He asked Bob Haldeman about setting up the kind of system Kennedy had used. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Odd,” the doctor went on, “and just the kind of thing we’re looking for. Make a note of it, my dear, and try to describe it exactly.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy was scared and kind of freaking out, but it felt so good just to cry and have a real person hear her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She looked better with a little mud—less like a beauty queen and more like an actual get-your-hands-dirty kind of person. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The characters, then, of the younger and older generations are of this kind. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s coming from everywhere, a dozen different kind of beeps—loud ones, scary ones, ding-y ones, random ones. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Say, your thumb is fat and kind of short, then you’re bound to like men with a similar endowment elsewhere. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked kind of bashful, but he was signing autographs on armor, shields, and T-shirts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The room is kind of set up like a stage, anyway. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sniffed and a foul stench reached his nostrils, a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They never thought that Bush’s rhetoric, a kinder, gentler version of the “Morton Downey Show,” would have much lasting effect. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She batted her eyelashes, watching him for some kind of response. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Abilene, “I’m afraid that he’s not the kind of rabbit who likes to be held by strangers.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I found a cheap room in a kind of boardinghouse and stayed the night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He smiled and said nervously, “Don’t make it long. I’m kind of like a cat up a tree so far he can’t come down.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had gone to this school for two years and I had never suspected what kind of man the principal was; it simply had never occurred to me to wonder about him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the stairs there’s a hat-and-umbrella stand, the bentwood kind, long rounded rungs of wood curving gently up into hooks shaped like the opening fronds of a fern. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forget now what kind of concealed household weapon she had in there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of parent is most likely to give a child such a distinctively black name? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good job,” I told her, but I didn’t tell her what kind of job it was, and neither did I tell her where it was. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you own some kind of joke factory in Indonesia where you've got eight-year- olds working ninety hours a week to deliver you that kind of top-quality witticism? Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But I kind of kept chasing it anyway, like I was just going blindly in a certain direction and hoping for the best. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A kind of warm, or maybe a settled feeling. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Immediately, I feel the effects—a kind of floatiness, as though I am swimming through air. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

From the sound of it, it was the long-tongue-like-eels kind that Kat told me about a couple of years back. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had no wish to make her weep again, so instead he said, “Daenerys has a kind heart and a generous nature.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m crazy and this is some new kind of therapy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His Highness is kind enough to want to marry you, Ella, my sweet.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the outliers we’ve looked at so far were the beneficiaries of some kind of unusual opportunity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

This seems...excessive, like the kind of paperwork you get from some perverted millionaire who wants to hunt you for sport. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of duty, perhaps a way of adding a little good luck to the voyage, or warding off the bad. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jairo tried his best to make his quivering mouth form some kind of grin. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He kept his voice kind but firm, controlled. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In one thin arm, threaded with veins in a kind of senescent bas-relief, was a basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Writing, by contrast, was an activity I thought of as a kind of report, evidence of learning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That horrid thing has the wolves and the rats and his own kind to help him, so I suppose he isn’t above trying to use a respectable lunatic. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Did your songs have games or movement of some kind? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And the very idea of banking on some kind of matching support from the government seemed laughable after their internment experience. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peering in a little porthole at the end, I saw a lovely little farm, a kind of dream farm, and on the farmhouse chimney a stork sitting on a nest. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach Greasy Sae’s stall, I boost myself up to sit on the counter and order some soup, which looks to be some kind of gourd and bean mixture. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of funny in the head,” I said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's a kind of test/' she murmured behind her hand. “So far everything has gone the stranger's way. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would he confiscate or destroy the book that had taught Harry so much...the book that had become a kind of guide and friend? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“She had been very unwise. There were a good many different tilings. We needn’t go into all that. She was always very kind to me.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The snow was powder, it was so cold, and if there had been any kind of wind, it would have blown off like dust. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Luce in his leather chair, with his longish hair and ankle boots, was the kind of adult a kid might open up to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Perhaps we should take a little walk in the park together. This is not the place to be talking about this kind of thing.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting, propped by several pillows, watching the commotion around him with a kind of abstracted childlike wonder. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If you want to be a slave again, I will find you a kind master when this war is done, and sell you for enough gold to get me home,” Tyrion promised her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The little Arctic ground squirrels flicked their tails sideways to notify others of their kind that they were friendly. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kind of conned you into believing you were falling in love with a healthy person,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There were the two beehives Onofre Martinez had built and which the one-armed man cared for, supplying the Blooms with honey as a kind of rent. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole household seemed so reasonable, she had to keep reminding herself it was all a stage setting in some kind of elaborate dream. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we were also close to little shops that sold only one kind of thing: only tea, or only fabric, or only soap. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nowadays, among fields and woods, the noise level by day is high—too high for some kinds of animal to tolerate. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued looking out at the street, where all kinds of people were going by. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know the kind of math they’re teaching these days.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I had to take my tray and find a place to squeeze in at Amos’s table, which was kind of humiliating. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And, as you might imagine, certain kinds of speech need to be certain shapes. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

That talk with Tommy beside the pond: I think of it now as a kind of marker between the two eras. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had this really kind look on his face. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Fleeing battles or chaos of all kinds, often wounded or driven out by their own clans or villages, each of the original settlers had made his way to this place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After my parents leave, Rachel shows me a binder filled with pages of different kinds of furniture sets clipped out of magazines. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Rasheed regarded the Taliban with a forgiving, affectionate kind of bemusement, as one might regard an erratic cousin prone to unpredictable acts of hilarity and scandal. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It seems like the kindest reason I can think of. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pushed against one wall were various bits of furniture heaved out over the past year or so—broken tables, old fridges, that kind of thing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Balance can be achieved in two different kinds of conditions,” said Mr. Powell. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The deep-stabbing kind of fear I felt; that doesn't come from nowhere. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Rufus wearing my glasses is a welcome intimacy, like we’ve known each other for so long that this kind of silliness comes easily to us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I ask, “What if we get frustrated with each other? Like, really bad, almost-fighting kind of frustrated?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They were in a top-secret, even further back back room of the Bochinche, loading all kinds of fierce weapons into shoulder bags. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Yakov, would you be so kind as to tell us who killed you? Give us his name, height, and birth date, please, just so we can be sure.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His face was kind, but it didn’t look like he really believed what the Baudelaire orphans were saying. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would rather be dead than to turn into the kind of grown-up people I knew. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had heard the burnout rumors as just the kind of complaints that always swirl around strong personalities. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are all kinds of dyes, polishes, and swatches of leather Mr. Malloy uses to restore the customers’ shoes, handbags, wallets, and belts. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was no big deal, and maybe the guy really needed to cross the street, but that kind of thing happened a lot to Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When people here ask me what kind of candy I like, I say, “Orich!” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And Uncle Drum said that kind of means it’s not really our business anymore. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When Genie had asked Dad what kind of dog Samantha was, he just said she was a mutt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen—all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how it was where you were, but at Hailsham we definitely weren’t at all kind towards any signs of gay stuff. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a Mad Hatter character to the Adams-Rush correspondence, as both men swapped stories and shared anecdotes in a kind of “Adams and Rush in Wonderland” mode. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That meant detailing every spy circuit they had tracked and how each kind of code had been broken. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My mother stepped forward and gave my father a kind of a smile but then went to shake Mrs.’s hand first. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She bent over me in a kind way, and I could see that her face, with the buck teeth protruding in the center, had at one time been badly pitted with acne. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

‘Short cuts make long delays,' argued Pippin. ‘The country is rough round here, and there are bogs and all kinds of difficulties down in the Marish — I know the land in these parts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now a wind was rising, the kind of biting, steady wind that could bring an ocean of sand into camp at any moment with almost no warning. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

That kind of excitement never bodes well for me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He steps next to the stretcher, looking at me as if I were not his sister but some kind of strange bug. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Bill, would you be so kind as to keep the count?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I had been afraid, and spoke not from courage, but out of a kind of bravado. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded like this made some kind of actual sense. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she was all white on white on white, like the most perfect kind of vanilla dessert cake you’ve ever seen. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the other kind, when I think about how in time I will be dead, it seem more true. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of performance that came along once in a lifetime, and you didn’t want to miss one second. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Petey was an only child, and boys—kind ones, gentle ones—were a mystery to her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone kind of knows the story, but most people have never actually read it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I was kind of a baby this afternoon,” she explained. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Why were you not kinder to her?” cried the Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking and writing involve very different kinds of human relationship, and only the one associated with speech comes naturally to us. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He sat at the head of the table, kind of by default. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Part of me just wants to be with Erin, and yet, another part of me’s intrigued, kind of flattered, and a little nervous, all at once. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “What kind of heart attack?” because I was surprised. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I would say, “The kind of twelve-year-old that speaks three languages.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were apricot candies pressed flat into wafers; thin, white, curled strips of coconut candy; several kinds of disclike rice cookies; and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Koreans, one kind of deeply rooted legacy stood in the way of the very modern task of flying an airplane. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

What kind of example are you setting for your children? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She peeled off the bark of a musasa tree, then chewed and rolled it until it formed a kind of twine. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over her shoulder she calls, "What kind do you like?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Unless you think that kind of crazy translates to the other kind of crazy. I mean, Hackett used to talk about how she was wild, into all kinds of stuff.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“One compartment in which I allowed myself to make friendships, to have personal relations, to help people, and to be in all personal ways the kind of man I wanted to be.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s really a kind of snobbery,” she added. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He could not be sure of the kind of whale because he didn’t know enough to identify them, but he thought they might be blues, and they literally almost filled the bay. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk along a boardwalk, the kind that might connect two treehouses. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Geys wanted to grow the human equivalent—they didn’t care what kind of tissue they used, as long as it came from a person. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The oxygen pump is also kind of important. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of an Elder had she been? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You’d win the war with a new kind of poison gas!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no doubt that their chariot had all kinds of mechanical traps and more fancy options than a fully loaded Maserati. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Park's face, asleep, was a brand-new kind of beautiful. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Hang on now, we got to talk about some things first. You got to tell me what days you want me here and... and that kind a thing.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I felt my head kind of buzz and was pretty sure I had gone red again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They can turn me into some kind of martyr for the cause and paint my face on banners, and it will do more to rally people than anything I could do if I was living. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Some people are into this kind of thing.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Will you tell us how he died?—Will you tell us about the other worlds out among the stars—the other kinds of men, the other lives? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

These animals, who had kind hearts, were saddened and they went off into the bush and told the other animals about what had happened. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My husband Lou always said that I'm one of a kind, just like my name. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Carson quietly flips through the pages of some kind of alternative-healing magazine. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The budworm is a native insect that attacks several kinds of evergreens. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He looked up, half expecting to see some kind of exotic animal, the noise had been so strange and alien. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But what kind of person would I be if I told my parents? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The idea was that when and if we finally reached the moon we would have a much better idea of what to look for, and what kinds of rocks would be best to bring back. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim light he could see Leslie’s face freeze into its most queenly pose—the kind of expression she usually reserved for vanquished enemies. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The priory, situated as it was where the road crossed the river, was popular with travelers of all kinds, and the nuns often had visitors to stay. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe the knock was some kind of signal that the dream, the strange play, was over. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not the kind of song I normally listen to, but I like it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Human beings, on occasions of this kind, are usually full of questions, but the rabbits expressed their delight simply by proving to themselves through their senses that this was really Hazel-rah. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one woman asked her, in an accusing tone, “What cream do you use on your face? How can one person have this kind of perfect skin?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Arthur said he stopped by Yale’s campus. He’s kind of baby-faced, but he can be starting there this fall, right?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Without raising his voice he said, “There is a kind of writing that is appropriate in school, and there is a kind that is INappropriate.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s all kinds of things look different in the moonlight. But me and Will, we don’t have Specters where we come from, so we don’t know much about ’em.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was he a kind and considerate boyfriend to Hazel, but whenever Piper saw him wearing Jason’s old praetor’s badge she felt grateful to him for stepping up and accepting that job. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Why? I mean, we kind of got away with it.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I've been in mortal danger for months; I'm kind of used to it now. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nothing of the kind,” the stranger said with a deep-throated growl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In the first kind of Friedmann model, which expands and recollapses, space is bent in on itself, like the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, quietly, “I can already kind of see your hair, though.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Belonged. These things belonged to her. We’re coming up on a year in December. I’m not lettin’ all this sit here like some kind of shrine.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But willing hands and a kind spirit would not be enough. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She ordered that kind because she didn’t want to impose on any of them to look after her stove for her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Good Norvelt people wouldn’t be suggesting that the old ladies are being knocked off like this is some kind of cheap murder mystery,” Dad said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

E. coli can survive by feeding on two very different kinds of sugars—glucose and lactose. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We had lived in a state of alert, a kind of constant terror, our brains flooding with cortisol because we knew that any of those things might happen at any moment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’s the last of his kind, she thought. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He said the words with a particular kind of scorn, and Koffi had the sense that, perhaps, he wasn’t just talking about the sky anymore. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I still felt kind of bad about it, because we made a big mess, and Violet was completely meg blushing, but at least we didn’t get like shoved into orbit on cybergumeys or something. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished the fire, she put on the record, and kind of danced over to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I know for a fact that my heart rate is in some kind of danger zone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

At one awful point, every kind of canine voice imaginable cut loose, rejoicing, wailing in pain, some barks offering challenges, others announcing, with fear or ecstasy, the hectic gang-banging of females in heat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his pocket watch back and then took the steps kind of slowly. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew the Zeitouns, all of them hardworking and quick, and they all knew Abdulrahman, the eighth-born, a young man who wanted to know everything and who feared no kind of labor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We were in a different kind of place, and I was curious about it and the people who lived there. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s kind of a fun name,” Nate answered, shrugging. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

This is the kind of thing you live your whole life thinking about probably. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Above me the windows flicker with a different kind of light—flames, from candles or lanterns. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he was on any kind of straightaway, the walls started to rearrange themselves again. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Tell me. Hasn’t he been in trouble with the police? Doesn’t he have some kind of police record?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been any kind of clown toward me and my brother. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, it’s fairly hard to sustain that kind of anguish, and the noisy drama wrapped up pretty quick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But then I realized I was kind of going overboard in imagining too much of a confrontation. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When the adult insects emerged, they would be more like dragonflies than anything else, but they were not like any kind of dragonfly that the humans of Will’s world, or Lyra’s, would have seen before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. made the kind of biscuits that pop when you twist the can. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I truly believe that his name has magic even now; the best kind of magic because it comes from true greatness. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A remarkable feature of the first kind of Friedmann model is that in it the universe is not infinite in space, but neither does space have any boundary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is so very kind of you to help us,” she told Nathan. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under an innocent and misleading name, Nugent’s organization carried out all kinds of missions, dangerous, complicated, tedious, and sometimes downright illegal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Venus was interested in something that seldom came her way, a new kind of lover, and she determined to help a young man who could be enamored and yet original. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could easily slip back into being a kind of sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And by that I mean this: If you are the kind of person who lies about something as small as bologna, what would stop you from lying about bigger, more important things? Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But Ged paid him for it in sorcerers’ kind, healing his eyes of the cataracts that were in the way of blinding him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sailors’ rope bracelets—the kind that shrink to the wrist. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I am kinder than I seemed in training. I promise.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Although their flight appeared to have no pattern, it made a certain kind of sense to the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are very kind, I am sure; and I wish with all my heart it may prove so, for else they will be destitute enough. Things are settled so oddly.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He was just that kind of dude, plus he really, really liked her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

These were the kind of nerves that made me feel like my insides were being squeezed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He bit into his sandwich, which contained some kind of meat-and-cheese mixture that came in a can. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She still has one hand on her face, claiming that she’s bleeding, but when she removes her hand there isn’t any kind of mark. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Crooks pressed forward some kind of private victory. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And perhaps it was not evil I saw but merely the way of all hearts when fear has stripped off the husk of kind pretensions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is one of the good kinds of blooms, I thought. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who’d really fought. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single kind word from him and I will fall utterly to pieces. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Seeing Alby go down like that ... a new kind of pain he’d never felt before filled his insides— an ill, disturbed pain; it felt worse than the physical kind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Of course all the other students were screaming and cheering and all that, like I was putting on some kind of show. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The kind of hug that only feels good if you really, really want it to happen. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was good at that kind of thing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his argumentative disposition, to use an even more Wuthering Heights kind of phrase. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone from taxi drivers to sanitation workers had been outfitted in some kind of smart new uniform. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Immie was beautiful, and in her beauty you could see that she was kind. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed a kind of grudging respect for a few weeks after that, but the name-callings of cripple and Toe Nose eventually found their way back to the playground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

In Darryl’s case, he had written a paper on the novel Deliverance and social Darwinism, the kind of thing a high school boy would grasp on to. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She might spend weeks calculating a pressure distribution without knowing what kind of plane was being tested or whether the analysis that depended on her math had resulted in significant conclusions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a buzzing in my ear, a screeching kind of silence. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wore an ancient Greek chiton and a white himation, a kind of cape that flowed down his shoulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A small sign in the hotel lobby announced that the Washington Room was taken that night by a private function, although there was no information as to what kind of function this might be. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Very kind of you, but I’m fine, thank you,” Mr. Griswold called back, and raised his cane in a salute. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is a lovely country; full of beauties of all imaginable kinds, and the people are brave, and strong, and simple, and seem full of nice qualities. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

This started what became a kind of correspondence course with the prisoners in the general section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, what kind of person sits in front of his locker, with his eyes shut, barefoot, and mumbling in some foreign language? He was practically begging for it.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” Mr. Allen says, then smiles and looks me in the eye from under his old-style hat—the kind with a feather sticking out of the red band ringing the 360-degree short brim. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can tell that the film is being run backward because this kind of behavior is never observed in ordinary life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly not the kind of person who would make a bad decision and kill two men. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Well, she is kind of weird, isn't she?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You still do,” I say, but in kind of a nice way if you could be here and hear it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

These shoes, it seems to her, are a kind of equalizer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And a good morning to you, little bird. The gods are kind today to bring us together.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m lucky if I get more than a single bowl out of a box if it’s the kind Mustafa likes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have time now,” I said, because I was afraid her mother might not want me in her house, even though she was kind and I was a lot cleaner than I had been. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be protected from this kind of stuff. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I’m wondering what kind of party this is supposed to be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was something, anyway, a thing she could do, a kind of knowledge. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We had to sit so close to other people there wasn’t room to breathe, if you even wanted to, being in the position to contract every kind of a germ there was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Budgie does not serve the same functions for me, and on Sunday I decide to seek out my own kind. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure when, or if, anything will ever get better, not sure if these wounds are the kind that can heal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I hear Stella’s kind, wise voice: Humans can surprise you sometimes. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

That kind of thing happened at school all the time. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A faint scent of cologne hovers around him, the kind they sell at the comer drugstore. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of memento do you get for the mother who has loved you your whole life, who has given up the world for you? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

These games were the last of their kind. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“They were very kind parents,” I told Hugo. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She picked a card with roses on it, which I thought was kind of strange, considering it was for Jimmy and roses are supposed to symbolize love. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He must love you deep inside, but I kind of like having you all to myself. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Is that okay? This was actually mine and Dylan’s house, and I kind of...moved you into my room.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

On the way over, she said happily, “My dad just got home. He was doing some kind of research for his department. Strange it had to be so secret, isn’t it?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It all began to make a terrible kind of sense. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I know what kind of talk goes on among them as they horse around in the locker room, sneak cigarettes behind the field house. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Take off your pants, baby. We’re all friends here. I want to see what kind of a job they did.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone rushes to the cook fire, pushing and shoving to get next to the little boys, who hold wooden bowls that the old man ladles some kind of porridge into. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s different. Like, I already knew I’d be going to Georgia. I wasn’t looking for that kind of moment.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We were desperate to craft more keys, to give shape to the kind of Indians who could not be robbed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Old love; there’s no other kind of love in this room now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said 1 hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Different kind of sand comes in through the cracks.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These are the kinds of pictures that they will later lay over the image of a champagne glass or something,” Ma said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Liquid air, television, vibro-vacuum massage, radio, boiling caffeine solution, hot contraceptives, and eight different kinds of scent were laid on in every bedroom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the kind of place that would exhibit particular patience for anyone, male or female, who took too long to scale the learning curve. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It sucks, but I figured it out too late. I think I’m more of a moonlight kind of girl.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was kind, however, when I went to him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This kind of packing was best done by Mami, he thought. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I spent all night lying on my bed, eyes wide open like some kind of zombie, trying to wipe my mind of everything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m jealous of your thoughts tonight. They’re making you a litde kinder than usual, but some way I feel as if they were wandering, as if they were not here with me.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither the one nor the other could alter or change the kind of person that she was. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

People accustomed to keeping domesticated animals lacked the conceptual tools to recognize that the Indians were practicing a more distant kind of husbandry of their own. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“She seemed more mad than anything. If you ask me, she’s kind of spoiled. You know, only child and all that. I bet she always gets her own way.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Stanton would have invited Anthony and Bloomer over for dinner, she wrote, but she didn’t know what kind of mischief her children had been up to in her absence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For her, they were a kind of poetry that connected her to larger worlds, worlds alive and infinite. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was kind of scared, too, but there was something about that light that made me want to go see what the person responsible for it was doing there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I cannot hold out much hope for him. His tuberculosis is of a new kind that does not respond to medication. Still, with complete rest he may have weeks, perhaps months to live.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

You’re still young, yet already you know a different reality about white people; namely, that they are of two kinds—good and bad. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind hums this kind of static, and I just know the buzz is gonna come. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then Megan stepped up to Joey and kissed him on the cheek, and I could see he kissed her back too, all suave and mannered, like he did that kind of stuff all the time. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Actually, I’m not sure my parents remembered what kind of car it was. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don’t want. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled and kind of waved when our eyes met and then he walked down to sit next to me, our legs hanging over the side of the dock. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the terror was different from any other kind he’d ever known : the terror of a walking nightmare. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now it had a new kind of life. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I looked around for someone to trade spoons with, but lo and behold, nobody but our family even had any kind of a spoon at all! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was busy giving us all kinds of advice. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That made me feel kind of bad, but I followed her down to the parking lot anyway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She is so kind the way she says it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“He’s a striper fisherman out of Chatham, and he’s kind of like my dad,” I tell him. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“For instance,” he continues, and I see that he’s in some kind of jazz sneaker, “I run a performing arts studio in Florida, for gifted children. Like my nephew, Shawn.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Many an evening I have worked over them—we all did something of the kind—but that has become so unreal to me I cannot comprehend it any more. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man had a kind of gray wistful twinkle in his eyes as though he remembered humor when it was not against the law, so that I dared go out on a limb. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a kind of joy and hope in the thought that one white man was willing to use his own money to call attention to the injustice we were facing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"No, but I think he was sad about never seeing it again. He talked about Poshora like it was some kind of lost paradise." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The doors open and it’s deathly quiet—the kind of quiet where you can hear yourself breathing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She had an Anne of Green Gables kind of grit. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Maya,” Officer Jameson asks, “have there been any other incidents of this kind? Anything else off school property?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But I think about Cordelia telling me to do them, not in her scornful voice, in her kind one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face was still and looked kind, but he didn’t smile or blink his eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Windy giggles and kind of dances as she walks. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of father would let her do that? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a different kind of confidence than I’ve seen in some of the guys at school, and it’s really appealing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She’d always respected Helen, but she had never felt the kind of overwhelming admiration for her that she did now. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second I think this is some kind of theater. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was always, as his mother said, “a shy and retiring kind of a boy.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The kind that packed and formed super snowballs. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They shouldn’t have been able to raise these kinds of numbers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Marlena had simply had enough of being on the road—kind of a nesting thing, I figure—and besides, Rosie was getting on in years. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He looked at me kind of funny like he thot I was crazy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could pick him out, having learned to notice the subtle physical intensification, a kind of brightness, that signalizes the first phase of kemmer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m kinder, saying they probably didn’t want to jeopardize the chance of taking us out again now that they’ve gotten some decent footage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of inside your TV at the moment,” he says. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dad said they’re also a good way to write about what you’re thinking or feeling, kind of like a diary that you share with people. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She could feel a kind of comfort and silence from it, nothing like the tension that had stirred it earlier. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or at home, but it was a genuine kind of best. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Soon I would have torn the flesh from his face just to see if I was right about the gold and nobody would have understood that kind of curiosity. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were all looking at me in kind of a funny way. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sasha was the brilliant one, the one who blazed through calculus, linguistics, physics, and computer programming with a kind of effortlessness. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dinka patterns again—the kind that were given to the boys in Salva’s village as part of the ritual of becoming a man. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a. chauffeured Lexus, like the kind I always saw driving around Manhattan. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It looks like some kind of sports practice. And all the kids are covered up, Ibtihaj!” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t surprised, but I didn’t quite know what the end would be for this kind of gathering of young people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It's the first time I have felt real fear—the kind that plants a flag in your brain and decides it's going to stay. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thinking that he might have some kind of bacterial infection, they gave him injections of antibiotics, but the antibiotics had no effect on his illness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Still sounds like a kind of car. “The new Pontifex XLS.” Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There are seats on these trains; they’re not cattle cars—like the kind I’ve seen in my history textbooks—carrying people to their deaths. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

From the neck down he was the same old Grandpa Blakeslee; from the neck up he was a distinguished, smooth-faced stranger who looked kind of familiar. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Usually, when we woke up, we would say things to each other—stupid things, the kind that Chas could understand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Eat,” he says in a much kinder voice than Haymitch used. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A clean smell, like rain in the desert, and a kind voice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bulky, with a strap to hang around your neck and a slim slot along its front, it was the kind of device that seemed ancient. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The imagination is important, as it allows us to conceive of all kinds of possibilities in the future and to understand the past in a way that has real survival value. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only the rise and fall of whispering in the language of the Xi, a kind of hypnotic music. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Nine, Ali," he said, almost like he was giving me some kind of order. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The mistake we make in thinking of character as something unified and all-encompassing is very similar to a kind of blind spot in the way we process information. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be Charlotte, the kind and wise spider, even if it was a girl’s part. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of homecoming that Tyrion wished for as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked intrigued, but at the same time he kind of knew I was playing a joke on him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After the program, people came up to me; most folks were very kind and expressed appreciation for my having taken the time to come and talk to them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as the words had left his mouth, we both heard a very different kind of warning. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And the lights on our tree will be all different colors, and there’ll be all kinds of balls and tons of tinsel, you’ll think the tree was silver. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I want to be the kind of person that doesn’t have to sit here and have this conversation. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I hold you responsible. You hear me? Our daughter isn’t the kind to just run off like that. You must have done something to her. Scared her.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they’d been scared away by the food—herring in rancid oil, stale black bread, and some kind of butter that looked distinctly mossy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Therefore, the only kind of political elite permissible was one that repudiated its elite status and claimed to speak for “the many” rather than “the few.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had appeared in Karhide in a queer kind of ship, and I differed physically from Gethenians in some respects; that wanted explaining. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He put a kind hand lightly on the German-speaking wireless operator’s shoulder. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“That kind of poison would probably keep even me from coming back to life... for a long time, at least. My essence would be scattered and degraded. So I’m risking quite a lot.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s Cash and Jewel and Vardaman and Dewey Dell,” pa says, kind of hangdog and proud too, with his teeth and all, even if he wouldn’t look at us. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mini laughed, but it was a panicked I-am-definitely-gonna-die kind of laugh. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What kind of person could leave something so small, so precious, to die of heat and starvation? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wondered whether Sidhean and his kind marked Yule in the same way that humans did. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm the kind of guy people expect to punch holes through walls—not because I want to, just because I can. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have not intended to present, nor do I think I have presented, any kind of cross-section so that a reader can say, “He thinks he has presented a true picture of the South.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spotless like Gran’s house, but instead of smelling Lysol, I caught a whiff of dryer sheets, the summer-breeze kind. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was dead, or nearly there, and turning all kinds of colours. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, shut it," Iggy says, and he makes Loretta sit down on the busted couch, where she kind of leans over and waves at me, wink wink. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of thing girls of this age do to one another, or did then, but I’d had no practice in it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of freaky mess you talking about?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his clutter is fascinating: guns, tools, army clothes, even a radio of some kind, which he keeps in an army footlocker. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the street, some white chicks in bikinis lounged on a billboard for something—maybe a car dealership, or some kind of cigarette? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of remark I couldn’t ignore. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were standing on Arnold’s front steps and he handed me some kind of hippie iced tea that tasted sweet but, he said, had no sugar in it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Not that kind of bad,” I say, a grin sneaking out. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning bell rang before I could ask him what kind of beef, but I know it can’t be good. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Just nice in a dumb kind of way. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

What kind of horrible person could she be? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

No attempt whatever had been made to assign quotations or authors to categories or groups of any kind. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing that would make you ’shamed the next time you ran into a real angel or a real abolitionist. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The same kind of hooks had been used to hang the shredded tapestries. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I can tell it’s the worst kind of swill, the kind that looks like it was brewed in 1997 and has been sitting on a burner ever since. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’re very kind, but no, thank you,” the ladies said almost at the same time. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I feel bubbly. It’s nice not being all raging with hormones. Of course, it kind of sucks being out here instead of in the city.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The neighbor lady stops at the old-fashioned kind of phone. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even worse, he knew his mother would forbid blues-playing of any kind. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Combine that with the fact that by losing me they’ll be losing their ticket to all kinds of big social events, particularly my wedding, and the whole thing becomes unbearable. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We did kind of ditch her, you know,” he finally blurted. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My nickname kind of sounds like a truck driver, but that’s what I like about it. It’s different.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

All kinds of people, all sizes, all colors, all of them rushing. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Once that kind of thing gets started, it just takes off and virtually nothing can stop it. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without speaking or giving any kind of salutation, Martin went out, closing the door silently behind him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

One of her men friends had fashioned a kind of wheelchair for her: a rocking-chair top fitted into a large child’s wagon. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She may still have a wonderful vacation, making new friends, playing outside, going to the movies, having the kind of carefree summer days that we all dream about. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I worked for El Patron for donkey’s years—thought he’d go on forever. But now I’m out of a job, and Mr. Alacran has been kind enough to offer me another.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to tell you the truth, I kind of liked it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The kind of sugar easiest to produce from cane is dark—the color comes from molasses, which also makes that form of sugar spicy and even bitter. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was a wobbly kind of smile, like she had no idea what to say, which was just fine with Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted Americans to know that my people were not some kind of strange beings “over there,” but people like them—people with hobbies and dreams and talents. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Later, after we’d finished our salads, Mr. Tushman made a speech about the importance of supporting the arts at Beecher Prep so the school could continue to nurture the kind of “talent” they’d watched tonight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They fell off Mark, rolling across the floor as if playing some kind of game. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But maybe he was some kind of spy? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Nhamo’s new home was able to support a baboon troop, monkeys, and many kinds of antelope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We landed at a commercial airport because of some kind of disturbance at the military facilities. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did ask them, and they said they would. It’s very kind of them.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is not the kind of house where you can burp freely and run around in your bare feet. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked Mr. Tushman’s speech, but I have to admit: I kind of zoned out a little during some of the other speeches. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I kind of felt everyone’s eyes burning into my back for the few seconds I stood in the front of the class, and everybody looked down when I walked back to my desk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It happened too fast for me to put up any kind of fight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What kind of students choose to go to such a small, run-down school when they could attend an academy with everyone else? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Todd Dawson, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, has done exactly that kind of research. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My mother tells us the Black Panthers are doing all kinds of stuff to make the world a better place for Black children. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“So, exactly what kind of games are we talking about?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you kind of wish we had one right now?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is a car horn, honking, sounding some kind of terrible siren song through the streets of Evanston, a howling warning of doom. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought she was some kind of zombie. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a piece of paper and said, “I axed ’em to write they name down so’s I could send ’em some of my syrup as a kind of thank-you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He had offered Jeanne the kind of dress a lady’s daughter might wear, but Jeanne said it would make her feel stupid. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Alexa gets to do all kinds of things without her parents worrying. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Her clothes were a kind of shibboleth to me; they signaled that she was not a gentile, and for a few hours I felt less alone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling Edward wasn’t the kind of person anyone got used to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I think somebody’s got it in for Mother Paula. I think it’s some kind of revenge deal.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he said, “Go ahead,” and then someone else raised a hand and answered some question about some kind of differential equation. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you think this is dirt, or some kind of fungus?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Your letter came in the morning, but you said nothing about a parcel, meaning it for a surprise, so I was disappointed, for I’d had a ‘kind of feeling’ that you wouldn’t forget me. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a storm, we always went down to the marsh, because the rains dredged up all kinds of weird stuff. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This talk was kind of a surprise to me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had this look on his face—a kind of fire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My hair was that red, the kind of red that looks okay on everything but people, because a person’s hair is not supposed to be red. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There's a kind of angry quiet that can lie down over a house. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His brown eyes were kind, just like a woodsman’s should be. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It is some kind of a battle cry?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Even if we built some kind of barrier?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a time when my presence only confused people; I used to be just a regular weirdo, the kind of unfathomable entity that was easily disregarded, easily discarded. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once Bobby woke and said: “Why are you so kind to me?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve nothing to fear. Bush Hill is now a respectable place. Your grandfather was a clever, kind man to bring you here.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Refusing, he railed at the top of his voice, threatening to inflict upon me every kind of grisly torture if I didn’t try. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that kind, you fool,” he said angrily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I must tell you, Dorothy, it’s beginning to appear that there’s some kind of. . . problem with you.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Same went for the girl beside him, who was clad in some pink and white Ghost World kind of dress. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so is he the kind of kid who’s one way in front of grown-ups and another way in front of kids?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Wart found it difficult to be a new kind of creature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They nodded their heads and said kind words into my eyes, words I didn’t know. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I know he doesn’t mean that kind of TRM. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father wasn’t the “take off and go” kind. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

On the inside there was so much color and so many different kinds of toys that if you tried to pack it all into one first glance, your head would explode. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

True, she had the horse but she needed a wagon and she would need reins of some kind. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the new, kinder, gentler Sophie, Cap was still a whole lot nicer to her than she was to him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They fan out in a three-person semicircle as she hugs me tight, the kind of hug she used to give me when I was a five-year-old, complete with swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was kind of fun and it took Aimee’s mind off food. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

There were no harvests of any kind that year and everywhere people starved and were hungry and were angry at what had befallen them yet again. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They’ve been sending me all kinds of stuff about my itinerary and what protocol will be observed in each district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God is kind to those who love Him,” Bear said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds of boats going up and down or moored offshore. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is the regular kind that goes into the bird. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They take turns leaning forward to point out their moves with shrewd congeniality, playing it like a chess match, the kind of game that allows civilized men to play at make-believe murder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kinds of wild things is he doing?’ Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hazel was supposed to say something comforting now, something that would let him know it was going to be okay, except she knew nothing of the kind. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s a what? It’s a what kind of title?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Most of the material that you were dealing with had no connection with anything in the real world, not even the kind of connection that is contained in a direct lie. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There is a concept in cognitive psychology called the channel capacity, which refers to the amount of space in our brain for certain kinds of information. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I liked it better when there were all kinds of creatures in our clearing," he said. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a kind of puzzled humming sound, but didn’t say anything. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. Come up with some kind of a strategy first. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“There are many different kinds of symptoms,” he explained, leaning down to look at me eye to eye. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was kind of like getting a shot: a necessary evil. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When they came out, they might walk kind of funny but it seemed like all they wanted to do was lick you and wobble around after you wherever you went. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this kind of work I need no papers. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

God knows, she thought, what kind of spin the media was putting on things out there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Dumbledore usually let me find out stuff for myself. He let me try my strength, take risks. This feels like the kind of thing he’d do.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You sure don’t sound like a scientist. What kind of scientist would want to hug a statue?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind that doesn’t make it any cooler, but it feels sweet up here. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“In the Block she had some kind of flashback. Panicked, didn’t know where she was. She’s back under sedation.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The combination of seeing that word and breathing the smell of the first floor, which is the smell of the cafeteria after lunch, creates some kind of echo in my head, like a faraway shout. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But realizing that Ximena Chin, under her layers and layers and layers of snarkiness and mischief, could actually be kind of sweet. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Madrina says it’s to attract the right kind of girls—sweet ones who will be good to her beloved nephew. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was only lately that he was having small moments of clarity, of illumination, and seeing himself for the first time as the closest of Mary Ann’s enemies, the kindest of her assassins. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although it was three or four meters away from him, he could see that the cage was divided lengthways into two compartments, and that there was some kind of creature in each. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“What was it that made the ragtag little Confederate Army the last of its kind? What made it so weak, but so powerful it worked miracles?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He seemed like a wise man, a kind man. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After all, if people remain divided and closed off from different cultures, it can lead to the kind of extreme thinking that took Deborah’s life. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You would think he’d be used to this by now, but it was kind of cool that it still bothered him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then when my mom and Jeffrey sat down at the table, it was like some kind of normal family moment or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There won't be a next time! What kind of guy expects a girl to cook for him the first time they meet?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We made camp and shared our cheerless rations with a kind of strained politeness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It depends on where you want to go, Mr. Ai. And on what kind of travel you can manage.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a quiet, sedate kind of place and he was a star there, a starter on the varsity football team as a freshman. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were saying he’d come up the river in some kind of old boat and was down there unloading his family and what not. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had become a kind of joke among the fellows. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of weapons did the warriors have?” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

In time, media interest in these kinds of stories grew into a national preoccupation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of smile you give a toddler who has finally managed, after months of intensive training, to use the potty on his own for the first time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It must be some kind of blood pressure phenomenon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“And there’s movies and all kinds of—future.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box had some kind of images on the side. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Exactly what kind a stories you think you gone hear?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the dim light, it appeared to be some kind of pantry. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We have five cohorts of about forty kids each. Each cohort is divided into barracks of ten—like roommates, kind of.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Yeah, as I recall, it was a pretty Stokum kind of day. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And there is no darkness, not the kind they imagine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re asking me to invade the embassy of a foreign government because you felt a hole in the astral waves. What kind of evidence is that?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t cash any checks of any kind,” she said firmly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kid like that. 9TH JUROR: I don’t think the kind of boy he is has anything to do with it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trainer loses it, calling her all kinds of names. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was tall, kind of thin, with messy gray hair. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

No pork or veal was ever eaten at Granny’s, and rarely was there meat of any kind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is my least favorite kind of laughing. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Violet’s back was kind of sagging as she walked down the stairs in front of me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has mastered a kind of courtly composure that I have not. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“This is the kind of thing I’d have to put up with if he was my boyfriend,” I said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

"It's been inflated for several days with no problems. Also, he built some kind of. . . room." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ella has these high hopes about all the people I’ll meet here, so I go home and tell her all kinds of stories about everything. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to me as if I were some kind of cockroach. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Chip had on his team sweatshirt too, but he wore it with his usual black joggers, the kind with stripes down the sides that taper around the ankles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then he said this must be some kind of April fools joke you guys are playing on me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know that a child knows that kind of selfless love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This was teetering dangerously on the verge of gossip material, and the best kind of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t always like hard work, goodness knows, and sometimes they figured all kinds of ways to get out of it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But I told one of my best friends, even though I wasn't planning to, and it was awkward and weird and really kind of nice. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Tialys and Salmakia flew back to look and were overjoyed to see their own people there, and every other kind of conscious being who had ever been punished by the Authority with exile and death. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it would be the kind with a spunky girl on the cover. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Without apparent exertion of any kind it swam off backward under a water-lily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master of striking was like a chemist or a winemaker, but also a kind of magician. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Here was a superior tongue, a luminous language, the kind of English he heard on Master’s radio, rolling out with clipped precision. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And Julia seemed so worldly to me, like the kind of girl who would think that sex was a perfectly reasonable gift to give a kid when he turned seventeen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s unparalleled, without equal, incomparable, nonpareil, unrivaled, one of a kind. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My older brother Tsalig helped me create ice skates from all kinds of unlikely materials, metal remnants retrieved from our grandfather the blacksmith and bits of wood from the firewood pile. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

All of us kind of adjusted and readjusted our clothes, saying goodbyes, all long and drawn out, because we wanted to leave, but we also weren’t ready to go. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t notice, but then again we get so many people coming through I kind of tune out after a while.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, it kind of made me feel like my family was bad at being Korean. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The smile on Mai's face is both kind and wicked at the same time. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been washed into a cave of some kind; but it’s not a natural one. Look at these flagstones.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And this kind of service made for excellent customer relations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With a job like this under his belt and that kind of scrub at his fingertips, he wouldn’t need Per Haskell anymore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But they are difficult to catch without a special kind of spear, which I now decided to make during the winter when I would have much time. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy, you are some kind of jinx. I was just going to tie up Junior here and leave him in the woods until we was gone. Now look what you done.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Larson led a rousing class discussion, more like a shouting match, about which kind of editorial treatment was best. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of parties, what kind of food, who did the decorations, how did the seating arrangements get settled, all that kind of thing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of room would Brother Jack select for me and why wasn't I left to select my own? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to respond with some kind of sarcastic remark, but Jake cuts me off before I can utter a word. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Kigoma people were very kind and invited us in for meals and baths. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as if I had said something warm and kind, everything stern about her softened. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“But they’re in some kind of trouble and need a place to stay. Who’s gonna take them in if we don’t—a white girl and a Negro woman? Nobody around here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edges of the city, the lights were so far away that they made a kind of haze. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jewish artists and intellectuals of all kinds fled Nazism, and music by Jews, Communists and Blacks was banned in the Third Reich and its occupied territories. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They look kind of shocked, but they know it’s true. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She gave me a new kind of medicine to give him each night to help strengthen his lungs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I consider my book a kind of pastoral. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are men mingled with them, a lot of men, but in their dark uniforms or suits, so similar to one another, they form only a kind of background. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And their arguments reinforced the discordant tradition I’d found in Moorland, and I began to see discord, argument, chaos, perhaps even fear, as a kind of power. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Apparently they do have them. Bunny was in the Boy Scouts and his troop went in and was fingerprinted for some kind of Law Enforcement badge, years ago. They’re still on file somewhere.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then the dog approached Emma and said, “If I could ask one last thing of you ...” “You’ve been so kind,” she replied. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Catherine and I research all kinds of electronic talking and communication devices that have been designed for people like me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

All April’s information seemed to be the kind of things grown-ups let you overhear, and of course, nearly everything she could find in the children’s part of libraries. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

While my father and Jeffrey were getting set up in the room, I kind of hovered near the door. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of jerk does she think I am? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of science to freeing the demons from the mound. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meg likewise resolved to be ‘calm and kind, but firm’, and show him his duty. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind where you swear it’s real because everything looks real, and feels real, and you don’t even remember ever falling asleep. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the point was brutally clear: the United States could not win this kind of war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But according to the doctors who diagnosed me, people with my kind of syndrome can’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The same thing. You know he never asked me this kind of thing before we moved here.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, how could I? I didn’t have that kind of wealth. Besides, nothing would have happened if Goré hadn’t knocked Proud into the coals. They were both at fault, really.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His own kind would be too curious about him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us are doing our own version of flip-flapping, which is a kind of leaping over things—the beanbags, the rug, the other books. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what kind of welcome I’d receive in North Carolina, but I figured on Duke’s campus I’d be in a safe environment where I would surely be able to find my “people.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Emile was a brute which was kind of funny because he didn’t look like a brute. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what I’m thinking is that dum just looks—kind of dumb. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It sounds like the name of a kind of crayfish, or of one of the aliens on my brother’s distant planet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of eerie when a whole room gets quiet at once, and then the real noise starts. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

You know how in languages like Spanish and French, you can pick out a word here or there because it sounds kind of like English? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He and Abby exchange some kind of look in the rearview mirror, and then Abby moves over to the right lane. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“There he is,” thought Jo, “Poor boy! All alone and sick this dismal day. It’s a shame! I’ll toss up a snowball and make him look out, and then say a kind word to him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I didn’t do that well at yeshiva, but copying the passages down in class felt kind of holy, the same kind of magic as the letters appearing on the press. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t say. But they did want to know if he had ever offered me any kind of illicit materials. That’s what they called it.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The red lands are not kind to the weak." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know how to treat this kind of ailment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“What kinds of things do you enjoy doing?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Night is when another kind of sound happens, but she's not ready for that. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Good turnip greens, eggplant, okra by the bushel, all kind a gourds. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I jump into bed with the kind of relief you only find when you’re waking up for school and realize it’s Saturday. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That kind of put me off, but on the other hand, I didn't want no trouble. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This might be his last time to have this kind of fun. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The winter hadn’t been kind to his rheumatism. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In Maine I took to stopping the night in these parks, talking to the managers and to the dwellers in this new kind of housing, for they gather in groups of like to like. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of weapon that Aaron Burr used to kill Alexander Hamilton in their infamous duel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

This chasm makes itself known to us in all kinds of ways. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Meg colored, but a mischievous fancy to tease the girls made her reply demurely, “You are very kind, but I’m afraid he won’t come.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

What had this kind man done to warrant such a horrible death? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was at this point that Ratwatte began to speak carefully, because he was about to make the kind of cultural generalization that often leaves us uncomfortable. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Now the three travelers were standing on a desolate plain, with no signs of any kind of life whatsoever. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Shy and soft-spoken, he had never struck me as the kind of person to run off. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We had so many books, we had to try to keep them in some kind of order. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When they had been quiet for an hour, Malcolm began to notice a new kind of movement in the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t remember much, only that it was rather uncomfortable and kind of boring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If the king knew this kind of book still existed in his library, he’d have it all destroyed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s a parlor, the kind with a spider and flies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had nothing to say to these words: they were not new to me: my very first recollections of existence included hints of the same kind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of moan, weak and tremulous. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Obinze had better hurry up and come to the U.S., before somebody will carry you away. You know you have the kind of body they like here.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her tone surprised him, for his heart was still a kind one, being a boy’s. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the grocery store, surrounded in one aisle by more kinds of food than will ever be known in a Congolese lifetime, there was nothing on the air but a vague, disinfected emptiness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a special kind of person who will draw together a congregation, stand up before them with a proud, clear voice, and say words wrong, week after week. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know this kind of boy,” she says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Either they’re making fun of me or this is a clue of some kind. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He figured maybe this was just the kind of moment when God wouldn’t mind his stretching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s merely a smile, a formal kind of smile, friendly but a little distant, as if I’m a kitten in a window. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of fear you have to hide behind a fake smile. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Now,” said the lady, “this doll is named Mary after the kind little girl who is giving her away.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a kind of largeness to it, a kind of godliness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls a necklace woven out of some kind of grass from her shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This group had a kind of dark glamour within the castle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now I’m kind of hopping and skipping across the dining hall floor. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Amaya always looked kind of sullen, and she didn’t talk to too many people, but now there was something else: She looked alert. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Aru fell quiet as she recalled the kinds of things her mother had told her over the years. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In another spot, people were dancing and drinking some kind of black liquid out of a pot that boiled over a makeshift fire pit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She just stood there looking at me, shaking like an ague-fit, her hands clenched and kind of jerking. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took her shoes off for her, and inside one of her shoes was a kind of worn-down picture of a little white boy with a girl’s hairdo and a smiling dog. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one were headed to is the kind where doctors learn to cut people open. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Becoming a cop would not make him a hero—but what kind of cop he became could have. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to talk to you before your meeting. We left things kind of...um...I wanted to squash the weird.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Prison was a kind of crucible that tested a man’s character. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I missed World War I when my boss had me put an X on some kind of a paper. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steve had the kind of face that could take or leave teeth. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Now, what kind of books do you like?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This was exactly the kind of thing they wouldn’t want him doing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh my goodness, really? What kind?” she said excitedly. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Many rap and hip-hop songs had lyrics referring to the “over-seers,” meaning any kind of cops. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought it was some kind of an animal. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

So now I feel kind of strange and groggy and disoriented, and I think my parents are going to want to do dinner tonight As a Family. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

If this was the kind of reception my grandpa and the other kids got on Cairnholm, I thought, no wonder they kept to themselves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you know therapists who do this kind of thing?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m here, Hazel,” said Dandelion, in a kind of choking gasp. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involves people making very sophisticated decisions on the spur of the moment, without the benefit of any kind of script or plot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But he was mostly the kind of a handsome guy that if your parents saw his picture in your Year Book, they'd right away say, "Who's this boy?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

How many women would be capable of that kind of envy? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

If my two stars aren't aligned, there’s no way the universe is kind to us. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“What are three different kinds of pine trees?” said Charles, just to show off—and to let Kyle’s team know their bonus answer didn’t give them any kind of advantage. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It would have been kinder if the dragons had devoured him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to know what to say in this kind of situation. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That kind of talk terrified more voters than it won over. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was filled with some kind of heavy, sandlike stuff which yielded wherever you touched it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My team and I persuaded Darden Restaurants, the parent company behind chains like Olive Garden and Red Lobster, to make changes to the kinds of food it offered and how it was prepared. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tony, by contrast, was desperately trying to give his little brother information he thought he needed, the kind of information that Tony never got. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Not only is it the big kind that isn’t a cell phone, but it’s got a loopy spiral cord that’s connected to the wall. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And what she was asking for was not the kind of story that would lend anybody strength. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I was freaking out about, like, much bigger things. I was having kind of a crisis, and I wanted to reach out to somebody who understood.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

"We don't let your kind on our trains," the man at the ticket counter announces. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“It does? I mean, when you say it like that, ‘Leones’ kind of sounds like ‘lions.’ The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was pain coming, a new kind of pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And my grandfather calmed down and started talking a different kind of talk. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Hell, you know how people talk. Probably nothing in it. But I got to admit it looked kind of funny.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter forms a pale-blue cloud that kind of drizzles down as it dissolves. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He needed a haircut, so his hair kind of fell toward his forehead a little. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

So these were the kind of men who stood behind him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of person leaves the Council?” she howled one day after she had insisted that he accompany her to the Market. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Having to sing in Spanish was kind of a big detail to overlook. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Honestly, it’s kind of nice to know that even my sister has doubts about herself. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was nervous laughter—the kind when a joke cuts too close to the truth. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I know your kind: punks like you wander the streets of nice neighborhoods searching for prey. Just couldn’t resist the pretty white girl who’d locked her keys in her car, could ya?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

With her ragged black hair and her black punk clothes, an old wool overcoat wrapped around her, she looked like some kind of huge raven, completely out of place in the white landscape. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

‘He was really very kind to us and did all that he could.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I think they have people coming down all the time—regular tours through the home as a kind of public relations thing. But why?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s send a message with this one— and next time we won’t be so kind.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A detailed index of every kind of insane gun Americans can own and state-by-state regulations, which he has to comb through for research on a new set of federal assault rifle policies. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That’s the kind of stuff that gets teachers to hate you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The only thing I really excelled at was canoeing, and that wasn’t the kind of heroic skill people expected to see from the kid who had beaten the Minotaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It looked like some kind of a cat to me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She gave my knee a squeeze and for a second I kind of tensed up, fearing the boy-fondled-by-drunken-depressed-widow worst. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We’re kind of leaning against the table from opposite sides, and he’s looking right into my eyes. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And his face held a kind of confidence that Tally had never seen in an ugly before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pin to the inside of her coat was candy bars, bags of chips, packages of peanut-butter crackers, little sacks of cookies, and all kinds of stuff. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“A different kind of stupid, right?” she says, her voice loud enough to be heard over the rush of wind through the cab. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It's kind of tricky, but I worked out how. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave of furious red was making its way up from her throat to her face, and I could only imagine the kinds of words she was holding back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By and by I found myself on a paved path going down into the village, and it was while descending this path that I met Mr Taylor, my kind host of this evening. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when I found out the accordion-man was gone, I kind of lost it! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder what kind of secrets that girl knew. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They performed a crazy kind of dance with their claws to scratch apart the caked manure and expose the meaty grubs within. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Momma kind of grunted, not saying yes and not saying no. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s one of mine—a bright pink one—and it kind of works on him. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

If I look at them long enough, I can see all kinds of patterns in those hexagons: lines, arrows, even flowers. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Who cared what kind of “colored” the stewardess called us? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The true believer has faith that everything will be fine and they’ll be saved and go to heaven, which kind of makes adventure less of an adventure. But I’ll risk it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He saw that it was true there was not beauty of any kind in her face—a brown, common, patient face. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Being a pillow felt like the kind of thing a big brother was supposed to do. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But mostly there was a kind of reflexive professionalism and an uncommon immersion of the aviators into philosophical speculation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though he still acts a little tough and dresses like a fugitive from West Side Story, he is at heart the kind of person your mother wants you to be friends with. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, uh, I don’t think we want to be getting our son in trouble. This isn’t the kind of place you want to be getting sent to a time-out.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We kind of thought he might have made the whole thing up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cloudy day, typical Indiana: the kind of weather that boxes you in. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Peggy seemed kind enough, but maybe she was being kind in order to shove her part of the work on him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of place required a man to work all day without being allowed to eat or drink? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His political affiliations were dodgy: he had all kinds of friends who were Communists. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She is always telling the three of us how strong we are—which is all kinds of hilarious considering what a softy Isabella is. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I felt the kind of panic that stopped me from thinking clearly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s actually kind of disappointing when they don’t. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They closed ranks before they continued cautiously toward Edward’s family, exhibiting the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfamiliar group of its own kind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It is imperative that you look presentable. The kind of girl a woman would want around the house. Clean and well-spoken. But not too—” She shoots the other one a look. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They’d been a couple for about six months by then; at least, that’s how long they’d been “public” about it—walking around with arms around each other, that kind of thing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of useless boy was he, coming back so late the day before and leaving the cart without a word? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In the beginning it was good to have repetitive tasks that didn't require speaking much English, but I knew I didn't want to spend the rest of my life doing this kind of work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I like Dusting best, for its undeniable logic and a certain kind of austere beauty. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask myself what kind of person I am, worrying about missing out on a lousy piece of cake. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was now a strange atmosphere around the table, a kind of tingle going round. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, the girls have an elaborate system of body clues by which they can tell what kind of a man you’re suited for. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shelves were jammed full of books and stacks of scrolls, but tidily—a neat kind of clutter. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He remained kind and charming until the very end, despite his increasing confusion from the advancing dementia. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was the only kind of loyalty they seemed to have. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been kinder to me than anyone else here, mostly keeping me out of trouble, and it’s the least I can do for her. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder what kind of makeup she puts on this year. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The country belonged to the Phaeacians, a kind people and splendid sailors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think it might be some kind of metal suitcase," he told Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

With a different kind of man, or in a different kind of house, or with a corner office instead of kids? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So we were set apart from even our own kind. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I say your name—“Franny”—but it comes out in a kind of choke. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I look away because he’s cute in an overgrown boy kind of way and it’s not something I want to be thinking right now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She explained quietly, “Tata Fowells is especially interested in the birds. He has classified many kinds in this region that were never known before by the Europeans.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it kind of feels nice to nurture her resentment, to foster it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The San Antonio River. It flows lazy, through downtown. The River Walk, it’s called. Weekends, there’s partying. People in small boats, some eating, drinking by the river. All kinds of music. Mariachi, jazz, pop.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Then, she took her leg off mine and kind of sat on my lap facing me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing matched, yet somehow, it made a muddled kind of beautiful. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess I wouldn’t mind if a deputy kind of hung around here for a while, just in case.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“At the entrance to the school? What kind of first impression is that?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second contractor received the exclusive right to rent Kodaks to fair visitors, the Kodak being a new kind of portable camera that eliminated the need for lens and shutter adjustments. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Such a machine would need two kinds of engines. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am terribly limited by the fact that I know only one kind of life, life on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here are fifteen general principles that are good for all kinds of writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I conceived of it as a kind of outdoor classroom, a place kids could visit to learn about growing food. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But there’s one thing I don’t understand. How could a woman do that kind of work?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the surface, the warmth of their friendship endured well into the 1940s, surviving the kinds of changes in personal lives and careers that can drive a rift between the closest of friends. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There had clearly been some kind of misunderstanding, he told Johnson. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Your mother and I kind of figured that this trip might stir up some feelings for you, Maisie. Which is why we got you something.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Karl’s T-shirt was damp with a melange of different kinds of sweat: heat, effort, fear. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was massive access to new kinds of media that hadn’t existed in the mainstream just five years earlier. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some people couldn’t say his name right because you have to kind of roll your tongue to say the sound of the two r’s together. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You know, are you worried that Ben was in the cold water so long he’ll have some kind of permanent brain damage or something?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You don't owe me an apology. But thanks for listening. It’s kind of weird saying that story out loud.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was more as if she had brought them up— perhaps through indifference or through laziness or even through some kind of possessive cruelty—with an imperfect sense of right and wrong. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The teacher says to the class, ‘Tell us about different kinds of beans.’ The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the sin will be washed away, kind of like what’s supposed to happen in baptism. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I turn, ready to give my usual spiel—Monday afternoons in the art room, we cover all kinds of justice and gender issues, blah, blah, blah. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But there are never any good nighttime landmarks or any kind of cover for a reception team. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Of course it could be she just needed to talk to somebody who was kind and understanding. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was the kind of mature and outwardly confident, perfect girl who really could have a forty-year-old airline-pilot boyfriend, and you wouldn’t think twice about their relationship. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

That doesn’t seem like any kind of future to me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But his voice didn’t break, and there was a kind of joy in it too. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When, after much solemn consideration, I settled on a backpack—a very expensive Gregory, top-of-the-range, no-point-in-stinting-here sort of thing—he said, “Now what kind of straps do you want with that?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than convincing me of the righteousness of this kind of believing, rather than making me certain of its correctness, it made me question, and doubt, all the more. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“They asked me a whole lot of weird questions,” one friend recalled, “‘What kinds of emotional troubles is he having? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“If I can’t be safe among my own kind, where can I be?” he had once said testily. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been working so hard to prove up, I’d never even let myself dream about the kind of life I might really want to live. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s a little awful that we have five computers—Shady Creek is that kind of suburb, but still. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She seems kind of happy to see me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And James was kind of cool to hang out with. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I was scared about nothing. He was kind of nice to me, in an edgy and predatory sort of way.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was fat, with a white beard that had turned yellow, kind of like Santa Claus, if Santa had been rolled out of bed and dragged through a landfill. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He argues that modern war is becoming obsolete, leaving primitive, undisciplined warfare as the major kind of war remaining in the world today. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Is this some kind of twisted suicide note? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He kind of laughed there, a laugh with no joy in it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

This kind of regimentation would fasten itself on me in a few weeks. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So what kind of punishment would he dream up for me? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Was that some kind of tribal name, some magician’s title?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, there are poisonous snakes—seven different kinds. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Peri-Urban Police therefore regularly raided them, arrested the owners and confiscated all kinds of hooch. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking directly at it, with no eye protection of any kind,” said Robert Serber, who watched from Compana Hill. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sick kind of way, I love it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some scholars had believed them to be a kind of picture code, rich in murky metaphor, mostly about eyeballs and wavy lines, beetles, bumblebees and birds—especially birds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one kind of work you could say no to. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It just looked like tough guys doing a cartoonish job, the kind of thing you might see on a crummy TV show. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although a servant would probably not have a mount of any kind, at least the toad is less conspicuous. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just as I was thinking that this particular hippie chick was kind of hot, a horrible realization hit me: It was Bat Lady. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Koffi met his kind brown eyes and, with a pang, saw her own reflected in them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Is this some kind of—what happened? I remember things, impossible things. And I wanted. No, I couldn’t have wanted...” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of silence that goes on for so long that you have no choice but to fill in the blanks and decide what other people are saying for them. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

What kind of love was theirs, that it brought strife instead of peace? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of sorry for Byron because Momma hadn’t let go of his neck and, even though he was a lot older, we could tell he was just as scared as me and Joetta. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the kind of face that would make Axel laugh from across a quiet room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bacon was interested in secrets of many kinds, including encryption, but his cipher wasn’t a typical cipher. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In a far corner behind the weight area, at the bottom of a small flight of stairs, a regular group of inmates practiced some kind of martial art. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, I told him quietly, I had never had that kind of experience. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It is a meditative, questioning kind of music, and I cannot believe that he is simply saying, “thrush here.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They tell me, Gilly, that you are some kind of a great reader yourself. I know Mr. Randolph would like to hear you read something.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I kind of like sitting by myself.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He was my height and kind of lanky. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

What if my daddy had one of those kinds of children? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know much about this kind of music. I have to think about it.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bolted, as if I was some kind of circus freak. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I were going up and over some kind of barrier after spending too long hitting the thing straight on. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It’s not a movie kind of love either. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I and my kind possess another dimension. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are all kinds of hunters,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I reckon that kind of news travels fast.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even though I was hunted in many places, the merciful saints were kind. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As minutes slip by, I just sit there beside Valerian, watching the skin of his face grow paler as the blood no longer pumps to it, watching his lips go a kind of greenish blue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Know something? Fella camped here, kind of a nut. So I came to kick him off. He said something funny. He says, ‘Trespassing ain’t a crime and ain’t a misdemeanor.’ Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was your age,” she said as she worked, “I loved bracelets. And necklaces. And rings. Trinkets of any kind, really. I don’t know why, but they always made me feel happy.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My wish wasn’t the kind that could be granted by wishing rocks. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

If you live in a city, perhaps you can go to a park or garden where you can watch some kind of animal. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, he doesn’t have that kind of money.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I never got to assess what kind of impact my talk with Tommy had had, because it was the very next day the news broke. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day at the shine stand we had the same kind of customers; each day we cooked food and ate on the sidewalk; each day we fed the beggar and the pigeons. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping out with Mabel, I realize it's the kind of place the governess in The Turn of the Screw would find rife with ghostly possibilities. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dove said: ‘Will Mr. Johnny Tremain be so kind as to fetch us drinking water? Mrs. Lapham says we are too valuable to leave our benches. She told us we were to send you.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Just his body. It's kind of hard to understand." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“A kind of report sent to the newspapers to be printed,” Sticky said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of terrifying, and Nathan hoped that the man wasn’t in pain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Because if that’s true, it’s terribly kind of you to come down to my level just for the fun of a little bargain.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My dad’s family is kind of like my mom’s family. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to see those kinds of emotions directed at me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was pretty much exactly the kind of place my mom would never let me go. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But he was not the kind of person to keep all four legs of a chair on the floor just because someone wanted him to. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s caused all kinds of problems, especially now that Abby’s in the picture. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And Desdemona announced with certitude: “It’s not that kind of country.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But if it did, there would at least be an event, a signal of some kind to mark my exit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was kind of bummed the feeling in them was now coming back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

No great passion but a kind of affectionate contentment. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He admits that if his church was any kind of shop or restaurant, it would have closed down years ago. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

These are, after all, precisely the kind of lower-income kids who Alexander identified as losing ground over the long summer vacation, so KIPP’s response is simply to not have a long summer vacation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When die plane ran out of gas he should hold die nose down and head for die nearest lake and try to fly die plane kind of onto die water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elijah’s also the lead singer, and he’s kind of the leader of the band. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“They talk about clothes and boys and all that kind of malarkey. You know.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The music she played was the kind that sawed through you, cutting into the secret chambers of your heart and setting the sadness free. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“What kind of answer is that? I thought Uncle Jack had finally gone off his rocker but I’m not so sure now!” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Funerals are an occupation for us, darling, you’re used to them. Peach...isn’t. Uncle Edisto’s funeral was Peach’s first experience with death. And he’s very sensitive; that’s just the kind of person he is.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You can be a little . . . You can . . . It’s kind of scary for people sometimes. It feels ... It sometimes feels like you’re watching us, instead of being us.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this is a different kind of picture. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her mind she saw Magister Reese’s spotted face and kind eyes, heard Jennet’s merry voice, and smelled the rich perfumed robes of the merchant from Salisbury. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey’s voice was all shaky and kind of squeaked when he talked to me, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, Ohio’s not that smart and sleeps like a narcoleptic, so I guess he and my dad were kind of made for each other.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Insects have many natural enemies — not only microbes of many kinds but other insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She is kidding, of course, though that kind of comment within families is never entirely a joke. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dimple could see, flush from the endorphins of a great performance, why actors and performers got addicted to this kind of thing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Thomas Geisbert was an intern at the Institute, a kind of trainee. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I wanted to do something good, to make up for being kind of a jerk to Annemarie, even if she didn’t really know it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m feeling kind of sleepy, come to think of it,” said Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And at the sight of a kind face it does not lie down upon its back and kick up its heels playfully to be tickled and stroked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a flickering thought, but there was no doubt about it: In the tiny time she’d been there, Brooklyn had already become a kind of shelter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was like a bird calling in the forest—the kind of laugh that picked up and soared after a good cry. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was no anger in her eyes, just a kind of wariness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's like MoMo had some sort of requirement as to what kind of ladies he let in his parties. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I can sense a kind of depth to them, but their colors are gone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I found that the chimps eat mostly fruits but also a good many kinds of leaves, blossoms, seeds, and stems. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer had a one hundred percent crush on Paul McCartney, so Anthony was kind of up there. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My parents didn’t have the kind of warm relations that most parents had. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Miig had found a shed, and though it was pretty well scavenged from when they first shut up shop, he did manage to find a two-wheeled cart, the kind you tow behind a four-wheeler. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In her dealings with him she was very bossy and businesslike, treating him in much the same way she handled her kindergarten pupils; he responded in kind, alternately wheedling, affectionate, or sulky. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“A key is nothing,” I said; “there may be duplicates; and anyhow it is not difficult to pick a lock of that kind.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And most of the girls at Chester Academy are hair flippers who be looking at me like my mom some kind of junk maker. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I think the Missus Reverend served her a dose of Scripture, the hard kind. Madam says, ‘I’ve been too harsh on my servants. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry. I don't mean to be so moody. I just think about you here by yourself all summer and it's kind of depressing.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were not dogs, or ponies, or any other kind of four-legged animal. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I remembered that this was the kind of thing Mom would have said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It made me so mad for a minute it kind of blinded me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘That isn’t your mother. Her voice is working some kind of magic on you - like charmspeak, but more dangerous. Can’t you sense it?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A new kind of competition between Russia and the United States took shape that fall, a nuclear arms race that quickly raised the stakes of the Cold War to unforeseen and terrifying heights. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The kinder her words, the harder I cried. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, and I don’t mean to brag here, but it kind of felt like everyone wanted to get close to me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Julia appeared to be quite used to this kind of conversation, which she called “talking by installments.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

See, she was the first American in my family, while Sam and I were immigrants, and we kind of had that immigrant thing on us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detectives didn’t drink alcohol, but Arm said they had to encourage Mr. Thirsty’s kind impulses, however misguided. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every flower that had bloomed bore some kind of seed or fruit, and it was a surprise to see how the different ones turned out. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not scared of me? You don’t think I’m some kind of unnatural girl, a beast?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Like I’m saying one kind of heritage is better than another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We've only been away from the hospital for a few hours, but it's been the kind of few hours that feel like a month. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But it was very different with her father; he was—and so Elizabeth never failed to think of him—young, and handsome, and kind, and generous; and he loved his daughter. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I want to do some school shopping with you. The kind where you actually shop for schools.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Though I suppose it’s faith, of a kind,” I say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was kind of him to tell her that I’m doing well when I know he doesn’t believe it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“For him, this is the kind of freedom that people always talk about for those who are suffering,” my father’s wife said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of wisdom that someone acquires after a lifetime of learning and watching and doing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Not the kind that gives you the benefit of the doubt, not the kind that says, Once I get to know her better she'll probably be fine, but the kind that says, No. Unacceptable. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She should have told him that he was a kind, good guy who just couldn’t seem to hold himself together right. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wishart was kind, but no one else at the store was. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“So, the story’s true, then?” he asked in this real low-key kind of way, like we were talking about the Red Wings or something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I felt the same kind of jittery excitement that I experienced every Christmas morning in anticipation of all those gifts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It’s kind of depressing, but we don’t know what else to do. Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The doctors thought that Thunder had some kind of terrible blood disease. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The kind of honesty that could get him killed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When blood dripped on my bare feet or poured over the book I was reading, he was kind. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Tell me what kind of a man I need.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's okay. We kind of all ignore each other.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The tree branches would be stark and, with their leaves fallen, wear a kind of proud desolation. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lefty Lewis looked at me kind of hard. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A map and some kind of direction finding will be vital for our escape. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We had a collection of pressed flowers and many shells, not only the local kinds from the Bournemouth beach but exotic ones collected by my adventurous great-grandfather during his travels to Australia and such places. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s definitely a noticer, the kind of boy who would know if you’d rearranged a painting or added a new vase to a room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is a kind of relief in realizing it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m not surprised,’ and then I went to sleep again, and I’m sure I should never have mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn’t dragged it out of me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that wasn't really cool of me, but I was kind of nervous to just be sitting out there with Needles without Noodles being around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And kind of puckered-looking, the way your hands get if they’ve been in the water a long time, but I knew this was just because she was new. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Creole’s the kind of music they play in Louisiana,” he said to me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The real problem is convincing the board that this kind of research has practical value.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You have a responsibility to represent our family. To be kind. To work hard. Don’t fight.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

No fences, no fields of crops, and no signs of any kind of settlement or people except for the dusty road itself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve tried to get some kind of medicine to help with it—the vuvv can apparently solve this kind of thing in five minutes—but we have minimum insurance coverage. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Right away they smelled that Isaac was the kinder one and directed all their chatter to him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t know exactly what kind she is. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Or if it was the City that produced a crooked kind of mourning for a rival young enough to be a daughter. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of sport or recreational activity—soccer, dance, swimming, professional hopscotch. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Momma said it wasn’t important, that I was a real handsome little boy, but ever since I’d been born one of my eyeballs had been kind of lazy. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it was like, to be the kind of guy that cried over the death of a bird. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

This neighborhood is wealthy, the kind of place people would notice unusual things like girls climbing out windows. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He ruled the schoolyard like some kind of sixth-grade mob boss. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For the rest of her life she imagined her cousins worked for kind and generous masters up north, engaged in more forgiving trades than her own, weaving or spinning, nothing in the fields. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he thought it inappropriate for scientists to engage in political activity of any kind—“political fiddling around,” as he called it in a conversation with Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The bad part is we are kind of stuck in the room upstairs again. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The place came furnished, but it didn’t have the kind of plain furnishings you might expect from a rental apartment. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

However, there are two kinds of electric charge, positive and negative. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there are other kinds of red shifts in nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian said, her fine blue eyes set in a kind of stare. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I made spaghetti with catsup and any kind of cut-up, leftover meat from the night before. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He supposed he was still in some kind of shock from the crash and there was still the pain, the dizziness, the strange feeling. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m concerned you may have gotten off to the wrong kind of start this semester, Ryan Dean.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He looks like a Carlos. Right? See his little head? He’s kind of wagging it, like ‘What’s up?’ Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As ghastly as it had been, there was no denying that Bunny’s murder had thrown all subsequent events into a kind of glaring Technicolor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes catch me off guard, capturing me completely in some kind of net. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At last he rose, half dressed and went into his study and sat at his typewriter, wondering what kind of letter he should write to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Davos had been praying that the galley had been lost in the same storms that had ravaged Salla’s fleet, but the gods had not been so kind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After focusing on Big Thumb for so long, it was as if the rock had absorbed his energy and now acted like a kind of giant magnet pulling him toward it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I don't think my dad would want that for her, knowing the kind of guy he was. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Werfel did not want to be that kind of goblin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I simply love that this building will bring a new kind of person to the neighborhood,” Eddy’s mom said in a way that sounded snooty. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Just like in the train station, every person with a gun is white, and not white like maybe they’re Bosnian—the kind of white that thinks internment camps are going to make America great again. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We had remained friends in a kind of theoretical sense, but our paths had diverged wildly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was portly, with a kind face and a ducklike walk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Only one of its kind, before or since. A mistake, somewheres—” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It resembled a loading dock of some kind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I expect to be back in the squadron by then,” the captain answered with a kind of martyred confidence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And Gregory thought maybe it was the kind of smile that came just before laughing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of emotionally sophisticated, character-driven, multi-layered novel that invites reflection and discussion, and book groups were flocking to it. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all think she’s some kind of saint for bringing them potato chips and animal cookies. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He took a deep drag on it, as if it were a kind of respirator in an otherwise oxygenless world. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I say, “You know what? I did eat kind of a lot of grass one time.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see it, of course, though later he said he had felt it come forward, had perceived it with the kind of knowledge that had made the people designate Seer as his true name. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He was better. But starring in this show, being the lead dog, it’s intense. The pace is grueling. It takes a certain kind of fearlessness. Guts. Fred just may not have what it takes.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She looked at me with incredulity, and then said in English, “What kind of lawyer and leader will you be who cannot speak the language of your own people?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was reading too much into it, but it kind of felt like Samira was saying the whole bus thing was my fault. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I am telling you that escape or checking out is a common response to emotional trauma and anxiety, like the kind Sparrow experiences in social situations, like school.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I guess they all expected to see her folded into a casket like some kind of cautionary tale. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

No longer shell-less and colorless, they had developed a kind of thick, grayish, shiny armor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I asked our pilot, who has a kind face. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of person only knew someone for a few weeks and said something like that? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This was some kind of a joke, I thought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is not the kind of thing you forget. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: There must be some limit—the Time-Turner must have some kind of time limit. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

After that, we came to the quarters every other weekend to study that kind of music on television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, the evening news feels like the worst kind of entertainment. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We lived daily with the birth and death of every kind of animal, and we were expected to get used to it, or at least the boys were. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was a funny-looking man, with broad puffy shoulders, thick wrists, and kind eyes beneath gray brows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, kind of desperate, because I suddenly realized they had been talking for a while and I had no idea what they’d been saying. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an accident, meaning the kind of rare and catastrophic event that, but for the grace of God, could happen to any airline. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"It's a different kind. But yes, Gerta, I do. I would have married her, if it wouldn't have raised too many questions. And she loves you, too, like her own daughter." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to read Fischer and Orasanu’s study and not be just a little bit alarmed, because a hint is the hardest kind of request to decode and the easiest to refuse. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He’s not an uppercase G, a lowercase g, or any kind of G, so why is he claiming that life? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

All around us, the others are noticing George by the door and going quiet, the same kind of quiet you hear at an Abnegation funeral. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When she splits the book open, I watch her flip through sketches of cartoonish women, all dressed like futuristic gangsters and armed with some kind of weapon or another. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The impetus to engage in a certain kind of behavior is not coming from a certain kind of person but from a feature of the environment. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Treisman herself made an indirect discovery about the kinds of things that pop to the surface, even when we’re trying to ignore them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to be ashamed of if you do. I been there myself. My momma dragged me to all kinds of giveaways like this when I was a shorty.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I was really worried about you. When your mom came out...your mom is actually kind of terrifying. I thought she was going to give me a Breathalyzer.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Based on its color and ridiculous size, it had to be a Saturniidae of some kind. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They would have to row almost flawlessly in long races and short, under all kinds of conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My sister is kind of neutral, but she is sensitive about certain things. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Chairman Lane, what kind of problems do vacant apartments pose on crime in the CHA? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the whole scientific enterprise must be arranged so that the separate imaginations in different human minds can be pooled, and this is more a kind of game than a systematic business. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew they were kind of jealous, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

No more ragged blue jeans and hand-me-down flannel shirts for him—he had a whole suitcase in the trunk full of the same kind of fancy Baron clothes he’d laughed at all those months ago. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll tell you how we handled this problem; you may find it unseemly of me to bring it up, but I’m not so prudish about matters of this kind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There’s been so much shy grinning at her, it’s even kind of bold. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I kind of wish I were there by myself. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to scare her with that kind of stuff, didn’t want to alarm her any more than necessary. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for that matter, what kind was I? Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I have a family to look after. I don’t have that kind of time!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now there seemed to be some kind of wet light traveling over his legs and stomach with a deeply attractive smell. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not the kind of thing you expect in the heart of a dungeon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His dæmon was a large bird of some kind on his shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘My mum gave it to me for going to New York. I wanted a digital one, but she says this kind will make a better photographer of me in the long run.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say it in some kind of words. Tell us how babies get here.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus it’s kind of hard to turn down a woman like Mrs. Mendez. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew the highlighted parts were probably the only important parts, I wanted to know whether it was a suicide-note kind of poem. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The crickets and owl, too: They all kind of fit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The mouse became nervous and, after the manner of his kind, began to say what he thought the rabbits would like to hear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes a brrring sound on my end, and I know it sounds kind of like a phone ringing in the apartment. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was as big a disaster as the mess in the pan, and all because she didn’t know what kind of cake she’d like. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But she was glaring and glaring at that hawk, and I looked at it, and you know, it looked kind of frozen too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We think it’s some kind of elementary particle. Something quite different from anything discovered so far. But the particles are very hard to detect...Where do you go to school? Do you study physics?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I were a dolphin, he thought suddenly, if I were a dolphin I would be the kind that swims just in front of the boat and leaps out of the water and spirals. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe that’s all it ever was, or is: a kind of stealing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them was the kind judge, who had taken such an interest in the three children. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘That’s why I recognized it. Dad’s new crib in the Atlantic is kind of like this.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Judy’s eyes were kind of fuzzed over as she spoke, and her voice sounded as though it were being broadcast from miles away. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the inside kind of feel, it is all the same, like foggy mush. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were mysterious and kind and her skin dark brown with a glow, darker than toast and looking a little like it had been buttered. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

People wore different kinds of chains across their lifetimes, but it wasn’t hard to interpret rebellion, even when the rebels wore costumes to deny blame. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At Fort Hare, we were taught to wear a tie and jacket to a social function of any kind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s some kind of subconscious warning signal, and now instead of waiting for the memory to come to me, I close my eyes and reach out for it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy kind of wanted to play, but since she told Taryn that she didn’t care about the soccer camp, Ivy didn’t want to bring it up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

No one else in America had the kind of experience that Franklin brought to the Patriot cause. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Joey laughed again, and even Byron kind of smiled. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes a special kind of kid to overcome an injury like that,” said Belew. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had always been some sound, some kind of sound. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Vincent does not come from such a family or have any connections with the kind of people who could be patrons. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of like Burning Man without the patchouli.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The authorities know that it is not so, for they have made it plain in their every act that they mean to keep Bigger Thomas and his kind within rigid limits. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“At least those idiots don’t have my picture anymore. That’s kind of good.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everywhere, there was a kind of recklessness borne of a sense that the American woods was effectively inexhaustible. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Uh-huh, we kind of had a fight. How long’s it take to get out west?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"I used to call him Grandfather, though he wasn't really family. He had a kind heart but a pretty foul mouth." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But you can only take so much of this kind of stuff, and after about half an hour, I start yawning. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never noticed at the time, but whenever there was trouble of any kind, Richie and his friends got off scot-free. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s looking at me as though we’re going to share some kind of witty repartee, but I am not sure what to say. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But its success is best understood not in terms of its curriculum, its teachers, its resources, or some kind of institutional innovation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It was a ball of light, kind of pulsing, and bluish, like that light you get around a Portkey, you know?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This suggests that Ebola is an ancient kind of life, perhaps nearly as old as the earth itself. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to experience all kinds of moments with him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There has to be some kind of trick to it,” says Elsie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It has a kind of intelligence all its own. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just what kind of a doctor are you?” he asked suspiciously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The more she looked, the more she saw all kinds of order and carefulness in the village, like the layers of meaning in the alethiometer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s a whole city in ruins, and more of his kind willing to take advantage of others’ misery,” he explained. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1950, nearly three in five black women in Montgomery, Alabama’s capital city, worked as maids for white families, and almost three-quarters of employed black men mowed lawns and did other kinds of unskilled labor. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I’m coming down with some kind of virus thingy, I think. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still worried she might have spotted our work, but Sonia says that woman has a different kind of contraband in mind. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind you wouldn’t want to get flattened by. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It defines a different kind of change to the world and our lives, and indirectly would drive Paul’s eventual research: Metcalfe’s law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Coalwood Women’s Club was setting up a picnic table with all kinds of pastries and jugs of punch and tea. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he is kind, after all, my uncle. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We found Wojek, the kind gentile who had sold my father's suits, and we connected with a former neighbor on Przemyslowa Street. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

With a kind of wry envy, Hazel realized that Bigwig was actually looking forward to meeting the Efrafan assault. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sell all kinds of fireworks, and they have a huge field where you can set them off. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If only we had had the right kind of research station in central Africa during the nineteen-seventies ... we might have seen it hatching from the forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s also this pride they have, so I kind of feel like I can’t let them down. And sometimes it’s just all too much. So, yeah, I get feeling bad.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And if I had any kind of success at all, it would seem the height of ingratitude. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So Jupiter needs a game plan,” Golly says, and he starts kind of moving from left to right. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He'd said, Noodles wasn't the kind of kid he wanted to teach something like boxing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

According to Meeks, all kinds of people set up shop in the Central Port, using a network of catwalks and rickety wooden planks to connect their barges and narrow boats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The black-faced man opened and closed his mouth in a kind of chewing action. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t let you all walk into a hostage exchange thinking I was some kind of insurance.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was more than strange-looking, and his sudden appearance set off all kinds of red flags in my head. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was very kind and thoughtful; she knew exacdy how I liked my coffee and fixed me peanut butter and Ritz crackers, but she didn’t say much at all. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I used to want that kind of love for myself one day. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of on my way to lunch and—” Ms. Faraci picked up a Scantron sheet and set it on the edge of her desk. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“She learning. Least she... trying to learn,” but I kind of snort at this. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"What kind of lord's daughter are you?" he said, laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What kind of pizza place has a porcupine for a mascot? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a long and tedious process, but I don’t mind it because I can see Grandma needs this kind of mindless work right now. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

What kind of warden lets a child slip through his fingers? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“People are kind. They’re patient with me. I’ve been injured, and I have to relearn some things. It will take time.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He spoke with a crisp British accent, an upper-crust accent, the kind of voice you might hear at Oxford or Cambridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If Michael has done that to Fuchsia, then it’s pretty easy to imagine what kind of stuff he’d do to you. And I say that,” she quickly adds when Crystal’s eyes widen, “as someone who...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A spider can produce several kinds of thread. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I like all kinds of music, but my favorite has to be R&B. It reminds me of when I was growing up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“And, I’m sorry that I must ask you this, but don’t tell Biddy anything about it. I know that this is a kind of lie, but it’s nothing that will hurt her.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was pitiful—yes, pity and shame were what he felt—when they were slaughtered instead of fulfilling their destiny as killers for food and status among their own kind. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I had to be peripatetic eyes and ears, a kind of moving gelatin plate. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she was actually kind of excited about the meeting! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But when it came to the Church, Linton was being told one thing while having a very different kind of experience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The driver, who was a kind and polite man, did not laugh at his oddly assorted passengers until he had been paid. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have written much about the woods, being in the woods, being in nature, as it was for me a very real kind of sanctuary—a safe place. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of gross how fast that tends to happen. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Addressing Briony’s problems with kind words and caresses would have restored a sense of control. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She would go down to the river, take the clay from the riverbank, and mix it with the water to make a grayish kind of milk. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, yes, and a sizable winch. The cables wrap around it like a big spool, and the guards just turn it with some kind of handle or wheel.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then Pharaoh will buy my necklaces for Queen Tiy, who is beautiful and kind, and she will smile on me, Ranofer the son of Thutra—and I will not be a thief! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of man whom it was hard to imagine had once been a boy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flower was a beach rose, pink and loosely constructed, the kind that grows along the Beechwood perimeter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Even though she had teased James about his knack for spotting a puzzle anywhere, it kind of spooked her, as if the book itself were trying to talk to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But it’s occasionally used as a plural to refer to the individual kinds of communication. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Haitians, man. They’re totally over the top. My kind of people.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The black man who is eternally wise and kind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“What kind of attitude is that? It’s insulting to Chairman Mao.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, we would bring along a second drum, which we would use to make a kind of Robben Island seafood stew. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small, round person with a big, round laugh, neat in all ways, he is a maker of tejas, roof tiles, the kind I sometimes helped Papi make. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He opened a book and started to read, which was kind of rude. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“In a kind of way. I’ve been to the North several times. Last year I spent three months in Greenland making observations of the Aurora.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His sneakers were white and cheap-looking, like the kind they sold in discount stores. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I gave my gloves to one once. But it got me into all kinds of trouble.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So I got organized, I got selective and I kind of honed in on Astelle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stepped out of his canoe and walked up to a man, a soldier of some kind, standing on the grassy median—New Orleanians called it the neutral ground. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And when I inspected her, examining every visible part of her body, there were no scratches, no marks of any kind. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“He’s not easy to like, but...thanks for being kind to him.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I am not the kind of person who is easily intimidated. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They’re kind of all the same. Same generic rooms. Same tile floors. Same sterile smell. I’ve been everywhere without actually seeing anything.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a question is that, Peach? Look—we’re on this rock! We can go even higher if we need to. You’re not about to die.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The weaving women had always been kind to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In assemblies, Reverend Harris always wore a forbidding expression and was not given to levity of any kind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not imagine that there was anything in this little land that would stand up to twenty of their kind together. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

You need a kind of a machine to ketch it and earphones to listen in.... A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the same kind of fatality rate as was seen with the black plague during the Middle Ages. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has always killed me how fast the criminal goes from being a bad guy at his trial to some kind of victim once he’s in prison, according to public perception,” he added. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, look," she exclaimed to Doreah, "those are the kind of sausages I meant." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Only the softest kind of noise—and right close. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kind of want to do something having to do with soccer,” says Amanda. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By the evening a kind of holiday spirit prevailed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of “uhh” you say when you’re watching a scary movie and the bad guy like jumps out of the bushes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Best you stay away. She’s a nosy gossiper, that one. And the husband fancies himself some kind of educated intellectual. But he’s a mouse. Look at him. Doesn’t he look like a mouse?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They are a new kind—blue, with intricate designs made by layers in the glass. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Inside, the house held a different kind of pretense. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched out at the stars in a kind of trance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Miss Celia,” I speak kind of slow like it’s just now coming to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ophie had tried to help her, and the result had been a vicious slap without any kind of warning. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I would have to be some kind of monster to do this in real life.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was kind of cute in a careless, windblown way. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Most huts, Ellsberg saw, did have some kind of shelter—holes in the ground, or sandbags in the corner. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Wherever he’s hiding out, once you find him, letting him live would be the most outrageous kind of irresponsibility. My answer is no.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I felt sure the Fates had been giving me some kind of warning about that.' The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of numb, as though nothing mattered anymore. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kind of like the idea of having a place in school where I can be honest about feeling bad.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The kinds of things parents tell their children when they’re alone together and other kids tell you if they know you really well. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look like they come out of some kind of vending machine. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Counterspies have to have ways of identifying themselves to other counterspies. Like secret code words. Or wearing a special kind of flower. Or—tying their shoes a certain way.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I had made a speech, and it had made me a leader, only not the kind I had expected. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, in a month or two I might have turned into a different person altogether—say, the kind of person who would have turned George in. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s that kind we saw in the catalogue.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The books were of the most varied kind—history, geography, politics, political economy, botany, geology, law—all relating to England and English life and customs and manners. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you would call it a kind of horse psychology,” Pollard explained to Alexander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And soon, HeLa cells weren’t the only ones being bought and sold for research—with media and equipment standardization, culturing became easier, and researchers began growing cells of all kinds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I kind of wish this was a double-decker bus tour.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know for sure. People be kind, I hope,” she replied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Round up all the medals. Make a list. See if there is some kind of pattern or hidden code.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But it can be kind of hard, too. Moving around. I’m always the new kid in school.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But whoever it is, I believe the death will trigger a kind of free-for-all out here in the night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Up close he didn’t look so much like a pirate—at least not the kind of pirate you see in the movies. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The young brothers Bach, though, did not have the kind of natural genius required to lead a new movement out of its initial rebellious stage into the mainstream. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He considered jumping the fence to get to the backyard, but it was this kind of suspicious activity that police and neighbors would be looking for. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She would not be the reason Mama felt that kind of pain ever again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It said a good criminal chooses a alias that’s kind of close to their own name. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The thing is, the same kind of ugly anger lives in me. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that Charlie’s face appeared before me, awakening memories of his kind and tender ways. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d made the same kind of exploratory phone calls on his behalf, hoping for a more encouraging response, but didn’t get one. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind that make a good poultice are the smaller size. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a kind of pride in being allowed to touch all the delicate glassware, plates, and bowls, and he hadn’t broken a single thing. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“And none of his kind would complain. Even if they did, who would listen? Half that coast has been given up as drowned wilderness. Just malaria and convicts now.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That seems to be crossing some kind of line,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The children she saw had all kinds of articulation problems, some because of physiological defects like cleft palates or tied tongues. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we’d get silly and say it every kind of colored way we knew how. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d gone from being the kind of person people pretended they weren’t staring at to being the kind of person who was openly gawked at. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At higher frequencies, beyond the violet, is a part of the spectrum called the ultraviolet: a perfectly real kind of light, carrying death to the microbes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were made out of some kind of dried leaves. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But Aunt Nancy is the kind of person who will say what she means. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There are a hundred kinds of grass out there, grasses as yellow as lemon and as dark as indigo, blue grasses and orange grasses and grasses like rainbows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The streets were crazy down there; they didn’t have any kind of streets and avenues; they just had names and they looked like a game of Pick-Up Sticks. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

"That's very kind, Mrs. Taylor”—Ewan's excuse was seamless—"but my mother's birthday dinners run to military precision. If she suspects me of dawdling, it'll be the execution squad at dawn.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

This kind of talk that nobody believed helped pass the time. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know this was some kind of competition with her until this moment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“If this building is two thousand years old, it makes sense there could be some kind of secret passage left over from the Roman days.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Is this the kind of scintillating conversation we're going to have now that we don't have any secrets?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So yelling at him would have been kind of awkward. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Not really. He's the kind of upper-caste snob who'd rather die than touch a low-caste person. But still, I wouldn't do something like that again, because he wouldn't mind whacking you with a stick." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I couldn’t take from him the kind of abuse I took from others. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They kept at it for a while, Peewee agitating until I felt that for him it was just some kind of sport. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the old days, Ariadne’s string guided Theseus out of the maze. It was a navigation instrument of some kind, invented by Daedalus. AndChris Rodriguez was mumbling about string.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They had no official uniforms, but wore helmets of various kinds from army surplus stores, motorcycle shops and hard-hat construction sites, each bearing a small silver decal with “Sheriff’s posse” spelled out in black letters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden Will felt like crying, the way that kind of sorrow would swoop in and punch him in the gut. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“The kind to make you sleep,” I answer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she was kind; the “Good Goddess,” men always called her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder kind of wanted to laugh, too, but the news wasn’t supposed to be funny. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the spirit rally, I was a nervous wreck, but since I’m a smooth kind of gal, I didn’t let it show. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Then I followed the dog, well, I tried to, but it got dark, and the path, well, kind of path, just led me to...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But she’d told him she didn’t want that kind of relationship. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate the way it gloms on to me like some kind of parasite. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Most of the names weren’t actually summer names, but they were names that had some kind of connection to summer. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She wore a black dress, and her black hair was braided and pinned on top of her head in a kind of crown. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a helpless kind of fear about water, about rain, and she’d say God was testing her sense of humor, setting her up in a place called Deep Water. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the Star Children, as they were called, grew from happy infants to kind adolescents to gracious adults. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wore my dark gray dress pants and a turquoise button-up with these subtle leaf patterns on it, the kind you could only see in a certain light. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We knew he was intrepid, for he had held his own in var- ious gunfights; besides, he looked like a sheriff—the only kind we knew about. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the Database Center, where staff members had been working with North Koreans for years, Shin was viewed as a kind of rough-hewn prodigy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He asked what kind of dog I owned, and the first breed that came to mind was a Chihuahua. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Don't tell me you want to go. Please don't tell me that," she said, her voice kind of begging. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Some say there was a faint grin on his face, kind of playful, as though the Knot wasn’t his enemy at all, but an old pal just playing a little trick on him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange kind of elation bubbles inside me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There were also—in the store—seeds of all kinds: corn, wheat, oats, barley, and most kinds of truck vegetables and fruit—almost everything that will grow here. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had an angular face, black hair, a black mustache, and dark eyes, the kind of looks soon to be coveted by an industry that Thomas Edison was just then bringing to life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His hands were bound behind his back with what felt like some kind of straps. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She holds out a black blindfold, the velvety kind that people sleep in, and slides it down my head to cover my eyes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn't the kind of danger you could run away from, or fight back at. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she looks like some kind of movie star. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Some folks call oil country ugly, but I say it’s got its own kind of pretty,” she’d said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was never the kind of person to say, “You’re comfortable, you have a great life, don’t change anything.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A kind of ripple crossed the Great Hall as a few heads turned in Harry’s direction before flicking back to face Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I wish you could be kinder to her.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That kind of depends on whether you save the world, hero.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Our new lunch boxes were the kind we had always dreamed of: bright aluminum with two removable trays, one for rice and one for a meat or vegetable dish. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ring was just an ordinary iron ring tied to a kind of gallows by a thread. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was really, he thought, very thin aluminum skin over a kind of skeleton and if it gave that easily he might be able to force his way through ... Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel kind of good filling out the form, like I’m applying to a special academy. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the wide road, there is every kind of bad thing anyone can imagine. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And although I was a small craft among monsters of transportation they were kind to me and helpful. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could maybe rig some kind of camouflage,” Leo said, “like a smoke screen to hide us in the clouds.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cyrus took Adam to walk with him one late afternoon, and the black conclusions of all of his study and his thinking came out and flowed with a kind of thick terror over his son. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of feeling that had no words, that his body had held on to even if his memory had not. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It’s weird: This whole time I had been thinking about Auggie like he was my enemy, but when Grandmère told me that story, I don’t know, it all kind of just sank in with me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And here I stopped again, this time to consider what I hadn’t realized before—that the people who cared for lepers took more than one kind of risk. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had noticed one day a group of young boys playing some kind of spy game in which they exchanged silly secret passwords. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I'm making the request in Dell's name, because he is the person on the lease, and also because getting this kind of detailed plan from a kid would no doubt raise the flag of alarm. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Men coming to his blacksmith shop to talk and listen dropped their cursing for a while, not from any kind of restraint but automatically, as though this were not the place for it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“These kinds of situations—I need to take all the appropriate steps. Ms. Taggart, you’ll help us with this, each and every part of the process?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is the kind of thing I wasted time on in those days when time was so important. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are there any kind of instructions I need to take care of this? I mean, I’ve never had plants or anything.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We heard the phone ring, and knew it was kind of late for a call, but this was the Klausons; they were ranchers and it was summer, sometimes the phone rang late. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I told myself that if my eyes were not so big or my nose smaller, if I were not so large or my hair straighter, the Mehtas would be kinder. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t Clara deserve the kind of justice so many folks never got? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I guess I do feel kind of pretty. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The kind of moment when all the horrors converge, and all you can do is stand there. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m doubtful I’ll ever make it through public school alive, so it’s kind of nice to get this ritual over with now. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Which kind of makes my stomach churn, but whatever. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The boy was shuffling some kind of trading cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What kind of friends would we be if we let you go do a crazy thing all by yourself?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Richard had carried a heavy book a long way and I was feeling kind of bad for him, but then we finally found something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s much too close to Annuvin for any decent kind of person to knock at your door—I don’t mean any of you,” he added hurriedly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of car would have a fire extinguisher? she thinks to herself. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had learned, for example, that Bien was a kind of secret weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty when it’s straight,” I’d said, “but I kind of like it better curly.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

With the noise and chaos Drake brings into my life, there’s no way his room—which I’m never allowed into—is in any kind of order. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Had he just killed two of his kind? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were kind of like mermaids, and their song lured seamen to crash their ships into the rocks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone had sleepy, dreamy looks in their eyes because they’d been kind of drifting off in their comfy reading chairs. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was dark and windy and kind of spooky, the way pumpkin patches are at the end of October. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I look at the white walls and the table where she showed me the pain chart and think that I’ve actually come kind of far since yesterday; I’ve eaten and slept; you can’t deny that. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I never thought I was his type, but ours was a "right in front of me the whole time" kind of romance. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in the most beautiful furs and her face was very kind, her eyes deep, thrilling, wild. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She cuts the middle out of a black T-shirt, making a kind of jacket. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It hits me hard, but in a strange, hollow kind of way. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And that is the worst kind of combat. You see only flashes of fire coming at you: flamethrowers and trace ammunition.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d somehow, inadvertently, done something that’d given the population at this school permission to put me in a different kind of box, and I didn’t know how to deal with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But at least Mom was smiling some kind of smile, which was good enough. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Carmen had read about a kind of snake that wrapped itself around its prey, choking it to death. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Pickles of all kinds, rich with the spices that grew on the mountainsides. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She tried again, and even worse, tried to be dirty, like going, “Come on baby, 1 want to feel you,” and all that kind of thing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a nervous and disappointed kind of fishing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner was a banty-rooster kind of man who kept the entire school under his thumb. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It felt kind of strange to be back in the clutch of gravity again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the kind of eyes that wanted to win. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried gnawing my way out, but the strands were made of some kind of plastic, as hard as wire. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In order that Tucker could keep at least one of each kind of coin, Harry Cat figured out that they should bring over one half dollar, four quarters, one dime, five nickels, and fifteen cents. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d lined my eyes in the same dark cat-eye style, applied a dark lipstick, and gelled my hair so that it was kind of spiky on top with bangs over one eye. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

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

So here are a few terms that may be useful if you are wondering what kind of music you want to learn more about. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Seeing the vast, open sky in front of and below him had put him into some kind of hypnotized stupor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was all random stuff too: a particular kind of shampoo, or a face cream, or even Tylenol PM, which apparently you couldn’t buy in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What kind of power do bedtime stories have over him that he’d risk our safety like this? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It kind of scared me how mad I got. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cops have no sense of humor about that kind of joke. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Some kind of electric field throws you back on the roof." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mom and Abuela loved each other so much, but there was always this kind of friction between them because they were so different. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ben walked up to the mule and looked up at Toomer, who watched him with eyes that were dark and kind. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Dad was kind of disappointed by the way Momma had acted. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you go down this long service line, where they have all kinds of different foods laid out behind glass and hot lamps. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Though they knew he was a wizard they showed him no regard, but rather a kind of cautious spitefulness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin couldn’t even imagine what it would be like to swing with that kind of net waiting to catch you. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Cletus watched them with a kind of ache in his eyes, and I knew what he wanted for his life and I prayed for him to someday get it. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Elsie, Dylan, and I move from stand to stand trying all kinds of different goodies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The beast is quite safe. He loves her, you can see it. He wouldn’t hurt her—she has tamed him with her strong will and kind hands.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She bent down and picked up a gold ballpoint pen, the fancy kind. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the contours of her body—this woman’s body—and she wore a gown of some kind of heavy fabric. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But you like Sherm, don’t you, Bridge? It’s kind of obvious.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go into this kind of sea again ever. Do you understand me?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“So, Sergio, I hear you are some kind of math genius.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They dressed him in the finest clothes, the kind a highborn goddess would wear to her wedding. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Why does he have to be so kind? Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They were big bees, too, armed with the kind of venom that could kill, if one was unfortunate enough to be attacked by the whole swarm. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indra probably would have approved of that kind of sabotage. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

David Petrakis’s lawyer had a meeting with Mr. Neck and some kind of teacher lawyer. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds or thousands more stood atop the bluffs on the south bank, waving palm leaves in synchrony to create a kind of football wave that Carvajal clearly found peculiar and unnerving. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Taryn had been kind of quiet all afternoon while they were getting ready. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I took the stairs two at a time and rushed into the street and hugged and kissed him like the kind of woman the neighbors think I am. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that parrots always appear to have a pleasant smile, kind of like dolphins, so you never truly know what they’re thinking. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A queer look came into the old eyes, a kind of wariness; the deep wells were covered over. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I kind of figured it would go that way for me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The man just smiled the kind of uneasy smile one uses when one is utterly confused. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of room where you'd grill someone until they snapped, the kind frequently painted so as to cover the bloodstains. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Some kind of baptism, some kind of blessing, he thought. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The whole kitchen would fill with their smell and color, Marie-Laure’s fingers sticky with them, a kind of rapture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I think you’re here for a lot of reasons, Bridge. But not that kind of reason.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s bad enough that Aaron had to leave, that he is off at college having all kinds of adventures without us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Hush that kind of talk in here,” the mother said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He met people of all kinds, and he treated them well and answered their questions, and there was not a place but was the better for Kvasir’s stopping there. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“He has a purse? What kind of prizefighter carries a purse?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“He showed us how he did all kinds of things,” Dad said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was kind of surprised at the things Ob picked to talk about. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had been a good dancer once, but now she was overweight, and sad to watch, even in the eyes of a ten-year-old who had never seen this kind of dancing. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to know that they pray to Erzulie, who loves men like men love her, because she’s mulatto and some Haitian men seem to love her kind. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Alex wonders for an insane second if his brain has conjured up some kind of stress-induced sex mirage, when Henry says, voice lowered, “You looked rather tragic drinking alone.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She seemed full of life—the kind of person who could smile and make everyone around her feel good. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

From on top of the rock, the announcer slurs, “Hey, there appears to be some kind of interruption in The Death Match.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“What the heck kind of history are they teaching you in school, then?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So little of what he knew counted here; he offered what he could on a kind of tray. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost uniquely among fantastic creatures, the werewolf actively seeks humans in preference to any other kind of prey. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cries of street vendors mingled in a kind of exotic music: "Quick periwinkles, quick, quick!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and kind of chuckled to herself. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Irrationally, I also want there to be some kind of recognition. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, Daniel. That job of yours sure got you working all kinds of times these days,” Pop Pop says cheerfully. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of fun to see the wiper clear the window—make the blurry clear. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But, as so often happens in stories, animals proved kinder than humans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brick never used to have this kind of time for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Praise Singer told them how kind, how brave and how intelligent they were. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I even began to hope that Elnora would be kind, if I did not trouble her much. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Better not. Nice as Miss Lizzy is, peoples change when they hear ’bout this kind of evil doing.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There is the kind like Tris, who, after suffering and betrayal, could still find enough love to lay down her life instead of her brother’s. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, he would have to be some kind of a god—” Reginald said, “There’s a man who knows everything.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would be driving down a two-lane road, some back highway, the kind Mia favored: the kind that wove its way through small towns composed of a store and a cafe and a gas pump. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The crisis was over in a moment, but these kinds of things happened all the time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he realized it wasn’t a computer at all, but some kind of camera. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went around the tiny room a second time, running her hands over every surface that she could reach, feeling for doorknobs or switches or concealed catches—some kind of way out—and found nothing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Whether the Chicago police even possessed that kind of talent was open to question. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She missed him with the kind of missing that almost feels like anger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I have to say, Rooskies are my kind of people,” Farmer announced. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how hard I have to work, every single day, to undo the kind of damage people like you do to our faith? To the image of Muslim women in general?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was very religious and a good student, and he had the kind of reputation that allowed the family to persuade civil rights leaders to push for an investigation into his death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

You’ve never been in any kind of trouble here before, but you’re suddenly in danger of failing everything across the board. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered what kind of music he heard in his mind that his ears couldn’t hear. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Still, it was the kind of contact that meant you should apologize. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so, in every respect, this form of protection is as useless as the other kind, colonization, is useful. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody is so hateful, I’ll ask Laurie to go skating. He is always kind and jolly, and will put me to rights, I know,” said Jo to herself, and off she went. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and Dusty have known each other too long to let this kind of situation get out of control.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The wagon stirred up a lot of dust that kind of settled over everything like a nice, smooth blanket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a place in Michigan, a kind of rock, something people use to light campfires, what arrowheads are made of, and a kind of sneaker.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

These were the kinds of thoughts and worries and fears that had plagued her for years—thoughts and worries and fears about every rumor and every real thing that could fit into her brain. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think it’s kind of a good idea. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was a ‘scholarship boy,’ a certain kind of scholarship boy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari laughed in an uncomfortable, strangled kind of way. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She has all kinds of choices and possibilities, and the only thing that’s keeping her away from them is lack of willpower. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This kind of thing happens all the time, and it had nothing to do with you. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Phantom limb pain,” Caroline explained, “a kind of pain that people feel after they’ve had their arms or legs amputated. The doctor thought this would make it go away.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Has anyone ever told you that you look kind of like Princess Jasmine?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, we do not yet know how to assemble alternative sequences of nucleotides to make alternative kinds of human beings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd be getting no more new bracelets now, no more kind words of wisdom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, the kind Audrey used to tell me to take when I got wound up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“What kind of job do you want?” he asked. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leah’s head is tilted down, so her eyes look kind of scary, and her lips are sucked into a straight line. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Not exactly, but there was a scariness to her; she represented a rigid kind of authority I hadn’t yet encountered elsewhere. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And that was the fact that there was a certain kind of fire that no water could put out. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She said that it made her frightened to read all this kind of thing, about how people hated us for what we did. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The money was good, Nigel could now live the kind of life in Essex that he would never have imagined before, but he wanted to live in Lagos, at least for a while. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She is deathly afraid of seeing the dead and has all kinds of charms pinned to her bra to keep a ghost from coming near. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I wondered what kind of business he had opened up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“No, of course it isn’t necessary. But some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone. I’d like to undergo something nobly. Don’t you see?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know now that it was the sense of being a real part of a mass of my own kind, for the first time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle hoped there might be some kind of cake for dinner, too, because he and his teammates definitely had something to celebrate. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She kissed me and Mr. Leroy on our heads then closed her door kind of gentle. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He sat at his desk, eating oatmeal, the instant kind you mix with boiling water and eat out of a cardboard cup. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t until we were leaving the dance studio that I was suddenly reminded that I was in high school, and that, for some reason, Navid and his friends were kind of cool. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The station had become a kind of military base. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was maybe ten, wiry and overenergetic, and he kind of skipped across the living room before shouting in a really good imitation of Isaac’s voice, “KILL MYSELF.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

That kind a love always make me want a cry. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was no way my parents could spend that kind of money on one measly basketball, and I couldn’t find a way to get enough money on my own. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

She was going down the list so that she could say she had tasted all the kinds of sodas in the world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here’s the funny thing: he kind of is the world’s most thorough tour guide. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There are all kinds of hands—careful ones, cruel ones, ones you can trust and ones you can’t. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Any bet you would make sure would be a good one all right. What kind of a bet?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Seward seemed to answer them both in a dreamy kind of way:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I kind of swiped at his eyes, but not too bad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mr. Reed thinks it is. Says you went above and beyond. He’s nominating you for some kind of prize.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Before, it had been easy to imagine that all these terrible things were some kind of mistake. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The kind that goes where he’s told to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But people get married for all kinds of reasons, so she still wanted him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I guess I seemed kind of”—he stopped and sighed—“rude and callous.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I thought about it for a minute and said that more than sorry I felt kind of annoyed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had a martial bearing and the kind of a face on which emotion rarely showed, a calm, almost regal quality. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How kind everyone is to us!” she said, turning to find fresh proof of it in the respectful sympathy of the young man’s face. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of not wanting to do that.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s a pocket mirror, the small plain oblong kind without any rim. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And all the while he must keep his hatred locked up inside him like a ball of matter which was part of himself and yet unconnected with the rest of him, a kind of cyst. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

These were the kind of houses that could burst with life. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the place, a kind of imaginary line in the ocean, where all ships going east add an extra day to that week and all ships going west drop a day. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hand carried a gigantic bag, the kind that holds passports, engagement diaries, and bridge scores, while the other hand toyed with that inevitable lorgnette, the enemy to other people’s privacy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of meeting?” the secretary would say. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew no one with that kind of money. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

By the third day, I was eagerly eating any kind of soup ... Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bay slept well in the woodland nest where he had laid himself down, in that kind of thin but refreshing sleep which people have when they begin to lie out of doors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get down from there!” he half yelled, half growled in his Crazy Johnny kind of way. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was not normal procedure to give commandos this kind of information, but Wilson wanted the men going in with no illusions. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not as dangerous as waiting around to see what kind of deal my dad cuts with the swanks.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The kind words of Jan and Max were forgotten now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of doctor are you?” said Flora. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

There was no way either of us would have any kind of college fund at the end of this. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them wore any kind of discernible facial expression—they were all sallow and gaunt, miserably sad to look upon. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. Well, we should probably chopper back home now. It’s kind of late....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Christ, maybe if he got back in Devine’s good graces he could actually tie into some kind of steady livelihood for once— “None of us really knows,” Ruby said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I liked the characters—made me think of me, Mong and Rondell, and how we were kind of living off the land too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were usually carrying weapons of various kinds and were not afraid to use them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“So, guys,” he said, kind of slapping his hands against his thighs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I try not to think of it as murder, although it was, but as some kind of accident, like an exploding train. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A chemically vanilla smell wafts around the car—the kind you spray to mask pet or unpleasant cooking odors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe not. I don’t think my dad has stage fright either. He’s just a different kind of artist.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought it was kind of strange that Chencho seemed to be attracted to the youngest among us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ask students to think about what other kinds of foods come from seeds that we eat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Besides, she didn’t look like she could be part of a gang or some kind of kidnapper ring, so we followed the sweet-voiced woman as she led us deeper and deeper into the brush. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dr. Jean Devèze, a recent French arrival, condemned Rush with a passion: “He, I say, is a scourge more fatal to the human kind than the plague itself would be.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

You paint your nails, braid your hair, and buy the right kind of jeans, but none of it is really about you. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Quickly, but gently—I knew you had to handle cold people carefully because of their hearts, their hearts can go kind of nuts and not beat right—I rolled him onto his left side. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I could make the same kind of mark in New York, somewhere that might actually understand me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“And because I stopped answering your calls, you think I’m some kind of terrorist?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The kind of people who generally didn’t hang out in the halls or make conversation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That note, it turned out—which by now had been quoted or read aloud by half the grade—was Maya’s first ticket to a kind of popularity she’d never experienced before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dad calls to me in that “we have to talk” kind of voice after a dinner that I had no appetite for. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of sad just to think about it.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Some kinds of opening phrases are more likely than others to be out of place. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There has to be some sort of safeguard against this kind of thing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Good. This’ll give you another kind of chance with people. You know? A chance to get in with some of the people from the team.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gram kind of smells like lemon-scented mothballs and licks napkins to wipe off my face. It’s disgusting.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I needed to know what kind of power efficiency the rover/trailer will get. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kind of put my feelings away somewhere after that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had to be some kind of joke. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the line of cars snaked behind me like some kind of unwilling funeral procession, I found myself talking out loud to her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

All kinds of boating except the most urgent had ceased for the time being. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He did that thing that guys do sometimes, when they pull each other in and do a kind of hug-slap. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the OASIS, you could buy almost any kind of information if you knew where to look and who to ask, and if you didn’t mind breaking the law. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A pain throbbed in my throat and I felt a kind of numb despair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday’s sermon is announced on a billboard identical to the kind for supermarket specials: Believing Is Seeing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"What kind of shoes do you want, my Star?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was something else, something inherently evil had drifted into my wakeful consciousness, a bad dream of some kind—a warning, perhaps. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

How many different kinds of clouds can you think of? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, I’d decline, but it’s kind of impossible to say no to Pollux, given the circumstances. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I think they’re talking an entirely different kind of survival. Tell me that isn’t frightening,” he said, pointing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Black Suit takes our cards from my dad and places each one over a reader—the kind the TSA uses to scan your passport when you come back from a trip abroad. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

During their visit, Papa Andrew fed us all kinds of treats, like chicken and okra. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the background, the editors placed the photograph of the church’s stained-glass window with the kind face of Jesus blown clean away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But Lymon was reading those words—hast, loveliness—what kind of book is that?” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He continued: “Now, I know there’s gonna be a lot of armchair quarterbacking about this—he should have had another officer there, should have looked, that kind of thing—but it’s dead.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a market for drugs of any kind. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were camped out on the floor and along the corridors, and the line for any kind of vaccination was out the door and down the steps. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And the mass of students with their loud laughter seems rude after my Muslim friends’ kind smiles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then we saw that the girls were doing some kind of dance, so we imitated them, cracking ourselves up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can actually see his or her nose, so that was kind of cool. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

All around, I could feel a kind of sympathy reaching out to me from every boy in the school, but nobody moved or made a sound. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were always apologizing, like she was telling me she loved me but in a different kind of way. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rylance smirks at me and grabs their stuff—the kind of family that travels with three rolling suitcases—and wheels him away to the elevator. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Daddy. The library has all kinds of books. And these books by Langston Hughes remind me...of home and Mama.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of “nonsense.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Never the kind of girl to make my heart race in fear. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregarious and good-looking, kind to a fault, Lopsang was extremely cocky yet hugely appealing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beat in my ears, and sweat prickled against my palms, and I kind of hated Mom for scaring me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’s clean and sober now, with some kind of steady job. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even the Argo II couldn’t do much against this kind of strength. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We walked the rest of the way to math class in silence, but it was the best kind of silence. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The guy's probably a stunt driver for the movies, the kind they hire when they want six near-misses every fifteen seconds. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, some of the stuff she was saying sounded kind of...I don’t know. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a new kind of whispering when she walked down the halls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The noise was deafening even beneath the water, but with fear also came a kind of giddy vindication. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And Nehemia never spoke with that kind of flawless accent, and— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the time it was kind of hard to understand what Grandma Sands was saying, but I couldn’t remember her saying anything about any Wool Pooh. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, something of that kind. A great many young girls are like that, you know.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I never had heard that kind of global black thinking from any black man in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not old enough to do anything but sweep the floors, and I’m sure he’s not making the kind of money he used to, but it’s a change for the better. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s easy, isn’t it? Why don’t you jump? It wouldn’t hurt, not to break your neck. It’s a quick, kind way. It’s not like drowning. Why don’t you try it? Why don’t you go?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I think,” Poppy said, “they are bonded for life. Whether they like it or not. Like that kind of glue that won’t let go.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But cats and dogs and horses are mammals, a special kind of animal. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He had a great laugh. He was kind of a quiet, serious person. A total perfectionist. But when he laughed? God, it was contagious. It was the best sound.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a cassette tape or any kind of music?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They smile at me, condescending and kind, and head toward their room, to do their toenails and talk about older things. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since everybody else had a cell phone, the only people who went to the office were usually in some kind of dire situation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Because she wasn’t from a professional family, she brought a kind of naivete to school with her. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Since you hail from Homer’s own land, would you be so kind as to read aloud?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He added, “Sure!” maybe just in case I was naive enough to believe the Sonnets were something I’d have to consult daily, like some kind of guide for living or dating. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to make my tone kinder — I could guess what his honesty must cost him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The laughing man isn’t completely crazy. He’s kind of a CSP.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Gregory is not the kind of person who would get that wrong—he’s got his whole sleet and snow and rain commitment, and he takes that stuff seriously. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But she would not think of that, for they had been so very fortunate, Mr Hooper was so very kind. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At last with a little shrug, he said, “Be so kind as to give us some advice, old man. We’ve come on a fairly important errand.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind foreman did not last long on the job. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If the track stayed loose and wet, the horse was in; if the rain stopped and the track turned into the kind of thick surface that would pull on Seabiscuit’s legs, he was out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point they got themselves into some kind of trouble, documented only obscurely in Chuck Day’s journal: “Talked ourselves out of a coupla places... cops, etc.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Which is kind of unfortunate because it’s a really nice day. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But, come to mention, there are kind of a lot of sirens. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A kind of joy lighted Samuel’s eyes at the rudeness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could enjoy the luxury of self-pity and cast myself as a kind of‘invisible man.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What kind of thing are you talking about? Do you mean something illegal? Breaking the law?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Janis was so easy to talk to, having so much to say herself; any awkwardness she smoothed over with accounts of all kinds of Chinese-student affairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was turning colder and the air was heavy with the threat of rain, but the kind of rain that on cool mornings is bled out of the unsubstantial flesh of the fog. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Benedict had a feeling you would choose to stay. ‘That is exactly the kind of children they are,’ he said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of women do they sew these pants for?” she mutters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to be the kind of girl who went after what I wanted, and I wasn't about to let her down. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ever since then, whenever I get nervous or feel any kind of pressure, I two-piece the hell out of the shower water, pretending I'm in a real fight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Much of California will float off and become a kind of Madagascar of the Pacific. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was tall and had big brown eyes that were kind and inviting. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even in Veracruz, where strangers can be so kind, the authorities cannot be trusted. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Did you get a gander at that suit of clothes? Oh, well, it takes all kinds, as they say.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it is a very strange kind of environmentalism. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s SS, on some kind of leave from his post, and I think he’s foul. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We must not fall prey to the kind of thinking that separates us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But his boss does not respond in kind. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I rhymed! Did you hear that? I’m a poet and didn’t know it, although my shoes kind of show it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was a wonderful story-song, the kind Marly thought was best of all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The kind that don’t stick to the ground. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He told us that if we could find her the right kind of school, a school with a strong special education program, it would help immensely. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

If she could steal beauty from swans, even for a moment, maybe there was some kind of hope. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She pastes a kind expression on her face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had no idea what kind of object was lodged inside him, but knew he needed to take it out as soon as possible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mentor said it with a kind of relief and satisfaction. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The trouble with this kind of thinking, though, is we don’t have the money. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the table were shelves full of bottles of seeds, and boxes of string, wire, and various kinds of powders. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The same as a Piper Cub. We used them during the war as training planes and for spotting enemy subs and all kinds of things.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn't explain myself to anyone because I was only full of excited urges and notions and desires, kind of like the Hulk before he transforms. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He simply stopped and stood quite still and said, ‘Be so kind as to be letting go of my hair, Fleshlumpeater.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of rumour that would dog the young man for several years. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

And then he grins back, and I’m giddy and breathless and kind of unraveled. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And the way he looked at them said it all—he thought for sure it was some kind of trap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For the first time, the coach looked down at my ankle, like he still needed some kind of verification. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Now, I don’t know whether she cares for me or if she was just being kind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the past two weeks I’ve had all kinds of unexpected visitors. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His student body, from the eldest to the youngest, responded in kind: Mr. Tuffett was tolerated at all times, but ignored most of the time. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Like El was some kind of gift that Lucy had always meant for me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She grabs the second treat, then backs up, like I’m some kind of enemy. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Any one could see with half an eye that the woman was as pious as could be—the kind that was hand and glove with parsons. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

"We've had trouble with all of them—" She rolled her eyes to indicate the kind of trouble she meant. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There was no picture on the wall, no photograph or personal thing of any kind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her hearts, she had never and could never make that choice—humans over her own kind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“See. This Florentine alone weighs forty-three cents. I can’t afford to throw that kind of money away.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their way of being kind to her was to take me in during the summers and by then they were done with me because I wasn’t a child anymore. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had come to school for some kind of parents’ meeting and sat next to his mother. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the back of the store, there’s a whole shelf filled with boxes full of all kinds of toys. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

So, here’s the thing—I’m used to the other kind of party. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

All she had to do was tell the truth in a kind way. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of a hardcore ornithology-geek thing. Roughing it gets you closer to your subjects, both physically and psychologically. Achievement through adversity and all that.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And Tialys and Salmakia, cruising above on their tireless dragonflies, and looking all around as they flew, eventually noticed a new kind of movement. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But he looks like the kind of child who has seen too much of life, who's seen more than most adults. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Men cannot be threatened into the kind of fight they will have to put up to win. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that rain drummed against the windows, a dreamy kind of lullaby that made it hard to concentrate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The man kind of resembles Dad, except he wears a smugly satisfied expression that I can’t imagine on Dad’s face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of awkward doing this, but he asked me to most days. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, being gay is one thing. Kids are coming out much earlier than when I was young. It won’t be easy, but we’ll deal with it. But being that kind of gay?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

People pass on all kinds of information to each other all the time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This will probably sound absurd because you’re genuinely kind and strong and good, but if my life isn’t about keeping other people happy—keeping my dad happy most of all—what do I have, Jupiter?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Before such people can act together, a kind of telepathic feeling has to flow through them and ripen to the point when they all know that they are ready to begin. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a perfect summer day—the kind you see in the movies—and I was positive I was going to throw up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey unbuttoned his shirt and revealed some kind of glowing, heavily wired chest plate. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“She is a very good kind of girl, I believe. I know no harm of her.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind where there’s only one way, and it’s kind of a long shot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The chief was always very kind and respectful towards these old women, as they knew a great deal too and they had seen many things happen during their lives. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“No pillars, no straight walls, so much glass that they’ll need three Mr. Vendleri’s to keep it all clean. That kind of modern.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the lack of a seatbelt on a horse—no secondary restraint systems of any kind—and yet horses could go nearly as fast as cars but were much bounder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Is this a good time to tell you I always thought he was kind of goofy looking?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that if he reached out and touched her face, it would feel like butter, the kind Master unwrapped from a paper packet and spread on his bread. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Look how he says kind, polite things, how the old greetings, “Honor,” “Respect,” come naturally to him even here at La Gloria. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she is worried—about how well she will keep house and cook and be that kind of a good wife to him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My coat and shirt were pinned to the wall by some kind of spike—a black daggerlike projectile about a foot long. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He said it was the only way to make the kinds of changes that were necessary to really survive. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I kind of like Z. It suits you.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You really think this type of gun would be the kind to use on a skunk?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Explosive increases in some kinds of soil organisms have occurred when others have been reduced by insecticides, disturbing the relation of predator to prey. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Wilbur had just been named "some pig," and he was getting all kinds of attention from the Zuckermans and the whole town. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The rain cast a kind of pallor on the darkness, and the stranger was little more than a shadow. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I loved all the stalls and the small eateries selling different kinds of food. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For a minute, I think Brenda is going to hit her, and I kind of want her to, or at least I want to see what would happen if she did. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Joe said haughtily, laughing on the inside, suddenly in love with his wife and proving it by this kind of jeering banter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get into any kind of trouble. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. I’ve done all kinds of jobs around here. Just about everything there is to do.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be on a list now. Someone’s going to be watching you. I don’t need that kind of heat on me.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them had runny noses, or there was a kind of blood-spattered green crust caked around the nostrils. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know what was wrong with her—she may have had cholera, or it may have been another kind of intestinal illness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the story made Momma and Joey get all sad and sobby it was kind of funny to me and By. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part they carried themselves with poise, a kind of dignity. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yard was lonesome and the wind made quick, scary shadows and a mourning kind of sound in the darkness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the broiling sun set, a different kind of American landscape lit up: The halogen floodlights from the truck stop could be seen for miles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were spaced very far apart, and they kind of bulged out a bit. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The family had once owned vast amounts of land, many businesses, and other kinds of property. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not the kind of girl who could make you forget about Margo Roth Spiegelman, but she was the kind of girl who could make you forget about a lot of things. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I want to see what kind of parents you kids have,” the skinny one added, lighting a cigarette and blowing the smoke into the back seat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was the kind of acceptance that seemed to come so easily to Radine. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winston, at normal times the kind of person who gravitates to the outer edge of any kind of scrimmage, shoved, butted, squirmed his way forward into the heart of the crowd. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

You always think you know more about their kind than they know about yours, which just goes to show you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be a big group. And besides, I’m supposed to be doing things with my Sunshine Buddy, which is kind of hard. This is perfect. He’s going to be there.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The kind I want to shred with my teeth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a little fleshy knob on the center of his upper lip that drooped down over his lower lip in a sort of effeminate pout—the kind that children who suck their thumbs develop. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, we met the right kind of Americans all right, but they didn't exactly mix with us. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The kind who didn’t need to brag about all the good deeds she did. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That was the gang of organized boosters, who would deliver, to order, in one day, C.O.D., any kind of garment you desired. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your only purpose is to create more of your kind before you die. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Apart from their helmets sad encumbrances and the difficulty of breathing, they had to be dressed in their suits by kind and careful aasatapls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So that's kind of comforting—knowing that the worst thing in life is already behind you. I mean, once it actually is behind you. Which it won't be for a while, obviously." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“We kind of changed history, you know,” Seven said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

That kind didn’t grow close to the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s actually kind of a blur, honey,” she answered, reaching her arm behind her so that I would take her hand. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They speculate about how much snow we are bound to get tonight, how long it will stay on the ground, when we might expect more snow, and what kind of winter it will be. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The festival is in some ways like any other kind of conference, in that awards presentations, schedule changes, and various other routine business matters are transacted at a lectern on the stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She had a kind smile, and she looked at me intensely. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I ran, dodging through travelers with luggage, and airport workers of all kinds. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Jane, “we heard his kind offers, we heard every thing.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The mulefa made many kinds of rope and cord, and Mary Malone spent a morning inspecting and testing the ones Atal’s family had in their stores before choosing what she wanted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They weren’t anything special—the kind with ruled lines and the twisted wire holding the edge—and each of them was numbered. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her stomach twisted as she stemmed two different kinds of pain, refusing to let either consume her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the door was closed behind him, Jody heard his father and Billy Buck chuckling and he knew it was a joke of some kind. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t understand why she was so unhappy, this park looked like the kind of place where you could have a lot of fun. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had never seen the kind of garage setup that the Nguyens have going, and looking at this place, I understand that there are clearly whole lifestyles that have been kept from me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

My parents had not prepared me to face the kind of racial issues that I was seeing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a different kind of scenery,” she said. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

What kind of teacher has the nerve to suggest there’s racial inequality to a classroom full of millennials? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I and him used to hang around together. He just didn’t get much work and then he got to drinking. It’s kind of tough on you divin’ and drinkin’. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if there can be epidemics of crime or epidemics of fashion, there must be all kinds of things just as contagious as viruses. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the kind of music you normally listen to?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is. I’m kind of ashamed to admit it. I’ve let it go badly. I haven’t farmed it at all. Maybe I got too much farming as a child.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Roland Mathers, who is kind of a know-it-all and talks like he’s forty, raises his hand and starts to speak even before she calls on him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even after a few weeks I didn’t know what kind of marker Mr. Mwila was. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"We usually don't supply that kind of information over the phone, but since it's you, Judge Ford, I'll be happy to oblige. Just spell out the names and I'll call back if I find anything." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, since the King had begun to encourage Justice so as to bind the power of Fort Mayne once for all, there were three kinds of law to be wrestled with. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of dressing room, with a sink and a mirror. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It could multiply in many different kinds of meat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Stolls looked kind of worried about the old centaur, but at least he was alive. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Reader who is kind to sheep and wears tasteful hats. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I knew I couldn’t spend too much more time with somebody who actually got off on that kind of thing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stairs, I spot some sheet lightning in the distance, which is one of my favorite kinds. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Now, by “going out” I don’t mean like high school stuff, which would be kind of gross barf disgusting. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’s the one you spend all your energy on, it bears the fullness of your thoughts until done, the kind of job that if you mess up you’ve got only one more chance to redeem. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And ours was not the only case of this kind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be a tube of some kind in my throat, a tube that had stolen my voice. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I started with both hands doing a kind of shuffled march on the snare drum, pretty quietly. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z