“I began the fox’s favorite song just as he was about to chase him again, and he stayed to listen. Now I couldn’t do that for any human being in the subway station.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was buried three days later beneath the haw- thorn tree behind the house, just as twilight was darkening the sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze past just as Michael moves and lets the crush of kids finally pass in the other direction. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her cold, stone grasp was just as I expected. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though the Keeper had drawn the wrong conclusion about the tattoo, it was just as devastating. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staying the same could be just as sad as Lolo changing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It rang just as this detective Turner happened to walk in through the front door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can boil and sterilize everything he eats and eats from—just as you do for a baby. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I met her by the phone in my own flannel pajamas just as she picked up the receiver. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

After Hemme dismissed the class I ran down the stairs and caught him just as he was leaving through a lower door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The laws of science will hold at them, just as they do at the North and South Poles on the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems clear to me that there should be oversight for the granting of immunity, just as the selection committee provides oversight for gleaning.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then, ducking, he swung himself through the door just as the train lurched forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I could just as easily have painted I’M ANGRY. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then, just as the music, slow and smoky, loads up the air, his smile bright as ever, he wrinkles his nose and turns away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was discussed all through the South, in the slave cabins, in the big houses, whispered about, argued about, at night, just as it was in Ben’s cabin. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you know the darkness beyond despair, just as intimately as you know the soaring heights. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A group of soldiers came in looking for shelter and striking matches, just as he and Nettle had. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The house was crowded with sheep taking shelter from the unfriendly night, just as we were. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“But I saw it in time—just as a dark blur, but clearly enough to see that it was small and harmless. And I see what you’re saying.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were whitewashed, like the walls in the upper stories of the house, and there were just as many doors. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And while form is introduced with sculpture, it is just as essential to painting, drawing, and architecture. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took off for O-Hall just as I saw the guys from our team coming out from the locker room and making their way down the hill. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A group of runaways could travel just as fast with a baby as without one. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They arrived at a taxi stand just as one was landing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But none of her visions had been like this, with her kidnappers just as alarmed as she was herself. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart was indeed a fist, just as it was described in the texts. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed inside the car just as the first big drops of rain rapped against the roof. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could carry the secret of Angel inside her for twenty years just as I had. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” I said, just as we were getting ready for dinner. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

‘It is just as James Otis said,’ he thought. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” she said, finally, just as the waiter brought their pizzas over. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Many were shot down and just as many fell into the sea without hitting any target. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then—I kept watching carefully—she pulled herself together, smiled and said: “It’s just as well the fences at Hailsham aren’t electrified. You get terrible accidents sometimes.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried and got there just as they were unhitching the hack. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope grew so worried, she started to pant, just as the children would do. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Francie found that a raw potato tasted just as good and this she could have for free. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ji-yong saw my face, and just as Grandma coughed, he amended softly, “Well, a few, anyway. To practice.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made it to the shelter just as the clouds completely opened and the rain roared down in sheets. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Switching gears to forward, I headed out, full throttle, just as fast as my skiff could go. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Fire!” someone yelled, just as the crisp smell of ash and burning wood reached Magdalys’s nose. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I crawl out and try to wipe the slime off my eyelids and lips, but my hands and shirt are just as slimy. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And if they did, they'd just figure the family had forgotten to turn it off, just as they'd forgotten to raise the shades. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the fall, just as Adam was getting used to college life, things suddenly started heating up with Shooting Star. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as amazing—“Creamed Corn,” it said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped the latch just as one of them tried to shoulder the lid back open. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They tended the crops and watched over the cattle, just as ordinary children did during the daytime. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

We started for the wedgies place just as this guy comes up with a shopping bag full of plastic statues. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then just as he was putting his hand to the hilt of his sword, there came an unexpected relief. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He looks just as he did on the cover of Time magazine back in 2014, a tall, thin, healthy man in his early forties, with unkempt hair and his trademark horn-rimmed eyeglasses. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was just as well, since he had no listener. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to know just as much as I do.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers closed around the bomb just as the ice shattered and the winds exploded. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The girl turns around just as the whole cafeteria lets out a series of Oooooohs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

David leaps down the steps just as the moving men climb into the van. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as Hugo began to turn the key, he heard his door rattle. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Alex would have been the last to leave the room, but just as he reached the exit, he found Wolf blocking his way. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Graham K.’s temper’s just as bad, but that only makes them all the more careful with him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, we always felt embarrassed if our grandfather were mentioned, just as we did if God were spoken of.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would also receive Parthia from the western frontier to India just as soon as Mark Antony gained control of it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Such zeal was firmly in place, just as it had been for the past sixty years. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes off to join her friends, a couple of younger girls who are just as well-dressed as she is. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“But if a man shoots at you because he is afraid of you it is just as bad if he shoots at you because he hated you,” Roosevelt said. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Otto Frisch rushed to Copenhagen, Denmark, catching up with Niels Bohr just as Bohr was boarding a ship for America. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as I’ve come to this conclusion, a parachute lands next to us with a fresh loaf of bread. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And just as I wondered if he was going to join me or not, I saw a lone figure running toward me, an enormous shadow. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my bandmates and said, “Thank you, thank you very, very much. I’ll practice on this so much that I’ll be just as good as you guys are in about three weeks!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Cora held Royal’s head in her lap, just as she had the afternoon of the picnic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"About drumsticks, eh? Well, just as your drumsticks belong inside your drum, and dowels will not do, so a kitten belongs with its mother, and no one else will do." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I sit in her matching chair, which is less frayed but just as worn. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Trouble was brewing, even though you couldn’t exactly pinpoint what it would be or where it would come from, just as you couldn’t pinpoint the pending rain. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Thomas replied, just as he had before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She’s just as warm and soft as I remember, but her cropped hair is now entirely gray. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He hugs me hard to him, then just as quickly flings me back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He leans back in his chair and opens his mouth to say something, but just as he does, someone knocks on the solid oak door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have one, too, Mama,” they cried, “and it’s just as pretty as that one.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it seems to be made of wood, just as the Conte said.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Frankly, I’d just as soon not go into details,” said the young man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mike fell to his knees and started searching for his own coins just as Kyle shouted, “Got it!” and plucked a 1982 quarter out of the pile. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Thomas watched as Alby unbuttoned the collar, then wrapped it around Ben’s neck; Ben finally looked up just as the loop of leather snapped closed with a loud pop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I have the same teachers you had and they are just as bad as you said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've spent so much time making sure I don't underestimate my opponents that I've forgotten it's just as dangerous to overestimate them as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was carrying the identical message, through just as many towns over just as many miles as Paul Revere. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as we started down the on ramp for the highway, Jeffrey shouted, I forgot Mott Medic! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She insisted she was colored and just as good as white,” Ward informed the judge. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I know now that I had never expected to find Bing, just as I know now I will never find a way to save my marriage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe placed a plate of conchas in the middle of the table just as Benny came in and made a beeline for our table. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Really, he’s just as calm as a cypress. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I managed to break away from him for a moment just as the younger of the two weeping women spotted me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Allen and Kenny rode off on their bikes just as my parents drove up the driveway. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of hipsters, I thought, just as they spoke. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But she’s a graphic designer,” Chess added, just as Finn said, “She makes websites.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Aunt Best, a horrifyingly ugly, cross old woman with two gold headed canes, vowed through her whiskers and toothless gums that he looked just as bad as she had expected. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at it for a moment too long and began to think of the frosty remains of small animals I’d find in the woods just as the spring snow thawed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I took hold of one of the beakers, leaned over, lowered the lid just as much as I needed to and tremulously dipped the beaker into Parker’s Pond, four feet from his back paws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His jet-black hair, however, was just as it always had been — stubbornly untidy, whatever he did to it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But she looked just as worried as the other two. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to, but I feel kind of sorry for him then, seeing he’s just as confused as I am about all this mess. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They walked quickly and without a sound, passing long shadows and the ominous snicker of the mischievous duendes who could take your rucksack just as easily as they could steal your memories. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The last broadcast finally relented just as Reynie was closing his notebook. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted her just as much as she wanted him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It had all seemed so perfect, so simple, to have her brothers go with her, sharing the dangers of the trip together, just as a family should. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The animals sense this bad business and stay clear of it—just as we have stayed clear of those evil rocks.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cholly felt sorry for her; it was just as much his fault. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found that the more people killed in a war, the less likely it was to occur, and the longer before you could witness it, just as violent storms occur less frequently than cloudbursts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog squirmed free just as I found the doorway, and when the kid jerked to catch the thing, he brought his knee right up into my balls. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Papa changed his accent when he spoke, sounding British, just as he did when he spoke to Father Benedict. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We tell ourselves they “deserve” their fate, even though we know—and don’t know—that whites are just as likely to commit many crimes, especially drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

January began my last term at Stuyvesant, and I wanted desperately to make it important even as the other students were just as eager to say that the senior year was not at all significant. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hangs on to wells and a boy’s golden hair; would just as soon inhale sweet fire caused by a burning girl as hold a maybe-yes maybe-no hand. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, publicity of the right kind appealed to her, just as it did to the Treasury and the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I went up stairs, but just as I passed her door she called me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson pulled him out from behind the exercise mat just as the ball exploded against it, blasting the mat to smoking shreds. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And just as the thought crossed his mind they passed through a heavy stone gateway and everything was very different. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to believe that everything was just as the children had left it, as if time had stopped the night they died. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

“Sometimes learning can be just as painful as not knowing.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He fought the monsters and freed the earth from them just as Greece freed the earth from the monstrous idea of the unhuman supreme over the human. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop,” said the Witch, just as he reached the door. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I got done, I cut through some fields and caught Old Flapjack just as he passed Miss Carolina’s house. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say that. You’re just as much a hero—” “No I’m not. I keep trying, but...” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Through her lashes she peeked at Amaroq for re­ assurance, just as she had seen the other wolves do. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I heard when I left was the chorus of my friends singing to give me courage, just as they did with all the women when they arrived or left the camp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says that crime is contagious — just as a fashion trend is contagious — that it can start with a broken window and spread to an entire community. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He honestly thought it would be just as fun. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mark gripped the end of the grappling device just as it pulled him off his feet, yanking him skyward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Now it is just as easy to eat chicken in a car as a hamburger. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He did not know what luck could mean to the dead, just as it was impossible to know if one baptism was enough. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As you say, M. Poirot. Some of these other blows are just as obviously right-handed.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doors that led up or down, into the head or body of the citadel, were all closed, just as they had been when Skathis died. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That night, just as the church bells began to ring midnight at the First Baptist on Washington Street, Benton was walking up the stairwell of the bell tower. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Smith lifted the buggy whip and flicked it over Seabiscuit’s flanks just as he hit the bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus comes to a halt just as Mrs. Caldwell is hobbling her way back up to the front. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I thought about how certain it was that hundreds, maybe thousands of other people were just as innocent as Walter but would never get the help they need. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And just as in Mrs. Bedlow’s parlor, chairs had been pulled away from the tables and girls were chatting and sewing and reading in the living area. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My father reacted to my pantomime just as Hamlet had predicted he would. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A requirement that drivers stop at every corner in black neighbor-hoods just as they did in white neighborhoods. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

That’s what I remember before everything changed—her fingers shaking like a picture on a wall just as an earthquake happens. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He closed the door behind them just as she flung herself to her knees and threw up in the gutter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She broke from the line just as Thelma began asking Stella’s mother a question. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I dived behind some throw pillows just as three men and one woman—the matronly one I’d heard on the phone—turned the corner and entered the room, pushing Ema aside. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I commanded, just as the door to Stephen’s house opened. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I helped Audrey clean the rest of the litter on the floor, wishing it were just as easy to wipe away the mess we were making of our friendship with Jenna. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered the chickens, and I snapped my eyes open, just as it soared up. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Pain rips up my hand and I fall back, but just as quickly the pain is gone. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The thrust threw me clear just as the Mechagodzilla’s huge clawed foot slammed down, forming a crater in the spot where I’d stood a second before. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Coalwood had its routine for the beginning of winter, just as it did for every season. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald walked over to him and placed his hand on the older man’s shoulder, just as Rob’s dad had done for him on that day that now seemed so long ago. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized that the whole top of the bank was only a very short distance across and the other side was just as steep. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the earth is rendered chaos, regulations of speech and propriety are rendered impotent, just as city may become desolate, and street, battleground, and flesh may become fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They tumbled out, the idiotic words, just as I had imagined them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A “psst” sound came up from the floor—-just as it had on his first night in the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, just as rain began to fall, the crowd launched into a chant demanding that Mayor Grabarek come out and receive a list of demands. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the crowd seemed just as interested. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Peewee went into the HQ hooch to find out where town was just as they were looking for somebody else to pull guard duty, and he got put on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when someone spoke to him, he sat just as still and attentive, listening with his eyes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it is, then I’m just as weird.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The truth is that one cannot go through life without being annoyed by other people, and this was just as true in Miss Penelope Lumley’s day as it is in our own. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But it apparently served just as well to keep Rufus’s leg in traction. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he had lost her, just as he had lost her father and her brother. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rocket fuel burns in the engine and is sent out the back of the rocket, driving the spaceship forward, just as the rush of air out of a balloon sends it flying around the room. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You make just as much as I do.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough—just as Kate had predicted—an Executive was on patrol. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I let my hands travel up the frigid railing of the hospital bed towards my father’s face, which when my fingertips grazed it felt as prickly and haggard as it looked and just as dead. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“See? I told you a daughter’s just as good as a son,” Father would add. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The debil leader laughed just as Teacher Sarah’s undersize baby girl drew her first breath and opened her eyes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She muttered something, then rolled over onto her side, falling back into her obviously deep sleep just as another crack sounded from the forest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I could see he was just as scared as I was. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That was just as peculiar as a whole lot of the things the Preacher did that night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Gerald laughed, ducked, and just as he was chasing Angel around the kitchen with a full glass of water, Monique breezed inside with a burst of winter air. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved quietly up to the edge of the hollow just as the doe began to speak. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest sinks into the bubbles, just as the mutts reach it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She stopped him just as he got to the door to her office. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Houseguests pushed into the room to see, all pretense of manners forgotten, and in the corner, Clara crossed her arms, watching and waiting just as she had since Mrs. Caruthers had killed her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She said it was healthy, not to mention delicious, but she always ate it quickly and then returned with a plate just as decadent as George’s and Scott’s. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

If the thought of being Chief Powhatan’s subjects would be distasteful to the gentlemen, then I imagine that becoming subjects of King James would be just as distasteful to the Powhatan people. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Arthur turned just as Victor’s head drove into his midsection. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked into the dining room and came out again just as he was passing by. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cats crept away, disappearing just as they had arrived or been bom in the cracks and crevices of the roof. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk in through the atrium together just as the first bell is ringing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I pull myself out of the bath, shivering, wrap a towel around me, and open the door just as Lily is marching back down the hall, Mom behind her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The stuff was just as dark as the water in the pool. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I need a prayer, a song, but everything now is too real—just as it was during the earthquake in Haiti. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Smith would then take him out to work in the afternoon, just as if he were racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As loud as my Noise is chasing her, her silence is just as loud up ahead, even now, even knowing she’s going to die, still as silent as a grave. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The house, our house, is just as it was, quiet and farm-like. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She had threatened to take control of every Roman—just as she had taken control of Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

With any luck, when I kill her, Finnick will duck behind the tree for cover just as the lightning bolt strikes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I quick closed the jar and shoved it back just as a door opened and light flooded from above. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She also said she had some empathy in general because of her own medical challenges, the idea that she was just as human as anyone else. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, indeed,” they repeated together; “but if we’d told you then, you might not have gone—and, as you’ve discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell she wanted into the Archives just as badly as I did. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Salazars arrived just as the other families were gathering around the cascading fountain at the center of town. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds stalked up the aisle, just as she used to do in class, about to deliver my F— math test. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The river marks the Guatemalan border, just as the Rio Grande defines the Mexican border to the north. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Greet the lady,” the dealer commanded, just as the nice little girls’ mothers had when visitors came. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their sonarlike senses, the brothers had discovered a low wall of reinforced concrete—it had sounded hard—and pulled Melina behind it just as the bomb exploded. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She could tell why, poor things; they missed the heavy solid warmth of their humans’ bodies; just as Pantalaimon would have done, they longed to press themselves against a heartbeat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He shook hands with Mrs. Bessie and, because his uniform made him feel grown up, he kissed Cilia goodbye just as he had the Sunday before seen Rab kiss his aunt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look exactly the same, just as a particular correct answer on a true-false test looks the same whether the test taker is a straight-A student or someone who’s guessing at every question. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one foot jamming the brake pedal to the floor and the other just as resolutely stomping on the gas, Durham’s civic engine roared deafeningly—but it did not budge from the starting line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had been left just as it was when he died, for the pilgrims who came to Down to see where the great man worked and lived. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they were engaged in air battles just as fierce as those they’d fought the previous summer. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At Delphi where he went to consult the oracle, the priestess looked at the matter just as he did. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My parents love you,” she says matter-of-factly, definitively, just as she says everything else. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had a different quality from other breezes, just as the silvery air was different from the harsh light of noon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It puzzled contemporaries just as it puzzles us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And just as there is said to be a jump in wife beatings on Super Bowl Sunday, so it was true that suicides in prison often occurred around the holidays. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that mental training was just as important as physical training, because despite our team’s upward trajectory in competitions, my teammates and coaching staff were intent on standing in my way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were all on me and they were looking just as scared and confused and surprised ’bout seeing me as I was ’bout seeing them. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But just as the sky began to darken, an imperial servant arrived. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Blunt again. Very good. But you’re missing your chance, boy, just as your father missed his. You won’t hear me make this offer again.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"The theater department brings in just as much money for the school as the athletic department. If I don't have to pay for it, I'm fine with this." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even so, Johnny was there and up behind me just as I caught him in my sight. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when it came, it was just as perfect as it had looked in the catalog! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This is very good,” I said, half a minute or so later, just as the first euphoric sparkle was starting to hit my synapses. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It would have killed me just as dead if it had hit me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t watch much television. You know I don’t have a computer. In a lot of ways my life is just as it was twenty or even forty years ago.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He introduced himself as Rowan, and they shook hands just as the lights dimmed, the curtain went up, and the music exploded too lush and loud for them to be able to hold a conversation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He feels ill at ease with the praise, just as he had when he was a child and destroyed his drawing of the cat, the clay figure of the elephant. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They look just as kindly as our own peasants in Friesland. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung just as the ball slid into its curve, and the bat cut savagely through empty air, twisting him around and sending him off balance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Ida?” the old lady speaks loudly into her phone, and her friend is just as loud. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The Independence seemed to have passed over our village, just as the plague did on that long ago night in Egypt, sparing those who had the right symbol marked over their doorsills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Salim waving from the deck, just as he’d waved that last time before boarding his pod. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as Poppy Cottage came into view, Ivy’s breath caught in her chest and she stopped short. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was different from the scuttling beetle that had led him to the forest, but just as odd. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m game if you are,” said Polly, just as she had said before. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s way too hung up on being in the popular group, and he’s just as far from the popular group as you can get. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The other women and I sat on high stools, and as the little pancakes went by, we had to grab them off the hot griddle just as they turned golden. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was winter when I came up, and when the shells exploded the frozen clods of earth were just as dangerous as the fragments. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was already toppling forward, and down the chute he went, just as his wife had done before him—and his daughter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since he’s not underwater, the poison comes out of his wounds just as it went in, in wisps of fog that I take great care to steer clear of. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, at night, I hear them just as I’m falling asleep. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have felt just as sorry for him as I felt when I saw him kneeling on the ground. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The combination of the cold and the warmth from Trey’s heater is just as A-1 tonight as it was then. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And then in Denmark I saw that farm or its brother, and it was true, just as it had been in the looking-egg. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as she became more adept at her work, the winter came in earnest. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malik didn’t mind his mom carrying on like she does nearly as much when Brayden’s dad was still in the bleachers because he used to be just as over-the-top and loud. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But then the older students would tell us that was exactly what the guardians had told them when they were younger, and that we’d be told the ghastly truth soon enough, just as they were. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the three had left the stage, the hot-tempered boy remained, just as Scythe Faraday had said earlier in the day. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And before we knew where we were they were planted here and there all over the Shire, and were felling trees and digging and building themselves sheds and houses just as they liked. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lily recounted this dramatic scene for me just as she’d heard our father recount it to our mother. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We hardly had time to think when the cop car pulled in the alley going just as fast. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though her approach was markedly different from the work of others who studied insects, she wanted her book to portray this interconnection—just as she had observed it every day on her walks. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To him, jobs are interchangeable—just as he is to the jobs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She stared back, fascinated—she had never seen eyes of such deep blue—and just as she began to wonder why he was so interested in her, he turned away and moved on to Taisin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Children can be just as wicked as old ladies.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They are, in fact, just as natural as eating and drinking. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tell me I’m just as good as any other girl at King Middle. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"That's what Hitler has done. He has rescued the Fatherland from poverty, unemployment, and inflation—just as he promised he would." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d like to paint “a starry sky, for example, well—it’s a thing that I’d like to try to do, just as in the daytime I’ll try to paint a green meadow studded with dandelions.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Rather he came to see her as an obstacle, just as a sea captain might view an iceberg—something to monitor and avoid. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There’s the telltale square, high up and to my right, just as it was this morning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Erin drills me in the chest just as soon as I exit through the door. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also didn’t help that he could see how pale and drawn Emma’s and Finn’s faces were, or how they were weaving and stumbling just as badly as Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It would gaze at me with its sly brown eyes just as Hari had done. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But just as I passed the lych-gate of Saint Gabriel's, kids' shouts spilt out of Diana Turbot’s garden. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Native American farming served for a long time just as a small supplement to food acquisition by hunting-gathering, and supported only a sparse population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But just as they are about to reach the copter, BAM! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, he was just as noisy and pesky as I’d figured. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following day, June 22,1917, the picketers took their places in front of the White House, just as they had been doing since January. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We finished the O just as our friends arrived. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi opened his backpack and pulled out his notebook just as Mrs. Palmer put down her chalk and turned back to the class. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“We need to offer him something else, something just as valuable.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Tally imagined herself by his side, just as beautiful, spending every day doing nothing but talking and laughing and having fun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So I could not have been more surprised when she showed up sobbing at Room 43 just as I was putting the finishing touches on my final paper for English. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rose; then, just as he was about to run, he saw a head bob up in the hole. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He projected words that flashed on a screen as fast as a blink of an eye, and we had to type them just as fast. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He finally gets the knots loose and pulls in the rope just as the engines come to life and the boat starts moving away from the Lincoln Building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He likes it just as well as open war. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Between the shoeshine stand and thrusting towels to them just as they approached the washbasin, Freddie seemed to be doing four things at once. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stuck up at the back, just as Harry’s did. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Constance could not hear a thing from the distance of the ramparts, which was just as well in the circumstances. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I said, which sounded just as awkward as I’d expected, but I wasn’t sure what else to say. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And just as I'm grabbing the matching pants below it, the front door opens. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And just as good and bright and beautiful and free as anybody. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It opened its gaping mouth as it loomed over her, but just as it neared, there was a flash of white. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It went haywire just as I was tying it to Errol’s leg to send it to Harry.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s just as if somebody had tried to break into the house—” Jason sprang up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cold Sassy was proud of its cotton mill, just as it was proud of the trains coming through. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Despite our general weariness, Denna and I made good time and came to the top of the northern hill just as the sun was setting behind the mountains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had a car just as much as she did. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For just as Mablung stepped towards the fallen body, there was a new noise. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The horse shied, just as it might have shied in the old, miserable days when it pulled a hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

His hand shoots forward and smacks the weapon out of Boss’s hands—the gun fires a wayward shot just as it spins away, clattering on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Nothing is going to happen to you, Bella,” he said just as fiercely. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bobbie and Clay slide me onto the stretcher and just as carefully bring me back up the steps to my building. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

So Mike didn’t need to fight to get to the top—which was just as well, as he was a very small chimp. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maine is just as long coming down as it is going up, maybe longer. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as often—or even more often, it seemed to me—it led to them keeping a greater than normal distance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you have a word like ‘good,’ what need is there for a word like ‘bad’? ‘Ungood’ will do just as well— better, because it’s an exact opposite, which the other is not. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I leave the gene therapy room just as Nita is walking back to it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He made the “philosopher’s run” to Alexandria around 297, just as Eratosthenes later would. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, it's just as well that he has a brother who can do the talking for him,” Ida smiled. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And all this shall be just as I foretell.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The previously unanswered one rang and rang, and just as Phoebe was about to hang up, she heard a voice. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Without warning, the CIA fired Howard, ending his career just as it was getting started. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the ceiling just as Genie had done a few moments before. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“So the poisoner could just as easily have been after Dumbledore.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So for a time I had a partner—my husband and I, soldiers together just as when we were little soldiers playing in the village. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thumped him on the back just as he took his first sip of soda. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’ll be rid of the man and have possession of the woman just as you wanted,” I said with disgust. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He darted behind the dumpster just as a man dressed in coveralls climbed out of the truck. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She had immediately taken charge of the situation, just as she had done in the canteen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Science, of course, seeks to show that it does, just as Russell sought to show that there was no hippopotamus in the room. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Among Navajos, some men may allow a little hair to grow on their upper lip—just as my uncle and my father did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as I'm holding them to my lips, I get a hard look at them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He heard a shout of “Everybody out!” just as he saw the plaid of Cari’s good dress showing under a block of concrete. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the size of an elephant and just as intimidating. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I came to this very room to begin my training. It was such a long time ago. “The previous Receiver seemed just as old to me as I do to you. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amos raised his arm, but just as he was getting ready to throw Edward, Abilene tackled him, shoving her head into his stomach, and upsetting the boy’s aim. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Or just as he thought I would think? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hands on her kitchen clock were just as useless to her as her own two hands. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Jo would find us out, and spoil it all. She is very proud of him, just as he is, and said yesterday that she thought poverty was a beautiful thing.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had once seen a bear rocking its young in her arms just as a human mother rocks its young. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You know we love you, Melody—-just as you are. But we’re hoping this child doesn’t have to face the challenges that you do.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The little boys wore shorts and jackets and caps, just as I used to. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the hundred miles might just as well have been a thousand. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Golf was a novelty, bringing the cream of society together around a tiny ball that was struck with a stick, just as the Indians had done two hundred years before in these same, places. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he believes a woman is just as smart as a man. He was the first to ever teach us as if we had minds of our own. Perhaps your daughter felt the same way.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Both of them stared just as blankly back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And just as the baby’s head sank, so did hers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Looked up at Teresa and her enormous blue eyes, heavy with sadness—just as much for him as for Chuck, he was sure of it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But somehow the room feels just as unfriendly. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

At the same time I know that in her place I would have been just as stupid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he could not shake the feeling that all of this had come too soon for her, and Taisin was just as young. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lyra would have expected the family to stare most at the Gallivespians, but their curiosity was directed just as much, she thought, at her and Will. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It was right before the water rushed in at that concourse. When we fought off those wannabe gangsters. I woke up just as the bad part began.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He grabbed for the gutter just as the sharp newly-broken stone sawed through the rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He unleashed his spikes, dozens of them at once, into the woods where the arrow had come from, but just as fast, silvery arrows shot back in reply. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And just as I switched the plastic shopping bag to my other hand, I saw them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Cathy called me back just as I was leaving the flat this morning and gave me a stiff little hug. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raymie shone the flashlight on the door, just as Louisiana reached forward and turned the knob. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

There weren’t multiple charms on it now, but just one: a white-gold crescent, pallid and radiant, looking just as though it had been plucked down from the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But it was also the political problem with the deepest social and economic roots in the new nation, so that removing it threatened to disrupt the fragile union just as it was congealing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Introducing my friends to my employees was going to be a seriously weird moment that I’d just as soon avoid for a while longer. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after enor-mous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He leveled McWatt out with another harsh cry and whipped him upward and around again into a ragged blue patch of unpolluted air just as the bombs he had dropped began to strike. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We never spoke the old woman’s name out loud, just as we never went too close to her house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Computers cannot deal with such levels of improbability, and it is just as well. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as he’d, practiced, the fire was only a momentary flare as the handful of wood shavings in the bowl flashed up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Singer says that a cow is not different at all in this one very important way: It feels pain and suffers just as we do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The dart whizzed behind him just as he disappeared into the secret passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The smell hit them when the wind shifted, just as they were approaching the first buildings, small huts made of logs with thatched roofs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“If you two boys can’t say anything nice at the table,” Mom said with an utter lack of passion, “I’d just as soon you said nothing at all.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she put her hand down you could see the bruise just as plain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The caravan crossed the Potomac River at Point of Rocks and hit Leesburg Pike just as rush hour began. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The golden monkey, seeing Mrs. Coulter attacked, set Lord Roke down and sprang to her defense, just as the witch flew down, knife at the ready. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He faked and crept closer, and just as he was about to take the shot, I sprang at him and took him out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as bad for the Chamorros as it had been for us Indians. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had meant to cover my legs if anybody came in, but now I saw it was too late, so I let them stick out, just as they were, disgusting and ugly. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He drops knowledge just as he's slapping down a set of cards or a domino onto a table, and his homies can’t do anything but bow down to his greatness and keep their mouths shut. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But just as he was becoming quite sure of it, there suddenly came a deep, rich sigh out of the darkness beside him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He appeared out of nowhere and stopped me just as I was about to introduce myself to Vera. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

My tears had risen, just as in childhood: I ordered them back to their source. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lights in all residential buildings have gone off, just as Metias had said they would, and nothing but oil lamps light the apartment. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“The one that belongs to him is just as valid.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He reached the back of the truck just as it began to move. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And she soon found they were just as varied and different as living folks. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes; just as if you were speaking Greek. I feel I have adequate cause to be happy, and I will be happy. Goodbye!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

From them, it should be possible to derive a complete system of knowledge embracing every aspect of the natural world, just as one can deduce the whole of Euclidean geometry from five axioms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell him, but his eyes were looking just as wild as the horse’s too. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell sat in the middle of the front row, frowning, just as she had in the hallway after George’s audition. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“They’d be just as mad at him as they were with Daddy.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A truck pulled up in front of the auto parts shop just as Hassan raised his glass of tea. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I arrive at David’s office for my first council meeting just as my watch shifts to ten, and he pushes himself into the hallway soon afterward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

How do you tell one that you love him just as much as the other, but you’ve decided he won’t be the one to get a chance in life? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But the heat was so intense that it was just as bad standing still in the blinding stream falling from the sky. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘Miss Lavinia has gone down to Hancock’s Wharf to ask Ma to let her take her. But Ma couldn’t give her away—-just as though she was a kitten.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t say why, but then a visitor would come calling just as I was leaving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Brian had made the decision just as he dozed off in the plane and it had settled into his mind while he slept. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He arrived at the station punctually just as the sun was filtering through the pine trees that still grew in thick groves in the white working-class neighborhoods south and east of Durham proper. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian’s eyes glittered with harsh curiosity, like he might gut Percy just as easily as a teddy bear if he thought he could learn something from it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She said it just as we came around the last stand of trees and stepped into the empty parking lot of the shuttered up farm stand, closed for the season. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the door shut just as a door on the opposite side of the room opened. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as he had the thought, they came to a stop, and the smooth flow of their march broke with a clumsiness that momentarily eased Jonathan’s tension. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dove behind a log barricade just as two soldiers turned the corner, talking intently to each other and sweeping the street with their eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is just as much a matter of chance that I am still alive as that I might have been hit. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They clinked their glasses together just as an old man stopped by their table. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius flagged it down just as his mother, forgetting the disgrace of the shredded nightgown, ran down to the curb. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I know she forgives me, just as I forgive her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was a plate of biscuits, slightly burnt, and bacon, just as warm and pleasant as you please, on the cook-stove. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, just as she was turning to leave, Jinny happened to notice a slip of white paper sticking up from the side of the couch frame, pale in the dim room. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Leaning far over, Stephanie sucked his limp nub into her smoky mouth . . . just as another snap! and death struggle took place in the nearby kitchen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black, worn breeches are just as much too short; they reach barely halfway down his calf. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth rushed in just as a crack appeared, and the whole ceiling dropped. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The net stretches across the gaping hole, just as it did when I last saw it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It takes longer for the actual therapeutic effects to vanish, just as it took a longer time for them to begin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Though some thought his fears were imaginary, he responded to physical threats just as he did threats on the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She pumped four pails of water at the well, just as Mother had asked, and hauled them back one by one. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to regret choosing me for the assignment out of all the other girls she could just as easily have chosen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I pull out the next letter and, just as quickly, she answers it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Trina was reaching for Deedee; she grabbed her and pulled her into a fierce hug, leaping out of the fray just as more people rained down from above. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s just as apt to do that as eat a dish of toadstools.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s bigger than my quarters, though just as spare. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I lie down on my bedspread and open it slowly just as I hear Daddy’s key in the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

No one knew exactly when Cady’s Talent for baking had first emerged—just as no one knew exactly where she had come from. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was just as sinful to her to lie abed after light as it was to be abroad after dark. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Izzie gets to the first floor just as the elevator door opens. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But just as suddenly: “Indians! You know anything about Indians?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I managed to collapse into the passenger seat feeling about as lovely as a wilted head of lettuce, just as Liam climbed into the driver’s seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But it’s time to think about the opportunity as well as the pain, just as it’s time to think about the obligations of off-shoring as well as the opportunities... The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Fenrir lay on his side, and Tyr put his right hand into Fenrir’s mouth, just as he had done when Fenrir was a puppy and they had played together. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I know,” said Papa, “and I feel just as badly as you do, but what can I do? You know we don’t have that kind of money.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see that the others were just as awkward and uncomfortable around their friend. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Around him, the North Carolina night looked just as quiet and peaceful as it always did. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’d not actually seen the slap on the elbow on the television, but I was pretty sure that’s where the idea had come from, and just as sure Ruth hadn’t realised it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rebels want the Capitol, just as the Capitol wanted 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is sends you running out of the cafeteria just as the volcano of butterflies in your belly erU pTS After Soccer Practice Go wash up. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The moment he had cleared his plate he turned to the boy next to him, asked him for his leftover meat loaf, and devoured it just as rapidly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He chased her down the hall, catching up just as she was sliding into the chair in front of the computer. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And just as she thought that her breath was breaking, that the blood might burst through her ears, Jinny felt her feet touch bottom, and she let herself collapse. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And just as naturally, they find the nearest person and blab. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There are other words just as ambiguous as sixteenth-century ‘experience’/‘experiment’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It says, ‘Some Pig,’ just as clear as clear can be. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

To marshal large men who were not all that much younger than him, and in many cases just as strong willed, he needed every advantage he could get. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Bertha emerged from the kitchen just as Bud, in his stocking feet, staggered groggily from the den. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, just as rich as we were before. Silly goose, did you think weddings caused our coffers to grow?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The thing I don't understand", I said, "is how Bruno and I are still able to talk and think just as we did before." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Sorry it turned out so bad. You musta got there just as everything went to hell.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could like the fact that I was hard just as I liked the fact that he wasn't hard. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Tiara pointed wildly to the vending machine in the corner just as the elevator doors opened. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He caught a glimpse of hope on her face just as the door closed behind him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

If he had painted Harper Avenue, would it have looked just as intriguing? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We drive through the crowded, sunny streets of downtown Seattle, and we arrive at the pier just as the Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry is boarding. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The work on the trunk’s completed just as we hear the wave begin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was much too large and slipped down over his eyes, just as it had done the last time he’d put it on. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

People take love’s continuity for granted, just as they take their body’s continuity for granted. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

How a piece of rhetoric sounds—and this applies just as much whether it is heard out loud or scanned by the inner ear while being read on the page—is vital to its effectiveness. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We end up reaching the end of the path just as Simon and Bram step off the staircase. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Fourth cook, I knew, was just a glorified name for dishwasher, but it wouldn’t be my first time, and just as long as I traveled where I wanted, it didn’t make any difference to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy Clayton rode up on his bike just as I was leaving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Was that Maddie’s way of telling me I was just as important to her as the rest of them? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Through it all Lyra and Pantalaimon darted like fish, making always for the dormitory, and just as they reached it, there was a dull explosion from behind that shook the building. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I arrive a full hour early, just as the guard is opening the iron gates. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Mom’s face, and that’s when I realized she was just as nervous as I was. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I saw the tiny thing just as it lifted its wings and tried to land on my hand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She had been thrilled by the invitation, and her stupid sister was going to ruin everything, just as she'd feared. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Who are you?” said Lyra, who was just as repelled as Will. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Freud was absolutely fascinated and played with the baby and carried him, just as Fifi had done with her little brother twelve years before. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kamal sits, just as he used to in our sessions, his eyes on mine, his hands folded in his lap, patient, immobile. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure he was hiding something from her, and her irritation was just as visible as the clouds of steam from their warm breaths. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cells change while growing in culture, just as they change in a human body. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The argument erupts just as he reaches the bedroom door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The odd thing was that Hermione’s support made him feel just as confused as Ron’s doubts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He is not letting her go now, just as he did not let her go then. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I hold the gun out from my body, my arms straight, just as Four taught me, when that was his only name. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he lifted her out of the SUV just as carefully when we got to the hospital. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Yossarian drew back his fist to punch her in the jaw just as his leg buckled and he began to fall. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was a very beautiful house but looked just as uninviting as the iron gate. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Witch had left the outcropping and was, right now, limping toward the town walls, just as the Council was carrying the latest baby to the gates. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her face was twisted in an ugly expression, and Ophie clambered to her feet just as the bedroom door slammed open. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I was born from stone, just as Mithras was! Therefore, I have already passed your ordeal!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Remedios the Beauty and her startled friends managed to take refuge in a nearby house just as they were about to be assaulted by a pack of ferocious males. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Panting, Roy bolted for the door of the bus just as the last student, a tall girl with curly blond hair and red-framed eyeglasses, came up the steps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as quickly, it was replaced by a sense of smallness and quiet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She could always keep refusing, just as she had for the past month; but when he was this drunk... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was clear enough—one person waiting for another was like an arithmetical sum, and just as empty of emotion. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

For these reasons, Louis XII, King of France, quickly occupied Milan and just as quickly lost it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before going into the operating room, George told his surgeons that he wanted them to take samples of his tumor, just as Dr. Wharton had done with Henrietta’s tumor decades earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I slip my phone out of view just as Miss McDaniels looks up from her clipboard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She flew home to Kansas and arrived by taxi on Saturday morning at her family’s plot at a graveyard in Wichita just as the funeral service began. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a different voice, just as ugly. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mom walked in the door just as we were putting the games away. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But on the inside I’m smiling just as wide as I’m sure Mrs. Walton is. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But just as her pencil makes contact with the page, knock, thud, knock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some, like pentatonic and octatonic scales, have fewer or more notes per octave, but many have seven tones, just as a major scale does. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to make him jealous of me, and my secret feelings must have crept into my voice, just as his had crept into that loony smile. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that, just as I knew Madoc could do gruesome things to people he cared about. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I watched the Kennedys grieve over their dead child just as anybody else would. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the wheels sliding and it slewed around and backed and whirled and just as I was thinking what the hell they were up to, I saw that red tie. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The library door swings open just as you and Coby arrive. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One way or the other, it was apparent that the coaching situation at Washington was suddenly uncertain, and that while Bolles’s star had suddenly ascended, Ulbrickson’s had fallen just as abruptly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The second and third floors were completely separated, just as they were in any three-story brownstone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And blacks are just as ignorant of whites. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barometers would be set to dry and fair and isobars would be far apart, just as I’d predicted yesterday. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This part of the shore was sheltered from the wind and I found the canoes just as they had been left. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles and says, “Because I can just as easily prophesize that you’ll get thrown overboard by a crewman destined to be rich and famous.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was only worth the risk if I were sure where the commissary was: otherwise we might just as well eat the cattle, ourselves. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth fell open as she stared at it, and then, just as quickly, the particles vanished. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was able to read in detail about the official reactions to my opposition to the Law Society’s actions because we were receiving a daily newspaper just as if it were delivered to our door. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks just as stunned as I am as he tries to untangle himself from his bike. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He had to trick the Whisperer, had to think just as Mr. Curtain would. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The barge in front of them had two crossed spars above the door, just as Dimarion had described when they’d struck up the alliance between the Crux and the Current. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Prudence had her own agenda, just as I had had my own agenda that day my mother wanted me to walk with her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I knotted their frayed ends together with the wires that sprouted off the reed, just as I’d always pictured. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

And just as she was about to plunge over the side, she came to a hard, sudden stop. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The waiters in the cafes in St. Mark's Square had to run around just as much, but at least they were home by midnight at the latest. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes being poor, he determined to see not just as well as other people, but better than most. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came up from the lab just as he threw down the paper on the kitchen table. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Outraged over the violent, brutal murder of her son, she ordered the undertakers to leave Emmett’s body just as she had received it and to hold an open-casket funeral. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By means of them he contrived to persuade the people just as he used to persuade a man. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What about heroes? I bet they’re just as bad as heroines.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We pick a fork high in a tree and settle in for the night just as the anthem begins to play. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This was just as well, for I saw only just in time a hen crossing my path in the most leisurely manner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced back just as he caught her arm and pulled her to him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Thinking about it now, I feel definitely that just as my father favored me for being lighter than the other children, my mother gave me more hell for the same reason. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak seems like he's just as excited as me, even though he already knows what he put inside. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Marina Raskova’s other aviators were battling just as hard against the German invaders as the fighters in their Yaks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She ran upstairs and closed the door to her room just as tears began to fall. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The memory ends abruptly as Boomer flies up to me, skidding to a halt just as he reaches my chest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

White men were looking at him, waiting for his words, and all the feelings of his body vanished, just as they had when he was in the car between Jan and Mary. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He threw just as Tyson was turning to face him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked the car left, just as the man fired off another shot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Will you want me just as much when I’m fifteen feet nine inches? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Watch the bear,” he said, just as I tripped on the open sneering mouth of a black bearskin rug, its fangs a trap in the gloom for the unwary. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

"Good morning, Kiddie Klubbers, it's Uncle Harry—" He rushed in and snapped off the set just as a fat man with a false nose began pouring corn flakes into the screen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, he looked just as flustered as she felt. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Bitter leaned forward and kissed her forehead just as they heard the front door open. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And most whites believed that blacks were just as satisfied with the arrangement as they were. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Looping back the hair behind her ears, just as Will had seen her mother do, she began to turn the wheels in the old familiar way, and Pantalaimon, mouse-formed now, sat on her knee. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Immediately, and in every instance, they will return to them, just as Pisa did after one hundred years of being held in servitude by the Florentines. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Kid Comets was catching a pigeon, spilling gasoline over it, then lighting the bird with a match, just as you let it go. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

No indeed, the world is just as concrete, ornery, vile and sublimely wonderful as before, only now I better understand my relation to it and it to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a little coppery shine in the gutter and walked toward it but just as he reached it Willard shoved him aside and picked up the penny. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if he did so, one of his attendants would immediately mount him again on his own horse—just as we would do to a master- of-hounds today—because that was the feudal law. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The serial number happened to be twenty-nine, just as his dead brothers had been the year before. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then just as she started to reach for the first limb a terrible notion came over her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Helen had forgotten about the champagne until after supper, so that just as the party had begun to break up, it had started again. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A breeze brushed against Nathan's ankle, erasing the weird tiny footprints, just as it happened with the larger ones. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“My brother is next. His arm is just as dirty as mine so don’t be surprised. And you don’t have to tell him. You told me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did they proceed to overrun that island, just as they had already overrun the big mountainous islands of Celebes, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, Citra—who still found she couldn’t eat—watched from a distance as Rowan stuffed himself just as he had at breakfast, as if he had no care in the world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I say to Shay just as Mr. Daniels walks back in. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’d got just as much fun from everything that happened as I did, but it looked like I was gonna be the only one that had to do any kind of paying for the enjoying. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

One second I was laughing my head off and the next second I was feeling very surprised ’cause something hit me just as hard as Snaggletooth MacNevin had smacked Herman E. Calloway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the extra visitors left just as a huge tray of dinner appeared, hunks of baked lamb surrounded by rice and pine nuts. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

On their first night together she broke out in a rash just as the libertine was opening her bedroom door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept studying the pigeons just as he had the barnacles; he kept amassing notes; and he kept retching in the curtained-off privy in his study. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she blew into it three times, just as she learned to at school, and presented it to the girl. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The light from the overhead lamps seemed as bright and revealing as the midday sun and just as hot. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after Theo returns to The Hague, Vincent has another New Years chat with his parents, just as he did the year before, when he wanted to quit Goupil’s and ended up being fired. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Wear them with pride. And then...who knows? One day you may forego those striped pants for solid blue ones, just as Martina Crowe did today!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he was reminded that he had been just as sour about his prospects before both the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, he replied curtly, “This time it’s different.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She leans in closer just as his dad flips over onto his back. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Which was just as well: goodbyes had never been my strong suit anyway, and lately my life had felt like an unbroken series of them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Most pollsters agree that people who identify themselves as white evangelical Christians make up about a quarter of the population, just as they have for decades. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She must have caught sight of them just as he saw her, because she slipped back into the darkness of the trees. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Your Magnificence, it is just as the stories say," he said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They climb on board just as Curtis climbs onto our seat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It sounded funny to say "Mrs. Tillerman,” and it sounded just as funny to say "Grandmother.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And could he be sure that when their time came, the world they constructed would not be just as alien to him, Winston Smith, as the world of the Party? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I zipped up my backpack, just as the rain started pelting us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ernie seemed just as worried but lifted the fork straight to his mouth and tasted it anyway. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

If picked young and quickly boiled, it has a starchy sweet taste that reminds me of springtime just as much as fresh peas or asparagus. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“He’s taken quite a fancy to you. It’s just as well. I’m simply not up to keeping crows any more, not up to it at all.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he thought that the next time the door opened he would take over the family arrangements just as he had earlier. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec jumps out at him, grabs the boy’s arm just as the current latches on to both of them, ready to yank them away into the darkness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She yanked off her headlamp just as Dad crossed the tiny room in two strides and grabbed her by the arm. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our group finishes the map just as the bell rings. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She believes in many gods just as African slaves did. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Did Coach Washington have any hobbies? Any other sports besides tennis that he liked just as much?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s all happening just as all the books on prepping said it would. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, but just as I’m about to lunge, he turns. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It began very suddenly one morning just as Charlie Bucket was getting dressed for school. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Though I think just as a friend. Anyway, you were right. I did need other friends. Even if they aren’t friends as good as you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up just as the door opened and Benny came running through. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost dusk, that magical time of evening just before the fireflies come out, just as the crickets start up their all-night racket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I get into his truck just as his phone rings. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Women have just as good a right to interpret and twist the Bible to their own advantage as men have always twisted it and turned it to theirs,” she told a reporter. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They were dressed just as they had been the day before. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he knew, without knowing how he knew it, that the phoenix had gone, had left Hogwarts for good, just as Dumbledore had left the school, had left the world...had left Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A memory rose like a ghost between them, and Kaede could see it just as the Queen did: a birth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’s just as dark and wears the same frayed red dress every other day. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She must have imagined her boyfriend would come running just as the train was about to leave, and they would jump aboard and go somewhere. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Soon thousands of radio intercepts were pouring into her office, just as they had done during the rumrunner days. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don't know if I still love her in the way that I used to, but I still find her just as beautiful. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turn to the others and realize that they’re all just as shaken as I am—even the preppy kid. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They entered the quad, and it still looked just as yellowed as always. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She tried to sound indifferent, but she was just as eager to hear his footfalls on the path. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got down to breakfast just as Dad was leaving. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, that’s good,” said Harry loudly, his temper getting the better of him, “just as long as it’s not drawn-out. I don’t want to suffer.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This was a third voice, more dour than the Archies’, but just as familiar. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He leapt to his feet and trotted back to the pool, just as Maurice did a rather poor dive. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sherman sent soldiers to guard the jail and protect the shooter from the angry crowd, just as Guiteau asked the general to do in his undelivered note. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But just as Haas removed the cloth from the ground, he was distracted by the excited shouts of a group of workers a hundred feet away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I want to laugh at the absurdity of it—Veturius giving me the key to my brother's freedom, just as I realize that such information might not mean anything. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He ran into the street and reached the steps just as the last man got on. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He knew just as she did that when the trader got ready to leave, some of the master’s prime hands were sure to go with him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they said no, we were to leave just as respectfully as we came. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as justice delayed is justice denied, a reform so long postponed and so grudgingly enacted was hardly worth celebrating. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ann was just as sure they condemned her for getting involved with a Klansman. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She neatly returns my keepsakes to the drawer and climbs into the bed across from me just as the lights go out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I asked Constantine, just as plain as day, ‘Is that what you told her? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The lever was there, just as Jesper had said it would be. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He felt pleased with life, and he was rich, just as he had once set out to be. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better do what she says, Scip!” he urged as they walked toward the stables, which looked just as decrepit as the main house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as fat as a butterball, and laughing, eyes blue, blue, blue.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still felt just as dead and empty. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow was there, just as she had said, etched in moonlight against the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I saw the woman cradling the baby in her arms, just as I used to. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then, just as he heard the man’s footsteps heading back his way, Klaus spied one book, and quickly grabbed it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lyra was terrible and wise, and held a power just as great as his. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I had only considered formal suits. A similar sort of gown might do just as well, I suppose.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, just as quickly, they were gone, and she was muttering something about dirt in her eye. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There is as yet no predictive theory of biology, just as there is not yet a predictive theory of history. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Garfield awoke on Sunday morning, he was calm and positive, just as he had been the day before, even joking with people around him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The day before the spring sports awards, Tucker picked me up just as the shadows of the trees began slanting the other direction. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“No, you’re not. I can tell by your eyes. You're playing with me all the time, just as if I was a silly little girl.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He merely points out that animals can suffer just as we do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

If he expressed belief in Max, if he acted on that belief, would it not end just as all other commitments of faith had ended? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor could stare at the clouds just as easily in honors classes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Me and Jay looked at each other, just as confused as Mama. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But just as I say the words, light spills into the room and a flood of people enter through the heavy doors behind us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Luke was just as guilty as everybody else, never saying a word whenever Jimmy started talking about wrestling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then, just as I was starting to wonder if we’d need climbing gear to get onto the island, its steep cliffs sloped down to meet us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to tell Moniba: America is a very nice place, but it was just as loud and crowded as other cities I’ve seen, with its honking horns and people rushing here and there. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So he had turned over his chair to shut me up just as my sarcasm had shut him up. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as in her nightmares, the Mark of Athena burned across the walls, incinerating the spiders until the room was empty except for the smell of sickly sweet ashes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As she laughed she felt herself growing lighter and lighter, just as though she were being pumped full of air. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

One of the perks of coming here for more than a decade is that I know the hospital just as well as I knew the house I grew up in. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"Lord Bronn would sound better. I could grab the boy for you just as well. I'll dandle him on my knee and sing him nursery songs if there's a lordship in it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

According to Newton’s law, the extra stars would make no difference at all to the original ones on average, so the stars would fall in just as fast. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound I had been waiting for broke through; the low roar of Master Lockton’s snores, starting up just as the grandfather clock chimed midnight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a few are more hints than rules — but matter just as much: Sometimes people don't answer because they didnt hear you. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry—” Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And she looked up at the stone just as a seam appeared down the middle and the two sides swung inward, like great stone doors. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Frank glanced at Hazel to see if he’d imagined it, but Hazel looked just as surprised. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I left the window, slipped back into my room, and closed the door behind me just as the doorbell rang. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I walked along, munching the yam, just as suddenly overcome by an intense feeling of freedom—simply because I was eating while walking along the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If it's any comfort to you, Mrs. Wexler," Judge Ford remarked with biting dignity, "I am just as appalled by our purported relationship." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

No target was too dangerous for his group to attack, just as no shot was too difficult for Appleby to handle on the ping-pong table. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The women are just as much afraid as I am,” Luke said primly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Em stiffened, as if Annabeth had done something wrong, but then the old woman relaxed just as quickly, so I figured it must’ve been my imagination. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler threw up his hands just as the black thing struck his face and chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s just as attracted to Henry’s cloudy tempers, the way he comes back from them, and the millions of shades in between. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I text Libby just as my cell phone is powering itself down—“stall, do whatever u need 2 do 2 stall, i got a callback”—but who knows if it goes through. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were rowing as if on another plane, as if in a black void among the stars, just as Pocock had said they might. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Thus, in simple terms, Bentley was right: the new science did undermine belief in magic and witchcraft, just as it undermined belief in astrology and alchemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some weren’t, just as not every business titan in the United States was born in the mid-1830s. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But I was sure Big Ma would have wanted us to say “Yes, sir” and “Please, sir” to show him we were just as civilized as everyone else. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hand Clap planted his feet just as firmly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as she reached a hundred and ninety-eight, Joseph Ryan appeared at her elbow, like a waiter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tendai straightened just as Father looked at his end of the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The birds too are just as carefree, they have long since accustomed themselves to the war. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m pitiful,” she said, just as her grandmother did sometimes when praying. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know what was going on or they’d have never gone to look, Amélie says, but they arrived just as it was happening and they saw it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He and Kate took Sticky by the arms just as his knees appeared ready to buckle. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he, too, saw that the man was staring at the Masks in openmouthed delight, just as he had watched the soccer matches on Dead Man’s Vlei. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They need to be glued, Lisa,” I said just as the plastic star fell down on her head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’s as though their quarrels were just as much my business as his, and yet I don’t dare bring it up anymore, because I’m afraid it makes him uncomfortable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When I brushed the dirt from the lid and opened it, I saw first the whiteness of her gloves, then the photograph wrapped in waxed paper, just as I’d left it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! yes—she will have her own room, of course; the room she always has;—and there is the nursery for the children,—just as usual, you know. Why should there be any change?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Richie and Ben, who were just as guilty as we were, scampered off into the woods lickety-split—as if they hadn’t even been there. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

What my sensations were, no language can describe; but just as they all rose, stifling my breath and constricting my throat, a girl came up and passed me: in passing, she lifted her eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had been just as vigorous last weekend when he agreed with Harrison that Jomo was foolish. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was wrinkled and battered and just as valuable as the magic phone I held next to it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was still a little off balance from the pitch, but I managed to bring my glove hand up in front of my face just as he hit the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was looking at me just as curiously as I looked at him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But his father is unaffected at such moments, just as he is unaffected by the mailbox. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first glance, this new riddle about the Jade Key looked like it might take just as long to figure out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He appeared dramatically upon the edge of the clearing, just as a disturbed branch, whose burden was too heavy, emptied a couple of hundredweight of snow on his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men with cranes and hooks had quickly hoisted it onto a very large truck and there it now sat, looking just as huge and proud and brave as ever. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their cloaks were a different shade of red—duller—and while their armor was just as shined, it was more dented. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her son was a blessing, and Laila was relieved to discover that her fears had proved baseless, that she loved Zalmai with the marrow of her bones, just as she did Aziza. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We joked on like that till it was time to go, and just as he was going he handed me a piece of paper with a poem on it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It no longer mattered to him what Julie chose to make for their supper, just as long as she prepared it immediately. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She could tell the marks of the leopards—who always drank at night—and the tiny marks of the duiker, who came shyly down to the river just as the sun was rising. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She believed that just as the power of her mind could move the saltcellar on the table, she could also produce deaths, earthquakes, and other, even worse catastrophes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally got the hat pinned under my foot and looked up in momentary triumph — just as the bus pulled up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just as bad as when I try to read Arabic. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He finished it just as the Memphis skyline came into view. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be a Cub next year. I’m just as brave as you. Tell him, Mellower.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And a dragon large enough to gorge on sheep could take a child just as easily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Politicians like to tell us that we live in “a knowledge economy,” but they might just as well call it a rhetoric economy. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

No: pull out to sea, you say, with night upon us—just as before, but wandering now, and lost. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walk in loops around the circus, sipping their cocoa and munching on chocolate mice and the sugary cinnamon pastry things, which are just as good as promised. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now all of that feels just as imaginary as those pear-and-lettuce sandwiches. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He would save the wolves just as he had saved the people of Kangik. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drum went lower into the bushes just as a 110-mile-an-hour wind struck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She turns to look behind her just as the pencil ricochets off the back of her chair. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We got up just as something began to bite me—the ants, probably. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as Marshall and Melanie got back to their apartment, their dad had come in early from the university. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally Finny was going to be the first to try, and just as naturally he was going to inveigle others, us, into trying it with him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid to go back on my oath, but I was just as scared of Sam stealing the Brown Bess, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran down the road just as fast as she could. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Daddy steps into the house just as Mrs. Walton and I are leaving. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Members of Parliament were being confronted with the reality of slavery, just as audiences at Clarkson’s lectures were when he showed shackles and whips. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We began our trek down the mountain just as dusk was falling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He got to Nick just as he reached our basket and fouled him as the buzzer sounded. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She is starting to drift away from me, just as I imagine she drifted away from the girls talking next to us. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Benji got a few more baskets and blocked half a dozen shots, but he fouled just as often. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some ran when they saw the scythes come out, but just as many stayed, their fascination overcoming their terror. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It is just as well I should write this for you,” he said pleasantly. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is going to be just as bad as I think it is. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The boy looked just as surprised to see her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, just as one mouse or one fruit fly isn’t terribly useful for research, most individual cell lines and tissue samples aren’t worth anything on their own. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pluto still hadn’t been discovered, which was just as well, because there really wasn’t room for it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone now, Matthias crossed the sunny field leading to the barn, just as Basil had taught him: zig-zag, crouch, wriggle and weave. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was fun playing volleyball, just as it had been at the camp. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked out of the kitchen just as Park's mom was coming in from the garage. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As each moon goes around its parent planet in a regular orbit, just as the Earth follows a regular one-year orbit around the Sun, each moon ought to be eclipsed behind Jupiter at regular intervals. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was in just as bad shape. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But just as she had done to him, he hooked the dull edge of his knife over her wrist, trapping her arm, and twisted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We got to the cookhouse just as Nigel did, but he was in a bigger hurry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They did not even call what she did “work,” or “art,” which in their minds would have been just as bad. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Halleck was proving to be just as truculent as he had feared, and there were some amongst the black brothers whose hatred of the free folk was bone deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll hang just as easily for eleven as for ten, I guess.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I got home, the handle of the door was locked, the dead bolt unlocked, just as I’d left it this morning. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I know carers, working now, who are just as good and don’t get half the credit. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The World: “The world could be standing still, and we’d all be just as dizzy.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Of course, it did not occur to him others might be just as shy as himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice cream business is a flop just as Dede predicted privately to me some time back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One twilight, just as my mother stepped on the bridge, two smoky columns spiraled up taller than she. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a philosopher called Charmadas who, it was said, could recite the contents of any volumes in libraries that anyone asked him to quote, just as if he were reading them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“And, just as important, an oath taken on this spear is unbreakable.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are just as blank as the other ghosts’. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The cicadas hummed their one-note song, just as they had at home in Florida. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was only two stories up, but a fall could still mean broken legs, and broken legs would mean that she was just as trapped as she’d been before. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “Look, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean—” just as Scarlett said, “I promised Mr. Frost I wouldn’t be too long. I’d better be getting back.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he thought that water was a common principle underlying all of matter, just as today we might say the same of electrons, protons and neutrons, or of quarks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps—-and this is a less charitable but just as likely answer—she doesn’t know the right answers herself. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He falls forward, unbalanced, and I put him in front of me as a shield just as Bill pulls the trigger. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The word was that the Federals had opened an attack on Ewell, just as he was getting set. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid rolled onto his back and pulled his legs and feet through the opening just as the slab of debris slammed back down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His bellering was just as loud and braggy as the first one’s. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the hole in the roof, the place was just as I remembered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then, just as they’re about to start boarding, the gate agent comes on the loudspeaker and makes an announcement. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was nry book—or maybe it was my book’s twin sister, just as old and beat-up-looking as mine, but with different creases and one comer ripped off the cover. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She would have tossed it out of the closet just as carelessly as she tossed everything else. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All they had to do was wait—just as they had while trapped on the ship—but now they had even less to do and much more discomfort, as well. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t know that years later I would see her once again for a fleeting second just as she was then, with orange blossoms in her hair and a rosary in her hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Living in Harlem, I’ve had to tone down my flashy zoots, and it’s just as well; those old fancy ones don’t fit me anymore anyway. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never managed to use his bar of soap, which was just as well, because he wouldn't have had time to rinse off the suds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They were all transfixed by the Trivium’s soothing voice, but just as he was about to clutch them in his well-manicured fingers a voice cried out, “RUN! RUN!” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Why there? There are a dozen villages and holdfasts just as close." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There on that piece of old paper was the idea just as it had come from Michelangelo’s head to his hand, and he had jotted it down. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed more cautiously and caught up just as he was handing several pennies to a waterman with a small wherry-boat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reached the kitchen, and it was just as she remembered: the whitewashed cabinetry, chipped at the corners; the tile countertop; the wooden cutting board scored and nicked with age. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Within the span of an instant, the jar appeared just as empty as before. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I shade in my father’s jawline just as Mr. Ward enters the room, then put my pencil down and look up in case he tries to catch my eye. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, just as we code talkers made up names for things, so, too, did the ordinary fighting men create nicknames for just about everything. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma drove into the compound just as we finished breakfast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I recited my lines just as I had done in the play. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Looked up at Teresa and her enormous blue eyes, heavy with sadness—-just as much for him as for Chuck, he was sure of it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then, just as suddenly, they were gone: regrouping, he thought, for another attack. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I started to step forward, but my friend tugged at my dress, and I stopped in my tracks just as Auntie Fatmata called out the family name: “Suma.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just as I remembered—tall and gaunt, bent with arthritis, wrathful, hateful. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d just as soon throw our food to the fish as see it go to waste on this trash.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

From here, Jon Connington had ruled broad lands extending many leagues to the west, north, and south, just as his father and his father’s father had before him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We walked back to the house just as the sun was setting. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But it's just as likely that I froze. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His right knee bent,just as it always had, and he leaned to the left, onto the bad leg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

What that implies, but does not prove, is that some individuals could be more susceptible to Internet addiction, just as some people are more susceptible to pathological gambling or substance abuse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis flipped through her file and kept asking her questions, and she knew what the notes in the file said just as surely as if she was reading them herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’d make me a member of the Court, just as I once wanted. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And they agreed, just as they did when he persuaded them to exile me.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She would always be there, and her arms would always be too small, just as they had been that day. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He named me, and I will carry that name, just as I carry a part of him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to prove I knew math just as well as he did, if not better, so that he’d look to me with a grin. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He looked round; the room was just as he had seen it that night. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my son, a private soldier, Mr. Secretary—just as I was—a private soldier in the United States Army.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could have told you this at the height of his reputation, just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The figure whips its head in our direction, just as the moon finally peers out from behind the clouds, and for a second before the figure turns and runs, I see a face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This is just as true for an organic bag of lettuce as a non-organic one. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When Genie got downstairs, there Grandpop was, just as Genie suspected, sunglasses on, disassembling his gun again, twisting the screws, yanking and pulling at the revolver. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her voice is just as matter of fact as ever, and my relief bubbles up in ill-advised laughter, which I swallow back down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But there was the cross over his bed, and there on the workbench the little harp just as he had left it, waiting for the strings to be fastened to the keys. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It was just as well her garden had refused. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In daylight, the Levee was just as gritty as it had been at dusk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s just as well,” said the other, “because I don’t suppose I could have satisfied you.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Crab lifted his rifle in both hands, like he was about to demonstrate how to shoot an arrow from a bow, which would’ve been just as cool, in Genie’s estimation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She did look rather like a little angel, Johnny thought—just as people were always telling Cilia on the street—and so graceful. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His next few lessons were just as interesting as the first. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Go, Big Creek,” some people called out, just as if we were the football team. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He knew how to die, just as he knew how to live, Grandfather,” Alba replied. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of Stella’s classmates had been watching their teacher just as closely as she had. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And he needs Praise just as much as the rest of us. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father and uncle had lost their shops, had their inventories seized by the Nazis, just as Uncle Moshe said they would. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was what we all wanted to be like, the Latin professional whom the Anglos feared because he was just as treacherous, just as devious, and he understood power. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew that the kids with perfect skin were just as blessed as the ones who were naturally thin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t score telling points in debates the way he did, but I could be just as brave as he was and do daring things, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the urge passed just as soon as it had arrived. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To tell him and the boys that they needed to be more than a wild card—to control the explosion, because that was just as much a badge of strength. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Palmer yowled with laughter—just as his mother came in, asking, “What’s so funny?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m going to stop thinking about the ways I wish Grammy were different and love her for who she is, just as she loves me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And then, just as suddenly, the flying food stopped. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We go into the hallway just as the bell for second period rings. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The snow started up again just as Hazel was going to sleep that night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sarah, the bosslady, came through the door just as Mary rounded the table, her hands balled up into fists. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A friend of mine desired me to offer—a story—just as an experiment—would like your opinion—be glad to write more if this suits.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shook hands solemnly, then just as the tinker began to reach for the reins, I asked, “And what will you give me for his tack and saddle?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I walked out the driveway just as Sahil’s SUV rolled up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, just as suddenly, rebellion would rise in her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I spin around just as Clem is right at my back and I step to the curb and curl my hands into fists. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘But just: yes perhaps, as just as our little wisdom allows. Unloose him Frodo!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And just as I grab the paddles, I see her sitting there—sitting across from me like an old friend whose name I don’t recall. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And she assumes I am just as happy and excited as she is. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I told them they would get a wonderful treat just as soon as they turned that milk into butter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, just as Stella thought she was going to collapse with worry and anticipation, her father, the pastor, and Mr. Spencer emerged from the polling station, smiles lighting their faces. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We ended up moving to Washington right after our traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii so that Sasha and Malia could start school just as their new classmates were coming back from winter break. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But just as quickly as Clara had gone purple she was back to her usual self, no outline at all, looking more like a real person than a spirit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Off in the distance, through eyes squinted against the bright sun on the water, Jinny could see it, the small green boat appearing through the mist, just as she’d pictured it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But just as she turned to climb the stairs, a man came out of another corridor, startling her so much she nearly dropped her briefcase. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From recent memories, I can tell that Margaret is usually just as willing to do the same. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s just as well,” sighed Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy struggled to her feet and put her notebook and pencils into her bag just as Dr. Somerset appeared in the treehouse doorway. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But just as the boys turn around, two more knights get swallowed by the bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She shoots me a strange look, grabs a plastic bag holding an aluminum tray, and reaches the back door just as her mother cracks it open. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I toss the ball up in the air and catch it just as the four o’clock bell rings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, it’s just as easy to take a bite after you say something as right before it.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His battery icon went red just as Kyle zipped past him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The woman who stood before them was no taller than Nonnie and just as plump, although she wore a long cape, so it was hard to make out her real shape. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mom looks just as concerned as Dad, but she clenches my dad’s forearm. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

People don’t know we just as po’ as po’. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The sky was blue, with white puffy clouds, but she would have been just as terrible and looked just as stupid on horseback in the sunshine as in the drizzle or the dark. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’s leaving the auditorium to go to the bathroom just as I arrive, and he stops for a minute in the doorway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Hammer was sleeping off a drunk when they reached the forge, just as Kem had prophesied, but Nail had no objection to the two dwarfs clambering through the wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Next to that picture was one of Uncle Jet posing in the middle of a desert just as sunny and dry as the one outside. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As I walked out of the ghetto with its tombstone-crowned walls and along the streets of Kraków, I was dumbfounded to see that life seemed just as it had been before I entered the ghetto. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The woman's eyes went to what was left of Hali, and just as quickly away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Joaquin asked, just as Grace said, “Does that affect the adoption at all?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The storm broke just as the old man's body was borne in through the door. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The delay of arrival at Varna made us individually satisfied that things would not be just as we had expected; we only waited to learn where the change would occur. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The word belongs to the noun category, just as it always has; Sophocles did not suddenly turn into an adjective just because it is parked in front of another noun. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The next day he stayed awake longer, and on the third day he had no fever at all, just as Mr. Ages had said. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth ground together as she felt one of the warriors’ eyes on her, but just as quickly, he looked away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And now she was standing, her hair disordered, passion in her voice—plainly just as bewildered as the President himself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lord Stannis and his men will be just as hungry, though. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It looked just as it had in Anorak's Invitation: a simple antique copper key, its oval-shaped bow embossed with the roman numeral “I.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He took my face in his hands and looked at me, just as he had before, when Frith had come into the room with tea, the day we went to the beach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even in his own breast, his own brain, just as in the chaotic world outside. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And no one is tempted to say Would you like paper or conveniently? because they can mentally block out the intervening paper and or, whereupon the clash between like and conveniently becomes just as blatant. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She raised her left hand and waited a beat, and just as the shadow reached her, she smacked her drawing with her right hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Even though I was simply a stop on its travels, just as the island was but one stop on mine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Lips moving, Vega seemed to be reading something written on it: words that weren’t there, but he could see them just as plain. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I stood alone in that room and decided then and there that I was just as foolish as Mrs. Diamant had said. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Here, one must note that hatred is acquired just as much through good actions as by sorry ones. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them were quiet for a moment, until Gen’s face suddenly lit up, just as it had before. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew my hectic schedule wasn’t going to last forever, and playing volleyball had its purpose in my plans to get into college just as much as fencing did. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the driveway, Ma had already performed the puja with the silver tray, just as she’d done before his trip to Insomnia Con. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Chuck Parson walked up to me just as Cassie walked away. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And just as this realization struck me, so too did the cold waters of the underground stream, and into my mind flashed an image of a mill pond, a lovely place perfect for swimming. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the dream she’d tried to describe to Atal, the night picture; but as Mary tried to find it again, it dissolved and drifted apart; just as these presences did in the open air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’s small, white, not much taller than I am, and just as skinny. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As humans, music is an innate part of our existence, as we all possess the physical mechanisms to make and process organized sound just as we do language. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Then we were nearly ready, except for one thing: when we left the animals’ loop, we’d be just as lost as when we’d come in. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When he gets his mind set on something you’d just as well prepare to see it through. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still wore a pair of mechanical pencils clipped to his shirt pocket, just as he had in his professor days, but now he wore a white apron too, and a brown pot holder. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as they were congratulating each other on their brilliant scheme — “Potter! Weasley! What are you doing?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Good news,” Dr. Winston said, still there, just as upbeat as he was in the middle of the night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If she added the fingers on one hand, she was just as likely to total four as six. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to get up ten rows, then duck into an empty seat just as the Furies walked past. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Westley was always prepared for contingencies, and if he could rescue her at six, he could just as happily rescue her at half past five. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined it to be the best possible watch in the world, and when Kerry brought it to show me at my next lesson, it was just as good as I’d thought it would be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ophie tried to imagine another woman just as mean and ornery as her and couldn’t. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

‘The Acropolis is heavily defended, just as I described. Any approach aboveground would be impossible.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Five: My sister Gretchen was leaving for the Rhode Island School of Design just as I was settling back into Raleigh. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I look at the turnstile and see how easy it would be to duck under the metal bars and slip onto that train just as it leaves the station. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Every time the memory weaseled its way back inside Toby’s brain, it stung, just as fiercely as though not a single day had passed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He and Alec charged up the three levels, reaching the top just as Mark heard their pursuers reach the bottom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Its skin was clinging to its bones like that of its mistress, but it was just as alive and resolute as she. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Until a rock arced down just as Eugene came up from a dive, stone meeting forehead, and Eugene slid back into the water. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This mysterious underground railroad was spoken of, in whispers, in the quarter on the Brodas plantation, just as it was on all the other plantations. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I washed it with plenty of soap and water, and I put medicine on it. Here, brine will have to be my medicine. It should be just as good.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And he brought out the tightly folded sheet of India paper just as the two halves of the acorn fell apart in her hands, showing it to be empty. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He thinks more painters will start using it again, just as the old German, Italian, and Flemish painters had. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I knew I could have tried to comfort her, perhaps telling her how John Kim was probably just as hurt as she was and that his silence was more complicated than she presently understood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m excited to be so close to becoming a Junior Agent and everything that would mean, and probably just as nervous about whether it will actually happen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But after the die was cast he seemed to change overnight, just as his daughter Ellen changed her nature a few years before. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The elder Miss Finch preferred to stay a finch most all of the time. Which was just as well, really. She never was much of a conversationalist.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Malcolm came into the kitchen just as the old lady was putting a lamb stew to simmer on the range. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I can shut my eyes, but the sounds are just as terrible. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next I heard a sound like the buzzing of an angry bee just as something slapped me on my shoulder. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as we’re about to get into the elevator, I look over and see that dead lobby plant, from earlier, and—you wouldn’t believe it—a single bud, popping up from a branch. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m the golden goose. She’d still be singing in her church choir if it weren’t for me. I made her who she is, and I can find someone else just as easily.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He knew jealousy when he saw it, and while Dorian was clever, he was just as bad as Celaena at hiding his emotions. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kappe welcomed them and stressed that their secret mission was just as important as any big battle on the front lines. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But the articles were just as crude, featuring alerts about various threats to the white race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But just as his salty tears touched the stone, the fish began to wriggle and twist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As Harry squelched along the deserted corridor he came across somebody who looked just as preoccupied as he was. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Delphine, go get—” Then, just as I was about to scoot out of my chair, she stopped herself, got up, and went inside the kitchen and came back with the rolls. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then, just as the time ran out, he spelled as fast as he could—“v-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I change it, just as I will the little girl, shaping the flower's fibers and veins and petals. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It’s not like he caught me making out with Bo or in a state of undress, but I feel just as guilty. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought, we are all going out in the same car together, it will be just as though we are one family. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Here just as the battle is lost. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She came back to her duties just as I finally spotted a purple glitter pen and was retrieving it from the mound of treasures. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

At last I found out how to end the book; I ended it just as I had begun it, showing Bigger living dangerously, taking his life into his hands, accepting what life had made him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Art has been called a visual dialogue, for though the object itself is mute, it expresses its creator’s intention just as surely as if it were speaking to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Grandpa would of really enjoyed, haw, was the sight of Mr. Birdsong reining in the black horses pulling his ambulance-hearse just as our procession turned into the street! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The next day, Barbarossa got on to a plane, just as he had planned. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do have some more,” suggested the Mathemagician, and they continued to eat just as fast as he filled the plates. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seven shot Valley a confused look, but she looked just as lost. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the distant past, a line of ancestral creatures must have developed this structure and found it worked, just as generations of long-ago crawling things in Mary’s world had developed the central spine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Wash reached to pull aside the sweater just as she took a step away from him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could enjoy himself in the hospital, just as long as there was no one really very sick in the same ward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I stand at the head, just as we planned. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It is just as well that large lumps of neutron star matter are unknown on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls are given less food than the boys but are expected to work just as hard. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thor just as carefully swept the rest of the pastries up, and they vanished, to the sound of munching, under the veil. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I haven’t time to write much, and that will do just as well. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan unsheathed his sword and stalked forward, feeling the hunger, living in the moment, just as Goddard had said, and allowing himself to feel that hunger was freeing in a way Rowan couldn’t describe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t want to live with two Julies, but it was just as well there was one of them sharing the miseries. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But frindle makes just as much sense to me,” said Nick. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The husbands would just as soon have not gone to their in-laws, but they felt annoyed at the father's strutting. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But just as I reached the door, she said, “Of course, you’ll wait to exercise this privilege until after the court hearing tomorrow.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought for sure that coming here would finally give me some real answers about Quinton, but it’s just as big a mystery in the supernatural world as it is back home. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Clayton stretched and opened his eyelids just as the violet of night turned pale blue and before white-yellow sun streams ran the pale blues out of the room. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Instead, they were empathetic because many of the Freedom Writers felt just as alienated and misunderstood as Klebold and Harris before they found their voices. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I feint right, and just as I was expecting, he takes the bait, following my body. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When I first started coming to Alaska, I think I was probably a lot like McCandless: just as green, just as eager. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a singer came on next, uninterested listeners twirled their dial to find an alternative...and tuned to The Mercury Theatre just as the Martian emerged from the cylinder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Imperial Garden was just as beautiful in the day as it was by night. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I arrived home at four, just as I had planned, opened the door, and called out, “I’m home!” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps, but,” she added meaningfully, “the demons would just as soon beat up the Tang people for no good reason.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as he was about to pass under its great arch he felt a shock: as if he had run into some web like Shelob’s, only invisible. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And, somehow, he gave the feeling there were a lot of other roles he could play just as well. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for all the notice anyone took, he might just as well not have answered at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Since Sparta they’d become quite a team - able to work together without even talking, which was just as well, since they couldn’t have heard each other over the storm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The boy reached the small, abandoned church just as night was falling. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deoch continued, “She was just as restless then, and wild. Just as pretty, prone to startle the eye and stutter the heart.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I opened the door, and we stepped out of the cab just as it was edging ahead again and started to walk over to the bar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When April and Marshall and Melanie squeezed back through the fence for the second time they found everything just as they had left it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wriggled out, seized Hedwig’s empty cage, and dashed back downstairs to his trunk, just as Uncle Vernon burst out of the dining room, his trouser leg in bloody tatters. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

That everything had changed, but nothing had changed, that whatever Mami had been looking for when she brought us to Brooklyn was not there, just as it wasn’t in Puerto Rico. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hercules, who was the most magnificent of all the heroes of Greece, was always in his mind, and the determination to be just as magnificent himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love brought me some sweetmilk just as I emptied one of the small top drawers into a box. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The Alps of the Southern Ocean were just as formidable as any mountain range, and they were unmapped. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear her reply, but a few seconds later the throne transformed into the Joust game, just as it had earlier. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Did she long to be back in her own world, just as Dustfinger did? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Owner removed his hand from his pocket, just as he’d done so many times before, and stretched it across the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not that he's letting on he doesn't feel good, he's acting just as wise and smart-mouthed as ever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The third little cake was downed just as quick. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He belonged in the jungle, just as I belonged in Washington, where I felt comfortable. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, April said she thought they might just as well give the whole thing up and go away and never come back. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I ran up the trail and found him standing staring into space, just as I had been. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I’m always having accidents, it’s just as well! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then, just as I begin projecting forward to a hope of better days, things suddenly get a whole lot worse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His face cracks for a second, then just as quickly seals up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And just as Roz had asked, animals were gathering again in the Great Meadow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She will fall in love, just as she said. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In fact he looked just as a man looks if you catch him in the very act of getting into a stiff shirt that is a little too small for him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Each of the women was staring at her with an identical kind of wonder, as though they were just as amazed to see her as she was to see them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My son is—my son is fighting battles for us just as I had to for you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

At the last second before collision, just as he got a close look at the metal and hair and slime, Thomas planted his left foot and dove to the right. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It happened just as it was supposed to.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The differences between the beliefs and practices of groups of ‘animistic’ foragers were probably just as big. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly slam it shut, just as a woman steps out of the house. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Each time she knocked, I opened my door wide so she could see the room and the medical records looking just as they had when she left. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t care how she got the money, just as long as I get to spend some of it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pushed his chair back just as Grandma finally sat down, and went over to the counter where there were three coffee cans. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But whenever that worry enters, I drive it away as fast as I can, just as you have to chase away an ant as soon as you spot it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

For days he walked around the Mount telling Charles that he, too, had “drawn a prize!” just as Josiah said Emma had. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way things stood now there were three against Gus, and that was just as he had wanted it to be. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ledroptha Curtain!” he barked, just as he had heard Mr. Curtain do. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soon tumors grew on the prisoners’ arms just as they’d grown in the cancer patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And I can just as easily sneak back in my room, where there’s peace and quiet. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Akhi kept reminding me that believing in myself and being in the right head space when stepping on that strip was just as important as being in prime physical shape. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

So he must feel just as numb as I do. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At Arnold’s we parked behind Joey’s station wagon just as he was stepping out of the driver’s side. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“And maybe,” Florida said, “it’s some convict who’d just as soon shoot us as feed us.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

One day, if I studied hard and learned everything I needed to, I might be just as powerful as she was, and make as much of a difference in the lives of our people. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed the tin back into the niche and slid the book in after it just as Vola came back in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He had observed that a man got just as drunk on half a glass as on a whole one, that is, if he was in the mood to get drunk at all. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he taught the angel how to feel for the edges of the window, just as Giacomo Paradisi had shown him, sensing them at his fingers’ ends and pinching them together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were just as mean on the inside, but they were scared of getting in trouble. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind, because just as Em in no great hurry to get into London in the morning, I’m in no hurry to get back to Ashbury in the evening, either. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as Royal was about to move, Gabriel remembered the white men all over town. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

You can see things that we cannot, you can see connections and possibilities and alternatives that are invisible to us, just as sraf was invisible to you. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He stands up just as I reach my bedroom door. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She says it perfectly, just as we practiced it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My heart rises into my throat as she turns to go upstairs, but it sinks again just as fast, because Tom is on his feet, his hand on her arm. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, pana, she’s just as nervous as you. So go back inside there and tell her exactly what you always wanted to.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dionysus sat at the pinochle table in his tiger- striped Hawaiian shirt with his Diet Coke, just as he had on my first day. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t argue, girl,” her grandmother said to Dicey, just as Dicey was opening her mouth to say she wasn’t going to leave Maybeth there alone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was unnerving, to think things weren’t still going on back there, just as always; that people like Miss Geraldine, say, weren’t leading groups of Juniors around the North Playing Field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while she even held her breath until she reached the next lawn, just as she did when the school bus passed a cemetery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The coating did taste quite like vanilla ice cream, and was just as refreshing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had been naked as an egg the first time Lazlo saw her—forcibly shaved, as his own had once been, and just as crudely—but her hair was growing in now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Hull did, just as we were leaving. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like being a little kid again, I’m just as tender-headed as I was then, but it felt kind of good too, even if it was the saddest day of my life. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t be surprised; this is Jeanine’s work, just as empty of conscience as she is. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around uncertainly, as though he were just as surprised to find himself outside his study as Ophie was. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Bigger, the people who hate you feel just as you feel, only they’re on the other side of the fence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But what sucked most of all was that just as I was about to leave so I could go meet Annie, Mr. Farrow appeared, blocking the doorway out of my room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to see parallels: The Africans wanted to be free from British rule, just as colonial Americans did two hundred years earlier. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He rushed past me without a glance, just as if I didn’t exist, and went out the back door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have poppers, but the guy behind the counter said that he had something that was just as good. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next week, just as we were getting ready to do math problems, Esteban walked back into our classroom. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Isabella and I find a spot on the pokey grass, and just as I’m rearranging my beret for the millionth time, I see Julia. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I return to my hammock on the balcony just as the rosy headfore of morning begins to rise over the mountain. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He pushed off the wall with both feet as hard as he could, swinging his body away from it just as the Griever charged in with its claw and needles. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She returned it to the safety of her pocket just as Marina came out, a mixing bowl full of some kind of batter under one arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Arranged marriages have always worked out just as well, if not better. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They linger there on the edge of your consciousness like the things you hear just as you’re waking up, before the dream collapses under the crushing weight of the real world. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But on the third night, just as the moon began to slip down in the sky, Dragon saw a faint figure on the bridge. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol has never met a person named Abijah, just as, he now realizes, he has never met another Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Banga suddenly hurled a rock and struck a weaverbird just as it perched on its nest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried her family onto the bus just as the driver was closing the door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled down his shorts and just as quickly pulled them up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked at the road just as two normal-looking cop cars pulled up next to the guy and cut their engines. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She circles me once, just as Zero had done in the Pirate’s Den, and then she reaches out and takes my power-up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tats comes over to join me on the window seat just as Marjorie shows up at the kitchen door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She examines them sternly, going down the line, just as a gnat, attracted by the lotion perfuming her legs, lands on her big toenail and gets stuck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Before answering, Alexander wiped the crumbs from his chin with a napkin, just as Penelope had taught him. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Scotty went just as I was thinking of going, and in a moment I was out and running behind him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would just as soon have remained kicked out of the officers’ dub, had it not been for the pleasure he was now finding there with his new companions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I got suspended,” I said, just as we pulled into the parking garage in our building. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

However, there was a time where there was no zero—just as there was no seven and 31. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I scoot in between them just as our bedroom door slides open. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

However, just as Johnny Manuelito had said, what most young men found challenging was easy for us Indians. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma leaned the jar at me but just as I was ’bout to reach in, she pulled it back and said, “Now, ’Lijah, you know better than that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I guess that in terms of grades I was just as consistent as Lynn was, which, when you thought about it, was surely something to be proud of Lynn got straight A’s. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Which was vaguely irritating to Humperdinck because, to tell the absolute truth, torture was never all that high on his scale of passions, and he would just as soon have disposed of Westley right then. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In a correspondence beginning in 1668, Hooke implored him to switch to telescopic sights, but Hevelius stubbornly refused, claiming that he could do just as well with open sights. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But, after all, this was his job and it was just as painful to sit here and let them stare at him as it was to go in. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"And that will be just as Lord Tywin desires. Even terror has its purpose, Cat. Lannister wants to provoke us to battle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alive and well, just as we told ourselves he would be. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She must have seen his anxiety because she winked at him across Bill and Judy just as he sometimes winked at May Belle over Joyce Ann’s head. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

And at some point, it would get worse, just as it had before. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But he knew that he could restore the land again, just as he had once before, because the pastures were intact and so was his strength. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed familiar but were just as different as Brother Jack and the other whites were from all the white men I had known. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dashing past the barn, the smokehouse, and Mama’s flower pit, I ran through the house and got to the front door just as Papa hurried up the walk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt thought he could talk Riddle out of his boycott, but just as he was about to contact the owner, Riddle seemed to back out of his offer altogether. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the door with the utmost caution and stuck her head out just as a tiny crouched figure was moving down the hall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as they’d all expected, came the mechanical, haunted sounds of the Grievers outside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On the outside, the Hotel Christopher Columbus looked as ordinary as an elementary school, just as I remembered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teller produced the first draft and brought it to Lawrence’s home on the Sunday before Election Day, just as Ernest was bidding farewell to guests with whom he had shared a liquor-fueled country club outing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Tyler called one night just as I was getting home from work. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But whenever he could, he did experiments, just as he had when he was in high school. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that has nothing to do with the antecedent being in the genitive case; it’s just as much of a problem in Sophie and her mother think she’s fat. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The man loved the opulence of the ship, just as he loved Pullman Palace cars and giant fireplaces, but his foot problem tempered his enjoyment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the sarcasm in his lifelong friend’s voice, Amarante thumbed back the hammer, took careful aim . . . and blew the second bottle into just as spectacular smithereens. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she had created a record of study, just as scholars did at universities. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And just as the knife cuts through, I shove the end of the branch as far away from me as I can. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You come on and get in, now. T. P. can drive you just as good as Roskus.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty, just as I’d thought, but at one of the tables near the front there was an eloquent little nest of books, wadded paper, and greasy potato-chip bags. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The answer hit me just as Thandiwe grinned and tied a beaded wrap around her head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Pride washed through him—it was just as good as any other Map he’d seen. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And then, one day, it turned out little Jeanne was just as strange as Theresa. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

As if affairs were all right just as long as they were kept in the dark. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

My parents nursed me just as if I had fallen in battle after many victories. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, thought the dwarf, he plays the game of thrones, and you and Griff and Duck are only pieces, to be moved where he will and sacrificed at need, just as he sacrificed Viserys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“They could have been there for a while,” I said, just as we found the highway again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was beaten by the life of the city, just as my mother had been beaten. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catiline’s attempt to reply was shouted down, and he fled the scene—just as Cicero intended. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The rituals of conclave were just as they had been before. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Abnegation was just as broken as the other factions, but its evils were less obvious, cloaked as they were in the guise of selflessness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Claire’s aim was just as accurate, but she had made the noose too small. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I decided that if my house was going to shatter, I would just as soon be in it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground around his feet kept erupting in flames, but I kept dousing it just as quickly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And just as Pop Pop predicts, this is the year black women make history at the Miss America pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I remember the teachers being surprised that I knew them. I imagine they were just as surprised the next day, when I’d forgotten them.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t play with dolls,” I say just as loudly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

For us, some changes were harder to measure but felt just as important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was just as cold inside as out. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big brother, I am writing this for our mother and father just as they have said it to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy dropped into a trench just as the explosion rocked the Colosseum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And she’s just as skinny as the kids, only that her skinniness is by choice and theirs is not by choice.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling Thorn would just as soon impale Luke with one of his spikes as call him sir. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tyson yelled, and he jumped in front of me just as they threw their balls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hands and feet they tied with a cutting cord behind him, so his bones ground in their sockets, just as Laertes’ royal son commanded. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

First bell, second bell, it was routine just as boarding the school bus had once been routine. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pike thought to look up just as I was pouring the bucket of dreg onto him from the edge of the low roof above. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It could be amazing, you know,” he replied, and there was that sparkle in the old man’s eye that was as rare as a comet but just as dazzling. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Two years we’ve tried to solve this thing, no luck. Shuckin’ walls move out there at night just as much as these here doors. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She left just as another man came in, hat in hand, and took her place. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Two cops enter the waiting room just as I’m about to spontaneously combust. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that in the Bible, rich believers helped support the apostles, just as donors to the Christian Union are investing strategically in the Ivy League today. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is supervised by another Met Bong with similar features and characteristics, who is just as zealous a believer in the Angkar as my previous supervisor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma enjoyed her grandchildren immensely, playing with them and bribing them just as she had done with her own children. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I busied myself by studying the shadows on the ground, the corners of buildings, and how, as people crossed the courtyard, their shadows imitated everything they did, just as younger children imitated older ones. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But other than that the animal just paced around in the corral back there, sort of like an appendix, and just as useless, too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For fifteen minutes, the three boats fled from the flood of ice, and then just as suddenly as it had appeared, it faded away, and the water grew calm again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There was something dismal in the luxurious over-furnished suite, as he pulled on trousers that might just as well have stayed on and she hooked her bra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fred felt the loop loosen around his neck and was about to smile in gratitude just as the jail door slammed shut in his face. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It would be just as much for me as you,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Indeed,” said the gray goblin, speaking just as loudly. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And just as they were about to start off there came the sound of a horse galloping. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I sensed that Papa was counting their guns, just as I was. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stormed across the room and got to his bedroom door just as Gerald was coming back from his job. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She asked if I knew where Virgil was,” Kaori said, sounding just as sullen as she felt. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The coachman, looking just as old and rickety, held the reins of his two-horse team and cracked his whip in the air again. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wove my way past the groups of people and into the hall by the kitchen, and there was the tin, just as I'd remembered. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You are kind to say so, my little friend. And for my part, I see that you are just as quick as Lord Varys claimed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The wind coming off Resurrection Bay was just as cold as she remembered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stops just as we’re about to turn down my hall. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She is married to a handsome nobleman, just as she had hoped. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They lie just as easily as they breathe. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I know we can’t leave here, but if we had to, being seen on the streets would be just as dangerous as getting caught in an air raid. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But family was just as important as friends. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My fear exploded, though, just as Grandma and I were being seated by the usher. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My parents told me one story just as they had heard it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the word racist, to them, conjures, if not a tobacco-spitting oaf, then something just as fantastic—an ore, troll, or gorgon. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Aren’t there rules for the comma, just as there are rules for the apostrophe? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Once you got away from all the jillions of people, Florida was just as wild as Montana. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could’ve just as easily been killed by some random shambler in a swamp down south in the Lost States, for all we really know. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It sat on the meat, just as though it had been invited to dinner, and rubbed its hairy paws as it gloated over the meal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw Clara smiling, clean, and beautiful, just as she always had been. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A personal matter I’d just as soon keep to myself—it’s got nothing to do with this deal. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of good times, and in our case, just as many bad times. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Finnick,” I say, just as casually, although I’m feeling uncomfortable at his closeness, especially since he’s got so much bare skin exposed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The fused bones of slaughtered demons,” said Lazlo, just as Brother Cyrus had once told him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, he grabbed Koffi by the waist and hauled her into one of the hall’s alcoves just as footsteps sounded at the other end. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He seized it just as Sigurd dropped down, tearing greenery from him as he fell. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And now she replaces him with another man just as hollow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I glued the last letter onto a page just as the doorbell rang to signal that my time was up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He does not tell her that he has only one dream, and it is just as improbable as a career in garden piracy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Imogen told her she should stay overnight in one of the guest rooms, just as the other friends were piling into their car. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

However, just as in the case of the electromagnetic and weak unified theory, there are low-energy consequences of the theory that can be tested. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I puzzled out names and words, dates and shapes, and imagined the lives of the men who lived there before me, just as I had done in my old ex-prison high school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ashima has always loved these hours before a party, the carpets vacuumed, the coffee table wiped with Pledge, her dimmed, blurry reflection visible in the wood just as the old television commercial used to promise. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chester took what felt like twenty minutes to settle himself in, and just as I was drifting off, the kicks started. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed him back just as I heard the crowd cheer. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, a mess of papers in hand, just as Pollard opened his mouth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the board was white, just as he had seen it before, and covered with the sharp black lines like sticks. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he were a soldier, he would fight bravely for Germany, just as Hitler fought in the Great War. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It looked pretty much just as I had left it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“This could just as easily destroy your lives,” he warned. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took one, only one, just as my grandmother would have done. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I looked just as surprised when I found out about you.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of sorry for Byron because Momma hadn’t let go of his neck and, even though he was a lot older, we could tell he was just as scared as me and Joetta. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, they lowered their voices, but just as soon as I got comfortable again and started to doze they broke into a loud chatter once more. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Inevitably a new system of racialized social control will emerge—one that we cannot foresee, just as the current system of mass incarceration was not predicted by anyone thirty years ago. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He took command just as Caesar’s reinforcements finally arrived. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her left foot bumped something just as her phone light decided to blink off. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was probably just as well—I could never be as strong as Father or as smooth as Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was, though any stale crust would have tasted just as fine to Davos; it meant he was a guest here, for this one night at least. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You mean just as good,” corrected the Humbug. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man stopped dead at the sight of us, his gun coming up and then, just as quickly, sagging again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Curiously, just as the technique was becoming widespread, certain flaws within it became apparent. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He moved to make a final sprint for it, just as a horde of fleeing residents swarmed in from the other side, frantic and wild, scattering in all directions, heading for every door in sight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much else, so he put a handful of cereal into a plastic bag and set it on the table just as his mom hurried into the room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"First days are hard," she scolds, her African accent just as pronounced as my Indian one. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hod threw the dart of mistletoe, just as he had been told. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But if there can be epidemics of crime or epidemics of fashion, there must be all kinds of things just as contagious as viruses. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because did use is another way of saying used, just as did walk is another way of saying walked. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that, she looked just as bewildered as he felt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We need to keep it creepy, but charismatic creepy. Whoever our Dracu-lass ends up being, she needs to be just as captivating as Bela Lugosi.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The first case operated on under the sterilization law” had gone just as planned, and the patient was discharged in excellent health, Bell wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

All the while he’d burst into singing just as spontaneously as a bird. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped into it and it closed around her, sealing shut just as tiny smears of yellow touched the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Mummy’ll get you a squirrel just as soon as she possibly can.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Surely she could have made it just as fast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As it sank he became less and less frenzied; and just as it dipped he slid from the hands that held him, an inert mass, on the floor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It tastes like licorice and it has a good uplift, but it drops you just as far. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I guessed the smudges were to keep him from seeing out, just as his silence was to keep him from speaking out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as she predicted, Briony had been outside somewhere, sulking and impossible to find. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But just as he fathomed the bag’s knot-shaped clasp, the apartment door swung suddenly, wondrously, wide. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed down just as quickly and looked around for something to crack them with. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She walked down to the road, just as if she were going to the shops. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

We found no papers, or any sign of use in the house; and in the old chapel the great boxes looked just as we had seen them last. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It’s true my skin is dark, but plenty of mestizos have skin just as dark as mine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam wondered briefly if it needed some help; it really did seem to be just as clumsy as Aloe. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I hate the fact that he had to save us—but the situation could just as easily have been reversed, with me being the one to save the day. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But just as he reared up and launched himself into the air, Fair Knightess thrust her forelegs out in front of her and lifted herself up directly into Manding- ham’s path. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Raphael’s figures are just as “derivative” as Manet’s. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up late, just as Coach blew his whistle and a chaotic warm-up came to an end. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then, just as they came towards the shop entrance, the adventure happened. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t play—he was a drum major—but the band is just as important as the football team at HBCUs. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They want to get better at their craft of breaking jaws just as you want to get better at art or music. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I laughed just as Victoria walked up, her thick red mane blowing in the wind. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lyra darted to the oak wardrobe, opened it, and hid inside, pulling the door shut just as the Steward entered. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She'd also heard that bears laugh and cry, just as humans do. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I happened to be thinking of the Twenty-third Psalm just as you said that.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Still, there was just as much money, maybe even more, floating around. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inevitably a new system of racialized social control will emerge—one that we cannot foresee, just as the current system of mass incarceration was not predicted by anyone thirty years ago. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The last guest arrives shortly before dinner, just as the rest of the guests are being seated and the wine is being poured. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A short sidewalk led over to the blacktopped driveway, and both the sidewalk and the blacktop were just as crumbly as the porch, with large patches of rocks and dirt showing through. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But now have woken is just as common here as have waked. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since she didn’t want to get into it, Rhonda said, “Nothing important,” which irritated her mother, just as it was intended to. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Dicey might just as well not have been there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fine knife came out again and was whetted again just as carefully as it had been the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His captor could just as easily have cut his head off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hated my grandfather, just as I hated all of Chairman Mao’s enemies. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ask me again in an hour,” Grace whispered, just as the door was flung open and a smiling couple greeted them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For just as Pinmei swallowed her second rice ball, there was a faint rumble in the distance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get it. He’s just as sweet as he can be.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I had made her feel just as bad as Drew or Erin did. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The grieving aviators of the 587th had lost their commander just as they were about to receive their first combat assignments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I gave them different heights to make it more realistic, just as I do whenever I draw the mountains. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But just as crime tends to be low on a street where a police car is parked, the 95 percent rate was artificially high: Feldman’s presence had deterred theft. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Still, Mom knows that inside I’m just as Filipina as she is. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Quick! In the closet!” hissed Harry, stuffing Dobby in, shutting the door, and flinging himself onto the bed just as the door handle turned. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Her hair, which was just as dark and curly as Emma’s, was pulled back into a messy ponytail. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And just as he came to his feet again, I caught him in the ribs with another one. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bliss and the other doctors believed this sound proved that the bullet was in the lower right front of the abdomen, just as they suspected. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Mama hear me hollering and drop her load and run just as hard out at me. I feels like I’s swimming I’s looking through so many tears.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Escorted out of the hill by one of Madoc’s lieutenants just as the dais became more heavily guarded. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I manage to take cover under a stone outcropping just as the vomiting begins, and I lose my meager supper and whatever water has remained in my stomach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I walked into the student government meeting just as the president was calling it to order. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I told her, just as the bell rang. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their strength would be an asset, Bolles knew, but rowing—he understood as well as anyone—was at least as much art as brawn, and a keen intelligence was just as important as brute strength. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll return, just as your father came back to your mother,” he said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And look at you now, just as beautiful as I don't know what." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“We need a radio dictator, just as the movies, baseball have.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We were all a little shocked when they first removed the bandages, but kept our smiles on just as Dr. Kumar had instructed us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed me away from her just as she’d pushed my elder siblings away when we lived in New York, literally shoving them out the front door when they left for college. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” Ernie said, shaking his head as if just as disappointed in Genie’s lack of summer protocol. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Later that night, just as the porter was locking the lodge, she and Pantalaimon slipped out and made their way through the dark streets, hearing all the bells of Oxford chiming midnight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He refocused the lens and started clicking just as the sun fired a last burst of golden light over the yard before fading into the horizon. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She raised it to her lips, and just as she was about to take a sip, Taisin flooded into her as though a dam had broken. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I think, I never got to do that with Kasim, just as Pri says, “We never got to do that with our father.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yet my fear of the open road was just as dire. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Under time pressure, they began to behave just as people do when they are highly aroused. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Part of me thinks that your very vulnerability brings you closer to the meaning of life, just as for others, the quest to believe oneself white divides them from it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

Kaori wraps her arms around her little sister, but Gen’s freak-out seems to have disappeared just as quickly as it started. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took Wilbur’s tail in his mouth and bit it, just as hard as he could bite. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He understood that he was, in some way, above his problems, just as he was above the world. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had tried to say it casually, in his best no-big-deal voice, hoping she would receive it just as casually and reply with a shrug, “Sure, no problem.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A month after the invasion, just as the UN was about to conclude a peace negotiation, the Turkish Army had launched another attack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I dart behind the barriers on the opposite side of the course, getting out of the way just as a runner comes around the bend. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I was not, just as I was not meant to be a soprano instead of a contralto.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Since they were cousins, the family money would stay within the family, just as it had when Emma’s brother Jos had married Charles’s sister Caroline. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged her out of the way just as Bull Number Two freight-trained past. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around her just as firmly as she used to wrap her arms about me when she’d tell me things were going to be okay. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And I hate to say it but Adah is just as ornery and bent on destruction, in her own slowpoke way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riding uses different muscles than walking, and riding at a gallop is just as hard as running unless you want to make your horse work twice as hard for every mile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And just as, before the victory, the victor could place no hope in them, so afterwards he should not fear them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was just as happy to see Mama smiling as I was to get my gift. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was just as dirty, he smelled just as bad, he was just as poor. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a bad idea just as much as it’s a bad idea to skip meals or stay awake in bed in the morning or stop taking your Zoloft, but there’s no hope for me now. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He made it just as they were pulling up the steps, then climbed to the top of the double-decker car and slid into his seat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He’s little more than a rag doll on the ground, just as he was when I dislocated his shoulder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then, just as suddenly as she had spoken, Aisha began to cry. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I can spin just as well as any Silkworm. What’s more, I can spin patterns.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But just as in his freshman season, he showed glimmers of promise. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as Longridge was gathering strength for a last bellow into the mouthpiece the line went dead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You been so down lately. You and your mother, slinking around here just as despondent...” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I decide to ignore her and walk toward the glass doors, but just as I start to open them, Edna reaches for the handle, too, and she and Jamie barge in ahead of me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And just as personal hygiene routinely purged debris and excrement from the body, racial hygiene eliminated genetic detritus, thereby resulting in the creation of a healthier and purer race.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Redwall depended upon him, just as it had once depended upon Martin the Warrior. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He looks just as he did a few months ago, when we were living across the hall from each other, both of us considering switching factions but not brave enough to tell one another. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do just that, just as soon as they get home from work, Melody,” Mrs. V promises. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Not literally, but their voices as I heard them in my head hurt just as much as if I’d really heard them all around me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Probably the stars had daemons just as humans did, and experimental theology involved talking to them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He makes almost 150 paintings, some after his favorite artists, like Millet, just as he did at the beginning of his career. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Look at this baby, just as pretty and sweet as you!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calmly, he squeezed the trigger, just as Lindsey had taught him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I figured out they preferred to hunt in packs, and that the old ones were slow while the new ones were just as fast as a regular person. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I caught Joe with his hand in my waistcoat, and snagged his wrist just as he began to take my pocket watch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The two horses and the two riders were galloping neck to neck and knee to knee just as if they were in a race. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Groom, just as surprised to see Beck as I had been, got out his rope and began short-roping the Texan down toward the South Col. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was just as ambitious as Lac was and probably hoping for a promotion as well. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I went over to pick it up, but just as I reached it, someone grabbed me and swung me around. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He came from behind the bar and resumed his desultory sweeping just as Lana, Darlene, and the bird, looking like a small unruly mob, burst in from the alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed the Tillermans just as she pulled the door closed behind her and her eyes widened. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was lifted out of the dark cell of my own mind, to become part of someone else—just as I had experienced it that day on the couch in therapy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as well since they made a funny sight, all dressed in their Underland clothes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

People revered him as much as they feared him; they were just as anxious to prove themselves worthy party members as they were to avoid arrest. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One such situation occurred that same afternoon just as I was dropping Gabriel off at home. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I ask, just as Darius holds open the shiny black front passenger door for me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

While Einstein and Hubble were productively unraveling the large-scale structure of the cosmos, others were struggling to understand something closer to hand but in its way just as remote: the tiny and ever-mysterious atom. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Another bright flash of lightning split the sky, and right on cue, we both grabbed the other’s hand and began to run just as a huge clap of thunder rumbled the ground under us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was dangerous work, for Nazi informers lurked everywhere in Hamburg, just as they did in every other German city, where neighbors spied on neighbors. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had of course sprung up from the half-sovereigns which had fallen out of Uncle Andrew’s pocket when he was turned upside down; just as the silver had grown up from the half-crowns. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

They kept seeing lights appear and disappear in the blackness—green and red navigation lights, just as on Ida's boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned just as the last of the light from the flare was dying. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeremiah could play both offense and defense equally well, just as he could kick the ball equally well with his left and his right foot, making him a threat on corner kicks from either side. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“They are sworn to obey, just as my captain is,” the prince said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For no apparent reason a cat’s fur may rise on its back as it peers into a dark closet, just as you or I may get goose bumps from phantoms we neither see nor hear. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left her home and hurried to the White House, arriving just as the president was brought up to his room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As I recall, neither of them said anything of note throughout the whole interview, which lasted perhaps three or four minutes, and they left sobbing just as they had arrived. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as Ma’s dishing up a peach cobbler that we’re going to eat hot with milk, I hear a sound outside that makes my bones feel like icicles inside me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as the eye is about to relax its scrutiny, it spots Maribel slipping the coins into her pocket. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can understand a wrathful God who’d just as soon dangle us all from a hook. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere she looked she could see gold, just as Atal had described it: sparkles of light, floating and drifting and sometimes moving in a current of purpose. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Stucky says his dog, Bumper, can sniff out spies just as well as raccoons, but after sniffing around the woods, both dogs came back with nothing but a shank bone to show for their effort. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The gardens behind the manse were just as pleasant, and far more extensive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But just as much yes! Maybe yes or no, but it could be yes, right, Mommy?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When you walk down our street, just as you turn onto the main road, for an instant, you see half the Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the universe would already be expanding just as in the hot big bang model, the repulsive effect of this cosmological constant would therefore have made the universe expand at an ever-increasing rate. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laugh was softer this time, but just as bitter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She grew up surrounded by books, spending just as much time in her school libraries as she did on the tennis courts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he sets me down he leans in and steals a quick kiss, and I’m just as quick to slap him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And just as there was a cleanness about his body, so there was a cleanness in his thinking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m starved,” I say, just as if there isn’t some sweaty boy staring at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

So I asked her, just as “I Shot the Sheriff,” a Bob Marley song I did know the name of, came blaring from the cab, pulling off. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had her parlour set up just as nice as our ’n. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The next day was just as great as the first day. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You mean like an adoring dog. And just as soon as Ratignolle appeared on the scene, then it was like a dog. ‘ The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

But we’ve had just as many guys taken out with dysentery and influenza. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sent him a message just as my dad knocked on the door. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me, mi hija, the flan is just as good as in Cuba. Let’s forget we ever lived there,” she says in Spanish. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But just as he was about to give up, a troubling thought invaded his mind. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But maybe it was just as well the little boy went on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Notice that, just as with the key signatures, you add sharps or subtract flats as you go clockwise around the circle, and add flats or subtract sharps as you go counterclockwise. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“This may come as a surprise to you, Van Eck, but we canal rats value our lives just as much as you do yours.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The pillow struck the wall and burst, scattering stuffing everywhere just as Dolorous Edd Tollett poked his head through the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The fair buildings were complete and all exhibits were in place, but just as surely as silver tarnishes, the fair became subject to the inevitable forces of degradation and decline—and tragedy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sahil’s house was just as beautiful on the inside as it was on the outside. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The song ends just as I finish talking. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And always, Salim’s silhouette is there, hovering in the centre, waving to us just as he did that day. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I changed back into my street clothes, I met Jenna at her gym locker just as she was tying her shoes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

On a dirt track in the Tanami Desert–normally one of the emptiest places on Earth–they came over a slight rise just as another vehicle was approaching. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was just as in so many civil rights organizations, he mused: the flamboyant male leaders make the speeches while the workaday women, most of them as plain as bread, make it happen. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then she recognizes—just as he sets his foot on the first stair—that his stride is out of rhythm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And she hangs up and probably starts to wail again for everyone, and I break through the Chevys back-staircase street exit just as Libby is probably skipping home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t help looking at her, just as children in a classroom can’t help looking at the pupil whose name is spoken by a teacher in the tone that means trouble and punishment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The air is just as dense as the last time I was in here, but now it is misty, too. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I crossed quickly, ran for the trolley, and made it just as the light changed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m just as shallow as the next guy. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They galloped back across the robot gravesite, flopped into the ocean, and raced through the waves just as fast as they could. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner called after me just as I turned a corner. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to look at Chubs over the seat, but he was just as confused as I was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Trading and marriage relationships were undoubtedly established between those Khoisan and the Bantu farmers, each occupying different adjacent habitats, just as Pygmy hunter-gatherers and Bantu farmers still do today in equatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush, Lina. Let’s say our prayers and give thanks for that wonderful meal. Let’s pray that your father is just as well.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Given any set of facts, there are countless theories that can account for them, just as there are countless lines that can be drawn through any set of dots to join them together. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My alarm went off at seven exactly, switching over to the radio, just as Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” was starting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were being treated not just as outsiders, but as potential criminals. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I had no choice but to throw Bodega at her, knowing he wouldn’t tell her everything and it was just as well. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He turned just as Meggie’s fingers were closing around the paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Seymour’d told me to shine my shoes just as I was going out the door with Waker. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The paper tasted like the bubble gum he had once saved and chewed for five days; it was just as tasteless and only slightly harder. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very idea warmed her through just as much as the heat from the oven. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Salim’s pod moved from three o’clock to two o’clock just as an aeroplane flew low overhead. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, we’ve already determined the first digit in our new number, so we can’t pull exactly the same trick, but we can do something just as good. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But you have to remember that people can't be good at cricket unless they teach themselves to be so, and Oat jousting was an art, just as cricket is. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she burst into tears, which spilled out of her great brown eyes and splashed down her front, just as they had done at the Quidditch World Cup. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Because I might just as easily have heard footsteps and my heart could have burst. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Breaking into a run, she dashed around a bend, just as a yellow- white-and-brown dog with long ears and droopy eyes left his hideout in a culvert. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then one night, just as the moon rose, he grew quiet, and kept murmuring to himself: “Now I can wait; now I can wait.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it made no sense to her, just as it made no sense to me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I blink, and two men appear at his left and right, just as still as he is, but their faces are featureless—skin-covered skulls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They laid paper over her face, and cut a hole in the paper to expose only her teeth, just as the Philadelphia coroner had done for her father. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Arguments rose quickly and fell just as quickly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I desisted, just as I would have slowed down to an arthritic pace in any job, in the event that a manager showed up to do a time-and-motion study. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as marvelous for his mother to be singing as it was for a cricket to chirp familiar songs. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one dared admit they couldn’t wait to see the girl, but Thomas assumed they were all just as curious as he was. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If his interests had been in basket weaving or phrenology, she would have followed him just as readily. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I appreciated the media interest in my story, because our nation desperately needed to see that Muslims were just as American as anyone else. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

So did the food, just as Tyson chomped down on a sandwich that turned to mist in his mouth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Since returning from his travels, the king hadn’t seemed any different, and was just as gruff with Chaol as he’d always been. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Inside, it was just as 'empty as always, except for my bunk. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“The Black Tortoise brings winter, just as the dragon brings spring,” Amah said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Happy he’d brought me into a competition, made me part of a team, showed me that it could sometimes be just as much fun losing as winning. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I almost didn’t say anything. I thought, what’s in the past is past. Maybe she’s made a new life. But I see you’ve raised your daughter to be just as amoral as you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She held her hand along the walk home, just as they had held hands when they were girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And gum was valuable in those days just as a nickel was valuable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took a step closer to hear him better, and just as I did, a policeman came over to us. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mda was a lean fellow; he had no excess weight, just as he used no excess words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the marvelous meal is consumed, we step out of the restaurant and into the late afternoon light just as a pickup camper pulls up to the library. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That shot from the blackjack had been just as deadly to Luis as a shot from a gun. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s difficult for a modern person to imagine a life without zero, just as it’s hard to imagine life without the number seven or the number 31. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Cady looked up from her baking station, just as the man with the greasy black hair wheeled by with his flour barrel. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson was working his upperclassmen just as hard, trying to settle on a first junior varsity and a first varsity boat to race against Cal in April and the eastern schools in June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith seems determined to stay out of trouble, just as I am, and he accepts the council’s decision without a fight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In a final determined burst, she scaled the last few rungs just as Jackson reached the ladder. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as I thought he might have drifted to sleep, he said with a croak, “I am so khasta.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then Ms. Griegson gave a sharp whistle, and the hawk looked at her too, just as she threw a handful of something on the ground. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Greek landscape below was just as inhospitable. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Things clutch at my legs and drag me away from the bakery down into the shadows of the alleyway, and just as they begin to ooze all over me I wake up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The gallery was empty, just as it had been before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Totally,” Dimple said, just as Rishi said, “I don’t eat meat.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They reached an open area with chairs and a table just as the man they were chasing disappeared through a round hatch into what had to be the cockpit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It is tempting to think so—just as it is tempting to think that a truckload of children’s books will make a child smarter. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

One morning, I wake up just as Dad is leaving for the elementary school with Ryan. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But the blade would be just as sharp, and it would work. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How can you let your daughter search for Never-Ending Mountain? You are just as lost as her!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"This is my escape just as much as yours. And I'm sure a noble war-horse like this is not going to betray us. We are trying to escape, to get to Narnia." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The first part happened in her mind just as it had been played. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She dumped the bag’s contents on my bed just as she’d done the first night we met. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Indians can be just as judgmental and hateful as any white person. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reached Covey’s about nine o’clock; and just as I was getting over the fence that divided Mrs. Kemp’s fields from ours, out ran Covey with his cowskin, to give me another whipping. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the idea came to him he leapt up for the joy of it, just as hares are seen to leap in the early morning. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I put one foot on the seat of the chair, and my second foot leaves the floor just as Ma comes back into the kitchen. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Fawkes went whooshing past Harry’s ear and settled on Dumbledore’s shoulder, just as Harry found himself and Ron being swept into Mrs. Weasley’s tight embrace. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I planted my knees in front of the toilet just as my eggs and toast came back up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You do?” says Garrett, just as surprised to hear that as I am. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘If we is leaving now,’ the BFG said, ‘we will be arriving just as the giants is having their afternoon snozzle.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom’s face flushed with rage, and Matt braced himself for a fight; but just as suddenly the anger drained away, as though it had never been there. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you can demolish a kid just as much by beating him in a race as by plowing him under on a football field. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Most of them stood up hastily, or waved from their chairs, like Radine’s dad, a big, ruddy Texan, just as unfamiliar with this scene as Papa was. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was what it smelled like, anyway, damp and moldy, just as one imagines the odor of death. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It made him sick that someone had ruined everything just as they were on the cusp of feeling somewhat normal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He got out of bed and opened the door just as the Wagon Lit conductor came hurrying along the corridor and knocked on Ratchett’s door. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom dropped me off just as practice was starting, which was exactly how I planned it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But just as I reached to brush the years of dirt from the marker, I heard a scream. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It would be just as pleasing to him, he thought, if she questioned him no further about Shad’s letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Millis, astronauts might harness the energy in the vacuum to push a spaceship, just as mariners harnessed the wind to drive a frigate. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“My armor is made of sky iron, made for me. A bear’ s armor is his soul, just as your daemon is your soul. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her thumbs flew, then she looked up, squinting just as hard as Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was furious because his sister, even now that she was dead, could still manage to make him feel guilty, just as she had when he was a boy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple recognized the song just as the elevator doors slid open on the first floor. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The front door opened behind her, and she heard her mother step out just as Pet condensed in front of her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Surely Black, as Voldemort’s right-hand man, would be just as frightened of him? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Basta’s knife was still at his throat, but just as the man was about to let the tip of it wander a little higher the Magpie seized his arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I shove through the panel door into my bedroom, just as I hear the click of the lock. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And behind this person, standing in the doorway, were an assortment of people the children could not see but who promised to be just as frightening. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her hand moved in conjunction with her eyes, in unknown ways, just as it had that day in the bookstore when she’d transcribed her name in Bengali letters. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And that hurts just as much as anything else. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone else seemed to be just as stumped as I was. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Truth is, I could put this tube on my shoulder with Calvin inside of it and make the climb home just as fast. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And yes, he had come to enjoy it, just as Scythe Goddard said he would. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sleep came for me eventually, just as the storm clouds peeled back to reveal a pristine night sky. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His chief ambition at this point was to cross the cordillera in an unusual form of transportation, just as his Uncle Marcos had tried to do many years before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the woman saw the stabbing through the last two cars, we can assume that the body fell to the floor just as the train passed by. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to fight, but my limbs have turned to rubber just as completely as the ship has turned to copper. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

One, much the more likely, was that the girl was an agent of the Thought Police, just as he had feared. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She would always come back to Malaga Island, just as sure as the tide always came back. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“We found him just as we were told.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He untucked his shirt and put the book inside, hastily retucking it just as the hook-handed man reentered the library, escorting Violet and carrying Sunny, who was trying without success to bite the man’s hooks. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I squeezed through the door just as the guards slammed it shut behind me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Coach tells Pop about the hit-and-run—how Erin was walking home from practice and a car came around the corner just as Erin was crossing the street, hit her, and then sped away. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day at school, just as recess was ending, a kid came running up to me, calling my name. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s late, but the halls are just as busy as they were during our tour the other day. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They got me just as I stepped into the streetlight’s yellow circle. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She stood and pressed her palms together just as Ritu auntie rounded the corner in her wheelchair, pushed, as usual, by her silent, watchful new daughter-in-law, Seema. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I turn back to the Chagall, begging it to suck me in, please, just as Dad fills up the doorway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And I know that letting Henrietta open the door and let all the chickens out without even trying to put them back in is just as bad. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Our ministers preach sin and hell just as much as yours,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as we were pulling up to my bus stop, I turned to him. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He spun over to get to his feet, but Horace got to his own just as fast. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The chair is just as sumptuous as it looks, and I ignore the assessing look from Mr. Gideon and Katherine's openmouthed surprise as I settle my backside into the cushions. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The brownstone creaked as it settled more firmly into its foundation, wrapping the kids in warmth and love just as it had for so many years past and would, now, for many years to come. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I answered five correctly, which is to say that I would have done just as well by flipping a coin. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He often found it difficult to live up to the demands of his chosen faction, just as I did. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he had always known that his skin was white, just as Du Bois was never under any illusions about the color of his skin. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is still just as quiet, but it stops her mom cold. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

One of the rats had gotten a claw into him just as he was taking off. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sub-Saharan Africa has fewer candidates, 51 species, just as it has fewer species in most other plant and animal groups—because it’s smaller and ecologically less diverse than Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We jump just as the kids ramble up. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then more silence both of them knowing there's nothing left to say. each winter Each winter just as the first of the snow begins to fall, my mother goes home to South Carolina. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The barn’s roof had fallen in, and some of the sparks jumped to the house just as Dyedka arrived with the goats. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

We formed a huddle, just as we had so many times since our troubles began, only this time rather than shouting over one another, we spoke in orderly turns. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The operating room smelled like a super-clean bathroom and was just as bright. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She didn’t close her eyes to the racism that existed; she knew just as well as any other black person the tax levied upon them because of their color. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He finished his training just as the Korean War settled into a truce, narrowly missing the chance to fly combat missions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It pulled taut just as the mob reached it, and they went sprawling over it and into the mud, a tangled heap of flailing limbs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The boy grasped the barking animal, and Joseph pulled them both down behind the car just as the man shovelling snow turned around. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was not much time to consider the subject, for we were soon in Miss Havisham’s room, where she and everything else were just as I had left them. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gave birth in the woods behind my house and put the infant up for adoption just as soon as I'd cleaned myself off. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to speak just as she heard Lena’s voice behind her, yelling from an upstairs window. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other Sarai, near as she could tell, looked just as she herself had on the night that he had seen her: with wild hair, and Isagol’s painted black mask. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But that December morning, just as the marines were starting on their pancakes, an airraid siren began wailing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I realize then and there that something else is just as clear: The woman in black is the reason my mother has disappeared. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he shone on me as if I were just as worthy as the beautiful Chuguillanto. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was just as well not to say about Mama and Aunt Loma. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I feel the other box—the cigar box from my dream—and grab it, and just as I’m pulling it out of the hole, I tip it against the edge and lose my grip. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then, just as quickly, I picture Mrs. Blair in her bed, watching the world with those frightened eyes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They grew amazingly fast—so fast that their skin split open every few days and they wriggled out of it—“just as a person,” she noted, “pulls off a shirt over his head.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maribel works efficiently, tying the boxes of pastries firmly with string just as she was taught. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since that morning in the marketplace, he had never again made use of Urim and Thummim, because Egypt was now just as distant a dream for him as was Mecca for the merchant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled with gas, the sealed valve trapping it just as one pinches the mouth of a balloon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He traded them for tops just as marble season ended. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Judge Quinzy offered her his arm, just as he might to one of the fine ladies at the party. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

From his first memory Cal had craved warmth and affection, just as everyone does. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And she winks at me just as the door is clicking shut. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I rounded the last corner, onto Cactus, I could see the studio, looking just as I remembered it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes were blue-white, like core samples from a glacier, and just as cold. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Although they are both ill, they are on the same path together, their dreams shared, just as they had imagined they would be when they were young men on that walk to the mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She was taking these steps, making declarations, trying to rebuild herself just as she was remaking the house with the hornet’s nests the size of basketballs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But just as quickly, the world around him came back into focus and he jumped to his feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“And look where it got—” He was interrupted by a guard’s voice shouting in Fjerdan just as the Elderclock began to chime six bells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Snape’s pale face, illuminated by the flaming cabin, was suffused with hatred just as it had been before he had cursed Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the picture he’d been asleep in bed, just as he was now. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

With a furlong to go, Aneroid’s head bobbed in front, just as Rosemont’s had done a few months before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Medical men and even the general public were becoming aware that the human environment was inhabited by an enormous number of microorganisms capable of causing disease, just as today carcinogens pervade our surroundings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You understand nothing, but it really doesn’t matter, since what you mean is, you’re glad to see me, just as I’m glad to see you because no more loneliness.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

First thing that came to mind was Pa telling me that I didn’t never have to worry ’bout no barking dog, that it was barking ’cause it was just as scared as me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then he found the catch of the compartment and clicked it open, and there, just as he’d known it would be, was the leather writing case. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would leave the school, he thought, just as he had left the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I read about you too. All these cute little tenth-grade girls have got their caps set for you, I’ll bet. I’m just as jealous as I can be!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he stormed the office building and gleaned his share, just as the others had, but he said little as their god-machine carried them home across the sky. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Holy Spirit had never moved in him that way, just as it had never permitted him to take up the deadly serpent. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I bounced off the floor just as Tino hit the exit door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as it happens with the dot pictures, she suddenly got it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He pushes in the door and climbs the stairs to Italy just as Alphie crawls out from under the bed covered with marmalade and dirt. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Talking like this is just as bad, isn’t it? Too big to swallow all at once.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned back and headed for the other side of the lobby just as a company of firefighters rushed in, nearly knocking him over. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But just as she raised her left hand the crowd on the benches became restless again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Most of us, though, eventually got back here to Dinetah, just as I did when my tour of duty finally ended. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for a grenade just as Simpson ran past me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men looked up just as he shot the string half in two, dropping the cardboard lady to the floor at their feet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And then, just as Mr. Curtain was finally going inside, a couple of Executives came out for a leisurely stroll over the Institute grounds. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Born on March 13, 2001, in the birthing shed across the road, 534 and his mother were turned out to pasture just as soon as the eighty-pound calf could stand up. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They’re old, like the hustlers, and their gaze is just as sharp. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like doing something bold, but I could just as easily walk away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We came out of the house with them just as my mother was driving up with Joseph. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then, just as Kaylee’s footsteps are finally pounding down the stairs, Dad asks, “Do you think you’ll see your coach today?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Thrilled with himself, he bounded forward in such intense excitement that he bumped straight into Deydey at the side of a kettle, just as he was pouring boiling-hot syrup into a sugaring trough! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And it was all just as smooth and honey-beautiful as the skin on his hands. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The idea of a chicken lady issuing prophecies was apparently just as ridiculous to Romans as it was to Greeks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But you are just as important as your father.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I push open the door just as Tobias, who is sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out, hurls a butter knife at the opposite wall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I got off to a rough start, but soon I was going as high as she was and just as fast. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

That gets me to thinking that Neutral Milk Hotel is going to see me just as surely as I'm going to see them, so I give myself a once-over in the rearview. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I feel proud to be acting more mature than Lucinda, but the truth is, I’m just as sad even if I’m not showing it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Felicia said his body turned to gray ash, and then the wind blew him north, just as he’d wished. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has switched his black jacket for a tweedy brown one, and his hair under his matching cap is just as shockingly red as Poppet’s. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Like maybe he was just as terrified as I was. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A new memory to laugh over is just as good as reflecting on an old one, I think. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But they did believe in something that had become just as sacred, Ector High School. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the jewelry they took apart and glued or sewed onto their robes for decoration; but some of the necklaces and bracelets that looked a little bit Egyptian they used just as they were. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the background Hades fought from his black chariot, summoning wave after wave of zombies out of the ground, but the forces of the Titan’s army seemed just as endless. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead I was left with a brawl of ancestors, a herd of dissenters, sometimes marching together but just as often marching away from each other. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was just as she remembered him—rugged, but with dark gentle eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this is a polite gesture on the Joy Luck aunties’ part— a protest when actually they are just as eager to see me go as I am to leave. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olive squeezed her tight, slipped off her leaden shoes, and then, just as they began to rise, Bronwyn transferred Miss Peregrine front her shoulder to the top of Olive’s head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Old people whose brains are probably just as museum-y as the museum. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The alley they were walking down was very long and twisting, so it was just as well that from time to time one of the children turned and looked toward him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The incredible thing about living systems is that no matter how small the view, it is just as complicated as ever. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way back to Summer’s bedroom, where Ximena, just as Summer had texted, was crying on Summer’s bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, they picked us up just as we were coming out the back door to go down to the dock. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark is punched in the face just as he sees Trina yanked away by a man. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Even though the Bosnian war was one of ethnicity and religion, it was just as senseless as the terrorism that ransacked my country. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They’ve all gone to dinner,” announced the Humbug weakly, “and just as soon as I catch my breath I shall join them.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I detected a glimmer of sadness in his eyes, a real kind of pain, but just as quickly, it was gone, replaced by his usual confident expression. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Had the moon and stars been just as brilliant when he was a kid? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s just as important as your team or your friends. You are an example for the younger kids.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He’s there with her every night, just as he intended. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"If truth be told, we expected you to do just as you did." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe just as skin on a hand grows tougher after pain in repetition, a person does too. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted revenge just as much as my sisters did, but my blood was cooling now, and I knew we needed to do what was right. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sound of an airplane flying overhead came from the cassette player just as Crab forced the door open and walked in, dripping with sweat, rifle in his left hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In winter the river was just as much fun. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The door was partly open, and just as I came up to it, the hissing started up again with a new intensity. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked just as she had in the photo I’d seen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The twins tore for the front door, and Toby followed, laughing just as hard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Tim always said the framing of her father’s narrative was just as important as the message. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Leibniz believed that the reform of mathematical symbols would improve reasoning just as effectively as the telescope had improved sight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He traveled at night, and the train reached the place of his destination just as the red winter dawn was breaking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sound repeated, low and just as mournful. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. But I think we’re just as anxious to restore Grandma and maybe find Grandpa.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mary always stared at them while she ate, just as she was doing when Gey walked into the lab carrying the pieces of Henrietta’s cervix. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But that morning, apparently, Birdie was early to class or late leaving wherever she had been before, because Joaquin rounded the gym just as she did. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the early morning of Friday, June 9, as his train passed through the South Side, Gronau saw how the great wheel towered over everything in its vicinity, just as Eiffel’s creation did in Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I forget that he is another person; instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a heart or an eye or an arm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The families of most of the seamstresses had immigrated from country villages in Italy, Poland, and Russia, just as the Irish had come fifty years before, hoping for a better life in America. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

And just as I felt we had gotten the last lick by turning and going, Cecile said, “Don’t kill yourself to get back here. Stay out till sundown.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as I raised a fistful of berries to my lips, the sounds changed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Oh, Kitty, he was just as I thought he would be. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He found Janie sad and crying just as he had thought. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Perseus did just as Hermes had said, he held back until he saw one of them take the eye out of her forehead. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside him was Little Hawk, his uncle, who was just as astonished at the sight of the endless line of wagons. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Many just as good as he and better had walked this road. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas,” she said just as if she could have said anything in English that she wanted to. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mexicans sat apart when they ate, just as they worked by themselves. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tilly and I headed upriver just as it started to rain hard again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You're just as good with that gun as I am. And Clarence and Bullet can track. I’m getting too old for this kind of thing.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I can broil just as quickly as I can burn. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the top he got to his feet and reached the door just as Alec was stepping through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She sat down to eat without ever wondering who had cooked the food or where it had come from, just as she was oblivious to the person serving it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved Drake’s shoulder—hard—and walked off just as Scoob rushed over to help Shenice and Drake with the books. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Stop making trouble, Nina. If Helvar cooperates, he and Muzzen will both have their freedom just as soon as the job is done.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Whichcee wavered and sagged a few inches to his left just as Wedding Call’s momentum carried him slightly to the right. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s medical journals can be just as illuminating as Grandma’s bible. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She says it loudly, just as we pass the two old women still holding each other’s hands, as they pause to look at jewelry in a window. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And just as he said that, I heard Reverend Obertask say my name. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed set on course to become just as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He hurried off just as everything went pitch dark, and then the music shook the stage, nearly knocking Armpit out of his chair. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Anything they could name, anything they could imagine, anything they could describe, they could do, or could have done to them, just as long as they paid. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cas stood just as still, even though everything inside was racing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It could include facilities for food production, health care, manufacturing, leisure activities—just as a town on earth can do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We make it to the bus stop just as the bus is pulling up. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If I want that job in plumbing at Menards, I have to make myself into an unobstructed pipe: water in and water just as pure and drinkable coming out. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped the TV on just as Arletta Paisley’s intro started up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Beneath the blanket, Therese lies flat, just as when I left her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She knew she would never forget the sight of it, just as you never forget many stories even though—or perhaps because—they have scared you. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Still, life was improved in ways he’d never dreamed possible; in one step, he’d reached heaven, just as in the saying. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent some time on the main street, walking down to the foot, where the crowds were just as thick as they had been the night before. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word was out that either we were going to have a great flight or we were going to blow the hell out of Cape Coalwood, just as we had Elsie’s hot-water heater. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She caught a glint of light off the circular medallion on the rider’s robes just as he reached up and lowered his hood. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

School board president Earl Bruck was just as blunt as Sam Lee. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The servant, who had helped dress Anna the day she disappeared, recalled, “Everything was just as we left it”—except for one thing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The men were gathered, just as the man in the pool hall had said, for and about dice and money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my botde, climbed out onto the fire escape and slipped over to her window just as her front door opened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was about ten notches too innocent, so I responded just as innocently. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Helsing technique is just as hard as it looks, but Dylan is pretty confident we’ll win our duels with just the basics. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There were eight other passengers aboard, and they were all saying good-by to their relatives just as we were saying good-by to my father. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, she’d shoot a person just as soon as look at them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

To do once, is the fulcrum whereby child-brain become man-brain; and until he have the purpose to do more, he continue to do the same again every time, just as he have done before! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Gaea wanted to consume her identity, just as she’d overwhelmed Hazel’s mother. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were both walking to a bus stop when my mom tripped and stumbled into the street just as a bus was approaching. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This win was just as much Faizah’s as it was mine. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That doesn’t mean, of course, that the police are causing the crime, just as it doesn’t mean, as some criminologists have argued, that crime will fall if criminals are released from prison. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In person, he was just as warm and thoughtful, though we differed markedly on the issues of the armed struggle and sanctions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog went paddling past Raymie just as she came up for air. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I got closer that time; then, just as I thought I was going to make it—another shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Shucks, this doggone FBI was just as good as the movies said it was, they were just like those Royal Canadian Mountain Police, they always got their man! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, I made the experiment of dressing well and walking past some of the white churches just as services were over. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else looks just as nervous as I feel. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I want somebody just as tough as I am for a change,” he explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The first ground was broken by our leader, Yawar, just as Inti began to rise in the sky. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A full moon is out tonight, and this moment feels just as full—almost pregnant. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The tidal current carried him gently east, just as he’d predicted. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Caroline, taking over the problem just as though someone had asked her to. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z