| 单词 | killing |
| 例句 | Nina saw firsthand the undiluted evil of the Nazi killing machine. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I felt like killing Norton as I plowed into him, punching his face like it was a sack of flour. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Hope that the truth will free us of this war. Trust that informed Americans will direct their public servants to stop lying and to stop the killing and dying.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “We’ll know soon enough if someone has been killing those old ladies.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “My mind kept coming back to the events of Tuesday, for it was a terrible, terrible day. It was a day of killing—a day of violence.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The plot of Blade II is that Blade is a guy who runs around killing vampires. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Disease spread unchecked, weakening, crippling, and killing indiscriminately. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Pennsylvania one year paid out $90,000 in bounties for the killing of 130,000 owls and hawks to save the state’s farmers a slightly less than whopping $1,875 in estimated livestock losses. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Each murder in band and tribal societies usually leads to an attempted revenge killing, starting one more unending cycle of murder and countermurder that destabilizes the society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Spraying is killing the birds but it is not saving the elms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “We should thank you for defying the instructions of your faction leaders? Thank you for trying to prevent one of your faction leaders from killing Jeanine Matthews? You behaved like a traitor.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And the coyotes howling, which had scared him as a kid until he got used to it and until he began to travel with a .22, killing the coyotes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Diego had been killing Luke’s chickens for more than a year. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One went outside and chewed a little grass like a sick dog, he said to keep it from killing him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “But I just found you, Abuela...I just...found out who you really are. The murals are fading...Wick is killing the shadowshapers off. Who will...?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Their floors were always collaged with stray bits of paper, and trapped flies waved for help from the gummy killing fields of their tabletops. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘Ah, but they is not killing their own kind,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But why should a germ evolve the apparently self-defeating strategy of killing its host? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The plane crashed on the way, killing my uncle and seven passengers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z As the war progressed, the youth lost track of their goals and started killing innocent villagers. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “The beast devoured Barsena’s flesh. Dragons prey on men. It was killing, burning...” “... burning men who meant harm to your queen. Harpy’s Sons, as like as not Your friends.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But I don’t know what to tell him about the aftermath of killing a person. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Unseen, silent, he waited patiently with his killing rock, counting the seconds until the man in black would die.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The North also rained artillery shells on a small South Korean island, killing four people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She is killing me with her shy loveliness. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We would come back hours later after killing many people and continue the movie as if we had just returned from intermission. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then it occurred to me that he might really be doing just that—killing the only person who might be able to help me find Kevin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Those who managed to survive the unbearable living conditions would later be sent to concentration camps and killing centers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Or maybe I wanted someone to point a finger at me and say, “Hannah. Are you thinking about killing yourself? Please don’t do that, Hannah. Please?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z How could she ever have believed Nehemia was the one killing the Champions? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “My wrist is killing me from writing all day,” she said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z This seems practically certain from the plan he devised for killing Perseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor’s force grew quickly, in no small part augmented by boys whom he armed and drugged into a killing frenzy. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z My breath becomes short and shallow; images of the Youns torturing and killing their victims flash before my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Without looking over at me, Augustus said, “You’re killing my vibe here, Hazel Grace. I’m trying to observe young love in its many-splendored awkwardness.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “If there is already crime in the thought of killing, why does the deed of killing not follow with ease?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z On the night of the Earl’s killing; Arthur had been conceived upon the unfortunate Countess. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They shoot at anything that moves or looks as though it might, and their success in killing one another may well prevent a population explosion. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now that your intelligence has been verified, you might want to get on with killing us.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Although we killed the Indians who held the litter, others at once took their places and held it aloft, and in this manner we spent a long time in overcoming and killing Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t had a family meeting since Maya was eight and Lauren was seven and accused Maya of killing her goldfish. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Between the two of them they had worked out their theory that killing people, and being a tyrant over them, was wrong. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be a fool. There is nothing that money can’t fix—even the killing of a brother,” Uncle snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them the curtain closes.The spiders return to their killing ways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, Indian blunt clubs, while capable of battering and wounding Spaniards and their horses, rarely succeeded in killing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a picture of one cowboy killing another one pasted to the television tube. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy had been intimidating enough before - summoning hurricanes, duelling pirates, killing giants in the Colosseum... Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In The Stranger the protagonist, Mersault, has a chance meeting with an Arab, a stranger, that results in Mersault’s killing the man. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Just like killing a goat, Nailer thought inanely. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z More than anything, he loved killing Jews with his hands. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z But the thing about killing a rat is that you must first find a rat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Because they figured out that you already have murderous tendencies and wouldn’t mind killing a few hundred people while conscious,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I had made him feel that, if he whipped me for killing the kitten, I would never give serious weight to his words again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They made burning statements with questions, and killing tools out of laughs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I’m incredibly stiff now and my ribs are killing me, but I’m still able to eat cereal with milk that’s dubious, to say the least, and loads of sugar. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z If they really meant to be doing a whole lot of killing and carrying on, they should go get them suckers from the projects, ’cause that’s all they like to do, anyway.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “If things really do get out of hand, I think they’d have no problem killing off another district, same as they did Thirteen. Make an example of it, you know?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And so, the killing of all rats was not successful. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But I want to say to you that the murder of Emmett Till was a cowardly act and a brutal and unnecessary killing of a human being. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “A diaper. That really makes me feel like killing myself right about now.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Didn’t no one want to be a slaver ’cause we always ended up killing ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I don’t see how he was capable of killing someone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Then the commandos executed them by machine-gun fire, killing hundreds of men, women, and children at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z What he had forced himself to do to ensure the future freedom of his people: killing children, and, with them, his own soul. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her job is to make sure the killing of cows at National Beef is as quick and painless as possible. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We were approaching the Cotton Tree at the center of town when we saw a group of protesters run by, holding posters that read stop the killing and the like. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Some desperate civilians and soldiers were looting stores, stealing food from shopkeepers, callously killing to get what they needed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “You want me to spend my life killing people?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z From his expression, or lack of it, he might have been killing time on a railway platform reading a billboard advertisement for Dr. Scholl’s foot pads. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “But I just couldn’t. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Sorry for killing Michael Jackson and lyin’ about it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I understand why you have such ease when killing my kind. And I don’t blame you for it.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was a sight horrible to the eyes and killing to the spirit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And the premise that allows for these killing fields—the reduction of the black body—is no different than the premise that allowed for the murder of Prince Jones. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They marched past the cypress, where a singletree hung from a limb to butcher the pigs on, and past the black iron kettle, so it was not a pig killing. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I go out and I see killings, and I think about my kids and start drinking. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I no longer felt that the world about me was hostile, killing; I knew it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I crated up Ma’s tinker tools, trying to keep my mind afloat, never giving a settling chance to things like lynchings, drownings, and sheep killings. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “You mean... killing the dog, right?” asks Will. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z West of here, where the war is already, where the humans are killing each other, the land is completely ruined. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Liz and Mark’s older son, Matthew, who is fifteen, asked a lot of questions about killing chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There was so much to see—dragon’s teeth, killing machines, corpses with bare feet that were blue and ivory. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea was that teenagers became obsessed with the game, somehow lost contact with reality, and ended up killing themselves. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the demon was there before him, strangling, killing him quickly. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z They done had meetings all week over the killing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But in that moment, I knew it wasn’t just the poison that was killing her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It is hard to explain to the children that the birds have been killed off, when they have learned in school that a Federal law protects the birds from killing or capture. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For a while Kreisel held forth on a way to make a financial killing by shifting money between the politically divided parts of Europe. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Was the man trying to scare him, or did he really think he had done other killings? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Prosecutors yesterday confirmed they will appeal the “unduly lenient” sentence of a motorist who escaped prison after being convicted for the second time of killing a cyclist. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It was rare for a witch to be jailed; only killings on a mass scale and usage of dangerous Forbidden Curses ever warranted it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “He wanted a raise and he was consistently late. You wouldn’t give him more money. That has nothing to do with him killing himself.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I searched for the name of H. G. Burt, the suspect in W. W. Vaughan’s killing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On February 8, communist guerrillas attacked a U.S. helicopter base, killing eight American advisors. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Young black men killing the people who loved them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A roach crawls under my bed, but I don’t bother killing it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “One of the revolutionaries was Jewish, and you know how much people love to blame us for killing Jesus. Apparently, we all killed the tsar, too.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But I don’t want Coin killing her, so I make a mental note to present her that way if asked. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Everyone’s eyes are upon me now, their faces twisted in disgust, as if killing a dinner guest, shambler or no, is a terrible faux pas. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Vikus had said killing him would give the roaches no time. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The storm hit without warning, killing about seven hundred people, damaging thousands of homes, and toppling millions of trees. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The notion of the recent killings being the product of “age-old” hatred is therefore misleading. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I bet it’s killing Plutarch not to be in the control room on this one,” says Peeta. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Eye Eater and the other two Champions’ killings hadn’t been just a fluke, or a drunken brawl, as the investigation had determined. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “They wanted to kill us. They’ve been killing us since before any of this happened.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, an extremist would open fire inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing forty-nine people and wounding fifty-three more. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When the news came of the killing at the Gilo River, everybody cried and cried, not just us children. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Inspired by the new idea of germ theory, Wells imagined microbes killing off his Martians. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The Spanish flu of 1918 had raged through the continent, killing nearly 20 million men and women worldwide and ranking among the deadliest natural disasters in history. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Thing is, people love babies. Baby elephants, baby gorillas, heck, give me a baby alligator and I could make a killing.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Cape pigeons often darted and flitted around the boat, but the men couldn’t bring themselves to kill the friendly birds, and ancient superstition forbade them from killing the albatross that still followed majestically above. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “They are killing me! Oh—they are killing me!” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Attached to the gun’s tip was a killing sword—a bayonet. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Saw: they were coming in groups, from rock to rock, tree to tree, not charging wildly as before, firing as they came, going down, killing us. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Orangeburg massacre did not generate the same national outrage and agonizing self-examination as would the killings of four white students at Kent State University two years later. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z With him alive, there would always be someone who knew the secret, while killing him would be no trouble at all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The killing fields of Chicago, of Baltimore, of Detroit, were created by the policy of Dreamers, but their weight, their shame, rests solely upon those who are dying in them. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I thought about what Vern had said about fishermen killing sharks for their fins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At the dishwasher one evening, Kathy said, “Jimmy has been saying, ‘This travel is killing me.’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He was heartbroken because Hindus and Muslims were still fighting and killing one another. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Inmates thought to be on the verge of killing them-selves had to be closely observed until they were deemed out of danger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And now all the dying around me, and all the killing, was making me look at myself again, hoping to find something more than the kid I was. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the fact that I can hear the crank and rumble of Breanna’s Jeep outside my window is killing me right now. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Momentarily, I'd felt a pang at killing something so fresh and innocent. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But what good is it if he’s on Sagan with us, just to have the Collective release the toxin, killing us all? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When I get hungry enough, then killing and falling are dancing too. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Something had stopped Ares from killing me, and whatever could do that was a lot stronger than the Furies. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Although the wait is killing Uncle Al, August doesn’t want to unveil her act until it’s perfect. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Liuzzo turned to look at them, one Klansman drew his pistol, put his arm out the car window, and shot Liuzzo twice in the face, killing her instantly and spewing blood over Moton. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain of knowing is killing me more than killing me would kill me, so I jump just to end it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I could see where segregation wasn’t very fair, but it wasn’t the same as something like the Nazis killing all those Jews. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Below me sits a battlefield—a killing field, actually, for no battle rages here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Exiled from land to land after some killing, he turned up at my door; I took him in. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The ones that somehow got suffocated inside me and made my husband wonder if I was killing them on purpose. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Though many new people who resettled in their village were taken away and never heard from again, my family’s status as base people protected them from the killings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If Celaena was actually right about it, then whoever was responsible for killing the Champions could be among them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z September 13, 2006: Father shot wife in back of head while she slept, killing her instantly. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z How could a government be responsible for killing so many of its own people? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was the same dream: a pack of wild dogs, all kinds of dogs, running with furious speed across a bare plain this time, intent on hunting and killing something he couldn’t see. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Rumors spread that the deputies joked about killing her. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z There was only one way to induce his ghost to come to him, by killing sheep and filling a pit with their blood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now go tell him that! Tell him I’m talking ’bout killing him!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The killing at his farm is done out in the open, where anyone can see. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Here and there wildflowers dared to dance in full summer dress, forgetting that any night might bring a killing frost. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I never did either, but I wouldn't go killing myself about losing some money that I never had in the first place.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have to get the hell out’a here,” Eugene said nervously, “this hick town is killing me!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I stepped away from the killing area for a break, Joel clapped me on the back for having taken my turn at the killing cones. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I mean, when you sell that stuff and someone buys it and dies, that’s one thing. I mean, it was his choice to go and buy it, but actually killing someone — ” “Yeah, I did.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The city’s taverns buzzed with talk of the strange, killing fever, as did the street markets and shops. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn both saw him as he ran away. The official report says you stopped a Nazi assassin from killing them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But she was upset by the idea of killing the rabbit in cold blood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know. God, I’m a genius. And her grades were good. And I don’t recall her talking about killing herself.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z In 1926, Morrison, while serving time in prison for killing Anna Brown, sent a note to Hale, which was intercepted by guards. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Did we think it was stupid that the Latino gang and the Asian gang are killing each other? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s different when you hear it from someone who has committed the terrible act of killing someone.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But for a long time I was chastened whenever I remembered that my mother had come close to killing me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, in his mind’s eye he saw the red and yellow trolley careening from the high track, plunging to the water, killing his parents over and over. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My future died with Jesse, and I was killing time while the rest of the world caught up. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Donell: Yeah, he goes to our school and I beat him up about five times for killing my cousin. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Joel has many reasons for wanting to do the killing himself. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He writes a note to the librarian to say his legs are killing him from digging holes for the Electricity Supply Board and from now on Frank McCourt will be getting his books. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It all sounded very glamorous, although the idea of tossing up my skirts for pay struck me as being even more laborious than killing the dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Though their directive was to destroy the Shawnee Nation, they fell on the staunchly neutral towns of the Delaware Nation, torturing and killing women and children. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z For they had the power to use a paper doll, first to destroy his integrity and then as an excuse for killing him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As though to harmonize with the general mood, the rocket bombs had been killing larger numbers of people than usual. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Hitler jumped out to the middle of the circle and started killing it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Ku Klux Klan reasserted itself as a powerful terrorist organization, committing castrations, killings, and the bombing of black homes and churches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The suspense of everything is killing me. I can’t take being out here.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z White realized that the unusual method of the final killing—a bombing—had a vicious logic. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He did not relish the notion of celebrating his return by killing one of his own kin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These children now patrolled in special units, killing and maiming civilians. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But Miss Rossit and I both agreed that we might end up killing the trees in the process, not to mention other creatures. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The police killings triggered a four-day general strike, and sailors and workers throughout the city joined the shutdown. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “Commandant's been on my back for days. Hag keeps killing off her girls. Temper like a viper.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I just told him that the war was about us killing people and about people killing us, and I couldn’t see much more to it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had used the word “killing” rather than “gleaning.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Rats as big as dogs swarmed about in packs, killing and eating anything that got in their way. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sleeper didn’t even think they were enough of a threat to bother with killing them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Jeanine’s predecessor. Seems he passed on the idea of killing off the Divergent to her, right before his heart attack.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I no longer kill or catch anything I cannot get into a frying pan; I am too old for sport killing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears fill my eyes, and I yell, “Why don’t you try killing one of your best friends and then dealing with the consequences?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I say, “Yes! That’s it! It’s killing me, Grandma. Like a hole gone through. Like losing Benny again. Sort of.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z A car parked in San Francisco was sprayed with bullets, killing three people inside. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z So I go ahead and tell her about Peeta, his deterioration on-screen, and how I think they must be killing him at this very moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Most of them are dead—killing each other for no reason. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The little pools were places of life because of the water, and places of killing because of the water, too. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am overpowered with the fact that at this very moment, we are killing people in Vietnam with our tax dollars.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “My head is killing me—why did I agree to go to work? I’m supposed to be off today, with you in Washington.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Mourning the dead wasn’t part of the business of killing and trying to stay alive. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “The full moon killing the sun...I’m just saying here we are, being lured out to some creepy place, basically chasing the moon, right? Or its reflection anyway.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Maybe that could be what she read for her bat mitzvah: all the reasons killing was acceptable. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He said to Jack, “There’s no point in hurting her. There’s no point in killing me. Don’t you understand? There isn’t even an order of Jacks of All Trades. Not anymore.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z "You started the killing. I don't go around fighting," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, a returning aircraft accidentally landed on top of one that was already on the ground, killing three of the four crew members involved. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Often they used a strategy of setting fire to towns as they attacked, killing those who fled their homes and burning alive those who stayed inside. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z After killing most of the Pequot defenders, the soldiers set fire to the structures and burned the remaining people there alive. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Cunning, ambitious, and calculating, but above all else, he is deliberate. He has been facilitating the vicious killings in Lkossa all this time, but with purpose, with a constant goal in mind.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z You could say that I was just killing time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And it was me who was killing them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Years later, rumors surfaced that a white man from a prominent family confessed on his deathbed to killing the girls. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Some went straight to the houses of the judges and lawyers who had sentenced them, killing them and their families or burning their houses if they were not around. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “But I’ve thought things were impossible before, and so far, none of them actually were. Besides, I know Eril-Fane doesn’t want any more killing. He wants to come up to the citadel,” he told her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By killing these patients, the Nazis could use the money saved on their care to fund the war effort. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘They is shootling guns and going up in aerioplanes to drop their bombs on each other’s heads every week. Human beans is always killing other human beans.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the sort of killing that his father would accomplish with quick efficiency. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We urged the government to stop the killings in Soweto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid that even if I managed to hurt him, I wouldn’t hurt him enough to keep him from killing me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The bomb detonated moments later, killing more than 70,000 Japanese people in the explosion and the resulting firestorms, which obliterated an area nearly five miles wide. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Some white men even glorified the killing of black people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He does not have the cold approach to killing, the singleness of purpose, the brutal tenacity, that the winner of this war—if there ever is to be one—must have. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper jumps up and blows Maniac away, killing him at least fifteen times. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The fifth and sixth, containing the first-class and air-conditioned passengers, telescoped into each other, killing the passengers in their sleep. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Although many abhorred the killings, others favored these deaths, especially in cases of severely mentally ill or disabled children. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The meadhall seemed to stretch for miles, out to the edges of time and space, and I saw myself killing them, on and on and on, as if mechanically, without contest. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringed when I stood up because my stomach was killing me and I didn’t know why. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The bullet had gone cleanly through and struck a ewe in the backbone, killing her almost as fast as the coyote. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The monstrous boy from District 2 is a ruthless killing machine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And if Frank was a little slow giving it directions, it might start killing whatever was in its path, including its master. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And so the Englishmen feel they have the right to do more killing and burning and stealing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I don't have the skills to keep enough H2 flowing to feed a flame without killing myself. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered all that and everybody in St. Nick being so sad about it, that woman killing herself like that right in our home. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It was only the bartender and the two men who followed him into the street that prevented them from killing each other. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A shot would come from the woods, and you’d return fire, killing a lot of the vegetation without ever hitting the sniper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It made me feel sick to think of killing my sperm with jelly. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z What mattered was finding rabbits and killing them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the air, Allied planes based in Great Britain were raining bombs on German cities and industrial sites, killing tens of thousands of civilians. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It’s possible that death is what she will use—killing people would certainly keep them quiet, stifle their revolution before it begins. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I asked him if he could talk to his boss about killing the Burned Beauty’s Beau storyline. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The story was not half bad: Once upon a time a sultan was killing all the girls in his kingdom, decapitating them, running swords through them, hanging them. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She seemed more excited than I, to whom it signified only more war and killing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Three weeks later, Hitler signed an order that officially halted the killing. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The possibility that he might die first and then Julie killing herself filled him with terror. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Then she sees that I’m guarding the girl instead of killing her, and she makes a strange, choked sound. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I wasn’t gonna be rude and look no gift horse in the mouth, but I didn’t know what the sheriff ’spected me to do with a stone that had took part in killing my pap. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Frank had spoken of going to 123rd Street and killing the man he thought had set us up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I decided that eggs and milk can be gotten from animals without hurting or killing them—or so, at least, I thought. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A week after the killings, blacks in many cities held demonstrations to grieve for their dead, to show communal solidarity, and to vent outrage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There were some people who would do whatever it took to silence the voices that spoke out against injustice, even if it meant killing people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Albert seemed on the verge of crying, or killing someone. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The killing of that deer was a story which had become legend. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Curiosity is killing the rat,’ the BFG said, and he turned away from the silly man. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I dont want to make a killing; save that to suck in the smart gamblers with. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in the day, Inka soldiers learned to wait above and roll boulders on their foes, killing some of the animals and frightening others into running away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I said, “It rained ash upon the living and the dead. And gasses came out that were killing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “If I feel regret,” I say, “it’s that I wasn’t willing to die sooner. That I wasn’t willing to cut my own throat in the Third Trial instead of killing men I’d known for years.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They think any use of animals for food is morally wrong, not just killing them for meat, but using their milk or eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I swear, many’s the day I regret she talked me out of killing her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Fazlullah had set up a public court to enforce his edicts, and his men were now flogging or killing policemen, government officials, and other men and women who disobeyed him. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The pack kept harassing the sleepy beast, barking and snarling, but with no intention of killing it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the bigger gorillas leave chimps only a fraction of the quantity of food bonobos get, each chimp must fight ferociously to survive, including killing other chimpanzees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I hate it—this neighborhood, the people shooting each other, killing each other. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t need an ocean—” “Boys,” Annabeth interrupted, “I’m sure you both would’ve been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It lost its way in the fog and crash- landed, killing several of the crew. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately for Pizarro and unfortunately for the Incas, smallpox had arrived overland around 1526, killing much of the Inca population, including both the emperor Huayna Capac and his designated successor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “If this is true,” said Jack, “and if I am now a Jack-all-alone, then I have an excellent reason for killing you both.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The killing of the Fire Dragon was an exploit that called for the best of their cunning. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z My father mostly concentrated on his lima beans, until my sister pointed out that a steady diet of lima beans had already killed lab rats, and was probably killing us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Dell decided to wait with her, but it was killing him. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Among his first official acts was killing two of his own brothers to avoid future family problems. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He yells back at me, “Baby Face, stay close, but I’m begging you, don’t start killing no one jus’ yet.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I firmly committed myself to killing her, slowly, horribly. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z As the killings continued and the situation got worse, Arkansas’s governor asked the War Department to send in infantry units. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The only good I could see in killing one was getting rid of a vicious predatory animal. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And strange; the Wyrdmarks made this something more than a brutal killing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His silence on the slavery question was strategic, believing as he did that slavery was a cancer on the body politic of America that could not at present be removed without killing the patient. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Blackie had later been picked up by the law for car theft and never went through with any of the killings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Everyone knows he went nuts—some shank even accused you of killing him when you ran out there yesterday.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “There will be no killing today,” a voice said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We went to work, killing everyone in sight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Hungrily, Andeg dropped and struck, hard, killing the little animal and quickly eating it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t like killing a girl,” the Spaniard said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My head is killing me and I feel like I might be sick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well...the monsters keep people away by killing anyone who gets close. And if one doesn’t get you, another one will.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Whatever Clytius was doing, pulling words from her mouth—it was killing her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z First, shared ideology or religion helps solve the problem of how unrelated individuals are to live together without killing each other—by providing them with a bond not based on kinship. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His eyes had narrowed into starpoints of cold, the killing edge of a personal fury that marked a crossing of the line which Lillian recognized immediately. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashley Jones was a fourteen-year-old girl who had been convicted of killing two family members when her older boyfriend tried to help her escape her family. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The Redcoats fired a volley and charged with bayonets, killing eight Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyone who is thinking about committing suicide is weak, and when you tell someone you are thinking about killing yourself, you most certainly are broken,” Diana said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One year later there had been only one murder involving members of those seventy-five gangs—compared with between forty and fifty killings in each of the previous two years. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z During the ensuing and second awkward silence, I spend a moment seriously thinking about killing myself. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was as if the night itself had poured into hall Heorot, killing and eating mere men, the creatures of day. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Did they mutter any tribal incantations while they did the killings, for example? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry had escaped from the same attack with nothing more than a scar on his forehead, where Voldemort’s curse, instead of killing him, had rebounded upon its originator. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Why was I still slave to a man who had repaid me for saving his life by nearly killing me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And in the Bible it says Thou shalt not kill but there were the Crusades and two world wars and the Gulf War and there were Christians killing people in all of them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Officers returned fired, killing four, injuring many more. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I took, a puff on the cigarette, and I could hear Lorraine’s voice saying I was killing myself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z At home, we would be watching full coverage of each and every killing, but that's thought to give an unfair advantage to the living tributes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Instead, farming spread mainly through farmers’ outbreeding hunters, developing more potent technology, and then killing the hunters or driving them off of all lands suitable for agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This is bound to get me a bad name as a sportsman, but let me say at once that I have nothing against the killing of animals. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a tragedy, killing him, but a necessary one.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Outraged, they protested for the “mercy killings” to stop. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And how I was going to prevent two of my brothers from killing a third. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Well.. . Voldemort said that he only killed my mother because she tried to stop him from killing me. But why would he want to kill me in the first place?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “The one in the bush, with a gun, killing whites,” I said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It did this again and again—killing its way toward us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The bombings and killings didn’t stop after the calendar page turned. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "Listen here, you old fool, don't talk about killing me! Give me a chance to explain. I don't belong to anything—Go on, pick it up! Go on!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind had not only snapped during the first killing, it had also stopped making remorseful records, or so it seemed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The only witness to the killing of Prince Jones was the killer himself. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z For days, when I got home from school, I found Papa lying flat and complaining about not being able to pick cotton because his back was killing him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The movement regularly holds protests against police killings of African Americans and against such issues as racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Then if Rufus called me again, I would have to answer for the killing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “So much for old friends. And you, Zoe. It’s been a long time. How is my little traitor? I will enjoy killing you.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It is for this reason that I was imagining Russell Quitman and his friend Neil as zombies, wreaking havoc on Lily and killing men, women, and children. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z People fought with fists and bricks; soldiers fired on the crowd, killing two and injuring more than two hundred. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z My head is killing me, my throat is killing me, my stomach bubbles with toxic waste. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z People probably would have remembered the St. Francis Dam better if its collapsing failure had caused the cancelation of an Academy Awards presentation, as opposed to just killing about five hundred innocent victims. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But they saw now that the commandment had not been violated; for clearly there was good reason for killing the traitors who had leagued themselves with Snowball. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “These people taught you how to use a gun. They taught you how to fight. You think they’re above hurting you? Above killing you?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But the main thing is they are hardworking to the point of killing themselves. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent over and vomited, while the cold killing went on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In rural Kentucky, three men threw pieces of a tombstone off a bridge, smashing the windshield of a passing car, killing a teenage girl who was traveling with her family on a religious pilgrimage. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “For your sake, Rowan, I hope you come to love killing as much as Goddard does. It would make your life so much easier. So much more rewarding.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I have rarely talked to anyone about my mother, for I believe that I am capable of killing a person, without hesitation, who happened to make the wrong kind of remark about my mother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z David’s adultety with Bathsheba weighed less on history’s scales, for instance, than the positive fact of David’s killing Goliath. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On top was a bronze group—St. George killing the dragon. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not all but many of them do bad things. Even killing for money.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The work was especially meaningful to him: as a firefighter, he was saving lives and property not killing and destroying. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The vans traveled across Germany, from killing center to killing center. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ever have one that was worth killing? You must have had some before I was big enough to remember.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, his back had been killing him lately. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It’s an odd choice for breakfast, but she points out it has a high liquid content, so consuming it is killing two birds with one stone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Quit looking at me that way, Matt. Until he did us the favor of killing himself, I wasn’t taking any chances.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya wished he were there so they could discuss killing, but he wasn’t. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Matthias knows prison procedure, and Nina can handle any guards without a noisy fight. Your job is to keep them from killing each other.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The truth is, she’s been thinking about killing herself on and off for years. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z One goal, of course, is the obvious one of “pacifying” the nomads: that is, dissuading them from killing missionaries, bureaucrats, or each other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The mouse, I’ve been sure for years, limps home from the site of the burning ferns wheel with a brand-new, airtight plan for killing the cat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The other crew took off, flew two miles, and crashed, killing the pilot and navigator. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And silent dinner was killing me, so I tried to. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z An assassin like that never stopped at just killing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “It’s my father. His heart can’t take it anymore, all this fighting and killing.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Physically it is extraordinarily arduous, and morally it is killing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Too bad I can’t remember my whole life. Maybe I love killing animals.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Through the panel he calls, “I am not killing you. I am hearing you. On radio. Is why I come.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Killing a Spackle ain’t killing a man,” he says, grinning away at how stupid I am. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Would it be so painful that there would be a need for mercy killing? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s to stop you from killing me after I give you what you want?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t get who would punish you for killing Muriel,” Seth said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In addition to the billions of dollars that GSS raked in selling land that didn’t actually exist, they made a killing selling virtual objects and vehicles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The great humiliation of feeling that I am a prisoner is killing me far more than any other discomforts I have to endure,” he wrote—though in fact he felt no humiliation whatsoever. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Still— they were expected to earn obedience and respect from tall, cocky, murderous American infantrymen who had just come from all the killing at the front. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mine has a haunted house, and all these really horrible demons killing people, and only one girl surviving, just like a movie. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z This is done with the purpose of killing insects that may come in contact with them, especially by sucking their juices or blood. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But when the killing started, there was no right or wrong except in the way you did your job, except in the way that you were part of the killing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Any ambivalence he’d felt about killing these beauty queens had been erased by this one’s relentless campaign against him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z An intellectually disabled black woman living in Choctaw County, Alabama, Ms. Banks was accused of killing her newborn child even though police had no credible basis for believing she had ever been pregnant. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He wrote a friend: “I’m doing the dearest little serial for Pearson’s new magazine, in which I completely wreck and destroy Woking—killing my neighbours in painful and eccentric ways.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Those roosters are bred for killing and I think they enjoy it too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ms. Rochambeau, are we just supposed to talk about regular people killing people, or are we going to talk about the times when cops kill people, like black people specifically?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Something that wants the blame for the killings to go to Adiah.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "So," Bruce offered, "we can have a high chance of killing one person, or a low chance of killing six people. Jeez. How do we even make this decision?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the cops busted the place Bodega had made a killing and couldn’t be traced because he never owned the building, the City of New York did. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “You always talk of death and of us killing ourselves. Haven’t you figured it out? We’re not interested in dying,” I said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Is it true you saved Finch from killing himself? x Ryan. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And yet misery was the burden, the pervading, killing burden. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The gang seemed ready to start killing, and White grabbed the barrel of the gun being held by one of his captors, who yelled at Boxcar, “Shoot him! He’s got my gun.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At least the warriors didn’t seem interested in killing them immediately. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Clear-cutting” was the word for what the Rusties had done to the old forests: felling every tree, killing every living thing, turning entire countries into grazing land. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She just couldn’t bear the thought of killing something. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All the way he’s talking of hatred and killing his brother, until he finally stops and sits in the gutter at the very end of the slope, where bush lingers around the road. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z At least knights had led my family away before the killing started. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Natal became a killing ground. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The war has been declared, now it’s a fight for power, money, and territory; we are killing each other over race, pride, and respect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Were you serious when you promised you would keep them from killing me?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “If he sees a cop car, he’ll just start killing people.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Those germs undermined Indian resistance by killing most Indians and their leaders and by sapping the survivors’ morale. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That night little Willy couldn’t sleep—his eye was killing him. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The violence and killing are out of control. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think he’s recovered well from killing Cain,” Dorian said. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But if Julio still had the rifle, no one could stop him from killing again. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z ‘Human beans is the only animals that is killing their own kind.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like the idea of killing people, either. I don’t even like chemistry.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I can’t tell a lie anymore because my gum is killing me and there’s blood in my mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “But getting into a fight isn’t the same thing as killing someone!” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma stopped to pluck at some browned leaves in the garden as we walked to the car, muttering that the harmattan was killing her plants. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “No. What happens in the Quarter. The raids. The killing. It’s not...” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But despite this apparent munificence, the meat he’d been killing was very lean, and he was consuming fewer calories than he was burning. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The volcano erupted, killing six of the scientists, along with three tourists who had followed them, and seriously injuring several others, including Williams himself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "I always found the worst part of fighting was those long afternoons, just waiting and killing time." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Five died, one dies: enough. You will not win my hoard by killing them.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z During the next two years, vigilante groups of whites had responded violently, bombing twenty-six homes and killing twenty-seven blacks. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He gave three Salvadorans a place to sleep and work killing and plucking birds. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z ‘I knew we should have to fight. Well, they started the killing.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I go back to imagining killing the president. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Well, to be accurate, cats enjoy playing with birds before killing them. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They all think I’m killing myself at this pace, but what they don’t understand is that I’m living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The murderer’s lover must have had something to do with the killing, or maybe they were just going to punish her anyway, because his corpse called out for her to flee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Every morning, someone arrived at school with a story about another killing, sometimes two, sometimes three a night. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop thinking that we don’t spend much time contemplating the details of what killing someone actually involves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In the songs, the knights never killed magical beasts, they just went up to them and touched them and did them no harm, but she knew Joffrey liked hunting, especially the killing part. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That’s not what we were taught at camp. Centaurs are crazy, always getting drunk and killing heroes.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When questioned about the smoke and the smell, the director of the Hadamar killing center explained to the townspeople that his men were burning old shoes and other articles that contained petroleum. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Now say that given point is the open window of the room in which the killing took place. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them spoke about Mrs. Caruthers killing her son’s first fiancée, a woman who had been her personal maid and a colored girl light enough to pass as white. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She’d played this part in the past, but it had ended in killing a stranger—not confronting a friend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Yet even after accounting for thirty-five nonracial variables, the researchers found that defendants charged with killing white victims were 4.3 times more likely to receive a death sentence than defendants charged with killing blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Short-Snout has fewer human killings to its name than most dragons, though as it prefers to live in wild and uninhabited mountainous areas, this is not much to its credit. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth’s pleasure at reading about his success in killing Lincoln could not hide his worsening condition. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My dogs lost no time in killing him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers’ callousness gave more and more strength to his conviction that they had been party to the killing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “But killing this boy isn’t going to help you or any of us.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We are now the playground of the Caribbean, who were once its killing fields. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was like I was killing their children.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He knew that the assignments of the Days would more and more be the killing of white people in groups, since more and more Negroes were being killed in groups. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When we finished saying Hail Mary about three hundred times, we said our personal prayers silently, which was kept to a minimum, since our knees would be killing us by then. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But now you blame somebody else for the killing to get a break for yourself, isn't that right? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow daily life continued despite the bomb blasts and killings. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We did not discuss who would be in charge of killing the unfortunate roosters. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z These artifacts marked the room as headquarters of the Whitechapel Club, named for the London slum in which two years earlier Jack the Ripper had done his killing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I described my dreams, and the feeling I’d had on the beach, that momentary breath of evil that had seemed to stop the world, and made Ares back off from killing me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The cause of her death went back into the past, to the time when Apollo in anger at Zeus for killing his son Aesculapius killed Zeus’s workmen, the Cyclopes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Orion is a problem. Unlike the other giants, Orion has been walking the earth for centuries. He takes a special interest in killing Amazons, or Hunters, or any female who dares to be strong.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I knew the Catholics thought killing yourself was an awful sin. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “What did you see, Elias? You were coming for the mountains, but you kept falling, clawing at the air. You talked about...about killing me.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We will finish the work of Your Majesty’s great ancestor King Degravaunt, killing most of the goblins and burning the world free of evil forever. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “It’s bad enough wasting time without killing it.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Think about it, Ekon. Why would Adiah bother to hold all the splendor inside of her body to protect Lkossa’s people, if she was just going to go around killing its citizens anyway?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “We know the man who did this. Killed this boy and all the rest. Not by his own hand, no. He is too fat and craven to do his own killing. But by his word.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Will you please take this troublesome child outside and play with her so I may focus on healing your mother without killing her by mistake?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “My feet are killing me. I hate these boots. They smell disgusting, and they’re too small. I’ll have blisters the size of oranges once this is over.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I waited until Vonetta and Fern were inside taking a nap before I did my chicken killing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z After every gunfight we would enter the rebel camp, killing those we had wounded. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The author defended the killing of good plants “simply because they are in bad company.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am. Thank you for not killing me. Thank you, Mrs. Henderson.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she understood why the Uncle had been so insistent on killing Beefy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A union representative tried to sway the packers: “These men will be on the killing floor of the packing plants. They will have cleavers and knives.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No, no, no. It’s the wet and chill that’s killing us. The rain comes right into my tent and I sleep shivering every night.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I am sure that nothing is worth killing him for. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z So did the giant, who stood back and watched with a smug smile, apparently happy for his pets to do the killing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “She’s gone. Look at her. It’s killing me. We have to let her go.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not sleep, she could not distract herself She began to think about killing the tennis coach. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Welcome to our secret room. Got some nice automatic weapons. Grenades. Some beautiful killing machines, really. Here’s my personal favorite.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Let one stay around white people for a while and he’s not worth killing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z One day while killing my hour of prayer, I remembered a series of volumes of Indian history I had read the year before. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides killing seven people, the Shuttle has been a disappointment in that it has been more expensive to operate than its fans had hoped. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in the history of the Christian church, people had been told by the Pope that killing people was not only permissible, but a religious duty. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I wondered why the debils were killing so many people if this was true, but it was better not to ask. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He was like Sarah, holding himself back, not killing in spite of anger I could only imagine. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “This life is killing me, Chuck,” her mother saying in a voice hoarse with tears while her dad stood in his army greens, quiet as always, his hands worrying the edges of his hat. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The apartment wasn’t big, but he still ran across the living room, nearly killing himself when he didn’t see one of the boys’ scooters lying across the floor. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It is not politically correct but true that I had seen and heard of single coyotes or wolves killing forty sheep in one night without eating any of them. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was the one who actually saw the killing. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She had planned on killing her husband with Bodega’s gun. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Five weeks later, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and started killing children. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Olanna’s fear came with rage, a fierce and emboldening rage, and she imagined fighting them, strangling them, killing them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Grandma had missed with the arrow, wounding but not killing Muriel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Tendrils of darkness were now spreading out from his feet, killing all the weeds between the cobblestones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He tried not to think of the stories he had heard lately of mass killings; of men, women, and children being forced to dig their own graves and then being shot and thrown into them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Gold had driven the conquistadors crazy and they ended up killing themselves and all of those poor Incas. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t entertain any ideas about killing me. You could, of course; no one can stop you. But it will go much easier for you if I am unharmed when my men arrive.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Well, he’s off the hook in case anybody ever starts trying to track down whoever else was in on that killing.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Shin thought her punishment was just and fair, and he never became angry with his teacher for killing her. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Keav, and now Pa, one by one, the Khmer Rouge is killing my family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to rest but instead fall into the dream of the killing field. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Daddy,” she said, “he was killing the weeds.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z For the guys in the squad, it meant killing the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Are we supposed to believe that he didn’t get up and run to his door and see the kid tearing down the stairs fifteen seconds after the killing? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Laila had seen enough killing of innocents caught in the cross fire of enemies. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And I would be killing the young man who carried water for train boilers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A witness later testified that Peace had claimed his wife was feeding him “some kind of poison, that she was killing him.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When Agent Burger interrogated Rose, she insisted that she’d nothing to do with Anna’s killing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “We need to find the thing that’s been really killing people.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z What happens to the corn plants and the luxuriant branching vines when the grain is harvested, the grapes gathered, and the black frost sets in, killing the fresh green life of the fields? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe, just maybe, I would finally be pardoned for killing my mother. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It lay motionless and dark in front of the church, and despite the necessity of it all, I felt a pang of regret for killing the poor beast. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I did not think that my uncle Pedro would be punished for killing such a man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And somehow wind up killing her before she could even become the King’s Champion. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Even with his too-small glasses and my knowledge of his little fancy lady kit under the front seat, I reminded myself there was a distinct possibility he was capable of killing me with his brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They viewed the killing of children, sick people and the elderly as many people today view abortion and euthanasia. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of all the people on the train, I alone had probably the best motive for killing him.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But he wants to deliver the killing blow. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When I take a drink, I find it is still salty, and I wonder if we are killing the young plants rather than saving them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The press later described the killings as being as “dark and sordid as any murder story of the century” and the “bloodiest chapter in American crime history.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Eyewitnesses described the killings of dozens of people—state troopers, innocent bystanders, anyone who stood in the invaders’ way. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “The news coming out of the city, it’s so bad. There’s looting, killing. Something bad is going to happen to you.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Maybe it was out of pride, or some deep- rooted disdain for authority—or, I thought with a cringe, maybe the Gypsies just wanted the satisfaction of killing us themselves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Nor could I remove from my mind the steward’s hateful look when he brought down his sword with the clear intent of killing me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z His face had softened as he heard Redemption talk about killing him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Did this mean if I told May about T. Ray’s mounds of grits, his dozens of small cruelties, about my killing my mother—that hearing it, she would feel everything I did? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth and his henchmen would throw into chaos the Union government by killing its top leaders. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I win at being the worst at killing myself. I’m a champion, an American hero. USA! USA! USA!” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Some of them are in for making liquor or running it, but most of them are in for murder. They don’t think a whole lot about killing people up here.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to guess, and throw away our best chance at killing it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “When he got shot,” said one infantryman, “people were walking around going, ‘What are we doing here when they’re killing one of the greatest men the world has ever known back there? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His mother left a recipe for salmon that’s a family secret and if he had the time and his legs weren’t killing him he’d find it someplace in this house. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He saw calculation there, as Thyon weighed the trouble of killing him with the risk of letting him live. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But there were countless other killings—killings that were not included in official estimates and that, unlike the cases of Lewis or Mollie Burkhart’s family members, were never investigated or even classified as homicides. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Corkhill presented Guiteau’s letters addressed to the American people, written before the assassination, in which he explained his plan and motive for killing the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Soon after his death was announced by radio, enraged Hutus took their revenge by killing scores of Tutsis. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Five to ten minutes more, as well, without actually killing the occupant. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Trying to keep you all from killing each other,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I shout, grabbing onto her arms to keep us both from falling off the cliff, trying to keep the knife from accidentally killing her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It occurs to me that my conscience stopped me from killing August at the very moment someone was attempting to carry out his orders to kill me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Corpses for us Blood for us Killing killing killing killing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And the Committee does stuff way worse than killing you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z By making a picture of an animal they meant to bring the animal itself within their grasp, and in “killing” the image they thought they had killed the animal’s vital spirit. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z How fearful she must be now—if she is alive—that the Youns, our enemy, have invaded Kampuchea, and as a result, stopped the Khmer Rouge from killing more Cambodians. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His reprisal killings had come out sounding close to hers, he was sure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s like talking into a dead phone. 4TH JUROR: The woman saw the killing through the windows of a moving elevated train. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how I looked at it, I felt regret about killing that pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why all that fighting and killing makes people happy. It should make them disgusted!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She had hoped for a respite from the killing, for some time to build and heal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Have you heard what glory young Orestes won when he cut down that two-faced man, Aigisthos, for killing his illustrious father? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Last Friend has been an incredible resource over the past two years, since its prototype stage, but she’ll forever be horrified by the eleven Last Friend serial killings last summer. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “But nothing of the killing sort. These were normal folks.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had gone right when I fired slightly to the left, and I caught the coyote fair in the front of her neck, killing her almost instantly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It happened when your mother was a teenager. May caught her killing a roach with a fly- swatter. She said, ‘Deborah Fontanel, every living creature on the earth is special. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Guns are used exclusively for killing,” Matt is saying, “and why should we trust people with that ability when clearly the statistics show that people cannot be trusted?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I knew my strengths well, and they were killing me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In October in Sioux City, another bomber from their group plowed onto a field, killing two. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The first reaction to his killing the six men this morning had caused a period of stunned blankness, then sickness, and now, a strange peace. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet as the two lawmen stared at the man in the car, they realized that the killing hadn’t stopped after all. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That was the time Mama had shot and wounded a hog- killing bear and Papa had had to finish it off with a knife to keep it from getting her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But they also destroyed Indigenous farms, gardens, and towns, killing men, women, and children and taking over stores of food in addition to their lands. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z All the running, the hiding, the lies, the killing, for what? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He made it a practice never to let a day go by without killing something. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But would killing the rat really make the darkness go away? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Alecto took care that the news should spread quickly, and fighting started at once, the furious farmers bent upon killing Ascanius and the Trojans defending him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She whispered against my ear, because she couldn’t hold it in: “Sophie. You know the only way they can get a young bonobo is by killing its family, yes?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He picked Kanei, three other boys, and me for the killing exhibition. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The killing, like so many in East Oakland, was never solved. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The sides of the thermos were enameled with red and yellow Ancient Greek scenes—a hero killing a lion; a hero lifting up Cerberus, the three-headed dog. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Oh, she’d heard the whispers about how Bryan was responsible for killing that drunken Indian, she said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Shouldn't you be out scaring small children or killing your relatives?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Take me with you. You cannot mean to leave me in this horrible place. It is killing me.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Seeing me in the glass coming up behind her, she jerked around and started yelling about Uncle Camp killing himself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Nearly killing his father never made the list. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There had been a time during her dying when the noise and the smell of her had made anger rise in Kate so that she considered killing her quickly to get it over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All these wannabes killing themselves, running around hanging the lamest posters and FB-ing everybody with Like me requests, and Castro wins without even being on the ballot, as a write-in. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “You say that, yet when you told them to stop killing they obeyed. Why would they do that if you were not one of them?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The anticipation of trying to guess its next move was killing Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She claimed that she looked out of her window and saw the killing through the last two cars of a passing elevated train. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Warren McCleskey was a black man facing the death penalty for killing a white police officer during an armed robbery in Georgia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My wrist is killing me, so I have to stop writing now, but thanks for hearing me out. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, guys, the next killing is on you,” another rebel commented, and laughed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The killings of Anna Brown and Charles Whitehorn caused a sensation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Not without taking a chance on killing Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Spencer was always the kindest, bringing out warm milk and biscuits with jam once the killing was done. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z This whole war is concerned with the killing of brothers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been a long time. If you’ve lost your skill you might simply bruise me. How long has it been since you swung a killing hammer in the stockyards? Thirty years? Forty?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The Augurs are so highly respected that killing one isn’t an option. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But the stony-faced rest of them looked as if they were ready to sign up to go off killing somebody—they would have liked to start with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z To put it plainly, we were going to spend the morning killing chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “We may have a problem with the way we treat GDs in this country, but it’s not going to be solved by killing a bunch of people,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Thus ‘the fact of Cain’ was the killing of Abel. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And I will not end up with the unpleasant task of killing him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “But there’s lots of things you can do with a knife,” he says, “without killing a man.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Now it was clear why the hyena had confined itself to such an absurdly small space behind the zebra and why it had waited so long before killing it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I was his for the killing and he didn’t kill me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “My clients want to hang me as a witch! And Hazel—her curse is getting worse. Your protection is killing us.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z People were crowding in, running from the war, and many had no way to live save by robbing and killing each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wasn't exactly sure what she was trying to say, but I looked at her and replied, "Yes, I don't believe in killing people, either." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They say that there is no evidence of a sexual motive for the killing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Any killing will result in harsh punishment. No s’mores at the campfire for a week! Now ready your chariots!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I swung my gun up, hoping yet to get in a killing shot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord boy, does your face hurt? It’s killing me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He might as well jus’ go right in and stick Ma with a bowie knife ’cause by taking me away he’d sure be killing her.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There is a killing poignancy in the fact that Troy’s credentials are invariably a list of unwatched 1970s made-for-TV flops and infomercials for quack remedies, which is what makes us laugh. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Germany was sinking over a thousand Allied merchant ships every year, killing many sailors and destroying a vast tonnage of Allied supplies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “But what are they afraid of? Do they think he’s going to go round killing people as soon’s he gets his armor on? He could kill dozens of ’em now!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As fleet and bright as a lodestar he wheeled toward Guitar and it did not matter which one of them would give up his ghost in the killing arms of his brother. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was bothering him, killing him: He knew the story’s terrible ending, of course, but a lot of the details were missing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His head was killing him and his stomach was a sea of nausea. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For one, it was an ocean away, foreigners hurting and killing other foreigners, and the Nazis weren’t Americans; they didn’t have the principles of freedom and democracy that we had. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There was no physical evidence or witnesses to prove that Hale had carried out or ordered any of the killings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And I promised I’ll wait, but the anticipation is killing me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Groups of Maori began to walk through Moriori settlements, announcing that the Moriori were now their slaves, and killing those who objected. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The train stopped, and suddenly I had a vision of a bomb falling right on us, killing us all. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I mean, this guy could hug you and not know he was killing you. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In 1951, one of the school’s decrepit school buses crashed, killing five students. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I begin to lurch and quake at the thought of killing another human. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The killings stopped after Fallen's death, but even so his men continued sullen and anxious. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They sounded just like the articles in the foreign press, as if these killings had not happened and, even if they had, as if they had not quite happened that way. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But writing that I had done a good job killing just didn’t work. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Alki Hotel, a brick wall collapsed, killing a Chinese boarder in his bed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There’s nothing to stop sparks, burning tree limbs from flying, singeing, killing us all. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He could not let die killings go unpunished. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It swept through the Yambuku Hospital’s nursing staff, killing most of the nurses, and then it hit the Belgian nuns. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she turned toward the window at about ten minutes after twelve, and, as she looked out, she saw the killing through the windows of the passing el train. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had an exorcism, I would be killing the boy who had survived the barn fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘Nor is the most fearsome creatures like tigers and rhinostossterisses. None of them is ever killing their own kind. Has you ever thought about that?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t seem to matter all that much,” she answered, “seeing you’re killing me at dawn.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the Americas, diseases introduced with Europeans spread from tribe to tribe far in advance of the Europeans themselves, killing an estimated 95 percent of the pre-Columbian Native American population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m killing him! You can’t stop me! I’m killing him,” he sneered. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Something about my father. And mother. So I think his death was my doing. God was punishing me. “By killing His priest? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z You could only rebel against it by secret disobedience or, at most, by isolated acts of violence such as killing somebody or blowing something up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I knew it was killing her to have to sit out the season because she loves sports. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I could see him killing himself,” I said, “and I wouldn’t blame him for it. But why would he take us down with him?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Blue Fairy Godmother knew something about killing. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "They kept pushing all this money at us 'cause they thought it was so sweet we were selling lemonade for a dime. We made a killing." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Clearly, the mysterious killing force was still in Philadelphia, still working its way into households despite every precaution, still infecting at an alarming rate. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “And slower this time! More entertainment! Wait for my call before killing anybody, OR ELSE!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s ready to explode and pour killing radiation on everyone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z No less pertinent is that there is just something deeply and unquestionably wrong about killing an animal that is so sweetly and dopily unassuming as a moose. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour, at least—we've gotten into position just before curfew—and we've been killing time by barking reminders and observations to each other. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Did the fear of killing your father drive you from Corinth?” he asked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get me a couple of aspirins, mijo. My head is killing me,” he said, covering his head with both hands. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Eleanor had never thought about killing herself—ever—but she thought a lot about stopping. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Thus, as I stood dreamily by the stoop, twirling a switchblade knife between my trembling hands, oblivious to the world around me, I thought of killing myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve said that my mother was the one who whipped me—at least she did whenever she wasn’t ashamed to let the neighbors think she was killing me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The more she knew about what this killer wanted—why and how he was killing—the better. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was never frightened of her; he never actually believed that she would succeed in killing him, or that she really wanted to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would be a fine...way to decide,” said Slant, “with less of killing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “You ask your bard to sing a war ballad about killing my people? I can hear the noise in his voice!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t like killing animals,” he said to me. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But many of the strongest and most desperate got out on the west side, and attacked their enemies fiercely, being now more bent on killing than escaping. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In a Gallup poll this week, 82 percent of Americans surveyed said the Internet was at least partly to blame for the Colorado killings. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Agent Burger wrote dismissively that it was an “isolated murder,” unconnected to the systematic killings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z No mention that neither Nixon nor Kissinger expected their “peace with honor” to actually end the killing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sensing his chance, Hitler approved the killing of Gerhard Kretschmar and then moved quickly to expand the program to other children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I told myself I should have killed him years ago, which was ridiculous to think because I’m not capable of killing anyone, but I thought it anyway. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Twas he had driven them forth at first, without his killing e’er a one of them, and he himself was ben the castle at the very time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Tuffett faced them and read some announcements, Jean Louise was grateful that he was killing the first period, which meant no math. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z No doubt some of us will decide we can’t accept any killing of animals, no matter how it is done. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The killing—which the Washington Post called “the most brutal in crime annals in the District”—appeared to be more than simply a murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mother said the execution had nothing to do with me, that it had to be done because Diego was killing Luke’s chickens. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I smile at her and touch her face, pulling the short hairs out and killing the roots of them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “William K. Hale is charged with aiding and abetting to the killing of Henry Roan, while John Ramsey is charged with the killing.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And at least one bureau agent who had left the case prior to White’s arrival had realized that there was a culture of killing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Yet White and his team were able to show how Hale benefited from at least two of these other killings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He'd have to wait until he floated out to the river, where he'd have enough room to get the hang of the taxi without killing someone. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The woman across the street testified that a moment after she saw the killing, that is, a moment after the el train went by, she screamed and then went to telephone the police. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For twenty years people had been killing each other in the name of the truth; now they must learn to manage their disagreements in a different way. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As the habit of killing grows — the resort to “eradicating” any creature that may annoy or inconvenience us — birds are more and more finding themselves a direct target of poisons rather than an incidental one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And he hadn’t risked his immortal soul by killing himself. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I want peace. I gave Hizdahr ninety days to end the killings. If he does, I will take him for a husband.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stand the idea of killing them and couldn’t go into the cave to finish the job. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I might be starting off with her talking about how scared she is with the smallpox spreading around the ship and killing people. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, I imagined myself going to some Boston priest—it would have to be Boston, because I didn't want any priest in my home town to know I'd thought of killing myself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This is the apartment in which the killing took place. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He had killed his baby, one of those “mercy” killings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Lilian got away with killing us. She never went to jail, she was never punished.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The idea of death didn’t cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z There’s nothing to do but move forward, killing whoever comes into our path. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One episode in these wars was the conquest and mass killing of Moriori tribes by Maori tribes, as described in Chapter 2. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I know Helene like I know fighting, like I know killing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z All this will happen because people have neglected the basic lessons of Science, they have gone in for politics and religion and wars instead, and sought out passionate excuses for killing one another. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The arena floor remained solid, but otherwise the stadium looked as if it hadn’t hosted a good giant killing for eons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Anyway, I told you all this because killing owls is no different than killing kittens. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was driving eighty miles an hour when he drove head-on into a family, killing the mother and grandmother. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It turned out that the bruises were from bullets that had merely torn my flesh as they missed killing me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The whole time I tried not to think how much it was killing my back and shoulders and hands, the streaks of dirty sweat running into my eyes and stinging. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And though no one cared to mention it in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs, it was felt that the killings which had taken place did not square with this. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Horatio’s eyes grew wide in wonder as he remarked, “Henbane! Hamlet told me his father’s ghost did name that killing poison poured into his ear!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He plunged down into the killing darkness of the crevasse. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Or they could be sick or starving or killing one another off.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Scythe Faraday had told him, “or you’ll be nothing more than a killing machine.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Nazi propaganda portrayed the events of that night as a spontaneous demonstration against Jews as retaliation for the killing of a German diplomat in Paris by a young Jew named Herschel Grynszpan. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “A bit like my fear of killing someone,” Queenie said, “but less specific.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Someone has put magical bones on her body, and they’re killing her,” he pronounced. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew Bodega would do anything for her, even take the rap for killing her husband. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Revenge bred revenge, and there were raids and killing on both sides. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We had wild game for the killing, fertile ground for growing bread corn, and the Indians had been put onto reservations with the return of U.S. soldiers to the Texas forts. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z This investigation produced no information that would explain why Prince Jones would suddenly shift his ambitions from college to cop killing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Folks said that she wasn’t like that till she met Clyde—killing, shooting, robbing banks, and such things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew as a teen that my parents had gone to great lengths to give me a better life, and killing my brain cells didn't seem like the most thoughtful way to return the favor. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Jamie was always low on steps after track practice; he was usually starving, his knees were killing him from crawling, and no one else was home yet. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He still didn’t know how or why, but he knew now that the Stormbreakers had been turned into killing machines. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Images of the Youns attacking and killing us run in my mind, filling me with fear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bounty hunter, the killing of their friends, the trip to Earth, all these precautions. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I’d been First Lady for almost four years, and there had been too much killing already—too many senseless preventable deaths and too little action. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Trying to see if he can get away with killing me, too? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z That same month, the South African military again attacked an ANC outpost in Maseru, Lesotho, killing forty-two people, including a dozen women and children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear Bertha in the kitchen talking to some of the cats while she fed them, scolding one of them for killing a bird. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t know about the part about killing their dogs, but I’ll drop a few things into the rumor mill so people will think twice about taking that sort of job.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then I knew I wanted to tell him about my killing the Cong. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As Hercules had sworn to do while he was Omphale’s slave, no sooner was he free than he started to punish King Eurytus because he himself had been punished by Zeus for killing Eurytus’ son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To most people, it seemed impossible that Holmes could have done so much killing without detection. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If his back hurts, my neck is killing me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Take great satisfaction and pleasure in this, Rowan,” said Scythe Goddard, “or you’ll be nothing more than a killing machine.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In Europe, Asia, and Africa smallpox became a constant, terrible presence, infecting almost every child, killing many and leaving others with the disfiguring pockmarks that are its telltale sign. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You have two choices. You can die on your own, or we can help by killing you!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Net hysteria, a staple of modem journalistic and political life, flares up whenever there’s a killing, sex assault, new vims, hacking incident, or other problem even remotely connected to the Internet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it’s true, why do they leave us to live like this? With the hunger and the killings and the Games?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "He was to jab himself with this poison pin," Khrushchev proclaimed, "which would have killed him instantly. What barbarism! Here it is, the latest achievement of American technology for killing their own people!" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Among them Sister Betty scrambled up from where she had thrown her body over her children, who were shrieking; she ran crying hysterically, “My husband! They’re killing my husband!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A man like that wouldn’t think twice about killing anyone else. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But over the summer the virus underwent some strange transformation and over the next six months ended up killing between 20 and 40 million people worldwide. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Police don’t arrest black people for killing black people,” my mother said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, after a gap of 37 years, the fever was back again, infecting and killing more and more people every day. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “No need for any talk of killing,” he said gently—as though he was quieting an angry child. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He was the best, they told him; some men didn’t like to feel the quiver of the man they were killing; some men got sick when they smelled the blood. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve given you more than enough chances to prove yourselves. Anyway, I’m beginning to enjoy killing you things. After what you did to my friends, I just can’t seem to get enough of it!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The study found that defendants charged with killing white victims received the death penalty eleven times more often than defendants charged with killing black victims. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They are an elegant act of racism, killing fields authored by federal policies, where we are, all again, plundered of our dignity, of our families, of our wealth, and of our lives. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I waren’t swatting flies just for the sake of killing ’em, and sometimes I got a little too strong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They terrorized Rondon and his men, attacking them at night when the men were sleeping in their hammocks, and stealing their food and killing their pack animals. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z For they imagined as they wished—that it was a wild shot, an unintended killing—fools, not to comprehend they were already in the grip of death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re killing her Attendant, and she has a right to know that since the girl has been in her employ.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Whatever they are called, the Musket/Potato Wars proved very destructive, killing about one-quarter of the original Maori population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m the oldest kid in our whole extended family, so I generally run around keeping the little ones from killing each other, but that day they all got along. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The assailant was a neighbor who claimed the killings were motivated by a parking dispute he had had with the students. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The desire for a quick and easy method of killing unwanted plants has given rise to a large and growing array of chemicals that are known as herbicides, or, less formally, as weed killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z What fighting and killing I have seen have not been glorious but slum grubby. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t have been fast enough to save her, to stop Hatchet from killing her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “It’s just... Invading a faction’s headquarters and killing everyone, isn’t that what the Erudite just did to Abnegation?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Or can we use a nonspecific fungicide without also killing the fungi that inhabit the roots of many trees in a beneficial association that aids the tree in extracting nutrients from the soil? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Tayo hated this unending rain as if it were the jungle green rain and not the miles of marching or the Japanese grenade that was killing Rocky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Seven! Isn’t it bad enough to think of killing one person? And in any case...bad enough to divide the soul...but to rip it into seven pieces...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I would only be killing him as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “In the city we think killing babies is a mistake,” Tendai said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the interim, yet another English expedition had attacked the Wampanoag, killing several without apparent provocation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Yes, mah,” he said, and then began to tell her, in Igbo, how his sister Anulika had suffered a terrible stomachache after killing a gecko. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some state officials expressed happiness and excitement that an execution had taken place, but I knew that none of them had actually dealt with the details of killing Herbert. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Viewed as more sterile and serene, lethal injection had become the most common method for the sanctioned killing of people in virtually every death state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “A little while ago you spoke of God ‘getting you’ for killing those women. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Arabs were killing Jews, Jews were killing Arabs, and the British, caught uncomfortably in the middle, seemed unable and at times even unwilling to stop the rising tide of slaughter. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off, and she thought, Either he is beginning to tell me something extremely important, or he is killing time until this conversation can gracefully be ended. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Though slow to quarrel, and for sport killing nothing that lived, they were doughty at bay, and at need could still handle arms. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Peacekeepers shoot into the crowd, killing at random. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I cried when she cried, and just like her I wanted to know why the Germans were killing her people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z While wandering aimlessly about the streets of Memphis, gaping at the tall buildings and the crowds, killing time, eadng bags of popcorn, I was struck by an odd and sudden idea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kill him. Show me you don’t mind making a mess. Show me that at least you know how to land a killing blow on such a pathetic target as this.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Maybe the fear and the run and the nearness of Luke Messenger are killing her right now, even if that lightning missed her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The cockpit canopy popped off, and I jumped free of the falling mech a split second before it impacted on the castle steps, killing several dozen of the avatars crowded there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Slowly, the gray pallor faded and the killing fever cooled from her cousin’s skin. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should be up on the killing floor. We need all the men we can get.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get comfortable, and I guess I was fidgeting a bit, convinced that Mrs. Singer had it in for me and was just slowly working on some weird method of killing me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Who said anything about killing?” growled Basta as he closed the cell door behind him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z On August 9, 1610, Percy’s forces attacked and burned an Indigenous town, killing many people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother’s wrong. Hitler is killing the Jews.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Although McCandless was enough of a realist to know that hunting game was an unavoidable component of living off the land, he had always been ambivalent about killing animals. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’m crying tears and telling Rondell about killing my own brother. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The last thing he wanted to do after killing himself all day on the lake was to get in a fight with a boy called the Caveman. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Between that first battle and the song? You killing it out here.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Canton always waited for his mother after school, killing time by helping Mr. Munch, the custodian, do custodial things. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I never said anything about killing a cop.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Each man fell to the task of killing as many as he could. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z To Lewis Powell, the former Confederate spy who watched Lincoln’s speech with Booth, will go the task of killing Secretary Seward, who, at age sixty-three, is currently bedridden after a near- fatal carriage accident. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Pilot and navigator error, mechanical failure, and bad luck were killing trainees at a stunning rate. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z She turned too steeply as she was climbing, and instead of lifting off into the sky, her plane crashed a little way beyond the airfield, killing Lera. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Making a killing shot like that on a moving deer made me feel bigger and more important. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z First it killed people who had received injections, and then it moved through families, killing family members, particularly women, who in Africa prepare the dead for burial. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By killing Anna first, the mastermind made sure that her headright would not be divided between multiple heirs. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The blanket is warm, and when Ellis lifts it up and pushes me over with her hip, I open my eyes and say, “Dude. You’re killing my perfect nap.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z "But there are tales of him wrestling Enkidu, killing the Bull of Heaven, and facing down some huge demon in a forest—cutting him clean in half, if I remember right." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A few Tories, though, were determined to strike a blow for the king—by killing or kidnapping George Washington. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel guilty about everything I did to him, but on the other hand, I feel guilty about not killing him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Behind his desk, a bay window overlooked the cattle carcasses swinging down the conveyer system linked to the killing floor above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “But what? Because the but here is killing me, Oscar.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Although the Japanese said they were liberating the island, they used the native people like slaves, beating or killing them if they tried to escape. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops pinned the killing on a small-time hoodlum, but Weegee thought he was a scapegoat. for all intensive purposes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Truth was, I was happy we were killing time. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In a single brutal night the Mexica utterly vanquished Cortes, killing three-quarters of his men. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A revolver was a gun for killing people. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For days, I returned to the archive trying to find a financial motive for the killing of Bigheart. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Or would the authorities tear them from each other, deport some to the tribal reserves, arrest some, killing some? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The killings had ended in 1891, nearly two years ago, but the killer had never been found. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Hence a “dead” image lost its potency after the killing ritual had been performed and could be disregarded when the spell had to be renewed. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “They will kill you. And they will like killing you. Do not give them the chance.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As it jumped from bed to bed, killing patients left and right, doctors began to notice signs of mental derangement, psychosis, depersonalization, zombie-like behavior. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was seen months later with no child, police accused her of killing her infant. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Instead of killing the small boy, the curse had rebounded upon Voldemort. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I do not like killing any living thing, even those creatures that fill some people with dread. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, much would be made of the fact that Holmes had erected his building during the same period in which Jack the Ripper, thousands of miles away, began his killings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Modern merchants wanting this luxury wool have had to resort either to this same method or simply to killing wild vicunas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, somebody else would have to be in charge of killing the beauty queens. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Yes, there are records of union members blatantly attacking company guards and killing scabs. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Once again the main problem was killing time. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “This war is killing me,” Rinaldi said, “I am very depressed by it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z This is the woman who crushed my parents under her steel-bottomed boot, who brought the Resistance to its knees by killing the greatest leaders it ever had. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I wasn’t about to throw a rock at this guy; he was at least eight hundred pounds and taller than me and would probably take the extra time while killing me to insert the rock... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From there, we read about Hercules killing that snake with his friend Eye-o-laus. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “You won’t be killing anyone else tonight,” said Harry as they circled, and stared into each other’s eyes, green into red. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now there are wars in the south, killings in the north, rumors that foreigners took over the army and want to murder Lumumba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sixteenth floor was Aaron, holding his front door open, rap music about killing people on in the background, holding his metal cigarette out for me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He might have led the bloodiest and longest killing spree. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As a child he had often thought of killing himself, but those were sentimental reveries born of a wish to punish his father and mother and other enemies. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell her, “Being with boys is more dangerous for me than killing a cricket or having a bird fly into the house.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I stacked several chicken crates in the corner by the killing cones. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z This was but the prelude to more, for each rain washed more of the insecticide into the river, killing more fish. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Powerful sprayers direct a stream of poison to all parts of the tallest trees, killing directly not only the target organism, the bark beetle, but other insects, including pollinating species and predatory spiders and beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Boast, why don’t you, with your bloodstained fingers and black hearts—you’ll be sorry yet for killing them.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I felt electrified at the thought of confronting Grigori, hurting him, killing him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Lead us to some killing field where we’d be interrogated and dumped. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “My parents rescue insects and arachnids from our home, taking them outside rather than killing them. It’s illogical for my parents to save spiders and hit their own son.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This is where I plan to stay, killing myself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the three standard weapons—the M-60, M-16, and M-79—they carried whatever presented itself, or whatever seemed appropriate as a means of killing or staying alive. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Individual black men and women protested their enslavement in every way imaginable—running away, stealing, killing themselves rather than living in bondage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And then he said, “People got to be meat-eaters sometimes, though. It’s the natural way. And that means killing things.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "All this grievin' is hard. We can't cheer for that man you trying to help but don't want to have to grieve for him, too. There shouldn't be no more killing behind this." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even he could derive little satisfaction from the prospect of killing a tharn rabbit half his own size, in obedience to a contemptuous taunt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he knew that the man’s accusation was essentially right, and he did not like the idea of killing him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And Elinor didn't look as if she knew much about killing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We all ate fried chicken that Mother had cooked, southern style, starting from scratch with killing them and lopping off their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His gaze revealed nothing but icy and casual indifference, and I had no doubt he was capable of anything—even killing Lice Peeking. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Killing in one place or killing in another; it makes no difference.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As if to justify his crime, Ramsey said that even now “white people in Oklahoma thought no more of killing an Indian than they did in 1724.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z If it were not, one could make a killing on the stock exchange by having a computer that would remember tomorrow’s prices! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be killing yourself working. This flat will be standing here long after you and I are dead and gone.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had seen him smile over the red ruins of Rhaegar’s children, no army on this earth could have stopped me from killing him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From the beginning, settlers organized units of irregular fighters to terrorize and destroy Indigenous communities by killing unarmed women, children, and elders. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The bullet struck her in the head, killing her instantly as she held their ten-month-old daughter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I'm trying to do the best I can to moderate the killing, and I’m not getting any credit, he thought as they walked in silence. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They wondered who the assassin was and how the killing was carried out: Was Vaughan murdered before he was thrown off the train, or did the impact kill him? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At three o’clock in the afternoon, when it was time to get up again, the temperature was still killing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Too, death was a lesson these poor people would understand: when the killing started, and maybe only if the killing started, the irrigation of that field would abruptly end. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, in hindsight, the fact that Hale appeared to have played no role in the Whitehorn plot was the very reason the killing was so important. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Behead this fool, and they will claim I am killing northmen to give their lands to wildlings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Or maybe killing the wolves had finally driven him truly mad. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And I asked if Father would be arrested and go to prison for killing Wellington because we could live in the house if he was in prison. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the white faces of Pease and Reynolds; I imagined their waylaying me, killing me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then when one of them dies, they answer by killing some more. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The best part is that Brademas obviously wants the whole paper chain thing to be over, and now he’s lost his only excuse for killing it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Moments after busting into the mobile home, police shot Bryant—who was unarmed—killing him. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Those fickle tricks of memory were even more critical when the killing of the workers was brought up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And I thought he was going to say that they had arrested Father for killing Wellington, but he didn’t. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this killing and looting, all this ugliness, it was a harmless thing to sit here beneath a tree and kiss Tariq. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He used the power of his post to continue the killing until he fell out of favor with the United States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the end of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was killing about two million people a year, more adults than any other infectious disease except for AIDS. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “You killed Westley, did you see his face in the Fire Swamp? When you walked away and left him? That’s what I call killing.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The experience of killing Elowen—of death on her hands—would be imprinted on her always. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Letting him escape is even worse than killing him,” the tsar hissed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The bomb blasts were down to only two or three a year, and you could pass by the Green Square without seeing the aftermath of a Taliban killing spree. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “No! For the deed of killing defies justice, both human and divine,” I argued with a fervor that matched his own. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Much of the food he put on the table came from hunting—despite the fact that he was uncomfortable killing animals. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom, who believed that a lawman could usually “avoid killing if you didn’t lose your head,” later told a writer that he had heated discussions with this Ranger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was afraid to kill him for the same reason that had kept him from killing her, fear of Zeus and the Furies who pursue such murderers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivanito imagines the vines and tendrils, taut and violent as a killing rope, snaking along the floor to his bed, wrapping him in place, tighter and tighter, choking off his breath while his sisters sleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, she needed to hear the whole book again, even the terrible parts, dear Nancy’s killing and the death of Sikes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z To put it simply, Americans are getting fatter and it’s killing us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A slow killing gives a criminal time to regret his crimes and think of the right words to prove he can change. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah; I knew it. But I felt like she was killing me, so I didn’t care.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was one of Philadelphia’s top detectives and had been a member of the force for twenty years, during which time he had investigated some two hundred killings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The killing began with “defective” children under three years of age, but by September 1939 had smoothly expanded to adolescents. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When my mom saw what it was, she said, “More killing? That’s what you want? More?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The air in the room seemed to freeze into solid ice, and Thomas pressed his fists against his eyes, the anticipation of the attack killing him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Would not the magic have been equally effective if the “killing” had been practiced upon less realistic images? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I do think you insulted him. I mean, killing another scythe? That never happens.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z For the job of killing Johnson, Booth selects a drifter named George Atzerodt, a German carriage repairer with an unhealthy complexion who drinks a lot. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was the spotlight the Littleton, Colorado, killings has put on the fact that for so many individualistic, intelligent, and vulnerable kids, high school is a Hellmouth of exclusion, cruelty, loneliness, inverted values, and rage. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Timothy looked at the deep ocean sky, trying to see Earth and the war and the ruined cities and the men killing each other since the day he was born. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He had an indistinct, glimpsed darkly impression: of something merciless that carried a printed list and a gun, that moved machine-like through the flat, bureaucratic job of killing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z If Jerome Paisley had succeeded in killing Kaira, Armpit would have spent the rest of his life in jail. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Disabled and without adequate legal assistance, Ms. Banks was coerced into pleading guilty to killing a child who had never existed along with her sister, Ms. Tucker. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He hated first the tanker, for almost killing him, for almost running him down. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “And, you know, I could really go for some of those brownies! So what do we have to do to get to the not killing me stage?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And for my dad to see his kid in prison, locked up, it was killing him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In the public’s view, Lincoln's killing had been a rare event, perpetrated by Confederates enraged about the South's defeat in the Civil War and fearful of Lincoln's actions in the aftermath. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “How can you possibly apologize for killing her dog?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you were just an ordinary citizen and witnessed one scythe killing another, and then were offered immunity to keep your mouth shut, what would you do?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The Defender reported on the killing of a black woman and child. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “This is killing me—I’ll never get away from this bug,” she said to him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not interested in starving, killing, slashing, depriving, maiming or punishing myself. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather, a respected judge, confronted him, but the thief stabbed him in the throat, killing him instantly—and robbing Baba of a father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As the German pilot came in for a killing blow, Galya and Ivan, in desperation now that they were out of ammunition, threw lighted signal flares at him. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She and the Dauntless leaders had no problem killing the Divergent in the past. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The bounty was evil to the old men at seal camp, for it encouraged killing for money, rather than need. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “And they were harming no one. Why waste your money on killing animals who don’t need killing?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She had been party to the killing of two men; had stood calm as a Madonna and watched Bunny die. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then I would be killing two birds with one stone, writing a novel and learning something practical as well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I just don’t get it. Why would the Grievers have left after getting Gaily? He said something about them killing us one a night until we were all dead—he said it at least twice.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Another Reagan appointee, Judge Stanley Marshall, told a reporter, “I’ve always been considered a fairly harsh sentencer, but it’s killing me that I’m sending so many low-level offenders away for all this time.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘All the same,’ said Frodo to all those who stood near, ‘I wish for no killing; not even of the ruffians, unless it must be done, to prevent them from hurting hobbits.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z For answer, Sissy let out a blood-curdling yell and said that her pains were killing her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine killing someone to the tune of two Scottish nerds wearing glasses and flattop haircuts. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He indicated that Burt had been involved in Vaughan’s killing and that a mayor of one of the boomtowns—a local tough—had helped Burt throw Vaughan off the train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Naturally, almost any mammal species that is sufficiently large is capable of killing a human. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There were rumors about where the government was sending them next, rumors about the food supply, rumors about the war, and at one time even rumors about the government possibly killing them all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Three years later a hotel they had designed in Kansas City collapsed during construction, injuring several men and killing one. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Later we learned that the man had tried to escape with his family and the rebels had shot at his vehicle, killing all his family. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Two days later they struck another American base, killing ten more. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You could also obtain an artifact by killing an avatar who had one in its inventory, or by purchasing one in an online auction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Its next shriek was louder still, like somebody was killing it! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One drunk, stoned GI fumbled a grenade and dropped it, killing himself and a couple of other guys. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And one of them was convicted for the much more interesting offense of killing his pregnant wife and eating her. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From Jefferson’s perspective, then, Adams was essentially proposing that the two men join forces and stand back-to-back in the killing zone. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I found that stabbing them through the eyes with the knife was a faster, less tiresome way of killing them than hacking at the tops of their heads with the hatchet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He guessed that Williams had suggested the killings and Hatch had carried them out. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t say it proved anything. 8TH JUROR: You said it revealed a motive for the killing. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the Shadow stood perfectly still, as if killing his master had sapped all his power. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you know that the penalty for killing that white woman would be death?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had killed many times before, but only during the last two days had this impulse assumed the form of actual killing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s been killing chickens since he was ten years old and doesn’t seem to mind it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I couldn’t blame them because I didn’t want to die either, even though boredom was killing me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I guess I felt that if I was going to be a meat eater, then at least once in my life I should take part in the killing of my food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But David’s desperation to save his life’s work doesn’t excuse killing off a faction, my faction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Always. The smell of those French fries is killing me.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Little brother Pinch was killing his willow doll men over and over with a rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “You were given the chance to prove your loyalty. But instead of killing the girl, you defended her. Instead of following my order, you defied it.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Every day, she got better at running, going farther and faster, and managed to keep from killing Cain when he taunted her at training. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Each war gets worse because we get better at killing each other.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Capturing or killing him had been one of Barack’s top priorities when he took office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I, her only son, was sixteen I contracted pleural pneumonia, in that day a killing disease. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo discovered that friendship a long time after it had begun, when he heard the child talking about the killing at the station. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But not being out in the laboratory was killing me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was cold and heavy and sharp, and it had been made for killing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Instead he walked over to the biggest, most majestic, fattest of the beasts, raised his fist, and thumped it between the eyes, killing it instantly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “It’s kind of hard to focus on driving your son to school and watching him do his homework when you’re strapped to a hospital bed, busy trying to keep cancer from killing you.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They were on the point of killing the horrid creatures when Iris intervened, but the Trojans were driven away by them, and forced to put out to sea to escape them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when the killing stopped, the gross injustices continued. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z All the ruffians do what he says; and what he says is mostly: hack, burn, and ruin; and now it’s come to killing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Some of us will be too angry at Hannah for killing herself and blaming everyone else. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Most of us had heard a version of the address too many times before, and he droned on, killing time with his well-rehearsed nod toward earnestness. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, most of these grisly killings occurred during the height of the boom, when money and madness overran much of the town. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Howards ambushed three friends of the Turners—the Cawoods—killing all of them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Momma pulled herself back from being ten feet tall with eight-foot arms and said, “You’re welcome for nothing, you varlet, I wouldn’t waste a killing on the likes of you. ” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When William was eleven, rioters in his hometown of Kishinev attacked their Jewish neighbors, killing forty-nine and injuring over four hundred more. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Certainly I’m no mad exterminator bent on killing devil microbes; on the contrary, I admire them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked about bad things in the Punjab, rioting, killing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z No one outside of the Negro community could imagine the profound effect this action had in killing the Negro’s hope and breaking his morale. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I study the time on Mom’s old watch—she was wearing it when her car sailed off the cliff two years ago, killing her on impact—as it ticks around my wrist. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z This may explain why the Justice Department never prosecuted Hale for Bigheart’s killing or pursued Burt further. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Hey, my legs are okay but my arms are killing me.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The actual killing of Mary and Bessie was not what concerned him most; it was knowing and feeling that he could never make anybody know what had driven him to it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He asked about my birthdays, my grade school teachers, my childhood pets — and I had to admit that after killing three fish in a row, I’d given up on the whole institution. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Sources close to the Hipwell investigation” claim an allegation has been made that Megan “may have been involved in the unlawful killing of her own child” ten years ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Even worse, Christian mobs were killing and maiming Jews in brutal pogroms and riots. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “If it wasn’t so windy, I’d ask you to sweep,” Mr. Ray said, killing the engine. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Unlike most trees, it finds nutrients by killing those that feed on its fruit and by using the bodies of its victims to fertilize the soil around it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And I need to concentrate because trig is killing me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Abstractions about capital punishment were one thing, but the details of systematically killing someone who is not a threat are completely different. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Did Spender hate the idea of killing me? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A killing stroke took decision, clarity of intent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Was JFK’s killing the work of a conspiracy? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He claimed he was at the movies during the time of the killing and yet one hour later he couldn’t remember what films he saw or who played in them. 3RD JUROR: That’s right. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I’ve never lit one. It’s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do its killing.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Cases of straightforward murder, like Iofur’s killing of his own father, were rarer still. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z What is to be gained from killing a fellow- sufferer? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z No circus had ever been held when all the fighting men survived—the crowd wouldn’t be satisfied without a few killings. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The other will get me to call the police so he can be detained before killing anyone else. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Its sole purpose is to get six humans from Mars orbit to the surface without killing any of them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugly laughter and killing and then food, once someone was dead. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping over the muffled killing of a flying fish to gleefully bludgeoning to death a dorado. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In thirteen seconds they fired sixty-seven rounds, injuring nine and killing four. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Some jurors indicated that they found allegations of killing a child so disturbing that they could not honor the presumption of innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She could see quite clearly that only his astonishment prevented him from killing her at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I'm going, "Stop! I see you! I see you! Daddy, please please stop, you're killing her!" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The extra guard duty shifts are killing him. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In the story, God tests Job’s faith by killing his wife and his children and his servants, destroying his house, his animals, and all his possessions. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We were all in pigtails and shorts and basically just killing time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was still in her clothes, and while she looked beautiful, that did nothing to mask the killing potential that lay beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Suicide bombings and targeted killings were regular occurrences. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I had worked the killing cones in Joel Salatin’s processing shed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But after a few minutes of frenzied whirling, pouncing, rending, and clawing, Brute’s killing urge left him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Hitler, he’s killing the Jews. Lithuanians could be helping him!” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But the old man would not have believed white warfare—killing across great distances without knowing who or how many had died. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Bizarre killings amused them, unless of course the victim was one of their own. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “She came from the fringe, and they brought her here, and she lived here for a couple years, then went into the city to stop the Erudite from killing the Divergent.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Aaron thought that someone was re-creating the Jack the Ripper killings,” she said. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It will spatter its black poison into the air in a fine spray, killing all the seabirds that breathe it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He and I both know that killing me wouldn’t be particularly difficult. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His attitude was like that of many Afrikaners who simply believed that black tribes had been killing each other since time immemorial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he was killing himself; it was true he couldn’t breathe right. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t have to sit up in the gods anymore with people all around me cheering on the Indians killing General Custer and the Africans chasing Tarzan all over the jungle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Penn’s stroke man, Lloyd Saxton, watching the bow of the Husky Clipper coming up behind him, raised his beat to a killing forty-one. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A gunman opens fire in the parking lot of an Arizona supermarket, killing six people and maiming a U.S. congresswoman. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “No, mah. We are not like those Hausa people. The reprisal killings happened because they pushed us.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She came close enough to killing me, more than once. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Capricorn's man wants to kill it because he enjoys killing small animals, so Dustfinger tries to save his furry friend and dies in the attempt.'' Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The Smokies hunted, but they were like the rangers, killing only species that didn’t belong in this part of the world or that had gotten out of control thanks to the Rusties’ meddling. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “The killings...I could...Yes, then everything would be fixed...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Do you feel sorry about killing twenty children? for instance, and Why were you angry about Furball when you did something far worse? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And instead of killing him, it only hollowed him out. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z New York white youth were killing victims; that was a “sociological” problem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Where, Harry wondered, was Malfoy now, and what was Voldemort making him do under threat of killing him and his parents? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Hoping to place the blame for the killings on Ernest, Hale’s lawyer recited the names of Mollie’s murdered family members, one after the other. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She got the guy accused of killing her husband, nailed him in the head and chest, seriously injuring a policeman and a court recorder along the way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was truly the work of a bruja that was slowly killing my uncle! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Following the invading German army, mobile killing squads of the SS, called Einsatzgruppen, had swept through the villages of eastern Poland with the sole purpose of murdering Jews. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Still, I brush my teeth before meandering down the hall, effectively killing another five minutes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Please tell me—the suspense is killing me.’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They were going to find Adiah, help her get rid of the splendor poisoning her body, and possibly stop the killing that had plagued Lkossa for almost a century. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He asked me to write about the killings. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But she’s relieved her insecure, jealous boyfriend didn’t deliver the killing blow. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The big cheeses who own the various blocks and districts make a killing off it every single day. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The charlies were going through the killing zone and out the other side. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t entirely believe there is one. I mean...the tsar’s spent years and years hunting down all the magical creatures in Kievan Rus’ and either killing them or driving them out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z That the Capitol has overlooked my interference with the whipping since no one is going to go to such trouble and expense for someone they plan on killing, anyway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At first Congress didn’t know what to do with the crazy viruses that kept developing down there and killing off entire factories of animals. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If Hitler was killing the Jews in Lithuania, what had happened to Dr. Seltzer? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Look, there was one alleged eyewitness to this killing. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For a heartbeat, she considered killing him right there, so he couldn’t tell anyone what he knew—about her, about her parents, about the Wyrdmarks and their power. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Globalization and technological change have shuttered factories, killing jobs that were once stepping-stones to the middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z After every skunk killing, Old Yeller would get so sick that he could hardly stand it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Soldiers,” said the Frenchman, “they will get killed or they will do the killing. That is what happens.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “The killings have started,” Pa tells my older brothers as we walk back down the mountain to our rendezvous area. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not normal fire; Crabbe had used a curse of which Harry had no knowledge: As they turned a corner the flames chased them as though they were alive, sentient, intent upon killing them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She hadn’t known what had happened to them after the killing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa says that everyone is killing one another now, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In all my killing the dead, this is the first time I’ve stood over a man I thought deserved it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I wish to know what will happen to Chaol. For killing Cain.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He called the rumors “absurd” and threatened to send anyone who spread such rumors about the killing and burning of people to a concentration camp. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “But,” the soldier confides in me, “the peace cannot last. There has been too much killing on both sides and everyone is too angry.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And while the suspicious life-insurance policy seemed to tie Hale to Roan’s murder, it did not provide a motive for the other Osage killings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But shooting is not the accepted method of killing a tame chicken. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And so-called honor killings were still viewed as minor crimes in Sharia courts. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the battle of Cajamarca recounted above, 168 Spaniards crushed a Native American army 500 times more numerous, killing thousands of natives while not losing a single Spaniard. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The killing of civilians was a tragic accident, and I felt a profound horror at the death toll. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even within the stout walls of Maegor's Holdfast, with her door closed and barred, it was hard not to be terrified when the killing began. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Just getting through the process without one of them killing the other would qualify it as that. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When I struck the final killing blow, the dragon crumbled into digital dust in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You’re a rabbit”—whack!—“and you go around killing talking carrots”—whack!—“that commit crimes.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z "Thanks, Jazz. They look a lot better than they feel! These things are killing me!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z No one had ever known him to be related to the Gaunts, he had hidden the connection, the killings had never been traced to him: The ring, surely, was safe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Warlord thrashed about, killing, conquering and laying waste to all in his dream. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They had been carried, body and spirit, into the secret killing ground of the Masks in Mufakose. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I told him killing chickens wasn’t something I would want to do every day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “All the way up there? But I can’t walk that far! I’m exhausted! My feet are killing me!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The jury decided the killings of Fannie and Joseph Starzeleski were justifiable homicide, saying, “There were no innocent bystanders,” and “Everyone in the crowd was guilty of rioting.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The ghost of Hamlet’s dead father tells him to avenge his murder by killing his uncle. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When Loki heard the gods praise Aegir’s servant, Fimafeng, for his swiftness and diligence, he sprang up from the table and stabbed Fimafeng with his knife, killing him instantly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I could get that angry with him, even though I knew the consequences of killing him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Six were shot, but the remainder burst out, killing two hobbits, and then scattering across country in the direction of the Woody End. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “We could put up signs and warn boaters that they are killing sea lions.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As a former deputy sheriff in the wild Badlands of the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt, however, believed that killing Julio was justified. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn’t give it the power to kill him.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I pushed myself from the ground before he could even think about standing up, spreading his arms, screaming desperate, crazy screams, stepping into nothing, killing us both. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Everything is fine, but I have something crazy to tell you. Did you know the cops are looking for another guy from your neighborhood with your name for killing a cop?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Guardsmen in another unit patrolling South Boston also opened fire, killing two people who had been tormenting them. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z One hit a bomb shelter, killing sixteen Norwegians. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because he was real serious about killing you. Don’t take his threats lightly! He means it! Hey, gotta go—be there in a half an hour.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, he emptied both barrels of his shotgun at his tormenters, killing one, maiming another permanently, and wounding a third.... Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Likely, the guards and administrators were there on the killing floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Pig killing was fascinating, with the screaming and the blood, but it made Jody’s heart beat so fast that it hurt him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mind control? So they don’t know that they’re killing people right now?” my father asks me, his eyes wide. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I had no idea what they were doing to us, but they weren’t killing us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “They’re killing it right now? I thought it would be dead already.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For generations his ancestors had been bred to retrieve without harming, and there was nothing of the hunter in his make-up; as yet, any killing was abhorrent to him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Tragic narratives of mothers killing their children were national sensations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Of course I should’ve known that, what with the plagues killing off hundreds of people every year. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z You can’t stop them from killing us, from trying to get rid of us. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “But there’ll be no more killings in this town because of you.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “It’s terrible. Most of the boys are awful and all they talk about is hunting and killing pigs. I’ve never been so hungry for bacon in my life.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “They stick a hundred- dollar fine on you for killing a gator. I’m telling you,” he laughed sourly, “they got all the loopholes plugged. There ain’t a way you can win in this state.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried because so many of my fellow tribal members were slowly killing themselves and I wanted them to live. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “I doubt it, considering what you took from him. I don’t think you were really capable of killing him until he attacked you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Through the years our business has been killing;—it was our first calling in life. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The man placed the bottle of water down and said quietly, “They are killing us like ants. Did you hear what I said? Ants.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As Holmes awaited execution, he prepared a long confession, his third, in which he admitted killing twenty-seven people. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "Or"—Koffi folded her hands—“because she hasn’t been the one killing people—something else has.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Formerly,” I answered, “because you did not love me; now, I reply, because you almost hate me. If I were to marry you, you would kill me. You are killing me now.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The jurors were willing to punish the men for killing an American Indian, but they would not hang them for it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He quickly drew a pocketknife, and as body met body, Lieutenant Washington drove the knife into his attacker, killing him. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I may not be capable of killing, but I want to hurt people. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Now there were twenty snakes whipping over the floor, killing the fire with a clear cold venom of green froth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Scythe Faraday was right: Someone who enjoys killing should never be a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Under the old law there was no penalty for killing a witch. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone in our second squad was killing that enemy soldier a third time. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus shrank from killing such a man, taught by the gods to sing divinely, and he spared him for further song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, killing over a piece of candy? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about our plan? Commander, with all due respect, we didn’t discuss killing civilians.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z My mom’s a doctor and he is just killing time before coaching volleyball, so eat all the Fritos and corn syrup you want. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Instead, the replacement entailed English-speaking immigrants’ killing most Indians by war, murder, and introduced diseases, and the surviving Indians’ being pressured into adopting English, the new majority language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In a way I wanted him to know about me killing the Cong. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We had been fighting for over two years, and killing had become a daily activity. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “You have a little boy and he shows you his butterfly collection, including his killing jar.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z To destroy the homes and the food of wildlife is perhaps worse in the long run than direct killing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Wherever Tehlu stopped to offer men the choice of path, Encanis had been there just before, killing crops and poisoning wells. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We are about three blocks away from my house when a boy runs down the street, yelling, “The police out here are killing people! The police out here are killing people!” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Luther and Utz put War Relic through endless hours of patient schooling until they felt he was ready to go to the track without killing anyone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t worry, son of Jupiter. Your friend will take a long time to die. After all the trouble he’s caused me, I wouldn’t dream of killing him quickly.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When she looked into the camera in that interview and begged for our safe return, I could see how much not knowing where we were or if we were even alive was killing her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, I was able to ask an expert, the person who had actually designed that very ramp and the killing machinery behind the blue door. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Seventy-five kilometers to the south, at the start of the occupation two and a half years ago, the German planes bombed Rotterdam, killing nine hundred civilians and much of the city's architecture. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z This was what Guitar had missed about the South—the woods, hunters, killing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy had a motive for the killing. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Twas thim same numbers had thim destroyed altogether. Who would want to be killing a mortal for what he didn’t understand, or for nothing? I took up with the single combats instead.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was capable of killing a fly on the wheeler’s butt with a bull whip without touching the mule. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Men who make Committees and go around stealing mothers and hurting them, they’re just red ants killing black ants in a giant universe that has tornadoes bigger than the biggest thing we have ever built. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “You mean so he can go stomping into our classes with a broadsword, killing everyone in sight?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Probably the suspense is killing me, but I will just have to wait a few years till he works out the final answer, tune in for the next thrilling installment, he writes, in block letters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think we did a good job in helping to keep ’em from killing those boys?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They said whilst the Preacher was killing those men, one of the horses spooked and bolted and that was the one that wandered into the Settlement. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe here people won’t be killing each other every single day.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These men are going to go find the people responsible for killing my friends, I thought. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This time, though, she crossed her arms and wandered the field, looking at weeds, picking up rocks, kicking the sand—killing time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z What does a fruit eater know about killing? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I saw him too much. A great landowner. And arrogant. What he lacked in fighting skills he made up for in bragging, drinking, and killing. In that order.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z So long as they could learn which end of a spear did the killing, they might make all the difference. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There have always been laws against killing or selling bonobos in Congo, but the government had trouble enforcing them before because there was nowhere to place confiscated infants. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He switched on a light, aimed the rifle, pulled the trigger, and hit his sister between the eyes, killing her instantly. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z All this time Mike kept his face straight and cool, so I did the same, which was killing me, I wanted to laugh so bad. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z When he was rejected by the New York anarchists, he tried to prove himself by killing President McKinley. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In Lima a few days later, Jaime Bayona heard a rumor that someone in the audience had called the director of Peru’s TB program and told him, “Paul Farmer says you’re killing patients.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In it, he writes his reflections on killing Lincoln, just to make sure that his point of view is properly recorded for posterity. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The guy gave up, returned to killing closer quarry. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “You’ve got a reputation for being overfond of killing,” someone said. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m a bit of a socialist in my way, you know, and I can’t think why fellows can’t share their women instead of killing them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, Congress passed a law to stop humans from killing marine mammals. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The other hunters swarmed over the lion and pierced its flesh with their spears, killing it quickly. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But not particularly interested in killing me, either. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then I tried to tell him about the killing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The military uses of horses and camels, and the killing power of animal-derived germs, complete the list of major links between food production and conquest that we shall be exploring. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The overseas calls were killing me, so I invested in an atlas and a shelfful of almanacs and reference books. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And frankly, both of them had a motive for killing my parents. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It begins on day one of apprenticeship—but we do not officially call it “killing.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was a vicious, undead killing force, barely controlled by the power of Mars. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Closer at hand, a gory killing in New York suggested he might have migrated to America. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "What in God's name are you doing? Look at you—you're killing yourself." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “From the amount of killing that went on in your section of the mines, I highly doubt you’ve forgotten a thing.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “And yet I knew and loved Sonia Armstrong. What do you think, then? That I would not soil my hands with killing such canaille as that man Cassetti? Well, perhaps you are right.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z As a community, we placed our trust in their ability to somehow keep Klan bombs from killing our loved ones and destroying our homes and churches. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The guardian whom McAuliffe suspected of killing his grandmother was a prominent attorney working for the tribe who never interfered with the criminal networks operating under his nose. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His father had tried, after the killing of his wife and eldest son, to be more attentive. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But then he started up and was soon way above me, reclining at the top of the tree and killing time until I arrived. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The trick in killing Secretary of State Seward, Booth reminds Powell, isn’t the actual murder. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of beetles laying eggs, spreading bacteria, and killing trees.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z A cheer went up among the Romans as the five cohorts melded into one massive killing machine. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Good. Then I won’t be responsible for you killing off any of my friends with your stupidity,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Baty had tried to force the fusion experience into existence for itself—and then, when that fell through, it had engineered the killing of a variety of human beings...followed by the flight to Earth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Look, ladies, we’ve been over this. I don’t even remember killing Medusa. I don’t remember anything! Can’t we just call a truce and talk about your weekly specials?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She says that the lights went out immediately after the killing but that she got a good look at the boy in the act of stabbing his father. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, when the rabbits all over England died of the introduced rabbit disease, myxomatosis, the foxes didn’t have much left to eat, so they began killing the farmers’ chickens. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Those barbed legs were perfect for capturing and killing prey. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Big Mav, I’m sorry. I should’ve told you the other day. I did change my mind ’bout killing them dudes though, but now King wants me dead. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z You’ll fall through and break your neck!’ and ‘Don’t breathe so loudly! Someone will hear you!’ until my heart’s in my throat and my knees are killing me, and you expect me to thank you?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Say, gentlemen, this business is getting on my nerves. Murder and the snow and all, and nothing doing. Just hanging about and killing time. I’d like to get busy after someone or something.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously advancing this as a reason for not killing him now?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of the murderers did finally admit to killing one each of the Mirabal sisters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “These iron monsters are killing us slowly,” the big man said grimly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Individual killings and wars on the largest scale are, he said, two ends of a continuum, an unbroken curve. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Which meant that I’d hit her but hadn’t made a killing shot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s done seventy miles in the past six days, killing five rattlers along the way. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He said, “Do you know, I loved you better than anything in the world? I did. It was so strong that it took quite a killing.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She admitted that Rose had never told her any such story about the killing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom’s father was determined to make the killing mercifully swift, and once the apparatus was completed, he repeatedly tested it with sacks of sand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was a criminal—a prodigy at killing, a Queen of the Underworld—and yet...yet she was just a girl, sent at seventeen to Endovier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I’m also afraid of stepping on a landmine, which the villagers say Khmer Rouge soldiers plant after an attack, maiming and killing people long after they have fled. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa said they generally started out by feeding on the carcass of some deer or cow that had died, then going from there to catching and killing live meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They terrorized the people in the hamlet, taking what they called a “tax” and killing anybody they thought might have been informing on them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re killing her!” the Sicilian screamed, shoving harder with the knife. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t An Imperial Affliction, but the protagonist, Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem, was vaguely likable despite killing, by my count, no fewer than 118 individuals in 284 pages. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The cavalry rode them down, killing and wounding, and following in pursuit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “There’s going to be peace, Inshallah, and happiness and calm. No more rockets, no more killing, no more funerals!” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Stunned by the blows, the old man was crying: “Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me ... You’re killing your father... I have bread . . . for you too . .. for you too . . .” He collapsed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I refuse to make them feel better about killing my friend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Worse than killing most of the Abnegation? How?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “No, I just gave the kids something to do to keep them from killing each other.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z This almost sounds better than what is happening: The Taker, killing her slowly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was the fourth mass killing of ANC people that week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The terrifying thought of how close she’d come to killing the people she loved reared back up in her mind. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “You are killing me. You know that? I promise, extra promise, I’ll be careful,” he whispered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The only killing tool they are allowed to use in the presence of white folks. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I’ll have to tell you. They were killing a bad man.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Many more treated Indians cruelly, murderously so, killing countless thousands. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He hasn't said it, but I don't think Peeta felt good about killing her, even if it was essential. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The soldiers have the right to punish thieves any way they see fit, killing them if they choose. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone else claims he heard the killing and then saw the boy running out afterward. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we all sit down in the cafeteria, Keisha announces to Albert, “Okay. This has been killing me. All. Day. Long.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He isn’t thinking of harming her, or, as Hunter had cautioned, killing something tender. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On hearing of Cora’s accidental killing of the boy in Georgia, he smiled and said, “Good.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Every night on her way back from her bath Meme would find a desperate Fernanda killing butterflies with an insecticide bomb. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was about him, how he was facing charges for killing Jim and Keith, and was scheduled to go to trial. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He’d only kept Percy alive because someone else wanted to pay for the privilege of killing him later. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The goal was to deny the enemy hiding places by killing all vegetation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But in the end I decided that killing animals is not wrong in principle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Near the site of where the Boston Massacre had taken place almost 150 years earlier, some of the guardsmen opened fire on the mob, killing three people. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I’m killing everybody, and if you don’t walk away I will shoot you first.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Several weeks earlier, Henry had become angry when the twins were voicing moral objections at the idea of killing Bunny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was no longer worth killing someone to steal their crack turf, and certainly not worth being killed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was a bloody, brain-splattered mess of a killing, a spectacle that sickened and frightened Shin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z That I had better think about killing the Congs before they killed me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “God, this traffic is killing me,” she said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I don’t think the gunmen would have mistaken Father’s whistle for the sound of the police if they had been calm, but of course they were nervous and excited about the killing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One wielded a sword, the other an axe; the sculptor had depicted them in the act of killing one another, their blades and bodies forming an archway overhead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the early months of ’63, the theft of food was their only crime against the community; by March, however, a killing took place. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Adah chimed in: “A little ritual killing, a little infant mortality, just a few of the many healthy natural processes we don’t care to think about.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The fresh morning air hit my lungs like a blow to the chest, and I pressed a fist against my heart as if to stop the pain from killing me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Dad opens the electrical panel in the downstairs hallway and throws the master switch, killing the floodlights outside, and any lights on inside as well, other than his own flashlight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “People will fight, and there will be lots of killing,” she told me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about a killing blow and don’t go for the head. It will extend you. Go low and hit them in the belly, the knees, behind the legs. If they’re down...” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And there is no difference between the killing of Prince Jones and the murders attending these killing fields because both are rooted in the assumed inhumanity of black people. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z So this is a pretty typical case, except they were a little bit young—most of the murders that I see are thirteen- or fourteen-year-olds killing each other with guns. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At ten minutes after twelve on the night of the killing he heard loud noises in the apartment upstairs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, when the odor was especially dangerous, Pax had chewed through the wire, as if killing a snake. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z White had come to understand that prejudiced and corrupt white citizens would not implicate one of their own in the killing of American Indians, and so he decided to change his strategy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It wasn’t all right that the dude who probably hadn’t washed his thickly packed and matted hair in a month was killing the last of Cool Papa Byrd’s smell with his sweated-up head. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Besides this, they had used every means to spare themselves and their soldiers fear and hardship, not killing each other in their scuffles, but instead taking each other prisoner without demanding ransom. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z During the killing season, after the first frost, all neighbors helped each other to slaughter hogs and even the quiet, big-eyed cows if they had stopped giving milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a campaign was begun to “conserve” the deer by killing off their enemies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The smell of spent hand-flare shells, and prayers at dawn, and the killing of turtles, and the biology of algae, for example. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They were intent, it seemed, on killing all the crew members who had survived. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The handful that remained joined the ranks of He- Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and were responsible for some of the worst mass Muggle killings of his reign of terror. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z For saving me—and for not in an anger-burst killing me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z And if the Nhambiquara ever felt threatened or betrayed, they settled the matter by killing the person. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “He related to us that he and Karen did the killing and, ah, plotted together to put it off on Johnny D.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “And killing people? That’s a nice little part of their plan?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “More adequate than killing them would be,” Matthew says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It is simple and brutal: a person can get used to anything, even to killing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought about what Papa said about everyone killing everyone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dylan, Harriett, Hudson, and I made it to graduation without killing one another, and our picture in our caps and gowns hangs right beside the one of me and Arthur on his birthday. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In a way, the most morally troubling thing about killing chickens is that after a while it is no longer morally troubling. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But eventually, these too gave way in his mind to simplicity: the enemy would simply say, “Oh, yes, I remember killing him; I’ll be only too delighted to kill you too.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I would report our findings to the corporal, and then the entire squad would attack the village we had spied on, killing everyone so that we would stay alive. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Most important, a deadly convection column never established itself in the immediate area so a blanket of killing heat and fire did not cover her. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “I said, the suspense is killing me. Are you actually using the earplugs?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Will this wave of killing and bombs ever end? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I told him it had made me shudder many times to think how close we had come to killing each other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they went back to killing any settler they found outside the fort. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I was almost too embarrassed to explain—especially to Nathan, who, because he was very, very dark skinned, never had to worry about Africans killing him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We can still die on the bus, yeah, but the odds of the bus being completely totaled and killing us while leaving everyone else severely injured seem pretty low. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “In these new days, they should have the good sense to wait for us to be done killing the chicken before they descend,” Obiora said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A person’s subconscious mind can’t differentiate between permanent and temporary killings. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z |
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