“Those bozos. Hey, Stone. I heard a new CIA joke. Okay: how can we be sure the CIA wasn’t involved in the Kennedy assassination?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I had little idea what it really involved, but at least it had to be better than the made-up misfit sports we had to play in elementary school. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Scientists who’ve gone ahead with research involving the breast- cancer genes without Myriad’s permission have found themselves on the receiving end of cease-and-desist letters and threats of litigation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Someone inside the bounds of the circus rather than outside, but still involved. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I realized we kept piling up these presents because it was as good as free advertising for the firms involved, but I couldn't be cynical. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We believe it was chosen because the technique involves the use of tracker jacker venom, and the jack suggested hijack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The descriptive literature that may be picked up in any hardware- or garden-supply store seldom if ever reveals the true hazard involved in handling or applying the material. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

To get what she needed, she made the most of her contacts in every division, working not only with the Coast Guard, but also with other agencies involved in the Rum War. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The typical accident involves seven consecutive human errors. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I was involved in this happy thing,” he remembered, “with the excitement running over Los Alamos—at the same time as the people were dying and struggling in Hiroshima.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop thinking that we don’t spend much time contemplating the details of what killing someone actually involves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“In accordance with New Order 15, President Gray issued an arrest warrant for all persons involved with this dangerous activity....” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth even found clues indicating who else might be involved in the spy ring. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the strictest secrecy, we fed it the original data involved in the steel decision, its own answer, and the actual developments since,—the overproduction, that is,—and asked for an explanation of the discrepancy.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as the possibility arose that much more water was involved, the number of potential DNA models alarmingly increased. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Women—including both Anthony and Stanton—had been involved with the temperance movement since the 1840s. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In my mind I eliminated any job that might involve public speaking. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a super long time ago, and I’m sure everyone involved is...no longer alive. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Photos of black employees who “occupied positions of responsibility” at NASA, all of them involved with the space program, accompanied the text. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

One idea involved turning the president upside down for several hours and allowing gravity to pull the bullet toward the entry hole, where it could be easily lifted out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why, on the morning of September 22, news spread so quickly that Reggie Shaw had been involved in a bad wreck. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hardly any of the decisions he made had involved consultation with or the supervision of adults. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, I have been involved mostly in work on other projects, especially on my next book about collapses of societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How can woman’s position be changed from that of a subordinate to an equal,” she wrote, “without opposition, without the broadest discussion of all the questions involved in her present degradation?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even if it was a modified arrangement that involved three months of clandestine dating. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She was on course now, and had found satisfaction on other levels; writing stories not only involved secrecy, it also gave her all the pleasures of miniaturization. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But there’s no other solution we’ve come up with that doesn’t involve death—or at least the chance of it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My mother who thought that nothing having to do with my father was in the present, that everything involving him was in the past, in the old days, in her old days. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When I traveled, I brought backup outfits, anticipating shifts in weather and schedule, not to mention nightmare scenarios involving spilled wine or broken zippers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had spotted all the ones he shot before, so I was already involved. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

More than ever, there were calculations involved in how Barack spent every minute of every day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Viewers got to see strange things, uncommon bodies, but much of the appeal was the transport involved. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Got himself involved with his politics a few years back and he's never been the same man since.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Students are taught—what I never had to be taught—that religion is not simply a matter of dogmas or theological truths; that religion involves a person’s whole way of life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is a second, less celebrated type of volcano that doesn’t involve mountain building. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I loved any subject that involved writing and labored through precalc. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Isn't fair, and you’re correct. There was no fairness involved with this decision, only a petty sort of revenge. Even so, there will be no such displays in my school.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember this plan involving me shattering my pelvis.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And then I type, Obligatory family meals suck, especially when meat and denial are involved. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But at least his evil didn’t involve the widespread manipulation of an entire faction and the systematic murder of every political leader we have.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely had mentioned something about Dari and all the best, brightest students being involved. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Behind you, children play a game involving small stones. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His dad is locally renowned as a jerk and a bigot, and there’s a rumor that his grandfather was involved with the KKK and the Night of a Thousand Flames. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As she walked away from his office, she recalled what Link had said, “Something bad will happen, something involving the whole family.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He maintained sagely that there is always a trade-off involved in the adoption of any policy, and that if daylight saving time were instituted, curtains and other fabrics would fade more quickly. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We seem to have involved a lot of people. Tell me, Tom, what do you intend to do tomorrow?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wealthier parents were heavily involved in their children’s free time, shuttling them from one activity to the next, quizzing them about their teachers and coaches and teammates. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

If she had gotten involved as a witness after all that had happened, I knew her mother would’ve shipped her off to a Tibetan convent for ninety-six years. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you involved in a criminal case,” Phil said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hidden messages being broadcast to the world, good men and women gone missing, the authorities beyond convincing—and the children were somehow going to be involved in all this? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It was because he didn’t get directly involved.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been told nothing about the tribes involved; all identifying context had been edited out. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It involved him being tied with all of his limbs, like his arms and his legs, onto the frame of his bed with the rubber tubing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m relieved because now I can’t know, but I’m also relieved because a dead phone suggests an unused phone, an unwanted phone, not the phone of a man involved in a passionate affair. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a seemingly obvious quality to his conclusions: Simple tasks take shorter time and that time grows with the complexity and type of process involved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But since soup mainly involves tossing everything in a pot and waiting, it's one of my better dishes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

What with our nation involved in a great war and our young men leaving our sweet land of liberty, we must be vigilant on the home front. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe being involved with listing all those countries gave me a funny idea of time. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In general, societies that engaged in intense exchanges of crops, livestock, and technologies related to food production were more likely to become involved in other exchanges as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Third, experimentation involves both a study of the external world and a capacity to generalize. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On March 22, 1943, Lilya was involved in an air battle in which she and five other Yak fighters were outnumbered by the enemy two to one. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

This process took place with the understanding that whatever the new order would be, it would have to be formally race-neutral—it could not involve explicit or clearly intentional race discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was concerned we were getting too involved and had lost a little bit of perspective about Joseph Brook. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Well, it was more like every other day, given the temporal differential involved in waiting for a reply. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If there was one thing he understood about working in an emergency—surviving—it was that there was a large measure of luck involved. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

A more indirect way involved the consequences of the sedentary lifestyle enforced by food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you or I had gone through the same experience — which involved sending televisions back, and laborious comparison of the tiniest electronic details and warranty fine print — I suspect we would have found it hellish. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Though I was not certain to what degree you were knowingly involved.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

People are under the impression that trees don’t mind being carved into, especially if hearts are involved. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The same went for the annual Easter Egg Roll, an outdoor family celebration that had been started in 1878 and involved thousands of people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“This may be going to extremes,” he told Dredge, “but to me it seems wise and prudent, in view of the great interests involved.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It had involved acid-spitting serpent heads, much screaming, and a cannon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he looked up in my eyes and said, “But I don’t want neither one of y’all looking for no work on the Tanner place; don’t no one need to get involved out there.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know whether The Vigils should get involved or not.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved a climb over a garden wall and the results were three oranges, a melon, a fig or two, and a pomegranate. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He liked it when Archie involved the brothers in the assignments. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first one, which is embarrassingly obvious, is that ESP runs afoul of the fundamental common- sense principle that the normal senses must somehow be involved for communication to take place. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are other fantasies involving magic powers, impossible wealth, and the ability to sing and dance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

One rumor originating in Hartman’s Cafe involved Taylor Jones, a rancher whose property adjoins River Valley Farm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had discovered a fiendish plot involving marrying Violet and stealing the Baudelaire fortune. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was desperate for any information that would rule her out as somebody somehow involved in the attack. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The development approach involved taking small cells of melody or rhythm, or both, and making up a whole discourse from them over a twenty- or thirty-minute period of growth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As for contacts of New World peoples with Europe, the sole early ones involved the Norse who occupied Greenland in very small numbers between A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Paul and Burns did become involved with NAWSA, they didn’t support its emphasis on state campaigns. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

More than 70 percent of all criminal cases in the Chicago area involve a class D felony drug possession charge, the lowest-level felony charge. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even though he had married young and had three children with his wife, Minnie, it was well known that he was romantically involved with other women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the time for swarming comes, and the old queen prepares to leave with her part of the population, it is as though the hive were involved in mitosis. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet everyone agreed that to lead a huge project, involving the juggling of dozens of complex tasks, Groves was the right choice. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now you go into the parlor, and I’ll send ’em down to you,” with which somewhat involved reply Hannah vanished, chuckling ecstatically. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A scandal? A deprived birthright? In what sort of messy intrigue are you involved?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was sorry he hesitated to become involved. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traffic would be heavy on the bridge due to an accident, and because we were paid for travel time, we'd hope that the pileup involved at least one piece of heavy machinery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our honeymoon was meant to be restful, a low-key road trip in Northern California, involving wine, sleep, mud baths, and good food. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We...we suspected that maybe the RNC had somehow been involved with some of what happened,” his mother says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had not, to my knowledge, been accused of committing a crime, and yet I was now involved in a system of tests and appointments. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Even to understand the word “doublethink” involved the use of doublethink. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He used to send Kingshaw on messages, stupid, unnecessary messages that involved his walking miles from one end of the school to the other. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It may be that honesty is more important to good parenting than spanking is to bad parenting. matters: The child’s parents are involved in the PTA. doesn't: The child frequently watches television. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

For six months after that, all I did was go to therapy three times a week and do light conditioning that didn’t involve the shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Son, you don’t want to get involved in this.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, I thought, the two things are involved with each other. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Until we’ve all talked about it, you mean, since it involves all of us,” says Uriah. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Making statements about Mount Everest shareable involves more than just finding a snow-covered mountain; it involves creating a shared language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Early in their marriage, Daddy and Mama created a special arrangement involving family responsibilities. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My family had not asked for or even wanted to be involved in the struggle, but my involvement penalized them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not sure I want to get involved with murders and dead lizards and stuff. I don’t know if my parents would like it.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gradually, this informal history grew into a course of study, constructed by the High Organ, which became known as Syllabus A, involving two years of lectures on the ANC and the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew what had happened in our city in the 1960s, but he hadn’t known how deeply involved I’d been. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I know she would never have allowed the police to get involved if she’d been there. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They knew it was probable he was involved. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that life involved dangers, but that lads learned how to handle themselves. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those epidemics involved relatively straightforward and simple things — a product and a message. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, sitting next to Moushumi, he realizes what it means, and he is astonished by his parents’ courage, the obedience that must have been involved in doing such a thing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many of these cases involve people killed in botched raids. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“There may be ramifications. I’d rather you didn’t know anything about it. I don’t want you involved.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That didn’t stop Langley engineers from imagining how the missile bodies and rocket engines and reentry problems involved in high-speed flight research might also apply to space vehicles. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

If the new "space race" made Americans fear that they were falling behind the Soviets, a new arms race—involving intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs—added a terrifying new dimension to the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing that Zeitoun’s ordeal was caused instead by systemic ignorance and malfunction—and perhaps long-festering paranoia on the part of the National Guard and whatever other agencies were involved—was unsettling. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All the work and uncertainty involved made me anxious, but I wanted a baby. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the eve of Big Anthony’s punishment—whenever white men put off punishment some theater was bound to be involved—Caesar visited Hob. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With Easy French, eating out involves a simple "BRING ME A STEAK." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My childhood involved church, or some form of church, at least four nights a week. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"I've been thinking," he said, "about a clock. We could make a sundial We could put a stick in the sand, and then-" The effort to express the mathematical processes involved was too great. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Wrongful convictions and illegal trials involving young children are very common. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now he was talking about direct experimental data and involved theoretical constructions. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Virtually every success story we’ve seen in this book so far involves someone or some group working harder than their peers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He speaks of his work, the projects he is involved in, his upcoming exam. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Up until yesterday when Samantha got involved, I never thought there was a real chance of finding him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This involves canceling the infinities by introducing other infinities. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved throwing the ball as hard as you could at one of the other players, hopefully leaving a lush red mark on some painful but visible part of their body. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Were you two involved in the vandalism incidents on the Mother Paula’s property?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since the progress of science has by no means come to a halt, some of you may yet be involved in the next step in the story. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Don and I are involved with a really good charity in Malawi, actually Don is much more involved than I am.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So it sounds ridiculous, but it’s not impossible, and by the time I got home last night I had convinced myself that I was in some way involved in Megan’s disappearance. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather, who had sat through the clarinet serenades as he sat through everything, aware of their significance but unconvinced of the wisdom of getting involved, now glared at his son. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The fact that the case involved Shaker—a community that liked to hold itself up as the standard-bearer—caught everyone’s interest, and everyone in the city had an opinion. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kind of ironic that today the United States would really love more democratic countries in the Middle East, and Iran was one, until the CIA got involved. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They always involve doing things Mum and Dad have told us not to. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved a large wooden roller drum, a cylinder with holes for special test tubes called roller tubes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The inhabitants could pass back and forth from one to the other, depending on which activities were involved. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many who were involved in it now and would be involved in it tomorrow were gathered in Bud Gleason’s living room. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it is that they need to do that shouldn’t involve me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The two of us had many goals for the future, but the biggest involved creating more space and support for young people and their ideas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The conflict involved the University of California’s loyalty oath. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, there is, Basil. But I feel reluctant to ask you to involve yourself in my fight.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I really sounded put out, but I’ll tell you the truth: I was getting a little too involved and I was glad he told me. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Learning to look like this involved learning to isolate mathematical shapes within more complex objects. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The church, refusing as it did to get involved in temporal matters, remained the only sanctuary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He indicated that Burt had been involved in Vaughan’s killing and that a mayor of one of the boomtowns—a local tough—had helped Burt throw Vaughan off the train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were afraid, and they did not wish to become involved in great matters. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He returned to logging work while we made plans to file a civil lawsuit against everyone involved in his wrongful prosecution and conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Another example involves the spate of articles a few years ago about the purported link between teenage suicide and the game of “Dungeons and Dragons.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the first stage in unconscious domestication involves gathering seeds to eat, how on earth did domestication of wild almonds ever reach that first stage? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly prior to the Geek Club era, I went through my rebellious phase and got pretty heavy into drugs and got involved in a gang. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then only those involved in the Biafran military were to report. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"That you didn't get involved with a black guy?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Because we can’t see into the Earth, we have to use other techniques, which mostly involve reading waves as they travel through the interior. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Stopping for a coffee, asking directions, depositing money in my bank account: these things were out of the question, as they involved having to speak. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Apart from the liberal arts, the skills of the educated, there were plenty of arts that involved manual labour—mechanical arts—such as goldsmithing or masonry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

By his own count, he was involved with 138 enslaved women. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Really. Kids of all ages can get involved. And look,” she says, pointing at the fine print. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Funny how distress takes away one’s appetite for real food, but when sweets are involved, all bets are off. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had never considered the possibility of involving Isobel in his life outside the bounds of the flat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe she heard how young you were and didn’t want to get involved.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t add that I knew from Nelson’s remarks that Leandro and Manolo and Minerva were involved in a serious plot. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, Anna was the only girl not involved in Lexie’s schemes, which made her brave, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Shaping the brackets involved a hammer and . . . well, that's it, actually. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arsenic, the environmental substance most clearly established as causing cancer in man, is involved in two historic cases in which polluted water supplies caused widespread occurrence of cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it occurs so infrequently and involves such a relatively small number of species, considering the huge population of bacteria on the earth, that it has a freakish aspect. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see Miss Maestas and deliver my mother’s greetings before I got involved with the gang. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will it involve dancing? I might find dancing difficult. I cannot feel my legs. They may have fallen off. Elsewise, I am your creature. On my honor as a Lannister.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If she got involved, she would be squaring off against dangerous men—men who wouldn’t hesitate to target the mother of a small child. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you getting involved in this.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And now Harry came to think of it, surely it wasn’t usual for the Minister of Magic himself to get involved in matters of underage magic? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, ah, the rules . . .” “Do I gather, sir, from your hesitation, that you are unsure of the etiquette involved? Perhaps you lack the proper authority.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to be quite frank, Mrs Taylor, during the time I was most involved in great affairs, Mr Churchill was not such a key figure and was not really expected to become one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the names of the people involved were very difficult to pronounce. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly how many blacks were involved in the relief effort is not known. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The second Eurasian attempt to colonize the Americas succeeded because it involved a source, target, latitude, and time that allowed Europe’s potential advantages to be exerted effectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Latimer said, Pitezel took care of the horses involved in the construction of Holmes’s building, but later he became his all-round assistant. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In a sense, this pursuit of the Ph.D. was a bore to a mind that worked too fast to be satisfied with the tedium involved in thesis research. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The last thing he wants is to get involved with some gang leader. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I really was clean, or if I was somehow involved in all of this more than I wanted to think. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, Japan’s trade contacts, such as they were, involved Korea. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy lay in a crumpled heap, barely moving, but Thomas was frozen by indecision, afraid to get involved. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At first, her work involved writing the books she hoped to publish one day. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t one hundred percent sure what that involved, but I hoped Lula would know. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Many and more of the matters brought before her involved redress. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was involved in African education, donating money and time to African schools. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day-long battle, the animals not directly involved in the fighting had been busy too. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

None of those scenarios involve a boyfriend or a husband. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You know, we try to get involved in the community, but it gets hard to fit it in with my schedule and my husband’s.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The inevitable reunion must unfold delicately and involve at least two-thirds of the cast. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Making this happen will involve taking risks, particularly a willingness to change our attitudes and actions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Normally, she would have been involved in these preparations, but they happened to coincide with her two-day writing bout and the beginnings of the front-of-house construction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That it was the Owenses who had got involved in this nonsense, rather than some flibbertigibbet johnny-come-latelies, counted for a lot, for the Owenses were respectable and respected. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When only two are involved, the answer is easy: between. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This couple, so involved with babies, had never reproduced themselves, though they could have. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom, what are you talking about? I told you not to get involved!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And I could see how people would take it, think you’re some kind of crazy liberal, involved in all that mess.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So desperate were conditions in the besieged city that, in the winter of 1941-2, police had to form a special unit to combat gangs involved in cannibalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The three of them devise a game that involves kicking the ball through one doorway or the other, and we’re lucky it never lands in the slop bucket or the soup. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Aimee had been involved in gymnastics since she was six, which meant Ronnie had also spent almost three decades immersed in the sport, first as a gymnastics mom and later as a coach. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know her name, too, because he thought that might prove that Mom wasn’t involved, that this really didn’t have anything to do with her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was called sharecropping, and it involved black families raising and harvesting crops for white landowners in exchange for a humble place to live and a meager share of the crops. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

"You agree. But you see what it involves? Rogers swore that there was no one but ourselves and he and his wife on the island." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

One day one of my father’s subjects lodged a complaint against him involving an ox that had strayed from its owner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why do you think some of your kids got involved in drugs and alcohol? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks of how fearful he was when he first got involved in theater and how quickly he was put at ease. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There had been so much injustice, from Jeremiah Reeves to all the horror stories involving black women abused by white men, to my own arrest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She had the support and involvement of parents, teachers, friends, and an involved, knowledgeable college adviser at her high school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, sir. But as I was saying earlier, this boy was caught stealing from the cafe and from the Timekeeper, who has disappeared mysteriously. We believe he might be involved!” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Hurd claimed he wasn’t involved, but an eyewitness identified him as having been near the scene and he was convicted by a jury. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get involved, but Mr. Spizz turned to me and said, “If you are her new boyfriend you should know that she is very immature. She always has been.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be enthusiastic about causes, but only when Stephanie was involved. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s so hard to explain. I hope you won’t insist on knowing. The happiness of someone very near and dear to me is involved. Please don’t ask me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted the twigs in his hands, and Kira could see that he was reluctant to get involved in her problems and fearful of his own fate. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a test usually involves controlled conditions, and often requires special equipment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My replies involved ghosts, witches eating people, and monsters swallowing parents alive. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

My goals mostly involved maintaining normalcy and stability, but those would never be Barack’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was undertaken to discover if America was involved in the practice of racism against black Americans. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is due to a small matter involving a desk and a chalkboard. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The water in the skins was two months stale, and besides, he’d gotten used to the labor—which involved an ironwood mallet and pounding stakes deep into the sand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“If you swear you were not involved with the scheme, I’d like to offer you a spot.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Real bottom involves being on the street, I think, not in a hospital. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The process involved some experimentation and several false starts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to become intensely involved in my book. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite their fear, you see, the two older Baudelaires were very interested in what was going on, and only wished that they were not involved in any way. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Myers insisted that there were other people besides him and Kelly involved in the Pittman murder, including a corrupt local sheriff. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was not sure who Grandma was worried about, the Red Guards or Mrs. Rong, but it was clear that she did not want us involved. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wal-Mart employees who have bucked the company—by getting involved in a unionization drive or by suing the company for failing to pay overtime—have been fired for breaking the company rule against using profanity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved Queenie getting off her bicycle at every single crossroad—each one wet, windy, and featureless—and climbing a wall or gate or tree to get her bearings. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

However, the biggest advances building on GGS have involved extensions into areas that were not the book’s main focus. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every mission involved the Mercury capsule, though the rockets—Scout, Redstone, and Atlas—varied. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The reasons people marry the people they do are not always evident to those involved. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I just think that comfort and prosperity are not a priority for Abnegation, and maybe they would be if the other factions were involved in our decision making.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was still involved with the legal system and was always under the threat of being institutionalized again if somebody bothered to check on him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The black girls were on top of any news stories involving race and discrimination, such as controversial police shootings, and they also discussed the kinds of everyday hurdles that black people face in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing that shouldn’t be involved in no sort of game. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Still, that often involves someone taking part of you. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I won’t tell a soul if you were involved,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You have to believe me. I only go to see my children. I’m not involved with their mother anymore.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the original excavators remain convinced, a team of archaeologists who were not involved in the excavation but receptive to pre-Clovis claims recently visited the site and came away unconvinced. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And this seems like a good opportunity to get more involved.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Martin-Tolliver feud, in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the mid-188os featured three gunfights, three ambushes, and two house attacks, and ended in a two-hour gun battle involving one hundred armed men. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Many people questioned a married woman’s right to work—let alone to take a job that involved travel. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She wrote circulars and articles about it, and the student union got involved. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Each step, each acquisition, no matter how small, involves deliberation, consultation with Bengali friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was a decent chance he could’ve been the one who wound up involved in something tragic. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When a topic—especially one that happened outside Coalwood and also didn’t involve mining or football—reached the steps, you knew it was important. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We continued our work on issues involving children by pursuing more cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for that admission, Miss Amin, but I believe there is enough blame to go around. There certainly will be consequences for everyone involved.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

About the only person not involved in these discussions was Claudette. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Also, he never told our parents about the bullying when it involved him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He wished to sever all his roots into positions of privilege; and he never wanted to be intimately involved with another person again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apollo 9 was the first test flight of the lunar module, in earth orbit, and Apollo 10 was to be a dress rehearsal in lunar orbit, involving a rendezvous but not a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the private schools won’t open again, only the ones run by the revolution. A revolution my daughter is not getting involved with.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You can be involved in theater as a gay man and feel completely safe,” Volpe says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then, as if to redeem herself, she adds, “I didn’t get involved until later.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the three superstates ever attempts any maneuver which involves the risk of serious defeat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

While Susan B. Anthony’s case never made it to the US Supreme Court, another case involving female suffrage and the Fourteenth Amendment did. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was the head of South Africa’s equivalent of the CIA, and was also involved with military intelligence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't feel like getting involved in a long conversation and all with her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was quite clear that the alethiometer was involved, and the identities of the alethiometer specialists in Oxford were no secret. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Because,” Buttercup said, “marriage involves love, and that is not a pastime at which I excel. I tried once, and it went badly, and I am sworn never to love another.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody can speak for the leaders of the two guided groups involved, because both men are dead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A two–three-year-long study concluded that children attending a musical play school exhibited significant differences in auditory discrimination and attention compared to children not involved in music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And the strain of helping to plan the mission, which involved outlining what they were going to do after arriving, had made him very tense. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He was said to be involved in high politics, in secret exploration, in distant warfare, and she never knew when he was going to appear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t necessary for the Federal Government to become involved in any of those States. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We involved expert pathologists and persuaded local authorities that there was no basis on which to convict Marsha of murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Is there a courtship ritual that involves, perhaps, an exchange of doctors’ telephone numbers? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Father had a really big problem, involving state matters, he went to an entirely different person, the Lion Spirit Medium, who was able to contact the mhondoro, the spirit of the land. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like its Soviet predecessors, the Viking landing maneuver involved an ablation shield, a parachute and retro-rockets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, perhaps he has even convinced himself that he wasn't involved. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were less and less convinced that the man he was accusing of committing the crime was involved. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had a whole routine that involved rinsing himself over and over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The most comprehensive studies of racial bias in the exercise of prosecutorial and judicial discretion involve the treatment of juveniles. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Dad took it slowly, and within a couple of months the older children had learned all the tricks involved. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so uncomfortable this morning that Genie had been happy to get out the house and tackle the hot yard, even if peas were involved. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I turn on my light and sketch out ideas for Germ—Ask a Parent, book playlists, monthly soundtracks, lists of places where girls like me can get involved. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was looking for a safe space where I could be social but I didn’t want “being social” to involve anything that would compromise my faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But Bachpere was involved in a keyboard innovation that proved equally important to the history of music as the invention of the piano. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Were you involved in that particularly abortive coup?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course it is true that a discovery often involves a recognition of the significance of something already known. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There are various ways of increasing your body’s endurance, and they all involve putting a steady and sustained load on the heart muscle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Really? Is she involved with the Oblation Board?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If Mr. Nixon got involved, they'd forget about me for the day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Their model of the universe involved the "celestial spheres" creating a kind of harmony as they moved in circles dictated by the same arithmetical relationships as musical harmonies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“If you two get involved, you have to sit back and listen. You have to make sure not to make it about you.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And of course, it worked the other way around too—especially when the cop involved was the older brother of your oldest friend. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

These are “executive function” tasks, meaning they engage the prefrontal cortex, that all-important part of the brain involved in focus. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The truth is, we have become more deeply involved than we ever dreamed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her mind, Ivy ran through a plan that involved running up to Drew in a panic, saying that she saw a potentially lethal bee fly into his backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As far as I can tell, the second stage of initiation involves sitting in a dark hallway with the other initiates, wondering what’s going to happen behind a closed door. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When there’s violence involved, they tend to keep you. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I tried to find him when I was ten years old, and from what I pieced together, I'm pretty certain that he died in some kind of accident involving a cargo plane. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Charles and Emma remained involved and loving parents—to the boys in person on school holidays and through the mail the rest of the year. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much more involved than Johnny in the brewing storm, Rab had been able to drop off immediately. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

President Eisenhower told Stassen he was “quite sure the Soviets have never given any thought to any inspection plan which involved the presence ... of anything like twenty to thirty thousand foreign inspectors.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

By the end of 1941, thirty-eight countries were involved in World War II, and it looked as though Hitler might win Europe. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well...your parents being here. Them getting involved.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It's been clear to everyone involved in this case that you have taken an interest in these proceedings and have brought your minds and hearts to the testimony. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason why we can be certain is that the arrivals took place in modern times and involved literate Europeans, who described in innumerable books what happened. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

While I may not have known those involved personally, it happened in my own backyard. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If true, then before serious model building began, a decision would have to be made whether the chains would be held together by hydrogen bonds or by salt linkages involving the negatively charged phosphate groups. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I'm thinking that everyone will get more involved tomorrow when we do the planting. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Nor do I know what Iorek Byrnison has it in mind to do, except that his fate is involved with hers.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The most obvious connections might be between music and logical-mathematical or spatial intelligences since music involves rhythm, counting, and working with time-space relationships. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They continued to hash out how Esperanza could contribute, but Moss remained silent, unsure how to help, uncertain he should get too involved. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I will be. I’ve got so many people who have been involved with me in close, intimate ways. And love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one weekend on Long Island, something happened involving the State Liquor Authority. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jay spent most of class talking about what to expect from the semester, including a final project involving ancient Rome or something. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A doubt goes through my head as to whether my father’s assurances that he’s no longer involved with this woman are true. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My present French class involves no dialogue memorization, but still I find myself wearing the Walkman, mainly as a form of protection. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The new plan involved not simply picketing, but picketing in front of the White House in demonstrations aimed directly at President Woodrow Wilson. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Terryl didn’t just offer advice to the victims going through the system; she got involved in the case and pushed investigators and prosecutors. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the coin is the fact that some extremely potent chemicals are involved. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As such, I’m under no illusions about the fact that they have a separate life that doesn’t involve me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Because if I tell you how Angel got involved, it will be telling you too much else.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you asking? Why would I want to go out with you if it doesn’t involve marriage as the end result?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I disliked the idea of having too many people involved, all at the same time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these questions involve developments that determined which peoples became history’s have-nots, and which became its haves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering, her old customers picture her as philanthropist, medical authority, bouncer, and poetess of the bodily emotions without being involved with them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Please don't seem so happy about it, and don't leap to conclusions. I want to help, but there is a tyranny involved . . ." "A tyranny?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Equally exciting would be the work involved in overcoming that helplessness. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s another reason it won’t be so easy to break out of the trap. It doesn’t only involve my own family.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She became very involved with the Vietnam Veterans of America, and served on its National Board of Directors. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I came to this conclusion after becoming personally involved in two specific incidents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa wasn’t the most involved parent, but at least he asked about me now and then. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They involved taking a hunter education course and taking a test. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At least in PE there is a teacher so you know what will happen next even though it might involve screaming, grabbing and running around crazy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humanitarian groups reached out to me, asking me to get involved. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I didn't think of the danger involved with breaking the law. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Katz wanted every detail of my walk home, and had elaborate plans for his defense involving a heavy ceramic lamp base and, ultimately, escape out the back window. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He got quite involved in studying the clouds. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She started talking about all the great ways we could get involved during our freshman year. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

With less than a week before the execution, the next few days involved one frantic filing after the next. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He evinces considerable enthusiasm at these stories — seems to be involved in them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The second method is a hybrid known as rote-note, where the song is taught mostly by ear, but also involves the addition of some type of visual element, such as showing some notation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted to show this boy another meaning for the word bang, and it involved his head against a steel door. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In 1876, elected President of Bowdoin College, where he attempts to modernize the school, introducing courses in science, de-emphasizing religion, and becomes involved in student demonstrations over the question of ROTC. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako didn’t know any of the words, but she got quite involved swaying back and forth just like everybody else. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As Bobby was becoming more involved in the world of chess, he attracted the attention of a wealthy and unusual man named E. Forry Laucks. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I came back, and before I knew it I was involved in a fullblown cleaning frenzy. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They still weren’t seeing frontline action, but when a fighter pilot of the 586th was involved in an aerial battle, it could be fierce and grim. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She said the police officer who came in with the ambulance told her that the car involved in the accident was a red Chevette. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, well, ah, yes, he'd heard—or rather—he knew that there had been an accident involving the parents of one of the children he was helping. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He has only seen the paperwork involved with the circus in passing, hasn’t bothered to scrutinize the details of the thing in years. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Perspective painting generally involves a peculiar form of abstraction: the construction of a vanishing point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Soros wanted to involve the international community, particularly the United States. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I never wanted to get you involved. I hope one day you’ll be able to forgive me for what I put you through.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His heart is not the only one involved. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I should have just left there and then because I knew things were going to get involved. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hockey and soccer are just games, of course, involving a select few. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Singh was stripping old paper off the walls of one of the bedrooms, and all of us got involved. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.83: The performance of an accent depends on the style of music, but in general, sforzando and fortepiano accents involve a loud beginning to a longer note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan was too far away from their bedroom; for the number of risks involved, it might as well be in Egypt. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, what? You just let her die? Because you didn’t want to get involved?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Ideally, the student body will be involved in choosing something nonviolent and culturally sensitive.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There were two different judges and courtrooms involved, but we felt if we won release for one it might then become easier to win release for the other. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He argued that divorce should not be discussed at a women’s rights conventions because it involved both men and women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I talked to my various human rights and refugee groups about ways I could get more involved in the future. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

William Smith was a Coloured man involved in the African real estate trade who was often around the office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That case involved a police raid on a nightclub in Chambers County during which black residents had been illegally detained, mistreated, and abused by local authorities who refused to accept any responsibility for their misconduct. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The questionnaires were long and involved, and over time Hofstede was able to develop an enormous database for analyzing the ways in which cultures differ from one another. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He never liked to get involved just before falling asleep. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The critics were jealous, the articles said, and looking for ways to besmirch the respected surgeons involved in Garfield's care. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She answered the phones and distributed the mail in addition to her regular duties, which at the time involved solving a triple integral for an engineer in the division. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They had been involved in a Quest, which had kept them away from the latest news. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were then just about as smart, just as curious, just as involved in things social and sexual. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved bribes, copies of keys, and even a false beard that was to be sewn into the shoulder pad of one of my jackets brought to me in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Merritts heard we were going to The Children’s Home, they said they wanted to stay involved in our lives in an honorary “aunt” and “uncle” role. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Percy. I didn’t mean to get you involved. Leneus is still a lord of the Wild. You don’t want to make an enemy of him.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

This could only be accomplished if large foundations and international agencies became more involved. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Just getting to school for my first day of ninth grade was a whole new odyssey, involving ninety minutes of nerve-pummeling travel on two different city bus routes as well as a transfer downtown. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Indeed, women who are involved in some relationship with men accused of drug crimes, typically husbands or boyfriends, are among the most frequent claimants in forfeiture proceedings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

One transformation involves a change of intermediate vector: when a microbe relying on some arthropod vector for transmission switches to a new host, the microbe may be forced to find a new arthropod as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

These domestic crusades terrorized poor people and, at the same time, got them involved in what was painted as a holy adventure: turning all Europe into a Christian land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I take it to be some sort of positive gesture because there are no fingers involved. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The First National Bank, like the vessel, was a magnificent, extravagant, enviable Camelot,” he wrote in an opinion in a case involving the bank. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvarez’s experiment, which involved his spending long hours in the LeConte basement counting clicks on his handmade X-ray detector, set a new standard for rigorous physics at the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of leaving me on my own in a corner somewhere, Mrs. Shannon pulled me into the circle of teachers who are involved in the inclusion program. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I try to spice up their lives by ordering an overly elaborate drink involving half shots, milks of varying fat content, and caramel, as well as vanilla syrup. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to understand the principles involved this time. No shortcuts or cheats!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“No. I don’t want to get them involved.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Do not involve more people than necessary, it said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “Yeah, I heard about it on the grapevine. How many andys are involved and how far did Dave get?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And if he was involved with them, she wanted Serakeen too. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm sure you would, but the message involves permissions that I, not you, have the authority to give." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t, wouldn’t, believe that Ernest had been involved in such a plot. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His blood alcohol level was really high, and it looked like he was involved somehow with the fire at the Pagoda Mall. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The earliest theoretical attempts to describe and explain the universe involved the idea that events and natural phenomena were controlled by spirits with human emotions who acted in a very humanlike and unpredictable manner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At my insistence, Gay called Karen Gievers, the attorney who had handled the class-action suit involving one of Gay’s guardian children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Anything else would probably involve me working for a gang or stealing something. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Malcolm wanted to ask about the secret things she was involved with, and whether they were part of the history of ideas, but he felt that it was better to stick to books for now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Many of the stories involved bodiless spirits and warnings against improper burials. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If he got involved in a dangerous situation, he would not only jeopardize the lives of the people he was trying to help, but his life, and the life of his crew as well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’re working on a cake that involves three varieties of milk when she turns to me and smiles. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The research was part of a study examining lead abatement methods, and all families involved were black. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A good illustration of the histories of trial and error involved is furnished by the development of gunpowder and gasoline from raw materials. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If she really didn't want to get involved, what is she doing here? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Most of them involved an expert, or a gang of experts, promoting false information or hiding true information; in each case the experts were trying to keep the information asymmetry as asymmetrical as possible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, not as such. But there are certain protocols involved ” “A gentleman’s agreement?” she asked acidicly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Plans that involve digestive juices—but I think it likes to be hungry. It enjoys the pursuit as much as the devouring. That’s its weakness.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Affairs of honor were supposed to involve only personal charges. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The two actors involved in this scene quickly became very frustrated. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I told Steven not to get you involved in this. I told him.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

About once a week we had some kind of pill overdose or drug- related emergency at the hospital—often involving homemade works. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then, somewhat oddly, both the Democratic front-runner in the primary and the ensuing Republican nominee became embroiled in scandals involving their ex-wives. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Though he still chased bandits on horseback, the work was generally less dangerous; in many cases, it involved unmasking individuals who had filed false claims for reimbursements. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Okay, maybe not involved, not yet, but scared for her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Summed up in one perfect sentence by Donne - ‘Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde’ - the movement was a ray of sunshine peeping out from behind storm clouds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But mostly I was surprised that she’d wanted me involved in her original plan, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He has a right to know. He’s involved here, Grace.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another involved turning the tunnel’s Mach 2 winds on a series of sharp-nosed metal cones to discover the point at which the smooth air flowing over the cones became turbulent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They especially loved throwing parties that involved code breaking. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

To his mother, he seemed to be a different man: well read, animated, involved. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Sure, but you’ll need to concentrate on your studies. You won’t have time to work and get involved in extracurricular activities like you have here.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a level of drudgery and unpleasantness involved. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry you’re bored, but please find a hobby that does not involve living things, or learn more about why you’d actually want chickens before you acquire your own. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

There were more turbulent council meetings, and several incidents of arson involving DHA property. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, Fina has decided that the figure we saw was not a vampire but was, in fact, a cult leader about to perform a satanic ritual, possibly involving human sacrifice. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It would be just enough to give a hint, a small peek, to the public of what would be involved. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I could come up with something that doesn’t involve...you know, paint.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

From the start my mom was certain I was involved. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I have to get involved, become a part of the school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alexia, on the other hand, is always involved in some “girl war.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Friends from Smith remember Luma as outgoing and involved, active in intramural soccer and in social events sponsored by the college’s house system. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It involved solving some relatively complex equations, and also trying to remember information he’d been asked to memorize a few equations prior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The direct line from Vesalius to Harvey involves just two other people. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

One of her first challenges involved a pledge she had made to raise money for the University of Rochester. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Two cuco attacks in two towns, during a vote involving Spares, was fishy enough on its own, but three was a conspiracy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was tormented inexorably by morbid fantasies involving them, by dire, hideous omens of illness and accident. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The plan before Max left was made by Dr. Schillinger and involves paying off the mailman, a man Dr. Schillinger knew before the war. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. Never become involved in an altercation with a pauper.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Pirow put it, the accused knew that the achievement of the goals of the Freedom Charter would “necessarily involve the overthrow of the State by violence.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julius had really done him a favor, getting him involved in this whole affair. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As I’ve already mentioned, my first lesson involved a handful of iron drabs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Toby knew Jimmy was involved in some petty criminal activity—selling stolen cell phones, the occasional scheme. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

War, for me, had always been terrifying but also abstract, involving landscapes I couldn’t imagine and people I didn’t know. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The new law requires the public school system to abandon any programs that involve bilingual students. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Although each of those systems used distinctive sets of signs not borrowed from Egypt or Sumer, the peoples involved could hardly have been unaware of the writing of their neighboring trade partners. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking themselves cynical about, and not a little afraid of, life, neither Bloom nor Linda wished to become involved again for a long time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a thin, mild kid who hated getting involved in messes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involves a symbiotic relationship with the wind: you have to know exactly how and when to turn your head in order to keep the smoke out of your eyes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

More people were involved; more conversations needed to be had before even a small decision could be made. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was precious little anger involved with a beating, just a lecture explaining why you were getting one and why it was good for you. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

No need to be ashamed or embarrassed since suicide isn’t involved. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Was he involved with our mother, our aunt, our sister? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Use the bellows cram if you’re in doubt. Look: I would hate to have it on my conscience if we didn’t do a miracle when nice people were involved.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though she has an innate distrust of anyone whose occupation involves telling people what they wish to hear. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In 1869, after a huge riot involving several hundred inmates in which many inmates and one officer were killed, a law was passed prohibiting its further use. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d have paperwork by the end of the week to make the club official, which meant that, for the first time in my life, I’d be involved in an extracurricular activity, which felt strange. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After Alexandra made sure no other female was involved, she could not have cared less. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It involved an invention known as the cavity magnetron, a source of high-powered microwaves. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione had been so deeply involved in helping Sirius escape from the Ministry of Magic that they were almost as concerned about Harry’s godfather as he was. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not holding you back. I don’t really care. I just don’t want to be involved. I don’t want to know about her. I know when I’m not wanted, you know?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I saw in those early months how, just as I’d predicted, politics would be a fight, and the fight would be wearying, involving standoffs and betrayals, dirty-deal makers and compromises that sometimes felt painful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Which was sign number two, because anything involving someone named Doris is definitely Not Okay. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After becoming crippled with polio, Midgley invented a contraption involving a series of motorized pulleys that automatically raised or turned him in bed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But I did come up with a couple perverted fantasies involving getting stuck in a snowdrift and sending Chas and Joey out into the cold to search for help. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Was it possible that not only the doctors but everyone who ministered to the colored population was involved in this incredible scheme? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That must have got Mami thinking about Papi because she started talking about the old days and how Papi and my uncles became involved in the underground movement against the dictator. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

At the moment, though, he wasn’t sure that the same base pairs were involved. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The help could involve police and detectives—as well as higher ups. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Calder that there could be hidden information here—after all, codes involved repetition, and the same objects appeared again and again in Vermeer’s work. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps as a result, her last report to Donovan detailed exactly what that work had involved, as well as the long night and weekend hours her team had put in. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He banned for life all the players involved in the fix because of their undeniable dealings with gamblers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I try to work around any unpleasant hindrances and give full attention to the talk I am involved in. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brent Wilhite, a program manager with the group, says it relies on people like Reggie who have been involved in accidents to put a human face on issues. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their first item of business involved Arthur Devlin, hat in hand, negotiating new working codes and payment arrangements for the mine workers in exchange for access to the vein running under the town’s land. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Danny and I were soon involved in a heated discussion concerning two contradictory commentaries on the same passage, and Reb Saunders sat back quietly and listened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You seem to get involved in a lot of conflict. I suppose we should all be grateful that you are steady in a crisis.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Lyra was lighter than the rucksack but awkwarder, because the rucksack’s weight was taken on the shoulders, whereas carrying Lyra, Malcolm soon remembered, involved both arms. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I was getting involved. There were these kids bullying other kids. I wanted them to stop. I drew attention to myself...” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The same member said they “had no choice but to uphold the regulations of the Commission and to nullify all the victories in which Mr. Thomas was involved.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Balekin smiles back as though their smiles could duel without the rest of them even being involved. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The dispatcher asked how many cars were involved, and the location of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He tells me about some study involving a lab and questions and love. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Beverly Ember had given up in those few weeks trying to be directly involved in her granddaughter’s life, questioning whether or not she had been overbearing or too nosy. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Whereas his concerns focused on his own tribe, I had become involved with those who thought in terms of the entire nation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was suspicious of fun whether it involved dancing or singing or even laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Siobhan was one of the smartest girls I ever knew, though she never rubbed it in your face like other people. She loved puzzles, especially ones involving math.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His first significant contribution to science concerned the springiness, or compressibility, of air, and involved the most famous experiment of his illustrious career. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a pretty wide conspiracy, involving everything from his car’s faulty ignition to his father’s nagging about college to his English teacher’s “gay way of talking.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The ensuing conflict spiraled out to involve the entire center of the Maya realm. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The technique used to do this involved drawing out the wire from an ingot of silver, with gold around the circumference. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It is not, however, a technology in any real sense, since it does not involve measures directed at the underlying mechanism of disease. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s why the Bureau is involved. We think this was an interstate crime.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Tony was supposed to walk arm in arm with his cousin and give her away—her father had never been involved in her life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Barack and I both knew that the months of campaigning ahead would involve extra travel, extra strategizing, and extra worry. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She has one aspect of the part down cold: the coiled anger of a mother who finds out her son has been involved in something awful. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had used Blanca without Blanca even knowing it and I had been the one that had gotten us involved in all this. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“She got involved with the High King. In this Court, that’s enough. There was a child—his child, I suppose—and someone didn’t want it born. Blusher mushroom.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I'm working through a couple of scenarios, one of them involving rat poison and soup, even though poison is a cowardly way to murder a man, when I stop short. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed clear that they both were going to be involved in the Army action. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite books all involved people dealing with hardships. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see, Bella? It’s one thing for me to make myself miserable, but a wholly other thing for you to be so involved.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A famous example involves Japan’s abandonment of guns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His tests involved making the samples glow under ultraviolet light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear he’s very involved in the editorial decisions. The Standard is the only paper that dares to tell the truth these days.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Closer in, leaning against the fence with stoic faces was a mix of local coaches, involved fathers, skuzzy agent wannabes, scouts from prep schools and even colleges. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but why not get involved last year? Or you could sign the thing and be done with it?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes this involved pushing her guests back into their chairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had to be something terrible if he wanted to involve Mama. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought there was a great war coming that would involve everyone. Which side would you fight for in that case?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The folks who were involved in the hustle need to be careful ’bout what they say or even think ’bout doing.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Since the miner had sacrificed everything to his Personal Legend, the old man decided to become involved. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to think tie is involved in some type of illegal drug operation that is about to be exposed, bringing national attention to Paintbrush Falls. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not get the police involved unless we really need to.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of us have work to do, and it doesn’t involve blathering about like bumpkins.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I really need to learn that sometimes it’s best if I just listen. It’s a compulsion of mine, always wanting to be involved.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And we are involved with a big new sanctuary in Kenya. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The white boy is raised in a Chicago suburb by parents who read widely and involve themselves in school reform. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But now at least I knew one thing: Chapter Eleven was involved in it somehow. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All it takes is a single question, a word or a sentence, and before you know it, the entire family is involved! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Knees to bend the pieces are not involved either. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining major type of change invisible to early farmers involved plant reproduction. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So you have until tomorrow morning to get back home, Nate, before, like, the FBI is involved. The whole thing is actually like E.T., all these guys running around looking for you in the woods.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We played red-light- green-light, tag, football, Red Rover, or nameless games that involved running hard, keeping up with the pack, and not crying if you fell down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is how he discovers that things are indeed more involved than they at first appeared. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know better than that, Pri. If it involves two students within a few yards of the school, then fighting is grounds for suspension,” Ms. Stanley says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But through negotiations over the past months, the ANC and government teams had put together a tentative agreement involving a two-stage transitional period to a fully democratic South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like someday there would be a test that didn’t involve getting an A in pretty, and she would fail it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And even the most painstaking piece of craft does not deserve to be called a work of art unless it involves a leap of the imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Reagan attack involves heroic reactions by several people,” de Becker says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve got way too many secrets involving our newly coupled mutual friends, and I don’t trust that they won’t explode out of me with the right prodding. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, maybe you shouldn’t irrigate that field, Jose. Maybe innocent people will get involved. Or even hurt.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, speakers of ancestral Afroasiatic languages may have been involved in domesticating the crops native to Ethiopia, and they certainly introduced Fertile Crescent crops to North Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can't confirm it, but I think he's planning something else. Something big. Something that doesn't involve Darin. But how can we save Darin and take on another mission? We don't have enough men.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But he was built like a linebacker, which didn’t involve ball skills at all, so Dad held out hope. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To do things involving practiced skills, you need to turn loose the systems of muscles and nerves responsible for each maneuver, place them on their own, and stay out of it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was feeling buoyant, on his way, and the pitch to the woman allowed him to think it might involve fewer doors shut in his face than he’d been prepared to expect. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know about that, but the other day President Clinton said the polio vaccine is one of the most important things that happened in the twentieth century, and her cells involved with that too.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

To reach the next landmark of consequence, Sirius, would involve another 4.6 light-years of travel. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Much of the ethnic diversity in Chokecherry comes from visiting paleontologists involved in the dinosaur excavation sponsored by Wexford-Smythe University. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I got to Howard’s, he and Dwight and Cotton were in the front yard playing some game that involved throwing tin cans and punching each other. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But Newton’s genius involved defining these terms rigorously and linking them to each other via a nest of equations—thereby launching the science of mechanics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient tyrant Mezentius of Etruria, punishing his enemies, bound each living prisoner to a corpse and left them thus, shackled face to face, until the corruption of the dead involved the living. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I know that I’m involved because Addie is my friend and I don’t know how to say no. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he isn’t interested enough in the quantities involved to think this through. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We both were aware of the serious risks involved in playing together in a white neighbourhood, but we never dwelled on them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got to get himself together before he can get seriously involved with someone else. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph had always hated any sport that involved catching things, and the stalk bounced off his chest and hit the floor before he’d even lifted his arms. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I am tired of everyone keeping their secrets so well that they get other people killed. We are all involved in your game, and it seems we are not as easily repaired as teacups.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My family got involved with a local church, and my dad formed a choir with the kids in the congregation. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It involves jumping with your legs sticking out sideways and shaking your shoulders with your arms and hands up. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It's the prosecutor's job to bring all of the participants in a crime to justice, and so Miss Petrocelli has brought everyone she believes might have been involved to this courtroom. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t like me getting involved in any of this. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a thing in the way of diversions, nowhere to buy a book or even a magazine that didn’t involve speedboats, customized cars, or guns and ammo. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I knew, no riddles were involved in mythological encounters with lamassu, but there was probably some extremely high level taarofing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Morrow had led a very different life from Halliday’s—one involving a much greater connection to humanity. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Dalton,” said Daddy, I'm not sure you were aware of recent events involving your son, Raymond Edward Dalton.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, more than 52 percent of the shootouts between extremists and police now involve white extremists. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Taking a swipe at the PSF’s ankle with my hand was pointless—he was so involved with whatever it was he was doing that he didn’t so much as notice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t have any other memories involving these people, so you can forget them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The other means involved European-introduced germs to which Aborigines had had no opportunity to acquire immunity or to evolve genetic resistance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately after the shooting, Black Lives Matter arranged a “Black Lives Matter Freedom Ride” to Ferguson, involving some five hundred demonstrators. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A bomb means that there’s too much care involved, even if you mean to kill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, for a man involved in the rough-and-tumble world of professional baseball, Sunday was very religious. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

From the Pilgrims to the founders of the United States and continuing to the present day, the idea of a covenant involving people and God has persisted. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But other scenarios involve potato seeds of an entirely different variety, and these scenarios are more plausible. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Preferably one that doesn’t involve embedding my pain in the stones.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They involved doing penance for a sin not yet committed, intense and fervent penance accompanied by scourging and flagellation, so as to build up, as it were, a store of credit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And usually she managed to get involved in various efforts to improve the living conditions of the people of the area. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hildreth was the sort of person who liked to get involved in whatever was taking place. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Getting involved with Russia would mean even more weeks away from Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In 2009, Swedish researchers published an enormous international study, involving thousands of families and tens of thousands of men and women. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Apparently there is a third vehicle that was involved. There are no injuries on that one also.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Blacks could be trusted more, but anything involving blacks was probably slightly substandard. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about dispensing with punitiveness for its own sake and trying to produce an outcome that will be more healing for everyone involved.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was a little intense, but it was kind of cool how she was involved in everything. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Distraught at the possibility that he might lose the race, Galileo frantically set about building one of his own, knowing nothing more than that the instrument involved two lenses in a tube. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He came up with an experiment that involved sitting two people in front of a “phonautograph.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You don’t. You don’t know anything about the University. About the risks involved. You think this place is a faerie land, a playground. It’s not.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, she began to wait for him, and the more involved he got with the other pan of his social life, the more reliable she became. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of chairs made it obvious the Hearing Circle involved a lot more people than the other meetings. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Eminent Persons Group had come with many questions involving the issues of violence, negotiations, and international sanctions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not my boy. You don’t involve anymore Meekers in this terrible war. Send your own child out to play soldier if you want, Stephen Betts, but no more of mine.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor looked at the girl’s face and could tell by her arrogant expression that there had been no luck involved at all. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of people involved because they had to keep swapping over guards, and my C.O. refused to tell me who it had been, to protect them, you know? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’ve had to miss every trip that involved the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On this end, there is no effort involved. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had been so involved in my conversation with Chubs that I had completely missed the silky blue lake that had suddenly come into view. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“This next one will impress them. When I call, start pumping the bellows, and whatever happens do not slow down, or speed up, or stop. There’s fiddly work involved.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But if your strategy for racial justice involves waiting for whites to be fair, history suggests it will be a long wait. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It involved Brother Leon and he didn’t trust Leon as far as he could throw him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the Presbyterians weren’t involved, there was no suspense at our preachin’ service. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It begins by describing how blacks were asked to become involved in the crisis, detailing in dramatic fashion what they did. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The decision involved impersonating an Air Force officer. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There may even be a reward involved," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had a symbolism that wasn’t in the other poems, and it also involved the poet’s ideas about the moral responsibility of the mariner. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"You do know there are other dances that don't involve all that booty action, right?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Photography used to be a cumbersome process involving film coated with silver dug up from mines halfway across the world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Its “Sinification” involved the drastic homogenization of a huge region in an ancient melting pot, the repopulation of tropical Southeast Asia, and the exertion of a massive influence on Japan, Korea, and possibly even India. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the trip to Holman, Tate was furious that McMillian had involved outside counsel; he mocked Walter for thinking it would make any difference. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He’s loyal to the Bureau. I don’t want to involve him.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I saw the helicopters over Drake at noon and had a..... suspicion June might’ve been involved.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My cousins are not involved; it’s just me and my aunt. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Over the past few weeks, fewer and fewer of our conversations had involved words. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Big and hard as it had got, it wouldn’t probably come back out without a whole lot of choking involved. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Because it did not involve loss of life it offered the best hope for reconciliation among the races afterward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shushrooms were essential to any spell involving sneaking and quiet, and they grew exclusively along the marshy banks of the Boggy Crone River. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maya suspected that if she had been dating a boy, there would have been a much bigger scene involving yelling and threats and being found dead in a ravine somewhere and teenage pregnancy statistics. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the way he gets sidetracked into Canada and becomes involved with a bunch of draft dodgers; at the end he goes back to his wife and they renew their vows in a hippie ceremony. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Protocol for telling an employee about their End Day involves an administrator calling the Decker into their office “for a meeting.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The schools I went to were integrated, and the church always had whites involved in some capacity. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s what happens when you let women get involved in men’s affairs! ’ he roared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference involves what I came to think of, rather unfairly, as Holmberg’s Mistake. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A corresponding example within Eurasia involved the eastern limit of Fertile Crescent crops, which spread rapidly westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indus Valley without encountering a major barrier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose the other people involved serve no purpose as well, then?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For some attendees, whose career goals didn’t involve combat, it was a way to get a taste of what the combat experience feels like. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But Vivian was involved in a conversation with the other girls at her table and didn’t look her way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell me that you know for a fact that Sapo is not involved in that reporter’s death. A piece of the man’s shoulder was missing.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You seem to think I’m involved in something positively evil,” he said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists have traced the beginnings of theater back as far as 2500 BCE, to the ancient Egyptians and sacred plays involving the myth of the god Osiris and his wife Isis. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Known today as electroconvulsive therapy, this involved sending electrical current through the brain and inducing seizures. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was the closest account to my house, and it was an enormous corner lot that I figured would give Kenny and Allen a better sense of the work involved. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If an event involves several characters involved in several relationships, there needs to be a way to keep track of who did what to whom. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He felt angry that she had gone through what she had, and he felt angry with himself because the story had involved imagining her naked and had aroused him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I kept saying it as I scanned the crowd for Jill, pumping myself up, because some people had told me racism was a thing of the past, they’d told me not to get involved. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Though I bet Aunt Heidi’s shrink listens to Aunt Heidi’s dreams all the time, and I’m ninety percent sure they always involve babies, or Troy. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

White House tours are generally self-guided, but this one involved being taken around by a White House curator, who walked a small group of us through its grand hallways and various public rooms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Working across international lines was not always easy, but a case involving drugs was nothing new for Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Anything. Go to college. Join the circus. Live naked in a tepee. Whatever. Just nothing involving snakes or poison, though.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But when I ride in the car, it involves a whole process of taking apart and putting together me, my chair, and my stuff. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Where’d you get them? I don’t want outsiders involved in this.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was why William was ordered to take charge and become directly involved in breaking it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When any kind of dispute arose, someone who was respected highly and who was not involved would sit on a rag with the disputers around him, which made the rag a courtroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The source of the disagreement goes much deeper, however, involving conflicting attitudes toward government itself, competing versions of citizenship, differing postures toward the twin goals of freedom and equality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some of the most widely cited examples involved wealthy whites whose property was seized. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m too afraid of involving you in something far bigger than yourself, that you didn’t even choose.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our lesson involves the history of the delicately negotiated peace between Orlagh, Queen of the Undersea, and the various faerie kings and queens of the land. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We fixed our eyes on the television, on Mr. Sullivan, who introduced a circus act involving monkeys that rode tiny scooters across a high wire. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked endless questions about Grandpa’s pension, but information was always denied me on the grounds that I was too young to know what was involved. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recall that the rise of food production involved a competition between food production and hunting-gathering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

So involved was I in my escapist daydreams, I lost all track of the seconds racing by. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then everyone thought I was insane to get involved with a married man, let alone a married man whose wife was highly unstable, and I’ve proved them wrong on that one. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was able to become more involved in the activities that I was only giving a quarter of myself to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, we won’t involve Mrs. Silver anymore, okay? I think she has enough to do around here.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She sat down slowly, then glanced at me, as if I was involved in Lily's doings. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Despite himself, however, he was involved in a relationship with Amanda that he had desperately wished for in his youth but that no longer touched him deeply and he felt incapable of sustaining. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The case was eventually dismissed, but everyone involved was spooked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A lot of my ideas involve setting something on fire. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Added to that, I was being awakened by frightening dreams that involved shouts in the dark, men with bloody hands, and women screaming. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You were involved in a similar altercation on the night of January eighteenth, correct?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But this episode was symptomatic: even his love for me involved extending the fabric of his psychosis and confabulation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They talked for a bit longer, told me more about what was involved. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Paul’s plan involved having a continual lineup of women stand directly in front of the White House, holding placards containing messages demanding the vote—for President Wilson to see. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

One of the peacekeepers became romantically involved with one of Adele’s friends: He would take the girl out drinking, then take her back to the UN compound. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I know a great many such minor tricks now, involving objects and gadgets and the rearrangement of space, that I didn’t need to know before. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I followed my husband. I didn’t get involved.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of that critical thinking involves recognition that “America” is a name given to two land masses by European colonizers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I am intimately involved, and obliged to do a great deal of essential work for my mitochondria. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also identified some of the key operators involved. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Royalty, ” the king said, “has many responsibilities. And one of them is not becoming involved personally with even the distant relatives of one’s enemies. Put him down, Pea. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"It's a long story involving shutting up and not caring." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

One day involved being flown to Los Alamos and then traveling below ground for the tests. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He really, truly doesn’t care who else is involved. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

On his return to Cuba, Reed initiated a series of experiments involving volunteers and insect-tight tents. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The most striking examples of variation involved flies collected from the same region that possessed two radically different configurations of the same genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But in spite of his immense wisdom and his mysterious breadth, he had a human burden, an earthly condition that kept him involved in the small problems of daily life. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There’s no choice involved: the letter has to be upper case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I had been elected president of my class, and I found myself suddenly involved in student politics. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He enlisted in the Army in 1964 at the age of eighteen, at a time when America was heavily involved in combat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’d always considered himself the outsider in his family, only vaguely involved with his friends, and except for Guitar, there was no one whose opinion of himself he cared about. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We like each other too much to become awkwardly involved. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In the meantime Root too would have to become involved in the courtship. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to figure out how Rachel could be involved, but nothing came to me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A third stage involved fruit trees that proved much harder to cultivate, including apples, pears, plums, and cherries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

So Mia had always avoided getting involved in the affairs of others. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had made a mistake by ever getting involved with the genius kid. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Often it involves overcoming my fears—as it did in this case. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first was it would involve pulling nails out of a wall so they could fold back a section of the blanket that covered the window. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Their plan involved sending a legion of ghosts from the five covens to break her out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Back in July, Prussians were involved in an assassination attempt on Hitler. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In all the commotion, no one wondered about the engineering involved. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Out of 125 papyri recording contemporary legal cases, fully 20 percent involve personal squabbles between individual Greeks and Egyptians. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

My hands are getting involved in the soliloquy thanks to Guillermo’s tutelage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was a priest who insisted on getting involved in the real world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In a surprisingly short time I forgot the bath and the sleep and found myself deeply involved with Lonesome Harry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved being told no in a dozen or a hundred different ways before hearing the “yes” that would make all the difference. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Soon, very soon, we talk to your parents and get them involved.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she’d cried since the army guy came to our house that day and said our pop was involved in a freak training accident and wasn’t able to make it through. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

At first I find the videos on kitchens and bathrooms baffling, and it takes me several minutes to realize why: there is no water, or almost no water, involved. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm secretly thinking he might want to get involved in all of this. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Any moment, those men with guns might get involved. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Part of his resentment involved suspicions about equipment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Benedict, if you explained how it worked—scientifically, I mean—how could they not believe you? Surely you can demonstrate the principles involved!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you are ever going to be involved with the work on this preserve, you will need to learn to cope with certain unpleasant realities. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Frankie’s father didn’t say much else, but the others exchanged some awkward small talk about the weather and local Spitalfields gossip involving the market as Albert led everyone into the dining room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Was it not probable that Bebe, with such dubious associates, had also been involved in something illicit? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because this assembly is strictly for the student body, Obie. The brothers are not involved. But everybody else will be there.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The resulting balancing act involves a ceaseless clustering of bonded atoms into molecules of higher and higher complexity, and the emergence of cycles for the storage and release of energy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might or might not have counted themselves happy, though; happiness as they conceived it then was a thing attained, a grand state, involving a fiefdom to survey from the plump comfort of their dotage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him that she missed his “rocking”—which apparently involved them sitting close together, perhaps in one of Riverbank’s swinging chairs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that someone who was involved with this would have cared if he’d gotten caught in the blast. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He loves biking and there’s no water involved. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to sidetrack David, especially when it involves the video store, but he does like to count cars. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s something new. I’m just curious. You said things were hotting up—this is part of it. In your children’s school, was there a woman called Carmichael involved?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He shouldn’t get involved, and if he is, he should be on my side and on Donna’s side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Not only was she opposed to this one aspect of tribal culture, but to others as well, particularly those involving relations between men and women and the upbringing of children. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made plans involving the tractor; therefore it suddenly became valuable; therefore I might not have it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Reporters call everyone on the staff, phone us at the office, suggesting unceasingly how it must involve money, it must involve money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any trip outside the house involved a giant stroller and an unfashionable diaper bag full of the essentials: a Ziploc of Cheerios, a few everyday toys, and an extra change of clothes—for everyone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now that he was trying to involve me, I started to see a whole other side of the movement. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Soviet soldiers involved in this war found themselves in an icy stalemate, freezing and starving to death. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But as it happened, Lexie and Trip were so involved in a spirited argument over which guest had better hair, the drag queen or his embittered ex-wife, that no one heard the commercials. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The change proceeded by stages, each of which involved just a small alteration in daily life. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if that means getting involved in someone's obsessive-compulsive underwear disorder. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This was a process that involved lining up messages to detect new patterns that could unlock the cipher. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The milpa is an elaboration of this natural situation, unlike ordinary farms, which involve singlecrop expanses of a sort rarely observed in unplowed landscapes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a second I considered stiffing him, but seriously, I didn’t want to be involved in some humiliating fat-guy-staggering-across-a-slushy-parking-lot chase scene, didn’t want to have to explain that spectacle to Faith. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It is very simple to make and merely involves letting the milk stand in the open air and curdle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re very concerned that the automobile accident in which you were involved may have affected you more than you are aware. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried many cases involving police brutality, though our success rate was quite low. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woodhull and Claflin were never charged with libel, a charge that involves writing false information about a person that hurts his or her reputation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The degree to which we are all involved in the control of the earth’s life is just beginning to dawn on most of us, and it means another revolution for human thought. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There have always been a great many factors involved,” Isobel says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There in 1841–the fateful year in which Owen would achieve his greatest glory for naming and identifying the dinosaurs–Mantell was involved in a terrible accident. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It involved harvesting everything left on the plants after the first picking, including cotton bulbs, shells, and leaves. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her plan involved addressing the needs of each state. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the caliber of the men involved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third white man and the white woman involved in the kidnapping and subsequent events were never identified or apprehended. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Putting up obstacles can help. Getting other people involved can help. Getting her to the proper doctors can help.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

These are the qualities we admire in things that have style, for style has a way of impressing itself upon us even if we do not know what particular kind of style is involved. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His most promising scheme had involved getting a book 011 munitions from the library, constructing a bomb, and mailing it in plain paper to Myrna. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They always got involved with my slumber parties, getting my friends to play African card games, teaching them dance moves and then laughing at them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My researches do indeed involve the interpretation of robot behavior in the light of the Three Laws of Robotics. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Her judgment was as swift as it was dismissive, probably based on a quick-glance calculus involving my grades and test scores. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“This wasn’t Hello, Dolly! It was stuff I was involved in intensely in every aspect of my life.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She found that out herself, because she became involved in the case of a runaway slave who had been arrested and was to be tried. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In a case where there are a lot of guys involved you don't want to be the last guy to turn yourself in. It's like that game—musical chairs—last one down is a loser." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Out in the water, she could see, Ess and Sam were swimming side by side, in some sort of game that involved spitting water into the air. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

O'BRIEN But he testified that the only reason he was involved in this stickup was that he was afraid of you. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claims he’s gotten back involved with the diamond business in the Congo and has many foreign partners, but you still have to remind him to take a bath on any given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although neurologists are still exploring how the auditory cortex functions, they now believe that music processing is actually much more complex then initially imagined, and involves many more parts of the brain than previously thought. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There was no love involved and no respect. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not? Surely the data involved is not too complicated for it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They tuck their heads and don’t get involved. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But she became so involved in helping the boys out of their coats that she didn’t take him at all. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of the versions of the Merlin story he knows involve the magician being imprisoned. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe these are my glory days, and I’m not even realizing it because they don’t involve a ball. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d later learn that the banker was one of the most powerful men in Serbia, was involved in currency speculation, was suspected of illegally trafficking arms, and was also supposedly promoting a Ponzi scheme. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But what about R.C., Grampa? The paper’s been saying that there was a third man involved in it.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lawrence, perfecting his style of Big Science, already was involved less in performing experiments than in managing his interdisciplinary staff. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I heard that there was a kid involved, but I don’t know who,” Evan says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the years leading into World War II, and during the war, it was much more common for women to be involved in aviation than it is even now. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There was usually a certain amount of guesswork involved, and that would make the case a challenge to prosecute. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what Rufus was involved in that led to his friends being arrested. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On one occasion I drove to the eastern Cape to resolve a dispute involving Alcott Gwentshe, who was running the campaign in East London. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In South Africa, nobody gets involved in other people’s business—unless it’s mob justice, and then everybody wants in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He knew not only the battles, movements, campaigns, but also the units involved, down to the regiments, their colonels, and where they originated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It involved everyone and made them part of the unfolding adventure. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother had promised that she would not involve Carla with the police but would do all the talking herself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

If there were twelve names involved, and if each name was a piece in a very big puzzle, did any of those twelve fit together in other ways? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

His sabotage cases typically involved disgruntled employees threatening to sabotage their employers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Even though only about fifteen atoms were involved, they kept falling out of the awkward pincers set up to hold them the correct distance from one another. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“How do you know,” I ask, “what I’m involved in?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Previous astronomers would have rejected this solution because it did not involve circular movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As before, he cut while Robert worked the Xerox—Robert was already involved anyway, Ellsberg figured. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then, as the train headed west, he explained what the new job would involve. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Although he was too young to be involved directly in the Civil War, the repercussions of the conflict did affect Hooke. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was a rare example of someone who had been key to the revolution but chose not to get involved in leadership when it was all over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He felt nothing like Esperanza must have felt toward her own parents; he was glad his mother was as involved in his life as she was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know of any Iranian recipes that involved baking romaine lettuce into bread, but that didn’t mean there weren’t any. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sprat was even blunter: getting rid of the tyranny of the ancients simply involved throwing out what he called ‘the rubbish’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But if it did, it would be a three-minute ride that involves a climb nearly a third of a mile long, up to 1,600 feet, followed by a sheer drop and seven loops. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

No husbands involved, Janis had said, proffering the idea as though it were an hors d’oeuvre. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good cover story. Did you call it needle phobia or aichmophobia? Because both terms can be used to describe the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Madame Padva wished not to be involved any longer, but she is confident that Miss Burgess can handle her responsibilities.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s belief in a Russian cabal involving the two Ks had become his crusade, and he’d been airing his views all over the world for several years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But what he did like about Z was that Z would do whatever Mr. Trepid asked him to do, as long as money was involved. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the Renaissance the standard system involved three books. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I thought of the Belgian doctor who’d set Ruth May’s arm, and I decided to believe Ruth May herself was somehow involved in this gift. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Tad got a text asking if they could meet up and practice running some plays—only the final play that day didn’t involve throwing the football. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I have trouble concentrating, but I still attempt to search for reading material involving losing a parent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But since the linkages between the nucleotides involved only the phosphate and sugar groups, our assumption that the same type of chemical bond linked all the nucleotides together was not affected. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And this man I bent over—this commonplace, quiet stranger—how had he become involved in the web of horror? and why had the Fury flown at him? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, you are getting involved with school,” Benny said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She was still kind of weird, but for the first time in a long time, she was actively involved in Ocean’s life again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is likely that Hans never intended to involve Sophie in the White Rose resistance activities, but once she found out, he could not dissuade her. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I told of the war-like births witnessed by Jason and by Cadmus, the one crop of souls arriving at truce, the other so involved in its savagery that none was left alive. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

You might think that being involved in the Soviet Union’s great aviation achievements would help protect you from being accused of treachery, but you’d be wrong. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He did not see the task as a ticket to fame, so he designed what he called a “quickie experiment” involving a single neutron detector placed in a stairway outside the cyclotron room. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The process of taming almost always involves the castration of males. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

William was not closely involved in Purple operations at the time, so he couldn’t say for sure. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If you get him,” Manny said, rubbing Billy’s shoulders, “there could be some breaks involved.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew the Cursed Toads’ magic was involved in controlling it after Petal’s death, but that first attack had been someone else’s magic entirely. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

This notice urged women to become involved in what became known as the Women’s Loyal National League, devoted to passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Every house I had ever lived in was so particular about its food, and especially when the food involved me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The most speculative option involved element 94, that purportedly hyperfissionable substance discovered in Lawrence’s laboratory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Merlyn had made suggestions about the way to win it, but, as these involved an ambush with secret aid from abroad, they had had to be kept dark. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, now this definitely feels like the universe is involved. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He adds that hard work is involved—“the tedium of going through what has often been written and read, and of masticating repeatedly, as it were, the same food.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They had all shared the assumption that such models must involve various combinations of circular movement, because the philosophers had instructed them that all movements in the heavens was required to be circular. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The cook was as busy as the mistress and not eager to involve herself with a dirty new servant just when she was putting the meal on the table. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was incensed by the idea of my mom being in contact with her previous love, and she decided it was safer for everyone involved not to test his anger. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Thank God I did not become involved with the British.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the histories were interesting, Gabe thought, especially if they involved danger and narrow escapes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It would involve turning off your pain nanites, and then inflicting high levels of physical suffering until you finally confess the truth of what you’ve done.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Grabbed the swinging bench, head spinning, and threw the cigarette to the ground and stomped on it, convinced my Great Perhaps did not involve cigarettes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, that was my choice. It didn’t involve nothing with you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a simple way he could do that, and it involved nothing more complicated than a pair of scissors. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He had recently asked me to help him with an Alabama civil rights case involving law enforcement misconduct. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

All of the people involved in the film were equally unacceptable. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those things did not involve falling for a highly controversial Middle Eastern girl in a headscarf. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’d declared September Community Spirit Month, decided everyone at school would be involved and started assigning all the projects he’d cooked up over the summer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I had to get out of the house, but there was nowhere I wanted to go that didn’t involve a three-day drive. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I started experimenting with drugs, and became involved with a gang in a nearby town. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hospital went about its business without involving the prisoner in the elegant drawing room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the main, I tried to convey to him some of the 'know-how', as he put it, involved in overseeing large events of the sort we used often to have. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the juvenile lifer cases we handled involved clients who shared Evan's confusion about their adolescent behavior. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The solution involved another type of invisible change. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This latest shortfall would involve more cuts in the arts. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt decided that the time was ripe to get Pimlico involved. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They immediately commenced to play a game that involved throwing one another to the ground. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There were police involved and social workers already on high alert. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And Mitraillette with tears in her eyes, first I’ve ever seen her choked up like that over something that didn’t involve blood. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You’d be amazed what people will do when money’s involved,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hazleton Research Products is a division of Coming, Inc. Coming’s Hazleton unit is involved with the importation and sale of laboratory animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In days of old, this might have involved a cattle raid or even a battle, but in our time the deeds were more mischievous than martial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there watching for several minutes while more officers got involved in an increasingly elaborate effort to dislodge Joe's wheelchair from the tight cage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My boy Octavian, having spent some days abed, never having traveled upon the water before, so that his vitals were involved in uproar, now prowls about the decks impatient of our destination. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

These partisans may have been involved in some dark forest magic, but they should not have been tinkering with the higher magic of radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Sophia is involved in everything, and the sooner you realize that, the better." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was maybe then that I felt a first flicker of resentment involving politics and Barack’s unshakable commitment to the work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Prison workers should be retrained for jobs and careers that do not involve caging human beings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

While his father was involved body and soul with his water pipe, the willful first-born, who had always been too big for his age, had become a monumental adolescent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Now look a here, I don’t want no police getting involved—” She points out the back window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was only one event Brangwain Spurge seemed to enjoy—and it involved his life being threatened. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be too involved with his own pain to answer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

This onset too probably involved replacement of old Greeks and Germans by new Greeks and Germans, just as old gave way to new in the Philippines, Indonesia, and subequatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since Andrew and Isaac were still minors, social workers started getting involved. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

While electrician at Auburn prison, he designed both the first electric chair and testing procedures for it that involved large slabs of meat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without exactly saying so, he managed to spread the rumor that he and Ken had an after-school job—a very serious job involving actual work. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

By ‘education’ I mean a four-year college, and by ‘hard work’ I mean nothing involving art. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But doing this would require millions of neutralization tests, which involved mixing blood serum from newly vaccinated children with live poliovirus and cells in culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I manage the old man’s shave—a task that usually involves all three of us—and then drag him out to the area in front of the horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It is I who am sorry to involve you, an honest man, in deceit.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The struggle, therefore, that now begins in the world is extremely complex, involving the historical role of Christianity in the realm of power—that is, politics—and in the realm of morals. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Gravity involved action over a distance, something impossible according to the mechanical philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Does your so-called life involve that little hot mama from dance class? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And if that much money was involved, he certainly would have planned more thoroughly and known when the laboratory’s next shipment of plague medicine would arrive. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In West Africa, rhythm is complex and highly valued, and involves communal/group participation, improvisation, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I met with student representatives to the delegate assembly and tried getting everyone involved in promoting school spirit. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"It's too involved to go into, for God's sake," old Luce said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

That, too, had involved a Chinese message—a very long one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But lots of the preparation involved fast-and-furious, back-and-forth discussions, and I had trouble adding anything to what was being said—most of the time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The most glaring difference between American and Eurasian food production involved big domestic mammal species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she should feel bad about involving him in all this, but she didn't. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

This made her laugh—an honest, genuine laugh that involved a fair amount of snorting, which made me laugh too. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I would like her to be involved in a renewal of our essential agreements. That our family operates in the same way regardless of whether we are a merged entity or not.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The Head was hospitalized, there was a lot of paperwork involved, etc. etc. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still more sensitive experiments involving even larger quantities of matter will be needed to test them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mama told them he used to send money home to help out with bills, the detectives suggested that Quinton might be involved in something he didn’t want us to know about. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Second, doesn’t addressing Yali’s question automatically involve a Eurocentric approach to history, a glorification of western Europeans, and an obsession with the prominence of western Europe and Europeanized America in the modern world? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the secret to deciphering the riddle must involve the wrapper in some way, but I still couldn’t sort out how. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Betancourt has accused the Dominican government of being involved in the attempt on his life that occurred in the capital city of Caracas, June 24. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate to involve you in this, but no one else knows a thing about math and I’m far from reliable myself. Will you have a look?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, the mystery involves blacks, Pygmies, and Khoisan, whose distributions hint at past population upheavals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We put in extra time, so she would appear like those kids with the involved parents,” Justice said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A woman who is involved with a Sing Sing inmate got an early copy to him through the visit room and told me it was being passed around enthusiastically. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good book of this type will give the student a chance to improvise on many familiar tunes, and some also introduce the music theory involved. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Ruby,” she began, shaking her head, “it’s too dangerous, for everyone involved.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I had not been directly involved in any major campaign, and I did not yet understand the hazards and unending difficulties of the life of a freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There has to be a reasonable explanation, one that doesn't involve Baltimore's mayor keeping shamblers as pets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There would be a certain amount of spectacle involved in the proceedings, I imagine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened for a moment, because I didn’t want him to get involved in an argument with Danny about Freud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. homicides involve a gun, a far greater fraction than in other industrialized countries. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was obviously disturbed, she says just like the boys involved in today’s school shooting in Maryland. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the quarter, the name of the man who was involved was never spoken aloud. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I’m Mexican and Mexicans were involved in this stupid race war, I figured no one would have listened to what I had to say anyway. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some researchers now believe that the stress involved in so-called high- demand, low-control jobs further down the occupational scale is more harmful than the stress of professional jobs that come with greater autonomy and control. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

After a long, involved set of calculations, Archimedes summed the areas of the infinite triangles and divined the area of the parabola. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Although her main job involved tracking spies and ships for the Treasury Department and the Coast Guard, others in Washington sought her help, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It did, however, involve my overdosed cousin Oslo. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He has never been in a situation with a woman in which so little of him is involved, so little expected. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olmsted was awed by the sheer numbers of workers involved. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Passacaglia structure involves a short sequence of four or eight chords repeated many times, which act as the springboard for a series of unfolding melodic explorations or improvisations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After nearly three hours of hearing their heartbreaking reflections, we promised to do what we could to find out who else was involved in their niece Vickie's death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The tale involves K., a close friend of one of this book’s authors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Werfel considered telling the whole story, which involved feuding families, a cruel son, a jade amulet, and a burning salamander, but it didn’t really seem like a good time. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Using emerging high-tech techniques, researchers pieced together the physical structures, down to the cellular level, involved with attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rumors were flying from student to student like highly contagious germs: who was going to try for Hogwarts champion, what the tournament would involve, how the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang differed from themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You could’ve given me a warning that didn’t involve knocking me into a puddle,” I growled, swiping strings of mud from the seat of my pants. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

You'd be surprised what it involved when you had those big houses you had then.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Charades at least might go over well, as long as the tableaux did not involve any reference to small, bushy-tailed animals that stored nuts in their cheeks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“You used him. Ike and Mary have always had a special liking for you, and you knew it. You should have thought of what could happen to him before you got him involved.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we at EJI got involved, he had been on death row for several years, moving inexorably toward execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Both their mothers had died in childbirth, though from the stories the other women still told, Somkit's birth had been more memorable and involved feet showing up where a head was supposed to be. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Another counter-intuitive problem involving seemingly disproportionate probabilities concerns a New York City man who has a woman friend in the Bronx and one in Brooklyn. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s great to get involved. Being part of a community is what makes a place a home,”Wynn chirped and then avoided Nan’s glare. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise — unless of course it involved punching somebody. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not getting involved in this again.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If a mission seemed especially hazardous, or if it involved a place they knew to be bad, they carried everything they could. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at Down, Charles involved the whole family in his worm obsession. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in writing, use eager unless there is actually an element of anxiety involved. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with housing a kingdom of rats and roaches, the walls between tenements were paper-thin, so I was constantly involved in the personal lives of my neighbors, whether I wanted to be or not. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What the hell was Archie involving him in an assignment at this stage of the game for? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, my parents are glad I’m getting involved with something, but they are also convinced that the school is gonna single me out.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Well, it may be the American black man does need to become involved in a real revolution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unofficial and true story involved a Bog Monster following him and Sheed home after they uncovered an eldritch patch of swamp deep in the Gnarled Forest. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He definitely doesn’t like working if no money is involved. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Part of this involved studying the earliest Greek versions of the Bible rather than translations into Latin. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He continually involved the gods in difficulties and dangers, but he was allowed to come freely to Asgard because for some reason never explained Odin had sworn brotherhood with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was practically no risk involved, unlike here, where all the answers seem to be painful ones. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The effective methods there involved the bringing into play of natural forces of control which have the multiple advantages of permanence and environmental safety. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She just wanted to know if I would have accepted the same proposal from another woman, with whom I was involved in the same way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He called that an “opportunity to involve the home community with the school community.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

An even slightly more difficult answer is one that involves a part of the question. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Many of these women were already involved in the temperance movement—the campaign to rid the nation of intoxicating liquor—which would also culminate in 1919. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He knew his father was involved with the cigarettes, and hell, everybody else in this room could be too. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Fifteen or twenty minutes later, sergeants were interviewing DiPaola and Davis—they had been working on those same galleries—as well as other officers who had been involved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had slipped into other minds, there had always been a queasy feeling of sinking involved in it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And trust me, on those times there wasn’t no smiling involved. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The dreams he’d had all had to do . fc . with sirens and crashes and emergencies he was somehow involved in but helpless to prevent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It might take a while, and there might be a lot • - of politicking involved, but eventually New York bounced back from any misfortune. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But you’ve never been responsible for another person’s pet before. It’s going to involve more than walking, and you aren’t usually around dogs.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Emma felt like she was trying to solve some huge math problem that didn’t involve numbers but people and events: The kidnapped kids in Arizona. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Before the simulation attack, part of the Abnegation aid effort involved testing the factionless for a certain genetic anomaly,” she says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’re completely involved in their game, their eyes serious as they move their brushes up and down in their make-believe job. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want to talk about it, and he avoids any discussion involving Mother’s failings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then for the first time he stated that he was not involved, and asked one of the other boys to corroborate his testimony. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The Fugees continue to thrive, helped largely by small donors who have decided to get involved and to help Coach Luma’s work. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One of the first assignments to land on Katherines desk involved getting to the bottom of an accident involving a small Piper propeller plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Massari had not previously been involved in theater, but was driven to seek a specific role—he wanted to be Jesus. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t involved with a race that could build a thing it had to escape from. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, the sole contacts between human societies of the Old and the New Worlds had involved the hunter-gatherers on opposite sides of the Bering Strait. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was learning how a boy is supposed to live, learning our traditions, how to be brave, how to protect the cattle—and not to involve myself too much with women. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hard line for Terryl to draw—the line between support and engagement and going overboard—wanting so much to be involved and to let them have a childhood. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Did I think I was going to be involved with this Frank person anymore? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lawrence did not spare his own staff: among the first scientists he summoned to MIT were Edwin McMillan, who was then deeply involved in the search for element 93, and Luis Alvarez. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m not getting involved in any of that,” said the woman. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We’re all laughing so hard at Mitchell’s attempt to project his idea of desperation, which involves teeth grinding and nostrils flaring, that Boggs has to reprimand us. he says firmly. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Regulations dictated that conversation had to be in either English or Afrikaans — African languages were forbidden — and could involve family matters only. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fate of the universe in either cosmology may seem a little depressing, but we may take solace in the time scales involved. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their method involved bombarding aluminum foils with alpha rays produced by their usual rudimentary source, a hunk of the inexpensive but vigorous alpha emitter polonium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

No color was involved there; I just got intrigued over the Shakespearean dilemma. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes I invented another game, which involved singing and dancing as well as storytelling. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reuben and Simeon are two of Joseph’s brothers, and I’m sure this would all be adorable if it didn’t involve Martin Addison. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

What could we do that didn’t involve taking the dead man with us? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We will also have to investigate you, Rulean. Considering you disappeared and left us to fend for ourselves. Why, how can we be sure you are not involved?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was not that he did not really want to tell, but the telling of it would have involved an explanation of his entire life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Reed describes it: The case before the jury involved an irascible gentleman who lived next door to a filling station. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The idea is the same: to get the children watching to verbally participate, to become actively involved. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One kid we knew from the township, his mother was involved in creating cultural programs for schools. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Something told me that George Finkle’s fat finger was involved in all these pranks. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mammals, also, may easily be involved in the cycle, directly or indirectly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The women involved may have wanted to support temperance and other reform movements, but ultimately men controlled the finances. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“She was in the peculiar position of being involved in all this but not within the circus itself,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had heard Alexandra go on at length about Disgraces to Families: disgrace involved being sent to Mobile and shut up in a Home away from decent people. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There is no more happen­stance, no more “freedom”, involved in the whereabouts of a lizard or a bear or a deer than in the location of a knight on a chessboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had been so involved in their conversation that they hadn’t heard him come up the stairs and open the door. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

There are two kinds of texts: one involves driving directions that Maggie must take to get to a party; the other are related to social information about the party and who will be there. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to involve the police. Maybe you want to think it over and come back in the morning.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There is no one who was involved in this affair until the jury makes that decision. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

When people asked him if he’d ever get involved again, he would shrug. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was only when the first young prisoners who had been involved in the June 16 uprising began to arrive on Robben Island in August that we learned what truly happened. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father never mentioned Him—it was as if God was one of Roses relatives he’d rather not get involved with. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The warm mist of assault crept across the waters and involved us, piling down from ship decks and gun ports, mountainous, sharp with fume. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He quickly realized, though, that close advisors within the White House and his reelection campaign had been involved. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean, about the music, but also your mom. She’s getting involved.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt still worried about the time involved in making a detailed map—not to mention the time lost in building the portage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

His travel involves something called systems checks, which sounds kind of tedious to me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"I promised I wasn't going to get involved, didn't I? But maybe I can give you some one-on-one acting lessons, Chantal." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, here he was every day, involved with assignments and homework, juggling all this activity and then getting stupid notes from Obie. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even when farmers try, it is often little use: modern hybrids are so productive that despite the distances involved U.S. corporations can sell maize for less in Oaxaca than can Diaz Castellano. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

An eventful day for my mother might have involved a trip to the dry cleaner or a conversation with the potato-chip delivery-man. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He nods, slurping at his thumb, happy to share a secret that involves getting dirty. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it would be unsafe to rush too soon into any activity where razors are involved.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“As long as ‘this thing’ doesn’t involve shaadi for the next decade,” Dimple said, pushing a finger into his chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I sent my young lawyers to meet with him regularly after we got involved, and Mr. Dill called me frequently. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

What outlandish scheme would involve the blackmailing of an alcohol-addicted sprite? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It often involved solving practical problems or making something new, and that appealed to her considerable and burgeoning intellectual curiosity—a curiosity that had already made her an unusually proficient student at school, scholarly even. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I dare say it was a very similar urge which led me to become involved in great affairs before the war. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though I couldn’t make anything that advanced, I knew the principles involved. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I love seeing people get involved in their community. I always try to encourage that in my work.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It undoubtedly involves,” said Dr. Calvin, “a problem of a forbidden sort. But The Brain is considerably different from Consolidated’s robot.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Or rather, who. All information surrounding your brother’s disappearance is classified. Nothing we’re allowed to discuss with a trainee. It involves extremely dangerous matters you shouldn’t concern yourself with.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Speaking and writing involve very different kinds of human relationship, and only the one associated with speech comes naturally to us. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Lonely, a bit desperate. She just wants to be involved in something.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was primary source material, research papers based on direct experimental data, involved theoretical constructions utilizing a complex vocabulary and containing a wealth of original ideas—and he was breaking his head on it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m just not interested. I don’t want to get involved.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A group of Amity girls in yellow and red sit in a circle on the cafeteria floor, playing some kind of hand-slapping game involving a rhyming song. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I know about that,” Nixon said of the Ellsberg job, “and it is so involved with national security that I don’t want it opened up. Keep the hell out of it!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the fifteen years since George Gey had first grown HeLa, the number of published articles involving cell culture had more than tripled each year. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Although Officer Delinko liked the town of Coconut Cove, he had become bored with his job, which mostly involved traffic enforcement. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been deeply involved in the planning of the Congress of the People and was destined for the highest levels of leadership in the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the positronic brain, sir. Too many factors are involved in that, and there is the tightest possible government supervision.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The work was incredibly exacting and involved seventeen delicate, interconnected measurements, which together took nearly a year to complete. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“This goes beyond the disappearance of your children. They are only the means by which alien spirits intend to conquer us. The Masks are involved and probably the Gondwannans, too.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only the fifth grade wasn’t involved, because they needed to focus on the spring tests to make sure they graduated and moved on to middle school. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

His solution may not always be pretty—it may involve coercion or exorbitant penalties or the violation of civil liberties—but the original problem, rest assured, will be fixed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

All the young men standing around that are involved in gangs wouldn’t be a problem if they had jobs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And after he died, too. I haven’t been as involved lately, but it has been a large part of my life.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the Pouncey family, becoming a man usually involves shooting something. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"They fired question after question at me. They took my words, twisted them, and used them against me. They wanted to know what adults were involved." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

They stayed devoted to their Sunday night mixed doubles bowling league and were deeply involved in local politics—which were no less grubby than the politics they left behind in the city. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Spurge repeated, “I am sorry. I am sorry I abused your hospitality. And got you involved in my spying. And forced you to flee with me here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a meeting of the yearbook staff tonight, which I know involves a lot of pizza and gossip. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

For example, he could tell a long, involved, humorous story and laugh at his own humor with high-pitched giggling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but you asked me to be involved with that petition, and look how that turned out. Then you gave an interview about me to the school paper without letting me know?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana had also helped Bud out of one ticklish situation involving federally controlled interstate land sales in which Bud had become embroiled during his earlier days when he was based in the capital. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen how nice you are with your sister. But then you get involved with something like this.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A good time needn’t involve wine and...and flesh,” Matthias sputtered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, Cofield had served years in various prisons for fraud, much of it involving bad checks, and he’d spent his jail time taking law courses and launching what one judge called “frivolous” lawsuits. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And who knows how Harry’s scar might be involved but it’s certainly a matter we’re taking seriously. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that practicing it involved certain sacrifices on Ron’s and Hermione’s part. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was so pleased to have my whole family involved because I wanted everyone to know that Ibtihaj Muhammad Day was their day, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His last, comforting thought before he fell asleep was that even if the Potters were involved, there was no reason for them to come near him and Mrs. Dursley. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It almost feels like of the three things involved: Mary Elizabeth, me, and the great things, only the first one matters to Mary Elizabeth. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since the bone was broken at the thigh, it would involve no more than cutting through flesh and setting a tourniquet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The State's primary evidence against Mr. Hinton involved a third crime where a witness identified him as the assailant. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The competition to lead the Review was ferocious every year, involving rigorous vetting and a vote by eighty student editors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This involved long hours, late into the night, with barely any respite. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s just not as easy as reporting it. There’s just so little we can do. The guy’s a jerk, and if we get involved, it’ll only make him worse.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Isolated but vivid tragedies involving a few people should not blind us to the fact that myriad prosaic activities may involve a much higher degree of risk. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Miss Anderson is involved, then I know those folks above can’t be up to any good. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The “earth art” of the prehistoric Indians of North America, the so-called Mound Builders, is comparable to the megalithic monuments of Europe in terms of the effort involved. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A more complicated case, though one that unfolded outside the AEC’s security process, involved Frank Oppenheimer, a talented physicist who had received his PhD from Caltech but lacked his older brother’s theoretical profundity. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever that “discussion” is, if it involves their plans, I need to be there. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pondered continuously ways of making money, and the only ways that I could think of involved transgressions of the law. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This experiment is known as ‘Pascal’s barrel’, although there is no evidence he conducted it himself; he did conduct experiments designed to illustrate the principle involved, but that had already been described by Mersenne. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want her involved in the film,” I admit quietly. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This involved months of difficult chemistry to distinguish the various radioactivities from bombarded foils of platinum, iridium, and gold. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They had secret plans—plans that didn’t involve Mamá! Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jim said: “We would try to be closer and more plugged in to the city. Kathy would continue volunteering, because that’s how she gets involved. We would require that the kids be involved in something.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The law stated that a passport “shall not be issued to an applicant subject to a federal arrest warrant or subpoena for any matter involving a felony.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“His conviction involved money and jewelry, but—” She sighs. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But within our boundaries we, too, drew a line that included our right to bread regardless of the indignities or degradations involved in getting it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a pause, and after it many swift scenes followed that Frodo in some way knew to be parts of a great history in which he had become involved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Prosecutors had been forced to drop every case in which the officer was involved. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Intrigued, protesting that they were involving her in men's affairs, but really feeling deep emotion, Úrsula went to visit her the next day. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And I discovered that Madoc is going to make a political move, one that involves Oak.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They'd known about it for centuries; part of the initiation of a medicine man involved going through and bringing back a trophy of some kind—though some never came back. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the charmed folk are there, and I’m leading them in some kind of game that involves hopping from rock to rock down the stream. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We went to church only rarely now, mostly because it had become such a spectacle, involving reporters shouting questions as we walked in to worship. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“One way or another,” said the Bishop of Bath and Wells, cheerily, “you’ll become one of us. The other way is messier, involves being digested, and you’re not really around very long to enjoy it.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He shows up for any occasion that involves crumbs. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continuing in a matter-of-fact tone, Harper then asked Judge Davies to dismiss the case because it involved constitutional issues that required a three-judge panel. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few months ago, he and his friends were involved in a plot to get rid of our dictator.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t be so insistent if sex weren’t involved. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nurse Cramer was a good- hearted, sentimental creature who rejoiced unselfishly at news of -weddings, engagements, births and anniversaries even though she was unacquainted with any of the people involved. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what this involved but said nothing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a sense of power connected with such calculations which is hard to explain but which somehow involves a mental encompassing of the world. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trailer had some sort of malfunction involving a gas leak, and they all died in their sleep. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

While radar stops were relatively consistent with the percentage of minority violators, discretionary stops made by officers involved in drug interdiction resulted in double the number of stops of minorities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a complicated thing for children to understand, and it involved memorizing the squares of all numbers up to twenty-five. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Akira was deeply involved, concentrating for several minutes sometimes before deciding what card to ask her for. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Humbug speculated on how he’d ever become involved in such a hazardous undertaking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to be involved, Imogen. I came to you for help because I trust you.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But she’s always talking about how brain-dead our school is, and how we have zero spirit and never get involved the way other middle schools do. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Japanese warfare had previously involved single combats between samurai swordsmen, who stood in the open, made ritual speeches, and then took pride in fighting gracefully. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It also involves long periods of hospitalization, lots of nursing, lots of involvement of nonmedical professionals in and out of the hospital. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was growing involved in spite of myself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

How this drunken slob was chosen as the president’s bodyguard is a great mystery, but Crook knows that the president does not involve himself in such things. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

This whole therapy thing has become a lot less awful since it started involving listening to music and staring out the window. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This involved straight memory, and no mental arithmetic. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not want to become involved in any discussion with this strange man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This can take a while and involves chemicals so you may want to have a book hand. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“There has to be a way to prevent a huge blowup that doesn’t involve forcibly erasing everyone’s memories.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he had made a mistake, getting involved. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Vonetta only joined in because singing was involved and she had to make her voice louder than Fern’s. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mom's annoyed about Mrs. Trent getting involved, but she says, "Yes. That is correct." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my admittedly biased eye, the book’s central message has survived well, and the most interesting developments since its publication have involved four extensions of the story to the modern world and to recent history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our arsenals for fighting off bacteria are so powerful, and involve so many different defense mechanisms, that we are in more danger from them than from the invaders. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone else in the family was involved in sports in one way or another. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The first friction point was the “Mike” test at Eniwetok in November 1952, involving a large thermonuclear device. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She hoped that he was not involved in drugs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Molly objected to the assignment, not least because preparation for the conference would involve weeks of intensive briefings in Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He wants us to believe that because he wasn't in the drugstore when the robbery went down, he wasn't involved. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had become involved in Zionist activities and was always attending meetings where he spoke about the importance of Palestine as a Jewish homeland and raised money for the Jewish National Fund. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, why do I get so involved with these birds?” she asked. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Iowa experiment is just that, of course, a simple card game involving a handful of subjects and a stress detector. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

According to Robert Stevenson, one of the scientists involved in the meeting, their goal was to keep the field from “degenerating into complete chaos.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I have the most amazing safety net a person could have,” he said, “incredible, loving, involved, and wealthy parents.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Is this like a conversation, or are there needles involved, like in a paternity test?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Children in baggy clothes played a game involving sticks, balls, and large tin cans. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

What the old-line firms also did not do was involve themselves in hostile corporate takeovers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Echoes of this sort of thing are to be found, as we have seen, widely scattered throughout medical literature, sometimes involving the chlorinated hydrocarbons, sometimes the organic phosphates. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Wilcox'd grass me off, for sure, if the police got involved. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Saidy suggested that there was an actual plot to keep Fischer from becoming World Champion, and this involved the wiretapping of his parents’ phone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You told them our plans, and they got the police involved, and now he’s dead, and it’s your fault!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The work, as he put it wryly, involved “invisible materials being weighed with an invisible balance.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The scientific problem that engrossed Fisher also involved reconciling biology’s “mind” with its “eye.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We were both greatly affected by parents who didn’t get involved,” Terryl says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t really want either of them involved in this yet. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But destruction involved all of agricultural England, from Angus in the north to Cornwall in the south, from Anglesey in the west to Norfolk in the east. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I think I once mentioned,” said the cat, “that I don’t like rats at the best of times. It looked like you needed this one, however. I hope you don’t mind my getting involved.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Got himself all involved buying up the new fairgrounds, getting folks in Amity Harbor to donate lumber and whatnot for the dance pavilion at West Port Jensen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We went along with Alexia’s grand plan because it was easier not to have her involved in our tasks. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She was organizing, getting involved, and she was there, with Tiffany, handing them out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He works on little else, though the sum of money involved makes that arrangement more than manageable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s even a rumor that Special Circumstances is involved.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There are several factors involved in this engagement. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In a slightly smaller font beneath these words, it says: Join our new group for young activists, get involved with local politics, and create the change you wish to see! The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not clear what happened that night, or how many planes were involved—different people tell different stories. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The ad is for “customer service” work, a type of job I tend to avoid because it normally involves a resume, which in turn would involve levels of prevarication I am not prepared to attempt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Muhammad’s eight children now were all deeply involved in key capacities in the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of the most insidious tricks employed tonight will involve artifice and illusion. Without the milk you could be even more susceptible. It would only broaden their ability to mask their true appearance.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Not much, and this is why Gottman has couples talk about something involving their marriage—like their pets—without being about their marriage. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Her method involved baby oil and a series of poses that tended to draw crowds, the mothers shielding their children's eyes with sand-covered fingers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was as if a strange and alien part of each of my friends had been involved in sabotaging the kayak. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But this is just a way of prettifying yet another dumb mistake, the one involving all that coffee. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But look how many friends you made, how involved you got, and with straight A’s too! Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Child Protection Services would probably get involved,” I said. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He begged the doctors not to operate, even though they told him that it was a relatively simple procedure and cautioned him of the dangers involved in not operating. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to tell Margaret Rose that it was not fair to agree with The Registrar about something that involved me without consulting me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope it involves Stella popping out of a birthday cake in a bikini!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

That’s when Cummings found out that Mary, too, had been involved in the copying. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And with so many people involved, it seems sensible to add an element of safety to the venue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Other striking examples involve wild species that were not domesticated in areas where food production never arose spontaneously, even though those wild species had close relatives domesticated elsewhere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was even involved in the festivities. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That case set no precedent because it settled out of court, with rights to the cells being divided between the parties involved in the lawsuit, which didn’t include the cell “donor.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Anyhow,” she says, “I ain’t no slave. If I work for somebody, there’s got to be some dollars involved.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the next year Evelyn became involved with the Watch Tower organization, part of the church of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma got the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals involved, and they had a contest to see who could invent the most humane but effective trap. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only I weren’t so involved in all these skirmishes! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Like her son, the attractive forty-year-old widow is a Confederate sympathizer who has been involved with spying and smuggling weapons. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

By now she knew the wheelbarrow meant an adventure—an adventure involving food—and she settled quickly. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Most people still did not want to get involved. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper that first brought Dr. Gazzaley his notoriety, published in 2005, showed the key parts of the brain circuitry involved when a person ignores something, or tries to ignore something. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Haupt wasn't told any details about the job, just that it was a secret mission that involved going home to America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

This time I’m certain no donuts are involved in the intimate sounds I’m hearing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Hamilton was aware of the Federalist plot, which was no half-baked scheme hatched by marginal figures, involving as it did several Federalist senators from New England and Timothy Pickering, the former secretary of state. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Students came to the pulpit to tell of their experiences as demonstrators, while speakers from black churches around Dallas County urged adults in the audience to follow the students’ example and get involved. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also confirmed that he had been spending time with Karen Kelly and that she was involved in the Pittman murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

An alarming number of cases came to our office involving prisoners who had been found dead in their cells. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He hoped very much that they would all assume he had been involved in something heroic, preferably involving a couple of Death Eaters and a dementor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Ah, but they’re not. They’ve never bothered proving anything before—that’s what makes them so dangerous. With an officer of the city involved, they make the law do whatever it wants for them.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then I tell my mom I need a refill, and somehow my father gets involved. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“But they don’t involve cars. I am very old and very tough.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Often this involves a lot of shouting and a lot of emotion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The heart of Lawrence’s pitch, however, involved two other demands. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that was his downfall. Or part of it. I think Marisa Coulter was involved in some way—perhaps she testified against him—we’ll look up the details. And he’s claiming to be Lyra’s father?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had been in the crowd involved in the Boston Massacre and later took part in the Boston Tea Party. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is probably saying: "I don't want to get involved." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The work was overwhelming, all the more so because the processes that it involved could not be called by their true names. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Just about the last person anyone would expect to be involved was Harry Gold. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trainees, poor men and women like Ann from across North Carolina, sat on folding chairs and studied how to involve people in community projects. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he knew that the French would see the meeting with Wentworth as a sign that the British might end the war before France officially became involved. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just like that. I’ve been involved in ecological restoration projects ever since. I also work with a lot of local tribes who are trying to save their traditional fishing rights.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They’re a game changer, not just for all those involved, but for others watching, too. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was absorbed in a football match involving some younger boys over in the next field and at this stage his mood seemed just fine, tranquil even. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long story, involving many close calls with death and quite a few giant chew toys. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the office, she also “got together the present situation: how many rumrunners were involved, where they were going, what they were doing...and made sure that I had all of the dates.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Among dances, swimming, and tennis she soon found herself getting involved in the English language. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If Art had been there waiting to yank me out of harm’s way, then Miles must have been involved with the fire, right? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Stargirl was involved in a tournament of her own, the oratorical contest. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He had been involved in negotiating with Lord Asriel about the terms of his imprisonment, and he remembered it well. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the idea of Nan and Wynn having secret conversations behind my back, especially conversations that involved me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Now though, the two of them, alone in the cookhouse, were so involved in what they were doing that they didn’t even notice me until I shut the door. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not involved with Barbara. I hardly know her. I don’t think we’ve exchanged more than a dozen words in our lives.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Many said they’d never gotten involved with politics before but something about our campaign made them feel it would be worth it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Pledge night was the scariest part because the guys got involved. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to talk about little else, and he urged Charles and Emma, and even Thomas Henry Huxley, to get involved. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It involves a study of...forces which bring greatness to the social group.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The remaining type of variation among Polynesian societies to be considered involves tools and other aspects of material culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That could mean problems for anybody who may have been involved in his hustle. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In addition to these questions, which we hoped Gemini would answer, there were also a number of hazards involved in going to the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was involved and took him some time, but finally he was done. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each hamlet was involved in a kaleidoscopically changing pattern of war and shifting alliances with all neighboring hamlets, regardless of whether the neighbors were Foré or speakers of a different language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His relationship with the Lilienthals wasn’t unlike the one he’d had with Jack and Ethel Collins: Together, the three created a family atmosphere that was consistently supportive, involved chess, and hopefully would last for years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the kind of mistakes that could get made when feelings were involved. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of the best examples of this involved a new British coding device called a Pletts Cryptograph. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A man involved in the struggle was a man without a home life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One year later there had been only one murder involving members of those seventy-five gangs—compared with between forty and fifty killings in each of the previous two years. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How did Angel become involved with your running away?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But those things don’t touch the fundamental problem involved here. This boy comes from an oppressed people. Even if he’s done wrong, we must take that into consideration.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I silently scold myself—what a game to involve myself in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But I knew well enough that if Miss Fi-Fi was involved the necklace was more than what met the eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Wood took up Loomis’s proposal to work in the developing field of ultrasonics, which involved sound waves with frequencies inaudible to humans. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Whenever the committee pairs us with the Demons,” Hammie says, “it’s usually in a level that involves speed. Like Eight-Bit World, from two years ago.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and a whistle. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

This argument involves denying that scientific claims are ever adopted because they fit the evidence better than the alternatives. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But it’s creepy to think back, now that I know what the old man was involved in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Helman, the firm’s senior partner, was involved with African causes long before they became popular or fashionable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sources close to the Hipwell investigation” claim an allegation has been made that Megan “may have been involved in the unlawful killing of her own child” ten years ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, maybe because the Playhouse incident involved minorities on both sides, it got no press. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever we’re doing, it must involve being high up for him to avoid it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Pollard’s injuries, involving fragmented bones that ground together each time he moved, were agonizing, and medicine offered few practical solutions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “dynamics of the vehicles involved in the accident strongly indicate that the vehicles had much higher levels of traction than would be available in a hydroplaning situation.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You will compose yourselves and report to the amphitheater. Any more incidents like this and those involved will be shipped to Kauf, forthwith. Understood?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

This whole thing was dramatic enough without my involving my parents and their inevitable hyperventilations. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I look with Slant’s eyes down the length of this dark hold, and I see men involved in speech and exhalation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Art was a joy but also a business that involved the entire household. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The patrolman hoped that Mr. Eberhardt’s son wasn’t involved in the continuing mischief at the pancake- house construction site. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was one term that summed up the new science for those who were involved in constructing it, it was not ‘evidence’ but ‘experience’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see any reason to involve my father,” I say. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They directed only a few at me; mostly they were involved in their own little games. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a troublesome one and involved a certain amount of what Shasta called stealing, and Bree called "raiding". The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t it just figure that if Bernard is doing track, he’d do something that sounds like there is a gun involved? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I can tell you it will involve a lot of this,” I say, and I press my lips to his. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The National became involved in women’s rights issues more broadly, while the American focused narrowly on the question of a woman’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Frank stood just out of earshot, having an argument that involved lots of arm waving and head shaking. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying he was involved » in — “Nah,” said George gloomily. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Artists and others involved in the humanities are sometimes the first to declare that the value of what they do cannot be measured. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Breakdancing involved extremely taxing physical work, but it was work that filled me with joy and purpose. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Bill told Francis that an idea was unsound or would lead nowhere, Francis could be sure that professional jealousy was not involved. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s not a criminal in any sense of the word other than he was involved in an accident and he’s willing to take responsibility for it,” Bunderson said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He says further that a check unrelated to this listing showed that the Korean girl involved in the accident with John Kwang is also an illegal. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The result of the moving picture was that the surgeons involved managed to reduce their ether time by fifteen per cent. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered why he could simply not ask if she found Madu attractive and if she had ever been involved with him or, worse yet, was still involved with him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pressure gauges and computer terminals lined the opposite wall A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn’t notice us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The story sounded rather involved for Joan to have made up out of whole cloth, but I led her on, to see what would come of it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

One of the highlights would involve cooking and eating their enemies’ dead bodies. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I may need to go through some of their Memories, see who else might be involved.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The best-studied case involves what happened when myxomatosis hit Australian rabbits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Muppets, then, were only seen with other Muppets, and the scenes filmed on Sesame Street itself involved only real adults and children. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never asked to be involved in any of this, never entered the championships to hunt down a criminal, were never getting paid to put themselves at risk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That I was involved in the cases of teens who'd committed violent crimes was itself ironic. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One kind of monetary policy, which involves the central bank buying private assets, is chunked as quantitative easing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The chance to try to lower those walls, to get more students involved with the city and more city residents with the university, was one I found inspiring. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The American Civil Liberties Union, the Voter Participation Center, and other organizations have become actively involved in litigation and other activities aimed at ridding the nation of these voter suppression measures. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps their distinctive external appearance involves relatively few genes that arose through sexual selection after they migrated from mainland Asia and became isolated on the Japanese archipelago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

What you need to know about me is that I don’t like to hug people with whom I’m not romantically involved. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Another oft-repeated tale involves the death and burial of a regal figure. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In hunting he always sized up the territory ahead, he always took into consideration all the factors involved before moving in on his game. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There were survivors of this battle: hundreds of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne. And Red Cloud wasn’t involved in it.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, nationwide, most women on death row are awaiting execution for a family crime involving an allegation of child abuse or domestic violence involving a male partner. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Rarely did a murder involve the mysterious elements of dime novels and mystery stories. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The twin metallurgists exchanged a hopeful glance, because one of their theories had involved a hurricane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They are generally charged with misdemeanors and typically receive sentences involving fines, license suspension, and community service. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is the kind of thing that one must continue to do until there is a genuine understanding of the mechanisms involved in disease. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I miss the days when she didn’t seem to care what I did with my time even if it did involve ditching her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The store was located on the other side of town, and the trip involved taking one train and then switching to another. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Pete tried to get me involved but I just grunted when he asked what I thought. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charlie doesn’t have any dreams that don’t involve naked cheerleaders and muscle cars.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Stars and Stripes had a story about the Pueblo, and some guys were talking about the possibility of the U.S. getting involved with Korea again. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kaiserman had only a fleeting moment, if not just a split second, to observe the situation, and he was involved in a major collision himself,” Bunderson wrote in his motion. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Facing serious felony charges, Gulley—who had an extensive criminal history involving at least one sexual offense—accused Joe of the sexual battery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If this is a fact, it should be of interest to the immunologic community, which has long since staked out claims on the mechanisms involved in the discrimination between self and non-self. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I don’t like school, which you might say is one of the factors that got us involved with this old guy we nicknamed the Pigman. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Well, you may be the only person right now who thinks the trial was unfair. Like I said, I wasn't involved in the prosecution." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One game involved trying to pull a decorative bow from a vachette's head, and another seemed to amount to nothing more than name-calling. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If a woman is being hit, people don’t get involved. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Because the weapon salve involved action over a distance, it defied a fundamental principle of Aristotelian physics, that action requires contact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The subjects had no idea what kind of experiment they were involved with, or what the newscasters were talking about. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became involved in his clients’ cases and in their lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t contaminate it by involving his house, his family. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then I knew for sure the government and mind-control chips were involved. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This was followed by a series of other cornball zingers involving eating it, biting it, and dive after five, even though it was just past three in the afternoon. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been betrayed. Voldemort knew that you were being moved tonight and the only people who could have told him were directly involved in the plan. You might have been an impostor.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

So many lawyers were involved that they all couldn’t fit in the courtroom, and Ogden finally ruled that two were to be chosen to represent all the rest. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But that involves getting up and standing in front of a group of people. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this time James Gadsen, the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, got involved, suggesting that Iceland drop the offer of sanctuary to Bobby Fischer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is now known that a limulus clotting system, perhaps ancestral to ours, is centrally involved in the reaction. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I got them up, and they got involved in doing everything as well. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It felt like having a high-stakes lottery ticket, only with science involved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Atticus Finch had watched Henry’s ragged pursuit of his daughter with benign objectivity, giving advice when asked for it, but absolutely declining to become involved. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I cannot. To explain would involve breaking a trust and I am not willing to do that, not even for you.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was enough that the phone calls had involved his father. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This involved chewing each bite of food as many as one hundred times. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She told me she had been to Wimbledon several times, that she was an above-average club player and that all her family was involved with tennis back in England. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Thus, his sister had no other choice but to involve his mother while his father was absent. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found Fischer’s neo-Nazi remarks about Jews to be “beyond the abhorrent” and concluded that any large-scale match involving him would spell trouble. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The announcer was talking about the supply problems involved in a large-scale invasion, when I saw Mr. Galanter coming up the aisle. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whatever Momma meant by more involved, I’d drop dead of shock if anything changed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There was no plan or map involved; I just set off down a nearby path. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I knew that there was much laughter, much talk about the stadium and about remembering, but I did not feel that I was involved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After several relatively peaceful years, J. T.’s gang got involved in a turf war with a neighboring gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

If I thought about her I would get too involved. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

How strange, I thought, to be involved in something that the whole nation considers among its ten most important stories. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These really bad dreams have usually involved scenarios in which I—and some-times my family—get attacked by inmates or other criminals, usually with a knife. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one works out the likely numbers involved, one finds that this effect would make only a trivial contribution to the Americas’ 5,000-year lag in food-producing villages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Juanga does a ridiculous dance that involves shaking his butt and flapping his arms like a chicken. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I really liked the girls. It seemed to me there were always beautiful girls involved in drama, and they looked so good onstage when they were all made up.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But if the window is open, there’s no breaking involved. Only entering. And we just did entering at the SunTrust, and it wasn’t that big of a deal, right?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She liked the idea so well that she felt there must be something bordering on sin involved in it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet ticked off die corps so far identified: five, counting the two involved in die first day’s action. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pike explained that Hale took pains never to say explicitly that Bryan had been involved in Anna’s murder, but this was evident from what Hale was asking him to do. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Because of the overwhelmingly white public face of the space program, the black engineers, scientists, and mathematicians who were deeply involved with the space race nevertheless lived in its shadows, even within the black community. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Aimee had been selected as the official coach of the USA women’s Olympic team the week before, which meant she’d be out on the floor with us in Rio and very involved in camp. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Too, Stephanie appeared to be involved with several community projects that had a halfway decent shot at success, and she was the only one in their group who could speak Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That her latest scheme involved yet another noble general did not sit well with his fellow citizens. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

How had he got himself involved in a hunt, involved in a knife-and-broken-bottle fight in the first place? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you, apprehending a fairy is no easy task. Slippery critters. The trick usually involves appealing to their vanity. Even then, takes quite a bit of know-how.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“The typical black bear-inflicted injury,” he writes blandly, “is minor and usually involves only a few scratches or light bites.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would be just enough to give a hint, a small peek, to the public of what would be involved. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’m paying a visit to the JV’s locker room, and I don’t want you here, or people will think you’re involved.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The letter went on to discuss a few finalities involving insurance and Mr. Kaiserman and to explain that Reggie’s file could be expunged and the court records sealed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Blackwell, who was seven years younger than Stone, promised her that marriage did not have to involve submission of the wife to the husband. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me whatever you’re planning next involves actually spitting on him. Please. Please.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The possibility that human beings are involved in this sort of thing has not attracted much attention until recently. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would not even have known that Mr. Richard was involved in the quarrel if Harrison had not told him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about that, Bella, but isn’t it better that your mother didn’t really have to be involved in all this?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could not think of much else that would involve this much whispering and secrecy, or that would have so strong an effect on Bunny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad would apologize and explain the family rule involved, and the reason for it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, Archie didn’t pick athletes for assignments—he claimed they were too stupid to absorb the delicate shadings, the subtle intricacies involved. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” Mapper said, “seems ol’ boy is involved pretty deeply in some kind of international trade. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a young man gets involved in gangs there is no returning—there’s no way out but death. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally an officer of his rank wouldn’t get involved in such a silly case, but the company building the pancake franchise had some clout with local politicians. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky has become such a relative term, when the standards to meet it involve only not being treated like a criminal in your own home city. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was true that anything was possible when men were involved; yet Helen had to wonder if there weren’t twists to the story she couldn’t discern. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He threatened to leave me if I got involved with your group.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said: “It’s best if you handle it. There are other considerations involved.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Clearly it was something she wouldn’t like to eat—and most of these decision-questions involved food. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Patrick would get involved, saying that violent crime was a natural consequence of the capitalist system, and then, eventually, the New York skyline would appear on the horizon and we'd all stop talking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And yet persons here and there declined to migrate; that, even to those involved, constituted a perplexing irrationality. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get involved in another one of Audrey’s crushes, either. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking about changing the rose wallpaper, but then Mom would get involved and Dad would measure the walls and they would argue about paint color. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The case, on some level, was one that involved character. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The facts about Everest were established, and this involved a triple process of finding, making and decreeing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And my mother, true to her word, was prepared for him not to be involved. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Some inmates— particularly because it would involve a second strip-search—were expected to resist. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the months after the Times story about the Fugees, Luma was frequently approached by teachers, parents, coaches, and volunteers who wanted her advice on how to handle various situations involving difficult children. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A more virtuous job, I knew, would inevitably involve a pay cut. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then I wouldn’t have to get involved at all. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m thinking it involves Marlena. She can ride her during the parade and Grand Spec, and then you can follow with a feature act in the center ring. Oh, here!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Believing that the letter was somehow involved in British spying, they turned it over to another Patriot. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memorizing was more a discipline for him, like a serious craft or martial art, a chosen kind of suffering involving hours of practice and concentration by which you gradually came to know yourself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But such a decision involved complexity and controversy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Outside Syria, lots of different countries are involved: Russia and the UK, Saudi Arabia and France, Iran, the United States. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But in a physical sense war involves very small numbers of people, mostly highly trained specialists, and causes comparatively few casualties. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

No one around the Institute wanted to get involved with his Ebola project. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when our instinctive reactions are involved, that view is all too common. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But this involved acknowledging the limits of their knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I felt like a total fool, out there every day preaching, and apparendy not knowing what was going on right under my nose, in my own organization, involving the very man I was praising so. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too many other countries, especially the United States, got involved with money, guns, and bossing around. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The device is so important for social uses; she’s heavily involved in her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, where, for instance, she recently helped write a musical. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the heart of my confusion was a kind of fear, because as much as I hadn’t chosen to be involved, I was getting sucked in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As it had been when Craig and I were kids, she didn’t get involved with our private lives. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen a newspaper back home say such things about people possibly involved in crimes who hadn’t been arrested, but Mexican papers were quick to report speculations. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the fourth round, Bobby became involved in a 108-move extravaganza, a chess ultra-marathon that stretched to more than seven hours. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He has tried every test he can think of without involving another soul. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The issue, like all issues involving race, was extremely contentious. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We have already seen that plant domestication involves the modification of wild plants so that they become more useful to humans by virtue of larger seeds, a less bitter taste, or other qualities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and my husband used to be involved in politics ’round here. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Please note, Mrs. Miller, that the “connection to the assignment” is that it involves two roads diverging—not in a yellow wood, like in Frost’s poem—but someplace else. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I hate to involve you, but since you’re in charge of the family finances . . .” Could Dede advance her some cash to be taken out of Minerva’s share of the house and lands in the future? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An incident of police brutality that would be understood as undeniably racist if the officers involved were white may be given a more charitable spin if the officers are black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My mother will like it, because it’s something social that doesn’t involve video games and guys who believe deodorant is optional. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I sat up and just felt that my baby was involved. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right at first April and Melanie got terribly involved in composing and practicing rites and ceremonies for the two gods. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a student, Winnie had been attracted to the Non-European Unity Movement, for she had a brother who was involved with that party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steve, the host, presents the audience with a puzzle involving Blue, the animated dog. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another case involved a male graduate student who arrived at the Brigham near death. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Patent and Trademark Office database turns up more than seventeen thousand patents involving HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

By naming him she was expanding this lie, the one being told by everyone involved in his incarceration thus far. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There was no use trying to estimate how many trips it might involve, as that sort of thinking only wore me out in advance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My spirit grew restless, and I knew I had to get involved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A dilemma is a situation involving at least two choices— all of them bad. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I imagine it will involve a high level of destruction.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The overwhelming majority of forfeiture cases do not involve any criminal charges, so the vast majority of people who have their cash, cars, or homes seized must represent themselves in court, against the federal government. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The same is likely true of at least one other study, called “The Use of Deep Temporal Leads in the Study of Psychomotor Epilepsy,” which involved inserting metal probes into patients’ brains. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He could feel that there was risk involved, though he wasn’t sure how. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to become involved in dangerous business. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A well-known example involves the moderate correlation between milk consumption and the incidence of cancer in various societies. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be a goal involved, and I like having goals. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They are exactly the same principles as are involved in perspective painting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Members of other militia groups were reportedly involved in the attack as well, including one called Interahamwe. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But the greatest scheme ever would involve a lot of work. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ann was just as sure they condemned her for getting involved with a Klansman. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He taught all of his children how to swim and play baseball, basketball, and any other sport he could get us involved in. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And if there was a stranger involved, he was an invisible one. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"The accused has not cooperated in the ongoing investigation of others involved with this international operation. It is our belief that he is withholding information, and our office is in favor of incarceration." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He makes the same mistake as the others when they look at a feeble-minded person and laugh because they don’t understand there are human feelings involved. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Alexander. Had I known you were involved with my grandson, I would have insisted upon a more formal first meeting.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One part of the study looked specifically at the impact on students involved in theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I have to assume they involve Justin, because otherwise, wouldn’t she have told me what they were? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

So besides the fact that Aileen would be betraying Kaira’s mother, Kaira just couldn’t imagine someone as smart and as cool as her being involved with someone as gross as El Genius. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know, couldn’t know, how he or his people would perform in a chaotic situation involving intense fear of an unpleasant death. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t know why because to me he is just a guy who writes songs that a lot of people like, and I thought that was enough for everyone involved. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Most of the animal acts on board ship involved dogs," I explained. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who is caring and involved and a doer, just like him? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And then the school board and the superintendent got involved. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she’s working on a project, she gets so involved she doesn’t bother to come to my tree for meals. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sensible mathematics involves neglecting a quantity when it is small—not neglecting it because it is infinitely great and you do not want it! Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I also began to get involved in politics, and even joined a gym where a gigantic trainer forced me to exercise certain muscles I hadn’t even known I had. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cannot tell what it is at first, there is no raised platform involved. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a good job, and it allowed me to see the results of all the rough action in the prison, without having to be directly involved. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Finding the right answers usually involves asking the right questions. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If caught, the trader is whipped into con-fessing the names of all parties involved. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there are other costs involved in raising cattle this way, costs that shoppers don’t see when they buy a steak at the supermarket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We were having a big conference, my father was involved in organizing it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a time that I even stopped hating Chokecherry because we were involved in something unique and wonderful and we “egglets” were right in the thick of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But she can still be involved somehow from her handy smartphone. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It had involved extra work for our staffers, for the theater, for the waiters at the restaurant, for the people whose cars had been diverted off Sixth Avenue, for the police on the street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He can get so involved in a fib that you can tell he believes it enough to enjoy it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The 587th was involved in six massive air battles while they were at Krasnodar, including, on a dismal and cloudy day in early June, probably their most dramatic engagement of the entire war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It would inflict maximum humiliation without involving the police. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The basic principles involved had been described by Euclid and were well understood in the Middle Ages. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Were you in any way involved with the crime that we are discussing here? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, unlike the invaluable headrights involved in the slaying of Mollie’s family members—or the $25,000 life-insurance policy in Roan’s death—none of these sums, especially if divided, represented a significant incentive for murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing, and still, it’s nothing nearly as involved as I’ve seen her do at football games. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For most of us, plurals get sticky mainly when they involve proper names, nouns with several parts, or words that can be either singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I got all involved, I’d forget I had lit the bomb, and then even I’d be surprised when it went off. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So when Granddad said he might leave his money to build Harvard a student center and asked our advice, he wasn’t involving the family in his financial plans. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s Father for you, it’s the money that counts. There are principles involved, Tim. Either you live up to your principles or you don’t and maybe you have to take a chance on getting killed.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish the Mellower weren’t involved, he thought. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I were to be caught and questioned about Mr. Kreuk’s operation, I could say that I didn't know if he'd involved anyone else, and that would be telling the truth. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever your decision, one can vary the stakes or the number of people involved so as to induce you to reverse your decision. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabbadi, a game similar to tag, involves the pursuer repeatedly chanting the word kabbadi in an uninterrupted stream without a breath while trying to tag someone. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

About being put on an electric chair called the Throne and given shocks so they would tell who else was involved. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

One day, she clues me in on some school gossip that involves her and makes reference to her surgery. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I have a job proposition for you that may get your mind off your troubles. It involves money.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A methodology that has proved useful involves the comparative method and so-called natural experiments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the knitting, for her, involves a kind of willpower; maybe it even hurts. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fact there’s a six-times greater chance of being involved in an accident,” he continued. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Cade Hernandez was deep in thought, and clearly the last thing on his mind involved the mechanics of a good golf swing. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bruner was involved, in the early 1980s, in a fascinating project — called “Narratives from the Crib” — that was critical in changing the views of many child experts. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That means they had better be able to solve most problems themselves, especially problems involving the Mars landing itself, where the situation might change drastically, minute by minute. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summer was cricket season but that would involve having a hard, heavy ball aimed at my body at significant speed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was the one fighting most of the battles since they were all much older, except for Alex, who had his own negotiations to navigate, usually involving staying out late with friends. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Our starting point in Chapter 5 is the invention of perspective painting, which involved the application of geometrical principles to pictorial representation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“No need to involve the law. We just want the tests graded. Now. Please,” Pastor Patton added. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had very important clients who were involved with the government and the entertainment business. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

By this point he knew there would be some kind of trick involved; and knowing this, he felt sure he’d be ready for it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It would give everyone a lift to think you were more involved, Harry,” said Scrimgeour, sounding relieved that Harry had cottoned on so quickly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He will involve us all in calamity and chaos without measure. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If there might be any question as to which notes are involved in the borrowed division, a bracket is placed above them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It is being designed so that four people will be able to stay aboard for long periods of time, working in a laboratory, exploring ideas that involve gravity or the lack of it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

May 10—I asked Professor Nemur about it, and he insists that I’m an innocent bystander and there’s no reason for me to become involved in what would be an unpleasant situation. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sued ten defendants in all, and several of the Hopkins employees involved had never heard of Cofield or Henrietta Lacks before their subpoenas arrived. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t even been involved in the fight, not directly... When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Members of the Youth Corps were involved, however, in C.P.’s most blatant act of violence, a brutal and stupid affair that was given an undeserved element of romance with the label “the shoot-out.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then World War II intervened and Oppenheimer himself became closely involved in the atom bomb project. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. But there’s something else I should say. The attack ... it was a kind of uprising that involved some of the people from the place where we were staying. And I participated in it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I mentioned already that the adoption of food production involved a competition between the food producing and the hunting-gathering lifestyles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

All the Dukes were involved in the family business in varying degrees, but the real force behind the company was clearly the youngest son, James Buchanan Duke, known to intimates as “Buck.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of excuses, involved myself totally in the farm. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mere debauchery did not matter very much, so long as it was furtive and joyless, and only involved the women of a submerged and despised class. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I have no right to let you get involved.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even this particular assignment involved him—if Brother Jacques failed to come up with the cue, then Obie had to find a way to feed it to him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was good at anything that involved her hands, and she preferred the jobs where she did not have to work with customers, where she could be alone and thinking, to waitressing, secretarying, salesclerking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you were caught harboring any enemies of the regime even if you yourself were not involved in their schemes, you would be jailed, and everything you owned would become the property of the government. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t involve destruction? That’s like me asking you not to be a mealy-mouthed poltroon.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

No way would Frank’s mother have gotten involved with that blustering war god. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That involved the invention of many new instruments for improved measurements on Earth and in the heavens—cross-staffs, sextants, quadrants—and it was driven by a new obsession with accuracy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The enormity of what she had seen was now topped by the further enormity of involving the police. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My initial strategy involved keeping quiet and trying to observe my new classmates. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Moreover, my planning for the event was complicated by the uncertainty as to the numbers involved. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Scientific journals had already recorded some 50 species involved in violent dislocations of nature’s balance by 1958. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She holds out her hand and turns it slowly, presenting it with a certain amount of showmanship so that Marco can see that there is no illusion involved. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Another major difference among agricultural systems involved the main sources of calories and carbohydrates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When a new book arrives, my first task is to remove the wrapping, a process that involves scissors and more than one broken nail. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Obie had been involved in so many Vigil assignments that he’d lost count of them and he was continually amazed at how they got away with it all the time. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she had suspicions the two strange Durmstrang boys she met before the first task were somehow involved in the disappearance of Cedric’s wand. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The grain of truth in them, on the other hand, involved Washington’s quite conspicuous embodiment of authority. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Best of all, it did not, technically, involve any expellable offenses. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There are ways to tell with absolute certainty whether someone is having a heart attack, but those involve tests of particular enzymes that can take hours for results. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, if it involves old chicken legs, I think I can wait.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

There were just too many people involved, too many affected, for anything to feel light. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Today’s lecture was on presidential sex scandals through history, and he texts Nora: numbers on one of us getting involved in a sex scandal before the end of second term? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

American forces, the caller explained, were heavily involved in planning and carrying out those raids. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jackson runs the roadways between Miss Preston’s and the city, and there ain’t much in Baltimore County that goes on without Red Jack being involved, legal or otherwise. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Now, there’s one more thing. The girls were concerned about Child Protective Services getting involved.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The kidnapper had told him not to involve the law. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I liked being at school, and I got involved in school activities whenever I could. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s one explanation. But not the correct one. There was a rich Italian nobleman involved. That part is right.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as he remembered it, there had always been a kind of joy in attacking a thing that could not be hurt, a kind of satisfaction to be derived by all parties involved. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both involved quarantines—the practice of isolating someone with a highly infectious disease from the healthy population. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I must not have been paying attention, must have gotten too involved in packing up our books and things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In ninth grade his arm, already injured from an incident involving an all-terrain vehicle, had been shattered when he tried to throw a block. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as early as 1.5 years old, children begin to process the information on the screen, and then a higher order of thinking gets involved, Dr. Anderson has found. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then I thought about my father’s death, growing more certain that it involved foul play. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was teaching a class on racism and the law at the University of Chicago Law School and working by day at his law firm, mostly on cases involving voting rights and employment discrimination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Labor owns one of Washington’s largest non-govemment buildings—situated where they can literally watch the White House—and no political move is made that doesn’t involve how Labor feels about it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a couple more boys involved,” Mr. Turner said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The shameful truth was that she was not involved, was in fact desperately lonely. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered once he was involved with a pen-pal program and got a letter from some kid in Logan, West Virginia. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s likely why I was sent to work for Chandresh, so I would already be involved. The circus is the venue.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The impending “talk” was not serious enough for Dad to be involved. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"It’s not appropriate for you to be involved with these militants. It is reckless behavior that I will not condone." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In a cell that is about to divide, changes of the utmost importance occur, first within the nucleus, but eventually involving the entire cell. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the 1970s, Goldman got involved with a group of mathematicians who were very interested in developing statistical rules for telling apart things like subatomic particles. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Outraged by the lack of local law enforcement interest in the case, the black community and civil rights activists persuaded the United States Department of Justice to get involved. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“This year, our goal is to have all of you involved in the gift-wrap sale,” Dr. Newman tells us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Janae and I exchange looks, because we already have our lives figured out and they don’t involve these new boys across the street. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Even Time has to end. The real measure of when others will get involved comes down to whether or not you succeed. The gods will accept the outcome either way.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"They're too emotionally involved. Clearly, so are you. I'm not gambling five additional lives to save one. Especially when we might save him without risking them at all." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exchange had involved a lot of yelling, death threats, and high-velocity pineapples. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But none of those involved with the group at that early stage could have predicted how far Fuller would push that mandate. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve all been to the doctor, we know about the brusque humiliations involved. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that Father was angry with me, so I said, “I know you told me not to get involved in other people’s business but Mrs. Shears is a friend of ours.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

None of this will stop me from telling much of my version of the history of science in terms of the people involved, including Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I didn't want Needles to have to be involved in nothing like that, and I didn't want to be involved either. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I like Marge, and it’s not the sort of thing I like to get involved in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

That is, domestication involves wild animals’ being transformed into something more useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I think Leon’s in deep trouble. There’s more than chocolates involved here, Archie.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year he had been present because of the occasion of Jonas’s selection, in which he was so involved. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Amina, you can only make a difference if you get involved, right? And I want to run in high school, so I need experience.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But my dream had to be deferred, for I learned very quickly of the extensive plans that the ANC had for me, and none of them involved a relaxing journey to the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said that you didn’t want to be involved,” she said. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Still involved in my perplexity, I exclaimed piteously, “I am wearing my shirt!” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Hey, don’t you get on my case, too! Look, I’m sorry I got you involved in this.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Of course ours was not the only family involved. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regiomontanus’s procedure for measuring parallax ideally involved comparing the apparent position of a celestial object soon after dark with its apparent position not long before dawn, thus maximizing the parallax to be measured. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They reasoned that as long as Cleopatra was involved, Octavian would keep using her to turn the Roman citizens against him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We do know that Brunelleschi, in his search for new architectural forms, had made a study of the surviving classical buildings in ancient Rome, a study which involved taking measurements and drawing plans and elevations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For better or for worse, being involved with cancer puts you on everybody’s radar screen. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This warder said that I must cease discussing politics, and I told him that I was dealing with a matter of national importance involving an offer from the state president. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showed him the directions on the label—how you take a level teaspoonful and just add boiling water—but he insisted there was some kind of skill involved. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I suspected there were dimensional relationships involved in rocket design, such as a proper ratio between the area of the guidance-controlling fins to the area of the casement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perspective painting thus involves the application of theory to particular circumstances. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I could think of only one way to escape, and it involved hurting him so much that I hated myself for even considering it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As Calixte had bemoaned, most of the theories were martial ones, involving conquest, weapons, and defense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I can't help but notice the similarity between the two men: they were both involved in wars where science played a big part in the outcome. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

And I was becoming known for being someone’s wife and as someone involved with politics, which made it doubly and triply weird. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She explained it all in a matter-of-fact, offhand, neutral way; her emotions were not involved at all. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was also a strange preoccupation with the weather; strange, to me, because none of them seemed to be involved in activity which might be aided or impeded by weather of any sort. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh I suppose not,” she sighed, and she sat down to watch their chess match, which culminated in an exciting checkmate of Ron’s, involving a couple of recklessly brave pawns and a very violent bishop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Donovan considered, “Not much, I think. If Dave is like the preliminary model we saw back at the factory, there’s a special co-ordinating circuit that would be the only section involved.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

To make it clear—were you, in any way, involved with the holdup and murder that occurred on the 22nd of December? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

So maybe, Mai thought, the risk part involved riding the city bus. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You could say so. Your daughter was involved in an incident this morning.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Following an awkward pause, Lavadie said, “I think maybe 1 better back out of this, Bernie. 1 think maybe the best thing right now is 1 shouldn’t get involved, que no?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because his job involved one of the most secret projects of the entire war, he couldn’t even state exactly what he did all day. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He explained that he was quite sure there were more twelves involved. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every time that an animal eats a plant or another animal, the conversion of food biomass into the consumer’s biomass involves an efficiency of much less than 100 percent: typically around 10 percent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they decided to use me as the first human test, they were reasonably certain that there was no physical danger involved. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I swim to get away from Josh Raymond, and my cheating father, and Violet’s involved parents who are also her friends, and my sad, deserted mother, and my bones. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After the war Orff claimed falsely at his de-Nazification tribunal that he had himself been involved in the founding of the White Rose movement. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t get involved, you’re not going to have a voice,” he said. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

First, it involves seasonally pulsed inputs of labor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is that Zero’s group is trying to do—involving so many international cities, involving Hideo’s life—it’s going to happen on the day of the final tournament. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He even walked me to school for two weeks afterward and begged me to be more careful with strangers, especially when money is involved. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The irony involved caught my fancy, 1 must admit. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be involved,” he told her, “but it doesn’t mean you have to be the leader.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the past decade, the United States government and law enforcement agencies around the world have documented that some of these North Koreans are involved in criminal enterprises that funnel hard currency to Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Where is much better than why. Not that I’m answering either question. Just know that it involves these most splendid cloaks.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“And you think I might somehow be involved?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Which organ? She has too many involved. The numbers add up fast. They said she is beyond saving.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I lay awake for a long time, thinking of the plan and the dangers involved in putting it into action. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m botching this. I'm not used to really talking, just on the Net. Look, I trust you, but I’m not the only one involved. So let’s wait, okay?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

An important strand of the national story runs through Durham and it involves two men who had a profound effect on the movement: Douglas E. Moore and Floyd B. McKissick. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His job involved a lot of traveling, but this time he said he was going to be around for a few months. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m an upstanding businessman. I would never be involved in illegal enterprises.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last two Hamburg gigs, in November and December of 1962, involved another 90 hours of performing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But, most important, whatever was going on with Abel, I didn’t have to be involved. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pressing a key on the desk intercom, Phil Resch said, “Inspector Garland has asked that no calls be put through to him for the next half hour. He’s involved in work that can’t be interrupted.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Seldom have I seen anyone become so enthusiastic at the prospect of being involved in an action that might be dangerous.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way, it was not a lie and it let them imagine some accident, perhaps involving a heavy door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As youngsters, we participated in all the usual seaside activities—which were fun, until my father got involved and systematically chipped away at our pleasure. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Probably the commonest explanation involves implicitly or explicitly assuming biological differences among peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Vivian was involved in a conversation with the other girls at her table and didn’t look her way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

However, the differential mortality from epidemic diseases in traditional European societies had little to do with intelligence, and instead involved genetic resistance dependent on details of body chemistry. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girls were silent, but it was clear who had been involved. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my protests about the risks involved in sitting together on a balcony in a crowded section of Johannesburg, Helmut insisted we have our lunch of tuna fish sandwiches and tossed salad there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those four battles involved a mere 80, 30, 110, and 40 Spanish horsemen, respectively, in each case ranged against thousands or tens of thousands of Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fisheries of fresh and salt water are a resource of great importance, involving the interests and the welfare of a very large number of people. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He has always been deeply involved in issues related to Holocaust survivors. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tension would set in at the mere mention of whites and a vast complex of emotions, involving the whole of my personality, would be aroused. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, that very same year Congress passed a law forbidding Americans from being involved in importing slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

So, it seemed the best thing to do was to become immediately involved in the thing we both loved best—chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandma’s an old activist, and she always says to me that it’s important for us kids to have a voice. Plus, being involved in school looks good on college applications, right?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

All save two involved a search or seizure without a warrant or with a defective warrant. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And somehow, I have an ominous feeling that his endgame involves much more than just messing up some Warcross tournaments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The conversation that follows involves more creative coercion than outright job offer, and there are several deviations into the subjects of the ballet, modern fashion, and Japanese mythology. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They had no more idea of what was involved than a small child who says he will accompany the climbers up the fell. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a bigger screwdriver and tried to unscrew the hinges, but there didn’t seem to be any screws involved. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was demonstrating in this first image that perspective drawing involves establishing a picture plane through which the image is viewed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In an internal memo, Clyde Tolson, the associate director of the bureau, who had become Hoover’s longtime companion, spawning rumors that they were romantically involved, said, “We should furnish only limited, routine material, if any.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"Best not to get involved with it at all." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You — er — your — I mean to say, some of your people were — were involved in those — those things, were they?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get more involved, but not knowing what was really happening might hurt me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

After her third year in college, she decided to leave school and get involved full time in the North Korean issue. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Easy translation, since most of the coach’s sentences involved the word kill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You never get involved in the people’s lives? The ones you’re inhabiting.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a part of our lives. It’s just something that you’re involved in. It’s just like going to church or something like that. It’s just what you do.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, a returning aircraft accidentally landed on top of one that was already on the ground, killing three of the four crew members involved. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His wife later said, “I presume no one ever had any dealings with him where money was involved, that did not get the worst of the transaction.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One such case involved the Rad Lab’s former staff chemist Martin Kamen, who had been fired by Ernest during the war in response to an unproved—and groundless—charge of disloyalty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He’s persuaded her not to get the police involved, but if I carry on . The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was glaring, expensive, inefficient, and stressful for everyone involved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t want you getting involved with this,” Marcus said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His was the first presidency of a new era, one involving the disruption and dismantling of all norms around privacy—involving selfies, data hacks, Snapchats, and Kardashians. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Brother Leon,” Goober said, relieved, realizing that the teacher was too much involved with the chocolates to be assessing Goober’s innocence or guilt. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Zinzi, where were you when you first became involved with this case? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's very much involved with depicting his neighborhood and environment in a positive manner. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the first time in five years that I’ve been involved in a major incident,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Geological Survey announced that the Manson crater was of the right age to have been involved with the dinosaurs’ extinction. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Like all the scientists involved in the discovery, Oppenheimer was fired up by new ideas in physics, deeper glimpses into the weird inner world of atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And court is where these cases often end up, particularly when they involve money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

This involved bombarding samples with neutrons in a small nuclear reactor and carefully counting the gamma rays that were emitted; it was extremely finicky work. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It became common for certain groups within the Muslim community to encourage their boys to be involved in sports, while leaving their girls to sit on the sidelines. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Reasons that involved Mom and feeling like I could never be who she wanted me to be. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z