would twirl around the dance floor as I made my grand entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Then with a grand heave-ho we shoved the bed away from the wall. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish, when I was back in that French class, that I had connected the conjugations, verbs, and gendered nouns to something grander. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z For one, yesterday a Nevada grand jury didn’t return an indictment on the cop who killed Shemar Carson. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A grand jury would have to decide if the police had enough evidence to try Guiteau for his crime. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, Hab. A grand ship. How—how—long before you sail?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And I got to end each day with a grand, tragic death. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I thought he would do a grand job. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The door to the grand jury room creaks open, and the DA, Ms. Monroe, looks out. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Apparently, he thinks it’s important to teach students “dedication to long-term projects,” and this assignment is his grand solution. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We pass grand ballrooms and glass solariums and ornate parlors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But large choruses, soloists and orchestra were bread and butter to Bach in his Passions, Handel in his oratorios, Mozart in his Requiem and Haydn in his grand choral works. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A week with the grand- ’rents and I was desperate enough to contemplate the vile crime of beef felony. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about all the people who had sacrificed time, money, and energy to build the grand old church and to furnish it with everything they needed to worship God as a community. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When the last canister was sold, the boys had taken in a grand total of fifty dollars and seventy-five cents. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z All these people though, and none of them can go in the grand jury room with me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The following afternoon he bought a baby grand piano. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Artemis wanted to answer, he wanted to race up the grand stairway, arms outstretched. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I think in the first year we sold a grand total of one grapefruit. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I shall have a grand wedding,” I would say. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He did this, poor fellow, by suddenly taking the opposite side to Lancelot in the grand melee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dismay immediately detached himself from me and scuttled for the grand front staircase to find Tidings, who was bigger than I was and who offered more protection. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you should trust in that Lord of yours. I suspect He’s got a grand plan for someone like you.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She’d had grand visions of sabotaging the Whisperer, destroying its computers all by herself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Flush with wealth, Tiwanaku city swelled into a marvel of terraced pyramids and grand monuments. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Our media vocabulary is full of hot takes, big ideas, and grand theories of everything. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The Sixers had dispersed their grand army across the globe in a bold attempt to blockade all 512 copies of the Zork playing field. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Soon, investigators from the Department’s Office of the Inspector General were interviewing them, and, not long after, we learned that the district attorney had decided to bring felony assault charges to a grand jury. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanna get so caught up in him that the grand jury’s decision isn’t even a thing. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Rowan looked up to see Esme sitting at the top of the grand staircase watching them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The hotel was very big and grand and empty but the food was good, the wine was very pleasant and finally the wine made us all feel very well. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She forced herself to keep her face calm and slack, like asking her parents to drop a grand on this sort of thing was something she routinely did, NBD. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I ran my fingers across the smooth wood of the grand piano in the music room. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I would imagine he walked into the palace and looked up to see the daughter watching from a terrace above him in the grand hall. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It had been totally rebuilt from dazzling white marble, bigger and grander than ever—with golden windows and rooftop gardens. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z One measly container in the grand scheme of things won’t be missed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They wandered down narrow streets lined with narrow houses and up broader streets where the houses were grander, where the street-level windows rose from floor to ceiling of the rooms within. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In a grand mood one day I ran a comb through them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Now, for the part you’re all waiting for. The grand prize for this year’s Insomnia Con.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Big Ma would have thought that was grand, but Papa wouldn’t have liked it one cent. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing about the town was grand except the big empty sky and, off in the distance, the stony purple Tuscarora Mountains running down to the table-flat desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The man in those pictures is the same man who was fascinated by Italian grand opera. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One moment it was grand, the next cozy. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “While the Imperial Palace is supposed to be grander, the dungeons are all the same.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Brought before a grand jury that was considering criminal charges against Daniel Ellsberg, Russo absolutely refused to give evidence, even when offered immunity in exchange. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was death chess and he was international grand master. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I wrote to Winnie in Brandfort that I hoped the voting might have for a moment turned her humble shack into a castle, making its tiny rooms as grand as the ballroom at Windsor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry took the bench at the Steinway grand and paused for a moment with his fingers on the keys. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We flat out refused, but Mom went up in front of the mourners, genuflected with a grand sweep, and then kissed Erma’s cheek so vigorously that you could hear the puckering sound throughout the chapel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The family dogs they’d brought along for the pet store’s grand opening barked and yapped and howled. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I read him when I was sixteen, and his work offered a grand theory of multi-millennial European plunder. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z By the time Ash finished attending both Ana and Clara, who could only talk about how grand the palace was — “if only you could have seen it, Ash,” she said — it was very late. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the newspaper, SmartMart’s grand opening was a big old dud. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “I’d like to thank everyone who believed in us and our egg,” she said, addressing an invisible audience as if she’d won some grand award and inexplicably putting on a fake British accent. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then she made the coffee and toasted some stale bread, and they took it into the grand room at the front of the house, overlooking the city. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The grand staircase is ahead, with the awe-inspiring lions on either side. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It was the first time I had ever had my wife and children and grandchildren all in one place, and it was a grand and happy occasion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted the grand procession to take place on March 3, 1913, the day before the inaugural parade for the twenty-eighth president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We lived in a less grand style in Qunu, but it was in that village near Umtata that I spent the happiest years of my boyhood and whence I trace my earliest memories. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She reluctantly agreed to testify, telling the grand jury what she knew of Ellsberg’s activities. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Tendai climbed on top of a grand piano—he shared the space with a stuffed pheasant and a hippopotamus foot hollowed out for umbrellas. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Well, then, you have a grand day, and a speedy recovery. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Why, that would be grand,” she said, “just grand.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In his speeches he managed a clever mix of pertinent local issues and grand Maoist rhetoric, which sounded even grander in Malayalam. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, a ballpoint pen is slightly more valuable than a paper clip, but it’s still not worth very much money in the grand scheme of things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But when I came to the grand boulevard, there was no parade. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “It would be a grand thing for one of those girls, wouldn’t it? Sallie says they are very intimate now, and the old man quite dotes on them.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when it reached the grand staircase to the palace, the mussel continued, undaunted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Guillermo motions for me to follow him, then stops at the entrance to the grand studio space, which unlike the rest of the place is sunny and fairly tidy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z "I got twenty grand's worth of recording equipment in there." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about me. I’m fine. In fact, I feel grand,” he said. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I have my moments,” I said, making a grand gesture down the hill. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Keeley and his cronies went on to win the game and the grand prize. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z One took offense at her inclusion of native lore: “The grand defect of the work is the introduction of idle stories related to her by strangers.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I forget to tell him that the Commandant will know of his grand plan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Thus brought up to the Goebbels’s standards, the house served as a venue for both intimate soirees and grand dinner parties for the Nazi elite and those who basked in their light. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And then it was just a matter of time before he solved the entire game and uncovered the grand prize. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He saw past the present moment as though with a magic scope; through this special lens he saw an empire rise, grander and mightier than anything his father had commanded, even in his heyday. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel sorry for you already, because I am a grand master at panjpar. World renowned.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, a Story Box is a vessel for the magic of stories, right? It holds it, ready to bring them to life, much as an Anansesem would, only on a larger and grander scale.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Yes,” he said, “she’s a grand girl, isn’t she? I knew you’d like her once you had a chance to meet her. Good bonbon. Let’s have another.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In late December, the grand jury added new charges to the Ellsberg indictment. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The coachman was right: Ashton Place was a very grand house indeed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The convulsions are generalized grand mal seizures—the whole body twitches and shakes, the arms and legs thrash around, and the eyes, sometimes bloody, roll up into the head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The stakes were small compared with the grand scale expedition Mark Antony had hoped to wage against Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “The Corcorans have delusions of grandeur. The problem is, they lack the money to back them up. No doubt they think it very aristocratic and grand, farming their sons off on other people.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I worry that everyone will try to flee the same direction and the wall will end up a grand choke point, serving up panicked folks to the dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A long time they served in that grand building, and the story does not say whether they ever missed their little cozy room with its cheerful hearth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the opportunity to end on a twenty-one-gun salute, to move the audience to tears of pity or howls of rage, to wheel out your grandest figures and highest-sounding words. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z You can tell she never has grand times like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They were known throughout Boston, Harvard Yard, and Martha’s Vineyard for their cashmere cardigans and grand parties. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They weren't smooth and uniform like the jingles we’d seen in old pictures, hung from women’s dresses, being danced into grand entries at the old powwows when we were safe to make noise. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The lake seemed to wash away the troubles of the past, and the grand old mountains to look benignly down upon them saying, “Little children, love one another.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The curse would make Hattie and Mum Olga as grand as they wanted to be, and it would provide endless wealth for Olive. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And then O’Hare read this: Now what was the grand result of all these struggles? Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s a sort of grand evening cocktail party kind of thing, or a ball, something like that. There wouldn’t be any kids around anyway.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A perfume atomizer sits atop her brunette head like a grand hat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “We live in a country where nothing makes any difference. Isn’t it grand how we never see any one? You don’t want to see people do you, darling?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Nothing beats the smell of fresh-cut pine, it says, and below the sentence are photographs of three types of fir trees: Douglas, noble, and grand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z One night the king was holding a grand feast. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Throwing telepathy into the whole situation didn’t seem like the grandest of ideas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Johnny White said, “It gave you a grand feeling.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In spite of the grand title, this was a very modest first step on the academic ladder. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It was a grand place by Soweto standards, but it was a house that held no meaning or memories for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For those few moments I was higher, I was grander, than anyone. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Luckily, grand unified theories may provide an explanation of why the universe should now contain more quarks than antiquarks, even if it started out with equal numbers of each. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the grand finale, the moment they have all been waiting for. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived in the Royal City, a new King’s Huntress had just been appointed, and there was a grand parade. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The trip is grand timing,” said Mummy brightly as she packed my suitcase. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The dollhouse was grand, made of metal, and had white aluminum siding on the outside. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In the grand scheme of things, I guess it wasn’t that bizarre. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ahead loom the tall, grand houses that flank the gardens, reflecting sound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z This was the foundation of what the state called groot or grand apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way he goes on you would think we had a grand cellar in this half-built house in the middle of nowhere,” Kainene muttered, combing her wig with her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For a moment she caught a glimpse of the grand hallway where she had, until recently, been a prisoner. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The French emperor’s grand plan failed, but he was resourceful. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He, he was to make the ornaments for a grand lady’s necklace! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On a hill stood a grand limestone courthouse with a big clock tower. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I hope this thing about me being white is part of some grand scheme you have to get us out of this,” she whispers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z What grand adventure would come to her now? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Our technology is, so far, utterly incapable of such grand interstellar voyages, at least in reasonable transit times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The hunters gathered in a semicircle facing what was now a central avenue leading toward the grand pavilion, and Prince Aidan and Kaisa went forward to meet the King and Queen, bowing deeply to them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z So many stars, it seemed like a celebration, a grand, illicit party the galaxy was holding after the humans had been put to bed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I feel the need to say something grand and poetic, but the only thing I come up with is “It’s lovely. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She herself was cultured and from some place over in Germany and had been to the grand museums of Europe to look Art in the face. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, he’s very high up, very important. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had something to do with the law. Or the government. Was he very grand and proud?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Just Zmeyreka, a tiny village with a grand total of four Jews in it—three, with Papa gone—who all prayed differently than this community she sat with. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They were raised on a grand scale, living in a lavish home with maids and servants catering to their every whim. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z This grand Indian irrigation system near Pisco, a coastal town south of Lima, fell to developers’ bulldozers—the photograph dates from 1931. back from the coasts, which were now lined with farms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ay, how she wished she could be that grand and brave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sensing an opportunity, Miss Peregrine said, “You see, children? The future isn’t so grand after all. Nothing wrong with the good old here and now!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The closer to the viaduct and the women’s building, which were the threshold to the White City’s grand expanse, the more Westernized the exhibits became. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They walked silently out of the hall, a grand procession in the snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The show had already begun, and the grand front doors of the theatre were locked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Of course, he was more probably a Shanghai banker’s son whose grand ambition was to become a Shanghai banker. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The aluminum barres, the grand piano in the corner, the squeaky pearl-gray floors. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In Seatown, her father had attended a ball at a grand estate on the cliffs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Grover drove through the whole grand catastrophe undistracted, as though the torching of a place simply did not matter to him, or as though it were no more than some histrionics he’d ordered up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z With seconds to spare before classes changed, they climbed the grand marble staircase to the third floor. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She ran through the kitchen, ignoring Mama’s and Cook’s yelps of surprise and shouted censure, grabbed the saltshaker off the prep table, and climbed the stairs, her short legs pumping hard up the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I hurried back down the grand staircase and made my way through the dark passage to the kitchen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Peteys seemed to recognize some grand new beginning in the disappearance of Mr. Flux. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As I did, the towering computers around me began to emit a cacophony of sound, like a grand orchestra tuning up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When we walked into Pizitz, we could smell the food and see the grand spiral staircase that led to the whites-only mezzanine cafe. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Noam said he would climb to the top of an active volcano, and, surrounded by grand ceremony, hurl himself into the lava. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The owner settled back into town to await the hundred- grander impost announcement. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The grand gate tore apart as if made of paper, scattering tiles and stone on the earth like sudden rain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z One of the things I want to create is a Wander section where readers can send in pictures or videos of their favorite grand, small, bizarre, poetic, nothing-ordinary sites. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m fixing Skee-Ball machines for eight forty an hour and there’s a hundred grand waiting for us.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He said that would be grand, he wouldn’t mind marrying all the women of Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then he adds, almost whispering because it sounds too good to be true, “With a Steinway grand.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z After staging a grand funeral for his father, Washkar ordered the executors to meet him one at a time, which provided the occasion to arrest them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They did not, would not believe it, and her grand mother said, “It was the elves. We heard them. They must have bewitched her.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a grand feast was appreciated by all as they sat in groups about the fires, scooping large helpings and licking their fingers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The meeting hall is next to the church but separated from the grander building by a garden of white crosses, memorials to the deceased. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He was utterly hopeless as a grand designer of narratives, and he knew it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Isn’t she grand? Well, class, this is your chance. Immerse yourself in this experience. Have a listen to her story.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was grand to see his face when he noticed something for the first time that year. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Now, Lord, tomorrow is a big day for my baby girl as she goes before this grand jury. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Wellbeloved was a white man whose office was grander than any I had ever seen; his desk seemed as wide as a football field. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen a great deal of beauty in her short life, but it was Jordan College beauty, Oxford beauty—grand and stony and masculine. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was still all new and gigantic and grand and frightening. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I have heard about the masquerades in England, with their grand costumes and music and acting, but only nobles are allowed to see them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The grand prize winner, Filbert Dewbury from Calvert High School, stood as proud as a peacock next to his winning shot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In the corner of the parlor I saw a grand piano with its top down, piled with papers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Johnny White had a grand total of fourteen dollars in his pocket. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It has crown molding, a marble fireplace, and grander rooms than they have furniture for. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I was just thrilled to be dancing on such a grand stage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, they thought we were a part of some grand circle of thieves, but we were innocent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Very grand, as you’ll soon see. Four generations of Ashtons have lived out their days there.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Yes, how fortunate I am to be a sailor of priority, taking voyage on a grand ship instead of digging tank trenches like most of the lads my age. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His mother was a Stimson, a grand old family in banking and law. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You’re right. I hate it, but you’re right, kid. I don’t expect much good news upon our grand return. But we need to get our butts there all the same. So come on.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Also there were full-page pictures of new models, each one grander and more shiny than the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If suffering led to reward, then Percy and she deserved the grand prize. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Clara remembered dressing up for a grand get-together when she was attacked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And the scythes, Earth’s grand bringers of death, began to file out into the rotunda for donuts and coffee. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z At the top, Lissa drew in her breath at the sight of the grand piano. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But Beth, though yearning for the grand piano, could not pluck up courage to go to the ‘Mansion of Bliss’, as Meg called it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the grand accommodations, many of the dogs preferred to sleep outside their houses in the snow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then he said, "I had the privilege of meeting your mother and dad when they had their little chat with Dr. Thurmer some weeks ago. They're grand people." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Her father’s stories always made them sound so wise and powerful and grand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It sat along the banks of the Hudson River, and the rolling hills and lush quadrangles of its campus gave it the grand appearance of a university. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z We watched others dance for a while, clapping and shouting and having a grand time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was, all in all, a grand example of interspecies lack of cooperation and the further illustration that might makes right. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Eeben’s and my house is not nearly so grand, of course, but we certainly get by, and I supply the woman’s touch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They made quite a grand procession, all walking together like that. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I get a feeling that it’s going to go downhill from such a grand entrance, so I give myself some advice as we step into the uptight, uptown restaurant: This is about them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was a square, Portuguese house, not as grand as Joao and Rosa’s, but not small either. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was clearly a scythe who wanted high visibility—even his grand gesture of ethnic balance was a visible one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Makes sense. The case was turned over to their office, and they’re preparing to take it to a grand jury.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They found the smell of new paint for a grand opening, dinner specials being simmered, sautéed, baked, or fried. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He sent a glance across the white-lacquered grand piano, which we called “Pegasus” because it looked like it had wings. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z "They're out to make an example of him. Prosecutor pulled the race card, and the grand jury bought it hook, line, and sinker." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The center was housed in a brick building on a corner lot on Prospect Avenue, whose prime blocks were dominated by the grand, mansion-like stone and Tudor-style eating clubs that substituted for fraternities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Above it all, a grand voice echoes across the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He would need the touch of a surgeon, the alertness of an owl, the cunning of three foxes, and the foresight of a grand master in chess. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Journalists told stories, often wildly embroidered, of Osage who discarded grand pianos on their lawns or replaced old cars with new ones after getting a flat tire. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They give me tea and a grand cut of bread slathered with blackberry jam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He and Lyra had slept in servants’ rooms under the attic, not feeling welcomed by the stately four-poster beds in the grand rooms farther down, and it was a long unsteady walk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Auguste's voice travels as he tells a grand story about a sea monster he kept from capsizing the imperial fleet last year. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Jordan College was the grandest and richest of all the colleges in Oxford. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z That was when I was young and full of grand dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With nearly eight hundred rooms and a vast, monolithic façade overlooking the Thames, the Cecil was Europe’s largest, if not grandest, hotel—a site typically reserved for diplomatic or national events. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There were green couches, definitely antiques, and in one corner there was even a piano, a baby grand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z And there was Robbie, who exasperated her with his affectation of distance, and his grand plans which he would only discuss with her father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Burnham described his vision of a fair larger and grander than the Paris exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He wanted to transform the world’s view of his gray, sleepy, logging- and-fishing town into something far grander and more sophisticated. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We can leave here early on the morning of the twenty-second,” he said, “and barring accidents, we should make the camp ground in plenty of time for the grand opening.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z President Cleveland ordered federal troops to Chicago and placed them under the command of General Nelson A. Miles, previously the grand marshal of the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Although there is a pair of grand doors in the front, he takes me around to a small door on the side that leads directly to the kitchens. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They contained something that I’d never seen anywhere before: the secret testimony of the grand jury that in 1926 investigated the murders of the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Three chandeliers hung from the ceiling, and a grand piano stood in one corner. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I thought this was the grand finale, but no, June switched over to the piano and banged out a jazzed-up version of “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t know when the grand jury gon’ make their decision,” Daddy says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Thanks to the miles of sandy beaches, Rio felt like a grand tropical island instead of a major city in South America’s largest country. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Despite what some saw as the transparent falsity of the charges, Osborne was indicted by a Westchester grand jury. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea that the temple, wearing its own black band, grieved for the burned-down mansion, that it yearned for a grand and invisible presence, bestowed a faintly religious ambience. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A grand piano is pushed to the corner, and I can’t believe how much I couldn’t tell from the outside how enormous this house is. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Ben started the engine and they moved out of the driveway slowly, each of them looking at the grand and elegant house for a last time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d had no food and little sleep in five days and in this condition on the outskirts of a small town they came upon a once grand house sited on a rise above the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Through a grand arch lay a grander chamber beneath the central dome—a rotunda where hundreds of scythes greeted one another, engaging in casual conversation around an elaborate breakfast spread in the center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Their path through the castle took them from the opulence outside the throne room into gradually less grand areas. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z ‘Place the four clocks in a rectangle eight feet by four alongside the grand piano,’ Mr Tibbs whispered. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He is like the winning football coach in some down-on-its-luck Ohio or Texas town—a beacon, a sign that grand achievement is possible, albeit unlikely. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The rooms upstairs proved rather less than grand, however, particularly the cheap ones up on the fourth floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z |
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