| 单词 | highly |
| 例句 | “Please. I highly doubt Newton wasted his time on this drivel.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “I highly doubt either would notice the loss of a few books.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z So Allen came up with a secret, highly improbable strategy for getting through Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In England, farm breeders had refined the creation of novel breeds and variants to a highly sophisticated science. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Tattered but freshly swept carpets covered the highly polished hardwood floors, and the rooms were filled with antique velvet-covered chairs inherited from my great-grandma. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The spell I am going to try and teach you is highly advanced magic, Harry — well beyond Ordinary Wizarding Level. It is called the Patronus Charm.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Pirow opposed this application for dismissal, and quoted from several inflammatory speeches by the accused, informing the court that the police had unearthed more evidence of a highly dangerous conspiracy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of shoes or a warning or an infection or a new movie can become highly contagious and tip simply by being associated with a particular kind of person. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I highly approve of vaccination, feel it should be compulsory; rabies is a dreadful thing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Spanish landfalls in the Americas were at subtropical latitudes highly suitable for food production, based at first mostly on Native American crops but also on Eurasian domestic animals, especially cattle and horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For many of them, the job of gang boss—highly visible and highly lucrative—was easily the best job they thought they had access to. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Others, like Dorothy Hoover and Doris Cohen, had highly refined understandings of theoretical math, differentiating their way through nested equations ten pages deep with nary an error in sign. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I honor women too highly to allow them to descend into the dirty pool of politics,” one anti politician said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Inevitably, this highly productive system of intensive agriculture triggered an immediate population explosion in Kyushu, where archaeologists have identified far more Yayoi sites than Jomon sites, even though the Jomon period lasted 14 times longer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A highly polished collection of chains and manacles hung on the wall behind Filch’s desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The habanera and its contredanse antecedents had a highly distinctive accompanying rhythm of four beats, which in musical notation - as in the opening of the Bizet song - looks like this. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The bonanza continued into 1989, as the media continued to disseminate claims that crack was an “epidemic,” a “plague,” “instantly addictive,” and extraordinarily dangerous—claims that have now been proven false or highly misleading. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Just then, a highly excited, breathless voice called down the table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Conservatives could point to black support for highly punitive approaches to dealing with the problems of the urban poor as “proof” that race had nothing to do with their “law and order” agenda. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now, two by two: matters: The child has highly educated parents. doesn't: The child’s family is intact. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “We shall solve this highly mysterious mystery ourselves.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He drank like a fish, was highly opinionated, and was a fearless helicopter pilot. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In the mid-1990s, he points out, the city of Baltimore embarked on a highly publicized policy of dynamiting the old i96os-style public housing high-rises in East and West Baltimore. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the housefly, however, more than doubling the population through releases could be highly objectionable, even though the increase would be only temporary. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Joyce bragged that the butchers “had a highly skilled trade and were high priced men.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “A young, vigorous, athletic woman might have struck them, especially if she were in the grip of a strong emotion, but it is in my opinion highly unlikely.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z All she had to do was rescue her friends and fight her way through an entire nation of highly trained warriors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was a highly respectable member of a great Oxford college. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Our family, old Grandma’s family, was so highly regarded at one time. She is used to being respected by people.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In many cities, the re-entry phenomenon is highly concentrated in a small number of neighborhoods. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Studies of racial profiling have shown that police do, in fact, exercise their discretion regarding whom to stop and search in the drug war in a highly discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As an officer of the highly visible Corps, Butler was invited to talk about the organization around town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That is a very powerful and highly symbolic book. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not now, Jane. We shall discuss your concealed weapon later, in addition to your highly improper outburst. Girls,” she says, turning to the younger ones, some of whom are crying. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After being denounced by McCarthy, the highly respected Murrow responded with a profile of the senator that showed him to be the unjust bully and coward that he was. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He told her that he could see that she was highly born and blessed by good fortune. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, by some chemical process unknown to me but obviously inhibited by sunlight, the predatory algae turned highly acidic and the ponds became vats of acid that digested the fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Rush was forty-seven years old and so highly respected that he was often called in by colleagues when they were baffled by a case. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Aux soldiers, though not as highly trained as legionnaires and nothing compared to Masks, are still merciless hunters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Three of the six drawings were by Vesalius himself; the other three were by John Stephen of Kalkar, a highly respected pupil of Titian, which gives you some idea of their quality. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It gave me a chance to compete, which I loved, and it was highly respected in the community. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in a new form. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I highly doubt we’ll get in a staff fight in Nashville,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The wandlight sparkled on his shiny pate, his prominent eyes, his enormous, silver, walruslike mustache, and the highly polished buttons on the maroon velvet jacket he was wearing over a pair of lilac silk pajamas. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With the Union cavalry are Baker’s cousin, Lieutenant Luther Baker, as well as Colonel Everton Conger, a twenty-nine-year-old, highly regarded veteran of the Civil War. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’m actually a highly sought after director on this circuit. I specialize in goat sacrifices and masterful film school angles of aunties with muffin tops.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z On Long Island’s tip, we have had enough of that to be highly respectful. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In a world in which women’s roles were still highly traditional, Marcela’s trip was the talk of the town, prompting the San Francisco Examiner to feature daily reports on her exploits in the jungle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sharp, highly efficient, and quick moving. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Way down into the deepest, most vulnerable, top secret, highly protected parts of me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z On behalf of IOI, I wish to make you a highly lucrative business proposition, the exact details of which we can discuss in a private chatlink session. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Black teachers, though highly respected in their community, were paid very little. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Malaclaw’s bite has the unusual side effect of making the victim highly unlucky for a period of up to a week after the injury. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Collins on his return highly gratified Mrs. Bennet by admiring Mrs. Phillips’s manners and politeness. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “It’s highly toxic. I gathered it so we’d know how to eradicate it, for the Collective.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think it would be easier to die than to face that, because “what could have been” is much more highly regarded than “what should have been.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The spectacle of Lawrence’s lending his highly developed talent for persuasion to a project of such dubious morality was more painful still. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “But Erudite scientists developed this highly effective mineral solution a while hack. It was better for the plants than dirt,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For the highly secretive Soviet government, a leadership merry-go-round like this was unprecedented: In the entire history of the USSR, only four men had occupied the leadership post. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It is highly unlikely that he was considering passing up the hundred-grander for the Widener, but he thought the pretense might help in the touchy matter of weights. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t worry if I were you,” Rick said as the two Rosens led him down a highly illuminated wide corridor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t suggest you do that. That’s not a fire extinguisher. It’s a highly unstable explosive gel.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z With the world ending tomorrow morning, he was highly motivated. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It’s highly possible that this is the best I’ve ever looked. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It is highly reflective and glows in the dark. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The reptilian part of the brain that resides in most animals, highly evolved primates and otherwise. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He looked highly amused by the sight of us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, dwarfing the rates of nearly every developed country, even surpassing those in highly repressive regimes like Russia, China, and Iran. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Tebo hide is highly prized by wizards for protective shields and clothing. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She just waltzed in on her expressive, blue, highly arched bare feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A chess player himself, Laucks liked to surround himself with other players, many of them offbeat and highly talented. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z All were composed of large, healthy, and highly competitive young men, each of whom was about to face a defining moment in his life. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even though it was highly controversial for all the reasons Charles knew that his would be, it sold extremely well. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Still a third type of answer to Yali invokes the supposed importance of lowland river valleys in dry climates, where highly productive agriculture depended on large-scale irrigation systems that in turn required centralized bureaucracies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Joe was isolated in a special room with negative airflow, just in case he did have TB, which can spread in the air and is highly contagious. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There was a sense of justice in my father’s upright mind which rendered it necessary that he should approve highly to love strongly. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z But although Galileo was now highly regarded professionally and moved in influential circles, he was constantly worried about money. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She called them winged mice, though for the life of me I cannot see any comparison between highly civilized mice and those primitive savages. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A preponderance of the members were Jewish, a group that had pursued the game for centuries and was highly proficient at it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The wild dancing and the loud joyous singing and the generally queer behavior of these strangers seemed to him highly objectionable, and to be stopped at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The unicorn’s horn, blood and hair all have highly magical properties. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I keep trying anyway, mostly for the Life Experience, but also because I highly doubt Lin-Manuel Miranda stayed in his dorm all night watching YouTube and throwing away his shot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z At both the social and verbal levels, in short, an American nation remained a precarious and highly problematic project—at best a work in progress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Signs reading “Smoking Forbidden” were pasted on the highly polished mirrors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some philosophers and nearly all anthropologists agreed: standards of rationality were, they insisted, local and highly variable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Quarantine Hospital was the country’s leading facility for the treatment of yellow fever and highly praised for its cleanliness and safety. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Indeed, if you looked carefully, all the chaotic and complex phenomena of the world were the result of highly organized natural laws. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Bernard told me later that he thought he might never see us again—he thought we were crazy, that the plan to study the chimps was highly dangerous. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists, people like the Apostle Paul or Billy Graham or Brigham Young. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If she said she liked blueberries, he raised his eyebrows like he highly doubted it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Closer, I could see that Vera’s face had the resonance of a former highly prized beauty. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Watching over the bubbling liquid was the “boiler”—a highly skilled slave. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There was an Iranian doctor in Beverly Hills who'd come highly recommended, and he'd agreed to give my parents a good deal. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Compared to other defectors, he was a fast learner and highly adaptable to culture shock,” said Lee Yong-koo, a team leader there. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The fact that she’s out is highly freaking unusual, to be honest. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was information only a highly placed insider could have acquired. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This is a highly sane and healthy point of view, of course - if a little emotionally cool. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z One contestant was thirteen, and there were several twenty-year-olds, all rated quite highly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The problem with growing up around highly dangerous things is that after a while you just get used to them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z One among them is a well-known and highly respected political reporter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to think that only the most highly developed, civilized animals could be fooled in this way, but it is not so. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not that I thought highly of myself, it’s that I really am a great guy. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And she knew those with the highly contagious pox virus. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z After losing one major race on a highly regarded runner, he flatly told the national press, surely to the horror of the owner, that the horse just wasn’t any good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z By seemingly slight changes the whole character of the substance is changed; for example, not only what is attached but the place of attachment to the carbon atom is highly important. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He handed out massive bribes to the Nazis in command of Auschwitz, all the while arguing that the women were "experts," "highly trained," and "irreplaceable." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z So it is with space-time: on a very small scale it is tendimensional and highly curved, but on bigger scales you don’t see the curvature or the extra dimensions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She understood how it felt to be an outsider, and she valued friendships highly in this new place. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the end of a couple of years of this, at twelve dollars a month, the girls were highly desirable wives for American boys. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "This is highly inappropriate and irregular. Just who are you?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I’ve been in a coma for over a year. I guess that makes me highly unusual; odd; and strange. Yes, Lily. I am curious.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It seemed strange that the High Blade would show up at the party of a highly controversial scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They were people of principle; they did not ask favors of highly placed friends. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Seven highly polished, brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling the words Nimbus Two Thousand and One gleamed under the Gryffindors’ noses in the early morning sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly paid than his old job had been. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The first necessity is the elimination of tolerances on the chlorinated hydrocarbons, the organic phosphorus group, and other highly toxic chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Economic entomologists must realize,” wrote A. D. Pickett of Nova Scotia, “that they are dealing with living things . . . their work must be more than simply insecticide testing or a quest for highly destructive chemicals.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When any kind of dispute arose, someone who was respected highly and who was not involved would sit on a rag with the disputers around him, which made the rag a courtroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They all crammed into the back so they’d be as far away as possible from Apollo and the rest of us highly infectious males. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “The onlookers were invited to sit right next to you and if you asked them to leave or be quiet they were highly insulted,” Bobby recalled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One encyclopedia had a sentence of praise for us: “The common rat is highly valued as an experimental animal in medical research due to his toughness, intelligence, versatility and biological similarity to man.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The European elm is highly resistant, and many of them have been planted in Washington, D.C. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Sirius’s letters, which were now hidden beneath the highly useful loose floorboard under Harry’s bed, sounded cheerful, and in both of them he had reminded Harry to call on him if ever Harry needed to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It is very unlikely that an object in such a highly elliptical orbit could be rapidly moved into the nearly perfectly circular orbit of present-day Venus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Laws prohibiting the use and sale of drugs are facially race neutral, but they are enforced in a highly discriminatory fashion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The first living things were not anything so complex as a one-celled organism, already a highly sophisticated form of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The library at the Worldwide Church’s Ambassador College, to which he had access, was highly limited. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hence all predators, even highly developed mammals such as cats, would starve. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z For this, he used what is called the Big Five Inventory, a highly respected, multi-item questionnaire that measures people across five dimensions: Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z To be a janitor at some downtown store was to be highly respected. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too much of a good thing, you know...highly toxic in large quantities. But taken sparingly, and very occasionally...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The reality is that technique looks to be highly overrated. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She couldn’t stand the thought of Charlie being mortified by her in front of these people who thought so highly of him. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He was highly conscious of his hands, and it wasn’t from the awkwardness of not knowing what to do with them, but from knowing, rather, what he wished to do with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There's a table where all the dishes are highly breakable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It is highly unusual in Iceland to bury someone in the dark, and thick clouds made the sky even more oppressive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Here now are the eight factors that are strongly correlated with test scores: The child has highly educated parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z So it was deemed highly desirable to find a way of reminding singers what the tune of any given passage might be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Being a tally messenger was a highly coveted position. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He had been articled to Griffiths Mxenge, a highly respected attorney who had appeared for many detained ANC men and who had been assassinated near Durban the year before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the plant the change is highly disadvantageous, but it facilitates harvest by humans—the grain waits on the stem to be collected. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The police brought the somewhat contrite young men and the dead couple’s five-year-old orphan boy before my grandfather, who was a highly regarded judge and a man of impeccable reputation. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You were wonderful at the meeting with the board. Bijan has always spoken so highly of you.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z But what Corelli perfected, above all, was a form of musical contrast, an internal drama in the texture that was fresh, surprising and - for the time - highly original. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Although there may be some truth in both hypotheses, this sort of posthumous off-the-rack psychoanalysis is a dubious, highly speculative enterprise that inevitably demeans and trivializes the absent analysand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Music is highly gendered in ways that we might not even think about. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The success of these hortatory campaigns has been mixed, at best, especially when it comes to the government’s highly unpopular efforts to lure city-bred people into back-breaking farm labor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She highly doubted that Baachan would be able to buy fabric for a new skirt for a long time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Hrv is a highly lethal but not very infective Biosafety Level 2 agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The search, transport, and selling of this merchandise was conducted in such a cautious fashion that Blanca had no doubt that there was something highly illegal behind her husband’s activities. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe put his mouth into the forms of returning such a highly elaborate answer, that I could make out nothing of it but the single word “Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In the end, Joe McCormick had been right about the Ebola Reston virus: it had not proved to be highly infectious in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked to me and added, “Your highly skeptical friend may not believe me at all. That notwithstanding, it is true.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “We had these highly motivated individuals—radar operators and pilots—who would miss attacks or drop bombs on the wrong cities. Why did they fail?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “We found that if you change one compound in Lady ’Stache Off, it becomes highly unstable. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A scene has just passed of such uncommon interest that, although it is highly probable that these papers may never reach you, yet I cannot forbear recording it. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z These were highly intelligent, able-bodied men who were denied access to stable high-paying jobs, which in turn kept them from being able to buy homes, send their kids to college, or save for retirement. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Johnny, remembering the gawky, callow, but upstanding young leather-dresser of Fish Street, was surprised that anyone could value him so highly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If Pollard tried to take it, it was highly likely that he would clip his right leg on Wedding Call. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was highly surprised at the reply, but I had learned never to press him for information. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Never was he esteemed more highly than when everyone saw that he was completely in command of his own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He was highly capable of such a deed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It looked like a place where you could get a highly unusual education. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Bono hath been highly solicitous of my health, showing me all the kindnesses of which he is capable. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z So he left and wandered, delighting in the freedom of Northern Italy, where he could ruminate on matters remote from the subjects he had been force-fed in his highly disciplined Prussian schoolroom. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder what it would’ve been like if I had crossed paths with Jacqui in other circumstances—then again, I highly doubt that would ever happen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z All of these players are well-known and highly ranked. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And the gentlemen may be pleased to enjoy the claret. Its owner spake of it highly.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The South was a well-bred, well- mannered, highly educated man challenging you to a duel. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The most abundant isotope, U-238, was harder to nudge toward fission than to move a recalcitrant donkey, and it responded only to fast, or highly energetic, neutrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I have no hesitation in saying that James would have been highly disappointed if his son had never found any of the secret passages out of the castle.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “You try to keep the ones that are highly popular, and Lou’s classes are what kids in this school want to take.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z These learners have highly developed auditory skills and are generally elegant speakers. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Besides the vedalia beetles brought in by Koebele, other importations have been highly successful. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “We shall all miss your — er — highly individual way of running things, Albus, and only hope that your successor will manage to prevent any — ah — killins.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She polished the reverse as highly as the top, until both were as flat and smooth as the finest mirror. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It is free of pitch or sap, but its fibers contain chemicals called thujaplicins that act as natural preservatives, making it highly resistant to rot while at the same time lending it its lovely scent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Judging by the way the brother cut his eyes at me, his appearance on the steps of First Baptist Church seemed highly unlikely. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No, they weren’t “primitive”—their social networks were highly advanced. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a hallucinogen, and a highly addictive one at that. I think the Kuhani has been giving it to Sons of the Six, then ordering them to kill people.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The CIA determined that Blake had passed over 4,000 documents to the Soviets, many of them containing highly classified information about British and American spies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Our meals were cooked by a team of world-class chefs and delivered by professionals more highly trained than those at any five-star restaurant or hotel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That meant that the IMF dealt with highly confidential data about each country’s economy, assets, and currency. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she followed the highly partisan exchanges in the Republican newspapers and provided her husband with regular reports on the machinations and accusations of the opposition. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Wilkins had obtained some highly purified DNA from a Swiss lab and stretched it into thin, uniform fibers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He did not propose to be backward, given a chance to earn a much better—i.e., more highly paid—job. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Or it is a thick yellow grub highly prized for fish bait. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve had highly placed people tell me to be very careful every move I make.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And what if, at that point, it realized it had three highly edible humans sitting on its back? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Several highly intelligent creatures are classified as ‘beasts’ because they are incapable of overcoming their own brutal natures. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if fairly dramatic changes were achieved while ignoring race, the results would be highly contingent and temporary. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Paradoxically, intensifiers like very, highly, and extremely also work like hedges. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The sketch of Rosamond’s portrait pleased him highly: he said I must make a finished picture of it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Like Kohl, she was a highly popular junior, and as such would actively avoid any interaction with sophomore rabble such as Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Natural uranium’s fission cross section—that is, the probability that the nucleus would fission under given circumstances—was highly sensitive to the energy of the impinging neutrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I it. highly explosive fuel for execution of British spy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z If IOI security caught me before I made it out of the building, carrying a stolen flash drive filled with highly incriminating company data, I was dead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Besides soldiers, weapons, and supplies, Oshiro and Big Jim carried highly classified information back and forth to the camps in locked bags. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Who were we to question the decisions of political bodies so highly placed? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of them had been absolutely vital in generously providing him with samples of highly purified DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Harry could not think of anything to say, not least because it was highly unusual for Ron to be teaching anyone else tact. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The poise which he told us he valued so highly had disappeared. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The atmosphere of feverish excitement was highly infectious; Harry couldn’t stop grinning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was not at all certain, then, how he would fare against the younger breed of highly professionalized butlers looking for posts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The results were somewhat startling: the highly gifted kids in the study weren't much more likely to become prominent intellectuals than normal kids. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Fisk, Kelton Fisk, had a highly developed sense of civic duty that had led him, at ten o’clock that morning, to refuse to sell more than a gallon of kerosene to any one island household. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She would have highly enjoyed seeing Kaltain’s face, but she dipped into a curtsy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He had neither strayed from his balcony nor opened a newspaper since Independence, but in spite of this fact, or maybe because of it, his opinions were always highly esteemed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Even Zillah’s gauzy constructions appear to me to have a confidence and subtlety, an assurance, that my own paintings lack: in this context my pictures are too highly finished, too decorative, too merely pretty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There is no end to the need for new, highly trained people to run the enterprise. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z However, today those languages are gone, and we already saw from Figure 19.1 that the Pygmies’ modern distribution is highly fragmented. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Some find this a convenient assumption, but as a chart for a course of action it is highly dangerous. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I had read and heard that President Nasser’s administration had built up one of the most highly industrialized countries on the African continent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a clear pattern at play: once a name catches on among high-income, highly educated parents, it starts working its way down the socioeconomic ladder. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “But what we need right now are people with the skills to get out of the city unscathed, and I think Dauntless training makes them highly qualified for that task.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It would be nice if there were chimpanzees in these woods, but that seems highly unlikely. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Mama is standing behind us, looking highly interested. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I was considering using the stomp-my-feet-and-hold-my-breath technique. It proved highly effective when I was little.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She turned to Malcolm X’s stalwart assistant Benjamin X, known as a highly able speaker himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He roared out songs at the top of his voice, some of them highly objectionable songs, and behaved himself in a way that was nothing less than indecent at the time of a funeral. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "They seemed to be highly pleased with it," Guiteau told himself. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One didn’t talk about such things; the world, she knew, was impatient with women who value their own children too highly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the people of the East, Africans have a highly developed sense of dignity, or what the Chinese call “face.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls bore the same ornamental plates, each featuring a highly colored, beribboned kitten, gamboling and frisking with sickening cuteness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Just a hint of embarrassment gave them away, a tinge in the cheek for the fact that such a common item should now be so highly prized. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to have standing, the Court reasoned, Lyons would have to show that he was highly likely to be subject to a chokehold again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We had hiked twenty-two miles in two days—a highly respectable distance for us—but a distinct listlessness and sense of anticlimax, a kind of midmountain lassitude, had set in. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I think that saying prayers before each mission is a very moral and highly laudatory procedure, sir,” he offered timidly, and waited. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I highly doubt he hangs around with the likes of Tariq Johnson and the Kings. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The rest I fill with Hairy Chest Blend because it sounds highly caffeinated and maybe I can stay up late to finish the tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Those who passed the written test took an oral exam that was rigged to disqualify even the most highly educated blacks. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The divisional SS-HJ commanders were highly experienced soldiers who had proven their personal courage in battle. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The crowd boiled, sweated, heaved; women with shopping bags, men with highly polished shoes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Generally, he didn't think all that highly of eating, particularly when he was working. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s highly moralistic language castigating George III and the English government in the Declaration of Independence was not just propaganda, at least for Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Silly songs and rhymes with interesting onomatopoeic sounds and simple, repetitive words are also highly useful, such as “Galumph Went the Little Green Frog” and “Jelly in a Bowl.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z At the same time, however, Sister and Father were highly formal terms of address— they were tides, marks of formality like a salute or a curtsey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "I would highly suggest you not try that again," she snaps. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Surely you know my masters are highly favored by the emperor.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A high school, he believes, is composed of “the three A’s”: the highly academic kids, the artists, and the athletes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Polyrhythm, as it has since been dubbed, had long existed in African tribal drumming, improvised on the spot by highly intuitive, skillful players, often in various states of trance. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z So I was not so highly developed as they! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z J. J. Joe, the highly touted Viking quarterback with an arm that was even better than his name, became rattled by the deafening, frenzied sounds enveloping the stadium. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Today defendants face a situation highly similar to the one they faced a century ago. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It is valued highly by the professionals as well as the patients. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, this level of technology is, by its nature, at the same time highly sophisticated and profoundly primitive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, manifold expressions of life that grace our planet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought that Booker was an outstanding reporter; he also was highly impressed with Mrs. Booker when he met her. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to allow time for me to fall on my face and show that the former prisoner hailed as a savior was a highly fallible man who had lost touch with the present situation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see why they speak so highly of you.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The First and Second Cohorts—pride of Camp Jupiter, a well-oiled, highly disciplined war machine—fell apart under the assault and the sheer novelty of being on the losing side. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z An Alabama woman thought everybody should realize that an attack from Mars was “not only highly improbable,...but an absolute impossibility at present.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Although we might not listen to it regularly or even at all, we all hold it in very high esteem, and an important part of a highly cultured society. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z When the animal feeds on vegetation containing an abnormally high level of nitrates, the microorganisms in the rumen act on the nitrates to change them into highly toxic nitrites. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This was highly unusual; we had never had such a high-ranking visitor in our lowly shed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The straw boss had no faith in her, having watched her sweating hard to fill her sack as quickly as the children, but she was highly and suddenly vocal in her determination. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Collision with a floating mine might explain explosion, but seems fanciful, besides highly unlikely as sinking started at stem, which in all likelihood would mean that hull breach was at stem too. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All I could think of was Kilvin’s statement during the demonstration: In addition to being highly corrosive, the gas burns when it comes in contact with air.... The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yes,” he replied, “any body may know how highly I think of her.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It was highly likely that the serpent of sin that nosed about the chambers of my heart was lashed to hunger by hymns as well as dreams, each reciprocally feeding the other. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Crop development is today a conscious, highly specialized effort carried out by professional scientists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They can be highly intelligent and functional, but they lack judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Over the past few years, the Basement had become a highly exclusive hangout for elite gunters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Please, ma’am, could I inquire if this highly instructive and charming institution is a new one?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Pocket had a toady neighbour; a widow lady of that highly sympathetic nature that she agreed with everybody, blessed everybody, and shed smiles and tears on everybody, according to circumstances. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Second, all highly flammable material inside the spacecraft had to be replaced. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He is highly educated and works and lives independently. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Later that day, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announced to the public that German U-boats had landed eight highly skilled Nazi saboteurs on America's shores. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It was like a street tragedy with spontaneity tucked softly into the corners of a highly formal structure. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z If you were in the upper quarter of the graduating class at Stuyvesant, you were virtually assured of being able to get into a highly ranked college. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It was highly acoustical, as though it were reverberating within four tiled walls. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Rumors were flying from student to student like highly contagious germs: who was going to try for Hogwarts champion, what the tournament would involve, how the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang differed from themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She was gently confident and highly accomplished and would become a lifelong friend. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Or, conversely, the android could be regarded as a highly developed, evolved version of the ersatz animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Fortunately, there are other less expensive but still highly reliable methods of making human beings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was random doodles, but lately I’d been experimenting with graffiti—tagging, specifically—because some tagging techniques reminded me of highly stylized Persian calligraphy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, Sheriff. I know it’s highly indecent of me, but I couldn’t help but wonder about the breach in the wall. I just wanted to see for myself that the town was safe once more.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Let us now return to our questions: Why did agriculture never arise independently in some fertile and highly suitable areas, such as California, Europe, temperate Australia, and subequatorial Africa? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And, as it turned out, all cats—even celestial ones—were highly intrigued by boxes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She got into every one of them, which, still highly uncertain of herself, she silently attributed to the fact that she was poor and filling someone’s quota. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Both were highly toxic, and the body would work hard to expel them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Her words and artwork told fascinating, intertwined stories to a public still highly suspicious of insects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One highly effective campaign recently asked you whether you could poke your finger through the hole, approximately the diameter of a golf ball, cut in the front cover of the leaflet. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When this fails— think the patrician George H. W. Bush’s claimed affinity for pork rinds, or any Democratic candidate at an NRA meeting—the result is often highly comical, if not cringe-inducing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Even at the conference in Princeton, which was a highly homogenous group of people of similar age, education, and income — who were all, with a few exceptions, in the same profession — the range was enormous. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon bebop musicians began dispensing with the blueprints of the standard songs and instead invented their own chord sequences and melodies - highly complex ones at that, sometimes derived from the note combinations of unusual chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Analyses of malpractice lawsuits show that there are highly skilled doctors who get sued a lot and doctors who make lots of mistakes and never get sued. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I gave my parents a highly serious look. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Dalgard hung up the phone highly disturbed, but he maintained his usual calm manner. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But then everyone thought I was insane to get involved with a married man, let alone a married man whose wife was highly unstable, and I’ve proved them wrong on that one. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite Howard Clement’s highly visible role at the meeting that night, there was no doubt in his mind that Ann was more influential in the poor black community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He was highly colored now, and Harry wondered why he did not take off the ridiculously large coat, unless it was because he did not want to reveal the smock beneath it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His father kept it sheathed and rolled in cloth, an undecorated and highly useful weapon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Creatures such as the Tebo, the Demiguise and the Bowtruckle have their own highly effective means of camouflage and no intervention by the Ministry of Magic has ever been necessary on their behalf. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Interaction between the male species and the female species was varied and intense and highly unpredictable. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He was being shunned and bullied, even turned away by his family, which was something that could happen in a small, highly religious community. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Part of the appeal of Jim Henson and the Muppets to the show’s creators, in fact, was that in the 1960s Henson had been running a highly successful advertising shop. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And away went Meg to help ‘that man’ in his highly improper employment. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was highly dramatic. Stephen Byerley was a young lawyer, a powerful speaker, a great idealist—and with a certain flair for biophysics. Are you interested in robotics, Mr. Byerley?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z This was highly unusual; the commanding officer did not generally pay calls on prisoners in their cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If Joe graduated from a school as highly regarded as Roosevelt, Fred said, he just might be able to get into the University of Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then, in an experiment that would be considered highly unethical today, he allowed these mosquitoes to feed on healthy humans. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Considering the crate half concealed by the fringed curtain at the back of the store, I highly doubted it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Turning off or tuning out people was my highly developed art. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was kindhearted, highly self-educated, and had an uproarious sense of humor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The community was highly spirited and resilient, despite the storm damage. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One of the key groups that spread these teachings was founded in the 1530s: the Jesuit order, a collection of highly trained intellectuals well suited to attack Protestantism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It seemed highly unlikely that the three boys just wanted to look at the mosaics. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Enlisting the aid of the beaver’s highly capable molars, the badger left him gnawing away at a yew sapling in the orchard while she went off to find an arrow that would fit her brainchild. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I inquired what he wished me to play, indicating that I knew by heart sonatas by Corelli, Tartini, Locatelli, and such other venerable Italian masters as were most highly esteemed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was well aware of how highly the Greeks regarded Mark Antony and how fondly they remembered Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t he be living up to the prophecy, and giving himself the best chance of survival, if he joined those highly trained wizards whose job it was to find and kill Voldemort? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, highly placed sources within the Ministry have confirmed that the disturbance centered on the fabled Hall of Prophecy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I sat silent, recalling what a drudge she had been until Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt successfully overcame that bad habit of living, so highly desirable to be got rid of by some people. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z They had quick feet in shoes that were kept highly polished. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On his feet were highly polished shoes of a fine leather. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Alfred's eyes dropped down to the man's shoes, planted solidly on the wooden floor, black shoes curling with age but highly polished. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z These highly racialized appeals, targeted to poor and working-class whites, were nearly always accompanied by vehement promises to be tougher on crime and to enhance the federal government’s role in combating it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “These cows are...never you mind. Idea is, this ain’t just any milk. It’s highly contaminated. I wash my hands good after even handling the stuff.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In fact, improvisation is an advanced and highly sophisticated skill in which the musician must draw upon all of their previously practiced knowledge and techniques in order to compose “in the moment.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The publishers had praised his novel pretty highly and it rather went to his head. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The science of range management has largely ignored this possibility, although these insects are perhaps the most selective of all grazers and their highly restricted diets could easily be turned to man’s advantage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her eyes, which commanded immediate respect, sparked with a fire that matched the shine on her highly polished wheelchair—her throne. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “And in Africa your scarring would be highly prized.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And yet this guard’s guard was highly literate and open-minded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Most conspicuously, in virtually the central spot of the otherwise empty and highly polished floor, lay the dustpan Miss Kenton had alluded to. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dyer went into another long lecture about the different way of viewing the world from the perspective of a culture that thought more communally than the highly individualistic United States. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Fairies are highly territorial, nonmigratory creatures. Put them in a livable environment and they stay put. Especially an environment like Fablehaven, with gardens and plentiful food and other enchanted critters.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As a result, a less lethal myxo virus spreads baby viruses to more rabbits than did the original, highly virulent myxo. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “My body became highly impregnated with the contagion. My eyes were yellow, and sometimes a yellowness was perceptible in my face,” he noted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But in this state, the hyenas behaviour was highly unpredictable and it could decide to attack me without warning. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Speaking for myself, I’ve always found great intelligence in a woman a highly attractive feature. What did she want to consult you about, if I may ask?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Accordingly, HUD policies excluding people from housing assistance based on arrests as well as convictions guarantee highly discriminatory results. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even the Merriam-Webster definition, which states “to speak or perform without preparation,” is highly misleading. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In this respect, then, the way Estraven proposed for us was highly practical. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z In this sense, DNA was not a regular molecule but a highly irregular one. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The neighbors were shocked but Mary knew that marriage was the best thing that could happen to her highly sexed daughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was flattering, but Shady was highly overestimating my circle of friends. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Both involved quarantines—the practice of isolating someone with a highly infectious disease from the healthy population. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The impetus was the publication of a highly sensationalized book, The Hydrogen Bomb: The Men, The Menace, The Mechanism, by journalists James Shepley and Clay Blair Jr., which accepted Teller’s version of events as gospel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Besides increasing advisors, he had authorized the spraying of highly toxic Agent Orange and other defoliants to destroy enemy cover in the jungle, as well as rice crops in areas controlled by the Viet Cong. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She learns teamwork and how to cope in highly structured settings. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The only question was which highly ranked college you would attend. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t mention that the snakes distributed by Beatrice Leep’s stepbrother were highly poisonous and that the boy had actually taped their mouths shut. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And, Myna, I can find another toy for my son to play with. I’m sure I can get more than I paid for you—a broken-in African is highly sought after.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes!” said I. And although my sister instantly boxed my ears, it was highly gratifying to me to see that the answer spoilt his joke, and brought him to a dead stop. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The Augurs are so highly respected that killing one isn’t an option. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But it is not a source of good fellowship there, or amongst the dragons, who also prize it highly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z After five years of searching, I thought it was highly improbable that we’d both discovered the Copper Key’s hiding place on the same night. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The number system in English is highly irregular. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Ooh, Kenneth, I asked her the same thing and she was highly offended.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not that you’re not a professional already, of course. But in a studio, maybe. Or for weddings and engagements. You’d be very highly sought after.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Elias, this is highly unnecessary. Kill them and be done with it.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z People who have had highly abusive childhoods also do well; like stroke victims, they’ve had to practice the difficult art of reading minds, in their case the minds of alcoholic or violent parents. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She hadn’t read it, and Branwell said, as innocently as you please, “An excellent book. I highly recommend it.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Demiguise pelts are highly valued as the hair may be spun into Invisibility Cloaks. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I crept back into the basement like a highly skilled sneak thief and then proceeded to listen to the most calming music I know: the Beatles. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Should I say, “Look, I’m actually a highly educated person, a Ph.D., in fact, and I can’t just stand by and. . .” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As you know from previous chapters, Indigenous peoples had highly organized societies and systems of governance. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z By temperament, he was inherently impulsive, highly combustible, instinctively irreverent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z To this Hwin made no answer, being, like most highly bred mares, a very nervous and gentle person who was easily put down. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Instead, highly productive agriculture enabled a modest number of immigrant rice farmers to reproduce much faster than Jomon hunter-gatherers and eventually to outnumber them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The right hemisphere of your brain is very highly developed.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In this case, both the music and lyrics are highly informative, as is the situation in which the song was sung, lending itself to integration through three areas: music, language arts and social sciences. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Howard had learned that Riddle shared his ambition to break Sun Beau’s all-time earnings record by season’s end; the $100,000 purse would be highly appealing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of this, slots later in the span were highly prized, as they gave students more time to study and prepare. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Orchestras are run by maestros, and maestros are powerful, brilliant, single-minded, highly entrenched men who run their organizations like their own private fiefdoms. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly adaptable. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the dog was weak, and highly strung, and suffered a heart attack one bright December morning in the country, leaping from the porch in happy pursuit of a squirrel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This action was taken purely on my own and my methods were highly unorthodox. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Simian hemorrhagic fever is highly contagious in monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew osteosarcoma was highly curable, but still. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Wild cherry, the leaves of which are highly poisonous, has exerted a fatal attraction for cattle once its foliage has been sprayed with 2,4-D. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It is highly infective, lethally hot, a liquid that would scare the daylights out of a military biohazard specialist. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A recent influx of Hungarian Jews into our neighborhood had swelled their ranks, and they formed a small but highly vocal element of the school’s student population. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When powdered, these horns are highly valued as potion ingredients. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I highly doubted a Hasidic holy man was hiding in the brick-and-metal heart of Chicago, much less that Frankie, coming from the opposing Misnagdic sect of Judaism, would want anything to do with one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But still, it was, he had to admit, a highly preferable alternative to hanging by his ears from a post. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He waddled around like, a hippo standing on two feet, and the mixture of highly perfumed deodorant and fried grease was making me queasy. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But that evening, when my fountain pen still hadn’t turned up, we all assumed it had been burned, especially because celluloid is highly inflammable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Dragon hide, blood, heart, fiver and horn all have highly magical properties, but dragon eggs are defined as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The level of public concern about crime and drugs was only weakly correlated with actual crime rates, but highly correlated with political initiatives, campaigns, and partisan appeals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The letter speaks highly of the clock, and mentions that should there be any kind of problem with it, Herr Thiessen will be contacted immediately. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A former Pentagon employee named Daniel Ellsberg had illegally leaked highly classified information to the Times. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Bread making was not one of my more highly developed skills. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Hermione’s remonstration was drowned by a loud giggle; Lavender Brown had apparently found Ron’s remark highly amusing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Plus, his mother, whose opinion he highly valued, had persuaded him that Hitler was leading Germany down the right path. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Phillips was an amiable man and was, judging by his letters, highly articulate, but he preferred not to speak. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z They were far more highly prized than any other objects that were brought out of the tombs, because private collectors and a few foreign museums paid very handsomely for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From the tone of her voice I knew she was highly irritated with my father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Agricultural use of insect diseases, caused by a bacterium highly specific for certain lypes of insects, is already being tried in California, and more extended tests of this method are under way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Everywhere, school administrators pandered and panicked, rushing to show they were highly sensitive to parents’ fears, even if they were oblivious to the needs and problems of many of their students. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even better, it was highly concentrated, which meant that a small amount would dye a lot of poopy water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Both loved the game and were highly intelligent and argumentative by nature. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Faye was a nice woman, not very bright, highly moral, and easily shocked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Another company would pay highly for his weaponized jars of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Evil, he told himself, evil but highly intelligent. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Catherine LeMaigre died on Tuesday, despite the efforts of her three highly skilled physicians. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Acting and looking older, and being highly intelligent, Lombardy treated Bobby in a parental and nurturing way. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The ancestors of wheat, rice, millet, and barley look like their domesticated descendants; because they are both edible and highly productive, one can easily imagine how the idea of planting them for food came up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Seven highly doubted that anyone would come to help them all the way at the edge of the Cursed Forest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I’m a university, professor with a highly developed sense of right and wrong, and I wouldn’t try to deceive you. I wouldn’t lie to anyone.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z What happens in training is highly secretive, so there’s no point in taking action against me when no one will know what my transgression was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was difficult to think of the ever-combative, highly combustible champion of the American Revolution as extraneous and invisible, but that is what the vice presidency had made him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Laws that said nothing about race operated to discriminate because those charged with enforcement were granted tremendous discretion, and they exercised that discretion in a highly discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Gas chromatography of air samples might reveal blips of difference between substances released over a Glasgow football match, a committee meeting on academic promotions, and a summer beach on Saturday afternoon, all highly important. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a subtractive process that starts with a solid block, usually stone, which is highly resistant to the sculptor’s chisel. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Obviously, if Penelope were a squirrel, it would be a highly unusual squirrel. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Starnes turned to the boys and then said, "I don't think too highly of that boy's daddy." An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But occasionally a passing star makes a gravitational flurry and commotion in the cometary cloud, and a group of comets finds itself in highly elliptical orbits, plunging toward the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re highly satisfactory. Turn slowly round, and let me get a careful view.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he expressed his longing for Poland, at that time swallowed up in the Russian Empire, through his highly stylised adaptation of Polish folk dances - mazurkas and polonaises. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The arts that were viewed so highly in Imre were seen as frivolous by those at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “From the amount of killing that went on in your section of the mines, I highly doubt you’ve forgotten a thing.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It is now known that many pairs of organic phosphate insecticides are highly dangerous, the toxicity being stepped up or “potentiated” through the combined action. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This latter - a stone construct complete with a tiled roof - looked very sturdy, as indeed it needed to be, standing as it did in a highly exposed position against a background of empty fields. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He wore the battered clothes of a field hand and an ancient broadcloth coat highly polished by age and wear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The discrediting of witnesses can be a highly effective tactic, and Quintilian observes that it can be done against whole categories of witnesses, as well as against individuals. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Father had in our household a woman of Phoinikia, a handsome one, and highly skilled. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A member of the Non-European Unity Movement, Don had grown up in the diamond-mining area of Kimberley and was a rugged, fearless fellow who was also highly strung. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Writing, at any rate, was a skill I didn’t regard highly. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s not forget how highly gifted the C group was. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When questioned about the incident years later, Bobby was highly indignant and vehemently denied it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Thus, while the bearer is no longer a member of our scholastic family, it is highly important that his severance with the college be executed as painlessly as possible. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the consultant, Mrs. Grace V. Mirman, the challenge for the parents of someone "highly gifted" was to find ways to keep the child engaged and stimulated. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “You’d be in charge of the entire division, second-in-command only to me. I’m talking about five thousand highly trained combat-ready avatars, all taking orders directly from you.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Across the pastures, the incredible vulgarity of highly amplified hillbilly music drifted from the cafe on the highway. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You put before me plans for making a definite, highly effective weapon,” he said. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The rules of physics dictated that an element with a half-life of 2.3 days had to be highly unstable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After she had crossed the finish line, Stuart brought her alongside the wall, and was taken ashore and highly praised for his fine seamanship and daring. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “He’s really very handsome most of the time, wonderful red and gold plumage. Fascinating creatures, phoenixes. They can carry immensely heavy loads, their tears have healing powers, and they make highly faithful pets.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In the evenings, over coffee, she’d help him with his formal medical education, which he’d summarized on thousands of highly imaginative flash cards. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Those things did not involve falling for a highly controversial Middle Eastern girl in a headscarf. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I promise they are not dull, for I am not one inclined to sit through pages of nonsense and bloated speech, though perhaps you enjoy works and authors who think very highly of themselves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In those days, each life had a price on it, and Thiazi’s life was priced highly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, this drug forfeiture regime proved highly lucrative for law enforcement, offering more than enough incentive to wage the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “He always spoke very highly of you, sir,” said Malfoy quickly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But in a physical sense war involves very small numbers of people, mostly highly trained specialists, and causes comparatively few casualties. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At its peak, there were around 150 active members of the Youth Corps in Durham, with a core group of perhaps thirty highly committed individuals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Many a night, I drifted off to sleep, filled with wonder at how the two-edged-sword teachings so hurt, confused, concerned, and upset the government full of men trained highly in all of the modem sciences. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that’s land of perverted or maybe it’s just romantic and highly intelligent. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The girl would grow up highly educated and extremely powerful. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The jovilabe allowed the modelling of a highly complicated theoretical system without endless calculations or any loss of precision. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Many of the employees got sick with tuberculosis, a highly contagious, incurable disease that often became fatal. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The spire was a wood frame structure covered with sheets of lead and highly decorated with sculptures and ornaments. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z An aggressive antibreeding area campaign was launched and once again proved to be highly successful. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He claimed that the film made more than “a hundred million dollars,” which was highly exaggerated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They climbed the stairs as quickly as they could without splashing the hot water and tiptoed down the highly polished wood floor of the upstairs hallway, searching for Mrs. Derby’s room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the best way to travel the world in a single day. CountDowners speak highly of it.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In other words, the song relives and retells the experiences of a child in another century and makes her story highly relatable to us today. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Farmer also reasoned these patients couldn’t have caught the same highly resistant strain, because each one’s TB had a slightly different pattern of resistance. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Under time pressure, they began to behave just as people do when they are highly aroused. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Never, in anyone’s memory, had a match approached in such a highly charged atmosphere. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They convinced themselves that Adams was the enemy, and then all the evidence fell in place around that rock-ribbed, if highly questionable, conviction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His highly unusual work did not spark any great demand and that was his one and only paying job. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z What happened as a result was highly improvisational and deeply personal. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was the most highly rated Miss Teen Dream Pageant ever. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Mom had insisted I wear my old warm boots today, and though I was glad my toes weren’t freezing, it was highly inconvenient. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “It is highly irregular,” he told me right off the bat when I showed up for work after school, “to hire a twelve-year-old as a tie salesman.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I argued that a year of classics could only bolster and enrich this now highly desirable course of study in English Literature. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Back then the fallout had been sporadic and highly variable; some states had been nearly free of it, others became saturated. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Europe has a highly indented coastline, with five large peninsulas that approach islands in their isolation, and all of which evolved independent languages, ethnic groups, and governments: Greece, Italy, Iberia, Denmark, and Norway/Sweden. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I was better than that McLaggen anyway,” said Ron in a highly satisfied voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z This highly classified space vehicle could take razor-sharp images and relay them via an electronic signal directly to the Central Intelligence Agency. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Some odd optical property of our highly polarized and unequal society makes the poor almost invisible to their economic superiors. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The loneliness I have felt many mornings, however, has not made me forget that I am engaged in a highly public activity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He lists 121 figures, and divides them according to a taxonomy that’s highly serviceable today:* grouping them according to the type of thing they did. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Just recalling the indignities he had met as a black man seemed to expose some raw nerve in this highly educated, dignified official. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Regardless of what material you are trying to incorporate, thoroughly understanding the aesthetics and values will be highly beneficial to preserving the integrity and authenticity of both the music and culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Apart from his friends, the thing that Harry missed most about Hogwarts was Quidditch, the most popular sport in the magical world — highly dangerous, very exciting, and played on broomsticks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I felt highly confident, but here my plan went slightly wrong. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I have highly developed, like, cooling-off mechanisms and am perhaps even more comfortable being compressed, than not.’ Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Sacerdote found that parents who adopt children are typically smarter, better educated, and more highly paid than the baby’s biological parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Once again drawing from the pool of most common names among white children, here are the top picks of highly educated parents versus those with the least education. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Equally important, though, the sole-factor test ignores the ways in which seemingly race-neutral factors—such as location—operate in a highly discriminatory fashion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Dandridge, the personnel officer, was highly impressed with my credentials, especially my command of the English language. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to her, America’s spy handlers enjoyed highly secure communication links—far safer, for instance, than those used by America’s diplomats. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I think it would be considered a highly successful mission,” says Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It is a highly specific organism, attacking no other type of insects, harmless to earthworms, warm-blooded animals, and plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I made a suggestion to a drunk. Drunks are highly suggestible. And nicely accepting of conversations with dead people.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Denner resin was highly illegal, of course, but that didn’t matter in most parts of the city. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The holistic nature of these highly integrated approaches, is still conducive today for implementation in an integrated arts program. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “A highly trained Auror, who has been assigned to you for your protection.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The highly polished surface gleamed and glistened with a golden sheen. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His previous experiences with the odd device that stored and revealed thoughts and memories, though highly instructive, had also been uncomfortable. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We may as well face up to it: there is a highly visible difference between the pace of basic science and the application of new knowledge to human problems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people inherit houses; others paintings or highly insured violin bows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These appear to have been spread about, out of context, like titanic bric-a-brac, in a manner that would have struck the natives as highly irreverent—Egyptianizing instead of Egyptian. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “So great to finally meet you. Ben has spoken so highly of you.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The emissary brought a highly confidential order from Colonel Aureliano Buendía, who was not in agreement with the terms of the armistice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It appeared, on its face, to be a highly unusual capacity to attend to both streams of information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As Dragon jumped back in surprise, the lion cub laughed out loud, obviously highly amused at the dragon’s shock. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “This kid was on an LDS mission, and that is highly regarded in this valley. We knew we’d have to pull him off the mission,” he recalls. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Given this formidable array of bad luck, poor timing, and the highly focused political strategy of his Republican enemies, Adams actually did surprisingly well when all the votes were counted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This highly refined coordination and cooperation must be multiplied out across eight individuals of varying statures and physiques to make the most of each individual’s strengths. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That an eight- or nine-year-old boy had the power of concentration to get through them was highly unusual. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed I fear we would have lingered on indefinitely had not our foreign friends prepared a more highly spiced entertainment. I think I should never willingly cease drifting in that dreamland.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We are in the middle of nowhere and are highly vulnerable to a Khmer Rouge attack. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This group were mostly in their forties and fifties, largely white, highly educated — many had Ph.D.’s — and wealthy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The early technical fussing was crucial; by early August, the three had achieved the transformation reaction in a flask and distilled the “transforming principle” into a highly concentrated form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He was, you could tell, a highly skilled diplomat, with a broad range of mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyons had been a famous football star at Mason High School, was highly thought of in Mason, and consequently he now worked around that town in menial jobs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant Leo had only himself, his bag of junk food, and a few highly improvised weapons made from sugar and toothpaste. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My fountain pen was always one of my most prized possessions; I valued it highly, especially because it had a thick nib, and I can only write neatly with thick nibs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I hate to be patronized, and the Chesters think it’s a great favor to allow us to help with their highly connected fair. I wonder you consented, Amy, they only want you to work.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quite necessary. As a pack, you were highly repugnant,” said Ripred. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the highly regarded Literary Digest got caught up in the panic, warning its readers that, “Outside of Russia, the storm center of Bolshevism is in the United States.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But naturally occurring uranium also contained U-235, which was much more fissile—highly likely to split after absorbing a neutron of almost any speed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They were also highly questionable patriots, having sat out the recent war against British tyranny in deference to their cherished consciences. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They told the incredibly dramatic—and highly improbable—tale of their escape from PSF custody over our shared meal of fruit snacks, stale Pringles, and Twinkies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I knew that if I had not scored so highly on the I.Q. tests, I would have been considered just bad, or rebellious. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The bishop is a lay leader for the local ward, which is one of the small but critical parts of the highly organized and hierarchal Mormon structure. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She said she had always thought highly of his family. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z If a highly poisonous herbicide such as arsenic has been used, this intense desire to reach the wilting vegetation inevitably has disastrous results. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Palsson and Bobby might see some money, it was suggested, if the film made a profit, although it was highly unlikely for a documentary to realize even a slight windfall. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His equally absolute defeat of the younger, highly respected Larsen proved that Fischer was in a class by himself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mendel had discovered the discontinuous nature of genes, Fisher knew, because he had chosen highly discrete traits and crossed pure-breeding plants to begin with. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Of course, Bobby’s fears were thought by some to be incipient paranoia, and although it was highly unlikely that the KGB was plotting against him, even paranoids can have real enemies. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I’d had some difficult encounters with officers getting into prisons from time to time, mostly in small county jails or places where I’d never been before, but this was highly unusual. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He took pride in never walking barefoot, even in his own home, and shuffled around in highly polished leather slippers to protect himself from microbios. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In general, the Virginians were the chief beneficiaries of all the highly stylized histories, though, as Adams observed, “not a lad upon the Highlands is more clannish than every Virginian I have ever known.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Within its vegetative rods there are formed, along with spores, peculiar crystals composed of a protein substance highly toxic to certain insects, especially to the larvae of the mothlike lepidopteras. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Indian classical forms more than make up for an absence of harmony with highly complex and intricate melodies and rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He was highly popular, and I found that he took the familiar department of Mr. Jaggers’s business; though something of the state of Mr. Jaggers hung about him too, forbidding approach beyond certain limits. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z And in my culture, it was highly unusual for parents and children to discuss their feelings, or for anyone to talk about their feelings at all. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It is presumably hollow but with no discernible hinges, no nails, no attachment points; it looks like a solid block of highly polished wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z All of them, to me, seemed highly unapproachable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He saw that Emma had soon made it out, and found it highly entertaining, though it was something which she judged it proper to appear to censure; for she said, “Nonsense! for shame!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He was highly trained, intelligent, and one of their own: the first CIA agent to defect to the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Although these exercises were developed for children with special needs, they are highly applicable in developing crucial musical listening skills and for helping children recognize categories of music, instruments, and timbre of sounds. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z If you were not a democracy or a democratizing society, if you continued to hold fast to highly regulated or centrally planned economics, you were seen as being on the wrong side of history. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Arabic astronomy was highly sophisticated, and at least the equal of any Western astronomy until Copernicus—indeed, Copernicus may well have used technical solutions devised by Arab astronomers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Of course. You’re still in recovery, and we must be extra careful and attentive. I highly recommend you continue to do your exercises with the resistance band at home, just as you have been.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I was heavier than Sohrab, and the fence’s structural integrity was highly dubious. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It was his odd blindness, I think, to all problems of a personal nature which made him able at the end to transmute even Bunny’s highly substantive troubles into spiritual ones. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It should be noted that this ‘saint’ claims never to have seen the king before, and yet she recognizes him from her highly convenient ‘vision.’ The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At first, I’m worried, but then I realize it’s highly unlikely that anything could be worse than what’s already happened. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They are interested solely in confirming highly dubious theoretical hypotheses by the logic of analogy and induction, and make no attempt at refutation or intersubjective testing.’ The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yes, your freedom. So, I highly suggest, Miss Sardothien, that you get your arrogance in check before you end up back in the mines.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Just so you know, these computers are highly classified. If you put in the wrong password even once, it’ll alert security. So...no pressure.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Uncle Tom, though surprised, was highly critical and contemptuous. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had selected a custom-made pair of highly decorated pistols owned by his wealthy brother-in-law, John Church. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As one group of highly placed religious functionaries to another, don’t do this to us! 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Both men also shared a keen sense of the highly fluid and still-fragile character of the recently launched American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “We do also, unfortunately,” replied my father, “for indeed I had rather have been for ever ignorant than have discovered so much depravity and ungratitude in one I valued so highly.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z When I look at what seemed at first a highly improbable circumstance, it all seems so amazingly logical. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Mason was highly critical of both the singing schools of the day and the compositional style. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In West Africa, rhythm is complex and highly valued, and involves communal/group participation, improvisation, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I memorized it: ‘The praise of the unlettered by the highly educated is one of the primary themes of “elitist” literature.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Athletes were highly respected in the black community, and boys my age were encouraged to play some sport. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I curled in the cavernous leather chair and faced Doctor Gordon across an acre of highly polished desk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In the American South during that same period, it would have been highly unusual for a white landowner to have such a public relationship with a slave. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Sir, I do believe you should know that these weapons are highly inadequate for any kind of patrol.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z True turning points exist, but they are nearly always the visible tip of a vast and highly complex social process. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is a highly regarded school for individuals with special needs. They have academies all over the country.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She might be highly unreasonable, but she's still my friend and we are in this together. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z To these advantages of Africa’s enormous head start were added those of highly diverse climates and habitats and of the world’s highest human diversity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A child whose parents are highly educated typically does well in school; not much surprise there. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Misplacing a loaded gun was a serious matter, and Curly was highly annoyed with himself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s also a waste of effort to grow them from seed, since the offspring even of an outstanding individual tree of those species are highly variable and mostly yield worthless fruit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But it is highly unlikely they would ever approve of Sien, of the whole situation. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It would have been highly unusual to be a New York Yankees fan in Philadelphia, which had two major league baseball teams of its own, one in each league, through the mid-1950s. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Then imagine the skill required to isolate this particle, to take it apart and analyze its components and determine their highly complex functioning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "I don't want to scare you," he said, "but I can very clearly see you dying nobly, one way or another, for some highly unworthy cause." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Rabia stands a little bit to the side, looking skeptical but also highly amused. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Even this reduced, unintended message will trigger recognition if the subject is important, relevant, or highly probable.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was an effective and highly dramatic performance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight comes in through the window too, and falls on the floor, which is made of wood, in narrow strips, highly polished. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Dasch was an expert on all things American, which was a highly valuable skill set in Nazi Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “I must say,” the Grand Elder said, “this is highly—” He looked around. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “This is highly irregular. In effect, it is an attempt to intimidate this Court.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m surprised that I could make a highly intelligent audience laugh. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The female is generally larger and more aggressive than the male, though neither should be approached by any but highly skilled and trained wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This cumulative sadness contributed to his not wanting to be with people...unless he felt highly secure and comfortable with them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The farmlands of modern agriculture are highly artificial, unlike anything nature ever conceived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Easy,” Greg said, with a highly unnecessary wink in my direction. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. You were right about this one. It’s pretty good so far, actually. Even for a highly sophisticated college applicant like me.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He saw everything in front of him as though it was a very highly colored dream. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the early 1800s there arose in England a fashion for inhaling nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, after it was discovered that its use "was attended by a highly pleasurable thrilling." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Another, Marilyn Hall, earned some college money at an audition in which she sang “Lot’s Wife,” a challenging, highly emotive song from Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I assumed that all of these posts were filled with misdirection and misinformation, but they were still highly entertaining. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I think my aunt accepts the idea of my marrying you because any children we have will be light. Lighter than I am, anyway. She always said I was a little too ‘highly visible.’” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Laurie had christened it, saying it was highly appropriate to the gentle lovers who ‘went on together like a pair of turtledoves, with first a bill and then a coo’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day the fire started, over 55 miles of pine- block streets and 600 miles of wooden sidewalks bound the 23,000 acres of the city in a highly combustible knot. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Half a dozen experts would crowd round you and express their opinions in highly professional language. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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