With each step, reality sinks in, that David will never be able to get in here again, even if Jake were willing to help us—which clearly he won’t be. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Another principal need is someone able to “case” these places’ physical layouts—to determine means of entry, the best getaway routes, and so forth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would not part this way, but I understand your hearts. Perhaps one day you will be able to forgive me this moment. Fly you high, Henry. Fly you high, Luxa,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mirror works as a scaling device; it is able to do this because it reflects the cone of rays coming from an object as they pass through a plane. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’d never be able to drag his trunk all the way to London. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we haven’t even been able to reach any kind of parent or guardian for you.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As much as Taisin wanted to believe she would be able to resist Elowen, she knew she could not take the risk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had only observed that your father was an able under-butler and addressed him accordingly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been able to see another crime scene to determine if Wyrdmarks had been painted in blood there as well. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

You don’t need to be able to glimpse into their mind to catch all of the little signs of insecurity and discomfort. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I kinda like hands, now that I’m used to them. And I like being able to go places without having to be afraid of being seen.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After all, I hadn’t been able to prevent him from having his main chance with Miss Goodacre. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When he was not complaining about not being able to work, he lay in bed, motionless, with an empty look in his eyes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Winston’s heart was thumping so hard that he doubted whether he would be able to speak. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He held Maddie’s cipher sheet in front of him as they walked:“I’ll be able to crack this in no time,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not that Francis, in normal circumstances, wasn’t perfectly able to take care of himself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Schoening and Beidleman, barely able to speak, told the Russian where to find the five clients who’d remained behind out in the elements and then collapsed in their respective tents, utterly spent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It means nobody will be able to live here on account of the smell. A rotten egg is a regular stink bomb.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

After some grunting and a lot of profanities, I was able to reach the toolbox. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we’ll never be able to use them without feeling uncomfortable. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been on crutches for about a year, and sometimes he cried because he wasn’t able to play football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he believes Malik is going to be able to identify some factor in tuatara blood that makes them age slowly, and then he’s going to ‘cure death,’” Davis said, using air quotes. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He pushed his pannikin aside, took up his hunk of bread in one delicate hand and his cheese in the other, and leaned across the table so as to be able to speak without shouting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He also seems able to throw it so it feels like he’s speaking into my left ear. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon she was able to see the green of trees and brown of bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his acute sense of the ship’s inner workings, he should have been able to sniff out two stowaways as soon as they boarded. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have been able to survive much longer under these conditions, Alex thought. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His dad had had some theories, of course, but he couldn’t explain how the fish had been able to change so fast. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The weight almost comforting in the promise that the gun could do what nothing else had been able to. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It’s like looking at all the students and wondering who’s had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know where you might be able to find her. Careful boy, that one will steal your heart. Men fall for her like wheat before a sickle blade.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If Jeanine is speaking through Max, she had to be able to see him in order to know that he was grabbed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I ask God that I be able to walk, to learn a job that I can do this way.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I relayed this to Reggie as part of a long conversation we had on how he might be able to move on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After the girls were born and Mama Lessie passed age thirty, she was able to fulfill her long-held dream: to go back to school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t like in the forest, where she’d been able to show him where to go. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Using these, I was able to log into the database and access my existing citizen profile, which had been created when I enrolled for school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I found myself able to see him as the world saw him, as I myself had seen him when I first met him—cool, well-mannered, rich, absolutely beyond reproach. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t be able to go find Montez just yet, and accepting that truth was as freeing as it was sad. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was happy when he said, “Oh, maybe I will join you. Maybe soon”—even though he didn’t know whether he would be able to or not. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

An extra income would help keep the household above water and improve the odds that Dorothy’s sister might be able to follow her path to college. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The slavers had always been able to count on the support of English nobles, who resisted any change that might diminish their power. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

This way and that he flung around the cavern searching for his tormentors, but, blind as he was, they were able to slip away from him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Work out how long they can stay on this course before it's irreversible. At what point will they no longer be able to intercept Earth?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe now that the horn was gone, Achelous would be able to fill up with some happiness and keep it for himself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By varying the consistency of his pigments, the artist was able to capture the texture of Danaë’s flesh with uncanny accuracy, while distinguishing it clearly from bed sheets and covers. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the night watchman of the Eiffel Tower, and some passengers who land in an airplane, are mysteriously able to move around the silent city. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? Why wouldn’t I be able to see you?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He must be able to feel how I am trembling. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have been able to put into words why, but it felt like a new weight had settled on my shoulders. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He had switched shifts at work to be able to stay home for the big send-off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He’d be able to read as long as he liked, as long as it took to find out who Flamel was. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then I add: eating beans and rice every day, not being able to write poems, and having to live at Smoky Inn forever. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was able to enter the city by squeezing through one of the largest of these cracks, at the base of the dome. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry. Just ignore her. She hasn’t been able to locate her mind-your-own-business medication for years.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Venetians greatly expanded the sugar trade, so much so that a hundred years after Henry Ill’s reign, the English were able to buy thousands of pounds of the sweet stuff each year. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But that did not lessen the sadness I felt at not being able to make her life more comfortable, or the pain of not being able to lay her to rest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pansy Parkinson gaped at her as she walked by with Malfoy, and even he didn’t seem to be able to find an insult to throw at her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Beside him, making scarcely a sound, walked James, Sirius, Lupin, and Lily, and their presence was his courage, and the reason he was able to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We were able to put the fire out, but only by knocking down the tree, smashing most of the ornaments, and ruining all our presents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like the word “DIVERGENT” is branded on my forehead, and if he looks at me long enough, he’ll be able to read it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Two days before, Min had handed Tree-ear some tools to be cleaned, saying, “The vessels will be finished by midsummer. If you leave then, you will be able to return before the snow.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He could not claim, as African savages might be able to claim, that no one had brought him the gospel. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

That morning didn’t come just with sunrise; it brought with it soldiers, the few who were able to make it back to the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he were sitting in an examination with a question he ought to have been able to answer in front of him, his brain slow and unresponsive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when Lyddie was finally able to rouse herself from her own pain, she saw that Diana’s face was drawn, the expression grim and set. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were able to walk on the side of the road unbothered by others. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted our kids to be able to move with the same kind of freedom that other kids had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He knows his hands will soon get frostbite and then he won’t be able to grip the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I told her everything he had said, ending with my skepticism about whether Leslie would be able to find my uncle. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If anything happened, they would be able to rebuild the apartment again exactly as it was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We had not initially been able to identify this strange man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He suggested that maybe the electrons were not able to orbit at just any distance from the central nucleus but only at certain specified distances. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As is Abnegation. I am sure that once the remains of your old faction are absorbed into the Dauntless army, Candor will cooperate and we will finally be able to get on with things.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, Dyedka would be able to replace the milk before Shavuot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Johnny would not be able to tell Doctor Warren the exact number of casualties the British had suffered, but he could tell him that they thought they were heavy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, all the animals that used to be able to fly could only walk and all the animals that used to walk could now fly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

To anyone who had answers and might be able to help. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even realise yet that his trouble, his impediment, was innocence because he would not be able to realise that until he got it straight. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you want, it will be my treat,” I said proudly “From what I hear, you might not be able to afford the kind of meal I want,” he teased. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Thursday night he went to bed convinced he’d never be able to sleep for imagining Jen and the others in her car, getting farther and farther from him and closer and closer to danger. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “Things I wasn’t able to tell him. Letters.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No one will be able to break in ever again.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And that if I can just get away from this section, I might be able to move out of reach of the launchers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I think we’ll be able to pull the door open,” said Ron, peering over the dog’s back. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"I've been wondering...I mean, I thought you might be able to tell me something." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

God, I wish I had on a long skirt right now because at least then I’d be able to hide the shakes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And to have all my words lying out in the open, complete strangers able to walk by and see everything that mattered to me, without even knowing my name. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was never quite able to put Falconer out of my mind, I saw no sign of him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was on my summer reading list, and so far, I had not been able to get past the third chapter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They were too afraid to break the news over the phone, and so they waited for his closest childhood friend to be able to tell him in person. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We just have to hope that somebody’s already found them. Or that they’ll be able to find shelter and ride out the storm.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As an ethnomusicologist or researcher for your classroom, however, it is important to be able to articulate the culture’s beliefs about music by observing people’s behavior and thoughts about music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A face she’d like to be able to see peering out from a stone on her windowsill. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She set off before dawn the next morning, her heart full of sadness, wondering whether she would ever be able to carry the calabashes all the way back from the river. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear the outside world, either, but I hadn’t been able to improve upon the apartment’s existing soundproofing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“A few weeks ago,” she said, “after his condition worsened. We’re lucky some friends were able to let us use this house.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

North Korea has no oil, and its economy has never been able to generate enough cash to buy sufficient fuel or food on the world market. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We must think of something serious. Something sad, very sad. And then we shall be able to get down. Now—one, two, three! Something very sad, mind you!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I haven’t been able to talk to Dylan since we found out his sister failed the tryout. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Hardly able to control their grins, they stood like a gate blocking the path. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jorge is home now and moves around on crutches but he won’t be able to go back to work for a while. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was slightly comforting to be able to pinpoint time and place. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But there is still some information that I think you might be able to give us.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting through the portrait hole was simple; as he approached it, Ginny and Dean came through it, and Harry was able to slip between them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed being out in nature, being able to see the horizon and feel the sun on my shoulders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile? not able to believe my luck. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Oh, Hanneli, I hope that if you live to the end of the war and return to us, I’ll be able to take you in and make up for the wrong I’ve done you. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You can’t imagine what it’s like to have to stand on the sidelines and see how lonely he is, without being able to do anything. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I cried not because I lost, but because my mind felt separate from my body, and I wasn’t able to get my head in the game. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But because most manufacturing plants were in the North, it was better able to supply its army throughout the war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

By nine, they might be able to trace the Tillermans, and maybe find them, and stop them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re supposed to be able to count on your mom and your dad. You’re supposed to be able to count on them.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For several hours, there was complete pandemonium in the little house, and it must have been nearly midnight before Mr. Bucket was able to get rid of them so that Charlie could go to bed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But we’re not going to be able to get there in this car. We’re going to need something with an elevated chassis. Four-wheel drive.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Second, any model that described the whole universe in detail would be much too complicated mathematically for us to be able to calculate exact predictions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps a civilization unimaginably more advanced than ours will be able to decipher such recorded thoughts and feelings and appreciate our efforts to share ourselves with them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to guarantee that I will never be able to fade, finally, into another landscape. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Love the sound of the letter and the promise that one day this will be connected to a full name, my own that I will be able to write by myself. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I planned to stay on the Weylin plantation long enough to see Alice leave, to find out whether she would be able to keep her freedom this time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We are on the sixth floor. It’s a good bed, isn’t it? I thought you and your papa would be able to rest well here.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"We were only able to work with the information we had—" "And we appreciate that." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie got a hundred bucks from Ma and Dad for his birthday, so at least he'll be able to replace his broken ones with better ones. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And she’d never be able to erase it, making him forever something to pity. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was out of breath, hardly able to open his mouth. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, my father would like to be able to let you stay. He really liked your mom. She was a nice lady.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Hardly able to believe his luck, Grub scurried back toward the command tower. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The prospect of parting—probably forever—from his aunt, uncle, and cousin was one that he was able to contemplate quite cheerfully, but there was nevertheless a certain awkwardness in the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"I'd like to be able to set my own hours at the salon." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That evening an unfortunate accident befell an able seaman who had crewed the rigging on the Heart of a Dream. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Get Atticus? I’ll never be able to look him in the eye again!” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It had become painfully obvious that Akhi was no longer able to maintain our same level of training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With this setup, she was able to communicate by radio with her KGB bosses in Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tramped steadily down the hill slopes without even turning to see whether Taran and the others were able to keep up with him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

How completely neither of them will ever be able to undo it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"There, now you'll be able to watch the birds again. Anything else we can do for you, young man?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at that young age, Luna possessed a mechanical mind, and was able to construct little machines that whirred and ticked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I only had seconds before he would be upon me again, and the chariot wouldn't be able to take another hit like that. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

By now he would be out of the sick ward and able to go on an excursion to the movies, and afterward to the hotel where they had eaten dinner on the first visit. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The big woman lurched around until she was able to catch each dog by the scruff of the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody has to be able to say that racists are not monsters. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Find a teacher who is willing and able to teach you specifically about harmony and typical chord progressions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It rains so hard that my brothers are not able to go up the mountain to dig for potatoes and bamboo. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m only able to talk because my dad is standing right next to me,” I said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Only with the recent development of protective nets and greenhouses were we finally able to defeat the thrushes, and to redesign strawberries and raspberries according to our own standards. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pink asked as soon as he was able. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“It is very plain that as things are, we are not going to be able to do our duty here.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was afraid to get up, afraid he might not be able to gain his feet at all, with an anaesthetized leg. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he lived closer to the border, he might be able to pick up a foreign station from England or Switzerland. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor hadn’t been able to reconcile herself to the idea of another walk all the way down through the thorny hills where the snakes lived. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I feel dizzy and nauseated, but I am still able to stand, and so I help to drag the bodies outside the fort and dig graves. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was able to eat the rest of the meal slowly, making each bite last a long time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much like the mystery of the archaic relics though, they had not been able to identify whose. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you still going to be able to do soccer camp with me this summer?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had never really thought about why we’d gotten so few tickets to David’s graduation that Granny hadn’t even been able to go. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could only say that there had been more blood than he had imagined a body could hold and more than he would ever be able to wash from his memory. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“She’s fine, I guess. Some hippie in pajama pants and sneakers. Like, really, are you going to be able to help my child? Are you going to be able to understand my child?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

To be able to talk to him without every inbred hellspawn in the Flats listening. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Besides, we were only able to dress up as biblical characters. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I do love him, Mamma,” Dimple said when she was able to catch her breath. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

When we got to the hotel, we were able to walk up to the panelists and shake their hands. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The writing on the paper was blurry after too much recopying but Big Ma would be able to read it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could save up a lot of money, so I would be able to go to college even if something like the Rotary Club or Moose Lodge didn’t come through. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He dashed into the bathroom, lifted the toilet lid, and there was Furball, so waterlogged and exhausted, he’d been able to utter only the faintest whine. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be able to pay your bills on time and buy whatever you want? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If only I could explain it, what it felt like to run in place, to see the same things day after day and not be able to do anything about them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pasqual turned his cell off during the day so he could sleep, and even if I could get to some of the sites and get the men they might not be able to help. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The door is heavy but between the two of us, we are able to pull it open wide enough to slip through. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have been able to dig such strange holes that were like narrow tunnels. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I just think I ought to be able to vote,” her father said evenly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He clambered back up the ledges, retrieved his collar—it took some time to find—and so sprinted home, hardly able to breathe by the time he reached the front porch. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was always able to lose these idiots by jumping to light speed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With three incomes, the family might soon be able to afford a house of their own, perhaps on one of the wide macadam streets of Englewood. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was like entering a darkened movie theater—amid the rush of a crowd eager to get seated before the picture begins I was barely able to see where we were rushing to. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I wasn’t able to look away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fog is not being able to see where you’re going, or which way the waves are breaking. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

For these cases of front-line madness become dangerous if one is not able to fling the man to the ground and hold him fast. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘When we’ve warmed up a bit, perhaps we shall be able to stand again, and walk. But in any case we had better start by crawling.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Greeks were divided into numerous fractious communities, some of which were able to dominate others by threats of force, unequal alliance, or commerce. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I told you, he won't be able to go to school now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Not much is said about it, we are falling back, we will not be able to attack again after this big offensive, we have no more men and no more ammunition. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later everything came into focus and they were able to look about them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

My sister wasn’t able to come to the funeral. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The children who watched the fast-paced show were less able to follow directions and, in a separate set of tasks, showed less patience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I” was the last word I was able to speak aloud, which is a terrible thing, but there it is, I would walk around the neighborhood saying, “I I I I.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

You can play them dozens of tones, and they’ll be able to distinguish between all of them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had come to love the state, even if despite all our work it was looking like we might not be able to win there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Were you able to find someone to go with you?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A population of 4,000 was able to survive for 10,000 years, but with significant cultural losses and significant failures to invent, leaving it with a uniquely simplified material culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, you are mistaken, Madam. I have not been at all able to account for the honour of seeing you here.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Piecing together details from Agent Burger’s previous informants as well as from witnesses located by the undercover team, White was able to create a time line. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“What’s happening to Julius?” was his first question as soon as they were able to creep away to their favorite courtyard and be alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Second, he wants me to be able to find answers by myself. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jockeys, he said, would have to be able to handle their horses without aid. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’d better call your daddy and tell him you’re not going to be able to make that train. I’m afraid we might be needing you around here for the next little while.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I think—I should go find—” I reach for the door handle, sure I’m being terribly rude, but not able to stand the air in here, the smell of liquor and cigars. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He thought he might have been able to reload them out of the .45 cartridges. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s always been able to hear God’s voice. I haven’t understood everything your father’s done, but I trust that God’s willed it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to concentrate. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

You travel much farther to find fruit than leaves, so you need to be able to create mental maps. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the baseball team made it to the playoffs, so our star athlete wouldn’t be able to go on the trip. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Up ahead I knew there was a railway bridge and I thought we might be able to get across there. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Having delivered himself of various polite insincerities, and having told Mrs. Hubbard that he would order coffee to be brought to her, Poirot was able to take his leave accompanied by his two friends. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his injuries, he looked strong and able. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Pong's stomach fluttered for a moment with the worry that Yai and Yord wouldn't be there, or that they wouldn't have been able to get him a boat in time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

More important, he knew that Pollard was the jockey best able to protect his horse’s idiosyncratic body from injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I can’t even imagine not being able to sleep in on Saturday mornings.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Forever after, you’re able to spot the red light in the upstairs window or the champagne glass on the door that doesn’t open until midnight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“And that I’ll be able to remember exactly where we hid them, because it was more than a year ago.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the largely self-educated son of a Kentucky farmer, he wasn’t able to tap into the knowingly arcane by-ways of classical history with which his predecessors were able to signal their patrician credentials. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Being able to say goodbye is important—for everyone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He would return from a long day of work, empty his pockets of whatever he had been able to get, and then collapse into bed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Presently, through a little clearing in the middle of the hall, they were able to get a glimpse of the cages. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t able to mourn my parents, because I couldn’t see them.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“And he’ll be able to broadcast his recordings around the clock,” said Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the girls in The Joy Luck Club were able to overcome all the obstacles that they were faced with, why can’t I overcome mine? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

No matter what Joey said, I wasn’t ever going to be able to stop thinking of Megan Renshaw as smoking hot, and in some ways she was more accessible to me than Annie. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always shared everything I had, but never was able to share any books before. That will be mighty fine.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t they been able to get onto platform nine and three-quarters? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

How had these people, denying profit and home and God, made that hurdle that even the churches of America had not been able to make? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he wouldn’t be able to just pull from the Dregs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been able to stop myself from listening. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

João de Barros was able to claim in 1555 that Hercules’ pillars, ‘which he set up at our very doorstep, as it were,...have been effaced from human memory and thrust into silence and oblivion’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

White surveyed the terrain around the building and was able to pick out several other fireproof buildings, each of which had not only resisted the fire, but seemed to have stopped its relentless advance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed knocking them around a little bit; it gave her a certain satisfaction to be able to kick higher than the guy’s head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I’m amazed that in the end, despite everything, we were able to collect such a large population of kids that just never gave up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Turner was sure that in that light he should have been able to make out any rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The doctor said she’d probably never be able to talk again. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I reckon you and I ought to be able to give him the slip if we have to.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Terrance appeared on his brother’s plantation, he usually appraised each slave and made a note of which men were the most able and which women the most appealing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be able to do that for people one day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He leaned against a cot and finally was able to stand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Other studies have not been able to replicate even the 15-minute bump in IQ. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I won't be able to whip something up with tinfoil and gum. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly any of them held a driver’s license, though, because to pass the test they would have to be able to read. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Are we going to be able to stay friends?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was glad to have Frank at his back, big and strong and able to turn into scary animals in case those possessed tourists somehow broke through the hatch, squeezed inside, and followed them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, when you did go back, you wouldn’t be able to change recorded history. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, ’cause if it was, he wouldn’t be able to tell me, would he?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it’s fear. Mostly for you, not me. If something happened to any of you because I was there, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because if I were able to live my life again, I would do things differently. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The window, however, lets in lots of light, and I’ll be able to see just fine when I work. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart races at the thought of being able to run again, and my moment of doubt vanishes. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Only yesterday he'd been trying to recall the fellow's face, and hadn't been able to. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He won’t be able to carry me on his bicycle so I can meet him at the yard with the handcart. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And Squealer, who happened to be passing at this moment, attended by two or three dogs, was able to put the whole matter in its proper perspective. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

One of the women who was able to hold on to her purse comes out of the store, a shopping bag in hand. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Was it a boy or girl?” he asked, barely able to choke out the words. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

To work, aside from pulling up vines or drawing something in the sand, you must be able to see. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

US officials had known that the Soviets would eventually be able to build a nuclear weapon, but the nation's top intelligence experts estimated that the Soviets' nuclear capability was still four years away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whereas Washington had been able to levitate above the partisan factions, “the next president of the United States will only be the president of a party.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘I is able to tell if it is a man human bean or a lady by the breathing-voice. We has a man in there. Snortling a little bit, too.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No suggestion that he had wasted yet another night risking his life for an ungrateful foreigner who would never be able to repay him—the Aerodrome Drop-Off Principle taken to extremes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re...you’re right, Kate. He must have some way of getting to them. Which means we might be able to get to them, too. After all, we know the door codes now!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then fear that he would not be able to talk about this consuming fever made him panicky. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I myself have been under the able tutelage of a boy just turned nine; without Chase’s wisdom, I might not have made it through even my first day as a honyocker. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I think that when I get home and can study it, I may be able to figure it out. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The horse will never be able to haul those rocks through the mud,” said Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was said the able seamen insisted on keeping the ward shipshape themselves and had taken over the sweeping and the heavy bumper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If I can drop it down on them, I may be able to escape. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Only the very young ones, those who had radios and listened to the news, those who sometimes went to town and talked with the union men, were able to follow his train of thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that moment forward, she had been able to fight better than anyone else her age. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And now she wept, after her long austerity, as though she would never be able to stop. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You won’t be able to walk that far, but there are nuns all over Zimbabwe. Just find the nearest ones and tell them you’re Catholic. They can send a letter to your father.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if she were the athletic type, she’d never be able to grab hold of anything with a strong enough grip to keep her from splattering against the concrete below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I knew Burt was going to ask me to find the pictures, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It pleases me to be able to remember this. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He may have been able to work a camera, but he was slow to catch on to our request. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I’d ever be able to be near her without my neck flaring up like a boiling lobster. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Did you have any fears about her being able to defend herself?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we were making such a tremendous noise as we crashed through the underbrush that even the oldest, slowest hedgehog was able to keep far ahead of us. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what little noise he’d been able to hear through the curtain had ceased. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Would she be able to answer correctly should her prospective employers quiz her on, say, the capital cities of midsized European nations? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I had not been able to get the tobacco. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even some of President Obama’s most ardent supporters in Hollywood and New York’s creative corridors would not be able to read it without stumbling over language that is couched in politics, if not outright hypocrisy. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Your dad didn’t die, so I won’t be able to explain it to you.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner would be whatever strange thing we’d been able to buy at the side of the river, but breakfast and lunch were always limp cassava bread and fish wrapped in banana leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was keen to go to university, he wasn't able to pass the entrance exams. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m barely able to track her moves, let alone keep up with why she’s making them. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wish I’d had a group like yours where I would have been able to talk about my sorrows. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poster ripped as Diana yanked it through the narrow opening and finally was able to slap it to the brick wall next to the window. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The power they absorbed from the Uncles was stored in them, and with it they were able to control the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

If the one-eyed witch was boarded up too, he would never be able to go into Hogsmeade again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

For those teaching unions, ‘brighter’ and ‘abler' are dirty words.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We were always able at some point each day to call in at a bakery or post office, to hear the tinkle of shop bells and eavesdrop on conversations we couldn’t understand. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the result of my not being able to decide which of my mothers to trust. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Walking to school, I am feeling better, like I just may be able to pull this thing off. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sorrento, or one of his many “Halliday experts,” had obviously been able to decipher the riddle and locate the Second Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I thought perhaps that on moonlight nights Old Dan would be able to hear the deep voices of the hounds as they rolled out of the river bottoms on the frosty air. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was the least of their problems, considering there weren’t any trees to jump to—not that Cas would actually be able to do that. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was able to pull it ashore with a log. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“For not being able to live up to what we’d convinced ourselves of. That there was something special about Manifest. That we could overcome our past and start over.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

With an illegal gambling den in the basement, even gentlemen needed to be able to make a quick getaway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she feared the grandiose love that had stood so many tests would not be able to withstand the most dreadful test of all: living together. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would Neanderthals have been able to serve in the Roman legions, or in the sprawling bureaucracy of imperial China? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t be able to think of anything but initiation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was surprised at how well she was able to keep up the pace. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I want her to be able to see behind this body, to see me inside here, to know that it’s the same person she spent an afternoon with on the beach. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was not proud of his exploit, and not able to laugh at it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although Snail was happy in his work as a trader, and was always able to buy all the food that he needed, he longed to do what Tortoise did. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was dark outside, but she wasn’t going to be able to go back to sleep. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The worst part of being on punishment isn’t the cleaning up and washing dishes and raking leaves, it’s not being able to go over to Suesetta’s house after church. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I would be able to bluff and bully him a little. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They are able to take the RV, and Dad hires a nurse to travel with them for G’ma’s sake. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“But will she? Will Stef lose her arm? I can’t imagine the doctors will be able to fix it. It’s turning gray, Matt.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was knowing that I was this close and might not be able to do what I had come to do, and it was knowing that I needed to get back to Gram. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I had been kept out of their world too long ever to be able to become a real part of it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyone with that much money must be able to do something, right?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The yard was surrounded by a wall so they wouldn’t be able to go far. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was in our view essential to build up a nucleus of trained men who would be able to provide the leadership which would be required if guerrilla warfare started. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony heard Betty say that Danny was at home all evening with his father who was able to vouch for him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Those complex political units are much better able to mount a sustained war of conquest than is an egalitarian band of hunters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If they look like ordinary people, I won’t be able to tell.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike eagles, humans could choose when and where to ignite a flame, and they were able to exploit fire for any number of tasks. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know a lot of friends got the same cases like I got, not able to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By accepting the Bible, the priests explain, the Mexica “will be able to cool the heart / of He by Whom All Live, / so He will not completely destroy you.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She wasn't going to be able to make it much farther, even with the help of my shoulder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Nina might not be able to put you back, you know. Not without another dose of parem. You could be stuck like this.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I have not been able to find out. The system is rather elaborate.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, they were able to unload the cargo, carry it, and run the canoes empty down the river without a problem. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I also think that had I been able to see, I might not have been able to accept it all. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter's freedom was, for some of the white people in town, well beyond what African Americans with limited education were able to achieve through legitimate means. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In less than a year, he would have doubled his flock, and he would be able to do business with the Arabs, because he was now able to speak their strange language. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glad in her heart that she had been able to give it to them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was discovering a new power in himself: he was able to stop thinking things he didn’t want to think. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But despite his yells, the paper seemed to be able to escape the soldiers' flailing arms. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

On especially black days I sometimes tell myself that if I’d loaded up with degrees when I was able, I might not now be teaching anything quite so collegiate and hopeless as Advanced Writing 24-A. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

If he could sing the Move song, he might be able to save himself. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Not that shooting your pilot would get you anywhere fast, except down, in a Lysander, as you would not be able to take over the controls. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, we know our protective charms hold, then, don’t we? They shouldn’t be able to get within a hundred yards of the place in any direction.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In this way she was able to get herself out of bed every day. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if you are composing or arranging, it's a very good idea to be able to distinguish between these two ranges for the voices or instruments you include. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it? The brain is just one more organ, a cluster of cells and impulses. Why shouldn’t a Grisha under the influence of jurda parem be able to manipulate those impulses?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Because if I was going out with Joey, then I wouldn’t be able to go out with anyone else. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For days, when I got home from school, I found Papa lying flat and complaining about not being able to pick cotton because his back was killing him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I would have flared an ugliness of anger and he would then have been able to evict me with pleasure and good conscience. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying on a cot, hardly able to move, her dysentery had drained her so thin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This stampede is impossible to get through and I can’t reach Rufus and I’m not going to be able to touch him again while he’s still alive. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If a command was too complex, the game’s simple parsing engine wouldn’t be able to understand it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He would have liked to be able to ask the Hessians what had happened. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the training is repetitive, but Met Bong insists that only when the movements become automatic will we be able to fight well. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t be able to get much for them in Maryland, so in spite of the old master’s will, he would sell them South. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al had the good fortune to be in the vicinity and was able to score a sleeping car and two flats for a song from railroad officials desperate to free up their siding. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wondered if I would be able to make it through a single day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And just like dancing, like being able to move with each other without actually touching, in one smooth motion I handed the baton to Krystal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And he would never be able to make it right. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

But Josiah said they would grow up heavy and covered with meat like Herefords, but tough too, like the Mexican cows, able to withstand hard winters and many dry years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon said you would not be able to fly until the ball was removed from your head,” Minli told him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I will never be able to take it back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was able to see across the bush and he saw Dog, looking up and singing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he was able to say musingly, “To be or not to be.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Since I wasn’t able to spend it in the Archives, I spent some time nurturing my budding reputation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But once he figured out that the hands had to work off the control that moved like a dragonfly, he was able to figure out the others. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She would almost be able to tell the history now that it had passed through her fingers, now that she had focused on it so closely for so many days. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clumsy with fright and haste, he dropped the cotton rag three times before he was able to wrap it about the goblet as it had been before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Wailing loudly, they returned to the house wondering what they would be able to tell Kumalo when he came back the following day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And when she was asked about where Jordan had touched her, Angel was able to use the doll to show what he had done. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I don’t know if you might be able to mention that to Martin. You’re friends with him, right? I’d just rather not deal with him asking me, if I can avoid it.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She was still weak, but at least now she was able to walk outside in the sunshine and fresh air. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Russians may or may not have been able to read the wordy message, written in English, from their moving car. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The final match of the competition had been close, with Rick barely winning after he’d been able to king his final piece. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s right,” said the old man, able to read the boy’s thoughts. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When Miss Peregrine turns human again, she’ll be able to send you back. If you want to go.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Even though she had grown up on a farm, where her father had raised livestock for food, she had never been able to bear easily the death of an animal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d had the Jade Key in her possession for several days, and she still hadn’t been able to clear the Second Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

What if she’d been able to find a place to live outside of Oakland, where there weren’t so many bad influences? The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want his mom driving around in such dangerous conditions; the rain was so heavy that she wouldn’t be able to see the road very well. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you give me some grain,” he said to his friend, "then I shall be able to plant it in a small field that I have.” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would be able to hear the waves and if they would sound like the Earth breathing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We are only able to deal with them when they have made their appearance, and we must use the methods of medical care for this, as best we can, for better or worse. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men most likely to be able to give the news, she said, were Nestor and Menelaus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

With so many big boats on the water, nobody had been able to trace the pollution along Thunder Beach directly to the Coral Queen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We’ve talked about it before, of course, how Vivi thinks we’re stupid for not being able to resist the intensity of Faerie, for desiring to stay in a place of such danger. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It had been raining all morning, so we hadn’t been able to go outside and have a balloon race like Miss Rhonda had planned for us to do. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But if I made myself unsellable here, my parents need only wait until China, and there, where anything happens, they would be able to unload us, even me—sellable, marriageable. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flew back at him with both fists flailing and bloodied his mouth with a solid punch before he was able to grab her wrists and hold her still. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I love my friends but it would be so cool to be able to talk about Bloodfall with you in person. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have been able to pay for the photographs. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It meant that I was no longer able to get someone to pay for my fees at school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Storm's End was strong, it should have been able to hold out for half a year or more . . . time enough for his father to finish with Robb Stark. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We ran by Gibraltar wi’oot bein’ able to signal; an’ till we came to the Dardanelles and had to wait to get our permit to pass, we never were within hail o’ aught. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Since the chauffeur was sick they assigned him to take them and Meme was finally able to satisfy her desire to sit next to the driver and see what he did. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once again some of the animals heard this with a certain bewilderment, but Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you really have any idea how you might be able to read Dustfinger back into his story? Or were you making it up?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I knew she'd be able to handle it if anything went wrong. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was being confidential now and it was giving him pleasure to be able to talk with the understanding that I knew there was something between him and Brett. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even if we’d been able to, there was nothing we could have done. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, even in the mounting darkness, I was able to pinpoint where I was and where I needed to go. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They want to be able to secede but they don’t want anyone to want them to. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Zero could dig all day and still have the strength to learn, then he should have been able to dig all day and still have the strength to teach. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But maybe Roza wouldn’t be able to move either, maybe she was as docile and unknowing as the rest. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Lon wouldn’t be able to examine them until the Master Librarian said he was ready. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We are in jeopardy of not being able to be a class next year. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

However, the medical community ridicules him for the effort, and he’s never able to repeat his success. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was bursting with pride as people said nice things about my courage and about what we nine were doing for future generations who would be able to attend integrated schools. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, once he was able to sit and relax, the realization came back: he had killed Bonneville. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it took everything she had to be able to share a single carrot with her brother. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And some big ones as well: Would the farm boys be able to keep up with the intellectual side of the sport? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I watch it anyway, hoping to be able to read beneath it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I would do anything to have been able to give him one. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collar was not tight, but by no amount of tugging, twisting or shaking was I ever able to get it off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Would he still be able to find the Spirit Bear? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We knew we wouldn't have enough for fly outfits, but at least we might be able to get haircuts. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I may have been able to erase everyone else’s memories, but I couldn’t scrub away my own. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He straightened his legs, and as he did, the ladder rose from the water until he saw light breaking the surface, until he felt the air on his face and was finally able to exhale. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They don’t put coins over your eyes so that you will be able to pay the ferryman. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Along with the money, Kappe was able to obtain uniforms for his saboteurs, the same ones that the crew members on the submarine wore. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I will never be able to find him again.... A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

These pills were going to bring me back to my old self, able to tackle everything, functional and efficient. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Con knew that he would not be able to do this. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For a solid minute I treaded water, not going anywhere, until my heart quit racing and I was able to catch my breath. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Because of our special role, we code talkers were often able to go places where ordinary Marines hardly ever set foot. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dragons are able to change shape, and so must I. Do you understand?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither was ever able to gain any decided advantage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if, as has sometimes happened, some of the birds and mammals and fishes are able to re-establish themselves after a single spraying, a great and real harm has been done. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Blackjack is on his way. But if Silena wasn’t able to convince Clarisse, I doubt Blackjack will be able—” A roar shook the ground. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Ah! papa—that is what you never have been able to accomplish, and I do not think you ever will. Isabella cannot bear to stay behind her husband.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I will not be able to do any more work until after my midday meal.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was actually nice to be able just to reach out and hold her sister’s hand while they lay in their beds. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Still, as miserable as my life has been, I was not able to bring myself to set the plan in motion, or even to make the first move for a long time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, the point is, even though Ashley deleted her history, I was able to see what she’d done on the computer.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The driving wind and sand battered them, but they were able to stay on their feet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I calculated finally that my savings would be able to meet all the costs I might incur, and in addition, might stretch to the purchase of a new costume. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that he wouldn’t be able to see or read it, but I wanted him to have it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She must have been able to tell from my voice that this was what I wanted. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only after stopping many times that she managed her task, and when she had returned she felt as if she would never be able to walk again. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

No one would be able to see them, but she would know all day that they were there. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Money? No money was stolen. After all, there was no money to steal, for I had not been able to vend even one of these delicacies. He stole the hot dogs. “ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smart person would be able to put the Hillpark Gym Graffiti Incident—which most of East Shoal knew about—together with my community service. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Soon he was stuck fast and would have not been able to move any more on his own. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be able to hear him without the bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But even if I weren’t a stranger, even if we’d spent our entire lives together, I wouldn’t be able to stay in there with my father forever. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They were men of middling birth, by and large; merchants' sons, lesser lordlings, sometimes even foreigners, but judging from their results, far more able than their highborn predecessors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Connor’s mom looked so embarrassed about the situation that I felt bad Connor hadn’t been able to give her some kind of warning about me coming over. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She would never be able to thank Alexandra enough for coming to stay with Atticus. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In a sense, I was able to take whatever form was demanded of me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been able to tell if he was kidding. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or “I’m sure you do a good job at money management. However, did you know most wives outlive their husbands? If something should happen to you, would she be able to handle everything by herself?” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, he was never able to describe what he had seen: something huge, yes; something with the body of an enormous snake, but with the head of a what...? The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Madoc might still be able to assert some authority over Faerie until Oak got back, but he wouldn’t be able to make Oak as bloodthirsty, as inclined toward war. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The hours tangle together, a mess of night sweats and medicine and not being able to keep anything in my stomach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She slipped her hands under his armpits, for it seemed as though she would not be able to dam the spread of weakness she felt under her skin without holding on to something. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I grinned back and then looked out my own window, hardly able to keep myself from giggling. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I thought about how painful it must have been, to want to help and not be able to. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As far as he was able, he kept his anxiety to himself, but one day when they were alone, he asked Fiver whether he thought Kehaar would return. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By dint of much elbow grease, I was able to get both windows in the truck almost completely rolled down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"I trust, Madam Hwin, you will accept such assistance and protection as I may be able to give you on the journey?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal with it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

This phenomenon was exciting for researchers trying to understand the mechanisms of cancer, because it suggested that they might be able to study the moment a normal cell becomes malignant. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I would never be able to give up Leandro to some higher ideal the way I feel Minerva and Manolo would each other if they had to make the supreme sacrifice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had been sweating, trembling, barely able to load his rifle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had been able to break the curse myself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the pumpkin was quite hollow and they were able to push the youngest boy inside it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Whenever James was able to get his hands on a book—and there weren't many around一he read it over and over. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was able to rent an ancient mansion that had belonged to one of the great saltpeter fortunes before they invented the synthetic substitute that had shot the whole industry to hell. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am thrilled to be here and able to return home in a few days. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she finishes her apprenticeship, she’ll be able to open her own shop. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing much better, and soon you’ll be able to return to your sheep. Why ask more out of life?” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone who has access to the scores would be able to see it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you’re safe. You know, if you’d talk to a few more folks, they might have been able to tell me where you were.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And for a little while I was able to forget about my conversation with Dad and about eventually having to tell Mom about the band. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Grandfather clauses allowed whites to vote even if they couldn’t meet the requirements, as long as their ancestors had been able to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the last days before the DNC, and he hasn’t been able to catch the coffeepot before it’s empty in a week. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We will do everything we can. But we might not be able to save him.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents were so upset—it was shameful not to be able to feed your kids. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He also didn't want the Nazis to know how they were able to capture the saboteurs so quickly. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

"She must have parked it facing the Hab or she wouldn't have been able to plug it in," he said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had overcome his fear of the dogs, he was able to appreciate the beauty of the moment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a few tries, but finally Pong was able to use the staff to flip the keys off the wall. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Many of the students in the yeshiva I attended prayed there, too, and it was good to be able to be with them on a Shabbat morning. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Piper wondered if she would ever be able to break through that barrier. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Six days later, by the following Wednesday evening, she was able not only to lift the cigar up into the air but also to move it around exactly as she wished. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to be able to go on with Phoebe’s story, because when I was talking about Phoebe, I wasn’t thinking about much else. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She was able to close her eyes and simply feel the needle move through the fabric, pulled by the urgent, vibrating threads. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She likes you, boy, and if you can’t tell that, you aren’t going to be able to tell a rifle from a cap gun in this war. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We will never be able to live in the same place in peace. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It provided for my family. My mother was widowed at forty-six. Every month, I was able to send her a good check.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Would I be able to recognize a wild one? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He might actually be able to help me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We’re never going to be able to tear this place down! The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were conversing in Arabic, and the boy was proud of himself for being able to do so. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad I was on the ground, because I suddenly felt so weak, I didn’t think I’d have been able to hold on to the branches. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would we be able to make a difference with a few flyers and signs? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A way we are able to see what another person saw at a very specific moment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Just think about this, will you? You have never been able to explain how you chose the members of your team. You have given answers but no explanations." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

A swarm of dementors was gliding amongst the trees; he could feel their chill, and he was not sure he would be able to pass safely through it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It was Miss Bunting and myself whom they wanted. I was able to escape, but Miss Bunting was not so fortunate.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the students learned about the pain of Anne Frank, Zlata Filipovic, and others—and saw themselves—were we able to come together as a “family” and label ourselves the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But if my abilities had been stronger tonight, I would have been able to see exactly what Adam was feeling when he kissed me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

If someone had afterwards asked him to repeat the preacher’s words, he would not have been able to do so. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The amount of food the rabbits produced was not very large, but once inside the wood the bird clearly felt safer and was able to hobble about and do some foraging for itself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “One thing is certain. Lieutenant Baird needs to see this. There is so much of your story here. More than I think you have ever been able to tell him.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She’d be able to find the camp no problem, but I’d been hoping the magical boundaries would just keep her out like a force field. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

With his shoulders bearing the weight, he was able still to use his walking sticks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t be able to control what memories they saw, but they would be limited to recent ones unless the memory was particularly strong. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t suppose he’d be able to do much useful surgery up there, but if I fell and broke my back at least I’d know the Latin names for what was wrong with me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to be able to do everything for all the kids,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But they were weak enough that most people — even small children — were able to fight them off and survive them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On ordinary days we have to speak in a whisper; not being able to talk or move at all is ten times worse. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Surely they will be able to see through me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the scuffle that followed, the slaves scattered and were able to reach safety in Canada, but one of the slave catchers was killed, and members of the patrol were arrested. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While this information wouldn’t normally have been very useful, the reporters were able to pin down the exact times at which the workouts had been held. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry wouldn’t have been able to sleep even if he had been traveling on a bus that didn’t keep banging loudly and jumping a hundred miles at a time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His first wife was only able to have one child, which was why he married again. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The hangman was doing a brisk trade in murderer’s wash water, but Beetle was at last able to secure a bottle. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got himself fixated on big and abstract issues, fueled by some crazy sense that he might be able to do something about them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But might we be able to live on Mars? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The county had sent me an assortment of drugs including a little penicillin, so I was able to give the child a shot. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She used to be able to understand. We'd sit for hours----" He broke off and began to walk up and down a desolate path of fruit rinds and discarded favors and crushed flowers. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Stanley's hole would have to be as deep as his shovel, and he'd have to be able to lay the shovel flat across the bottom in any direction. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

This is not the first time I’ve had these thoughts, but it’s the first time I’ve really been able to articulate them. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They spent exactly enough time among the vases of ancient Greece to be able to man their waiting stations and not be discovered. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to their wet-climate crops inherited from their West African homeland, the Bantu were able to farm in wet areas of East Africa unsuitable for all those previous occupants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy began again to read his book, but he was no longer able to concentrate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long story about how Marshall had saved the Professor from being unjustly accused and described the murderer so that the police were able to catch him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted people to be able to buy their food from local farmers instead of from big corporations. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s plenty of work that needs doing, son, and until I get feeling good again, I don’t know how much I’ll be able to do by myself.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Right about then, I was considering doing the same thing to our town house so my parents wouldn't be able to hunt me down and end my short life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Even if the Americans won, some people would never be able to get back what they had lost. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

His Noise is just wild colors and pictures and things I won’t ever be able to say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“When these are done, every man of them will be able to work a lunar.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bowed his head and prayed once quickly, then was able to relax and compose himself. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he made use of his reputation for generosity in order to gain the papacy, Pope Julius II then decided not to maintain this reputation, in order to be able to wage war. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Scraper pain, not axed pain, so I reckoned I'd be able to walk. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Many men in prison were able to handle anything the authorities did to them, but the thought of the state doing the same thing to their families was almost impossible to bear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can do that, easy. I can find out anything that you know and no one else does, something that only a daemon would be able to find out.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he did study his hardest, would he be able to catch up on the math he needed to solve the problems on the exam? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“God, you’re naive. I guess this explains how that League woman was able to trick you into thinking you were something less than a monster.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She looked to Martin, and he said what she had not been able to say. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once the truck reached the pickup window, the driver would be able to see Marcus. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then they were able to see past the wall of flashing lights. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I scrubbed at the dried blood and grime beneath my fingernails, thinking of the remorse I would never be able to wash down a sink. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But at the moment, he was still able to move around, and I thought I should take advantage of that. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Unconfined by walls, it thinned, and I was able to take in more of the guests at a glance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than not being able to be with her or be around her would be living in a world that she didn’t exist in at all. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I am the lead, Soledad, because no other girl is able to cry on command, and that is essential to the part. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if she had been able to enter college, it wouldn’t have worked out because she was put on the day shift after all. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would never be able to depict the very bleakness of bombing hungry people. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

War Admiral quieted down and Milton was finally able to break the field in good order. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tremendously frustrating not to be able to touch my wife, to speak tenderly to her, to have a private moment together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if there was something in the air she might be able to clutch. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He spins around, and before he’s even able to grasp the situation, the container of powdered bleach has already slipped down the side of the tub and splashed into the water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

With all her seniority, people said, she ought to be able to bid something good—meaning easy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women I worked with begged to be able to tell their families back in the ghetto good-bye, to tell them where they were being taken, but the Nazis didn’t listen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had only been able to block Clancy out of my mind once, and not before he had found out about what had happened to Sam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Skadden was so big, Kramer said, that it was hard to imagine the firm growing beyond that and being able to promote any of those hires. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The idea that Frank should be able to control the spirits? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve barely been able to live with myself for surviving something my family didn’t—something that wasn’t even my fault. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She might be able to earn food or money, somehow. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chili peppers, squashes, amaranths, and chenopods are other crops of which different but related species were domesticated in Mesoamerica and South America, since no species was able to spread fast enough to preempt the others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not if he wanted to be able to lean over a pool table for a shot exposing his back to his customers’ husbands. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the thought of not being able to tell my best friend that my paw was caught in the trap was too sad. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Best of all, this meant that I might be able to resell the horse at a bit of a profit after I reached Trebon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When, the following year, Oklahoma entered the Union as the forty-sixth state, members of the tribe were able to sell their surface land in what was now Osage County. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Actually Mrs. Clarke was well able to remember most of the actual names, but once the information entered Penelope’s head it dissolved into gibberish. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Being so small, he was able to crawl up behind the Dragon without being seen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When given a choice, most people in the ghetto, like anywhere else, would prefer to be able to work, support their families, and live without fear of harm or violence, if given the chance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

From the tiny barred window of their cell the women could see them, so close that if they had been able to reach out they could have touched them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had doubts now about my being able to enter school that fall. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they had finished the brick wall—topped with broken glass and coils of barbed wire—I had not been able to visit Janina. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Another fifteen minutes and what had seemed like a laugh­able dream that morning had suddenly become reality: It was just me and the other guy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to go home,” he was just able to whisper. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I might have been able to trade the Kingslayer for Father, but . . ." ". . . but not for the girls?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After a few tugs and grunts, Connor was able to slide the door open enough that we could squeeze through the opening. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If I’m out of the hospital in a few days, I’ll be able to read soon.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t need to be able to walk to slide down the zip line or fire a gun.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And Hooper would not be able to do anything to him, either, nothing at all, he would not even try. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you see that, Ellie? Growing old is a terrible disease. Things you take for granted, you lose. Your ability to walk. Your vision. Your hearing. Even being able to go to the bathroom.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

For the first time he feared he might not be able to find his way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We would never be able to explain it adequately. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It isn’t exactly like that, but at least I’m able to smile when I cross the finish line. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I would never be able to be a surgeon or an astronaut or an actress, no matter how angrily I proclaimed I would be. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He not infrequently groups all people together as being hypocritical, hostile, and deserving of whatever he is able to do to them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were able to stop the bleeding, but your teacher remains in a coma,” Dr. Wilkins continued. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“If a lot of refugees come, we won’t be able to feed everyone this winter,” another farmer was saying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

You were underneath it, really thinking you would be able to find a way to patch all those holes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The little padding I was able to put on by gorging myself during prep time in the Capitol is gone, plus several more pounds as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I remained his wife because it was one thing I was able to do each day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a bit better, able to sit up without getting too dizzy, and I'm absolutely famished. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

To think the poor, humble old fellow once had been able to make things like that! Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d be surprised how much you forget when you grow up. Stuff that used to be an adventure becomes scary. You worry about getting hurt and not being able to go to work.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the pressing need of unsatisfied love had passed, they regained their composure and were able to return to normal. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voting was absolutely free, as Aureliano himself was able to attest since he spent almost the entire day with his father-in-law seeing that no one voted more than once. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That’s why we were able to flee from Stalin into the barbed arms of Hitler. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My family might be able to help me choose, if I could talk about my results. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sammy was then able to offer some little stake, to help her back on her feet. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even his granddaughter’s prodigious talent for extravagance was able to make a dent in his purse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First,” she says, “before I show you anything, you have to accept that you won’t be able to tell anyone—even Tris— about what you see. Are you all right with that?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She had it now in almost every detail, but in the end it all depended upon her being able to do one very special thing with her eye-power. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m glad I was able to. But look, you promised to tell me about his mother.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

So the more venom a creature has, the more we should be able to forgive that animal. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Each day, I awake feeling weaker and weaker, my arms, fingers, stomach, feet, and toes feeling heavier, until I am no longer able to train or work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacqui herself is a loaded gun with a hair trigger—and the fact that she, in this moment, is able to recognize that, makes her seem slightly less mental. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My mom applied for a license to be able to operate a business on the property. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He would never be able to make a pot unless he could continue his relationship with the potter. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Empires with steel weapons were able to conquer or exterminate tribes with weapons of stone and wood. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I could spit, out the window, or throw something, the cushion for instance, I might be able to hit him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oak was very hard, and took real strength to work, but swimming had given Robin good muscle in his arms, so that little by little he was able to shape the staff. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

None of the arrogance, just pure relief he’s still alive and able to hold his girlfriend again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Not being able to get wet was a problem for Dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We also worried about the rocket blast from Eagle, our lunar module, which might kick up a lot of dust and prevent Neil Armstrong from being able to see well enough to land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think for an important man like you we should be able to find a bed at the Merciful Sisters.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I doubt very much you’ll be able to understand why, but I suppose I have to explain if things are to make any sense at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He made a threatening movement, but I was able to quickly gain control of the situation.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At first even the cook's huge fat kitchen cat had been able to elude her, but Syrio had kept her at it day and night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was heavy and smelly and I was a little worried about what else this special chicken might be able to do, but I carried the crate all the way up to the henhouse anyway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I wouldn't have been able to pay you otherwise. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her head, she calculates how long it would take to halt the train, how long she might be able to keep her heart beating. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It takes a great deal of listening and understanding to be able to listen to and appreciate this music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Her name wasn’t on the ballot; she hadn’t been able to pay the necessary fees. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After school, Mr. Daniels apologizes for not being able to help me today because he has class at the college. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even though she wouldn’t be able to make out much from this altitude, she needs to get a sense of things; an overview that can at least give her a little bit of comfort. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As we drew nearer, the castle appeared more vast than the entire village, and the sun itself was not able to brighten its gray stone walls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“If anyone is climbing those logs, it will be me. I’m taller and better able to reach from log to log.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“No one’s been able to help, it’s been forty-five days now, I thought you might...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He had not been able to find a map, only the one Mr Hooper had in his desk, which he could look at, but dared not take. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then they got angry; they could not stand my father any longer, they said, because he no longer was able to drag himself outside to relieve himself. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, most important, he was able every day to live out his dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were you able to follow that, or have I been skipping from one subject to another again? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But if I could talk to Benny again, he would be able to tell about it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And she—who lost someone dear to her that day, just as I did—was able to forgive me; an act that must have been nearly impossible. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My father recovered slowly, and it was only at the end of May that he was able to return to his teaching. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly I’m not going to be able to overpower them—especially with their psychotic red-haired pit bull around. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Had I been able to find part-time jobs to fill my spare time, I probably wouldn’t have continued playing tennis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Users are supposed to be able to control the NeuroLink with their minds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You must be able to remember. If you’re round the back with the pond behind you, and you’re looking over towards the North Playing Field...” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Sunday, she told Dad and me about a book that had just been “written” by a Frenchman who was totally paralyzed, except for his left eye, which he was able to blink. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro was not able to read the paper after supper that night. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you never hear from us again, well, one day you’ll be able to tell our story. You can tell your kids about us. Or your grandkids. And we won’t entirely be forgotten.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Daylight could not come in, but he was able to recognize it by the tenuous change in the cracks of the blinds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When this is over,” Henry says, as I start the car, “I hope we’ll all be able to let bygones be bygones.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I would thank you for precise information on this head, for I have not been able to get any,” he wrote to the comptroller of the treasury, Oliver Wolcott. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

My brothers and my mother were able to make some of the other preparations for me—collecting sticks and gum for the arrows, collecting the rope to bind them with. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one of the things that Van Riper taught me was that being able to act intelligently and instinctively in the moment is possible only after a long and rigorous course of education and experience. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He held Maddie’s cipher sheet in front of him as they walked:“I’ll be able to crack this in no time,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I saw it as an early test, a trial run that could help me determine what I might be able to accomplish as First Lady, a literal way to root myself in this new job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But that’s not my fault! He didn’t have it on him. I might have been able to talk to the guy about it if the Sundance Kid hadn’t shot him.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our school auditorium is massive, probably able to fit at least six hundred people. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the sweet calm, surrounded by everything I loved—moonlight, air, grass, animals, earth, people—I wondered, with a pang, how much longer I would be able to savor such moments. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In his first sickening horror he could not move, and the two sisters were able to flee. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, Geyer wrote, “I was not able to appreciate the intense significance of the renting of the Poplar Street house and the delivery of a stove of such immense size.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If being a man meant always having to act confident and never being able to admit feeling sadness or self-doubt, it was just as much of a trap as being a woman was. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Sure, Dad,” he'd be able to say, "here's yer money. I kept it on me in case the pigs raided our house, like.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We were able to lift some solid fingerprints off the windowsill and the Xbox console.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mother fiddled with a pen and paper for several minutes, but she wasn’t able to solve any of the first five equations. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Although I had the reputation of being a firebrand, I always felt that the organization should never promise to do more than it was able, for the people would then lose confidence in it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very tempting offer, though how they would be able to keep their mission secret from Lupin if he were with them all the time he could not imagine. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But this is a distinction so extremely hard to make that the West has not been able to make it yet. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

You’d have to be a sad case not to be able to get a job in a country that’s at war especially with Yanks pouring in and spending money right and left. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But my mother’s concerns were valid: I didn't know if I would be able to cope. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Aided by bucklers and their own agility, the Spanish got in between and underneath the Germans’ long pikes and were able to hurt them at their pleasure, without the Germans having any remedy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I just also want to be able to text you like a normal person. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never be able to have anything half so grand at my wedding.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It took a lot of tactful correspondence before Kepler was able to soothe Tycho’s offended feelings and restore friendly relations with the great astronomer. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They’re going to get accepted to college and become physical therapists or kindergarten teachers or financial analysts and they still won’t be able to locate Florida on a map. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He paid no attention to their sorrow, though, as he knew that he would be able to capture the snake and bring it back to the village. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“And my father leaves me alone because he wouldn’t be able to stand the outrage if I expose the fact that there is no rehabilitation program, not for people like you and me.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you’ll be able to make us very comfortable, you and your wife,” she said, putting a tone of finality into her voice. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

When school let out, Hazel thanked Stella and said she’d be able to finish it all by herself the next day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It's my way of telling her I’m not going to be able to agree to this proposition. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The ground staff was by now equipped with radar, and the deputy chief navigator, Nina Slovokhotova, was able to update Tamara and Raya by radio to tell them where to find the German attack planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Henry goes silent, and Alex wants so badly to see the shadows of expressions moving across his face, to be able to touch them with his fingertips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We all three have the same thought; even if he should get better, he would be able to use only one—they are no use to him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is true. You should be able to tell the difference.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

God knows what I would have given to be able to sleep a few moments. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know if I'll actually be able to find my aunt. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have been able to buy even a penny’s worth of war stamps otherwise, let alone a Liberty Bond. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There’s no other way I’ll be able to carry him on the hovercraft, and he means the world to my sister. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt has color in his cheeks again, and he is able to lead Sunday services for the first time in many weeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our conversations were now stilted and reserved, as if we were both afraid of revealing some key piece of information the other might be able to use. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I'm wondering if I'd be able to grab on to the back of this truck and hitch a ride. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the game’s simple two-sentence room descriptions were able to conjure up vivid images in my mind’s eye. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And with the steady advances in telecommunications, they would soon be able to disseminate their own digital content in so many new ways to so many more people. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

So it was quite an achievement when in 1946 he was able to announce with some confidence that the Earth was at least three billion years old and possibly rather more. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I think, through the lens of many years passed, that she had counted on the constant of always being able to love me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You might be able to go through this whole experience as an observer,” I said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

People who signed the twenty-five-year sentence were able to go to the village. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“If we attack, she will be able to defend herself with magic,” Grandma said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

‘Perhaps tomorrow you might be able to come to the hospital with me – yes, now that is a good idea! I shall remember to ask Sister.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone else seemed to be able to see skin color just fine. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, baby,” she whispered, barely able to speak with the blood in her throat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The only person who might’ve been able to reach out and save her from herself. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Wilfrido has been to La Cocina, and we might not be able to collect as much evidence if he sees you.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They opened their throttles to full speed, and even then they were only just able to keep up. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a lot of conditioning, the jockey might be able to ride in May. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“M. Ratchett spoke to me yesterday. He told me, as far as I was able to understand him, that he was in danger of his life.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have much rope. I suppose he will be able to undo the knots eventually. But at least we will have some time to get away.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was able to eat the rest of his meal without another word from Chuck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And each time you left it, each time your child passed out of your sight, you feared you might never be able to return to that place again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Readick played and replayed the recording until he was able to imitate the same reaction when his character sees the extraterrestrials emerge from their spaceship. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t be able to get through it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

‘Many have tried. Even Artemis’s own brother, Apollo, was not able to kill me back in the ancient times. He had to use trickery to get rid of me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I myself don’t understand why we weren’t able to go to school just because the SIM were on our doorstep. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

If you have managed to push your arms and legs as far as they can go, then you will be able to stand up, just barely, and get someone to zip the back closed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was not going to be able to get to me, because his matchless coordination was gone. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have been able to just sit in there without thinking about everything that went down with Lovey’s mom. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Commandant thinks I’m dead, so if I can get the slaves’ cuffs off, I might be able to leave Serra. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’d been able to avoid Sheriff Dean all these months, and even though he seemed to have evaded his past, he didn’t want a face-to-face encounter now. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The stairs had long ago rotted away, but I was able to press a foot into a divot in the lacey concrete wall and leap upward, my arms just clearing the second floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she tried to get us back, the caseworker said she had to be able to provide food for us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When the couple and their daughter had returned from their sabbatical, Pearl had not even been able to look at the girl, tanned and wiry and too tall now for those dresses in the closet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We ought to be able to catch us a few by the night of the play.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As a doctor, with his finger against a pulse, is able to feel the heart rate, when I am up there speaking, I can feel the reaction to what I am saying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were able to talk at length, and we talked of little else but Palestine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll be able to figure out this Tyler mess at track practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He leaned his forehead against the greasy pane of the window, wondering whether he would ever be able to give as much as he hoped to receive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even had Florence been able to find a language unmistakable in which to convey her prophecies, Elizabeth could not have heeded her because Gabriel had become her strength. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

If he was home, I wouldn’t have been able to come. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Can you be jealous of your mom for being able to handle things? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But eventually they relented, and we were able to cut out a small garden on a narrow patch of earth against the far wall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise, y’all will be able to hear everything from out here!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Inside the lobby, I found an empty bunk and collapsed, sure that I would never be able to sleep. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“As you know, we ran out of time on Monday, and we weren’t able to vote on a topic,” she says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, oh. I might not be able to stop Daddy if he decided to sell you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew that in London I would be able to obtain literature on guerrilla warfare that I had been unable to acquire elsewhere. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By his calculations, he wouldn’t be able to retire before he turned ninety-eight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The next day, Easter Monday, the office was going to be closed, which meant we wouldn’t be able to move around until Tuesday morning. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"Yes, you’ll be happy to know that a farmer in the next village wants to adopt her. He and his wife haven’t been able to have children." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I hoped that wouldn’t change our being able to speak our minds. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet peas and collards, green peppers and cukes lettuce and melon, berries and peaches and one day when I'm able, my grandfather says, I'm gonna figure out how to grow myself a pecan tree. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

If the vases had fallen among those shrubs, he would never be able to find them. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She caught it with the tips of her fingers and fought desperately until she was able to plant her feet firmly on the riverbed and pull the craft within reach of a tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because if I was, I'd still be able to see the gum, right there inside me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aarfy was a lead navigator who had never been able to find himself since leaving college. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

However, Mother and I had been able to get hold of eight scrawny cows, mainly from people who owed us a lot of money. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were able to do something for Mr. Benjamin, really help him. And I...I ain’t done much at all for anyone.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Would he be able to set his own ideas aside long enough to hear other people’s? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s so fast, you won’t even be able to see it.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I told her everything I’d been able to gather, she walked out to the balcony and closed the door behind her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Grant was then able to get ahead and block Lee’s path to the Carolinas. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I may be a terrible man,” Count Olaf said, “but I have been able to concoct a foolproof way of getting your fortune, which is more than you’ve been able to do.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

By the beginning of September, he was able to write to Ky Ebright, down in Berkeley, in a tone markedly different from that of just a year before. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been able to figure out what magic my brother cast to make someone like her stay with him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As soon as you are able, comeback to Rose Hill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He figured we didn’t have enough to seed the crops next year or pay interest on the loan from the bank to cover the money he wasn’t able to pay back. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks we women are quite tough to be able to withstand the loss of blood, and that I am too. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He leads a prayer and asks God to help migrants safely arrive at their destinations, find work, and be able to return to their countries someday. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Hanako didn’t think she would be able to walk out there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had been reducing drastically to make weight for another horse, and was barely able to stand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can make them spin around alright but we have not been able to determine how many times and therefore what speeds we have been able to produce.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Inside the meat was a hard stone that no child had ever been able to break open. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be able to slice up the quiet and serve it on toast!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But it was still the place where kids had mastered enough skills to be able to do something with them. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The queen was indisposed and would not be able to leave her chambers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nobody was ever able to fathom why Tillie liked to spit into the food. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was thus that I had been able to gain some sense of the sort of place Miss Kenton had gone to live her married life. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no work and I wouldn’t be able to support. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much money, and he didn’t want to accept what little I was able to press on him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twelve of us that showed up had been able to put away only two or three feet of the pair of six-foot-long grinders wrapped in blue cellophane. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was supposed to be a time at recess but few children were able to take advantage of that. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself less able to conceal the evidences of stress, in my uncomfortable borrowed tuxedo, and with my less-than-extensive knowledge of dining etiquette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then, spotting the look on Hermione’s face, he said, “Come on, how’m I supposed to concentrate with all this noise going on? I won’t even be able to hear the egg over this lot.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, we were able to get sentences that meant they could both be released after serving a few more years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In New York, California, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii, a woman had been able to obtain a legal abortion for at least two years before Roe v. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, three more chickens needed my help, and I wouldn’t be able to find my way on my own. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

That way, if we ever had to leave, they’d be able to get by on their own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But in a timid, breaking voice Tessie asked, “Will she be able to have children?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We would persevere and make a name for ourselves, and I would go to school, an English school where Jews were able to learn right beside gentiles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They had sailed with a sorry crew and arrived with able seamen—with very able seamen! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight Neel was able to push through the bushes and find the thin trail that circled the water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then you would barely be able to see a difference between my spots and the rest of me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But she hadn't been able to come up with a single idea that seemed good enough. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The rain stayed soft over the weekend, quiet, so I was able to sleep well. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“My, you are a feisty thing. If Ethyne is not able to fix your wing, rest assured that we will make you a comfortable home and life for the rest of your days. Ethyne...” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

By the evening, however, Napoleon appeared to be somewhat better, and the following morning Squealer was able to tell them that he was well on the way to recovery. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Would I be able to do my best onstage—ignore all the buzzing in my head, all the noisy distractions, and just hear the beautiful blue sky of my trumpet? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stayed in the sewing room, spinning out dire predictions for the newlyweds, every one of which was borne out to the letter, as all concerned were later able to verify. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ghost had disappeared when Richard sat in the chair, and now that she was no longer distracted she was better able to focus on the matter at hand: Richard and his mysterious conversation. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn't until we ascended the stairs that I was finally able to take in the crowd, or at least try to. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was no physical act, no word spoken aloud, that they had not noticed, no train of thought that they had not been able to infer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It’s good to be able to help a son. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She saw how the curves and lines in combinations made the sounds, and that he was then able to say them back to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been able to figure out why she wanted to read at such a late hour, but one glance at the major’s bleary-eyed glare and I had an inkling. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Without him I wouldn’t be able to stick it out here. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My father would not be able to protect us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

If Newt and the others hadn’t been able to solve the Maze after two years of searching, it seemed impossible there could actually be a solution. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was an experience some people weren't able to cope with. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not able to feel anything between my eyes right now, but my hip is sore from the position on the floor. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’d flown close enough to Galina in that air battle to be able to recognize her as a woman—and he’d chosen not to fire his guns at her because she was a woman. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She’d never had a chance to learn proper shooting with Amaya, and she certainly wasn’t going to be able to learn much with everything else going on. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s just boring not being able to gossip with anyone. The boys were cute, but the girls there had no sense of style. Most of them were wearing the ugly brigaduita uniforms. Ugh.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The fourth and final approaching creature was able to stop in time, teetering on the very edge of the cliff, a spike and a claw holding it in place. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Why should an ice cream company be able to profit only from improvements that we are conscious of? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My success wasn’t only measured by wins on the fencing strip, but also by the number of people I was able to touch and inspire by sharing my story of triumph. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nothing could get to him, not even Birdie, who always seemed to be able to untangle the words that he struggled to find. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have been able to bear it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had no idea why she hadn’t been able to get me back. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

‘But what then, Sam Gamgee, what then? When you get there, what are you going to do? He won’t be able to do anything for himself.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Every counterintelligence man's dream is to be able to secretly read the enemy's communications," Lamphere reflected. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aurora and Ares were able to fly now, although the space was dangerous for riders. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For years, Anthony had been able to publish notices of women’s rights meetings in the Anti-Slavery Standard, an abolitionist newspaper, at a discount. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Thousands were able to find temporary shelter in other parts of Chicago, while others simply abandoned the city altogether, preferring to start fresh in other cities. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed against the floor with his toes and then he was finally able to grab the ledge! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now that the old dyer’s threads were almost gone — and the woman herself was gone too — Kira found herself desperately hoping that she would be able to remember and to create the dyes alone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lagged behind after every Potions lesson that week in an attempt to corner Slughorn, but the Potions master always left the dungeon so fast that Harry had not been able to catch him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I might not be able to swat the next one and put it out with my hands. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured they might be able to guess who’d thrown that bayonet into the stockade, but nobody would be able to prove anything. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you both very much. I’m glad you were able to follow the boy. Now please, I’ll take care of things from here.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Beth was soon able to lie on the study sofa all day, amusing herself with the well-beloved cats at first, and in time with doll’s sewing, which had fallen sadly behind-hand. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We formed an exclusive—eccentric!—society, separated from others who would never care or be able to share our concerns. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be able to tell,” her mother told her, “because wherever they touch, they’ll leave a bit of gold dust behind.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t ask Lev or Gavril for information, there was one other person I knew who might be able to find out more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Anything that you might be able to use. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

What was the thing, I wonder, the one and final thing she had not been able to endure or repeat? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Said he was from the university. He gave me this. Said you should look him up when you get to the U. That he might be able to use a fellow like you.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I see the pain in his face and feel the heaviness in his heart at not being able to bring us food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said we can’t hide from our fears. We have to be able to talk about them, or else they’ll fester like poison, eating us from the inside.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I’m even angry at Gandhi for not being able to stop it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want her to feel what I feel, listening to her but not being able to touch her. Better that she shouldn’t know.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know some people my dad did business with, they might be able to help,” Curt said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is not possible, by listening to the music, to perceive the underlying design, although a skilled score reader may be able to plot its workings by studying the music on the page. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The whole story is question- 1 oo able, and the idea that we ourselves could have been produced by such an act is an outrage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She surely would not be able to lie to him indefinitely about his father, for one day he would be old enough to realize that it was not his father’s name he bore. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

For the first few months after Sam’s death I was not able to do much more than my basic chores. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way, he was able to safeguard the entire text from the authorities and smuggle it out when he was released in 1976. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone needs to clean up the mess in the dormitory, and since I doubt I’ll ever be able to sleep again, it might as well be me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is procedural: it is about knowing bow to do something without necessarily knowing why you know it or being able to explain it. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The machine had enough forward momentum to be able to fly on its planes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were holdfasts and farming villages along the road south where he might be able to trade the mare for a fresh mount when he needed one, but not if she were injured or blown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“If Miss Lilian recovers,” Mother was saying, “she might be able to tell the police something about Diana and Georgie. Maybe she saw something, heard something, maybe—” She broke off and began to cry. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Remember, you will eventually need to be prepared well enough to not only speak as if you are Alexander Graham Bell, but to be able to answer questions about him too.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be able to talk about them. Or we could talk about literally anything else that’s more interesting, which is probably everything.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In this way Duke was able to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for his continuing work in the field of white supremacy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Be that as it may, since that first witticism concerning the gypsies, I have not been able to think of other such witticisms quickly enough. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

No longer a prisoner in the attic, she felt better able to enjoy the fine weather. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry you weren’t there for me, but it doesn’t matter, because even if you were, you wouldn’t be able to feel what I feel. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Slytherin, according to the legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

All I seemed able to do was pant. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If that were the case,” Tocco said, “you wouldn’t have been able to sell a cemetery plot in this town, let alone a house or a business.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Marcus was saving up to be able to rent his own apartment. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gregor began to doubt he would be able to pull out of it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think Laney and Hyacinth will be able to leave them,” Jessie said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Where seconds before he’d been able to see the distinct form of the funnel, he now could see only a flat expanse of white. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Kelley wasn’t going to be able to get out of this one. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But as much as I feared being punished, it was worse watching Luke suffer and not being able to help him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Because if all they had said was true, then Mae, even if she were the crudest of murderers and deserved to be put to death—Mae Tuck would not be able to die. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least being able to bring home free baked goods is a perk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now, with my pendant, I will be able to talk to Lita. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some people were only able to gape at her, but many talked and those that did found her warmer and gentler than she had ever been before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Somebody said you should be able to learn it in two weeks.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Imagine not being able to figure out later if the thought in your head is really yours or an unintentional keepsake from someone else’s mind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Once people were able to do that, they gradually discovered that some sticks or stones had a handier shape than others, and they put them aside for future use. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I was able to tell myself, without lying, that it didn’t affect me, that he didn’t affect me, because nothing affected me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I'll be able to dig them out with a day or so of work. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They guard the portal between our worlds. We have managed to buy some time, and I was able to slip past...” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But the old man won’t be able to see you till Tuesday.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he was able to see the concern, the worry on his face. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most players wouldn’t have been able to dodge it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without the brains of the Sicilian, he, Inigo, would never be able to command jobs of this caliber. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They congratulated him on being able to account for every penny of the money earned through sales and expended for their needs. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were going to miss his rants and all his knowledge about random animals and insects, and if Shelly would be able to spot a bedbug like he had taught her. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Nobody’s really been able to figure out how to ride her, to be honest. A couple of my men have tried though.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In our mutual sincerity we might be able to show a road to the salvation of America’s veiy soul. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he’ll be able to pull it off tomorrow. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Plus, I like being able to breathe when I want. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“In Cincinnati we’ll get a room in a motel. We brought plenty of blankets so you kids will be able to sleep on the floor.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was able to sit up in bed a lot and take notice of things. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you show me how to access the othernet? I want to be able to check social media.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be able to download them into an iPod. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

With Emeline gone and neatly disposed of, he now was able to concentrate on his growing web of enterprises. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you’ll be able to talk to him. You went to bed so early last night. I was a little worried.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At this rate, I’d never be able to add to my flock. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And we would’ve been able to draw that out a lot longer if Happy McSnorfles over there hadn’t ruined the whole thing by laughing.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, Jason and Percy were sitting up in their berths and able to talk in complete sentences. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no,” the chaplain protested, wondering miserably why they were not able to understand. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At least she'll be able to visit the zoo before her surgery. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I supposed it could have been buried in our fields, but if that was the case, there was no way I’d ever be able to find it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“From the psychological assessment I was able to make during the brief time I treated Callie, I would say yes, my opinion is that she has a female gender identity.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You might be able to say that the Amoses were some mean old nosy folks, but you couldn’t call them thieves. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society would be able to point my mother in the right direction, even help her get tickets at the train station. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At least that was what it would be able to do once Dad finished building it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A minority, however vocal, should not be able to frustrate the will of the majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve become more involved with the brigades and feel so lucky to be able to help the revolution. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Had I been able to hold him longer, I could have taught him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You have forests of tall pine and old oak. Lord Manderly has shipwrights and sailors in plenty. Together you ought to be able to float enough longships to guard both your coasts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had to prevent them, but even if I found a way to restrain them it wasn’t an option, since then they wouldn’t be able to forage and keep themselves alive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With Tom, she might have been able to linger at the door on some excuse and hear what Yoren was saying, but Desmond was too single-minded to trick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The report went on only for a few pages, and over the course of the school day, I was able to read all of it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was the only way Felix was able to sleep the past few nights—knowing they had a million-dollar bill coming up on Sunday. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I push him to the floor, grab the keys from the kitchen table and am out of the French doors before he’s able to get to his knees. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the Wampanoag had stopped trading with them, the Pilgrims would not be able to supplement their harvest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Will I be able to send out memos about parades?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If we had asked the Iowa gamblers why they were favoring cards from the blue decks, they wouldn’t have been able to say—at least not until they had drawn eighty cards. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Look at the kids today. Seems like just yesterday that stumbling home at eight o’clock felt early. Now I’d kill just to be able to sleep until eight.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course,” said Hazel, hoping he would be able to remember his name in a moment. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sure there are several other tributes whose biggest concern right now is how to stay warm whereas I may actually be able to get a few hours of sleep. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t we ever going to be able to lead a normal life? Why don’t we go abroad? Why don’t we escape now, while we still can?” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have they ever been able to stop it?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

This explanation satisfied Francie because she had never been able to tell her left hand from her right. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally they went in the wrong direction, but they were quickly able to right themselves. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even then, it would always hit me with some force, so that for several minutes I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on anything going on around me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should be able to get back to Lewis Valley just by following them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With trig under our belt, all we would need to do was build some instruments to measure angles and we would be able to calculate how high our rockets flew. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for an answer he grasped Robin’s crutches and swept him up into his arms, because he could see that Robin had come as far as he was able. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Plus, I wanted to be able to ride the merry-go-round and swim in Fair Park Pool and to try on clothes in the department stores downtown. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All I needed to do was raise another forty dollars and I’d be able to get them here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I look in the window of the shoe store next door wondering if Daddy’s gonna be able to get me some new shoes ’fore the winter comes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She is still taking a pill every night to be able to sleep. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Like I’m somehow going to be able to talk her into reversing the breakup and living happily ever after. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He thought that it might not be so bad with Merlyn, who might be able to make even the old Organon interesting, particularly if he would do some magic. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The initial meeting was quite stiff, but in subsequent sessions we were able to talk more freely and directly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sonya, stunned and traumatized by the events of the past weeks, was able to return to her regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I am glad to be able to recall numerous occasions when the silver at Darlington Hall had a pleasing impact upon observers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In 1871, few people were able to look so many years ahead to see the deeper consequences of the fire and the city’s rebuilding. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

How could I explain to her that without Catherine or my mom or Mrs. V, I wasn’t able to eat? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The aim of the Party was not merely to prevent men and women from forming loyalties which it might not be able to control. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The explanation is partly that medieval European printers were able to combine six technological advances, most of which were unavailable to the maker of the Phaistos disk. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In return, I’ve sent you many form letters, with the hope of one day being able to give you the proper response you deserve. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Take my word for it, jail scars the soul. And I was never able to help those I hurt.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how during a bout of severe fatigue, your body remembers the countless hours of training and is able to push through. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It is unfathomable to me that he was able to move, let alone drag himself a quarter mile through fields and over ditches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I might even be able to put a call through to him if the computer has a microphone.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her students were old enough that she rarely read aloud to them, but today she wanted them to be able to focus on what she called the “magnificent melancholy of Charlotte’s final moments.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘Well. Kat considered. ‘We walked back, so as to be able to see better. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might be able to change your hair, perhaps your voice,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bulb in the tent had blown out several days before, and neither of the two men had been able to muster the initiative to replace it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Help me out here, son. No one will be able to resist that cute little face of yours. Go on, yell it out just like I did.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But it was dangerous to assume she’d be able to share the burden for such a long distance. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He might not be able to get another job—especially with his club foot. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, all he'd been able to think about was how to get more servings of Eleanor into his day, but now that she was here ... he wished he would've thought this through. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

If it weren't for him, Hugo would be rich—able to marry the girl he loved.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She made no ineffectual efforts to conduct her household en bonne m4nagdre, going and coming as it suited her fancy, and, so far as she was able, lending herself to any passing caprice. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will my grandma be able to see you if I take a picture of you?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Two able young men helped the matrons hang a banner over the bandstand: Friday Festival. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was able to see that his eyes were like Vivi’s. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I spot a Dollar General on the side of the road and pull over because maybe they’ll be able to tell me where these lakes are. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If the tube lady wakes up, she'll be able to imagine the boy she hears behind the curtain. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was the only one who used to be able to keep her calm, pulling her away from her worry spiral with just a look, comforting her in a way nothing else could. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Will I be able to see them, too?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be able to do that. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hugo had, for obvious reasons, not been able to sleep, and had followed Matty back to the living room. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I wrote, “They’re letters to my son. I wasn’t able to send them to him while he was alive. Now he’s dead. I don’t speak. I’m sorry.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’re probably thinking I won’t be able to relate to their grandson, that I might even be a liability for him in the new neighborhood, and I completely agree. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some pronouns are so well disguised that you may not be able to tell one from another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And being able to "see the big picture" does help the listener enjoy the music even more. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mark was able to see, even in the dim light before they headed out, that Alec has major doubts—which is contrary to the overall persona of the hardened man he seems to be. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“After a while, this mud will dry so hard we won’t be able to get apart.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“My dear girl,” answered the bard, with some indignation, “if I were able to run on four legs and sniff my dinner a mile away, I doubt I’d have any difficulties either.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

My next sentence, however, she will not be able to mind-read. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I might be able to get some of the adult slaves freed while they were still young enough to build new lives. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was true; Tree-ear had noticed himself that very day, when he had bumped his head on a section of the bridge under which he had been able to stand erect before. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As I looked back I noticed something I hadn’t been able to see before the dark lifted. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a warehouse near the tracks, they changed into the Peacekeeper outfits and, disguised, were able to make it onto a boxcar full of fabric on a train headed to District 6. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mesoamerican cultures understood all this, and realized that by citing dates with both calendars they were able to identify every day in this fifiy-two-year period uniquely. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

By the time Smith was able to get Seabiscuit in racing shape, two months had passed since the World’s Fair Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the sense that I should have been able to unpack them, that there was only a thin veneer separating me from their meaning, and yet the veneer was impenetrable. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But he was not often able to give what he came seeking. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I can hardly wait for the day when I'll be able to go to the public library and ferret out the information I need. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had even been able to discuss the matter with her, in complete frankness, and she had agreed with what he said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell them I won’t be able to die for the Faith because I’m already booked to die for Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"It makes me feel good to be able to do this for you." Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though he were never able to forget his ultimate purpose and goal—he was going home; home to his own master, home where he belonged, and nothing else mattered. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer able to afford her “hatchetation” raids, she instead took to the stage, where she entertained audiences by reenacting some of her most spectacular saloon-destroying accomplishments. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

If Emily could get the men away from the door they might be able to make a run for it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Therefore, if you urinate in the pool a bright red cloud will surround you and we will be able to tell who has relieved themselves. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

No matter—you will not he able to imitate my skill. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Perhaps after more time has passed I, too, will be able to recognize some greater good that’s resulted from so much suffering, but right now I can’t. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fear of things getting even worse and my not being able to get back home. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That the kiln would also be able to destroy any odors emanating from the interior box was singularly important. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Before the journey ended, Catherine would be able to sleep anywhere, on the ground, in a haystack, under a bush, and this rat-infested fodder house would loom in her memory like a king’s palace. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’d never really be able to thank him for being worried about me when he found out Miles and I were together, instead of being angry. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Scaramouche managed to get me a few old tennis rackets from his wealthy white tennis friends, and I was able to concentrate on my game without worrying about a broken racket or string. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline mutters something about not having time for such things anyway, and Bailey attends alone, grateful to be able to enjoy the trip without Caroline’s constant talking. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But the Hunger Games are their weapon and you are not supposed to be able to defeat it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With all her moths divided among so few rooms, she was able to study each person from multiple vantage points and take in every detail of them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the back of their minds, I know they hoped the unrest in Iran would settle down, and we might be able to return to the country before our US visitor's visas expired. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I had never been able to talk to others, and I had to guess at their meanings and motives. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In several instructive cases doctors or veterinarians have actually been able to observe microbes evolving those new ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Luce felt that parents weren’t able to cope with an ambiguous gender assignment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Genie tried to imagine what it must’ve been like to not be able to see the thing that was biting you. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Up until this point I had been able to brush off the online negativity as mere Internet nonsense, but this latest threat made it all too real. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A little bit of hope—hard earned, well deserved, reason­able—glowed in me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But that’s why I wish, from the bottom of my heart, that you will both be able to place your trust in each other. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Of not being able to trust your neighbor or the girl who brings you eggs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“If you tell me we have no deal unless I am able to accomplish the impossible, then we have no deal. I could fulfill either of your requests, but not both.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The girl was heavy, barely able to walk or help in any way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he could manage to free himself he might be able to sneak back and join the horde. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even when we were able to see them, consultations were harassed and cut short. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They finally pulled that hose out of his throat so he was able to talk again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Many people have high hopes that Yelena can achieve what so few Russian women have been able to—flying into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They won’t be able to get at the instructions until the time is right. But when they need them, the instructions will be there.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve discovered how the hybrids were able to teleport into the Bureau. You deactivated our shields.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then she’d be able to tell him about Pet, and they could figure out what to do next. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But what she doesn’t consider is that if by some miracle I was standing in front of the judges and live studio audience, I wouldn’t be able to croak out a word. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If he appeared just a little sad or embarrassed, I could feel sorry for him and wouldn’t be able to laugh. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He meant that countries like India are now able to compete for global knowledge work as never before—and that America had better get ready for this. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Being able to spot that overall architecture as we listen — knowing, so to speak, which room we are in right now — gives us important clues that help us understand and appreciate the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

If they had, we’d have crumpled where we stood, no longer able to move. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We should be able to predict which countries are best at math simply by looking at which national cultures place the highest emphasis on effort and hard work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If she could discover such a gesture for the wolves she would be able to make friends with them and share their food, like a bird or a fox. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice job, I hope? Pleasant? Easy? Sort of thing you’d expect an unqualified wizard kid to be able to do without overstretching themselves?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Many judged themselves and their peers on the degree of control they were able to maintain over inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was about as close to a Muselmann as you can get without actually being one, without crumpling to the ground and not being able to get up again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We shall miss you, Kehaar. But when you come back we’ll have a fine warren here, with lots of mothers. You’ll be able to feel proud of all you did to help us.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Patriots might not be able to meet me today. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

No matter who entered the competition— professional bakers, famous chefs with exclusive restaurants— none of their Talents were able to match Cady’s, not for five years running. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It had quickly become obvious that they wouldn’t be able to maintain over five hundred different blockades or fend off the massive influx of gunters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When he asked, I said that I hadn’t been able to sleep. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I finally am able to push the thudding to the back of my head, I’m bowled over by the colors and smells and unadulterated joy around me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been able to tell her about Grover’s pretending to be away when he was not; even so, she wasn’t sleeping very well, he’d noticed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, even if she had seen a fairy, she would never have been able to let on that she had,” she said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake a long time before I was able to sleep. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I honestly don’t even know how I was able to pick myself back up, and sometimes I'm not sure how long it will last. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Tartars, in a tight group now around the sledge, were able to blaze at will into the snow, but the gyptians dared not shoot back for fear of hitting Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘He would get all right in time, wouldn’t he? Be able to rest in peace, I mean?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Though the president’s brain is dead, his body remains alive and is able to function at a survival level. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact I thought I might be able to get him out. I even went to see General Arnold about it. But I couldn’t even find out where he is. Nobody knows.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That this film might be able to show you something. That you might learn something from it about your heritage.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She needs the comfort of finally being able to comfort me; something she hasn’t been able to do for a long time. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And now with her gone and nobody else for the Crowns to target, I may not even be able to save myself. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"When have I ever been able to make Father do anything?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was like seeing a vision of some past life, a life so recent and so distant that I could remember the exhilaration without being able to remember what it felt like. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried I wouldn’t be able to sleep again, knowing there was a corpse leaning on me, but soon the cold took me and I reentered the half-awake world of the barely alive. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reese, who lived on the first floor in my building and managed a Negro team, thought I might be able to play baseball, in a few years if the Negro Leagues were still around. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If he has his spinner and he watches it going round and round, he will be able to control himself and not make in his pants. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made her hopeful that they’d be able to find happiness no matter what their fate. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

By drawing on Agent Burger’s findings, White was able to quickly rule out many of the suspects, including Anna’s ex-husband, Oda Brown. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“So much for being able to read the future.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry rather doubted he would be able to bring off this particular spell; he was still having difficulty with nonverbal spells, something Snape had been quick to comment on in every D.A.D.A. class. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Guiteau had been able to keep a roof over his head by skipping out on several boardinghouses without paying. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, scientists in other parts of the world were able to verify the commission’s experiments and prove the theory. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Stanley and his parents didn't believe in curses, of course, but whenever anything went wrong, it felt good to be able to blame someone. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Without being able to pinpoint the cause, Esteban began to feel uncomfortable in his own house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to put the whole thing behind me, because I wanted every child, regardless of race, to be able to look at my Worlds win and say, I can dream big too. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth may not have been able to be the son her father wanted, but she could name her son in his honor. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

What a luxury to be able to do that. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He sailed on a Saturday, so I was able to see the Whitlaws on the very next day. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You going to be able to get to the show okay?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even Aristotle, he said, if he came back to life, would not be able to make sense of what was said by his modern disciples. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But that was why she was able to understand his loss. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you left her, was she able to get out of the car alone?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I'd be able to have some privacy in case I got tongue-tied or started to cry. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The simple act of being able to control one’s person. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to go to sleep, because then she wouldn’t be able to enjoy being comfortable. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone would need me and no one would be able to see me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was one of the rare times he was able to talk about his brother even though he was still paralyzed by the grief of losing him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

If Emily could get the men away from the door they might be able to make a run for it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Will they have communicators? Will I be able to contact my ship?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Out on the street, he feared he would not be able to walk. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When Marina was able to speak to her daughter, Tanya, on the telephone from the Far East, the call was broadcast by radio throughout the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been able to think about much else all morning. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I felt my face flush but knew Mark wouldn’t be able to see the color in my cheeks because it was so dark in the room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The women who know teach the men who don’t, my thirteen are occupied, and Siunek is a surprise prodigy, able to finish a sleeve in just a couple of hours. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Actually, I won’t ever be able to move again until he gives me an answer. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A daughter whose babies are able to swim like fish in a fancy pool in Woodside. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I replayed our encounter, only this time I was charming, confident, able to carry on a conversation that dazzled him while Maritza and her friends watched enviously. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was the first secret I had ever kept from Bailey and sometimes I thought he should be able to read it on my face, but he noticed nothing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d left myself wide open in a van of strangers—so wide open, in fact, that Chubs had been able to put a hand on me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lydia was saying something to Travis about how many calories a dragon would have to eat per day to be able to breathe fire. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He confides in her that he is going to propose to Jo Bonger, even though “it’s true that I don’t know her well enough to be able to tell you much about her.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

However, if you were able to travel in the third dimension, you could cut straight across. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, after another restful night on the boat—to which, once again, Richard Parker had returned—I was able to walk. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she climbed into the limo, she said, “Tomorrow is Tendai’s birthday. I wonder if he’ll be able to celebrate it.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was only able to get it up a few inches before letting go—the weight was too much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If he had, and if he had been able to call me voluntarily, I might have found myself standing between father and son during one of Rufus’s beatings. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once the concert started she was able to shut out all thoughts about her mother and El Genius and just disappear into the music. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“If it gets to be . . . too much, I’m fairly sure I’ll be able to leave.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you concerned about this? Will you find someone to talk to up there? I may be able to refer you.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few days I lay flat on my back, hardly able to blink without feeling like my forehead was splitting open, and everything sick and black. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to tell you in person that I would not be able to build you the desk you requested for another six months, or perhaps a year,” Antain said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They were required to be able to identify thirty different weapons, how to wield them, and their detailed history. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I want to be able to—to hurt Sam the way he’s hurt me and my mom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

That outcome also demonstrates that Native Americans were not constrained by cultural conservativism and were quite able to appreciate a good plant when they saw it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he led the way, for the bard admitted—after a number of harp strings had snapped—that he had not been able to keep all Medwyn’s directions in his head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I don't want to admit that I may not be able to help Princess Charlotte. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

By launch day, Frank and Jim were really good at “flying” the simulator, which meant they should be able to handle the real spacecraft with ease. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the beetles thin out the weed, desirable range plants that have been crowded out are able to return. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we’re only giving each other a break—a chance to pretend my journey into the spirit world will not happen—and we’ll be able to live happily ever after. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Between her update and the previous story, I am able to mark my paper map to show the relative positions of the opposing armies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Dad had little formal education in mathematics but it was impossible to doubt his aptitude: somehow I knew that if I put the equation before my father, he would be able to solve it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Those people in them fancy new houses won’t be able to stand pig smell. So we can’t raise hogs no more.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

After three years of struggling to pay my tuition out of pocket, we were finally able to apply for financial aid for my senior year. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I had some idea that I would be able to remember, afterwards, what it had looked like. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The James Baldwin one about not being able to change anything unless you face it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And she was the queen, able to move in all directions, relentless in her pursuit, always able to find my weakest spots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even a green boy should be able to see that. Are you blind?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But while he had watched Matty, Kira, and the puppy enter Forest, he had been able to see, too, that Forest was shifting, moving, thickening, and preparing to destroy them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was such a relief to be able to say what I felt, even in writing, without worrying that I might get myself or someone else into trouble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was big and able to take it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both afraid to disturb the other in the hope that we’ll be able to store up a few precious minutes of rest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By nightfall he was able to walk over to the soft grass at the side of the track, where he lay down and blinked happily at his companions, wagging his pitiful tail. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how can I make her look past the blur, if I’m a body she’ll never really see, in a life she’ll never really be able to hold? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Always before she had been able to shake off her doubts. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A prison report said, “He does high grade work caring for stock, and is able to do such operations as opening of abscesses and castrating of animals.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We were like actors who, knowing the play by heart, were still able to cry afresh over the old tragedies and laugh spontaneously at the comic situations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pained that I was not able to thank them and that they were not able to see what their sacrifices had wrought. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So now you have to learn Russian or you, won’t be able to read your present,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After a few weeks and many blisters, they softened a little, and she was able to forget them for an hour or so at a time. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am barely able to stand, but I will help to dig the graves. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

How would we be able to tell that they were all victims of a merciless war? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voyage by boat, however, would probably enervate me, and I am certainly not perverse enough to attempt air travel even if I were able to afford it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The times demand sacrifices, Anne. Just for a week or so. Women will soon come to the city looking for work, and you and our aunt will be able to hire a full staff.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have not been able to contact your mother, Miss ...,” said the man as he squinted to read the writing on the page. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We might be able to sustain the wake of a close breach,” the captain says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The peculiar reverence for O’Brien, which nothing seemed able to destroy, flooded Winston’s heart again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was becoming quite distinct; he would be able to decipher the words soon, in a moment; even almost now, now, now. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor crept forward still a little further and kept his head close against the floor in order to be able to catch her gaze if possible. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m hoping we’re able to weather these storms in time for the playoffs,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Worse than surgeries, or infections, or waking up on a bad morning barely able to breathe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have been able to prove that it had been me in her house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I remembered coming out to play in the morning and not being able to find any of my friends. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually some of them were able to bribe guards, cross the border, and make their way to Kraków and other towns. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Dad pulled over to the side of the road to readjust himself mentally to the idea of driving without being able to instantly see behind him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her for everything that she had to do for him, he would have tolerated her service more easily. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was close to collapse himself and scarcely able to give the Council any account of the disaster. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This way of keeping a diary is much nicer, and now I can hardly wait for those moments when I’m able to write in you. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re only fourteen years old—exposure to that kind of stress might kill you or make you sterile, and I don’t want to be responsible for you not being able to have children someday.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, disappointed by not being able to browse the whole of the Archives, but still excited to be inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"He'll be able to put fireworks together or sew buttons or whatever it is you want him to do." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it will scar. A doctor might be able to fix it. If we ever see a doctor again.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“School stuff, I guess. Math, a little science, some reading—depends on whatever books we were able to scrounge. It’s important to the boss that everyone gets the basics down.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There was real concern, particularly among Alice Paul’s committee members, that the police would not be able to practice adequate crowd control. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I nodded, barely able to look her in the eyes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were spastic children, who would never be able to look after themselves. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the spring and summer of 1991, I put myself in front of anyone I thought might be able to give me advice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But his jumbled swear-words continued uninterrupted, and I was able to reach him just as he was getting to his feet again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, they’d been able to forget their troubles and just have fun, and neither of them wanted it to end just yet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

To the young wife who comes in her grief over not being able to have a child, Miss Sadie gives herbs to calm her fears and open her womb. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Besides beetles and unripe berries, he’d been able to swipe only a few crayfish, which Gray had refused. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If she could cause a distraction, she might be able to escape and find her friends. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Wow...look at that...he’s not here now! So why not have a go? They might be able to find you a double cell in Azkaban with your loser of a husband!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Once in possession of this information, American engineers were able to anticipate the Soviets' capabilities and to design planes and missiles that could outmaneuver and outmatch them. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in 1914, he was famous enough as an Antarctic explorer to be able to raise the money he needed for his new journey. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Something you might keep in your pocket and remember me by, should you not be able to visit me again.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she could sit by the fire and read what she wanted to read, a luxury she had never been able to indulge in before. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We just might be able to convince those arrogant Seasons to give you some armor.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wishing I’d be able to talk to Anemone again the next day, I fell asleep with the sweetness of oranges in my mouth. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had gazed straight at those bones for almost a foil minute and had not been able to realize that they were the bones of Mary’s body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once she comes, she won’t be able to leave, because I’ll have poured a ring of salt that she will find impenetrable, and she’ll have no choice but to stay and speak with me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They say he wanders the halls even to this day, never able to find his way outside.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The kind of man who should be able to maneuver himself and his hot air balloon out of any danger that came his way. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I thought to myself how lucky all the Freedom Writers are to be able to say, “I’m going to college.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

However, the tortoise theory fails to be a good scientific theory because it predicts that people should be able to fall off the edge of the world. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discussed the proposal among ourselves, and each of the twenty- nine accused — we were now minus Wilton Mkwayi — was able to express his opinion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before Mom grounded me, I was able to piece together the names of the people who received a letter like your grandmother’s. I could only find contact information for one of them.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I happen to be able to dribble past some of his friends with no problem, especially the ones who smoke. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was then I understood that the days of Colonel Garcia and all those like him are numbered, because they have not been able to destroy the spirit of these women. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you had only summoned me a little earlier, I might have been able to do more, buy you more time!” said Snape furiously. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“How are you able to stuff your face when you can’t even plant rice?” the guard asked. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Singer nursed his friend so carefully that after a week Antonapoulos was able to return to his work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They would if they could see you,” replied Dr. Carey, “but nobody will be able to see you, or the car.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even in his own extremity he was able to notice others, especially if they were fresh or decent. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although it was almost directly downwind and therefore must be able to smell them, it did not look as though it were particularly interested in rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a carefully tested combination of iron, potassium, and calcium, it will give you a new spring in your step and you’ll be able to accomplish the many tasks asked of you throughout the day. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I see Kantorek and am scarcely able to stifle my laughter. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your book is about us living in all fifty states. We have a lot more to go before we’re done. If we stop now, you won’t be able to write your book.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

God knows what job I'm going to be able to do. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, we need not have worried about the moon, because the Eagle landed beautifully in the Sea of Tranquility, and Neil and Buzz were able to walk around and collect some rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That maybe she was able to picture the image in her room that helps her feel comforted. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He thought he was going to be able to see and talk to them way into his adult years. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“So much the better. I hope they will not meet at all. But does not Jane correspond with his sister? She will not be able to help calling.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Ever since that year, I have never been able to read out loud because I am still afraid people will laugh at me and call me stupid. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Without them I wouldn’t be able to jump back into the fray with my usual composure. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Probably Ms. Morales and Natalie wouldn’t be able to tell that his voice wobbled a little. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Children and women followed, carrying the largest baskets their arms were able to circle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We should be able to afford a headstone with that money. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If that was the case, I might even be able to finish work on my blue emitters. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That is the blessing of what I have to go through—I am able to fall asleep in minutes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Both had started playing chess seriously at the age of eight and had dropped out of high school to be able to play chess full-time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have so many feelings I’m afraid I won’t be able to stop writing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Would she be able to run the business on her own? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I have done this with over a hundred kids and no one—in all of those times—has ever been able to figure that out.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

That was how I was finally able to visit Rosa, but the day I entered her house and was within speaking range of her, I couldn’t think of anything to say. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabiya perks up, and I decide that I must be right about her feelings, even as I swallow my own regret over not being able to talk about Zohra with her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I was happy that everything had gone so well, and sad that I had not been able to go with Borman and Anders instead of Lovell. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet you have pimples when you’re seventy years old. You’re never going to be able to eat a potato chip,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina was able to unwrap Poppy from her neck and look around. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Give him to me,” I said, thinking I might be able to quiet him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart was on an even keel now, and reasonably able to move about He had leisure to look at the extraordinary universe into which the tattoed gentleman's trident had plunged him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

By altering the relative proportions of earth and fire, say, you would be able, they thought, to change copper into gold. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t shared a bedroom with her all his life not to be able to tell when she’d been crying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not so long ago, they’d been lean and strong, able to crack a nut with a pinch, able to press a seed deep into the earth with one stab of a finger. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mercifully, we are able to maneuver to the car wall, and he sinks down, passing out instantly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Soon Vincent is able to look back at his journey through despair and poverty and loss, and the long walk to Courrieres, and see what all of it had actually meant. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Pinned in the darkness, never able to get free. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I loved gymnastics and being able to soar above the arena, I was beyond excited about attending public school again with my longtime BFF Marissa. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And for the first time Bridge wondered how her mother was able to always be there as she woke. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She’d be able to handle what I was going through without seeing any doctors. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Katz might not be able to see through it, but I can. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the dark surface you would be able to see into infinity—the living on one side, the dead on the other. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Just the two of us... we won’t be able to carry all the water that the master needs.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He would not be able to go any further with his Great Society policies to eliminate poverty and social injustice. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Usually I’m able to block out the noise, but the latest news story breaks my concentration. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I am proud to be able to say that much for myself, at least. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d been able to keep him from seeing the things that really mattered, the dreams I wanted to protect. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I felt a pressure in my chest ease up, and I was able to breathe regular and deep. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But it appeared that she wasn’t going to be able to case the joint after all. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I congratulated Mr. de Klerk on becoming president and expressed the hope that we would be able to work together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he kept the lake in sight as he had done yesterday he should be all right, should be able to find home again—and it stopped him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved his face into the pillow so that he’d be able to keep his tears a secret. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the years following the Revolution it was able to step into this commanding position almost unopposed, because the whole process was represented as an act of collectivization. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Dad and his brother Clarence and sister Bennie never seemed able to quite settle down, always jumping up to walk real fast to wherever they were going, and talking fast too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we had more skilled farmers and hunters, and if we all worked at farming and hunting, we might be able to produce enough food to get us through the winter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He is settling in well and thinks he will be able to be calm at the asylum, and to paint well. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“If she lost another leg, she wouldn’t be able to walk at all. What an awful situation.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Somehow Haymitch calling me sweetheart ticks me off enough that I'm at least able to speak. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Had he been able to stand, he’d have been no more than five feet tall, and he’d probably have fit into a sixth grader’s jeans. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go back upstairs, and I’m happy to be able to breathe out of my nose again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was certain I would never be able to grow a beard so luxurious as the one hewn into the wall above me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. There’s a train that goes from here to Seward. We might be able to catch one tonight. It only takes a couple of hours.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But Peeta would be more valuable alive, and tragic, because he will be able to turn his pain into words that will transform people. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was more like Carlos, only better, since the church would know just where Bri was and he’d be able to get in touch with her in an emergency. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The thing with not being able to draw very well is you didn’t have to spend any time at it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Come on, then,” said Chervil, “outside. Not that we’ll be able to see much better there.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia is less agile at this: less able to do what she likes, more disappointing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if she could talk with Lucky, she might be able to make him understand how she felt about Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It takes what feels like a lifetime to get the rucksack straps off my arms and finally be able to cast the knife and the whole mess aside. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s up against the wall opposite the door, and I’ll be able to turn away from Sausun, so I get in. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

One thing about the people at the Chthonian, they all seemed able to say just what they felt and meant in hard, clear terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aron was not able to collect his winnings for nearly a month, but he won six days later. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure what Lauren Reed liked, since they had never been able to get much information about her. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“How about if you learn to type so you’ll be able to support yourself? I bet you can learn to type a hundred words a minute like the best secretaries.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to leave adults behind, people who were able to fend for themselves. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If you speak the truth, the monster whispered in his ear, you will be able to face whatever comes. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You might be able to find her. She would be”—Molly calculates in her head—“in her late sixties, right? She could very well be alive.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry to bother you, Miss Greenwood, and especially at this time of night, but I thought you might be able to help us out about Joan." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lola said, “He came up behind me, you see. He knocked me to the ground...and then...he pushed my head back and his hand was over my eyes. I couldn’t actually, I wasn’t able...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I like to believe that even though I was drugged and nearly murdered at school yesterday, I am able to put that behind me today. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about poor Spaghetti not being able to eat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you think the senator will be able to light a fire under them and get people in here to save us?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“She’s only two! I’m not going to be able to afford the kid when she’s old enough to go shopping on her own,” Dad always says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Rosa flew at the doctor and raked his face with her nails before he was able to grasp her wrists. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a caterpillar died before pupating, there was no guarantee they would be able to find that particular species again—or its host plant—in the riot of vegetation. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She thought there were one or two she might be able to repair. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And since you are neither able to make them happy nor to wipe them out, you lose that dominion whenever the opportunity arises. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

A universe where he does derail it and she is not able to fix it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Questions were answered on a volunteer basis, and I was able to sit back and relax, confident that the same few students would do most of the talking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The three students who escaped serious injury were able to jump from the four-door Chevy immediately after the accident, say witnesses. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My question isn’t answered, Mr. Hamilton. How were you able to do what you did?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had always been that way; apart from a few friends in the comic book fan community, he’d never really been able to relate. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sole Native Americans able to resist European conquest for many centuries were those tribes that reduced the military disparity by acquiring and mastering both horses and guns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like she would be able to walk through walls if Sidhean were with her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dimness I was able to make out a number of doors set in the walls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I assumed it was a college book and wondered if I would be able to read it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There will be people—lots of people—who won’t be able to hold out that long, but we won’t be among them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Such sweet lines!” continued Harriet—“these two last!—But how shall I ever be able to return the paper, or say I have found it out?—Oh! Miss Woodhouse, what can we do about that?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

If they keep growing this well, I'll be able to last a good long time here. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timothy was very impressed, and I felt good that I’d been able to tell him something. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, not able to speak for a few seconds. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We were able to get all of our schoolwork done early enough to make it to our lessons and team practices on time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t be able to tell me from any other skinned carcass they drug home that day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was assured he would be able to bring his music and have time to work on his lyrics. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She would never be able to outrun Peach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mariel staged her attack, pushing me down the strip, and as she accelerated with her arm a little behind in speed, I was able to hit her in preparation of her attack. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By comparing the C’4 level in bones and wooden implements to the normal level in living tissues, Libby reasoned, scientists should be able to determine the age of these objects with unheard-of precision. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You and everything here appear equally insubstantial from my perspective. Perhaps we will be able to discuss it at greater length another time. Come with me.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that by spring I might be able to bring down some bigger game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the overcrowded barracks, starving prisoners lay crammed together on the platforms, their eyes glazed over, their emaciated bodies barely able to move. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no way I’ll be able to get my hands on enough money in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was scarcely able to believe that we had reached our destination, but the stranger dismounted and snapped, "Don't sit there like a dolt; get down!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m able to breathe during the whole exchange, and they let us through. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“We can’t have a fire in here. The boys won’t be able to breathe if it gets any hotter. Dear God, why take these children? I promised I wouldn’t let them die.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides being doubtful he’d be able to get the generator into the canoe, he was wary of picking up anything of value. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Yes, I was able to care for him properly until my wife turned out to be a disgraceful drunkard when my children were at school age. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was about to destroy what she’d been able to rebuild, but I had only one life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The serrated portion of my knife should be able to manage that. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, I added, "I'm the defense attorney. I think I have to be able to go inside the courtroom." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I might never be able to catch my breath again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Wait, I might be able to save your soul. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Simply to be able to go outside during the day and take a walk when I desired was a moment of private glory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to be able to run again? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It I apologize right now, I might be able to salvage something. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Barack’s election, I was able to persuade her to move to Washington and work with me as a personal aide and wardrobe stylist. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Maybe that’s a bridge we won’t be able to cross until we get to it. I just feel like we need to figure out what happened.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Would you get some? With the help of the canopy, we should be able to enclose him completely.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I worked like a dog for the remainder of the term I might be able to earn enough to eke out my interest to Devi and tuition as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gat has a list of the hundred greatest novels ever written, and he’s pushing his way through whatever he’s been able to find on the island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The commander said that his men had been starving and thirsty, exhausted from many days of battle, and had decided to take the oasis so as to be able to return to the war. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would never be able to find her place again now—all the stories she had been reading were lost among the infinite pages. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

What a fine mess we had on our hands, with the hatch open and neither of us able to see. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were simply able to give him insights into what was really going on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared he was able to shave from time to time. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re quite right. There is a direction I’d be especially glad to see you taking. And provided we could agree, I might even be able to find you some extra money from another source altogether.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the gun outside and put it on the back porch in a comer where they wouldn’t be able to see it until daytime. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Soon we are all able to do the cartwheels. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

This is the part where I should be able to assure her that things can be different, show her it’s possible. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

To finally get inside the Archives after all this time and not be able to find any of the answers I was looking for was maddening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Kingsley asked, “The condition in which a person may be able to hear colors or visualize flavors when music is played is called: A. Synthesis B. Symbiosis C. Synesthesia D. Symbolism.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then there’s the advantage of being able to smoke with your coffee out here. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

But I had noticed be­fore that it was when I tried my hardest to recognize him that I was least able to pick him out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The last of the leaves haven’t quite fallen. If we don’t get a storm, you’ll be able to see them when you get home.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I might be able to make it by nearly starving but not quite dying. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And we don’t have to worry about Disarming, because he’s been able to do that for ages. I think we ought to start on some of these hexes this evening.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The family planted more pumpkins, and soon they had so many in their fields that they were able to sell almost half of their crop, while keeping the rest for themselves. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He had to have been the baby the singer had in her stomach that made her not able to win the contest. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still standing on the chair, she was able to get a grip on the wooden molding, and she pulled until the panel had come off in her hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They begin haggling over a price like I've seen the women in jail do when someone has been able to smuggle in a thing from outside that everyone else wants. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure he’d ever be able to stand up again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You were able to open it from the outside, right?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And because Alyce hasn’t been able to confirm that he’s been safely evacuated, she finds herself pulled slightly off-route and flying in the direction of his nursing home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We haven’t been able to wander lately, and we still have four or five places left on our map. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This was probably why people were able to empty porta potties or regulate the quality of canned cat food in factories with actual taste tests. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I have no idea if you will be able to decipher this as the noise in the dorm is absolutely incredible tonight and I can hardly hear myself think. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Using every ounce of strength, João was able to straighten it out. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“And he would not have been able to complete the quest without our help!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No one had been able to discover if it was impenetrable or not. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was waiting there, hidden, praying that somebody—Gareth perhaps?—would be able to do the miracle quickly: or, if not, that they would overlook him, that his absence would not be noticed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we move fast,” said Abby, “we might be able to finish all our setups in one day.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In conjunction with his earlier revelation that he was no longer able to walk, this had been very upsetting news to the people listening down below. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once Lucinda knew how it was to be obedient, she wouldn’t be able to leave me cursed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought that I would be able to tell him from the others, but I was so sure it was Mon-a-nee that I held up one of the fish I had caught. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow they were able to tell their friends that there was a free lunch on my side of the mountain, and more and more arrived. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women of the town early discovered his celibacy, and not being able to comprehend his rejection of them, decided that he was supernatural rather than unnatural. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family followed her and was able to squeeze into a pew all the way in the front, but it was crowded. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now, go wash your face and see if there is any breakfast left. You won’t be able to work if you don’t eat.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Miles, you wanna give me a boost? I think there are mice or something up here. I might be able to see it better.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I had to utilize all the commentaries this time and was able to finish explaining the thought unit a moment before the three o’clock bell sounded. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We helped him clean the pots and dishes and then we were each able to shower. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had lost his sense of honor because he had not been able to protect his namus—his daughter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like being in somebody’s car and not able to run away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope the restaurant is able to run without its star chef!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Winnie had come up and I hugged her in joy, though I knew that while I might be free for this moment, I would not be able to savor that freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take the itch away, but made it difficult enough to scratch that I hoped I’d be able to resist. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

By Friday I was able to recognize, if not name, almost all the students at school. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now she was able to look around a little, and every-thing she could see was rusty and gray. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would never be safe, because I know, and he won’t be able to trust me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Stanpole came in before I was able to, and then a nurse came in, and I was sent away. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn't dealt with the police much around the Morrison murder and didn't have useful information pointing to their misconduct, aside from being able to show how they were provoked by her relationship with Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even though they were interned, the Japanese created a community in the camp, so Mas was able to bring everything Jeanne had written to life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If he would sleep, she might be able to tell. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as Charlie had his dark glasses on, he was able to look around him in comfort. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas leaned forward, so curious he was able to put the girl out of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With his cast, he would not be able to climb through the hole to the kitchen; there was no point in his going farther. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The door of the cabinet was cracked, so Luke had been able to peek out and see the man’s patched trousers and holey shoes. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I almost went into a wig shop, just because I figured I might be able to grab a disguise. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“We already have most of the personnel under arrest. It’s unfortunate though that we weren’t able to talk to either Nadia Vole or the man you knew as Mr. Grin.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It feels like a long time since I’ve been able to solve a problem.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said slowly, “and I’m not sure why. I think she’s in some kind of trouble, and I don’t want her to think we’ve noticed. Otherwise, we won’t be able to help.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was happy that Mother was able to teach in a covered shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

De Soto was still able to see some of the densely populated Indian towns lining the lower Mississippi. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the parking lot holding the boxes, not able to move or speak or do anything. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A road paralleled the fence, and the shrimp harvester was able to move much faster. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has none of the life and voice our drummers were able to coax from a drum, Amari thought. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec seemed to sense he wouldn’t be able to make Mark budge on this. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Molecules do not interest her, she doesn’t seem able to grasp the Periodic Table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hope so, because I’m not going to be able to share those wretched moments with you right now. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He wondered how police would be able to prove what someone was doing on their phone—texting, talking, emailing, what?—without being intrusive into the motorist’s personal business. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hubbard arrived in the dining car in such a state of breathless excitement that she was hardly able to articulate her words. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breath frosted the window in the door, and he stepped back, wondering if someone outside might be able to see him—or his breath. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she’ll ever be able to forgive what he did to her. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though I lost, I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness, relief, and pride that I was able to push through one of the most mentally and physically challenging days of my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Yes, a little too able; they were right. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doctor has been able to explain to me why I can’t get pregnant. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear, the penitent show understanding to all those beneath them, no matter their flaws. Was she able to find your hairpin?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I may be able to arrange for you to assist the teachers when they need an extra hand. Maybe help with reading or writing or art? And maybe someday you could even teach there.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Grover was able to slow himself down by grabbing on to the big rock and using it like an anchor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke slowly, precisely, trying to charge each of his words with more meaning than the words were able to carry. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that the man had to have something above and beyond the wife in order for her to be able to look to him for psychological security. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to carry the stinking slippers back to our room, but Hattie had to wear them until she was able to get fresh ones from her trunk. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been tough on me not being able to go to college, but things had been tough on him, too. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, and that’s a big question, will I ever be able to write something great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Harry was just able to make out the indistinct features of an object that looked like a skull, and something like a mountain that was more shadow than substance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were able, moreover, to use the presence of conventionally qualified nonwhite students like me to prove that they were meeting the goals of their critics. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last time he had coughed and shivered so badly that he hadn’t been able to drive the rickshaw for weeks. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

This morning I was constantly interrupted, and as a result I haven’t been able to finish a single thing I’ve begun. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even in the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback to be able to hold his tongue. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Would he be able to touch its heart, its hidden secrets, in the way that he can now? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By standing on the wheel of an abandoned trailer he was able to see other parts of the sky. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

By some miracle, on three occasions, he was able to coax the horse into playing the racing game. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the universe had wanted her to be able to store her collection safely. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to ask if the individual friendships survived, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to deal if he says anything resembling a no. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I said at last, assuming he would be able to pick up from the tone of my voice that I was talking about him not defending his brother at the party. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Neither of them ever discussed the reasons why it was desirable to be able to go through the woods soundlessly. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A business-suited exodus emptied the train when we hit 110th Street, the last outpost of affluent Manhattan, and we were finally able to sit down. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Piper tried for a smile, but her own fears welled up inside her - for Jason and her friends on the Argo II, for herself, if she wasn’t able to do what Aphrodite had advised. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Seth, I’m not kidding. You probably won’t even be able to see anything.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Covered in gauze and plaster and hardly able to move.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Might we someday be able to go faster than that? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Glenn was able to take advantage of the superb state university system of California, where tuition was free to residents. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I hoped you might be able to help him.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, he was aware that in 1898 two scientists working separately had announced that a mosquito was able to carry the malaria parasite and transmit it to humans. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“That will come. It’s supposed to. Max said the tongue and the brain were shoo-ins and probably you’ll be able to move, but slowly.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were sore and his foot hurt a lot when it wasn’t raised, but he hadn’t been able to lie around doing nothing knowing Pax was still out there. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Anyone who realized that traffic was at a permanent standstill would eventually be able to back out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now seemed like a good time to reinforce that, so I grabbed her arm and said, “Don’t! They’ll be able to pinpoint us too easily!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Joseph stopped the tape, hardly able to speak. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Only medicine men and medicine women are able to remember each story. The medicine folk say that the sp’ sing their stories to each other. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Frankie and the others weren’t going to be able to move quickly. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Arden Jones is an African American foil fencer who won individual silver at the national championship, but wasn’t able to lead the USA team to glory at the International Grand Prix. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It felt that it had no limits, yet here was a boy saying that there were other things the wind should be able to do. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We think we’re very lucky, to be able to give her a birthday. It’s the same as Winston Churchill’s. And Mark Twain’s.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I guess they saw no need to be quiet, and I was easily able to follow them as they made their way into the city, Otto bumping and shrieking behind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped the bike and didn’t start riding again until I was able to swallow. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

After a few more soothing words and caresses, Rupa was able to milk her until the pail was more than half full. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he slid on his haunches, sometimes seedling trees held him till he was able to find sure footing. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you’ll be able to last the afternoon without bleeding over your shirt, Turner?” his father asked. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He took a cab to the airport, where he was able to exchange his ticket for the next flight, but there were no first-class seats available. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had an eyestrain headache from trying to read in dim natural light, and even though the school kept its thermostat at fifty-five degrees, he hadn’t been able to shake off the morning chill. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“One thing’s for sure, I’ll never be able to sit through dull old Major League Baseball again.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I went running oyer to Father and recounted the entire story, or at least those parts he hadn’t been able to follow himself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was able to roll onto his side, though, and from there get his knees and elbows under him and push up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The people were saying, “The Red Army is advancing with giant strides . . . Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to . . .” Yes, we even doubted his resolve to exterminate us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, let us hear it, then. Perhaps if the question is asked and answered, the demon will leave you in peace—and I will be able to sleep.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Facing the danger that the Tribune’s suggestions might take hold, Ida Wells-Barnett mounted a counterattack, bringing together powerful white friends who were able to stop the segregationists’ momentum. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to worry after me. I’m able to do for myself, ey?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Would she still be able to have tea with her? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that her mother would be able to tell, but Charlie would. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

No music, theater, visual arts, or literature class will ever be able to compete with that. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After consulting with Chinese speakers, she and her team were able to crack key portions of that message within a week. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I’m not afraid: That’s really all I wanted to be able to say, and to say it without posturing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to be able to do that, to rely on myself for my own happiness. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The doctor told me I’d be able to take a shower that morning, as much as I’d have liked that nurse to help me out again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To turn in a thousand-guilder bill, you have to be able to state how you came by it and provide proof. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I may be able to prove him not a robot.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Hugo looked at his injured fingers and wished he would be able to use them again soon. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We were still a distance from the house, so I was able to see her whole. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since the raid, I feel light, as if just maybe I'll be able to accomplish what I set out to do. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I was able to retrace at least some of his steps that day.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

To be so near where Monticelli lived and painted, and to be able to paint in the air and the sun of the South of France! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Governor Wallace was one of the state’s most vocal proponents of segregation, and the way things were going, it seemed that nothing and no one would be able to prevail against him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been safer to go to the farther bank—the villagers wouldn’t be able to find her—but she could barely see it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though some trains were able to go sixty miles per hour, they were exceptions, and such a speed was achieved only over a short distance. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And indeed, the more Xan told herself that it might be true, the more she was able to convince herself that it was true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think any cars would be able to see me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe he likes being in control of his own little universe, being able to arrange things how he wants, like a god or something? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that if they were up any higher, at the conventional level for pictures, the smaller children wouldn’t be able to see them. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shouldn’t have been able to do that. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

What would we not give to be able to return to it! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To stay alive, you have to be able to hold out against equilibrium, maintain imbalance, bank against entropy, and you can only transact this business with membranes in our kind of world. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The third king breathed on a basket of wheat. His disease blew away with the chaff. This is why wheat chaff is able to give people tuberculosis.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating so fast that I'm worried I won't be able to contain my excitement. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But even with my brood, we’re gonna have more than enough. So I’m glad to be able to give as well as take—here are some things for Stella and Jojo.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The first night, he was at the top of the garbage heap, and so he was able to look up at the stars and find comfort in their light. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

"We were able to correct the intercept range with Hermes's attitude thrusters. But there's a problem with the intercept velocity." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was a god, he should be able to do that. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Although I knew it was risky, I loitered as close to the gates as possible, waiting for a moment when I might be able to dart through them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, he didn’t seem to be able to talk. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The boys grew up, handsome, able to play music, to dance and to sing and with all the girls crazy for them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Qhorin might be able to climb the cliffs, but not with the horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not being so large, the hyena was able to sleep in a hut, and was given the skin of a waterbuck with which to cover himself. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

What I mean is that it is really only experts who are able to reliably account for their reactions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We gradually acquire the courage of our own convictions, until we are able to say, with some justice, that we know what we like. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I could drive, I would be able to help you more, I imagine.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So once Ruth had said what she’d said, I wasn’t able, in my usual way, to let the emotional flurry just pass. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted women to be able to vote in the 1920 presidential election. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had read it when I was little, and I could remember not really liking it, but not quite being able to put it down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We would be able to take away only what we could carry. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he was able to say that he had been introduced to his daughter, Miss Ruth Foster, and would appreciate having the doctor’s permission to keep her company now and then. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was someone she might be able to have fun with, but Ophelia also saw a sensitive, guarded side to Farmer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When she returned backstage she walked right up to the judges and told them she would not be able to sign the contract. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“There are twenty-four students in the class. Statistically, at least two of you should not be able to taste the compound on the paper.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

What a terrible feeling to love someone and not be able to help them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each time we looked at each other we howled louder than before, and though he tried to say something, the laughter attacked him and he was only able to get out “I say, preach.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried it around all day in case I was able to see Connor after school. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Whether she was trying to find out what happened to her, or even if she just wanted to be able to spend time with Ophie, like they were true friends...No, Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was skating by, and since this was his third elementary school, he was able to do so with fairly little notice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I’m fourteen now and if I save something every week surely I should be able to go to America by the time I’m twenty. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, it might still work, it might still point north, she might still be able to use it to get there and even back again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’m heartened that Beck, Lou, and others are apparently able to look at the positive side of the experience—and envious. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If she did, I wouldn’t be able to say what I had to say. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He’s not expecting company, which is why we’re able to get him off the slave so quickly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A group of us code talkers had been able to catch a goat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will Mom and Dad be able to stop fighting long enough for us to enjoy Christmas, or any holiday, together? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Would I be able to stay out of it? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By proceeding systematically in this manner, the police are able to engage in an extremely high volume of searches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wouldn't have—he wouldn't have been able to—but his mom made him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be able to fix it,” I mumble, and then I hurry away from him, wondering if he’s being mean or if he just doesn’t know I’m not invited. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

After we were able to tear our eyes away from them, we walked up and down Broadway for hours, staring at the store windows. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Still, we shall soon be with our son and you will be able to rest. Come, we may as well start now—the sooner the better.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I practiced our howling and barking so we would be able to talk to our dogs if our mother ever let us get any. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I never was able to swim a lick. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I drove for hours, never able to take my eyes from the surrounding mammoths. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like she might not be able to go back to her home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be able to return to my beloved home. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” she said again, forcing a crooked smile, which she was only able to keep up for about five seconds—yikes!—before crumbling into pieces. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His immediate reaction was that it would be worth becoming a prefect just to be able to use this bathroom.. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

One of these young men was Cyril Ramaphosa, the general secretary of the National Union of Mine Workers and one of the ablest of the new generation of leadership. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because he was still able to move his hands—Morrie always spoke with both hands waving—he showed great passion when explaining how you face the end of life. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without the feeling I got to do something quick but I not able to move. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just need to be able to vanquish my enemies. That’s all.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even when the sun does come up I won’t be able to see land. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He worked carefully, prying each nail loose so he’d be able to close the crate tight again when he was finished. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And Donay,” I say, hardly able to speak, “what is a central?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason we were able to go so fast is that we started out riding on a rocket—a huge rocket taller than a football field standing on end. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to walk until I’m exhausted, until I’m so tired I can’t think, and maybe then I will be able to sleep. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was very relieved, and he was now able to walk about without people pointing at him and clicking their tongues in amazement. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A few days after my uncle was buried, I was finally able to make a collect call to Laura. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But I figured he knew better than I did whether or not he was able to travel. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I would always be able to read good books and was fairly sure that one day I would be able to find them on my own. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I felt that if I looked carefully enough, if I held myself still enough, I would be able to see the whole wide world reflected in that shiny blackness. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a long time after he left, that warm September morning, that she was able to relax enough to drop the knife. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arm's pretty good, I might be able to chuck some rocks in there and set off what? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You look...” he says, and then trails off, blinking a few times, not seeming able to finish. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Would they be able to make the Dursleys let him go? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They had a slew of questions, and it felt good to be able to talk with young people about my experience. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As for Will’s father, he had vanished long before Will was able to remember him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I’d leafed through them I would throw them away, for they were infinitely discardable, and a day or two later I wouldn’t be able to remember w hat had been in them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes he says, “Mr. Ganguli, are you able to positively identify the body? Is this your father?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meaning: They don’t need as much of their brains to process information and therefore might be able to add on more tasks without overloading the system. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Winnie flew down and was able to see me prior to the surgery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie said, “All we want is an education and to be able to go to school and back home safely.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was only after much study that my great-great- grandfather was able to decipher the words,” the king said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had lain awake all night, imagining how he was going to beat the best barons in England, and he had not been able to eat his breakfast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She guided the boat along the shore until she was able to drag it up a sandy beach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I startle awake, squinting and muttering, barely able to process his words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought about Esteban’s father being so far away from him and him not even able to visit. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maribel had laughed twice since that first time, and it seemed to me that she was able to remember more on her own now, too. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That night I was able to fall asleep but woke before dawn, mind looping from Mom to Otto to those two little bonobos in the crate. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the plankton and the cold, green waters, he might only be able to see twenty feet in front of him on an average day. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

Blanca was never able to explain to her mother why she had agreed to marry, because she herself did not know. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t be able to use—?” “Oh, no. He’s much too old.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why my mother was able to read my mind and know I felt guilty. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn't see any of the others now, but of course he'd be able to as soon as he got round the next bend. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The soldiers can still come through any door, but I won't be able to get out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure we will be able to find them?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m so pleased so many of you were able to make my—second—Extraordinary General Meeting. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

No longer able to afford rent for her shack, Granny moved from Fifteenth Avenue to a smaller shack on Eighth Ave- nue. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climb into the dinghy, a copper rowboat so small, it doesn’t seem to be able to hold its own weight above the waterline, much less mine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He'd forgotten even to make a wish, and if he hadn’t been surprised he would have been able to blow out all six candles. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But you would have to be able to read backward to read the lines. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy had a gloomy feeling that the forms and documents were written in such technical terms that he wouldn’t be able to understand them, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are too small, and not strong enough yet. Without water you will not survive the rest of the walk. Some of the others—they will be able to manage better than you.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not now. Sweetling, I have . . . well, call it the seed of a plan. I think I might be able to bring you into the castle kitchens." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We just wanted you to be able to come out when you were ready.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Still, I thought about yesterday’s battle, and I wondered if I’d ever be able to walk in these woods again without remembering the horror of so much fighting. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just this season I’d finally been able to let them hang to their full weight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“What we really need is something so riveting that even President Snow won’t be able to tear himself away. Got anything like that?” asks Haymitch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I doubt if I would ever be able to think up my own thoughts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Better still, I would be able to pursue my own projects then sell them on commission for a profit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was able to open his show on April 3 and immediately filled his eighteen-thousand-seat arena. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be able to work a spell on Lettie to make her go away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The perspiration was running down her cheeks when she was done, but she was able to tell him that he would get well and return to lead their pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might even be able to track down your mother and kill her before she meets your father, preventing you from being born and causing a terrible paradox. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But over the summer, I had been able to save only a thousand dollars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, my eyes adjusted, and I was able to pick out a few distant shadows. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he’d be able to make it up through the waves and wreckage. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had often been uneasy because, try as he might, he had never been able to love the fisherman, and he knew that a boy ought to love his father. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Is she worried that Branwell will be able to speak and tell the agency that Nikki was breathing funny when he found her?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were able to stagger to their feet and join the group as the walking continued. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two days of practicing I was able to sing a trio. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No. It was very curious. He complained that he felt as if there were long pieces of straw stuck in his throat. When I told the doctor he was able to prescribe the proper medication.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He told them they probably wouldn’t be able to get a telephone hookup for at least a year, since he just got his after requesting it forever. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Abortion was, and still is, illegal in Iran, but women were either able to find medical practitioners willing to perform one or would take the back-alley route. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Surely, so high above the world, she would be able to breathe without coughing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She saw piles of butchered chickens and was able to buy as many as she wanted even though they cost three times as much as usual, since free pricing had been decreed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least the heat had less bite and the humidity had dropped to tolerable levels, so I was able to hang out on the sidewalk and think about all my predicaments. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not able to leave her privy, more like. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had been able to bleed ten cents out of his mother for carfare home, although she had even begrudged him that. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually she acquired enough vocabulary to be able to shop and to talk with the neighbors. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was not able to know if my statement reached Nealson, but there was no public outcry against me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way it works with dice, if you shave just a bit off one side, you supposed to be able to roll more sevens and elevens. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But if we’re to live here, we must be able to address one another properly.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even when someone would find themselves in a place where they might be able to rest, the sound of the engine, its vibrations in the ground, took over. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“That way you’ll be able to take your roots with you if you ever have to leave, my dear,” he said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closer they came, the more light-headed she felt, and she only hoped that she would be able to adjust to it quickly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“However, the King is not able to go on the journey, for it will take many months and may he quite dangerous. He will send his son, Prince Con Isae Tan, in his stead.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A battered yellow taxi draws up beside him and, grateful to be able to abandon his train of thought, Salim gets in. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

On leaving home I was able to fabricate a new and far more satisfying history, frill of striking, simplistic environmental influences; a colorful past, easily accessible to strangers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Our best guess is he took it into the Hab. The lander's signal wouldn't be able to reach Sojourner through Hab canvas." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if she does find the right river, she might not be able to get to the gate.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m testing you. Real artists must be able to capture the moment,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I got some more water, heated it over the fireplace and took a bath, something I haven’t been able to do for a while. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the event, he was able to take the city only by systematically destroying it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For days, I wasn’t able to write a single word. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes after the migraine had stopped, I was able to fall asleep briefly, only to be awoken by nightmares. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t able to help me with my homework that night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bad news: Since I hadn’t been able to take the rest of the exams, my old rival, Malka-e-Noor, had come in first. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She would have to continue living by herself and she wondered whether she would be able to bear such loneliness. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was rather pleasant being able to do something well that none of the rest of them could. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Since then, he had been able to bring Crane-man supper every night. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

With the help of scholarships and financial aid, they’re able to attend university. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Our two young people discovered it and through it they were able to whisper sweetly back and forth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Capricorn held it up in the church she hadn’t been able to make out the picture on the jacket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I got even more bummed when Mom told me that Isabel had asked her if she would be able to drop Via off at the other birthday party before going to my party. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

By careful watching, she was able to distinguish the dark brown fur of a muskrat, near the burrow, though they were the same color as the mud along the bank. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes Daddy some time to get up the staircase, so I’m able to stand and take in the space by myself for a bit. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t have to be perfect. They just have to be able to see me.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life he was able to observe her at his leisure. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo’s new home was able to support a baboon troop, monkeys, and many kinds of antelope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Even a man as blind as your brother should be able to follow our trail," he replied. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Inside her domain, Stella paces as much as she’s able: two steps one way, two steps the other. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But the risk of being able to win over anyone, he found himself thinking, was that you might pick the wrong people. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would take three weeks’ worth of allowance to be able to pay for twenty-two cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I won’t be able to see her once I get up there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Adiah was able to take that volume of splendor into her body nearly a hundred years ago, during the Bonding, when it rose to the earths surface in a greater magnitude than usual,” she said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Robin was able to let himself down slowly hand over hand to land safely beside the waiting friar. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

If only everyone would see that the whole thing was his fault, I’d be able to move on. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would not be able to repair it without magic—and now her magic was gone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If he came back to Nali’s next summer, would Pond be able to teach him more songs so that he, too, could make it snow? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was thrilled that I’d been able to do that for her. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

If tall girls sat in the front, shorter ones would not be able to see the board. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was also at about this time that they were able to work out that the cycle of Yellowstone’s eruptions averaged one massive blow every 600,000 years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In an hour, every person in America will be able to look at a screen and see their First Son and his boyfriend. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His mother hoarded the little he earned, and after several months, she was able to rent a room for the three of them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

That is why Neil and Buzz were able to jump around like kangaroos on the moon, even though they were loaded down with heavy equipment. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z