We handed in our keys and throughout the remaining six weeks of the term we went very hungry. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that was the museum the kid with the skate key meant. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I told him about the tuxedo on the chair, and how I had broken the vase, and found the key, and the locksmith, and the envelope, and the art supply store. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Henry fumbles with the keys and drops them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They broke the tie,” Otto said, his gaze flicking to their meager pair of keys; they somehow seemed duller in this morning’s light. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was breathing really fast, and when she finally pulled her keys out I could see she was crying. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The white fingers closed around the black key.... Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I looked at my hands and centered them according to the two black keys in the middle of the keyboard. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I press deliberately at the keys, head down, fingers connecting. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A key worked into a lock and a huge silhouette came through the door followed by Deputy Palmer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sessions always got us excited and worried all at the same time, so we were pretty keyed up anyway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed him the opening bars of the Mozart sonata, and the ivory keys felt satisfying and smooth as he tried it himself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And you could see the keys again in the dark cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked through the front door, I spotted a fire key hanging on a hook. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leave a note on the kitchen table, grab my keys, and slip out of the apartment before Mom and Richard wake up. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I fish through my coat pocket's detritus for my keys, then pull them out. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I grab a key card and tuck it into my back pocket. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.19: When a sharp sign appears in the C space in the key signature, all C's are sharp unless marked as accidentals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A roar radiated outward as successive strata of the crowd learned that the key had been pressed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As I’m digging through my bag, looking for my keys, I notice Millie Michalchuk waddling down the sidewalk and through the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She fumbled with the house key, balancing her book bag on one knee while she turned the key to the right, but the door was already unlocked, and pushed open easily. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A key fact of white- collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

If Mel had locked the keys in the car, Jus wouldn’t have been able to get her inside it, would he? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The machine and the key both vanished, and in their place, the Second Gate appeared. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I went back to the bedroom and began to dress I heard a soft footstep come and pause outside the door, and the key turn quietly in the lock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to see what would happen if I totally shielded my face, bringing my hijab folds completely in, when I hear keys being fitted into the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There was no other set of keys in the house to that door, so if they wanted to open it again, they’d have to wait until Mamá came home or jump out a window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She clutches her purse to her chest, then puts it in her desk drawer and locks it with a key. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“They might give me the keys to the city. I mean, look at you—they gave you all sorts of godly charms and you just a boy with a few stories. Anansi’s chosen one. Ha!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He means the superintendent key,” Oliver said, rolling his eyes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the other boot, his nerd glasses and car keys. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But soon I was cold enough to need the heater, so I turned the key and the engine roared to life. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only a professional, using a specialized "skeleton key," could have turned that lock, Gordievsky thought. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"He left me the car keys and headed back to Massachusetts. I'm on my own for the next lesson." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some went up the stoops of the gray houses, pulled out keys, unlocked doors and went in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whistle transformed into a small key, and my score on the scoreboard increased by 18,000 points. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When he turned the key, the engine revved and the car spasmed violently before settling into a loud, sustained juddering that shook us in our seats. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Another book could be written on this subject, but a few key principles stand out that can be briefly explored here. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I want Cam to show me the room with the keys. We’ll meet you back here.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The key to a healthy plant or animal community lies in what the British ecologist Charles Elton calls “the conservation of variety.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I thought it was funny he called the key chain a charm, and was so glad he liked it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Instead he flushed red, turned his pale eyes from his father’s paler ones, and went to find the keys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora held up a ring of keys and jangled them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her purse sits on the breakfast table next to a set of car keys, and her shoes are on the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The only two cans of sardines had no keys and the owner stared at the floor, nodding no when 1 asked if he had a can opener. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, I mimed grabbing the key out of the air and unlocking her lips. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I put the key in the door, I said, “Go wash your face and hands real good. Play Go Fish until I call you for supper.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find Henry and drive him over here. He can make some excuse to get Julian out of the office. Then one of us can slip up the back stairs with the key.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I have my satchel and the truck keys. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Helpfully, the middle C key had a full corner missing, a wedge about the size of my fingernail, which got me centered every time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t see much. Besides, the place is all locked up. And you need a key to use the elevator.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Nico opens up a bass synthesizer and uses the computer keys to lay down a bass line. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Letting total strangers drive one’s car around all day was a hard thing to ask, but nearly two hundred people turned over their keys to the boycott. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The ghost closed the drawer with his key and handed over a green folder, his ghost hands shaking slightly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tap my fingers on Dad’s chest of drawers, where his house keys, wallet, and clothes are. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She dug the points of her keys into the heel of her hand—not for protection now, but to convince her that what she was hearing was real. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Turning the key swiftly, he flung the door open and tossed his books on the chair in the hallway. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the keys and I followed her out the door to the car. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fumble with the key as I lock the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Papa, may I have the key to my room, please?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed and put the key away, then laid the wrapper flat on the control panel in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The key fit into the door nice and easy, and with hardly a tug, the door swung open wide. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The mineralogist fits a key into a tiny, almost invisible hole on the bottom; when it turns, two more tiny keyholes open on the opposite side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Since the scales are the same, D sharp major and E flat major are also enharmonic keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We recognize that mobility may be difficult, but the key to our collective self-image is the assumption that mobility is always possible, so failure to move up reflects on one’s character. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The sprite who had attended Elowen that last day remembered the name of the one who had saved them, and she repeated it to every fairy she set free with those keys: Kaede. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead I told them that I now knew that X-ray crystallography was the key to genetics. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I jangled the keys to her mom's Jaguar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The suit and the Phi Beta Kappa key helped in that regard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All of which brings us to the key point: the ancients, particularly in the classical period, had no notion that equates exactly with our modern conception of “science.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the catalog didn’t sell the one thing I desperately needed: a fire alarm key. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do I need a key for if someone’s in there?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As the daughter of a dental hygienist, I was interested in his key chain ornament and asked him where he got it. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nico watches me for a second before he starts to tap keys. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was being given the secret keys to the kingdom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The Greeks did not have zero, but we do, and it is the key to solving Zeno’s puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I slipped my feet out of my flats and tapped my toes on the keys. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. Look, we’re wasting time. We need to get into Mr. X’s apartment. To see what the key opens. I have a feeling it’s important.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

By the time he came, I was really keyed up to hear the hype he was going to explain. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he hears her key in the lock, he jumps away and walks quickly into the living room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because major scales always follow the same pattern, the pattern of major and minor chords is also the same in any major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

If you can't name the scale notes in a key, you may find it difficult to predict whether a chord should be based on a sharp, flat, or natural note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I tried my key in the lock, but it didn’t go in past the tip. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think the key is to build on what they already know. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was George who had the idea of stationing Stuart inside the piano to push the key up the second it was played. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, his shoddy work may well have been the key to his success as a double agent. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was always something dumb—like they saw a car with the keys in the ignition, or they went into a bar and got loaded and just decided not to return. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In a crack between the floorboards I finally find the key. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A summary should repeat enough of the key words to allow the reader to connect it back to the earlier passages that spelled out the points in detail. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She wiggled the key until it clicked into place. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I worked at separating the keys in her typewriter. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If their UFO keys fall off the console—boom!—instant arm. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We have to talk to Carlos first. He’s the one with the key. If he says it’s okay to be down there, that would help us convince our parents that it’s okay, too.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Very interesting you should ask that question. The key issue here, I think we can all agree, is my campaign to save schools and hospitals.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

All these examples illustrate that wars, or threats of war, have played a key role in most, if not all, amalgamations of societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alaric pursed his lips and looked around before opening a drawer behind him with a skeleton key. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Latour’s historicism misses a key point about science, which is that it is about matters which are the case whether we believe them to be so or not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We agreed that Pan-Africanism was the key also to the problems of those of African heritage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Henry dropped the key back down his shirt and sighed, scrubbing a hand over his face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on the keys to start the car. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The priest hung the lantern j from a hook, slipped a hand inside his robe, and produced an ornate key. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He had been stripped of his tools: his coin, key, and candle. Furthermore, his cell had no door worth mentioning. No window that could be breached.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She watched him fish around for his key and open his front door. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both envelopes were sealed, but Alex could tell they held keys. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ready and waiting like a new Buick with the keys in the ignition. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chapter 15 looks at the key arguments on which the relativists depend and shows that they do not do what is claimed for them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His uncle kept all food under lock and key. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two SS officers with skulls on their caps hammered on Mrs. Pohler’s door, called her a stinking Jew, slapped her face, and removed the linen key from her shaking hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After I have a key and see where we live, I can walk to school. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it might inspire you one day to make me keeper of the cellar keys, Father.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They argued that allowing women to participate would distract from the key issue: abolition. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Using an infinity key, which analyzed and opened all forms of locks known, he entered Polokov’s apartment, laser beam in hand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jack jiggled a key in a lock, then opened them to reveal an enormous room decorated in burgundy and silver-blue, just like the lobby. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Lucia told me where she hides the spare key,” Prosper answered in embarrassment. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A common prank was to send a new bug boy all over the track looking for the phantom “key to the quarter pole.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoon was about to hit the computer key when Ms. Owens cleared her throat in dramatic fashion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He crosses to the large leather chair reserved for him, takes the key out of his pocket, fumbles with the ornate brass- bound leather-covered box that stands on the table beside the chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swooped the feathers over the piano keys and as the dust drifted back down, he told me that Lin Nai-Nai was home. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music that does not stray at all from its key is called diatonic. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

THE next evening, I’m working upstairs in my room, banging the keys on my Corona. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She hit the number Five key and a printer on my side of the counter spit out my list. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t there—at least I didn’t think he was—and I had the key. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Park was going to take her keys, then sneak back out the kitchen door, the door farthest from his parents' room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Next to her purple hat box is Dad’s small silver safety box with the key in the lock and practically begging me to open it, so I do, when, unexpectedly: What are you doing, Filthy? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The expectations for music in a minor key are a little different than for music in a major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

While her mom worked the key in theirs, Emily noticed the door to the right was wide open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The moment the lock had clicked open, the key took flight again, looking very battered now that it had been caught twice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And then, as carefully as she could, she leaned over and, gently, placed the key on the tablecloth. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of a key being turned in the lock. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her keys from the corner table by the door, and a book that looked like one of those romance novels they sell in the supermarkets. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I opened a console window and keyed in the command word to activate my computer’s self-destruct sequence: shitstorm. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

About ten o’clock there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, and a jingling of keys, and the door of the cell was opened. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

There should be a key that lets me out, but somebody’s taken it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

So why bother with different keys at all? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Pong scooped up the keys from where Winya had dropped them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And when I sing to him, I'm not just left of the key or right of the tune He says I sing beautifully. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

In this mode, which scale tones are raised or lowered from the major key? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His brother William tiptoed to the front door and, as quietly as he could, inserted the key into the lock. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wab carried the keys in the cradle she’d made out of the front her sweater and they slid against each other like low metallic groans. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it might even be said that this small decision of mine constituted something of a key turning point; that that decision set things on an inevitable course towards what eventually happened. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sink into a chair at their table, order a gin fizz at the waiter’s suggestion, and concentrate on Dutchy’s fingers, which I can see from where I’m sitting, deftly skimming the piano keys. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It had books and maps and movies and key chains. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Liam was busy testing out whether he could use Betty’s car key to pry open the lids of the fruit and soup cans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He could hardly manage to get the key into the lock. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There lay on the dirt a ring of keys. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They hovered by the door, inspecting the lock, Cray-Cray jingling his massive all-campus key ring that always hung from his belt like some kind of medieval weapon. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As for said alchemist, if he was having any luck with his alkahest, he was keeping it as much a secret as his key ingredient. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Usually you need a key card, but the doorman vanished. That means the defenses are crumbling. Anyone can walk into the elevator now and head straight up.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Pass me those keys and I’ll handle the rest of those prison cells for you. And thanks!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I stare at the beautiful wedge of key lime pie and my mouth waters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When I shook the box, it rattled like a key. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Atzerodt took the only room key with him when he fled, so detectives have to break down the door to investigate. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’ll be so good as to fetch me the key to my room in the solar—the special one,” he added, “I’ll settle the boy. Then we can speak.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I tear my keys from the ignition and storm up the walkway to the back door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Did Donovan want the phone because he had no car keys and needed a ride? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I go to the crow’s nest to ponder the obstacles and consequences to getting this particular boss key. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He walks downstairs and slides his key across the front desk. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped his keys back into his tool belt and headed for the mess hall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Walking home to Euclid Avenue in the evenings, I carried my house key wedged between two knuckles and pointed outward, in case I needed it to defend myself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Threaten us all you want, but you need us to get those keys, don’t you?” asked Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kaz had crouched down, turning all the keys, trying to get all the dogs waddling at the same time, and the boy selling them had struck up a conversation with Jordie. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then she thought about the other lines of the prophecy: The twins snuff out the angel’s breath, who holds the keys to endless death. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He inserts the key, opens the box, lifts out the Bible, an ordinary copy, with a black cover and gold-edged pages. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at her computer desk, sipping coffee and tapping keys. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman hangs on to everything a normal person would throw out: Happy Meal toys, lost playing cards, grocery-store receipts, keys, dolls, a saltshaker, trains . . . how does he know this stuff could be art? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every time the cow moves, its huge rib cage shifts between my legs, and my heels slide over the ribs like fingers over piano keys. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went over basic strategy, how to read the keys for the six sweep and the ten tackle trap and the waggle at eight, what to do depending on how Nimitz lined up on offense. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second, please remember to mention the location of your house key. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A set of keys went missing for an hour early last week and then turned up again in the wrong place, and nobody can account for the time they were gone. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Outside Bookmarks, Finch pulls out a set of keys and unlocks the door. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If Smith was killed because of what he had learned, that information might be the key to unlocking the inside world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The keys are then slapped and pounded, and I'm forced to explain that if you want the words to appear, you first have to plug it in and insert a sheet of paper. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the camo pants had huge cargo pockets—plenty of room for his wallet, his car keys, and the minirecorder, which he'd taken to carrying everywhere. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Her hands struck the keys, her head moved to the music’s rhythm, her thin body swayed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It could end thousands of years of hostility. It might be the key to defeating Gaea. But if we can’t help you...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Infosys, he said, can hold a virtual meeting of the key players from its entire global supply chain for any project at any time on that supersize screen. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“About ten of my paces away. To the right. A big man. I can see the keys in a bunch at his waist.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The last thing Aru saw before she touched the second key symbol on her mehndi map were some new words on the boulder. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thinking Henry had forgotten his key, I went to let him in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Hurry, hurry!’ screamed Aunt Gloria, almost grabbing the keys off Dad. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one is allowed to leave his respective building with keys, and no one is allowed to leave keys on a desk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“And, yes, manipulating those proteins is the key to my research.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Dewey fitted a key into the front door of the Clutter house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then came the familiar rattle of the typewriter keys being struck, the thwack of the carriage return being hit. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The key to ending an Uncle Carlos interrogation. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He pulls her out the door and locks the key pound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the girl gave her a puzzled look, Kaede pointed to the door, gesturing the act of turning a key in its lock. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“And, Paine, could you please go find my car keys?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The stupid dog was the key to it all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of a lid being removed and the jangling of keys. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked, Spoon got his key ready. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Besides the garbage, I found some car keys that Jimmy said were from a DeSoto, a couple of teddy bears, some watches, a couple of wallets, and a few jackets. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some of us today recoil every time we touch the backspace key. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held up the car keys in front of him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I do one more bass riff—the fingers of my left hand dancing on the deeper-toned keys. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they assassinate them over there; and they jail them and throw away the key over here.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned the key again, and the engine caught. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or snuck into your bedroom while you were sleeping and taken your car key? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly she shelved the book and pocketed the keys. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I knew they kept their key under a potted plant in the backyard. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I pulled it from the key pocket in my jeans and asked her if we should use it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stomp up the steps and grab my key from my backpack. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But at least she knew now something that might be a key to Harris-6. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was devastated when she died in 1687, and throughout the rest of his life was noticeably melancholic; 1687 was also a key year in the dispute with Newton, which can hardly have helped matters. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Granny used to strike as many wrong keys on the piano as Miss Effie Belle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But there was a mystery here, she knew, and she was equally sure the Wrights held the key to it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A “major key” music piece communicates cheer, while a “minor key” mirrors grief. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When dealing with a clown like Carlos, the key is to never let him see you flustered. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To put it in the right key for your vocalists. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As I stared at the key in the palm of my hand, I felt a brief jolt of panic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Evidently she’d taken the key from Chess while he wasn’t paying attention. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I inserted the key and turned it gently to the right. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbled for the car keys, opened the door, and slid into the seat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The "bright"-sounding major chords and the strong feeling of tonality are what give major keys their happy, pleasant moods. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I recognize the sound of a key turning in a lock and the metallic smell of blood. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“To be sure, and therein lies the key to my skill. Only birds can manipulate time. Therefore, all time manipulators must be able to take the form of a bird.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She punches a key and then runs a long-nailed finger down her computer screen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remembering your dreams, remembering your past, they are as one. The past is the key to the now.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re the head of the art club, right? You’ve got the key to that supply closet. Lots of paint in there—including spray paint.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

His dad jingling the keys in front of Lizzie in her stroller. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I now know that within this edict lay the key to all living. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

However, the existence of so many key documents that refer to the Christian god tells us the separation is not as clear as we might think it is. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she reached out her hand, so that Finn could place the key in it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The bishop gave a few key details, namely, that Reggie would be leaving in less than two weeks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I walk on cat feet through the tiny kitchen and living area, grabbing a key card off the table. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Atahuallpa’s presence at Cajamarca thus highlights one of the key factors in world history: diseases transmitted to peoples lacking immunity by invading peoples with considerable immunity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The original key had been lost in the fire, and all the other keys he found around the station and in the windup toys from the booth didn’t fit. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He holds out a ring with two card keys dangling from it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they have some way of letting their customers get into those bins. I’m sure I’m not the first person in history to have locked a key inside.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came of age, he moved to Athens and heard the philosopher Ariston of Chios, who was a student of Zeno of Citium, a key figure in the history of the Stoic school. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He would look at the glowing Antly stained-glass windows and when hefinished looking at them, he would lock the church with an enormous key and make it dark. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night officer hands me the radio and some other keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded, led me out to one of the cabins, and dropped a key in my hand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was shuffling around the carpeted living room in his socks, collecting his keys, his wallet, and his glasses like he did every time he left the house. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I wait at home until Mom pulls in, take the keys from her before she can even get the door all the way open, and drive to school. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the opening prelude of Parsifal’s third act, the music shifts and slides around, avoiding settling on one key or chord for more than one beat. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t bother him that his name is never an option on key chains or metal pins or refrigerator magnets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yawning, he searched his coat pocket for his keys. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He cannot see the keys, and Brahmasura never knew what the sprig really was. She probably just thought it was a magical bauble that kept her beautiful.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I run my fingers over the smooth keys, a warm, comforting feeling settles over my shoulders and moves down my arms. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the sink, twirling his car keys on his forefinger. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A C sharp major chord means something different in the key of D than a D flat major chord does. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She looked for the key and found it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she still hadn’t even given him a key. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The key is to recognize that the rules of usage are tacit conventions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The statements made by Department witnesses seeking appropriations were not in accord with those contained in key publications of the Agriculture Department. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They felt very important using their private key to get into the school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth whispered as she took her key, and at the Professor’s nod there was a storm of comment. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice returned, “Quite right,” and the window was shut again, and a young lady came across the court-yard, with keys in her hand. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Into his father’s study for the keys to Mrs. Cobb’s house. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

We followed Dr. Tamba to the front desk and got our room keys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He knew that when taking a portrait shot, the face, especially the eyes and mouth, were the key elements. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Master stared at her silently and then handed her a bunch of keys. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But despite its hints at the shift from modes to keys, Miserere mei is still framed within the medieval Phrygian mode, often noted for its air of melancholy. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

You could put pure white candles in them and play by the candlelight which threw dreamy shadows over the creamy ivoried keys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This box has specific instructions to contact a law firm in Denver if anyone ever arrives with the key.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The other mother walked over to the door and pushed the key into the lock. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Aileen was the one who had provided him with the extra key to Armpit’s room. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I found some weird underwear and a hotel key,” I say. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And now I was smuggling Hitler’s most prized treasure, along with a map and key to the Amber Room in my boot heel. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They shook a man’s hand, and he gave my dad a set of keys. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They had talked about Christmas and presents until the subject was exhausted and then they began to talk about the keys and the Professor and what he’d said the evening before. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nor should you. We’ll find you some good wood elsewhere. I’m getting close to convincing a few key people to invest in our school. Now, Neel, how are you feeling about tomorrow?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

With each pound of the piano keys, a sharp stab was driven through my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

After consulting with Chinese speakers, she and her team were able to crack key portions of that message within a week. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Fifty meters to the ramparts, a hundred or so more along the base of the walls; from her pocket she pulls Hubert Bazin’s iron key. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

By degrees he lowered the laser beam; he sat gripping it and then he shrugged and returned it to the desk drawer, locking the drawer and restoring the key to his pocket. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

By the end of the summer, he declared his intention to make the eradication of poverty a key legislative objective in 1964. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He went through the files, picking out key memos and cables. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She digs around in her purse for her keys, and then she remembers—she stuck them in the ashtray of the car so she could find them easily! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to emulate a whole band - bass, accompanying chords and tune - the solo pianist had to leap about the keys frantically, resulting in a rather virtuoso left-hand motion from bass to chord and back. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I pull the key to our apartment out of my shoe and wriggle it in the lock. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He worked on his Coo speech until it was time to go, first making an outline, then putting his key points on three-by- five cards. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Because we thought we were in love, she said, “Can I have my own set of keys made?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was the fumble of a key in the lock, and a few moments later Charles plunged through the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her father turned the key in the ignition. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I keep thinking of Olga’s underwear, the hotel key, and that strange smirk on her face when she died. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The letter says she’s the key, not James Parker. He’s probably keeping himself anonymous because he doesn’t want the focus to be on him.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With his borrowed key, he opened the Pipeworks door, and they hurried past the yellow slickers on their hooks and the lines of rubber boots. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She slid the key in as quietly as she could and turned it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, he took his keys and a flashlight and left with MacDiff. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I closed and relocked the drawer, then carefully returned the keys to their hiding place. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Funny thing about being a prince—people will give you keys to just about anything if you ask nicely.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He fished in his own pocket and his fingers grazed his key ring, but he stopped. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.32: The key signatures for E flat and D sharp look very different, but would sound the same on a keyboard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I passed my boards!” she screamed to neighbors fumbling for their house keys. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now, when I looked at her hands with their swollen knuckles folded together in her lap, I imagined them smooth and slim, striking the piano keys. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Down in the basement either Gretchen was practicing her piano or the cat was chasing a moth across the keys. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Brushing me aside, she set her flashlight down and struck the yellowed keys. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His music, joyfully and abundantly at ease with the new major and minor key palette, was a gateway to the extraordinary creative possibilities opening up with the new system. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chiba: “So how could the crew open the cages if they didn’t have the keys?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jeff took a piece of soap and made an imprint of the key. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The maid tells it true,” declared a stocky man in white and purple, whose cloak was fastened with a pair of crossed bronze keys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I know your keys wont fit. That’s why I had the lock changed. What I want to know is, how that window got broken.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went out to the top of the key, moved across the line slowly, then took a big step and went up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was willing enough to hand over the keys to the banquet hall. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can hardly get the key in the lock. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Today’s the day, Georges. Mr. X went out this morning. We’re going to find whatever the key opens. This is it.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hear the jangle of keys, the flick in the ignition, the awakening gasp of the engine. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She just stood there in shock, staring at the key grasped in her fingers and at the keyhole beyond. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Whenever they run out for a quick errand, though, I hunt for the key. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I let him open the doors with his own keys. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just like at home, there’s a hidden key. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then going through the other door to the hall he pulled the door to, locked it and slipped the key into his pocket. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we would play half the night, coming up with endless possibilities for questions and answers, only repeating the key word in every sentence. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes closed up Mr. Larson’s fat file folder, put it back in the drawer, shut the cabinet, locked it, and dropped the key back into its place. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

District 13 strictly forbids any production or consumption of intoxicating beverages, and even the rubbing alcohol in the hospital is kept under lock and key. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Because he walked Delilah on Fridays, he had a key to our house, but he never liked to use it if he thought someone might be home. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew the only time he took off his key ring was when he played one of us in foosball. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It smelled of oil and made a sharp clacking noise like a train running down a track as the keys snapped against the carriage. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Stella ran her fingers gently over the round black letter keys, pressing the S for Stella part of the way down, watching the type bar rise up toward the roller. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I pushed Mom’s third key into the lock and opened the doors, and we were inside. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They push down a key and way at the other end of the instrument something moves. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not keyed in to their value system. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as the elevator doors closed, I slipped the key into the slot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He put the keys back on his side belt loop, where he always has them. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get her inside,” I said, and handed Carmen the keys. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And even if one reached the door, you couldn’t enter the trailer, because the delivery team had failed to leave a set of keys. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

By the time I turned the key in the engine, Andy was clawing at the lock, while the other boys popped off the windshield wipers, and tried to get into the passenger’s side. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could go downtown and see colored people working in the dime store behind die counters, even handling money with cash-register keys around their necks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

By the late 1960s, a few things had changed in the South, thanks to some key leaders. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think the key is in the box. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She signed a lease on a new two-bedroom apartment in Newsome Park, picking up the keys to a white dwelling with black shutters, identical to the 1,199 others that had been built there. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dad’s version of “lite” Indian sweets for “better” Indian restaurants was the key to his success after years trying to peddle the crazy-sweet stuff. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But now I possessed a new piece of information—the key was somewhere in Sector Seven. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The lobby was empty except for a night clerk dozing in his lit booth among the key rings and the silent telephones. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Great. When he comes, you make a sad face, tell him you’re lost and need help. And then we’ll clobber him over the head and take his card key.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And an interval of a diminished fourth means something different than an interval of a major third, even though they would be played using the same keys on a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“She just showed up, a few minutes after I got the key.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I find a clear bottle of rubbing alcohol and a small box of Band-Aids, drop a few bucks on the counter, and ask for a key to the restroom. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

If I’d known how to drive and had the keys, I would have driven the car into better shade. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t matter, because the keys knew what to do. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I gave him a high-five, and I showed him the key that I had found, and asked him what he could tell me about it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was the clasp of the key ring to wrestle with, and the perpetual risk of the hail, which for a Gallivespian was deadly: blocks of ice as big as his two fists. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The key was stubborn, and he wiggled it back and forth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the power of calculus, the key problem remained. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They walked to the back of the entry hall, and Doon opened the steel panel and took out the key. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They discussed the technical challenges and lack of key materials that had slowed their own bomb-making efforts. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay, so we lost a day yesterday. And y'all know we gotta make up for it today," Coach said, spinning his car keys on his index finger. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

At midmorning, Officer Birch told me it was time for the lock- down inmates’ interviews with the mental-health staff, and he handed me a ring of keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lock the door and stuff the key into my pocket and let Thomas guide us through the darkness to the stairs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I fetched the extra key from its hiding place in the bushes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

I knew that performing high-degree-of-difficulty routines was the key to taking my gymnastics to the next level, especially under the revised international Code of Points introduced in 2006. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Play the same progressions in different keys and listen to how that does and also does not change the sound of the progression. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But for us this is just the sort of key detail that makes the story convincing. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He pulled a short key on a ring from his pocket and held it in the air like a cartoon superhero. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mustafa takes the keys without a word, and I follow him back to the car, while our parents look for Imam Malik and Hamid Uncle in the mosque. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora held up a ring of keys and jangled them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Turning the key to unlock our back door, I heard Trotter’s voice. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The madwoman. If she had a key, she could leave things inside our door.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fire alarm key was hanging on its hook. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uniformed men take my grandparents' phones and even their keys, and we walk through something that Tanvi Ma'am says is an instrument made to detect metal. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Do key signatures make music more complicated than it needs to be? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I like when I need the black keys—the flats and the sharps. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“The key to my room. I would like to have it. Makana, because I would like some privacy.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You stuck your finger in a pencil sharpener. You swallowed a key. You lost it at the field trip. Joey, you make very bad decisions for yourself.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused at her door to find her keys in her handbag, and then there we were, standing by her gate, watching her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, I need her to explain to her husband why a hundred-and-sixty-five-pound Negro woman has keys to his house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I turn the key and the engine starts right up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed me as I grabbed the cans from the lady and used my house key to pop the lids off like my dad did with beer bottles. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I—forgot the key. I’ll have to go home and get it.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This chapter will outline some of the characteristics and key elements of music and play, including a discussion of the innateness of musical creativity and suggestions for encouraging creativity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Often I could not sleep until I heard her key hit the door. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only shake my head and wait for him to open the car with his remote-control key thing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Romantic-era47 music also tends to use more complex chords in greater variety, and is very likely to use chords that are not in the key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His thumbnail twanged the flat iron keys of the instrument, and the sound resonated inside the calabash on his knees. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls the España key chain out of her shorts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She picks it up, and thumbs a key, and puts the telephone to her ear. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The last puzzle held the key that opened the door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If they could memorize their new alphabet, they’d be able to read each other’s messages without using an answer key for reference. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She slides a hidden drawer out of the base, finds a hidden compartment beneath the drawer, takes out a wooden key, and slots the key inside the chimney. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Brenda picks up her backpack and sweater and keys and phone and all the other things that are spilled across the table and dumps them onto the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been your best friend for years. Of course I know where your parents hide the spare key.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A key turns in the lock, and the door swings open. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s hoping,” Kate said, reaching up to tap the E key. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were to be locked in empty shower stalls on Q-gallery, and for that they needed keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found a key in a jewelry box once, but it didn’t fit. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get why you felt the need to lie to me,” Drew said as Erin pulled her car keys out of her coat pocket. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Grandson, reach in my pocket and grab the keys in there,” Grandpop said, interrupting Genie’s frantic forage. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The clacking of computer keys continues, neither machine nor operator moved by tears. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And since I have access to his keys—with his permission, of course—I came here to retrieve it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lena walked closer to Anya and said in a soft voice, “Did you use my key?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

At first, I would constantly ask when I could see the trunk and use the key. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I pull out a small, knotted plastic bag full of two gold chains, three rings, and one key. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Most are suspicious that Irene will pocket loose change or a pen or keys or whatever. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the hallway Mom fumbled with the key in the lock, when the door across the hall opened and a pair of dark shiny eyes peered out. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I heard a commotion in the living room, the girls arguing again, but the front was locked and I had the only key. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I frantically searched the black cavern of my purse for the keys. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

To have his keys to count and countercheck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Morgo, bring the keys. You fill the pails and come right back, dwarf. You know what happens to slaves who try to escape.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Harry watched, astounded, as Dumbledore placed the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth keys in their respective locks, reopening the trunk, and each time revealing different contents. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But as they move over the piano keys, lifting such sweet music out of them, I want to run down and hug him. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The following pentatonic scale, for example, is not simply another transposition of the "black key" pentatonic scale; the pattern of intervals between the notes is different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Because of their key role in establishing and populating a colony, settlers may be called colonizers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” I said, and I showed her the envelope, and explained how I had found the key, and how I was trying to find the lock it opened, and how maybe black meant something. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the cipher key I used. Decoded, my message reads Royal Fungus.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If Marcus would look up from the lock instead of fiddling with his huge ring of keys, he’d see everything that happened between Bo and me because in this moment it is so obvious. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He cussed once, finally producing a set of keys. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Yet, from the bureau’s early reports on the case, White suspected that Blackie might have key information about the murders, and without consulting Hoover, White had him transported to Guthrie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A stream of images and thoughts swept across his mind .. . every teacup and urn and key and painting and chair and book he’d seen leapt towards him out of the darkness. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This may also be another clue that ancient modes may have had more variety of tuning and pitch than modern keys do. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“How did you get the keys?” my mom asked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I had some success with the strings of the lute, but my fingers fumbled on the keys of the virginal. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At the sight of Peeta’s bloody wrists, I dig in my pocket for the handcuff key, but he jerks away from me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If the final chord is the tonic of either the major or minor key for that key signature, you have almost certainly identified the key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Just then, I heard keys jingling in the front door and Ma came slumping in from work. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Francie was so fascinated by the metronome that she found it hard to listen to what Miss Tynmore said and to watch the way she placed Mama’s hands on the keys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved retelling key moments in Sinclair family history, enlarging their importance. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes opened his desk drawer and took out the key to the file cabinet where he kept the records about each teacher at Denton Elementary School. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I’ve spent so long looking for this key. It’s hard to look at it.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He put the key in the heart-shaped hole in the middle of the mechanical man’s back. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“But couldn’t you go to the bank and tell them you’d lost the key?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Casually, Annie sank a shot from the top of the key as if it were a layup. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our father is pacing the floor, jingling his keys in his pocket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Together we sing the first verse in a low key, just as we’ve practiced. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Of course. The book keeper keeps it under lock and key. People filch them sometimes, you know. Do their own version. It hurts our box, then." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got her keys and ran out to the car and started the engine with a roar and fishtailed out of the driveway and onto the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I take the key to the trunk upstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know anything about the key, so the paintings meant nothing to me, even if I knew they were famous. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hear him throw down his keys, take something out of the refrigerator. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He tapped some keys and pulled the lever on it and then inspected the resulting paper strip. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even manual typewriters had been banned, for fear that eavesdroppers could somehow decipher what was being typed from the sound of the keys. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The material they had isolated would be the most important biological isotope of all, and the key to a wide range of research requiring precise biological tracing and dating. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Poirot slipped his hand into the pocket and took out a conductor’s pass key, used to unlock the doors of the compartments. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But composers often add some notes or even whole sections of music that are from a different key, to make the music a little more complex and interesting. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He laughed, then tossed his car keys in the air and caught them with a jingle. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For example, C minor has the same key signature as E flat major, since E flat is a minor third higher than C. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Despite the rain he jolted around the grounds to direct planting and sodding and every morning at dawn attended Burnham’s mandatory muster of key men. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He said, “If you come up, I’ll have a look at that key.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have to access to find my keys, then find my way to school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had left it folded on the dresser and laid my keys and pocket watch atop it, like an apology. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pressed a key on his desk intercom and said, “Send one of the bounty hunters in here; I don’t care which one. Okay; thank you.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had been the key to most of their plans, Seven learned. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

For two days there was nothing but strawberries, strawberries, strawberries, and then our supply was either exhausted or in jars, safely under lock and key. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the minivan with the keys in the ignition but the engine not yet started, she asked, “What time do your parents get up, by the way?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The conductor came and unlocked the door for them with his key. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the door, Chess pulled out the key and turned it in the lock. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

You can begin practicing harmonic analysis by practicing identifying whether a piece is in the major key or in its relative minor. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Liam ran through his usual routine of checking the mirrors’ position, adjusting the recline of his seat, buckling himself in, and turning the keys in the ignition. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The map to the underground vault, along with the key, was still in my boot heel. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thorn zipped her lips and threw away the key. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I fingered the face, wondering at the single-stroke eyebrows; picked at the pearly teeth stuck like two piano keys between red bowline lips. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose we were a bit high—keyed up with the Benzedrine, rattling through the French countryside in the moonlight, people we love and work with disappearing around us like burnt-out sparklers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

So while Mackenzie runs herself ragged in game temples, I wander through my neighborhood making random turns, maybe in search of my own boss key. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Other key figures either profited or suffered from their roles. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Merely touch the symbol of the key, and you will be transported somewhere close to it. But from there, it is up to you to find and claim the real key.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The most important symbols on the staff, the clef symbol, key signature and time signature, appear at the beginning of the staff. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

This book very elegantly propounded the belief that genes were the key components of living cells and that, to understand what life is, we must know how genes act. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Concluding that economics, not politics, held the key to black success in America, Moore started a new career as a corporate gadfly, disrupting stockholders' meetings with pointed questions about racial policies and hiring practices. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the plane’s radar picks up the mistake, and then comes the key sentence: “Captain hit First Officer with the back of his hand for making the error.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I thought he must be trying to mend fences, because he asked for the south-side keys—he was actually going to help me lock my guys in, not just stand there and criticize. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doon dashed into the Pipeworks office long enough to replace the key on its hook, and then they pulled open the stairway door and started down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cheers erupted as she shoved one key and then another into the lock. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Norwegians would lead the way and do everything possible to help the British soldiers demolish key parts of Vemork. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled out a ring with two small keys hanging off it. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes traveled down the length of the staff to the keys on the floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

While she snored like a giant, I sorted through her keys until I found the one that unlocked the apothecary. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She reached up and took the key from around her neck. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The door shut behind them and I heard a key jiggle in the lock. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Even though you weren’t supposed to. You stole your father’s keys.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It could be something as small as someone being named River and being an excellent swimmer, or as significant as Valley’s name being the key to their impossible task. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I rushed through them to open the gate, then realized I had no idea which key to use. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the SIM guards left behind had asked her for the keys. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember helping with the order the last time that happened. I did the engraving. It was a key for the Ellison girls.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In a flurry of jangling keys and heavy breathing, Manny shut down the industrial lights and let them out of the iron fence around the Junklot. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Right then there were footsteps outside the office door and the sound of keys rattling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this room held the key to all his uncle’s secrets. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I would have liked to have sat across from her when Fats Waller, tinkling the keys of the piano seductively with his thick, powerful fingers, rolled his big eyes at her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The German woman had arrived with the keys. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk right up to it and run my fingers across some of the keys. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She reached for the keyhole with her key, and Alfhercht grabbed it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Annabeth had said the statue was the key to defeating Gaea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the ceiling in the dormitory bedrooms, he wrote the alphabet together with key words, whose accents were a reminder of the code for the various letters. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashish reached into his shorts pocket and pulled out a key. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“They’re still gonna run with it though. It’s what they do. The key for you is to play the role, whatever that role is.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I shift on the bench, and my elbow strikes one of the piano keys. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’d be into it. The keys are right here. We could go tomorrow,” Immie said, and patted the bag that sat on the kitchen counter. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Among the whistles on colorful coiled plastic key chains, small blue rubber footballs, Frisbees, yo-yos, bubbles, and glow jewelry, I saw green and red and blue glitter pens. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He’d be happy to slam the door closed and throw away the key himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But before Millard could get the key in the door, the Gypsy boy stood up and shouted, “Help! They’re trying to get away!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It had been done with a key or a rock and was in no way accidental. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed so I wouldn’t be noticed, and I tried the key in the door to the bathroom, and the different bedroom doors, and the drawers in Mom’s dresser. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

The deacon pulled his keys from his pocket as he neared his car—a cream-colored Cadillac sedan. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I get Seven’s keys, and he grabs a gas can from the trunk. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“On the bench. Where we met and you gave me the magic square book. I saw a football jacket and some beers, and I think there was a ring of keys.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A professor gave him a key for after-hours access to the library, where he spent much of his free time. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is interesting to note that the different keys in a well temperament tuning were sometimes considered to be aligned with specific colors and emotions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Master had given Lyra her own key to the garden door so she could come and go as she pleased. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hear Mom on the phone with someone, and I can’t find anyone else when I go downstairs, so I grab my keys off the quiet-room desk and decide to take myself out to breakfast. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wiggled his finger inside of it and pulled out a small key. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

She sorted through them carefully, and selected the oldest, biggest, blackest, rustiest key.They went into the drawing room. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“The Sleeper can’t see the keys, but he knows that we can…. Which means he could be after us right now...” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Doppler effect is the key to cosmology. explosions, that produced any particular sample of magnesium. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tilted the key up to the light and read them aloud: “What you seek lies hidden in the trash on the deepest level of Daggorath.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Don’t need keys and don’t need to sign in—just walk right through—they don’t ask questions. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charles,” said Francis, jingling his car keys nervously, “we stopped by because we’re driving out to the country. Thought it might be nice to get away for a while. Do you want to come?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the cover is a garden bursting with flowers, and a silver key and key- hole. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The keys to the Halliday family car were on a pegboard next to the refrigerator. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She actually looked relieved when I showed her the key. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

High school is like a whole universe of parties, groups, activities to which you are the only person who doesn’t have the key, who never gets an invitation. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home that afternoon I sent him an e-mail: “It’s too bad you didn’t know anything about the key, but it was still nice to meet you.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded with solemnity and repeated the two key words. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Klan was thought to hold great sway with key Georgia politicians, and its Georgia chapters were said to include many policemen and sheriff’s deputies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The key to the cell hung from a hook on the wall above the table. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She pushed my essay aside and tapped a key on her computer to make the screen brighten again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But at the top of the stairs I stop and sit, watching my father at the piano as he lifts his fingers from the keys and presses them down again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

James pointed to a paragraph on his answer key made entirely of Os and Is: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Safer opens one hand, showing me the little gold key. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Why would my key fit into your father’s machine? That doesn’t make any sense.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Soojin turns the key in the front door of her house and pushes it open, setting off a loud beeping. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Together, they touched the second key symbol on the side of their hands. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lamphere guessed that the information inside his boss's safe held the key to something big, something that might finally give him the upper hand in his years-long hunt for Soviet spies in America. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He was my friend,” she said, careful that her voice not shift too much in key. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at the hotel in Houston, Aileen was there to give them all their room keys and schedules. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad swings through the kitchen and grabs the car keys from the bowl on the counter. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The man took a key from his pocket and opened the gate. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty Lewis cut the car off and pulled the key out of the dashboard. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The past is the key to the now. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She explained that he was on a restricted floor and would need to use his room key in the elevator. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I put the key to the door and lock it behind me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gauguin calls them the key to the exhibition. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He wears a key to his childhood home around his neck, but he doesn’t know the last time he actually thought about the boy who used to push it into the lock. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t even consider the possibility. That’s why regulation is key.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He gave them thirty more seconds, which felt like an eternity, then used the keys to unlock the door. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Last I heard, they kept safety-deposit boxes there—which is what I assume this key unlocks.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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 sounded as if a raccoon ran back and forth, mashing on the keys. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Once we are out of the car, the yardboy pulls the garage door down and hands Mundín the key to the connected cabin. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They set up a play for Ducky where he was supposed to move off a pick at the top of the key and cut across the lane. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bit pulled his key out of his pocket, unlocked the door. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But to get the key, each Sixer has to beat the lich at Joust, which we all know isn’t easy.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I opened it up, and inside there was a key. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then we play the whole thing again, double time, missing notes, ending with a giant crescendo, splattering the keys, and laughing like maniacs. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka took a key from his pocket, leaned over the side of the boat, and put the key in the keyhole. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, we need to get our armor and the second key...so the second sign?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As with so many other things, time is the key factor—speed in discovering the deficiency, and speed in administering hormonal substitutes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It also highlighted her key role in the I'm Alone case, which had saved the United States a small fortune. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I put the key in my shoe and race down the steps to school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Why are you so interested in my key?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The red-faced man took a big iron key on a ring as big around as the boy’s head and unlocked one of the iron gates. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After leaving the keys beneath the floor mat on the driver’s side, I walked back to our car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hate is the key. Hate is the driver. Hate is the fire that purifies the soldier. The soldier must hate.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We took turns stabbing at the keys, but as soon as the novelty wore off, we bolstered it with sofa cushions and turned it into a fort. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but the key is to never look crazy.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Which explains why moving between key- families that had flats to ones with sharps was dangerous and disagreeable. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The light over the door, which usually came on automatically at night, wasn't working, and it took Elinor a ridiculous amount of time to get her key into the lock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lily pulled a set of keys from her pocket, turned the lock, and pushed the door open. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The woman tapped a few keys on her computer, then shook her head. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Morales had insisted she leave her notebooks in the car, so Emma had been reduced to writing potential code keys on napkins and awards tickets, and stuffing them in her pocket. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

I was sitting at a perfect piano, it turned out, with its surfaces carefully dusted, its internal wires precisely tuned, its eighty-eight keys laid out in a flawless ribbon of black and white. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I came because I couldn’t find the key to the tractor.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lexie pulled into a spot at the edge of the lot and handed the keys to Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hugo helped Isabelle to her feet, but he couldn’t stop staring at the key. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“If you help us, your name goes on the key, too. You couldn’t engrave it yourself, though. It’s bad luck. Who else at the store does engravings?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The ball came back to Rostelli who dribbled it to the right of the key, Ben overplaying the right hand again, watching, tensing, until the moment Rostelli moved the ball to his left hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, Pia would've taken her house key from around her neck and clutched it with the teeth jutting between her fingers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lord Godalming smiled, and the man lifted a good-sized bunch of keys; selecting one of them, he began to probe the lock, as if feeling his way with it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Absently, his hands fiddled with a plastic card on his key ring. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the familiar sound of a key turning the lock. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And if that’s not enough, doors to speakeasies stand ajar and in that cool dark place a clarinet coughs and clears its throat waiting for the woman to decide on the key. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was ready to key a message into my phone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He fumbles with his keys again, opening a second door that leads down into the basement. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lockton took a key ring out of the blue china snuff jar on the corner of the desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hits me—for the first time, I didn’t have to wrestle with my key. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a brief flash of blue light, during which all of our keys and the crystal door itself vanished. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The key was always left in a secret hiding place in the entry, which Edna knew. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a silver key from his pocket and unlocked the chain around the golden monkey’s feet and hands, and carefully avoided touching even the tip of one golden hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finding the right key took about twenty rings, and at first there was no one on the other end of the line. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried all the keys on her ring but none of them worked. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very strong it might be, wrought of steel and iron, and guarded with towers and bastions of indomitable stone, yet it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She toggled the appropriate keys and spoke clearly into the headset. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I held my breath as I lifted the lid, put my hand inside, and slowly pulled out the keys. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard his key in the door while I was in the kitchen making a cup of tea for Lily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Those tales had unlocked things that ordinary metal keys never could. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Doc removed something that looked like a big metal key from a basket and handed it to Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The shop doors were wide, as if people had run off without using their keys. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed, reached over, and tried to pull the keys from her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Trotter started for his house as I fished my key out of my jeans pocket. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t know it equal to me. You must have been under lock and key, dear boy, to know it equal to me,—but I ain’t a-going to be low.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The last key on the chain opened the lock, and Nok swung out of the cell, tumbling onto the ground at Pong's feet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She just said, “Come on,” and put the key in the door. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first key to the Kingdom of Death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I shut the door of my room and turned the key, and put the key in my pocket. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Georges, weren’t you about to ask me downstairs? To help you look for that key? Not that it isn’t fascinating about the oranges and the seaweed.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She can still remember when the robin helps Mary Lennox find the key to the gate. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Harry called, not taking his eyes off the key with the damaged wing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The scale that is created by playing all the notes in a minor key signature is a natural minor scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He rested his hands on the keys while he confronted the urge to type her name again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The key was to keep the proper amount in your purse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And not only had Marina Raskova played a key role in the phenomenal achievement, but she had an amazing story of ten days of wilderness survival to tell along with it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I can’t explain why, but I was sure that she didn’t know about the vase, the envelope, or the key. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I’m talking about, Tandy, that’s the exact thing. They don’t know if it was one of us. Maybe you gave a key to a boyfriend—” “You know I don’t have a boyfriend.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“That’s what happens to filthy little traitors who steal keys and set prisoners free.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bod pulled the paper back under the door, now with the key sitting on it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I inserted my key in the center keyhole. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It would be best, he says, if she stayed in the key pound with her Braille workbooks, or upstairs in the mollusk laboratory. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The keys are in the ignition,” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She cried out "Finally!" to her parents, as she turned the key in the lock. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garrett quickly pulls down the lid over the piano keys, and the fact that he’s worried about the piano makes me like him better. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Whatever the circumstances, he told his deepest secrets to the girl, the hidden keys to all his magic. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The scary parts were Tm coming to save your friend’s life” and “Oh, by the way, where do you keep your keys?” and “P.S. Don’t ever tell anyone about any of this.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

As the other two major chords in the key, IV and V are also likely to be very common. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe that would have the key in it.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Haley slid her card key down the reader slot in the 400s door. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"Dearest Sikander, to do that, first we must find Nergal. He is the key to all this." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But Margaret had been trained as a surgical nurse, which meant sterility was her specialty—it was key to preventing deadly infections in patients in the operating room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She put the key in the lock, pushed open the door, and went in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She gave him an envelope with the keys to his room and minibar. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The sharps or flats always appear in the same order in all key signatures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Then, without really thinking about why, Eleanor deliberately pressed a key. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Startled by loud banging on her apartment door, she struck the wrong typewriter key. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thrusts the beauty key into my hands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Later he will listen for footsteps in the corridor, the jangle of keys, and when it's clear, he will stand on the table. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Music that is in a minor key is sometimes described as sounding more solemn, sad, mysterious, or ominous than music that is in a major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There, she inserted the key into the lock. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have the keys, but it’ll be open tomorrow. I’ll see if I can get someone to find those photos.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We are like the twins in old fables, each of whom has been given half a key. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tosses the key to me, first doing a couple of fakes so I know it’s coming, but I still miss and have to pick it up off the floor. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he put his hand into his pants pocket and brought out a bunch of keys. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The alarm system is on, but Mrs. Johnson knows the codes and has a key. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I turned my key as silently as possible, and entered slowly. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.49: The time signature appears at the beginning of the piece of music, right after the clef symbol and key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some key steps in the development of the genetic code, or the Cambrian explosion, or bipedal stature among our ancestors were initiated by cosmic rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t eaten a hot meal all day, but we didn't care; Mother and Margot were too tired and keyed up to eat, and Father and I were too busy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To lift the lion’s paw knocker, to entertain thoughts of marrying the doctor’s daughter was possible because each key represented a house which he owned at the time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I built a key with old trade documents. It was a place to start. Then there were letters, books.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That’s kind of a key piece of information, if you ask me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mam puts the wet rag on my nose and a key on my neck but it won’t stop the bleeding. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The U.S. military had, in fact, broken many of the key Japanese codes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I finger the key in my pocket, and she watches but doesn’t say anything except, “There’s someone outside looking for you.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

To have empty box with key is no good. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She revealed that after the body was found, she’d obtained a set of Anna’s keys and had gone, with Anna’s sister Rita Smith, to Anna’s house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In transposing down to the key of D major, you need to raise the A natural in the key up a half step, to A sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Carousel after carousel of tchotchkes—key chains, shot glasses, magnets. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Emma was pretty sure there was a way to set up a secret computer program to test various keys to Mom’s code, but it seemed like it would take too long to figure that out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Adversity was like a key in the lock for me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I frown as I begin, hitting the keys with anger instead of love, pounding, hard instead of light. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Some cars have one key for the door and ignition and another key for the trunk and glove compartment.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually he had simply locked up and left, leaving the key with Mrs. Oakes so that she could come in once or twice a week mid keep the house warm, and aired. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in a crooked cranny near a back corner of the Homestead, Minho pulled out a key and opened up a shabby door leading to a small storage closet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled out a chain I kept around my neck, on which there hung a single key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Donna puts Dray’s keys in her purse and fidgets with his phone as she leads me to the bathroom. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

More than anything, she wishes she could take her gloves off and touch the keys and the wallets and the loose change. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the key into the keyhole and turned it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My fingers click over the keys of his laptop. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jerome Paisley slipped the key card into the slot and was pleased to see the green light come on. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Flickering candle in hand, I crawled under the bed to the far corner where my father had been hiding but I found no key on the earthen floor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The handheld mirror rested on it beside the ring with the three tiny keys. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

James pulled another sheet from his binder—the answer key, Emily presumed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was no key hanging nearby, and he couldn’t tell whether the door was locked, even by looking closely. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I held my key like a knife and I scratched. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Backpack, keys, money, cell phone, all on the kitchen table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His dad fanning out the keys to find the one to open the front door. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She went over to some boxes marked WINTER, put her key down, and scanned the labels on them until she found one marked SWEATERS, ETC. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delivered in grenades, rockets, and torpedoes, those incendiaries played a key role in Islam’s eventual defeat of the Crusaders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gingerly, with one hand, she tapped out a simple, slow melody on the higher keys. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Burnham ordered his key contractors—including Agnew & Co., erecting the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building—to stop work immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his keys and his backpack and started for the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The block’s keeplock officer, instead of borrowing my keys and ushering the inmates to their cells, called, “They’re back,” when he came through the gate and then disappeared. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erin held up an orange beach pail three-quarters filled with brightly colored phones and keys. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.15: The natural notes name the white keys on a keyboard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even the ignition key and steering wheel were the same. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seeing the tack and thinking he was racing that day, Seabiscuit would become keyed up, lose interest in eating, and fret weight off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody followed us to the foosball table and Jaden took off his keys, like he always does, and set them on the counter right behind him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Put the note on the line or space where it would fall if it were not an accidental, and then either lower or raise it from your new key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t reach into his pocket to find the key. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He selected one large key from the key ring, said “Follow me.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Too late—as Francis was paying the check—I realized what I should have said: that I’d left something in the car and needed the keys to go unlock the door and get it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finding only silence and smoke, Gerald fumbled hastily for his key. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure reads Jules Verne in the key pound, on the toilet, in the corridors; she reads on the benches of the Grand Gallery and out along the hundred gravel paths of the gardens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After centuries of being denied access to leadership positions in key social institutions, people of color quite understandably are hesitant to create circumstances that could trigger the downfall of “one of their own.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

With another key he opened the door of a tall cabinet near the king’s bed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his hand, which held a key. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, here’s your keys,” said the officer, passing to me two of the four heavy rings on his belt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her key in the door and I scooted back to our room just in time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I not only knew where it was, I had a map to the location and a key. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled his keys from his tool belt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Deliberately, making a wholly unnecessary display of fitting the key and turning it, he opened the padlock and loosened the chain and swung the gates just wide enough for the car to come through. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The toys wound up with a bronze key and waddled on stiff legs, tin ears flapping. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I put my hand in my pocket and felt the crackle of thick paper seventy years old, and the new key weighing heavy in the seam of the threadbare woven wool. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And then the door opens before I use my key—it’s my dad. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She swipes for the keys but falls into his arms instead. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

With this chronology in mind, we can now address an important question: was Copernicus’s adoption of the terraqueous-globe theory the key event which led to his switch from geocentrism to heliocentrism? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The key was to eliminate Sanders as soon as possible in the third quarter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they had left, locked the door behind them and put the key under the mat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining into the kitchen, illuminating everything: Ulysses's whiskers, the typewriter keys, her father's upturned and smiling face, and her mother's astonished and disbelieving one. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Over the centuries that followed, there were two key influences on the way rhetoric developed: Christianity and the written word. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I pounded my unease into the keys, hoping the discordance would drive him away, but he held on. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I can turn doorknobs, but I can’t insert and twist a key. I can’t use a key card, either. All I’m saying is, it better be unlocked.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She lay in a supply of after-school snacks, and she gave me a key to the back door, the one that opened the add-on living room. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lay down next to her dæmon as the key turned noisily in the door. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I plop down onto my bed and pop the key into the tiny lock on book’s gold clasp. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At first I think there must be some mistake; but no, this is the house all right, because my father is already opening the door with a key. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like access to this box,” she said, holding up the key. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

From then on his mother gave him a key, which he wore on a string around his neck. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tiny starfish hands, ribs pushing up against her skin like piano keys. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

On my keyboard, if I press the shift key I cannot then type a lower-case letter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her gaze was again drawn to the objects on the shelves: A rusty iron key. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was nasty, but the key looked the same after I washed it off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many keys, like maybe it could have been every key, ever, to the building, the keys somebody had made all the doctors and nurses and staff people turn in before they left. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

If you tinker with these, you might work out that the rotors and plugboard link up the letter keys and the indicators. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When we arrived home, Papa gave Roberto the car keys and asked us to unload the tank and refill the stove with it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on the toilet with my new bedroom slippers on when I heard splash-clunk as the key fell out of my butt and hit the porcelain bowl. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeno taught that the key to happiness lay in mastering the passions. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Settle the key at the bottom of Pop’s box. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

For example, even a beginning piano player can play the highest and lowest keys; and even the best player cannot play beyond these. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He falls into place on my left side as we go down our walkway, but he’s keyed up, waiting for something big to happen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

O’Hare had a little notebook with him, and printed in the back of it were postal rates and airline distances and the altitudes of famous mountains and other key facts about the world. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 6.25: Chords in the key of A flat major are not ideal for guitarists. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Almost all the kids in the neighborhood with working parents had their keys around their necks on either strings or plastic key chains made in Bible school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Magnus put ye up to this? Or do ye just think he wants you tracking down that key?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Figure 6.15: Did you move the key down a minor third? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I use keys,” I told him, and I showed him my apartment key. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And that being the case, it should be no surprise that it does not understand the secret language. The skeleton key does not fit.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“No keys in the locks,” the chief said uneasily. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

No matter that he’d resisted, no matter that he’d chosen this seat precisely to avoid this situation, here he was, staring at a slip of paper that contained the key to his hopes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rose up and went to Mr. Sharpe’s body; with a flourish, he drew' forth a set of keys and, from another pocket, a handkerchief. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He placed his wallet and a ring of keys in one of the bowls, which he then slid across to the guard on the other side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the front door, he set the package down carefully and patted all his pockets for his house keys. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Twins snuff out the angel’s breath, Who holds the key to endless death.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Always have your key out before you reach the front door. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In a week they’d get their keys back, but they’d have a better sense of my point of view, and maybe they’d remember to give me a ride now and then. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was plane tickets and keys to cars, but more importantly, it was tuition payments, food in the larder, medical care. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Coraline kept the key around her neck, but she put the gray marbles beneath her pillow; and in bed that night, Coraline dreamed a dream. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The old black key felt colder than any of the others. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

While Olivia and I were both intellectually capable of handling the college curriculum, of excelling in it even, we remained in key ways emotionally adolescent. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A quick move at the top of the key, drive through the middle, leap, leap, twist, and jam the ball through the hoop. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It included brass and wind instruments, percussion, and a whole gallimau&y of types of strings: plucked, stroked, strummed, keyed and bowed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Harry took the bench at the Steinway grand and paused for a moment with his fingers on the keys. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

After Habib finished, Fadi knew his father would grab his wallet, the car keys, and a warm coat like he usually did. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And lying on the dock near the boathouse was a key. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But the footsteps stopped just when they were loudest, and the keys clattered right outside the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” Tess said, running the white cloth over each key, spreading the strange scent of cooked flowers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He dug into his pocket and pulled out the small key he took from the ashtray in his car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His hand trembled, trying to turn the key, and it fell out on the floor after he had turned it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo pocketed the key and picked up the papers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Musical notes, as we have seen, are grouped in families called ‘keys’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“This is so awesome, Melody,” she says softly, and I let her touch the shimmery keys. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

You got in with a plastic key, the kind big hotels use. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’ve got the key,” and I produced it from my pocket as evidence. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t really remember how I got my keys out of my bag or what happened to my skateboard or how I got inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

You'll find that although the chords change from one key to the next, the pattern of major and minor chords is always the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Just like white people held the keys to things like the merry-go-round, the swimming pool, and the movie theater, they held the keys to all the best-equipped, most beautiful schools. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sets the coffee on top of his car and fumbles in his pocket for the keys. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled her car keys from her pocket and lifted her purse. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She fumbled for a moment with a key at the front door, then opened it and stepped back to let them pass. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He tucked away the keys in his waistcoat, hands trembling giddily. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Simply move all the notes down a third in the new key; count down three lines-or-spaces to find the new spot for each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There’s no pool in our backyard, just the one at the condos across the street that we used to sneak into when Doña Rosa loaned us her gate key. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were keys in several of the locks, and he selected one for me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives us a key and property map and tells us about the complimentary continental breakfast buffet. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I studied a collection of metal boxes with locks and keys. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘The keys are in the glove compartment, but, uh, can you drive?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I shoveled a whole piece into my mouth, grabbed my keys, and started walking to the restaurant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Two servants present dainty skeleton keys nestled onto a velvet board. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and waited for the sound of Death’s key in the lock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He always kept things low key before a race, and the boys spent the morning dozing, playing cards, and shooting the bull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Yet when the knight left, he locked the door behind him with a heavy iron key. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Those words were the key to the floodgates Dimple had kept tightly shut for the past month. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he took the key to the shop out of his pocket as though he owned it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I took this from Dad’s key ring. Guess what it’s for?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And so I slipped the keys within my waistcoat pocket and returned to the house to find blindfolds for the guests. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bod unlocked the gate with his key, and they went in. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When I got back Sally was pretending to be mad . . . something about the boys having stolen her keys. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have one on my key chain. It’s not much, though.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when he saw the key around Isabelle’s neck, he knew right away it would work. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His hope was to use his position as an insider to influence key decision makers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her mother, hands still poised over the keys of the typewriter, stared at Flora with her mouth open. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Lydia made a zipping motion over her mouth, then locked it with a pretend key. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the absence of key nutrients, a severe chemical imbalance develops in the brain, inducing convulsions and hallucinations. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another thing that hasn't changed about this house: the spare key on top of the doorframe, slightly rusty, cold in my hand. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Something had awakened him and he lay listening, his senses keyed and alert, the memory of the tanker fresh in his mind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack jiggled a key in a lock, then opened them to reveal an enormous room decorated in burgundy and silver-blue, just like the lobby. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He closed the door, noticed there was a key in the lock, and turned it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked the welcome mat aside, and there was another key underneath. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He is proud, I must use that, his pride will be the key. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her room key was found in his hotel suite. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I watched the girl put her sunglasses back on and fumble with her car keys. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Master gestured vaguely before he grabbed the car keys from the shelf. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Understanding why he entertained such hyperbolic thoughts is the key to the core meaning of the duel. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I open up the cover and let her bang on the black and white keys. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The old man grinned at her and pulled out a heavy key that he wore on a string around his neck. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He sticks the key in the lock, his back to me, voice flat as a museum guide’s. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

A key turned in the lock and the door swung open. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I threw the keys on the kitchen counter. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is easy to predict where the relative minor of a major key can be found. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Once she had a key, it took her only seconds to figure out the solution to the Maltese Falcon clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A ranger shone his flashlight on their faces and then fumbled with his keys. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. White gave his friend his car keys, because the friend wanted to borrow his car, and the friend gave Mr. White some money, which Mr. White had lent him earlier. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The van wasn’t on and running, and the road wasn’t passing underneath me, but the keys had been left in the ignition and the radio was on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One day, a warder had left his key on the desk in the office at the end of our corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longer than a regular key, it looked old-fashioned. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The motel clerk may have had doubts about my age, but I laid money on the counter right away, and the key was forthcoming. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Cotton was a key element in regional trade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The pianist isn't prepared to play it in any other key, but you really don't like those thin-sounding chords in A flat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The woman checked the engraved number against her paperwork, then returned the key. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had black key chains and black checkbook covers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his other pocket was the wooden key. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It should open most of the gates up there. They used the same key for all of them. It was less work.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the box, he had slipped a note written in Farsi: Amir jan, I hope you discover many tales on these keys. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lowering it by a whole step would put it in the key of A flat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

All my life, Marie-Laure, I have been the one carrying the keys. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Though being smart was an asset, Claudette soon found that having light skin and straight hair was the surest key to popularity at Booker T. Washington. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes shone like he was offering her the key to the biorhythm lab at Johns Hopkins. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So far, Dad had given us about fifteen unlabeled keys to try out on the desk, but none of them had worked. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Muhammad disappears into Mom’s room and comes back out holding car keys. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I take out my house key and give it to Mai, who opens the door. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The hymn is written in the key of E flat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She placed the key on the table, beside the torn painting and shattered glass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hoping I wouldn’t find him standing in the front hall in his bathrobe, peering around a door at me, I turned the key gingerly and stepped inside. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen kids with house keys tucked between their knuckles throwing punches at each other. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He gave Henry a key and three dollar bills. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mustafa puts the key in the ignition and turns on the heat and the stereo. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the keys and ran around quickly to open the door on the driver’s side. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about the padlocks without any keys and the tractor without any key. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ambrose deposits the key inside his coat and calls over his shoulder, “The transporter’s had some irregular outcomes in the past few weeks.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The key to his development is that he stumbled across that nondescript building on Beal Avenue. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“They must have some way to let people in. Do they have a master key in the office?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignoring his sister, and stepping up on one of my feet, Charles repeated the key question. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He slips on some headphones and starts tapping on the keys. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

There was a boy, too, a supposed half brother named Joaquin, but no one seemed to know where he was anymore, like a set of keys someone had misplaced. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At cruising altitude, he takes the chain off his neck and slides the ring on next to the old house key. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say anything as he walks inside and turns on the light and drops his keys on the countertop with a clatter. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I know where he keeps the key to the house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pull the key out of the ignition and squeeze the Batman key ring into my palm. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Which is why Macon Dead still believed the magic had lain in the two keys. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pointing to the correct key, the Señora said, “Play, leetle girl, before the birdie makes us loco.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The weekend had been exhausting, getting their various family members to the apartments of nearby friends who were away and had given them keys. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There might be a key stashed in Grandpa’s bedroom.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Figure 5.33: Much Western music is harmonically pretty simple, so it can be very useful just to know I, IV, and V in your favorite keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I could imagine, for example, a key instrument failure in Chryse just after an unfortunate crash landing in Cydonia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya twisted to look back at Alfhercht while she kept her hand on the key, as if letting go of it meant it would vanish into the keyhole. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

For Miss Hilly, Louvenia would just be another jail key on that witch’s belt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They cross to another street and duck into an alcove between two pillars while Henry fishes a keyring with dozens of keys out of his hoodie. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I typed “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” like Mom taught me, to check that they hadn’t messed up the keys, and then a little bit of !&$?! for emphasis. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Some stupid kid had put gum in the keyhole, and I couldn’t get the key in. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered again what her husband had said—how easy to unlock a door when you have the key. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In their stead was a frontier of doors to which she held the keys. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She pressed it against her head while he filled out papers at a desk, followed by a period of poking around for keys in a file drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A key is nothing,” I said; “there may be duplicates; and anyhow it is not difficult to pick a lock of that kind.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled the necklace that Lena had given her out from under the dress fabric, appreciating the smooth weight of the key. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A fat woman, chewing on her cheek and twirling a lanyard of keys, gives me a striped uniform and tells me to strip and to leave my old clothes on the stool. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She found a few more rosebud chocolates and a tiny golden key like the one from the armoire. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mornings, Mrs. Richardson sailed into the kitchen in high-heeled pumps, car keys and stainless-steel travel mug in hand, saying, “Pearl, so nice to see you again.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last everything was done, and Mr. Popper turned the key in the door of the little house. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rough edge of the key cut into my palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He left the keys in the ignition and rolled up the window in case the wind blew that night. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the key easy and stood there until the knob turned. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a disgruntled look on his face, Marv reaches into his pocket and pulls out his car keys. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I returned day before yesterday,” he answered, while he leaned his arm on the keys, bringing forth a crash of discordant sound. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you were a key, what would you open?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lamphere agreed, though the request was akin to asking, "How about the key to the vault at Fort Knox?" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He shuts the hall door, locks it, puts the key in his pocket and I think, Aren’t Englishmen very peculiar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It contained thousands of simulated worlds where the keys might be hidden, and it could take a gunter years to conduct a thorough search of any one of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Turning the switch key, I pulled out the choke as Papa motioned big Loomis to turn the crank. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Quiet, Natalie—and then there they were: the cold, solid keys, resting right in my hand. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The relatively small point bonuses Art3mis, Aech, Shoto, and I had received for being the first to reach the Copper and Jade keys were what kept our names in the hallowed “High Five” slots. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He comes to a trail, climbs into the Bronco, and drives, opening and closing gates with keys from a ring that holds scores, given to the agents by ranchers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"Breaking in? I have a key, remember? I was trying to be quiet. Was just gonna come in, check on this fool, then leave." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was to become a key factor in the American Revolution. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Another key difference: it is just Daniel and Axel on Saturdays, not everyone else in Friendship Club. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She rummages through a drawer and produces two keys. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Despite her muttering, she maintained her rigid dignity, her unchanged bun, her starched blouse, and the ring of keys that hung from her waist. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ask your mommy, she have the key.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Then she went and got W.E. by the hand, and using the key that Trotter kept, they let themselves into Mr. Randolph’s house. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pong still clutched the keys in his hand, searching frantically for some way to escape. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Get the car keys, and get their guns,” he says calmly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The store is empty, but the man behind the central counter with a ring of keys has been watching him since he walked in. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

At 8 P.M., the night warder would lock himself in the corridor with us, passing the key through a small hole in the door to another warder outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pressing a key on the desk intercom, Phil Resch said, “Inspector Garland has asked that no calls be put through to him for the next half hour. He’s involved in work that can’t be interrupted.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She locked the shop, dropped the keys into her apron pocket, and smiled. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He hands us the keys and tells us that the whole rooftop is ours to use as we wish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And besides, she hadn’t wanted Ms. Morales to know about the key and its secret hiding place in the couch leg. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Ms. Halliday? I have you on speaker with the persons who came in with the key.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She bathed herself, and kept the key around her neck the whole time she was in the bath. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When we’re standing in front of my car, I dig through my bag clumsily until I find the keys. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"If your mom put it in the bank, then just ask your dad to pick it up tomorrow morning. He’s got the keys to the place." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He fanned out the keys with trembling fingers and found the right one. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The numbered keys to the little white houses hung on a board. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sort of a key question, and he looked a little suspicious as he asked it, as if I, or someone, might be playing a trick on him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And then we spend the night, you and I, in the churchyard where Lucy lies. This is the key that lock the tomb. I had it from the coffin-man to give to Arthur.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He turned the key in the door at the top of the house, pushed it open, and they went inside. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The key was to hold it in as long as possible. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He showed me a rack that had a ton of keys on it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All she has to do is cross the tiled floor and turn left and there Papa will be behind the counter, standing at his key cutter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I ran out of the forest, I kept the Scoreboard up in the corner of my display so I’d know immediately if Art3mis won her Joust match and obtained the key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The key to a black hole’s strange properties is the way it curves space-time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson locks our chains to steel rings in the floor, tossing the keys to Mr. Redfern, who catches them one-handed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Although you may not always hear the key, and the melody may stray from the key, it always returns back to the key. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She had spent a long time the night before trying to find what the keys lit. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“This key used to belong to my dad,” I said, pulling it out from under my shirt again, “and I want to know what it opens.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I just knew your key would fit when I saw it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got the key to mine, but I’m not allowed to try it. Hang college!” muttered Laurie with an impatient sigh. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona puts the key in the ignition but doesn’t start the car. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The most important ones are all labeled, but there are about fifty that I have no idea what they’re for. I have a feeling I’m going to be there all night trying out keys.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was touching her hand to her hair and looking around for the keys of the car. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He straightened his tie and took his Phi Beta Kappa key from his vest pocket and began to twirl it on its lanyard, as he often did on such occasions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She smiles at me, and her teeth look stark white like the keys of a piano. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Joaquin pressed the car keys into his palm, pushing so hard that he thought they would pierce his hand, go straight through to the bone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As racism rhetorically replaced poverty as the key social oppression, Americans learned to look beyond class in considering social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so keyed to go that if a paddock official rang the saddling bell, he would lunge from his stall and drag his handlers toward the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the Austin paper, Kaira had given him a key to her room, and he had come up for a romantic rendezvous when he discovered she was under attack. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, can you hold that. My keys are...” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He is her world, her heart’s blood, her pulse, and if anything ever happened to him they might as well stick her in the lunatic asylum and throw away the key. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She found what she was looking for—the keys to the large, locked suitcase on the floor, with its airline stickers and baggage tags. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now they've ordered an extortionately expensive renovation. Where is that key? My manager brought it to me months ago.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She wears all those earrings—there’s a key, a pearl, a high-heeled shoe...” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

All the cryptographers in the room stopped tapping their laptop keys so they could hear what Jake had to say. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As we talked, in fact, there were several key moments when he seemed to probe me for information, to find out what I knew, so he could add it to his own formidable database. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alby took his ring of keys from his pocket and rattled them mockingly—Thomas couldn’t believe the sudden bravery. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Around her neck, she was wearing the beribboned key that Bongo had given her. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

With key ring in one hand and candle in the other, Shirley made her way past the frantic tenants to the basement. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bridge and Tab were standing outside Tab’s apartment door, Tab feeling for her keys in her book bag, when the door was wrenched open from the inside. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“When I’ve tried so hard to raise them Christians. Let me find the right key, Jason,” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maid Fiona had a key but no one else had access to the house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He stops at the top of the key and tells his team to clear out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He goes off, and I’m alone with the keys, the writers, and the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Why were the trajectories of all key developments shifted to later dates in the Americas than in Eurasia? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s an exception to this rule of possibility, which is why I’m grateful for search keys. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If an avatar doesn’t have a copy of the key, he can’t cross the threshold and enter the castle, even if the doors are already open.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She shut the chest, turned the lock, and hid the key inside her skirts in another secret pocket. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By way of answer, Dustfinger tossed her a bunch of keys. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He turned in his keys before he left.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She slammed the door and I heard the key turn in the lock. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After B flat major, name the next four flat keys, and name the flat that is added with each key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Indeed, all of us alive today have a different impression of what sounds ‘in tune’ or ‘off key’ from those alive in, say, 1600. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Invoking his name was like turning a golden key to open doors that might otherwise have remained closed to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

My keys and pocket change were scattered across the sidewalk with Vega’s blood. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At the third knock, I answer the door, and there he is, twirling his key chain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, she dug out the key to a side door that opened into her office. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Concluding his lecture, Orrico left to pursue a cup of coffee and handed me the keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was messing with my house key and before long I had it in my mouth and I was playing a game. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment, from a distance, there was another sound: the chink of a key turning in a lock, and the click of a latch opening. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie gave me my own elementary music workbook, which I was thrilled about, and showed me how to position my hands properly over the keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Alex put the key in the door, but when he opened it, he saw the room was empty. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The knife was barely a finger's breadth from Basta's white shirt, but suddenly Dustfinger plunged his hand into Basta's pants pocket, took out the keys to the cells, and stepped back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Computer keys are tapping on her end, probably correcting the entry or something in her database. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But anyway, the key stuck, and was a great inconvenience to anyone trying to play the piano. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I hold the keys in the air and press the panic button again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The murderous potential can become activated, especially if some disequilibrium is already present, when the victim-to-be is unconsciously perceived as a key figure in some past traumatic configuration. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shakes himself awake now, looks at the half-moon, and says, “I left my keys on your kitchen table.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The modal sound did not disappear completely after it had been supplanted by the major and minor keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Magdalys pulled the keys out and stepped out of the way as a flood of prisoners surged out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They had also seen him lock his car as soon as he got out of it in a place where there couldn’t be more than two keys twenty-five miles around. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 4.20: The C major and C minor scales start on the same note, but have different key signatures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I stared at the key, then looked up at my mother. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind him, the little door to the attic bedroom slammed closed, and as he swung around he heard the key turn in the lock. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She put it into the keyhole in the door, but did not turn the key. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

If the captain isn’t all-powerful, perhaps getting that key isn’t as impossible as I thought. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t mention the weird stuff—how the dogs ran straight to a mystery door under the stairs, or the kid’s enormous key ring. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Bod walked over to the chapel door, lifted the stone beside the porch and pulled out the spare key, left there by a long-dead sexton. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t get our hands on that key, the world might not last another twenty-four hours.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When you're little, a piano can look like it has a thousand keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You place your hands on the keys like this.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then the inked one holds up my uncle’s key chain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Holistic education first addresses the question of what it is that the child needs to learn, and places the arts and aesthetics as key elements in teaching the developing child. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“The ignition is what you turn on with the switch key.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A single city guard stood at attention beside the door as Van Eck slid a key from his pocket and into the heavy lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He walked out into the warmth of Kentucky and sat down at a picnic table across from Hassan, who seemed to be attacking the table with the pocketknife attached to his key chain. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me either that she must have had a key. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me the key to your house. I might need something there.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They drove away leaving that name, Castor, hanging in the air like some horrible apparition, like the key to a lock, like the solution to an unsolved crime. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her own caged bird sings a song, written in the key of fear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He noticed that the big Columbia Fountain at the western end of the central basin still was not finished, even though it was to be a key feature of the opening ceremony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve been thinking over this whole year in one gigantic rush, so I’m sure I’ve missed some key moments in the principal’s speech. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have kidnapped her and locked her up, and only I would have had the key. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was slain and his key had been taken. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

This meant that it was someone who had the key to Mrs. Shears’s shed, or that she had left it unlocked, or that she had left her fork lying around in the garden. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beans took a key from his pocket and unlocked the door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Latchkey child” is a name for a kid with keys who hangs out alone after school until a grown-up gets home to make dinner. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He showed him how they were drawn tightly to the upper arm of the harp by wooden keys which just fitted the tapered holes tightly enough so they stayed whichever way they were turned. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Before I could stop her, she ran to the door and stuck the key in the lock. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ugwu removed the palm fronds piled on top of Odenigbo’s car, but each time she turned the key, the engine wheezed and died out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He grabs the remote to key in his song choice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was like stepping onstage at your first piano recital and realizing that you’d never played anything but an instrument with broken keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I take her keys—proof that her reaction time is lame. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore closed the trunk, placed a second key in the second lock, and opened the trunk again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After he stuck the key in the dashboard he said, “Bad habit.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I leave the key on the mantel, close the door, and push the precarious cart all the way across Przemyśl to Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My hands shake as I put my key into the lock. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And she grabbed her purse and her keys, gave me a peck on the forehead, and left me at the table with my social studies homework. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He reported that earlier in the day the rebel Fourth Armored Division had seized the airport and key intersections in the city. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She picked up the phone and keyed in, No, have a headache. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure wakes and thinks she hears the shuffle of Papa’s shoes, the clink of his key ring. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the 1970s, for instance, researchers used microelectrodes to hone in on a key part of the brain—called the parietal lobe—crucial to shifts in attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Alex rolls over onto his side and touches two fingers to his chest, right next to where the key on the chain rests. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She shut the door and put the string of keys back on top of the kitchen doorframe. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The third key Grandpa Sorenson had given her did the trick. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I had about two dozen, which I had clipped onto a huge key ring that was attached to the outside zipper pocket of my backpack. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I glanced over, watching as she fumbled to get the key in the ignition. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had a key to my door and she kept bursting in at all hours, trying to catch me with the mice out of the cage. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I used the spare key under the dead begonia by the front door to sneak into my house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Stonecrop and I were discussing what might be done with Mrs. Cobb’s house. He has brought the keys over.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had the master key because another one of my summer jobs was assistant apprentice super for my family’s complex. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Every time I’ve had to go into his apartment,” Papa said, “he tells me to let myself in with my super key and closes himself into his bedroom until I’m done.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I gunned my car and sped down the causeway, skipping from key to key until I arrived in Key West. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Our romance became a key strategy for our survival in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other Republican operatives like John Beckley, the Speaker of the House, were focusing on the political factions in Pennsylvania, another key state. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“If it is necessary, Messieurs,” she said quietly when he had finished, “that is all there is to it. My maid has the keys. She will attend to it with you.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop suggests I start the song in a lower key and then make the key higher by the end of the song. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A jimmy, a lockpick, glass cutters, screwdrivers, pencil- beam flashlights, false keys . . . and my small arsenal of guns. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the foyer, there was only a slim iron coat rack and a short table where house keys sat. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a key, unlocked the door, and turned to look at the frightened group in front of him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face has been smiling for the past six years that I’ve been pounding on the yellowed keys of the Tony Fritz Music Center’s piano every week. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then came a rasping sound as those bright doors the key had sprung gave way— a bellow like a bull’s vaunt in a meadow— followed by her light footfall entering over the plank floor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Tony plucked the room key off the counter and strutted back to the parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You could break in and find the key.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She insisted that voting rights were the key to making other social changes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She just gave me the ten-dollar bill and a door key so she wouldn’t have to get up and let us in. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for the key mechanically, unlocked the door, and stepped inside. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled the key out from under my shirt and put it in her hand. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This red shift, observed in the spectral lines of distant galaxies and interpreted as a Doppler effect, is the key to cosmology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned back to the keys, tapped out a very sad, slow version of “How Soon Is Now?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The remaining key Grandpa Sorenson had given her fit none of the keyholes, but the gold key she had found in the dollhouse armoire fit the bottom one. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He chugged his soda and grabbed his car keys from the hook by the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Inside the key pound, inside six glass-fronted cabinets, thousands of iron keys hang from pegs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the kitchen table was a thermos, a teacup, the white leatherette Bible, and the car keys. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was only wishing to myself, Please let the keys be in the truck; please remember how Cade Hernandez taught you to drive; please do not crash; please get the hell out of here. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Painstakingly—because he hadn’t really learned how to type yet—he keyed in “Rochester, Emma, and Finn” and added the words “kidnapped” and “news.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maxy had cleared a spot on her bulletin board and after I gave her the key she thumbtacked it to the cork. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches inside her coat and produces a key. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That was the key, and once Kaz recognized it, it was as if someone had laid a perfect blueprint over the Ice Court and its workings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“One key down, two to go!” she said. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We have four copies of the key. If at least three of us can reach the gate, we can get it open.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Alexandra walked behind her, muffling the keys with coffee until they subsided to a gentle hum. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He has a bag of fast food clutched in one fist as he comes through the front door; the other grips his keys, which he yanks free from the doorknob. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He leaves his ID and keys with the lady at check-in, and a second guard lifts his chin as Jus approaches the metal detector. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Leo had never played a musical instrument, but he imagined it must be like this—knowing each key or note so well that you didn’t really think about what your hands were doing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m his dog walker. I have his keys because I was watering his plants and getting his mail while he was out of town.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I handed her the car keys because I was always the one who could find them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only catch is there is no map or key. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I found I could pull back the bolts easily enough and unhook the great chains; but the door was locked, and the key was gone! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I put the key in my coat pocket with the architect’s drawings and my forged ID. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Now I sit back down at the keys, flip to a song called “Bumble Boogie,” and go at it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I look on as he takes the key and presses it back against the cube. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sister Martha kept them unlocked on purpose: she had no tools worth stealing, she said, and it was too much trouble to fiddle with a key all the time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jacqui finds the sharpest key and starts slashing at the tape, then sawing it, then stabbing it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Well, he has a key to his apartment, but not to ours. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Before the wave hits, I hurl myself forward toward the locked trapdoor of the forecastle, and fumble with the key in the padlock. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And that, we shall see, is a key ingredient in the sense of style. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Where are my keys? What did I do with them?” he demands during a break in one of the final rehearsals. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He let it go at that, and went out the door ahead of me, whistling off key. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Egypt would be a key player in his push to the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The man slipped his hand into his pocket, removed a ring of keys, and deftly unlocked the case, sliding out a mirrored base on which the necklace rested. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the key turned more, he danced around the lock. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the key and slowly—controlled this time—motored out into the main channel. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“But she gave me a big key to a solid door,” Anya said. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She studied the key for a few more seconds, stuck it back under her dress, and walked out of the room. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was a simple silver ring, but there must have been a hundred keys on it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Assuming we survive getting the first key,” said Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But then I had a worse thought: He was not going to give me any of the keys at all, to anything. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mom and Jack don’t flinch or open their eyes as I tiptoe across the room and swipe the room key from the desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was locked, and the key remained with Sister Drummond, but one morning Briony saw inside rows of bottles labeled morphine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mom was already by the front door, rummaging in her purse for her keys. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s Beth’s first night home,” Mom tells me, grabbing her keys from the hook by the door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That kind of specialization would be the key to managing the increasingly complex nature of aeronautical research in the postwar era. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The keys are wrapped in the note that Jane wrote me, the note from the Locker Houdini. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Not the key to the city, you fool!” snapped Mr. Iii. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He strode out of the barn, tossing the key at Nathan. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I leave, I keep the key, although I’m not sure why. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

British generals saw West Point as a key to victory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just knew your key would fit when I saw it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He stuck the key in the ignition and turned; nothing happened. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

With one mighty huff he swiped the ghost-blocking chair away and stuck a key in the lock. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Your truck will be here, and the key will be in the ignition — unless you’re afraid someone might steal it.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When her key rattled the door, Mr. Freeman would have already asked his habitual question, “Hey, Bibbi, have a good time?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I could find the company that made this key?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The black keys play sad sounds, like somebody crying. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I remember she jangled her keys up and down in rhythm while I drew the line of customers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like I knew he had eleven keys on his key ring, and that he wore the key ring on his side belt loop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Another key to a room, set back in the darkness. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This book is the key that will open the lock to the door to a new life. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d hurt Boo and threatened to kill their families and them if they didn’t bring him all three keys. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He would furnish me with a key to get out of our section so that I could meet the boat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these well temperaments made all keys equally useful, not equal-sounding as modern equal temperament does. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I will put the key back before she misses it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The absence of significant constraints on the exercise of police discretion is a key feature of the drug war’s design. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mom was always forgetting her glasses, or her keys, or something or other. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Yup. I’m guessing it’s the third key, but I don’t know how to get it out. Do we have to sip from the cauldron?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stuck the key back in his pants pocket, walked out of the room and slammed the door. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A woman carrying a giant ring of keys passed their bench and headed up the stairs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the hedgehog could not check the cellars; Brother Edmund and Friar Hugo had the only two keys. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I sat with Mama in the living room, wondering why Jaja had asked for the key. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I would brave the cold outside if I had a key to the indoor pool. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now they’d come because Mrs. Pohler had refused to give Regina the key to the attic—where we all took turns hanging our wet linen—until her own linen was dry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I swallowed my key,” I said a little too loudly without raising my head. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out a key, turned it in the lock, and they went in. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

List the flats or sharps in this key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He would go back to the key pound, spend his evenings installing little sash windows in little wooden houses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stood and turned to see Frankie slipping the key into a cabinet in the desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He turned the key, and we stepped into the office. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Using that outline, he took a piece of metal and filed it into the shape of the key. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He locked it with a large metal key. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I want to explore before someone locks us in a brig and throws away the key.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My own room was locked and I could not find the key, so I went up-stairs and slept on one of the beds in Cohn's room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

One of the key groups that spread these teachings was founded in the 1530s: the Jesuit order, a collection of highly trained intellectuals well suited to attack Protestantism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Could technology itself hold the key to helping us remain master over these powerful machines? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It might seem a marriage made in heaven, but there were still hurdles to be overcome before Kepler could achieve the breakthrough that made him a key figure in the history of science. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The keys were there, dangling in the ignition. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She took out a key from her purse, put it into the door and opened it, and went inside. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I brought the lucky key,” she told the dolls, “to make sure we have a good picnic.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She actually took away his key because he locked himself in the bathroom the second day for over an hour and he should be using Sadhu's from now on. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He goes in the house for his trousers and his keys, and then we’re off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every employee from custodians to the director must carry his or her keys at all times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dell's fingers slid across the keys and he typed in: MUTANT. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She tried to put the bunch of keys back on top of the doorframe again. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

There is a key difference between Galileo and his opponents: both appealed to experience, but Galileo had engaged in a programme of experimentation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I glance back at Ben as I fumble with the keys. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

You used to keep the key to your diary in your middle drawer, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Each new family—black or white—was welcome and was given a key to the pool and a copy of the rules. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sounds good. Be back in a few,” Ms. McMillian said, pulling her keys from her back pocket. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the process, China would lose a key buffer between one of its poorest regions and a united, affluent, and West-oriented Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The key point of the Tunguska Event is that there was a tremendous explosion, a great shock wave, an enormous forest fire, and yet there is no impact crater at the site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her pocket he tugged a huge bunch of rusted keys on an iron ring like a mediaeval jailer’s and ran back up the hall with the two women behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

James pointed to a paragraph on his answer key made entirely of Os and Is: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That morning Marie-Laure crawls beneath the counter of the key pound and lies on her stomach and sets all ten fingertips in a line on a page. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As she read her voice was louder and seemed to shift in key. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

So I walked Jack outside, showed him the car and all, handed over the keys. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The most important fact to keep in mind, however, is that debates about prison statistics typically ignore a key fact: most people who are under state supervision and control are not in prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Gregory’s going to come over later and take me for a tour, since he had a key to take care of your chickens and knows them pretty well. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You have a super key?” said Laney, amazed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He waved me over to join them in the middle of the key. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I kept the key on a chain around my neck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he said, “friend John, where are the skeleton keys? If so that we can open the door, we need not break house by the window, as before at Miss Lucy’s.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was like fitting the right key into a stubborn lock. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Firing at Fort Sumter was a key catalyst action of the Civil War. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The key issue here is one of timescale: How long should one wait before dismissing a theoretical achievement or a technological advance as having little or no practical relevance? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The keys are in it. Any chance I can use your radio?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I decided: there was nothing for it; I would have to go up and ask him for the key. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

So she clearly didn’t have the key yet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Haudenosaunee Constitution, called the Great Law of Peace, inspired some key parts of the US Constitution. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Meanwhile, they locked my Jimmy up and threw away the key without a second thought. And he didn’t kill anybody!” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She punched a string of numbers on the key pad, and the building’s central computer noticed that Jaax Nancy was attempting entry. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The key and the door’s keyhole didn’t match, but she tried to unlock it anyway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to leave the keys to the house with you, Alyssa.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then Luke got back into the car, too fast, and turned the key and reversed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brown also telegraphed messages to other key government officials and the Garfield family in Ohio. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My JIkey was lame half the time. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I tried the key in all of the doors, even though he said he didn’t recognize it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Anna is collecting evidence that I am vindictive and obsessive, this could be a key piece in her dossier. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A piano was on its side, its keys strewn across the floor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He turned the key in the ignition, and the car started with a squeaky shudder. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline locked the door with the key, and put the key back into her pocket. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He held out the key, but then thought better of it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The first thing I did was the logical thing, which was to be very secretive and try the key in all of the locks in the apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That chubby little girl is the key to the future. So you’d better hope she likes you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Deborah stopped fussing with the keys and collapsed back into the chair. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Radar and I cross in front of the car; I toss him the keys and then run all out to the food mart. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Foaly tapped a key on his laptop, scrolling through Artemis’s vital statistics. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The key he would press into Ethyne’s hand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then taking the key that he had wrested from the slain man he closed the door and locked it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I have a key to the hotel suite now, but it doesn't feel quite right to barge in. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This would be a key component in the full flowering of mechanics achieved following the work of Isaac Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looked around, took a bunch of keys from his pocket, locked the door, and beckoned to one of the men standing outside the church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“This,” he said, “is an honorary fire alarm key. May you be ever vigilant!” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped his long body through the square hole to search out a key or some kind of mechanism that would allow the others in without having to climb. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I carefully peeled the wrapper away, and a key made of polished green stone was revealed inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Since I've failed at drinking both the alcoholic beverages Tiny bought me, Jane tosses the keys back to me in a high arc. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mother has still not updated the hardware and keys of the house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It had thirty-nine keys and two stops—vox Humana and vox celeste. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good point,” said the judge, removing his robe and taking out a large bunch of keys. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Newt took out a key and opened it up, then motioned for Thomas to enter. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Among the key figures in the dealings was Arnold Rothstein, who would become further notorious as arguably the chief financier of the smuggling operations that took place during Prohibition. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As she staggered he took the key from the inside of the door, slammed the door shut, and locked it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Art nodded and then turned the key beside the ship’s wheel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because ratios were the keys to understanding nature, the Pythagoreans and later Greek mathematicians spent much of their energy investigating their properties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When Lyons complained that the car keys he was holding were causing him pain, the officer forced Lyons into a chokehold. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Follow me,” he said gruffly, jangling his key ring. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of her key contacts was F. J. M. Stratton, a famous English astronomer, so short and round and jolly that he reminded people of Santa Claus. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You already put the key in the car door.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He locked the door and shook it to be sure and handed her the key. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He drags open big, low drawers; he jangles dozens of key rings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She opened the letter, and he pointed to the same line she had struggled with earlier: Siobhan is the key; the one who will lead you to my fortune. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He claimed he’d left the key at home and the new owner asked no further questions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

One of these rare tales told of a mysterious object called a book, which held the key to the greatest magic Kelanna had ever known. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, it is usually preceded by a long gestation period in which all the hard work is done without finding the key to the solution to the problem. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She locked the front door and shoved the house key deep into her pocket. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Until I hear footfalls on the steps outside, the familiar jangle of Cathy fishing around in her huge handbag for her house keys. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the laptop, underwear, lingerie, and the hotel key to hide in my room, in case Amá ever decides to come in here. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Despite his fragile physical and mental health, William still had an unequaled breadth of cryptographic experience, as well as close and long-standing friendships with key people in European intelligence circles. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Alby put the keys in his pocket and leaned back against the Slammer’s door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Don Bernardo was already at his door with his hat on and his keys in his hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were desperate to craft more keys, to give shape to the kind of Indians who could not be robbed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

An incorrect key can take away the child’s ability to sing the song well or sing the song at all. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Sing Sing was a place of, probably, over two thousand locks, many with the same key. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And our belts, newly laden with batons, had begun to spring key clips and latex-glove holders, though no one had told us to put them on yet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found a key,” I said, “and it was in an envelope with your name on it.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Only if you have the key to this door,” one of the police officers growled. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There was a muffled clunk as the key was pushed out, as it dropped from the lock onto the newspaper. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He keyed Angie and headed straight for the beer section, the big cooler next to where I was standing. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

As a last-minute precaution, he locked the door and kept the key. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Things are spilling everywhere, and he retrieves keys and pens and cigarettes before giving Mr. Black a little salute. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sat in the car and turned the key. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The invention of writing makes a convenient landmark, for the absence of written records is surely one of the key differences between prehistoric and historic societies. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man produced a ring of keys, selected a large one, applied it to the lock and pulled the door open. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

According to my mother, who would probably want some sort of live-and-let-live slogan carved on her headstone, the key was never to let a bully’s insults or aggression get to you personally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So Deborah locked them in her office, took the key with her, and called me saying, “Don’t tell him where you are or go see him without me.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing he had needed was the key. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Each of these modes can easily be found by playing its one octave range, or ambitus, on the "white key" notes on a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even though they have the same key signature, a minor key and its relative major sound very different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Fear, uncertainty, and one-upmanship became key ingredients of this new approach to warfare. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had not knocked upon the door, she had not made herself known; there was just the sound of footsteps and the turning of the key in the lock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, a wafer of light from where the kitchen curtains didn't quite meet sliced through a gold Yale key and this note: Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Because the string was still around my neck, when she leaned in to look at the key, her face came incredibly close to my face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It's the secret language they all understand. Do you see? It's the skeleton key that unlocks every door.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Children are introduced to key musical elements such as meter, dynamics, rhythms, tempo, duration, melody, form, phrase, and pitch. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His eyes rove over everything else on the floor and hook onto the necklace with the key charm. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“If you were a key,” he says, “what would you open?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My heart rate soared as I stood there fumbling with the key ring while more and more officers shouted at me to hurry up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, Grandma’s key in the front door jolted my daydreaming. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What is the interval between the mode and the major key with the same key signature? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She hears the rapid mice steps of the keys. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Felix dribbled across the key and sank a left-handed hook shot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lena gave me this key for a reason. She told me to open this door. I have to.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, he removed a key from his pocket, unlocked the top drawer of his desk, and took out a single sheet of yellow stationery and a matching envelope. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The Bureau has had one policy for dealing with magicians for over seven centuries. Lock them up and throw away the key.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was like listening to a hundred different renditions of “Redemption Song,” each in a different color and key. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“She carry the key with her?” he said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry gave me the car keys and asked me to drive. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The guitar player would prefer a key with no flats and not too many sharps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For one thing, astronauts usually find they are too keyed up by the events of launch day to really relax the first night. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Shadow he had already been checked in by his friend, and gave him his rectangular plastic room key. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The oaken door had been thrown open, a giant key turned in its rusting lock. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was on my father’s key chain, in his pocket somewhere out in the deadness. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He reached out a paw and hit a key on the typewriter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He sat down at his mother’s old piano in the front room and plinked at the keys and floated simple melodies through the dark, empty spaces of the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He tosses the car keys into the air and catches them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I feel as if these memories could be the key to the whole "Who am I?" question. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The female mathematicians’ job security wasn’t immediately threatened by the machines, but Dorothy Vaughan perceived that mastering the machine would be the key to long-term career stability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He leans against the passenger door, arms crossed, key chain twirling on two fingers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, Miss Lulu stopped playing the organ and just sat with her hands on the keys and looked at me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For me, the girls’ sense of comfort and home was key. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What in the world would Grandpop need so many keys for? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was the sound of the jailer’s key in the cell door. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Because of its potential importance for navigation, the whole business of obtaining accurate star positions was of key importance in the late seventeenth century, both commercially and because of its military implications. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The next day, Harry Benson, a Scotsman who was a key photographer for Time Life, met Spassky at the Saga Hotel. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jaden keyed open the door, set down a bag and told me to have a seat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Uju! Pack your things and get out now! Give us the car keys!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now that I had in my possession these keys, I might slip from the house with my mother, when she was well, and together we might run for— My fancy convolved places of flight. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stood there while I pulled out my keys to unlock the door…then he left. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He took a key ring from his pocket and walked over to Newcharlie, undid the handcuffs, and clipped them to his holster. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Where’s the second key? You know what it is, don’t you?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Anya brought up the rear, stopping at every door she came across and slipping her key into the keyholes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He digs into his pocket and pulls out his keys and phone and hands them to Donna. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There is something irresistible about the discovery of even a token, perhaps a complex inscription, but, best by far, a key to the understanding of an alien and exotic civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reappeared, Atticus gave him the keys to the family car, some money, and a lecture on not doing over fifty. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He has thick blond hair that stands up almost in knots, wears old suit pants for comfort, and jangles his keys in his pockets with his hands. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Startled, she spat it out and found a small white key. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Leon Remora. So sorry if I startled you. I work with Mr. Griswold—at his home, not here at Bayside Press. But I have his keys, you see?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he put the keys back in his pocket and carefully tilted the contents of the box out upon the bed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trip tried to get inside but the inside zone picked him up and he passed to Jimmy who was standing alone at the top of the key. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma turned the key again, and the car shook and then started. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even as weak as he was, he could take the torch, take the keys, take the dagger sheathed on Little Walder’s hip, escape. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hurry upstairs to my closet, pocketing the keys Mother handed me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He and the banker turned their keys at the same time and the box slid out of the wall, long and thin, the same size as a piece of notebook paper. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mom had worked her way around to the driver s-side door and was fumbling with the keys. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chains rattle, keys clink, locks squeak, hinges complain. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She returns, fumbles for her car keys, gets in, then puts two coins—3Vt pesos—in his hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I see. And where did you find this key?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what came over me, but I tossed Mr. Quintana my keys. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

In front of us, these thugs, who could not have been more than eighteen years old, taunted my father, shouting at him to tell them where he had hid the key. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The key seemed to get heavier around her neck and warmer against her skin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’m a statue in the hallway when Dad’s key turns in the lock. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Regular rate. Nine bucks a week. Plus a fifty-cent key deposit. Strictly cash. Strictly in advance.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she put the key in the lock and turned it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When he touched the white and black keys on the piano, music wafted out of the instrument, and Mia’s face lit with joy. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this girl knows about the keys, she wasn’t just walking by when this happened. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the hallway outside, an old woman called a dezhurnaya, or "hall dragon," stood guard over all the room keys, which hung on hooks behind her desk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I went out the front door, locked it, and put the spare key to the deadbolt in my pocket. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The last chord of most pieces will usually be the chord that names the key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His theory was that the problems of many troubled patients rested in forgotten psychic traumas, and through free association and the interpretation of dreams the key to the problems could be unlocked. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The decision may not have been right, but it’s not your fault. Remember what I said? Sometimes things will go wrong—” “But the key is to keep doing right.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A potential key to the secret of life was impossible to push out of my mind. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Joe looked back at the room and then stepped out, took the key from the inside, locked the door, and put the key in his pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

C minor and E flat major start on different notes, but have the same key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We got near the top of the key and I moved up on him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But the key point is that the debate was not resolved so much as built into the fabric of our national identity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She dangled it from the string, as if the key were just something she liked to play with. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He keeps dropping things like forks and keys. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Beyond Bo’s head, hanging on his doorknob, is an oversized ring full of keys. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But she keeps hitting the escape key, and it takes her backward. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for one thing: It was a key ingredient in the German atomic bomb program. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had forgotten that there was a car in good running condition in the garage, that its keys were on the hall table. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I turned the key and it started right up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so—” “Maybe we will,” I said, taking the keys right out of her hand. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He made sure no one was around, and then he tried all the keys on the key ring until he found the one that opened the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

When the researchers scanned the subjects’ brains, they discovered that this tiny fraction of people seemed to have less activity going on in key portions of the frontal lobe. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Apollo turned and grinned, jangling the car keys on his finger. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The man staggered and the soldier slapped him again and again and again and he crashed to the ground and the key slipped out of his hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I counted 2, 3, 5, and then I tried the key in the lock. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes two keys to open it, and the assistant director seems inexperienced with the lock. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The key term in philosophy, even in Kepler’s and Galileo’s time, was ‘phenomena’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He dangled them in case I didn’t know what keys he meant. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

No pocketbook, no change purse, no wallet, no keys, no small paper bag, no comb, no handkerchief. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His card key bounced against his tubby belly. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He'd seen her slip the key inside the box when he was passing by on his way to the bathroom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The secret to a successful group collaboration is a dynamic, responsive leader, and the key to being a good leader is acute observation and subtle manipulation—so subtle that no one knows they’re being manipulated. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The thought of driving her car got me excited and my fingers rattled across the keys. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inside was a key—a shiny silver thing shaped like a flower, something that might be overlooked, mistaken for a child’s plaything—that unlocked the second secret door in the north wall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave the keys with you. Can you bring them downstairs when you’re finished today? I think I need to rest my head at home. A little bit of recharging will do me good.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The key change occurred in 1608 with the invention of the telescope and the microscope. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I realize that it’s held there with a key—our old key, the one we hid in the fire hose. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I keep looking for the key to Olga’s room every time I’m alone in the apartment, which is rare these days. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I held the key high and dropped it, watching his hand flash like lightning to catch it soundlessly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Miles shoved the key above the doorframe, then grabbed us both and yanked us off the porch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But if Mom wasn’t hiding this key from Chess, Finn, and me, then who was she hiding it from? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A key ring dangled from the woman’s hand, and when she spoke, Ash realized that it was Beatrice. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other accommodation with reality that just intonation must make is the fact that a single just-intonation tuning cannot be used to play in multiple keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Nineteen sixty-eight is key. And we don’t need Charles’s library card to finish this phrase.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He has not keyed his handset in hours, which means he is asleep. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If I die, the key for the box will be under the ground with me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You may have something there. It could be the key to the whole thing…‘I—am that is.’ Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She held up a small key tied with a frayed blue ribbon. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“There are only two keys in existence that open Mr. Parker’s safety-deposit box. One has been in my possession for ten years. I didn’t know where the other was located until yesterday.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stood there watching for a minute or two, then cut the engine and put the key in his pocket. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Master Librarian had one key, which he wore on a long gold chain around his neck; Director Edmon, the leader of their order, had the other. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter followed me out to the porch, handing over the keys as she closed the door. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

My knee is still bleeding, while I’m crawling around looking for the key. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Really, Moll? ” he says with a sigh, turning the ignition key. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Georges, a list. Of everything that can possibly be opened with a key.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I kiss him while I root in my pocket for my keys, and I kiss him in the doorway, and I kiss him in our foyer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Reading was for me the key to ‘knowledge’; I swallowed facts and dates and names and themes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I’d moved all the bottles that were left. I put ’em under lock and key, like you said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Use the chromatic circle to find the direction and number of half steps to get from your key to the other key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Nearby stood a table draped in an American flag, on top of which lay a blue and red velvet pillow supporting a telegraph key made of gold. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Once you do, your fingers fumble and hit the wrong keys. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After finding the key, all sing Verse 2. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I’m digging the key out of my shoe when I hear Miss Fulton’s door open behind me. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then she replaced the keys to the Winslow house in the catchall drawer and removed the box of matches. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They landed quickly, and Harry ran to the door, the key struggling in his hand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I leave his car keys on the arm of the sofa and go out of this place. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Each of these keys fits something in this room. See if you can figure out what each unlocks.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Neither of us could imagine that everything would change in just a few hours, including the idea of keys. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss grabbed a padlock on a storage shed and inserted a key. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko had asked the garage chief to hide the car keys in the gas cap, but instead they were inserted into the ignition, visible to anyone strolling by. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the key assumptions of Eratosthenes’ measurement of the earth’s circumference—that the planet is spherical—would have been reinforced in his mind even before he set foot on Egyptian soil. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Frank limped around to the back of the house until he reached a door almost completely hidden by ivy, took out the old key, put it into the lock, and opened the door noiselessly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Without his key, she can never be free. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Jerome Paisley knocked on the door to her suite, waited a moment, the slipped a key card into the lock. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gently she placed a tiny silver key attached to a long, faded red ribbon in Samar’s open hand. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once again, she put the house key in the envelope and sealed it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached in his pocket and pulled out his car keys. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He tried to hold the steering wheel with his arm stub while turning off the switch key and moving every lever his hand could find. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We stood at the curb of the terminal where taxis pulled up and wives jumped out of station wagons to kiss their husbands and hand over car keys. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His fingers closed on what he wanted, and he produced the key to the chain around his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before I could ask one of a hundred questions, the key turned in the lock and the guard appeared. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked away, tapped the low end key. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The killing here is the key to what these proceedings are about, not the stolen cigarettes, and you understand that. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she pushed the tiny key into the fabric of the mirror, and she twisted it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

We pass twenty-three and come to the last step of the staircase, the one that meets with a cold metal door that says Tenants Only, and she takes out a key and here we are. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In a different key, “How can I?” he repeated meditatively. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early one morning that September his wife, Hazel, arose to find Ulbrickson already awake, sitting in his pajamas at an old typewriter, assiduously pecking at the keys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When he finally turned around, a slick white smile accompanied the key perched on his palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then I'd have to play those keys and think, When are you leaving so I can run and wash my hands? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Lena handed the necklace to Anya, and she pulled it over her head, careful to tuck the key under her dress. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Quincey’s head is level. This burglary business is getting serious; we got off once all right; but we have now a rare job on hand—unless we can find the Count’s key basket.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tried the key in the lock, but it didn’t work, so I rang the buzzer, which was exactly where our buzzer was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the key and got down to business. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Now go down to the nurse and clean your face and mouth. And bring me back the key.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After one especially robust night of drinking with Will, I stumbled home, crawled up the sidewalk, stabbed my key in the front door, let myself in, and power barfed all over the living room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

As long as I am a key part of both the captain’s and the parrot’s schemes, then both are safe if I make no move one way or the other. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Just as Rochester was about to propose, I heard Gramps downstairs jangling his keys, and a moment later he walked in whistling. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The spare key was still tucked under its foot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She doesn't play at once, just lets her hands rest on the keys. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I want to forget everything, lock the door and hide the key where no one could find it . The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He brushes the keys away with his hand. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The key to Wunderman’s success was something he called the “treasure hunt.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt comes marching up, a ring of keys dangling. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sierra consulted the slip of paper and tapped some keys. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It is then that Helmuth hears several footsteps outside his cell and the rattle of keys. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Each night I comb through his data with the new key Hideo had given me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then we heard our father coming through the door, using his key as if he still lived with us. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Okay, well, how would you explain the hotel key I found?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and put my hands on the typewriter keys. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see any words etched there, but I did find a small monogram etched in the center of the key’s crystal handle, a single calligraphic letter “A” that I recognized immediately. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the officers posted to these gates have big, thick keys, but at one gate the guard pushes buttons instead, as they do in modern prisons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently she passed the test for she was given a number, a locker key for which she had to pay a quarter deposit, and told to report the next day at five o’clock. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s on the Blue Ridge Road. Eight miles south of Kansas City. A combination night-club- motel. You pay ten bucks for the key to a cabin.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday the he-goat locked the tank and refused to give me the key,” Jomo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Newt grunted and stepped up to the Slammer, pulling his keys out as he did so. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The door slammed, and the key creaked, and the bolts rumbled into their sockets. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only a matter of time before he goes down- stairs for the extra set of keys. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I found out I left my key on the bulletin board, so I just lay down flat on the porch to hide from the bad kids and waited again for my mom. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still rocking the keys, a little slower now, more mellow. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

You will be the key to the gods’ defeat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maddie flipped the keys and plugged in the cords, and he gave her posting orders over her own telephone. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then came the jingle of car keys, and Grandma swept Genie and Ernie out the door. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She went to another room to get the car keys. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And lots of things I’ve collected: shells, rocks, a tiny glass elephant, a blackened old skeleton key my grandmother found in a chest but which unlocks nothing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily had told me hygiene was key—especially during that time of the month. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I have to make sure the key works. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Wait a second,” Alex said, searching for the key to their old home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The keys are mine; the car, tragically, is not. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But now that I had heard it all I was playing with the house key that was on a long string around my neck. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The key clicked in the lock, and Liza and Bod were left alone in the room. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The small key that fitted all the glass cases was kept inside a Bible on one of the lower shelves. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He listened in terror, stiff as stone, to the scuff of boots and the clanking of iron keys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Just leave them at the side of the road and I’ll get them. And please open the bottle of pop, sir, I don’t have a bottle key on me.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I park beside him, pulling my keys from the ignition and opening my door all at once. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This is a key to understanding our history and psychology. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a former chemist who was never seen without his shining Phi Beta Kappa key. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice, my sister says, is just left of the key. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She’d felt everything—the reverberations of the key turning in the lock of her irons, then again as they loosened and fell to the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I quietly opened the front door and slipped the key back in its place. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, who was afraid of strange dogs and jeering women and young hoodlums, went quickly into the diner, clutching her pocketbook and her car keys. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I pull them out, the metal glint of the Batman key chain dangles from my fist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They heard the sound of two bolts being shot and the turning of two keys. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Inside, I hoped he didn’t have anything to do with the key, although I couldn’t help inventing that it was for his jail cell. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dangled keys in front of my eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He ran my card, nodded, handed me a key. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Glass shattered, and the keys of the old upright piano jangled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beside her stood a tall woman jangling a ring of keys. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t think there’ll be a problem,” August said, taking the truck keys off the brass nail by the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The third clue told us to add them up. The key for the code was Siobhan’s name.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Elsie looks over as I slip the key into the lock and she sits up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, incredulous, as I opened the unlocked door and saw the key in the ignition. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes! Just like that. Then your fingers go on the keys like”—she helped V place them—“and you blow.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had said, “The keys are right here. We could go tomorrow,” and patted her bag. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“At least not until I get that key.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” said Henry, handing me the keys and walking over to the passenger’s side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of looking for a key, he grows impatient and returns to his study to retrieve the silver knife that is embedded in the dartboard on the wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was confident he could do the work, yet inside he was keyed up and jumpy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved over to Grandma’s side of the limousine and told Mom, “Why would I need a key to her apartment?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cilia had a key to the back door which showed hatchet marks, but was not broken down. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of his key turning in the lock brought back my time in the City Hall dungeon with the madwoman and the rats. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand was in my pocket, curled tightly around the key. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If you are changing keys in order to make the chords easy to play, try changing the final chord so that it names an easy-to-play-in key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Dylan nods and slips the key into the door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I lean forward, reach past her, take careful aim, and gently push the F7 key. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, there are clanking keys and footfalls and her father’s voice calls her name. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The key thing is that it is halfway to being a handbook: here is not an academic exercise, but a course of instruction in the basic principles behind the successful composition of speeches. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The key insight, possessing the potential to unlock the mystery produced by the contradictory versions of what happened during the duel, is that both sides constructed their explanations around self-serving and misguided assumptions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I can think of no sane reason that Coin would send an unstable boy, programmed to kill me, along on such a key assignment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then, he jiggled the car keys in front of my face and said, “Come on. I’ll take you home.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He and Arletta made some healthy treats together that could be sold along with braided key chains and bracelets in school colors. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The Secret Service put a new lock on the outer door and gave each team member a key. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My eyes darted from the key to the wrapper and back to the key again as I tried desperately to make the connection between them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I keyed her number into my contacts and texted her my address. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Setting it firmly on her head, she deliberately pounded the piano keys, producing a hideous, tuneless sound. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clanging metal and squeaking keys make me feel jumpy. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Education is the key! Who knows if one of those little tigueritos in the mercado isn’t an Einstein or Michelangelo or maybe even a Cervantes!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I try to decide between a charm for my bracelet or a diary with a little lock and key like Lucinda got last Christmas. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He caught her reaching for the switch key. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So I pretend to lock my lips and toss the key. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He slipped the keys into his pocket and motioned for Genie to sit. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And then ‘Ke hind’—that must be ‘key behind,’ and then there’s the small steel pan. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My father is exasperated; he jingles his keys in his pocket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The goblin tossed the coin he was holding aside, said to nobody in particular, “Leprechaun,” and then greeted Travers, who passed over a tiny golden key, which was examined and given back to him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He let himself into the dark store with his key and switched on the front lights. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One carousel is dedicated solely to surfboard key chains with stenciled names, alphabetically arranged. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You need a key for the toilets,” he said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He shut it hard behind me and turned the key. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The answer key is on the back of the card. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

With the car keys jingling in his hand, he went into the shop. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The Athena statue held the key to defeating the giants. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Anorak makes a grand gesture with his right hand, and three keys appear, spinning slowly in the air in front of him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The two-faced doorman held a silver key, which he kept passing from his left hand to his right hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted us in Guillermo’s life, and he in ours, because we are, each one of us for the other, a key to a door that otherwise would’ve remained locked forever. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He saw me coming and got the pass off to my man at the top of the key, and I turned and ran back to my man. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

One of these numbers, i, held the key to zero’s strange properties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She reached distractedly into the pocket of her skirt and took out the music box and, without thinking, twisted the winding key with trembling fingers. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me see,” she demanded as though two sets of keys were worth looking at. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After a minute’s weaving about through the whirl of rainbow feathers, he noticed a large silver key that had a bent wing, as if it had already been caught and stuffed roughly into the keyhole. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton begins to play the scales again—this time, she says, in the key of G. I suck in a large breath and pray to baby Jesus. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mom said, “Honey,” and I said, “Oui and she said, “Did you give a copy of our apartment key to the mailman?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He demanded so much, promised with such insistence that he would not mistreat the things, that Úrsula gave him the keys. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If the key contains flats, the name of the key signature is the name of the second-to-last flat in the key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He carried them on a key chain attached to the side of his belt. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Halliday requests that you return tomorrow afternoon with the key. She will be here around two o’clock.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I reached into my pocket and pulled out Mom’s keys, holding them with shaking hands. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Every locked door has a key,” I murmur. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He goes to try it again, but I reach over and grab the key from the ignition. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he was slipping the key into the lobby door, I said, “I wish you’d give the chemo a chance, Baba.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they sent the fat boy and a forward into the paint I pulled up and dropped the pill from the top of the key. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He used a key and unlocked the door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was one key factor they hadn’t considered: how Ernie was going to get this dead bird out of the cage without having to touch it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Sure. But why? Big Dub got you under lock and key?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I just mean the dreams. The words. Don’t we need to talk about Minerva finding the key?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Presently,” Belknap said, “I heard my door tried and then a key was slipped into the lock.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Most listeners would not even notice the difference, unless you played it in both keys, one right after the other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It is also likely that many of the chords in the progression will be chords that are common in the new key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling I was getting farther from the key I needed instead of closer. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came in sight of the house, I decided not to go about my work as usual, but to let him know straightaway that I had seen the padlocks, and ask for the key. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But there was a monster, supposedly, and these dungeons were spooky, and she just wanted to figure out which door her key opened up, and she wanted to get out of there. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s ridiculous. Stealing keys, climbing into a trunk. Who can believe a story like that?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He banged on the keys, and the notes that clanged sounded different from what Kendra would have expected. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Travis took the keys, got in, and tried to start it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The key to Linus’ success was his reliance on the simple laws of structural chemistry. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

His hand on her shoulder, the familiar clanking of keys on his belt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The coffee was ready and I was on my second batch of toast when I heard a key in the lock, the front door opening. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gave me a long, exasperated look before he turned to the keys. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A man strode toward the cluster of students, keys jangling in his hand. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was always bad news, so sometimes days went by before he bothered to take out his strangely sharp little key and open the metal box by the front gate. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In 1944, he was captured by the Gestapo, but he escaped prison, thanks to his metalworking experience, which taught him how to make keys. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the blue vase, on the shelf in the bedroom, is a key. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Phelan grabbed the keys from the guy’s belt, strode over to the inmate’s cell door, unlocked it, and flung it open with a bang. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily jumps from the darkness and, in a swift, practiced movement, inserts and turns the key. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A cork, a fishhook, a silver dollar, a fancy key, and a tiny wooden baby doll, no bigger than a thimble, painted in bright colors, with a face and everything. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pull off my shoes and coat and set my keys and phone beside the neat stack of Finch’s clothing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some of the drawers had keyholes, but they were already unlocked, and the keys did not fit. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She's sitting there, right where she was yesterday, her long fingers hovering above the keys of her laptop, head tilted to one side, listening. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this is key lime pie we’re talking about, so I do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This time, though, the students were given an answer key and, under minimal supervision, told to grade their own papers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unscheduled and no longer under lock and key, he takes long walks around the city. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They knew that to get anywhere, they needed to work with the powerhouses in the city who held the keys to jobs, housing, and social services. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“His key card doesn’t work anymore. They must have deactivated it.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

My mom waves the key card in front of the round electronic lock pad, and we enter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ability for individuals to create and broadcast media explains a key difference between the nature and amount of information people consume today than in past eras. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I have a set of their keys inside. Wait right here.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then I took out my door key and opened our door, quiet as hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He stood slow and reached for the key ring and a lantern on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had a key, it took her only seconds to figure out the solution to the Maltese Falcon clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Stranger still, if you press the “Q” key, it isn’t the “Q” indicator that glows, but perhaps an “A” or a “J” or a “Z.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t have keys or Clorox wipes, only my phone. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to give her the car keys until she cajoled him with kisses and caresses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She turned back to the typewriter to sort out all the keys that were jammed together now. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the door, as if he expected it to fly open before he could get back to it with the key he did not yet have. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The final key to using sequences of tenses should be familiar from our discussion of if And then. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I ran to the door, reaching up automatically to grab the key under the eave. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But none of them had even a set of keys. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s like when a song changes key, or starts on the offbeat, or shifts its meter halfway through. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In sharp keys, the note that names the key is one half step above the final sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’m not about to tell Mr. Ingman about the underwear and hotel key, so I just shrug and say, “I don’t really know. Something’s just off.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Today I turn the apartment upside down looking for my key. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

To practice this skill, simply start playing familiar pieces in a different key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was only after I stepped outside that I realized I’d left the key inside, on the mantel. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Fingers trembling, he put a key into the lock of the cell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We walk to a door beside a wholesale suitcase store, he takes out a key, and we go up the stairs in the dark. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wish that I were old enough to just go live in the Amazon and study the plants there, because it is possible that one of them holds the key to the cure for cancer. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Our key was just stolen on Friday, and now on Monday we find a note asking where our key is?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure sits on the floor of the key pound and opens her book. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Quickbeam bowed like a tree bending in the wind and handed to Aragorn two great black keys of intricate shape, joined by a ring of steel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt dialed; his fingers were shaking as he pressed the keys. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No, she found the key’s hiding place before I did. Last month, she said. She just wasn’t able to obtain the key until now.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Bright and serious, Ismail Meer was born in Natal, and while at law school at Wits he became a key member of the Transvaal Indian Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when we got to Swindon Mother had keys to the house and we went in and she said, “Hello?” but there was no one there because it was 1:23 p.m. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mully had the keys for the j three gates, where bars of black iron as thick as a man’s arm closed off the passage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like they’ll dust the place for fingerprints. Your mom probably doesn’t even remember that you have the extra key.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He nervously runs his fingers up and down the black keys. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then he held out a key that hung from a ribbon. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some of our key guys are fouling out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man held up a set of keys. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

To learn this job, I had to handle the keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed the key into it and pressed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Fumbling with a key while trying to steady his candle, he unlocked the nearby door that led to the king’s lodgings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s hidden in something. A book isn’t a key.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I remember the day she slapped a handful of keys on the counter and told the regulars to take one. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Master Lockton crossed the room to pick up the keys that had been hidden in the jar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the desk, I noticed, was a pegboard with room keys. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’ll make an extra copy of the key after school tomorrow. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The lock was rusty but the key probably wasn’t the right one anyway. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dribbled to the top of the key and got to thinking I was going to hit a three-pointer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

You inserted the key and heard a plush click. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were sympathetic, but without the key, I was stuck.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In a separate envelope he is given his father’s wallet, his car keys. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once someone even left a leather-covered journal, with a tiny silver key that opened its lock. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hold the key with my steady hand, but I still drop it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The breeze catches her hair as she roots for her car keys. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She fumbled around in her purse and took out keys. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Sleeper is trying to find allies. Show me the map of the second key.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And a hotel key? When did Olga ever go anywhere? Why would she have that?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But while the regular officer, a fat, powerful- looking cigar chomper named Orrico, was at pains to explain the job, he was not handing me the ring of keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three are in a major key and two in a minor key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Store managers juggle key rings and extra-large coffees, then the cage gates fly up in the air. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the mattress from the upper bunk bed, and pulled out the two envelopes that held keys for apartment 1 IF and apartment 14J. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Shut the woman in there and guard her till I get back with the keys,” he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Who else could it have been? You had the key. I know, I know,” he said when I tried to interrupt him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Clark nodded, stuffing one last bite into her mouth before clicking a few keys. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It takes me a minute to figure out my key. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mastery of the Reynolds number, and using that knowledge to build wind tunnels that successfully simulated real-world conditions, was the key to the NACAs success. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She kept the key in a plastic box in her desk drawer. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“He’ll only let me out once a day to eat and use the bathroom. I managed to get the key to the window bars, but if he sees I’m gone, I’m dead.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

However, origin stories may leave out key aspects of what actually happened and overemphasize others. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Christmas Eve. Jesse’s parents dragged him to Providence every year for Christmas. They won’t be home. I know where they keep a spare key, and I know the alarm code.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.... While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For songs that you do know the chords to, try playing them in an unfamiliar key, or see if you can change or add chords to make a new harmony that still fits the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z