The two things together made no sense, which made it kind of cool. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

George was a tall handsome boy, gentle and sweet, who had from the first a kind of courtliness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's not exactly thrilling to see her, but there's a kind of weighty relief in seeing anyone with whom I have a history. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think it’s kind of mean, taking her buttons away?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was some kind of miniature golf course carpet or something. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A bullet to the head...it goes straight through and turns into some kind of blow horn for your memories. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

These are called “housekeeping cottages,” which means they have some kind of a stove in them, a pot or two and a tea kettle, and a table covered with oilcloth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He did kind of remind me of Milligan, though,” Sticky said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly the kind of field he might lay out on Boston Common. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The resulting jangling, sparklingly dissonant sound, which is brittle, full of edgy attack and a kind of out-of-tune resonance, would have been - literally - unimaginable, even terrifying to audiences of the day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The sentiment is understandable, for Kelvin really was a kind of Victorian superman. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We spend a lot of time deciding what two people have strengths and weakness that kind of, well, fit with each other.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

It was kind of like being in a tumble-dryer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made Coraline think of some kind of enormous dead insect. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I imagined she would be wrinkly, but pretty in a rich old-lady kind of way. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Momma was right too, I was a kind of handsome little guy when I looked at myself sideways and both eyes were pointing in the same direction! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in a kind of sun porch and conservatory combined, spacious and damp and without many plants. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got one,” she told me through her teeth, but still kind of loud. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

That was a kind of punishment favored by mobs and self-appointed judges—coal oil in the culprit’s well. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t deserve this kind of understanding, but I am grateful for it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I really didn't understand totally what that meant, but it somehow made sense in some kind of way. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I went through the rest of that day in a kind of daze. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She needed help...some kind of distress signal to Coach Hedge, or even better—Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Though, in retrospect, he actually kind of does. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But his lips were already turning kind of blue. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I kind of understand, but it’s still strange to have witnessed Baba pretending to agree with his brother. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

So I check that out for a little while like it's some kind of movie: The About to Pass Out Show, starring stair-stepper person one through ten. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She makes sure they get things they need, kind of like being a step-step-stepmother to them. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and then Alison My Nurse kind of politely made them leave. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“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

She’s set in her thinking—and that kind of thinking is the reason we have things like the Holocaust in the first place.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There had always been some sound, some kind of sound. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to think he had been kind of lame yesterday, following her and then ruining her adventure. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of water animal that came up to the sand to ... to do what? lo do something with the sand, to play and make a pile in die sand? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, you see, finally we know the kind of problems we have to solve, which is the first step on the road to finding solutions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I clapped loud, thinking about what kind of city we would build at Tuttle’s. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“That’s very good. You really are up the creek, Popinjay. Is Popinjay really your name? Just what the hell kind of a name is Popinjay, anyway? I don’t like it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And it’s a different kind of first time for me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“No thank you. I’m just kind of tired.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The kind of kid you couldn’t help kicking when he was down. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's just the kind of person he was: someone who made things right. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In Italy workmen used a kind of pump, which worked more or less like a giant syringe, to raise water out of wells and canals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A shipbroker is a kind of enormous shopkeeper for ships, and by far the most important item he supplies to them is the fuel on which the ship’s engines run. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like Tupac was singing—well, rapping—some kind of ghetto lullaby to me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Saturn Rings was the kind of seedy and dirty place that made you want to dunk your whole body in a giant bottle of hand sanitizer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She has the kind of mouth that always rests in a faint smile, and she smells a little like French toast. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She seemed like some kind of fairy—a beautiful fairy in a yellow rubber boat—from one of Cleo’s bedtime stories. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The arms looked like normal arms, but there were so many of them, all tangled together, that his chest looked kind of like a forkful of spaghetti somebody had twirled together. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

I don't know what you're supposed to wear to this kind of thing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a hand is that,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pretty near absolute bottom most of the time, and when they really scraped, Mary managed to give some kind of a party. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw you running and I got curious. You looked kind of... I don’t know, wired.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush that kind of talk in here,” the mother said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s actually too well put together for any kind of track mom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

My dad sits like a marble statue, but my mom gets up and kind of stumbles toward me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sohrab’s uncle had the kind of face that looked wrong without a smile. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

You don't have to have any musical training at all to have these expectations; you only need to have grown up in a culture that listens to this kind of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And he saw in the set and color of her eyes and hair, even in the way she held her shoulders—high in a kind of semi-shrug—that Aron looked very like her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d rush in, but it feels kind of weird. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I kind of hated how cool it looked. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

Be that as it may, the policy amounted to a kind of ethnic apartheid, preserving the city’s Greek face while excluding Egyptians from the center of imperial power. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“This stuff is kind of gross,” he says, draining his cup and setting it down. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In North America this kind of warfare was fueled by the desire to seek not just a military victory but also the complete annihilation of Indigenous peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The envelopes was all of the same kind of rough paper, but the writing on ’em was very fancy and done neat. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“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

He could feel a kind of ringing in his ears. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A map and some kind of direction finding will be vital for our escape. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

These kind of things kept me calm the night of my birthday. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Blinking away tears, she saw that the Special’s inhuman scream had been some kind of alarm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Zoey, only you can choose what kind of person you become.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Professor Hunk has a visiting professor colleague, a Jewish guy with a thick accent from the kind of European country where most people drink a glass of antisemitism at breakfast. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And if I did, what kind of peace would it be? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

He turns away, throws a few pebbles rapid-fire with some kind of bionic wrist movement that causes the stones to skip effortlessly across the surface of the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Woody was that kind of Nisei, anxious to prove to the world his loyalty, his manhood, something about his family honor. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still waiting for Mom to pick up our argument from where we left off, while Charlie and Zooey unpacked groceries like we were some kind of happy family. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

High school lacrosse did not prepare him for this kind of sporting event. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In middle school, Sasha was brainy, shy, and introverted, the kind of kid who is easy to overlook. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the picture, her face had gotten completely white, and her eyes were kind of foggy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of pool of sadness in her heart she thought, and she wondered why it should be so. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Police officers lined the streets, creating a kind of wall, containing us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And what I see is that most of the pictures are already hung, part of a permanent collection, that this room has always been a kind of family chapel to their son. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fredo knitted his fingers together, rested his hands on the counter like some kind of judge. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Electric...that’s like electrum. That’s a kind of stone, a jewel, made out of gum from trees. There’s insects in it, sometimes.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t the kind of place where people say dyableman a lot.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Officer Khan mumbles some kind of reply that I cannot hear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But Mom says that even though everyone in the room was kind of grumpy, Dad kept making her laugh all night long. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

After class I remember him kind of hunched over with the book in his lap. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“When you’ve had a mother who does a great impersonation of a helicopter, any kind of solitude sounds like heaven.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of belt intended to bear the weight of multiple weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dr. Gazzaley favors sleek shades of black, and Dr. Strayer is more of a Levi’s and T-shirt kind of guy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“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

“Most importantly, almost everyone all over the world had these lesions. If they were a health hazard, ninety-nine percent of the population would show some kind of symptoms.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But it kind of seemed like I’d gone blurry on him lately. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’re all wondering what kind of things you tell stories about.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was some kind of trick, he had no idea what it might be. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s mixed up with fear over what kind of crazy thing he might do next. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the outside, I never woulda thought of myself as the kind of guy who everybody wants an opinion from. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The sky instantly turns from unrelenting day to an end-of-time kind of twilight as the ship pitches and rolls like a cork. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Father said that he didn’t know what kind of heart attack she had and now wasn’t the moment to be asking questions like that. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas gave him a dirty look and said, “You said ‘the Home,’ Bud, what kind of a home? Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Because guys who check out other guys’ balls just kind of do know that stuff?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ever since my mother walked inside my great-grandmother’s house I had been bracing myself for her kind of crazy. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not only did they look and feel like onion skin, they kind of smelled like onion too. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

“I thought they were kind of pretty. I didn’t know about the whole superweed thing.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

For larger groups, there was a variety of handheld grenades, and many prison mess halls had a special kind of cartridge installed in the ceiling, for quick remote activation in case of disturbance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that a threat—?” “Nobody’s issuing any threats. You just better sign me up for them shells or who’s telling what kind of trouble might happen, that’s all.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That seems to be crossing some kind of line,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“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

He had, however, become a training instructor soon after, “in order to get a different kind of work.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

If they hadn’t already seen the first window, they would have thought this was some kind of optical trick. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't take me long, and I can read that kind of stuff, some kid's notebook, Phoebe's or anybody's, all day and all night long. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unlike our enemies, our men had never fought in this kind of terrain before. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she's in shock—or maybe she's the kind of person who smiles so much, her face is fixed with a permanent grin, in her eyes as much as on her lips. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of a guy that hates to answer you right away. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

You can imagine what kind of person he must have been. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He listens politely but his Bambi eyes are kind of fuzzy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only other real confrontation he’d had was hitting his father, but that wasn’t the kind of story that stirred the glitter up in the eyes of the old men in Tommy’s. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made me feel a kind of confidence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

Instead, they kind of fly all over the place. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was kind of scared so I took MacDuff, and there she was, waiting on the lion bench like a princess. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had also had a nervous breakdown or two, and sometimes, in repose, she got a kind of walleyed look that made me nervous. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought it some kind of a joke, and I laughed too. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not hard, but I guess it’s kind of cool,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The principal kind of slumps for a moment, almost like it took everything he had to make it this far. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

I jump over a puddle of—well, I don’t want to know what it is—and emerge into a kind of courtyard, where a tall, gangly boy has a gun pointed at George. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t a baked beans kind of house. Bandage first. Is there any hot water in the tap? I want to wash. I hate being covered in this...” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had the kind of excitement it got when we used to dare each other, something we hadn’t done in what seemed like forever. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Finally I waved, kind of pathetic, and I went out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was kind of funny. My friend Danny was laughing about it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

She says it’s a different kind of religion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They act as an identity marker and a kind of map, locating you in time and geography. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Like, that first time I talked to you, you terrified me. You kind of still do. But the more I act like you don’t, the less you actually do.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Now, when he said it, I kind of froze up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t make some kind of big change, I’m going to come out of here wondering how anything is different from before, and I’m going to end up right back here.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Why would you think that was...that that was what kind of kids we were. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We get up there by elevator and a nurse, kind of fine-looking, tells us where to go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Then he leaned back even more, and I’m not lying, the wheelchair started to go up the first step—kind of crooked, but up—and then he began to fall over. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Again the obvious explanation would seem to be that the painting is some kind of memorial—perhaps he is dead, perhaps he has gone away. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Like you said, it’s not magic. Must be something like our sky turning gray. Some kind of optical illusion or hologram, hiding a doorway. This place is all jacked up.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a bar in the back, and some kind of hip-hop music playing, and waiters turning sideways to squeeze through the crowd with pints of beer and baskets of chicken wings. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The ride is fast and kind of fun. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the time when you think about being a grown-up it gets to be kind of scary. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One flight going to Dubai had some kind of leak, so they landed in Iran first for repairs. Totally unscheduled.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After a while, Frank fell into a kind of daze. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She did not consider what kind of fixing the men were fixed on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was kind of glad she said no. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A pair of shoes or a warning or an infection or a new movie can become highly contagious and tip simply by being associated with a particular kind of person. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when I’m punished like this, Amá doesn’t even let me go to the library, which I think is the cruelest kind of torture. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He went running, naked, towards the stream, looking like some kind of pale animal, among the trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Effie comes in to usher me to some kind of meeting. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“But you like Sherm, don’t you, Bridge? It’s kind of obvious.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Who, Lu?" she asked, her voice brightening up, happy like this was some kind of joke. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I wondered what kind of dreams she had. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that kind of like cheating or something?” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He usually joins Ethan’s reading group, because he’s kind of a traitor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“She makes it formal whether she wants to or not. Every meal is a kind of occasion,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the kind of man she liked always let her down. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did I still have any kind of chance with her at all? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I used to imagine what my life would be like if I lived like that, the kind of person I would be. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s marvelous, in a desperate kind of way, to opt for speed over subtlety—like screaming downhill to put out the fire when your aircraft’s in flames. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

You roll a ball and knock things over...what kind of a sport is that? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But inside it felt kind of nice what she said about me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was kind of surprised that Webb showed up for his cheerleading duties today. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe the question was its own kind of answer. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His breath even smelled kind of good, pepperminty but rotten, somehow. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

My hands are kind of aching, so when he lets go, laughing, I fall with him onto the mat. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Now what kind of name is that?” said his mother. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a person doesn’t let you have gummi bears?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson smiled and said, “That’s kind of like asking if I agree with the law of gravity. Whether I agree with it or not, it’s still the law.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

It kind of had everything going for it but an appropriate fit. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“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

Racial purity, political purity—Bastian speaks to a horror of any sort of corruption, and yet, Werner wonders in the dead of night, isn’t life a kind of corruption? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, I dig my fingers into my thighs, biding my time so I can see what kind of foolishness this professor is playing at. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Would Dad even believe Grampa, or would he think it was some kind of trick to keep me in Greenwood longer? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"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

She just kind of stands there, mouthing the words, looking at the floor, not really doing much else. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"What kind of camp are you running here, Ms. Walker?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You mean if he loses, he has to tell us where Thanatos is. But what do we have to wager? What kind of game do we play?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then he caught a distant but clear sound—a kind of wailing or crying, wavering and intermittent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They come in from the sides, arms outstretched, and then meet in the middle in a kind of slap. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seemed like getting married, like being married, like you and me were married. Like the only kind of wedding we could ever have.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I keep wondering what kind of nest she will choose when she grows up and looks for an aerie. She might be a Gypsy nester.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He knew she was determined to give them the kind of carefree childhood she hadn’t had. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And the man smiled again and it was a very funny kind of smile, and he whispered, “I can give you whatever you want. It won’t cost anything. I’ll just ask one thing in return.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I could feel the altercation-ness creeping up in my chest like a new kind of lightning. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

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

She’s funny, and she may be the only kid in the middle school who cares about music the way I do, but she’s also kind of weird. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the bright glare and the sharp, controlled edges, they were sketched in a kind of watery charcoal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Or she might have changed and become the kind of woman who waited four whole days so that she would not seem too eager, a thought that dampened him even more. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Werfel did not want to be that kind of goblin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

But as I walked away I felt a kind of simmering, then cooling, and finally a relief. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was kind of limping like something was wrong with one of his legs. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

You might say it about an elderly man in kind of an insulting way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When they’d found a stash of dried reindeer meat at the bottom of a travel pack in one of the camps, it had been like some kind of miracle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Though it has crossed my mind that a person could go to jail for the kind of thing Safer is planning. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I get in some kind of trouble at the spa. Maybe they put cucumbers on my eyes. I hate vegetables.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Whatever their real nature is, they’re unique among magical creatures because they aren’t limited to one kind of magic. You can find them anywhere, adapting to anything.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He dreamed the ants crawling all over his hummingbird feeder and clogging it with their bodies were a special kind of Milagro piranha ant. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had wanted him to brush it off; she did not seem like the kind of person who was truly afraid of ants. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I kind of got turned around. Could your note have been any more obscure?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Strawberry gave a kind of choking squeal, as though he had been wounded. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emptiness of it is kind of depressing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

This kind of emasculation was suffered, in one form or another, by all the men interned at Manzanar. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe after he made his point, he’d put a postscript saying that when he was dead it really wouldn’t matter to him what kind of funeral he had. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She convinced herself, perhaps because it was a part of herself she couldn’t surrender without some kind of struggle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She's talking and I realize that she is giving him an explanation of why her family doesn't have the right kind of living conditions for me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But what kind of trap could it possibly be? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of music to him when Mr. Leroy was felling trees. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“No. Not a ghost. She was solid. It was her. She’s dead all right, but it wasn’t any kind of a ghost. I touched her. She kissed me.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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

I can see this kind of stuff flashing through their minds. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even see the point in trying most of the time, so it was kind of a miracle that he was actually going to start his own business. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe worried, like she might have invited some kind of a delinquent onto the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

Even now, it’s kind of hard to bring up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I lean forward to make sure Mrs. Malloy can hear me and ask, “What kind of help does Mr. Malloy need at his store?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m kind of disgusted by how shiny they are. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. We do every kind of hair. Do you want braids or cornrows?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This kind of thing happened all the time. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It was a really easy fix actually. I kind of can’t believe you guys left it like that for so long.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Through the narrative, he’d made a kind of literary peace with his phantom father. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In third grade, he and I spent about a week convincing Alice Evans that velour was a kind of animal fur, and she refused to wear it for the rest of the year. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Life is that half minute in the morning before your cat remembers she’s kind of a grouch, when she pours out her love and doesn’t give a flying newton who sees it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

St. Louis was a new kind of hot and a new kind of dirty. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times I just lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling, imagining the kind of life I want to have when I get older. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If I was the right kind of son. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Maya saw the afterworld as a kind of endless, foggy sea. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She assumed he meant some kind of sport or maybe chess, but no, she didn’t know how those could be. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“What kind of fuel does a rocket use?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a table with a computer and some kind of printer, maybe for photos. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"You what? What kind of game is this?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one with the thermos is Max, and the other must be Siunek, and I’m not sure what kind of workers they’re supposed to be. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was like watching some kind of a moron. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The gene, Schrödinger posited, had to be made of a peculiar kind of chemical; it had to be a molecule of contradictions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I scrunched under the desk, I could feel immediately that the air there was kind of heavy and steamy, and that I was going to start sweating pretty quickly—which I did. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s kind of stupid to send me to a place where nothing makes sense and not answer my questions.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But Dell knew in his heart that the twelve-year-old hadn't met with any kind of foul play. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

So she was actually kind of excited about the meeting! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A bit lower, but still kind of high for the first thing in the morning. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Today we are concerned with a different kind of hazard that lurks in our environment — a hazard we ourselves have introduced into our world as our modern way of life has evolved. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

So it was kind of like you were there with me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A kind of pleasant stupor was stealing over me as I sat by the genial fire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A show, yes, a show on television about air force pilots and some kind of course they took. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I guess it’s kind of addictive either way. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It’s scary at first. But the weird thing is, if you keep looking at them, you kind of get used to it.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was like I was playing some kind of Dad Devastator III video game or something — I just couldn’t stop saying the coldest, meanest things that popped into my head. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, there’s a particular kind of rope used to bind the arrows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had the kind of eyes that made people do things they knew could hurt them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the New Orleans show, I felt all the amusement of the improbable abnormal, but also a kind of horror that it could be so. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of discipline will you have on this ship? Teaching the hands something your officers can’t do?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it used to be blue—a brilliant, magic kind of blue. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The two worlds seemed too separate to bring one back into the other without some kind of trouble following, except I was beginning to think I wasn’t going to have to worry about that now. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while that man’s clothes had been normal, the man at the desk seemed to be dressed in some kind of old-fashioned brown suit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Maybe when I was little. But my friends and I stopped doing that kind of stuff a long time ago.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“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

Maybe he’d realized he had no chance of winning, and that this kind of death was far better than returning to whatever place he’d come from. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They consisted of ordinary carts with a kind of flag-staff at each end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask what kind of summer camp had an armory, but there was too much else to think about, so the tour continued. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

For the second time in our relationship, as a kind of closing frame to our first meeting which had ended in my flight out of the classroom, I fled up the stairs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he were some kind of special demon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The call went out for people with any kind of skill to offer their services. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t the kind of figures you naturally thought of or maybe even hoped existed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My eyes are deep-set and kind of don’t open all the way, so they thought I was one of them.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

“What kind of medicine man are you, anyway?” they asked him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of an accident? And why are they called butterflies anyhow? Don’t they have a real name?” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of creepy—thinking about your dad thinking about sex.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Still, it was kind of comforting to have them there. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, white people do that kind of stuff all the time!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Ain’t thick enough to be a proper fog, mind you, just a thin, wispy mist that leaves everything kind of blurred. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It might be the kind of question that determines whether I get a normal room with a TV or a special room with straps. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What kind of question is that?” her mother snapped. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, yeah, it’s a lot to remember, but I wasn’t going to forget bits and pieces of it, right? What kind of story would that be?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was a light, dreamless sleep, a kind of half-sleep, that refreshes but does not shut off the world completely. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The whole session is kind of gray and blurry, like an old whiteboard, the notes from last class erased but still showing through. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In my mind, it acquired a kind of mystical power. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

Even though I drove slowly to her house I felt as if I had sprinted all the way there because I was kind of sweaty and breathing hard when I arrived. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What kind of gun would a person use to kill a skunk?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the question is: if the universe starts out without the kind of curvature required for time travel, can we subsequently warp local regions of space-time sufficiently to allow it? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have this kind of boy even on spaceships. He’s a liar.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Emily walked in the front room of their apartment, she was kind of surprised to see Matthew sprawled on the couch, waiting for her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She had avoided Emily Brent with a kind of shuddering aversion. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Once the all-purpose solution, Washington was now the still-potent problem, a kind of Trojan horse planted squarely in the Virginia fortress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t proceed with any kind of work with Level 3 agents, because she couldn’t tolerate the vaccinations. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty full train and I kind of forgot about it when I saw goats being handed up to the roof and people coming on with their chickens. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Leonard, what kind of greeting is that for your brother-in-law?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden he was kind of nervous. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now, the cell house is looming over us like the world’s biggest school for bad boys—the kind of place where guys go in and never come out. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a double fence, actually—two high chain-link barriers topped with spirals of gleaming razor ribbon and a kind of no-man’s-land in the eight or nine feet of ground between them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knows what kind of problems she has? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

“This year I’ve been completely outside any kind of social circle, so to speak.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He starts playing some kind of fight song and I can see the runners' faces lift, their arms pumping at their sides determinedly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had apparently passed some kind of test. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s always been a mess, the kind of dude who will unintentionally embarrass you because he has bad table manners and no filter. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What kind of person doesn’t know what a bucket’s for? It’s for carrying things, silly.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

And inside the hospital, there’s a different kind of dawn, a rustling of covers, a clearing of the eyes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was kind of nice to her, though, and didn’t treat her like he treated me and other kids. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t Texas. They have their own weather in Florida, and we all need to change our attitudes about it. People shouldn’t stand outside in this kind of rain. Just listen to that!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I went to see her about graduation requirements and that kind of stuff. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of like everything is still sad. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Coffee grounds, chicken skin, bat guano, and some kind of old fat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

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

“But still. I mean, just the fact that, you know. He could potentially be the one. There’s a kind of magic in that.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I like him. I wish I could persuade him to take over here and run this place—kind of superintendent.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing shirt and trousers of coarse cotton jean—the kind of cloth the Lowell mills spit out by the mile. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long, for example, until a new arrival in the block pointed to another kind of untouchable: “the ugly trans-sexual.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You guys? In homeroom, Mr. Van Deusen told us this is going to be about some kind of new award!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And then horribly, unexpectedly, his mom’s parents died, he said, in this really tragic car accident, both of them at the same time, and his mom kind of lost her mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes she worked out that most of the planes seemed to fly in a kind of pattern, taking it in turns to land and roar away again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I was kind of vague on what it would be, but I could at least see I would need to be like the heroes in my books—brave and knowing more than the next man. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was a ‘scholarship boy,’ a certain kind of scholarship boy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screaming was the worst, shrill and high-pitched, the kind of noise that made you want to cover your ears and scream right back. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The false enthusiasm in my voice kind of sickened me, as did my hand fingering the door handle behind my back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of great to see her like this...like me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Writers is merely a descriptive adjective: it tells you what kind of workshop this is—one for writers. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because, she was sure, the kind of bond Mamma and Papa had would require a self-sacrifice she would never be okay making. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When is the last time any of them felt this kind of anticipation? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m serious. She’s such a drama queen, and she kind of proved to me just what kind of friend she is. I don’t miss her.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of waiting room that sucked away all hope, sent it swirling down a drain far out of reach. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I fold her hand in mine, some kind of magic. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind. . . Are you listening to me?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of pleasure in her demands for punishment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He's kind of trembly up there until he grabs hold of my hair to steady himself, and then the first really big rocket whams off, a humongous thud! Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because a fast song you kind of like is better than a slow song you love when you’re trying to keep your heart from exploding. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

The kind of laugh that clenches your gut and works off calories like it's exercise. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even like pizza, which is kind of bizarre to me because who in the world doesn’t like pizza? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tradition called for me to provide a kind of gentle light, flattering the president with my devotion, flattering the nation primarily by not challenging it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes this makes things easier on instrumentalists; they may not have to learn different fingerings when they switch from one kind of saxophone to another, for example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her hair swayed down her back in a mesmerizing kind of way, which of course he didn’t care about either. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He wondered what kind of Tetris they had done to fit all the pieces of the bed into such a small car. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I kind of wanted to tell them that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And there was his face right near mine and a burning cigarette in one hand and some kind of striped Turkish slippers on his feet, and he said Come on we’re going fishing. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t known what kind of punishment I’d get for it, I would have burst out into tears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Did senior citizens get some kind of special deal? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

It was the kind of plane that men wanted to be seen in: handsome, masculine, nimble, fiercely armed, reliable, long-winded, and practically indestructible. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad like a kind of music called “blues.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because they did not need the money from the house, it was the kind of tenant that mattered to Mrs. Richardson. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This person has stooped, narrow shoulders and a prowling kind of walk. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear Miss Riley’s sick? Some kind of cancer.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Never cared much for appearance, gave an impression of ominous bad-tempered strength and a kind of slow, even, stubborn, unquenchable anger: a soft voice, a ragged mouth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the dinner rush, the entire kitchen is a mess, like there was some kind of take-no-prisoners food fights. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"That's kind of you," said the small figure who sat on the other side of a little fire which crackled and smoked in the morning air. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the state has rules about children and extended illnesses and contagious diseases, and it doesn't matter what kind of a school the kid attends. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One boy was throwing a button against the wall, playing some kind of game. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she says, “I’ve always got those old show photos,” kind of kicking the coffee table, and she takes her hair out of a rubber band and repositions it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The mare twitched twice with her whole body, lunged left, then right, and tore off after the coyotes as if she had discovered a new kind of follow-the-leader. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

He was the kind of a phony that have to give themselves room when they answer somebody's question. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

To remove the stuff, I used a kind of water gun. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“It feels good to be this kind of cold,” she murmured. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They, on their side, saw a man of serenity—the kind of sage that Kipling described in Kim. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen crows and one other raven in traps but never with this kind of rage. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Hm. Well, he’s kind of a sad character, isn’t he?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom calls her “very average-looking,” but I've always thought she was kind of pretty, especially for someone who doesn’t paint her face with layers of cosmetics. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He himself was now sensing something peculiar—a kind of luminosity—in the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she is given a roomful of choices and she meets someone whom she really likes, and in that instant she completely changes her mind about what kind of person she wants. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Sit here, Mother. There! I guess the shock of taking a rest kind of threw you. Here! I know it’s a dish towel. They say that Billy Sunday drives the Devil all over the stage.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, all the rabbits had come together in a kind of hollow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the closest town to the Hubbard Glacier. We could go around by sea, I guess, but it would take forever. We don’t have that kind of time.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The rod in the middle helps, on account of we hang our belongings and dry towels there, and it kind of divides the room in two. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently his friend Murphy was having some kind of a noisy reaction. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s her name?” she asked in a teasing kind of voice. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a shout from the landing above, something unintelligible, a kind of animal cry filled with anger and fear, and then someone was kneeling beside her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That was exactly the kind of cool-as-heck thing that Styx would say. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If that kind of organization existed, then innocent people must go to prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“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

Kings, in those days, took their household tapestries with them on campaign, which was a measure of the kind of camps they had. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave Lyddie the kind of encouraging smile a teacher gives to a slow pupil. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard of people doing stuff like that, leaving horses with other people. But regular horses. Not that kind of horse. That’s some sort of fancy show horse.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The watchman had not particularly noticed; he should say a working person; to the best of his belief, he had a dust-coloured kind of clothes on, under a dark coat. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was like it was putting out some kind of heat that I could feel on the back of my neck. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And it’s not even the normal kind of silence. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He carries a huge plastic paramedic pack and a giant gunlike thing that we always pretended was some kind of vaccine syringe. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the bunks collapse, the whole bunker will have given way and buried us, but I decide this kind of logic won’t actually be helpful. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You don’t happen to know what kind of crackers I should buy for stomach trouble?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha, ha. I guess Papa’s new job with the government does have some perks. Plus, it’s kind of a gift before I . . .” She bit her bottom lip. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t’ve moved in here if I had thought you were running that kind of business,” my mother said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish just once she had that kind of reaction over my art. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was finding out what I knew, what I thought, and somewhere in that day, I realized with a kind of shock, or stunned belief, that we were actually “talking.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She became aware, slowly, that the flying creature’s heart was beating as quickly as a tiny war drum, urgent with some kind of duty. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ever ever buy a woman any kind of ring unless you mean her to stick around forever.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordie’s body was beside him, barely recognizable, white and swollen with rot, floating on the surface like some kind of gruesome deep sea fish. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Something new and sad and kind of amazing. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The house we lived in was nothing more than a shack, a barracks with single plank walls and rough wooden floors, like the cheapest kind of migrant workers’ housing. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And this nobody is called Jace? What kind of name is that?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The less elegant crowded through the main entrance and into a kind of courtyard. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Caught, I stammer, trying to come up with some kind of explanation, because I know how bad this must look—but Mrs. McCracken’s face softens. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Montag, a funny thing. Heard tell this morning. Fireman in Seattle, purposely set a Mechanical Hound to his own chemical complex and let it loose. What kind of suicide would you call that?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of can’t stop thinking about you all sunburned and pretty sitting out there in the country. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Threw their arms around me while Patty did some kind of power strut over to us, a winner. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

What kind of burial he wanted if I got a body, what kind of memorial service if I didn’t. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not the kind of bad feeling that meant I could just go home. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Normally I’d just blow off this kind of thing as dumb pageant fluff, but it’s actually kinda cool. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Knew he was the kind of kid who could lose the brown off his skin if he closed his eyes for too long. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing the girls at school used to tell about after they had had a date. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then—well, then he kind of broke open. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You are a freak of nature, dude. I don't know what kind of game you are playing, but you better let me go right now.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The silence in my dad’s truck, on the road to New Orleans, is the worst kind of silence. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re kind of a big deal. Might as well look the part.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“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

She faced the attacker in a kind of instantaneous flash and saw the disconsolate eyes, which remained stamped on her heart like the hot coals of pity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

For example, in Problems in American Democracy the other day, Mr. Weiner asked him what kind of homes early American settlers lived in, and John said tree huts. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Had Annabeth really woven them into the string, or was it some kind of magic? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Speaker Day featured two speakers—usually small-time celebrities or small-time politicians or small-time academics, the kind of people who would come and speak at a school for the measly three hundred bucks the school budgeted. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He knows he could have asked her to lunch or something, but, well, he kind of panicked. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even look up when Miss Saunders came up to me that day like I’m some kind of information center. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Okay. Well, I got kind of cold outside, and I just got back, and I need a bath now. So I'll see you tomorrow." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m counting 011 the Alacrans to have forgotten about the override. They must be in some kind of trouble, or they wouldn’t have sealed themselves off.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It is the kind of thing that one must continue to do until there is a genuine understanding of the mechanisms involved in disease. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You want to be the kind of chick who no one even thinks of fighting.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"He look like the type of dude who would own a store that just sells...snacks. Like, you know what kind of guy you gotta be to just sell snacks? Snacks?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ma kind of half woke up and grunted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of cool and everything, but there’s nothing much to see. The rides aren’t working. Everything cool is locked up. Most of the animals are put into different tanks at night.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of vehicle that you don’t see nowadays. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in his house, he was free to join in the gaiety and enjoy what he really felt—a kind of carnival spirit. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I had kind of expected everything to smell like rice. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A few days later, I received a different kind of bombshell, this time a call from the clerk's office in Baldwin County. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Her writing was going kind of slow at first, but she’s making better progress now.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If this was some kind of pity party he’d arranged for her, she really wasn’t in the mood. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The merchandise had to be delivered in some kind of working condition so it was not mistreated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The question of team preference was common in our part of North Carolina, and the answer supposedly spoke volumes about the kind of person you either were or hoped to become. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Obviously the red light was some kind of a warning signal, both outside the door and in—“laboratory animal at large.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The last time he saw this kind of steady drizzle, he had been fighting for his life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At first glance, they looked like the kind of pictures you’d find in any old family album. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, some of them are pretty shy, Ben. Just like any other kind of woman. They need a firm, experienced masculine hand to guide them,” Sammy said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi was staring ahead, doing her own kind of silent figuring. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As William battered at Purple with all his might, Jewish refugees were being turned away from the United States, on the grounds that they were not the kind of citizens America wanted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the kind of rain you could go out in—it was the other kind, the kind that threw itself down from the sky and splashed where it landed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

What kind of society did he live in which allowed a black man to become rich and famous at the expense of whites, instead of the other way round? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if I was some kind of expert on gold dust, butterflies, and blood. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment he was seized by a kind of hysteria. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They said she took them to bed like some kind of plantation Delilah, stealing their strength in order to keep herself young and strong. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“You know any kind of glue that you can stick cloth to iron?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"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

They didn’t know how experienced they were, what kind of training they had, or what kind of procedures they tended to do. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“A good nut year means a good baby year,” the midwife said as she sent Alyce and her nutting basket to the woods to see what kind of a year it would be. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ay! What good does an education do them,” my father filled his coffee cup, “they only learn to speak like Indians. Gosh, okay, what kind of words are those?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a little ornament kind of thing,” said Malcolm in a steady voice, though his heart was thumping. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“So you kind of have a thing for ancient Egyptian stuff?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She’s like everyone else in Limerick, ashamed of the TB, and she doesn’t give me a shilling or any kind of tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In Wasilla there was a place where good tools could be rented, and I found a kind of machine for drilling four-foot-deep-by-eight-inch-wide holes in the ground. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“So this was kind of a grandpa thing? Something you did together, I mean.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking this might be a pinkie-swear kind of moment, but I let it pass; I’m outgrowing that baby stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a kind of hush and lassitude until that first snow, with the light waning and the last moose-maple leaves dangling from the branches like seaweed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘What kind of a job?’ asked their Dad. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wondered what kind of business he had opened up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He'd just been thinking this was a rum kind of show. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of iconic song that is bigger than geography or languages or religion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

What if this was like the kind of huge math problems that Emma hadn’t gotten around to studying yet? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

What kind of pizza place has a porcupine for a mascot? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I kind of had this habit of doing things without thinking. Well...” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

“I was going to tell you. But it looked kind of cute.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

We were all standing around smiling at one another and acting kind of nervous, when a real screechy voice said, “Gertrude is a pretty bird.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And you can tell it is a two- or three-times-over kind of upset. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

From infancy, he had some kind of hernia condition which was to handicap him physically for the rest of his life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Treasure in a storm drain? You mean like gold and diamonds kind of stuff?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing she did, turning up in unexpected places, and now that she was a messenger, she could go just about anywhere. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s very kind of you to give me your dinner.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what kind of Indian I am. I’m not really sure what I am at all anymore.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” I said, “if it means that much to you, why don’t you just do some easier kind of pain? Something you don’t need a hammer and nail for.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was kind of surprised it didn’t scream or cry or say, “Curses, you got me!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Were it not for the anxiety, an Election Day might qualify as a kind of mini-vacation, a surreal pause between everything that's happened and whatever lies ahead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, as it happens,” said Malcolm, fumbling with trembling hands in the rucksack, “we’ve got these orders from the king’s ambassador in Oxford, kind of a passport, so’s we can have safe passage. Look.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a different light in his eyes, a fiery kind of pride. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of magic in his movements. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan and I had a Relocation Rule for this kind of predicament: When something is totally new, pretend it isn’t. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was relatively light work compared to pushing coal carts, but it required that he wear a kind of harness with a leather strap that chafed the tender scars on his lower back and tailbone. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had deserted his sister, leaving her to do the kind of work he despised. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Now let’s do the same kind of analysis for people like Bill Joy and Bill Gates. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Okay, it’s kind of like a lost cat ad, except the cat’s actually a cute boy you met at the post office. But a human cute boy. Not a literal cat.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

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

My whole life I’ve been considered the bad daughter, while my sister was secretly living another life, the kind of life that would shatter Amá into tiny pieces. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Clayton never liked the mushy song about the wings of love, but he could see his grandparents once had the kind of happiness that had wings. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

So this kind of darkness was something she hadn’t seen in a long time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kojo was kind of skinny and always wore the style of thick-rimmed glasses that couldn’t get broken when you played sports. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s spreading some kind of sauce on itself. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fact is that our kids turned away from that kind of situation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In times like this I usually assume the person is ignoring me, but Virgil doesn’t seem like the kind of person who does things like that. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We’d need other people to do the same thing for us if we were ever in that kind of terrible situation. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“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

After getting over the initial shock of being considered “special” for wearing hijab, I thought it was kind of cool. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Miss Celia, I want you to know—” But she walks right out while I’m talking and I know I am in some kind of trouble. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No — that wasn’t the same kind of fainting at all. I don’t know what happened.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe forgetfulness, like a kind of snow, should numb and cover them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But somehow he felt kind of bad anyway. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman says the kind of words you don’t usually hear from teachers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered: Was this the kind of work like in a factory, where you did the same thing over and over? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That was the day I decided Daniel would be ten times tougher than Khosrou—like the superbot version or something—so tough he could take any kind of damage and be unstoppable. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the baby calf was standing right underneath its mother, just kind of walking around, and the mother cow took a “dump” on the baby calf’s head. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But even before Ruth paused, almost as I was still speaking, Tommy made a sudden laughing noise, a kind of explosion, a noise I’d never heard him make before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

"We immediately directed Pathfinder to take a panoramic image. Hopefully, Watney has some kind of message for us. Questions?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of black hole are you talking about?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

“I mean, that’s exactly the kind of people they are,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

You don’t hear about women like that anymore, but there used to be more—the kind of woman who couldn’t live without a particular man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That kind of shook me, but I decided to stick around and shoot some foul shots anyway. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I could guess what kind of answer it would give me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I wish there were some kind of magic words that could bridge the gap between the person I am and the one I wish I could be. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Judy smiled the kind of smile May Belle did in her sleep. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Heck, Percy kind of liked the coach’s idea of using it as a missile and sending Gaea up in a godly nuclear mushroom cloud. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She wore the same kind of simple brown dress as she had before, but she was a grown woman now. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

I mean, I kind of ruined it in the first place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“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

His eyes did glow with some kind of vision of the future. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jack was unremarkable in appearance, the kind of kid you would pass in a school hallway and not think twice about. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If I weren’t wearing a string of rowan berries, he could ensorcell me so that I thought dirt was some kind of delicacy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean, binary code? Doesn’t that seem kind of obvious? Especially coming from a computer geek like you.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“What kind of reception would you get? We’re in a freaking pine forest.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But here, there are stores for every kind of thing you can imagine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble was, our house had the wrong kind of ceilings. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Adam sat on a rock, and all the animals and birds, big and little, were gathered around him anxiously waiting to be told what kind of animals they were. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean closer to her and say, “He’s kind of intimidating.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the kind of love I need isn’t the kind I have. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After that, for the first time in his life, Billy Ray started wondering about the Lord, whom he’d previously always considered a kind of stern Santa Claus. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Their vests were like capes, and their whistles blew some kind of magic tone that forced drivers to hit brakes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Most of their clothes were kind of grayish anyway—from age, not bad laundry choices. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because that’s kind of a theme in this family, isn’t it?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

"He just wants a piece of the limelight. He too twisted to see that kind of attention ain't worth the air it traveled through." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

As we U-turned in front of the school, she added, very carefully, “Your IEP form disappeared somewhere between Lake Windsor and here. It’s the kind of thing we should probably never mention again.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’d be nothing to eat unless a kind of people that can eat rocks live there.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a dashing, fighting, confident man, the papers had said, the kind of general the North so desperately needed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you said Mr. Lemoncello never repeats himself, never uses the same kind of clue twice.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But at the moment, she was just so happy that she paddled over to Leo and kissed him on the cheek, which kind of surprised him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was kind of unhappy with myself for a long time after that. How was it I didn’t see all those people in that little house?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes had kind of a sad look to them too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ibtihaj, I didn’t know you had it in you. That’s the kind of fire we want to hear and see,” he said, his face flushed with excitement. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Turns out a health bar has a lot of funny-sounding stuff in it that actually seems kind of weird. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I kind of like it. But I’m tired of the gray days. They say it will be worse in January. February too, probably.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

But is this kind of organic the best we can do? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of a long story. I’ll have to explain in person. It’s too complicated to tell you over the phone.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Words that glisten with a kind of tender reverence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a kind of dance. It takes many years of practice to become good at it,” she explained as we walked toward the gate. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And maybe I’m being dumb, but the thought of having that kind of power over people scares me a lot more than another magician does. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see what kind of poetry a squirrel types.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Harry said in a kind of strangled whisper. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, at five- thirty-five, I hear this guy screaming out, ‘X-Ray! X-Ray!’ like some kind of maniac. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I should’a been more forceful about it sooner, but I guess I’d been so caught up in my own drama that it had been kind of hard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I said, “I’m kind of busy. I wish I’d got the message.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind craved to know what kind of technology could be behind it all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

What will Arthur do for an opportunity like that, for that kind of fame and glory? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheed had saved him from toppling off his bike when the chase first started; he kind of owed him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

It shouldn’t shock me that the Court of Faerie is corrupt and kind of gross. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’ll see whether that provokes something—an unnatural response, any kind of reaction. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s got a roll, carrot salad, and some kind of sponge cake on it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"This is the kind of moment that makes me realize it's all worth it. Now, Sikander, how can I help you?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know how much trouble he was in or what kind of revenge to expect. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since Edie’s text, things feel kind of normal. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of rumour that would dog the young man for several years. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He was kind of quiet, and then everyone took over. Me, my mom and dad, all in his defense, and he just went with it,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Darrell B. just giggled in that weird kind of way he did. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And maybe in that kind of truth, Mark didn’t reach the top. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My sister stood behind me and said, “Is this some kind of sick joke?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a building is that over there?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I made small talk, maybe my parents wouldn’t insist that I see the kind of doctor you can talk to, which is what I would be doing this afternoon, after today’s field trip. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of barn that children like to play in. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“What?” cried Stuart, delighted at this new kind of talk. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

For the first time, my grandfather’s last words began to make a strange kind of sense. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were both kind of mumbling sorries to each other at the same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But after a while it got kind of interesting. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

But something began to happen, the more she tormented her father—a different kind of division within her, and one not so easily reconciled at night’s end. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My stomach was kind of churning, but I couldn’t tell why. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You know, as a kind of ‘it sucks we got attacked, but at least there are desserts’ thing.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say something to comfort her, but I wasn’t good at this kind of thing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“By being mostly quiet and kind of above it all. If we don't say a lot, people will think we’re mature.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He would make any kind of an excuse. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of the time it is, some of the time it’s scary. We heard he was kind of big too, was he?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

“Ye,” said it, “are a strange kind of fish.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I know for sure Mama won’t be giving me any kind of allowance, and my birthday’s two months away. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“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

Who has that kind of money to dish out based on me singing one little song? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sitting there with purple and black streaks running down his chest and bawling whilst wearing half a woman’s leaf dress was the kind of thing that no one wouldn’t let him forget about for years. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He’s kind of a weird kid, maybe because he’s a faerie or maybe because all kids, human or inhuman, are equally weird. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cops have no sense of humor about that kind of joke. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want it—yes, I do. Why, thank you, Lee. It’s kind of you to think of it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of us was the kind of guy who liked his things tampered with. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

You probably raise goats or sheep, and the kind of culture that grows up around being a herdsman is very different from the culture that grows up around growing crops. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I expect her to stay facing the wall, but instead she continues turning, spinning in some kind of dervish. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As if he was some kind of machine. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she could summon gold and diamonds, why not summon another kind of treasure—a vision of the world people wanted to see? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was part of our “hip” code not to show that kind of affection. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Levittown is not technically a city or any kind of municipality. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The others look at me with an isn’t-she-adorable kind of expression, which ticks me off. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We were so broke that for weeks we ate nothing but bowls of marogo, a kind of wild spinach, cooked with caterpillars. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To the people who told these stories all the universe was alive with the same kind of life they knew in themselves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, I don’t care, they’re not my friends, and I don’t like them,” she says with a suddenness and finality that I find kind of funny. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They put that piece of skin into a special kind of cow. You grew inside, and when the time came, you were born. Only, of course, you didn’t have a father or a mother.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom kind of stepped to the side a bit, so I would move forward. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’d always been a mild kind of kid, rolling with the punches, loose and carefree, running around the track while the other kids sat uptight during practice sessions. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aboard Freedom, not only could there be perfect mixing, but gas bubbles could be distributed evenly throughout, making a kind of Swiss cheese, or foam-metal alloy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In short, it was exactly the kind of letter that a recipient, whether he wants to or not, carries around for some time in his hip pocket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He asked her then what kind of house she had, and exactly where it was in relation to the big stone; apparently he knew the spot well. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I told him what kind of boat it was, and that the engine had fewer than a hundred hours on it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

You stand in the fading light, the scarf around your neck pulled up against the chilly evening breeze, waiting to see for yourself exactly what kind of circus only opens once the sun sets. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The mass incarceration of people of color is not that kind of problem. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

The storm had tom the forest to pieces—up in back of the ridge it looked like a giant had become angry and used some kind of a massive meatgrinder on the trees. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boy, now, that’s the kind of thing I half expected Digger’s dad to do someday. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of the few local documents to survive from this time, the so-called Constitution of Cyrene, prescribes the kind of political machinery one might expect in a wholly independent polis. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of us, the women all together, in white dresses like we were his brides, with white gloves and any kind of hat we wanted. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at me through narrowed eyes, the kind of look a mother gives when she's figured something out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is actually kind of hard since we sit next to each other in practically every class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Oh, how very kind of you," she said, and the other one, her friend, looked over at me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She felt the same kind of nausea she had once felt when she saw a swarm of fat white maggots crawling over the putrid carcass of a rat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the pain I feel is worse than any other kind of misery. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of man who would take a wooden crate, flip it upside down, then step up on it and put on a show. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

Down there was another kind of daylight everything was blooming and growing everything was so beautiful. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was partly a phony kind of friendly, but at least he always said hello to Ackley and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a new kind of whispering when she walked down the halls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mobutu relies on the kind of men who are quick with guns and slow to ask questions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a noise, a kind of choked moan, and the horse stopped. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was howling with laughter, an ugly kind of humor, the sort that comes from making fun of another person. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"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

Starnes's lower jaw was missing; he appeared to have a kind of duck bill covered in skin instead of a chin or jaw or teeth. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It's like this place where everything is made of some kind of Oreo, and the river is an Oreo milk shake, and you sit on top of this massive Oreo and float down it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He spoke the kind of American English that she had just given up, the kind that made race pollsters on the telephone assume that you were white and educated. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My lip had pretty much healed by then—there was just a faint, kind of purplish line where the split had been—but I pointed it out to him anyway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But was not my life already a kind of chain gang? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to think about what other kind of work I can do that would pay me more, but except for delivering the county paper on Friday afternoons, nothing else comes to mind. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, by not being dependent on any single kind of food, they were less liable to suffer when one particular food source failed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time Ruth heard me, but she must have thought I’d meant it as some kind of joke, because she laughed half-heartedly, then made some quip of her own. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I said, “I think it’s kind of buh...bothering me.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun stood and was led by three soldiers into a small room—some kind of utility closet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I know this life is mine because the label has my name on it, but what kind of name is Sheila? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had perfect skin, and a perfect outfit: white T-shirt with some kind of logo, tucked into her belted jeans. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I’m no one to talk, but Link’s old man is kind of a piece of work. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In their disagreement over serving the country, Woody and Papa had struck a kind of compromise. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell what kind of animal, and I really didn’t want to know. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A soft glow filled the air with the kind of light that made everything look sharp and clear and close enough to reach out and touch. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She spins around and grabs a fistful of my shirt and shouts into my face, “Where do you get off showing up here without any kind of warning?!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of escape, but it mocked freedom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“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

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 kind of didn’t want them to come back yet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Each of these worlds was a kind of shrine—an interactive tribute to the OASIS’s earliest ancestors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of funny to picture Candy as a cavewoman wearing those pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

Maya had never seen that kind of look on their faces before. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He looked older now, and kind of feral. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The minute I laid eyes on that boy in the street this morning,” Mrs. Moss said, “I said to myself, ‘That’s the kind of boy for Bess.’ Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A way of...oh, passing messages, that kind of thing. By the way, what’s your name?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s told me about eight hundred times. Which seems kind of young to be milking goats.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Plus they work overtime for pizza and doughnuts and that’s the kind of payment Auntie Buzz can afford. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and bought some kind of steamed bun, still piping hot, from a Chinese vendor who didn’t speak English. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the same two-year period, fifteen hundred miles away, near Buffalo, New York, another man — a kind of Boss Man clone — worked the distressed downtown streets of Jamestown. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But through his own kind of magic, the stories would always end the same. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No, not that kind of money,” I say, moving closer to the door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even those who were years removed from their own day of glorious release were anxious to help with preparations as a kind of dry run. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was just the kind of wonderful news I wanted to get on my birthday, but Poseidon patted me on the back like everything was fine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he held on to my arm, kind of tight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I look around the ICU, feeling kind of ridiculous. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It’s been really humid these last few days, and my feet feel kind of free walking around in sandals. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

‘That’s not right. It’s inconsistent. It has to follow some kind of logic.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Trust me, man, pretty much every dude in here swears they’re some kind of comedian. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A loud roar howls through the kitchen, imposing a kind of silence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of messed up to have a guy carrying a rifle as a mascot for a school, I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I saw the sketches of Mom. Are you doing some kind of sculpture of her?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It kind of reminded Park of the way artists draw Jean Grey sometimes when she's using her telepathy, with her eyes all blacked out and alien. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Cardan is clever, but it’s not a nice kind of cleverness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

If McCleskey’s evidence was not enough to prove discrimination in the absence of some kind of racist utterance, what would be? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Behind his glasses, Isaac’s eyes seemed so big that everything else on his face kind of disappeared and it was just these disembodied floating eyes staring at me—one real, one glass. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“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

Then there came a kind of natural end to her lecture, and we all gave a sigh, thanked her and went out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not at the moment, was his reply, since he’d probably get shot down over Léopoldville with a planeload of white ladies, and he didn’t want to make that kind of headlines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the kind of music you normally listen to?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a fool is the man?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it is a very special kind of accident. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is only powerful in a kind of collective sense, when one massive object like the Sun, holds on to another massive object like the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They just can’t stop walking, which kind of makes you wonder. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head in a dismissive Dad kind of way and I can tell he’s about to get on my case. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Something alive, I think. Maybe some kind of bug.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Most people would take a sunny day, you know. You’re kind of alone on this.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“What kind of squirrel sits out in the open like that with folks all round him? That squirrel wouldn’t last two seconds in Arkansas, I’da picked him off easy as nothing.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to think what had happened to them, but I kind of doubted they’d been allowed to go home with their bingo winnings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

I shutter myself in while they talk more specifically about what kind of ghost Mom would make. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I knew she was going on and on to try to distract me from worrying, and even though I could see right through her, it kind of worked. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor crossed the room to the dishwasher and began to unload it, but her movements were kind of mechanical, as if her thoughts were on something else. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The room seemed to be some kind of office. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I was talking about the—you know, the trashy people. The men who keep Negro women and that kind of thing.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I opened it, just to see what kind of a lie they’d tell me this time. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poets are always urging women to have this kind of courage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And I said something about Hamlet taking place in 1400, and that kind of irked him.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know if Elizebeth was willing to serve in a new kind of war—a war against smugglers and gangsters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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 it’s kind of hard when you aren’t talking to me.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dari raised an eyebrow at her, and she shrugged, and some kind of communication passed between them that I couldn’t catch. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I kind of like this one, but I’m just not sure about it,” she says, pointing to a hideous mess of a room that’s as far from modern as you can imagine. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The floor was shining, but in an ordinary kind of way. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They seemed the embodiment of the kind of young thug feared by nearly all urban-dwellers, and the mysterious gunman who shot them down seemed like an avenging angel. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

This kind of work usually took a lot of time, particularly because he’d never had real training. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was something kind of open and appealing and needy about the kid. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t cry, but she seemed very sad—a soft kind of sadness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of month where you’re grateful for every single glimpse of the sun, or any sign of blue sky above the clouds, because you’re not sure that they’re there anymore. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And if I laughed louder for the sake of angering him, if I smiled wider, and kissed Locke longer, that is a kind of deceit that even the Folk cannot condemn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was beautiful, but it was a fearsome kind of beauty, like the mirrored edge of a finely crafted blade. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I start to see how the kitchen is kind of like a laboratory. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

They said she thought she was some kind of saint—I cringed at that—and that she was better than the rest of us. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, the authorities built in each cell a kind of stand- up desk, a simple wooden board that jutted out from the wall at about chest-level. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not even make out what kind of trees they were. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “It’s a kind of cake. It has four pink and yellow squares in the middle and it has marzipan icing round the edge.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Resetting the pieces in seconds, again almost without looking, he said, “He’s hard to prepare for because he can play any kind of game, positional or tactical, and any kind of opening.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Kaira picked out some kind of twisted pastry that was big enough for them to share, then took her coffee and pastry and went looking for a table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

I wasn’t trying to put him on the spot, but it just kind of happened. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of smile that could wreck a person. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Aru tried to run forward, but she was kept back by some kind of invisible barrier. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Other visitors were not so congenial, and Tycho clearly did not always relish his role as a kind of performing poodle. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

With a lilt to her words that was kind of like Sigurd’s and kind of like Kin’s. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

That night I made for the first time the kind of journey which later became the monotonous routine of my life: traveling through an unknown countryside from one unknown settlement to another. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be wearing his space suit while holding Ebola in his gloved hand, holding some kind of liquid tainted with Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton wool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood into a kind of spiritual and physical semi-invalidism. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tough, cruel, primitive kind of man who never held a job for more than six months in his life. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way the sun would bounce off her sunglasses and into his eyes every time she looked into the rearview mirror, telling him how she didn’t have the right kind of blood for hot weather. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I kind of wished the little gowns and lacy caps could stay here in the bureau. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I guess I was in kind of a weird place. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

My grandmother is the kind of person who always thinks the best of everyone. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was busy scratching out some kind of essay. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not at all the kind of place where she thought another child of the gods would be. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was something long, slightly curved, and resting in a kind of saw-horse cradle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lobby’s kind of bare-bones—no couches, not even a bench. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

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

Didi was the kind of woman who needed a man, they said, and all young boys need a dad. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s a new kind of potato peeler. Takes off just the skin. It’s easy. I got it for Lee.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When your family’s had to send you off twice to the Hunger Games, this isn’t the kind of detail you should overlook. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The kind of voice that customers pay to hear. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Driving was a kind of thinking, the only kind he could then tolerate. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

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

Many had come from places that had been destroyed by war, so they had never had access to any kind of formal education. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And stay out of the sun; she already looked like some kind of Egyptian. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We were driven to some kind of office; and while we waited, Atal, Khushal, and I played a computer game called Elf Bowling. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We could figure out some kind of blitzkrieg baseball,” I said. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm kind of worried about Nick and Abby,” Simon says after a moment. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Right then I could have tried to talk him into moving back to Texas, where he supposedly had some kind of ties, according to his passport, which turned out to be almost entirely false. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kind of electricity seemed to be gathering inside them. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, not everyone is in a position to undertake this kind of research. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of man who could make a career. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, kind of. We tried to see if they made something when put together—of course we did that. We’ve tried everything.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Some kind of optical instrument formed part of the end of this metal arm. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I have to go. I’m kind of in a hurry.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her temperature was normal, but she looked kind of green. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

“What kind of work did you do? Maybe I know someone who can help. There might even be someone here in the building with a connection somewhere.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A new kind of horror begins to rise up inside me as I imagine firebombs hitting the Seam. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Logic and Pseudoscience Since numbers and logic are inextricably intertwined both theoretically and in the popular mind, it’s perhaps not stretching matters too far to describe faulty logic as a kind of innumeracy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was like I was some kind of a scrub or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of anger that comes when you feel betrayed by not just a single person, but the universe. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of alcove in the west wall of the room, where Ged slept. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

That didn't mean that he wasn't very concerned about what he was hearing from folks on the row, especially about race and the kind of jury he would get. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His eyeglasses triggered distrust because, at that time and in that region, people looked at glasses as some kind of character defect. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“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

“That kid was right—Mr. Partridge is kind of intense.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A good sign if you believe in that kind of thing. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They went to Irvington on Tuesday morning, August 27, 1895, aboard an electric trolley, a new kind of streetcar that drew its power through a wheeled conducting apparatus on the roof called a troller. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s the easiest thing in the world to know what people call themselves. A little thought, a little luck, a little memory. Ask me what kind of job.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Only if he thinks the same of me, but I’m the kind of person you have to treat with kid gloves, I know that all too well. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“A girl in Nigeria will never wear that kind of dress,” Bartholomew said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

“It was kind of sacrilegious,” the devout Mormon says of naming him after a pope. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of shiver that tells her things are changing once again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Now, to our right are dozens of families, migrating in droves—as if they’re all partaking in some kind of divine pilgrimage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His hair was wet and his T-shirt was kind of sticking to him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t clear what kind of an action it would be, but certainly something big was going to go down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a stuffed goose. Put our hands around his neck and kind of push it down into whatever comes next.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My primary focus this fall will be to get the Freedom Writers thinking about their future—where they want to go to school and what kind of career they want to pursue. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I am calm, she thought, but so very cold; the noise is only a kind of banging on the doors, one after another; is this what I was so afraid about? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or like a mule had et something bad and was ailing and leaking sickness, but it was kind of akin to that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She looked like she might've been about to do some kind of dance move, maybe a spin, but couldn't quite whip it right because the artist forgot to make arms for her. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, school’s kind of important, you know,” I said cautiously. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate the way it gloms on to me like some kind of parasite. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You could tell he was a real quiet, real friendly and smart man, he had one of those kind of faces. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But it is probably a kind of mock period piece done only a few years ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"How kind of Lord Tywin. And his sealing wax is such a lovely shade of gold." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of relief to rest his cheek against the earth underneath the stars and to have some hope of seeing Hatsue. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the third day, I was eagerly eating any kind of soup ... Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Natalie and three other Lip Gloss Girls had walked over to him, and one of them had said, “You know, you’re kind of cute.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Each of the women was staring at her with an identical kind of wonder, as though they were just as amazed to see her as she was to see them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. You lost. I kind of feel like saying ‘Deal with it,’ ” Tyler says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In order to strike this balance, Blue’s Clues engages in much of the same kind of research as Sesame Street — but at a far more intense level. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be trapped in a hotel room with him would be a kind of heaven. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Alaska was kind of mean to me tonight,” I said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The captain and Hoede seemed to reach some kind of agreement. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure what kind of response her flyers had generated among the boys in the complexes around Clarkston. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mangolomera was the ultimate self-defense, a kind of vaccine against weakness. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then—I wasn’t trying to lead onto anything, or make any kind of point—I just happened to say to her: “You never had a collection after Hailsham, did you?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d gelled his hair back, finally putting it in some kind of order. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It’s like some kind of weird dance—like they purposely try to drive each other crazy. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He asked me what kind of work I did and I told him I was a writer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so used to Annabeth providing Greek legend information that he was kind of stunned to actually remember something useful, but he had to act fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dylan’s voice is raspy, and kind of hot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Actually, it kind of belongs to my family,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Though it’s just the kind of thing he says, I believe that it’s true. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I kind of want to go home and crawl into bed with my iPod. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I’ve never shown cleavage before in my life; kind of forgot I had it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That hurt me inside my heart some kind of way. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, there was some kind of rat race.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of people thought so, because she was eight years younger than me, and my parents weren’t “trying for another child,” which is kind of gross if you think about it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As far as Desdemona was concerned, death was only another kind of emigration. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Buellton and Brownley, really, but what kind of names are those for knuckleheads like them? Mom was going through some snobbish upper-class phase with husband number one.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d felt kind of special then, before I knew how dangerous special could be. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I must have used that kind of money myself, a little, before everything went on the Compubank. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

OK, before this turns into some kind of weepy lovefest, I will tell you what happened next. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t that kind of a man. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No—the king wouldn’t bother to care about that kind of thing, especially if Celaena might soon be his Champion. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

The term pop music can refer to a specific kind of popular music, as in "bubblegum pop." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I kind of wanted to see it someday. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

With the new work I was doing, helping Papa, it just kind of burned itself down and left a big sore on my heart. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal’s running around dealing with the tech people, and it’s kind of a relief to just be hanging out with a bunch of random senior girls at the moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“We don’t keep it out because, you know, it’s kind of upsetting, especially now,” she said apologetically. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really cold this morning, so we both kind of hop back and forth from one foot to the other to keep warm. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

With our parents too distracted to pay attention to us, it felt like we had a grown-up kind of freedom. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But there was yet another layer underneath, or perhaps it was some kind of mural, or a large painting. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Dimple would never admit it, but she felt a grudging admiration for his kind of no-BS bravery. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

It would take commitment and organization to make all this happen, I knew, but that was exactly the kind of work I liked. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was a creepy kind of quiet that's hard to describe. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, hopefully Bibliomania will lead us to some kind of alternate exit.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There was a helplessness to his joy, the same kind of helplessness as in that womans despair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s kind of shocking when you see him at first because it’s like he’s wearing a mask or something. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It is a kind of poem the Japanese write. It never rhymes, but it always has seventeen syllables.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sickle cells carry less oxygen and consequently transmit a kind of anemia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of power you seek depends on your worldview—what is necessary to survive, and what is most important. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a lost and lonely kind of feeling, To wake up wearing a disguise. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

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 think it's because sometimes when he plays, he sounds like the kind of guy that won't talk to you unless you're a big shot. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Once you were inside the curtain wall, you found yourself in a kind of wide alleyway, probably full of frightened sheep, with another complete castle in front of you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, the same kind of ugly anger lives in me. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“That’s really kind of nice — for them to take care of all those kids like that, when they’re so young and everything.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We still think of human disease as the work of an organized, modernized kind of demonology, in which the bacteria are the most visible and centrally placed of our adversaries. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a fever now, so certainly he had some kind of infection. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

You need your audience to believe that you are, in the well-known words, “A pretty straight kind of guy.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Now, what kind of a crazy question is that?” the Texan asked uneasily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We just never had any Black Panthers marching down Herkimer Street, knocking on our door demanding that we give to the cause or calling us some kind of Sister name we had never heard of. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also made a kind of clearing—with die tops of the trees gone the sun could get down to the ground—and it was filled with small thorny bushes that were covered with berries. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old kind of class novel—about striving and trying to move up by learning the upper-class code—is still being written. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of dog that waren’t interested in scaring no one, it was only looking to bite something big and meaty off of you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There was no anger in her eyes, just a kind of wariness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cousin Tibe was another kind of fish, for his insanity had logic. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why? What kind of nonsense has he been spouting?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Everything looks artificial and kind of gloomy in the dim light. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe she just had an odd kind of courage that I lacked, but no. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Other ethologists are interested in a particular kind of behavior, such as the migration of birds. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Jubilee, what’s this I hear about you organizing some kind of rally?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When it was over, everyone kind of needed a minute. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The doctor wants to know, Was there any kind of accident? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

“Then what kind of a grandfather are you going to be?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My kind of crazy, I guess,” Styx said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And if it were any other kind of wound it would be possible to see him moving. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it's the kind of day where all I can do is stare at the TV screen or out at the street and try to put the two together. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He must have known, with a kind of certitude that he felt in his gut, that he finally had in his grasp what had eluded him for years. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But it’s kind of a compliment because I picked you as a best friend, and Pi picked you as a best friend. He has good taste.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But she just closed her eyes and leaned against Baachan and smelled her musty smell, a kind of old smell, the smell of your grandmother. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A nation that believes that everyone should have a fair shake finds itself with a kind of inherited meritocracy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I kind of think out loud, “She thought I was a freak.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A strange sound came from him, a kind of growl that was anger and pain, mixed up. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth, planning to start off with some kind of joke, and burst into tears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Couldn't we kind of stay here? Maybe the beast won't come near us." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“What kind of bird are you anyway, Bird?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For example, an orthodox psychoanalyst might predict a certain kind of neurotic behavior. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want them to be impressed by my adventures, but I get a different kind of reaction. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the same kind of problem they had on the test and you know what I did on that.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As he watched the eyeless face with the jaw moving rapidly up and down, Winston had a curious feeling that this was not a real human being but some kind of dummy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“This magazine’s kind of racially skewed,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But mostly the work cycle took over and I kind of missed the bigger picture. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

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

She would not be the reason Mama felt that kind of pain ever again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t you see? His face is a funny color. He must be using the cheap ones with no sunscreen. What kind of man bleaches his skin, biko?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Because I could see her shoulders move in a kind of sigh, then without further ado, she reached over to open the door for me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It kind of choked me up that Chas actually knew my name, and also that Seanie had that many pictures of me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of thing, she knew, that stuck to a girl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The same kind of look she had gave me when she first met Rose in our apartment. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We kind of have our own little clique now. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounds kind of drifting and far off, like she’s somewhere else. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of guy who could kiss you behind your ear and make you feel like you'd just had kinky sex. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong considered it as a storehouse for groceries, as a kind of warehouse, but he gave that up on second thought. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least Mom was smiling some kind of smile, which was good enough. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At that point, Mom kind of hugged me and glided me out the door at the same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He says, “Well, you kind of told me before. It’s about Benny.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Poseidon made some kind of suggestion, but Zeus cut him off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m waiting for the right time. So it doesn’t sound like I’m kind of bragging or something.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“You said it’s flattering but kind of sad, too.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It turned out I was supposed to have been picking them up over the summer as well—some kind of handout that I didn’t get in the mail. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Against the walls stood big bins holding every kind of bolt and screw and gear and lever and rod and tube, all of them black with age and jumbled together. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She assumed he meant some kind of sport or maybe chess, but no, she didn’t know how those could be. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But then he saw a different kind of beetle on a tree. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so the inmates went in and out, doing kind of a shuffle, perhaps a by-product of medication, perhaps because we had confiscated their shoelaces so they couldn’t hang themselves. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Smitty passes some kind of card in front of two double doors, and the doors open and we walk through them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Art, therefore, is also an object, but not just any kind of object. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t have that kind of bargaining chip in your possession.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was leather and kind of crude, but it did the job. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was only the third stakes win of Pollard’s career, and in a backward kind of way, he owed it to Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ty also knew that there was some kind of war he was in. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It irritated him to hear his own mentor talk about the Shetani with any kind of respect or admiration. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Scout has the kind of hair that grows up instead of down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What kind of God is that, who would write such sad songs? Why would He make us suffer—for a beauty we can't even see?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Davidson had bought Joey a little angel that was kind of chubby and had big wings and a halo made out of straw. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly not because I was held back by the kind of moral paralysis that can mask as journalistic objectivity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet and walked over to me, deliberately stopping four or five feet away, like the pin had some kind of voodoo curse on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If teachers did this kind of thing, what kind of world could it be? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of ironic that as anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States and the rest of the Western world increased, the media’s interest in my story grew in tandem. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The thought of walking there with him— and then back to school, where Mr. Partridge had promised everyone pizza later—filled her with a new kind of happiness. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Matthias swung his pick and brought it down in a hard arc, a kind of declaration. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Most days, he and Cotton ended up in some kind of wrestling match, throwing sofa cushions at each other until Cotton ended up whining to Mrs. Odom. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He had developed a way of waving at me without making eye contact—it was kind of like a no-look pass. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“What kind of person do you think I am?” she asked very quietly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Sand” would be no kind of street name. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memorizing was more a discipline for him, like a serious craft or martial art, a chosen kind of suffering involving hours of practice and concentration by which you gradually came to know yourself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He knew there was no reason for him to be impotent at his age, and was forced to attribute it to the kind of life he was leading and the bachelor ways he had developed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a cross between a bow and a nod, said, “That’s kind of you, ma’am,” stood behind her, and gripped her shoulders. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

A witness later testified that Peace had claimed his wife was feeding him “some kind of poison, that she was killing him.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The cream is just lightly sweetened, the kind of sweet that makes you want more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t tell me you were some kind of nickel-and-dime Romeo, either.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed for some kind of relief from my confusion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guess I kind of got carried away with my own noise,” he said flushing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movie was terrible, worse than I’d expected, the kind of movie only a gentile would see. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I'll need to do some kind of repair to the faceplate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm saying it because it's kind of obvious." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Once Petra remembered Fort’s sentence We shall pick up an existence by its frogs, she pointed out to Calder that perhaps it had been some kind of strange clue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

On the surface, he was one of those pale, ingratiating kind of men who tiptoed through life on small, quick feet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t join a church in Washington, because we didn’t want to subject another congregation to the kind of bad-faith attacks that had rained down on Trinity, our church in Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was a sweet yet bad kind of smell. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier that day, dressing in his own dwelling, he had practiced the kind of jaunty, self-assured walk that he hoped he could make to the stage when his turn came. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to come up with any kind of plan—something they could do. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And he knew again that she was not saying everything she meant; in a kind of secret language she was telling him today something that he must remember and understand tomorrow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had never been celebrated for anything, and yet here he was, a part of something that was the focus of not just admiration but a kind of adulation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed that I could practically rub my skin off and still feel it, all wet and sticky, and kind of burning. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently some kind of food was available underground, like the Threarah’s lettuce. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was exactly the kind of a guy that wouldn't get out of your light when you asked him to. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The book takes place in the 1920s, which I thought was great because I supposed the same kind of conversation could happen in the Big Boy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate to see ladies in any kind of distress.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a funny kind of anger, for he felt like crying, too.The house was so lonely without Celia singing, banging pots, or talking about people he had never seen and never would see. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was in my stomach, because I kind of felt like I was going to be sick. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the sidewalk I’ll feel her girlish walk take over, and die movement brings back a kind of emotion, a desolate and gossipy sympathy for the girls I see coming home from school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"What kind of girl shouts at a man the first time they meet?" she demands. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry, who had been sitting in a kind of horrified trance, had a sudden idea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was wearing some kind of bear-fur coat and toting a musket. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Charlie told me their roles for employees: no lateness, no laziness, no stealing, no kind of hustling off any customers, especially men in uniform. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I whaled on Pa like I was some kind of machine. Hittin’ him in the face, left, right, left, poundin’ him as hard as I could. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Five dollars was the kind of money you could live on for a week back then, but practical considerations were unlikely to occur to a bug boy in such a situation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin is kind of like a map, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her whisper is not light or sweet like the kind of whisper that tickles your ear. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mother was working, when she could find any kind of job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before—when I had a real home—I bet Ben would’ve been the kind of boy to race me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Regardless, she also believed that this whole thing, the entire deadly affair, was about to reach some kind of closure: Reggie was going to plead guilty, of course, she thought. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The patch seems to be some kind of pocket, but I can't immediately figure out how to open it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I walk away from the stand, trying not to picture the kind of explosion that would have killed forty people. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘Maybe. But I’ve got a big appetite these days. Any kind of food tastes good ... except maybe pomegranate seeds. I’m done with those.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I know it’s kind of stupid to think that someone who’s teasing you by going around in circles is going to help you out but I said anyway, “How?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was real fast at washing the dishes but I noticed she got kind of slow and was touching my hand a lot when it came to giving them to me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

What kind of world is it, Ben thought, that lets its coaches die without his boys around him, buying him Cokes, calling him by his first name, and rubbing his shoulder with Atomic Balm? The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See, sir, that ain’t your normal type of blot. It’s some kind of novel, philosophical blot.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At once, I straighten, hoping I look mature, like the kind of girl who can be trusted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

What if he rigged up some kind of stretcher and he and Julie lifted together. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Open up, Mother. This is a new kind of medicine. Now be brave, dear. This will taste bad.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even Rain would have to admit that there was something kind of impressive about that. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The older kind of Socialist, who had been trained to fight against something called "class privilege," assumed that what is not hereditary cannot be permanent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t a psychic know about all that kind of stuff? Can’t they, like, talk to dead people and stuff?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He spent more time now watching a new kind of traffic: expensive-looking cars driving slowly down the newly paved streets. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, what kind of boat do you have?’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

I knew the kind of mistakes that could get made when feelings were involved. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” Petra said slowly “if paintings that float into your mind on their own are kind of like flying frogs or disappearing people.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I felt something the last time I tried — a kind of tingling in my feet.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I think that he wants to defy them, too, with this deliberation, each of his steps a careful word to break down the ready meter they have built, each halting a kind of instant deliverance. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

An enormous percentage of those who engage in violent acts, for example, have some kind of psychiatric disorder or come from deeply disturbed backgrounds. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is August,” 1 said, and yeah, I kind of mumbled it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then we all kind of edged around outside to see what we could see. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They are not the kind of boys who would have napkin rings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The jack-in-the-pulpit had the same kind of trouble. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had a grin on his face, but not the same kind of grin that he would have had before Gabriel left. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And lastly—I realize that this is the kind of deep and thoughtful question you always hoped your readers would ask—what becomes of Sisyphus the Hamster? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I'm guessing this is the kind of thing we remember for the rest of our lives. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean,” I said, “that he’s kind of a big deal?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because Freak and I are still a couple of blocks from the pond, just kind of easing our way along, when these punks start mouthing off. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

My sister just kind of looked around, uncomfortable. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them had a kind of contagious, winning spark. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Celeste had the kind of body Bridge would want, if she could choose: not too much, not too little. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

One day in Iowa there was a strong wind, the kind of wind that seems to go up and down and back and forth. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A creeping gloom unfurled in her chest, the same kind of bleak feeling she got when she’d broken a rule and knew her mama was fixing to be cross with her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I feel like such a spy. Bunny just went home. Now the problem is, I think Cloke kind of likes me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

While most of her workweek is devoted to commercial law, Justice spends Mondays in family court, representing families with the kind of problems hers had. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen those servicemen in the bars and the nightclubs, working it on all the girls who want that kind of a man. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, I was kind of curious to get an inside look at the boss dorks and the garage that thought it was a house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I want to give off an everything’s fine kind of vibe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

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

Maybe there was a kind of miracle in those words, I like you, I want to take care of you, Ifemelu thought, but not in the way her mother meant it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When you do that, I see something I’ve never seen before: a kind of deadness in your eyes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe that means I'm on my way back to some kind of new normal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of man who worked hard, enjoyed circumventing risks, and avoided the limelight. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fed it with fantasies, idealized it, savagely defended it, stripped it of its prosaic truth, and turned it into the kind of love one found in novels. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dicey couldn’t imagine what kind of work would make a person look like that. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if you can be trusted with that kind of power,” she said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"It's kind of demeaning—for her, to ask, and for him, to be exploited like that just because he loves her." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There would be no wars, slaughter, or murder; no greed or selfishness. It would be the kind of world that God wants us to have—a wonderful world.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later we woke up sweaty and anxious and once more walked as fast as we could, given how exhausted and starving we were, in a kind of hollow desperate silence. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like the kind of thing Ms. Hussey would read. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of monster—someone who could do whatever you wanted, because no one was capable of stopping you? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had no idea what was wrong with the man, except that he was obviously having some kind of massive hemorrhage. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did the Director make it all up—some kind of bizarre test to see if I’ll say something to them or hide what I know? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

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

It’s a little rushed this time, but I think I kind of like that. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

For variety she found straggly mhuvuyu, blackjack weeds, and cooked their leaves as a kind of spinach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delia went to the door and blocked it, her feet apart and arms crossed like some kind of mobster. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

To get Keith’s counsel, you kind of had to sidestep your way into his cubicle to avoid the papers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Still, I did feel that there was some kind of communication, but I can’t say what it was. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And therefore,” I went on, “with your leave, I will suggest that we hold no kind of communication in future.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have to fake a smile now, because what kind of loser would I be if I didn’t mean to get chosen? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My mom makes cream puffs like they had at Akh Tamar and someone always asks what kind of store-bought whipped cream she used. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

This part of D.C. is kind of like Brooklyn, but not Bushwick or Bed-Stuy, where everything looks old, used, and tired. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

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’m kind of happy to hear you say that, Ben.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He’s that kind of guy, always willing to chip in with some music. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was trying to sound kind of cool and bored. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What kind of idiot do you take me for? Of course it couldn’t work. I only wanted to find out if she was all right. So what?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

With this kind of money, he could take early retirement. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It would take a different kind of soldier, and new technologies, to bring the fight to the Soviets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But now that I am working with her, I notice that she’s kind of interesting. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s just. I’m kind of freaking out. This is literally why Nick and Abby broke up, you know?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“But we did enjoy living away from home in a mild kind of way.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had heard it said that black people, even though they could not get good jobs, paid twice as much rent as whites for the same kind of flats. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But as a person, I feel kind of terrible right now. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was kind of starting to appreciate that guy. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He is Congolese all right, but he has a different kind of eyes that slant a little bit like a Siamese, only more intellectual. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For scientists doing research that wasn’t cell-specific, like investigating the effects of radiation on DNA, not knowing what kind of cell they were working on might not affect the outcome of their research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

Finally he promised, and when he sat back down, I could tell he was kind of relieved. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Hazel,” she said, and kind of enveloped me, crying. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The yeah, you think I might care kind of look. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been kind of funny about it. Like he’s not sure. But I don’t see how he can’t go along with the others. It’s his livelihood, Brady. It’s what puts food on this table.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s tired, but not the kind of tired that sleeping can fix. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And everybody knows that...Well, not to brag, but dance is kind of my thing, and I have a bunch of huge trophies on my shelf that prove it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

One was a bronze chair with a bunch of electrical wires attached to it, like some kind of torture device. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of statement he relished making. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knew what kind of bacteria might be living in it? Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was kind of funny to think about hanging out at Tina's house every day, doing each other's nails, trying on lip gloss. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She was the kind of mother who thought she was the mother of the whole world. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

If I knew they were there, I would have weapons against them, charms, prayers, some kind of alliance with forces equally strong but on my side. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, don’t worry. I’m cool with it. This really isn’t the kind of music I should be making at this time in my life. I need to do something real.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But Smith had never seen a horse—any horse—flash this kind of speed, not in a workout, not in a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She had this great laugh, kind of a backward hiccup, that I found absolutely charming. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know him too well or anything, but he looked like the kind of guy that wouldn't talk to you much unless he wanted something off you. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My new doctor’s name is Dr. Fischel, which is appropriate, because he kind of does have a face like a trout. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. This vitiligo thing must be kind of tough to get used to, huh?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Fun? Testing? He sounds like a different kind of guy.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The kind of record that makes a boy want to dance with a girl without feeling stupid. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There’d been signs and rumors that some kind of central government was organizing itself, but no news that was even close to reliable. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"I don't have a bad attitude—" "—is the kind of thing that people with bad attitudes say." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

So I kind of traumatized her and had to have a meeting with my parents and the teacher later about my story. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I dropped down on my knees to see what kind of shoes the Amish girls were wearing. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always felt like Texas claiming me as their son was, you know, kind of conditional.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I realize my mistake—but maybe it’s the kind of folly of which the captain approves. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Mercer Day’s number two is a tenacious defender! It is going to be hard to get the ball to Majidi under that kind of pressure.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was kind of a bummer, but I knew I was getting heavier and heavier to lift, and so changing me was harder. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Now a kind of gladness began to penetrate into the Row and to spread out from there. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not upsetting me. And it’s hard not having my dad around still, but yeah, I’m kind of getting used to it. You’ll get used to your mom working more.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

How the meals arrived on tiny trays—some kind of fish that none of us ate. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Every kind of fruit and vegetable I knew seemed to grow in the garden, and there was even more abundance here than on my uncles’ farms. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He punched me kind of soft in the arm and said, “At least you oughta make ’em pay you for doin’ that mess. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell Cooter didn’t have no kind of answer, but something ’bout getting your ear twisted must make your mind work real clear. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And maybe this kind of thinking could actually help her make friends, instead of lose them? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even though the rain has stopped, it's still damp, the kind of frigid humidity that makes you feel icicled and wet all the way through. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

You kind of get used to it after a while. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was just thinking. It’s kind of funny. As soon as you stopped trying to be a man, you became one. In a nice little way, I might add.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about this many times after I became a teacher, and I told myself I’d never be that person who encourages or allows that kind of cruelty, for any reason.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This made us all laugh a little, though it was kind of a nervous type of laugh. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The footsteps trailing her hadn’t started up again yet, so she stood still, waiting, searching the darkness for some kind of monstrous shape. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

If tomorrow I worked at some kind of factory, it would go differently for me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Becker’s Jewel Box was a fancy store, the kind of place I never had occasion to go into, with a humming air conditioner and buzzing fluorescent lights. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand, although I’m not sure that sounds like a very real kind of happiness,” he says. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to do with it? That’s why she got shot and showed no sign of it? She’s some kind of savior to those demons, and I mean to send her back to them!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The fellow seemed to be talking some queer kind of politics again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wish I had a bottle of that ink for writing in my diary because the truth is I feel kind of sad writing in pencil, always prepared to erase. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It filled him with a kind of dread. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But it was also kind of good, too.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

A whirring sound starts—like some kind of turbo jet engine—and rises to a fever pitch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not right for this kind of life. I don’t need a dinner table for twelve people to sit at. I couldn’t get twelve people to come over if I begged.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I froze again, but this time it was a totally different kind of freeze. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

But the truth is, for those exact reasons, it was also strangely kind of a small moment. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What kind of circus is only open at night?” people ask. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Come on, Harry, he was just showing off for Parkinson... What kind of mission would You-Know-Who have given him?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

One kind of monetary policy, which involves the central bank buying private assets, is chunked as quantitative easing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

And wherever or whenever this kind of tragedy occurs, it affects us all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all kind of brace—like you do when you think you might be feeling an earthquake. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I showed him the directions on the label—how you take a level teaspoonful and just add boiling water—but he insisted there was some kind of skill involved. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

I knew next to nothing about her, except that she was bossy and organized, and actually kind of fun. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends in Cambridge had become a kind of family, and I felt a sense of belonging with them that, for many years, had been absent on Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We must not fall prey to the kind of thinking that separates us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s nearly as long as your sister’s. What kind of example are you setting for her?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And what she had done was eat ywansyau filled with a kind of bitter poison, not candied seeds or the dull happiness of opium as Yan Chang and the others had thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘That’s high- quality Celestial bronze netting, and I’m a son of Hephaestus. He’s kind of an expert on catching goddesses in nets.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was a cruel kind of scorekeeping, stacking up human lives like chips in a poker game. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

Still, Liyana noticed Poppy didn’t take them over to western Jewish Jerusalem for any kind of tour. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In February of 1796, Washington had first approached Alexander Hamilton about drafting some kind of valedictory statement. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Harry doubled up with silent laughter as Crabbe did a kind of pirouette in midair, trying to see who had thrown it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You look, I don’t know, kind of tight.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His hat wasn’t a cop hat or a soldier hat, it was the kind of cap men wore who drive fancy cars for rich folks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter anymore. And I kind of don’t want to talk about it.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And yet, people buy them; some people have that kind of money. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We put the healthy kind of bread in our cart, plus milk, juice, some frozen pieces of chicken, and a bag of potatoes that have brown spots on them. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“At the very least it takes a revolution, and that kind of thing doesn’t happen in this country.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Don’t you think it’s ugly here? What kind of lives do we lead without wives and families?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Joey laughed again, and even Byron kind of smiled. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strong on his tongue, the kind of concentrated palm wine tapped in the dry season that made men in his village start to stagger too soon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“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

But he’s got the kind of lips that make you want to kiss him quick. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kept waking up in a kind of terror and then falling to sleep again and having the same dream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Such a far-off and remembered odor comes subtly so that one does not consciously smell it, but rather an electric excitement is released—a kind of boisterous joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah looks up from her phone to say, “This is kind of depressing. I mean, this is the actual highlight of these girls’ lives. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She said she was just typing up invoices to send out for her business, the kind of mindless work she could do while keeping one eye on animated Legos. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The kind of frown I’d have expected from a mother who thinks I corrupted her daughter. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It's a funny kind of yellowness, when you come to think of it, but it's yellowness, all right. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Or that he once found an index card in Byrd’s potting shed that said Terms of Separation, like it was some kind of legal document George or Emmett once worked on when they were lawyers. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The study of the heavens brought Ptolemy a kind of ecstasy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was a little embarrassed about the comic thing—maybe he thought I would think he was some kind of geek or something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance, Kyle could see some kind of dark cloud shadow his hero’s eyes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

I listen to Ms. Kenney type and wonder what kind of story Daddy would write about her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Finch has written numbers beside each one so that there’s a kind of order. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The only way Father could control both the rear rudders and the curving of the wings was with a kind of hip cradle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became a kind of secret code embodying their ambitions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I figured that if I was in jail people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail, a violent criminal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Not real fat. Just kind of chunky. You look kind of slow now, Dad.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know that feeling you get when you're playing," I say after a while, "and you lose yourself in that...that still lake, that warmth, and you kind of...cease to exist?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

I didn’t want to take the elevator because taking the elevator is a Last Days kind of activity at Support Group, so I took the stairs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

“I used to buy this kind of wine in Paris,” the Captain explained. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t honest with Rufus, because, on a deep level, I do believe partying on the train is my kind of scene. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not even the intimidating kind of party. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I kind of like him,” I said, offended. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

“How can you tell what kind of fish it is?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

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

One of the walls was exposed stone, glistening with some kind of transparent sealant. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“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

Instead, it’s kind of been like finding out that the Tooth Fairy doesn’t exist, or catching Santa smoking cigarettes in the Macy’s parking lot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had some kind of handheld electronic device with which he was taking mysterious readings of the sky or landscape. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The weird, slanted back end of the Gremlin acted as a kind of ramp, and in the next second Milton realized he was airborne. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was, she knew, the simplest kind of love, the purest form, untainted by Mind, which twisted everything, as Mrs. Shigemura, ironically, had preached. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the day progresses, I can’t help but feel that Alexander is the kind of person I try to be. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I know, but we kind of weirdly have stuff in common and, I guess, similar weird emotional baggage and neuroses, and for some reason I felt like he would get it.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Then he started telling us how he was never ashamed, when he was in some kind of trouble or something, to get right down his knees and pray to God. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When I touched the crocus it expanded, swelling until with a kind of pop it slid free of the pouch it was in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I have to say she looked kind of strange, because she was wearing all this makeup and I’d never seen her like this before. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We all jumped out of our seats, but Father, because of his imposing stature, had to kind of crouch over inside the plane instead of standing up straight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unluckily for them, they were the wrong kind of people. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Do I have some kind of super strain of vitiligo or something? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Confined to the Birthing Unit and its surrounding grounds for over a year now, she had not needed any kind of transportation. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She spoke clearly, and she didn’t look either scared or mad, just kind of sad, like she was still hurting something awful for Emmett. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were people who just felt they had to come, to see the site of such a tragedy and pay some kind of respect to those who had died. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He just scoffs, and then we're at my locker, and Jane kind of pulls me by the elbow away from Tiny and says quietly, "You know, you can't say that stuff." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I was just trying to see what kind of cake you are,” Cady replied, offering an embarrassed little grin before taking a small nibble of cinnamon cake herself. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s time we moved on. It’s about to get dark, and I don’t want to see what kind of wild beasts roam these woods after dark.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really like being around so many people. I find it kind of overwhelming,” I say truthfully. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It lists Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, Sylvia Plath, and a bunch of other smart people who were kind of nuts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was kind of disturbing, us just sitting there next to each other, like nothing ever happened between me and him just a while ago. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But instead of feeling pain or any kind of remorse, I felt exhilarated. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But then—you know—you kind of were” I could turn on my side, and she might turn on her side, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

These were simply not the kind of concerns that a gentleman of property should take seriously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

All the way out to the parking lot, she talks and schemes, and I let her words kind of wash over me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But now I looked back of them and felt the pinch and pressure of the environment that gave them their pitch and peculiar kind of being. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Smith stepped into what looked like some kind of makeshift war room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then he plopped his backpack up really high on the right side of the desk so it was kind of like a wall between his desk and mine. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had a fancy old hat on his head and was carrying the kind of spear they use to chuck at folks in the Bible. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I kind of want to chicken out again, but I’m going to force myself to write it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Funny how all our stories kind of intertwine. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a stillness in the air—a kind of shadow swooping in on us in this little house of ours, leaking out from the walls. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever was written on the paper, it must have some kind of political meaning. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then we shall learn what kind of thing it is.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“And the fact that we’re raising a niece and nephew, that’s kind of a flag that we weren’t always middle class, just like saying you went to Berea College tells everyone you were poor.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She loves him more than anyone, and it’s hard to see this kind of love not being returned. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“The kind of mother you’d have wanted to be? The kind of mother a child deserves?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

The kind of jump makes your arms go in a circle. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“It was you, eh?” he said, then kind of smiled. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Walking to school by herself was kind of breathtaking and kind of scary, kind of lonely and kind of fun. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The house had a huge wood-planked back porch that looked more like a front porch, the way it stretched all along the width of the house and was kind of narrow. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

See, every kid who applies to Beecher Prep is supposed to be interviewed and take a test at the school—but some kind of exception had been made for Auggie. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

“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

His agitation is some kind of internal struggle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I was going to tell you that it was kind of weird. Okay, it was really weird. But it wasn’t so bad.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Their aims were some kind of nationalism, with Gaelic autonomy, and a massacre of the Jews as well, in revenge for a mythical saint called Hugh of Lincoln. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan said, even though right now he kind of wished he had. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I guess I did feel kind of bad about that. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Day doesn’t seem like the kind of boy who goes around saving people.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was kind of cute in a careless, windblown way. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

That kind of question reminded him of the way Brother Ugo had quizzed him as a boy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

She worked as some kind of environmental scientist, so everything for her was like this. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wondered if this was some kind of tell, a show of my guilt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I knew about every different kind of gun. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids jump-frogged ahead of us, playing some kind of complicated game of tag. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My first year, Annabeth had put me out as a kind of bait, and I’d almost been gored to death with spears and killed by a hellhound. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Okay," Gregory said, pulling away, a little embarrassed by the attention, plus, people were walking by watching Gregory get worked on like some kind of car. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a noise from in the little house, kind of a thump, and I froze. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘The treatment of natural things differs greatly from that of other sciences...In the explanation of natural causes, we must necessarily have recourse to a different kind of principle, called “hypothesis” or “supposition”. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Which is why I’m surprised when he comes home one afternoon from some kind of practice session and lays into me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has been kind of nonfunctional, hasn’t he? He isn’t brooding, is he?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 smiled—and it wasn’t the kind of smile that said l love you—and she skipped up the six marble steps toward the marble entrance. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But I’m kind of into it now,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Most victims of hypothermia die in a much more dopey kind of way, in temperate seasons and with the air temperature nowhere near freezing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

True reasoning convinced me that I should wholly subtract all remnants of every kind of form if I wished to conceive the absolutely formless. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She's got a narrow face, and her brown hair is pulled back into some kind of twisty thing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within seconds, Nathan realizes what kind of trouble he’s in—it’s well past midnight, and his , parents are going to kill him. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You were kind of wrapped up in your own world.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It kind of explained his attitude, and now I knew why he’d been out “sick.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Another student tied a shoelace around her ankle as a kind of tourniquet. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It’s going to be a different kind of summer. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Without an audience, Mom and I wound down pretty fast, without any kind of resolution. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re part of some kind of pilot program that tortures kids by taking away sugar. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And then: “I feel so stupid. I know this kind of thing goes on, and I should’ve talked to you about it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was some kind of container, an enormous box on wheels, and it must’ve been magic, because there’s no way it could’ve held all of him. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Against the same wall as the office, but in the opposite corner of the barn, Margo has set up a kind of bed—four forklift pallets beneath an orange air mattress. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of nice, because even though it’s a totally different crowd from the one I hang out with, they take their movies very seriously. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was soft and spongy, the kind of toy given to babies because it was easily held on to by tiny fingers. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of like the letters on the page flutter like butterflies.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

So I was kind of surprised when she suggested we take the bus across town to see David at college one evening. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were getting the kind of superlative performance they had come to expect, and they had come alive. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was because I was feeling hot or something, but I kind of started getting dizzy. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t just the palace—he’d drawn a line under it across the paper to signify some kind of landscape. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of white man I feared. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, that kind of thing happens in the NBA and in college and in the big high schools. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then how’d he know who we were? Has he been spying on us or something? He looked kind of dangerous, Noah, you think he’s dangerous?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was nice to see him, but always by the end of the dream he was gone, and in some horrible rending kind of way. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Double Red. Why do we go from A-22 to Double Red? What kind of system is that?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It felt to Joe like a transformation, as if some kind of magic had come over him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were obviously playing some kind of silly little country game. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Devoted to God. Can we walk together on the road? I’m...kind of lonely.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

This was exactly the kind of gold mine I’d hoped to find in the old ruined house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The women were looking deep into each other’s eyes when a loud roar went up from the crowd—a kind of wavy oo sound. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was puffy and his skin rough and coarse-looking, broken out in some kind of a rash. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There’s just that hurt part of her, like some kind of fire that always wants to be fed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And now this Frog business—what kind of a name was Frog, anyway? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

"He activated some kind of force field," says Duke. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was like her heart was being stabbed with the most immense kind of love, and regardless of its source, the pain was still too much to handle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

That was the weird and kind of amazing thing about my mom. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If, as I believe, the urge to make a kind of music is as much a characteristic of biology as our other fundamental functions, there ought to be an explanation for it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No home? Well, we know about that kind of thing, don’t we?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the late 1940s, a new kind of conflict cast a chill over Europe and, eventually, the entire world: the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess it is a kind of a habit and a kind of a rest. They see their friends.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could not figure what kind of mistress she would be. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garden was a kind of sanctuary for him, a place where he, not Thula, was in charge, and it was a source of enormous pride. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of gray sickness; it weakened the hands. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's really kind of neat, like a movie. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He’s extremely frugal, the kind of guy who drives the same car for twenty years. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of kid who made you wonder what his mama had been smoking when he was in the womb. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like the kind of place where you were supposed to whisper. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Though he was looking friendly when he said this I kind of knew it had to be teasing, because whoever heard of anybody’s momma giving them a name like Poindexter? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the new prisoners, the older prisoners like me looked pathetically weak and incapable of any kind of real labor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

You can imagine the kind of tension that violence caused. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I like the colors next to each other and wonder what kind of impossible things I can draw about ice cream. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Clara, still inside Penelope’s body, swayed from side to side, as though she were in some kind of trance. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Social activism is the kind of thing your mother used to do.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

On arrival, however, he learned that all the club had provided for music was a lone pianist who had no idea what kind of piece might accompany such an exotic dance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What person in their right mind would want to feel that kind of pain?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When she waved, it made me feel kind of nice because I liked Kate. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

I wonder what kind of tree I would need if I wanted to build a boat. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The thatch had been ripped from some, where others stood there was now only a heap of mud with their owners’ possessions studding them in a kind of pitiless decoration. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were not supposed to wonder what kind of husband was this Joakim, who would kill his own lovely wife rather than listen to her side of the story. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dad feels kind of lost here in Brooklyn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Hazel, he had acquired, in everyone’s eyes, a kind of magical quality. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Sam thought they were a kind of crow of large size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know. I kind of need one pretty quick....” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Prison had that kind of effect on many men. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermes’s chariot was green and kind of old-looking, as if it hadn’t been out of the garage in years. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about other people. But I think if you’re talking back it’s kind of like a rear-guard action. I’d like to see us do something so they had to talk back to us.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kind of whispered so Miss Thomas couldn’t hear. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

And the second person looks at the first person with a gleam, a kind of can’t-believe-my-luck expression that promises all kinds of vengeance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was kind of the point, though, which is what Mamma didn’t get. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I could tell she thought we were experiencing the kind of thing she would probably call a breakthrough. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’s the kind of man who walks into a room and all the walls fall down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Most of that food was for the Hundred Mile Wilderness, Stephen. We don’t know what kind of supplies there’ll be in Monson.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"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

The doors of the school flew open and the students burst from the building as if there had been some kind of toxic-waste spill inside. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He talked warmly to Sissy, mostly about his wife who was a good woman, you understand, but you know, a kind of invalid. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Well, I was kind of kidding. Mrs. G is my assistant.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m about to bolt back into the woods, when, in my periphery, I catch some kind of movement on the other side of the building, then hear the same crunching noises as the footsteps retreat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Wait, uh, I don’t think I have the right kind of event.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“She wants us to have tea with her one day She just kind of announced it.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They could work out some kind of plan for the Nightingale while she was gone. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A kind of heavy sleepiness fell over Matt as he was swayed along. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the den that smelled of camphorated cobwebs he found himself facing a kind of dusty iguana whose lungs whistled when he breathed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was hanging limply in the ropes binding him to the headstone of Voldemort’s father, looking up into those bright red eyes through a kind of mist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone loves it,but I like to think it takes a special kind of heartbreak to really call the song your own. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was a fat boy with a mustache and on some kind of meds. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I had been cultivating a headache for the last few hours—the kind of headache that felt like it was going to pop my eyes right out of my skull—and caffeine usually helped. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, of course, my mother’s upraised hand is a kind of warning, too, a predecessor of the black box. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Are they Ivy League material? Or did they go to some kind of a State U?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

If he had been an only child or if Aron had been a different kind of boy, Cal might have achieved his relationship normally and easily. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were always looking for ways to stand up to the authorities, and the report of a beating was the kind of incident we could raise with the head office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monday after Monday dawns bright and clear like some kind of baseball spell. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, this cat was always being fed—and at the time, we were hungry a lot, so I was always kind of mad at this cat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I feel kind of crazy. Like I can’t—I mean—I just want to know what this is,” he said finally. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It’s kind of hard to ask a dead guy what he did wrong.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Who needs an Exhibit B with this kind of Exhibit A? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They are a different kind of people from us. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The weight vanished, replaced by a thin silver chain from which hung a white lily made of the same kind of glass as my slippers. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of reception he was used to. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We had the lesions that people were getting, and ours right then were kind of red and wet-looking. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nina crawled on hands and knees, seeking some kind of shelter. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt Zu’s rubber glove on my arm and didn’t need to look at her face to know what kind of expression I would find there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Only then I worried this was some kind of Therapist Trick to make me more comfortable, and then I had no idea how to feel. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I almost never wear band T-shirts, even though I kind of wish I did. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After you’ve seen someone else going through that, it feels kind of crazy to complain over not getting the toy you had asked for, or your mom missing a school play. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My mind sees it, a different kind of map. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Barack, when he showed up back in Chicago, became a kind of soothing antidote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

April had her mind set on the kind of oracle that got its messages from the gods through a high priestess with fits. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that hanging my head and looking mutely at the ground was a kind of confession and a petition for forgiveness, but she had not accepted it as such. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In fact, life at home seemed kind of boring compared to life at church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Actually, we didn’t kind of ditch her. We ditched her.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I just realized I’m dressed kind of weird for this place,” Tats whispers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I did not act in this fashion deliberately; I did not prefer this kind of relationship with people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That had kind of sneaked up on her over their journey. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of place I’d actually pay money to come and just people watch, back home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Admittedly he had not, as he had with Sirius, looked desperately for some kind of loophole, some way that Dumbledore would come back.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A better kind of poor, but poor just the same. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of like standing on the edge of a cliff, wondering what it would be like to jump. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Though he’d come to expect some of this, he was kind of shocked. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The thing was, I did have that kind of cash on me, right in my front pocket. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

There is no such thing as a good test, unless maybe it's a test to figure out what is the very best kind of donut. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of bad for popping off like that, but at the same time, man, it’s not like I asked people to come over and tell me how messed-up some Chinese kid is. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

My sister goes crazy if you eat the wrong kind of tuna, but here was this guy hitting her, and she didn’t say anything. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I guarantee you that he has about six of my presents picked out, and is desperate for some kind of hint about what else he should be getting me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Shet your mouth, you uppity little Sambo. You telling a white man what to do? What kind of place is this?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They seemed like the kind of people the house could care for and who would care for him in return. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I knew I was crying, but I didn’t know why because I wasn’t the kind of guy who cried, and I thought that maybe it was someone else who was crying. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of thing her sister, Thelma, had been raised to do, not her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What kind of door?” the left face asked. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Three days? You could have killed me. What kind of...” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Not really. It’s kind of disappointing, but I’m late to the Great Mascot Debate,” Elle said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

After I finished, I just laid around in my bed, looking at the ceiling, and I smiled because it was a nice kind of quiet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We had already kind of drifted apart, I guess. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’s gaining volume and kind of enjoying ridiculing me, the way somebody just a few years older than you can love power more than genuinely old people like your parents. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Academy was 100 percent eco-friendly, right down to the bathrooms, where the toilets had different “flush settings,” depending on the kind of waste you were getting rid of. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I guess I might as well tell you I was kind of afraid to go back. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of smile that said I know something you don't. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gonzalez didn’t even know what kind of mail was going out of the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and gave me that look she gives me sometimes, when her eyeballs get super big and she kind of looks like an angry bird. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of eagerness he felt, a confidence, a fulness, a freedom; his whole life was caught up in a supreme and meaningful act. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia gave Dill a look that said Try to get this kind of treatment at stupid Opry Mills Mall. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You're not the kind of girl I usually go out with.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It is too kind of you. Archivist Werfel.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She pulls away, shakes her head as if I were some kind of a miracle, and pulls me back in for more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And in fact I knew almost nothing about it myself—it had all been a kind of blur. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Would he lead Matthias out of this nightmare or just drag him into another kind of hell? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I needed something that could hold a flame, some kind of pilot light. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what Will’s family had done to amass this kind of wealth, but I knew the dude could afford more than Natty Light. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

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

She was the kind of girl nobody messed with. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The wind, it seems, isn’t discriminatory in which kind of plant pollen it blows. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Tables sagged under the weight of venison, roast pig, smoked fish, and every kind of vegetable and desirable fruit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Her thinning, curly white hair was styled into a kind of old lady Jew-fro. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Not that kind of storm. Bigger storms than that coming. I tell you, boy, you’re better off in here than out on the street when the big storm comes.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He showed a kind of fixated resolve, as if the only way to deal with this problem was to bull through it and get it over with. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I always get those vomity kind of cabs if I go anywhere late at night. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Is that some kind of riddle?” she asks. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“That’d be great, with me on one side and everybody else on the other. If life’s an endless flow of the kind of talk I heard this morning, I don’t think I’d exactly fit in.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The magical flames had formed some kind of fence, and must’ve cooked up all the liquid. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Turner felt a kind of unhappy kinship with them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of problem that needed the best strategy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She is required by law to wear plastic gloves—I guess in case I have some kind of infection or disease. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was some kind of bug with fiery eyes she should be looking for. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find anything wrong with Eagle, but it sure looked strange, unlike any kind of flying machine I had ever seen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature was utterly strange, not like anything they had ever known, and yet when it looked at them, some kind of recognition passed between them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Ophie mostly knew who it was by the words the men were saying: words that were unkind at their heart, the kind of words that bruised and jabbed just by being spoken. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But that was an utterly conventional kind of war: two heavily armed and organized forces meeting and fighting in an open battlefield. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Immediately opposite the door, on a broad wooden shelf—a kind of platform—stood a wire-fronted hutch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs was sweet but kind of dumb. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

Not the kind of safe, shallow love where the objective is that both people remain comfortable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily to be is not the kind of verb that can be modified by an adverb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then it became the kind of sticky, humid air that felt like summer in the South. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Wish we knew where they were. From over in Houston, she says. The Uppadaya Combine. Some kind of shipping clan. Lucky Strike’s got some people trying to track them down.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

For this kind of mechanism to be useful, the cells are required to stick precisely to the point. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, it was still kind of a new routine Aurelia was teaching me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I had kind of a waking dream about it. wondering what Marburg was.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I magonu, you know, what I am saying is that our women who follow white men are a certain type, a poor family and the kind of bodies that white men like.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Another complication is the kind of sentence that can go either way: Basil dislikes that woman’s wearing shorts. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s not even that I’m not excited, because I kind of am—it’s just I’ve never slept away from home before and I’m kind of nervous. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She had meant it as a kind of joke; but the words were not out of her mouth before she longed for the power to call them back. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Curtis says, “Well, let’s name what happened. We’re kind of talking around it. Can someone give a recap just so that we’re all caught up and on the same page?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

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

As our eyes meet, I get a kind of deja vu, but instead of feeling like I’m repeating something in the past, it feels like I’m experiencing something that will happen in my future. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what kind of food he carries in that wagon, but whatever it is, I’m sure there is no fresh meat, or fresh anything. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At first I felt pretty good about not letting Selena get the best of me, even though my Irish spring joke was kind of corny. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

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

In my heart, some kind of answer rose up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When we finally get to the plane, it has a stale kind of smell to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I got what Mr. Clarkson was saying, but it was kind of absurd at the same time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

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

All those straight lines—were they suggesting an entirely different kind of map? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I can. And I’m kind of hoping I get to see it, too. After all, I wrote a real essay, not one sentence about balloons.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But for now, I know this growing distance is a kind of barrier I put between us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and that kind of person doesn’t like to get beat by a person of questionable background.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The gathering was meant to be a rally for several hundred of our local supporters as well as a kind of casual birthday celebration for Malia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I know. I didn't want to, either. But I'm the administrator of NASA. It's kind of expected. You sure you're okay?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been trying to think of the earth as a kind of organism, but it is no go. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being restricted to an orphanage had been bad enough; she couldn’t imagine being locked in a cage with who knew what kind of actual criminals. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s kind of my mom’s job,” I said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He kind of grunted when Ms. Morales paused and it seemed like she needed an answer, but he had no idea what he was agreeing to. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The same kind of creaking noise his swing set used to make. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Good. Yes, good. And kind of sweet—kind of soft and sweet. Kind of gentle and soft.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

But church had a different kind of math. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Throughout history, not surprisingly, the people who grow rice have always worked harder than almost any other kind of farmer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

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

Joey looked kind of shocked, too, but I knew he needed a little magic. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She says "different" in a dreamy, breathless kind of voice. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once my mom and Jeffy left, my dad and I just kind of slid around the house, getting ready to face the day, not quite ready to face each other. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they tried to hold him off a little for sport, but Joe was too dangerous, being the kind of person—like the heralded Cleofes Apodaca of yore—who would have slugged a bishop. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was the kind of acceptance that seemed to come so easily to Radine. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of hard to imagine past the show Sunday.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The place she lives in isn’t very nice and Daddy would rather not spend his Christmas in that kind of a neighborhood.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Both live with single parents who work in the medical field, that kind of stuff.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

With some kind of reverse symbolism, Rufus called me back on July 4. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was just big enough to fit a small TV on it and a few plates, but their apartment didn't exactly seem like a "sit at the table and eat" kind of place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not... I’m not quite that kind of writer.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or whistled, to let them know I was a carefree kind of guy. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And there's a kind of freedom in that. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We asked him if he had seen a girl named Mary Ellen in a red jacket with kind of a loud voice. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They bought him glasses with rectangular wire rims and caked his hair with endless product so that he had a kind of curly, mussy 'do like the coolest kids at school. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Then about five seconds later, we see this kid looking heartbroken, and he's precisely the kind of small-blond-tan guy Tiny Cooper would like, and so Tiny says, "What's wrong?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

There was a different kind of smell to the alley. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, is there something special about baseball that fits the special kind of people we are and the special kind of country America is?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The infinite future makes that kind of mattering impossible. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s not curiosity. But I would like to know what kind of blood is in my boys. When they grow up—won’t I be looking for something in them?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she’d said something truthful and important, but that kind of truth wasn’t on my mind. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The new policy was shaped by the kind of eugenicists that William had met in his college days, and Cold Spring Harbor’s Charles Davenport led the charge. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“The flag is waving in the wind, right? It’s all rippled, kind of?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It depends on what kind of girl baby you are. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh, there’s not much to say about me. I’m just an ordinary kind of guy.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble with this kind of thinking, though, is we don’t have the money. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then another kind of knock sounded over the first dull, bumping knock-a sharp tap-tap, and another, much crisper voice said, "Miss Greenwood, your friend wants you," and I knew it was Doreen. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Finally you must become a kind of activist, sharing and spreading the gospel. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It might also provide the kind of secondary, spin-off items of science that we like to see in federally supported research. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I saw in my mind escarpments rising into the clouds, a kind of natural Great Wall of China. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of devil helps someone pick rocks? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It certainly didn't look like the kind of place that would contain a treasure that was worth five million lire. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think she’s kind of awesome,” he said, holding Molly’s gaze. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’d built her own kind of walls to protect herself from the near-constant reminders of death’s presence here, but it had crept in anyway, intruding. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“What kind of cake are you making today?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The kind of neighborhood where you keep your rover doors locked and never come to a complete stop at intersections. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small part of me felt like even applying was some kind of betrayal. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I suspect it’s not your kind of show. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

When Charles Darwin indicated that Homo sapiens was just another kind of animal, people were outraged. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was kind of hoping to see the biggest artificial orchestra in the whole world.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of not fair for us to feel guilty for getting what we deserve. We work hard.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I did not have that kind of money. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here, finding themselves in an even more open place, they settled into a kind of static panic, like that which sometimes comes upon inexperienced climbers exposed on a sheer face. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma looks kind of mad, so I tell her more about our awful landlord. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I also felt a kind of comfort with books that I did not experience when I was away from them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She knew, in some deep kind of way, that Mark was not anywhere on the road to Spokane. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Weylins didn’t seem to be the kind of people who would have a library. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first day or two had been kind of exciting. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was firmly of a mind that any kind of exercise other than rowing was bad for rowers—it developed the wrong sets of muscles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

In other words, the condemned man was forced into a kind of moral collaboration. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She has a nice face, but is kind of dumb. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“No. No—only a kind of sinking in the heart. Maybe later I’ll sort it out to hatred. There was no interval from loveliness to horror, you see. I’m confused, confused.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t possibly have considered the kind of move he was about to undertake. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they tell us black people have a worse kind of breast cancer and get more fibroids. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Most of the Kings do some kind of time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m still holding her hand, which is soft but cold and kind of bony. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But the longer she looked, the more she began to see another kind of motion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We all knew what kind of accident she meant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was kind of slicked down, and she wore a navy-blue jumper over a blouse with tiny old- fashioned-looking flowers. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

My grandparents were almost done raising their boys, and now here we were, four young children who needed the kind of attention and care that Grandma Nellie thought she was about to retire from. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now he looked like some kind of priest come to preach to a group of circus performers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That's the kind of weekend it is—the kind where you have so much time you go past the answers and start looking into the ideas. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

One was at the north end of the Honeycomb, above the place where the tree roots formed a kind of cloister in the burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kind of put my feelings away somewhere after that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’s one of the only people who doesn’t treat me like some kind of animal. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In an instant I can see him living the same kind of life my father did: staying in Abnegation, learning a trade, marrying Susan, and having a family. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Before the gas filled the halls of our ruined school, we regularly filled that space with another kind of combustible, invisible poison. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That kind of immortality is not for us humans. It would just drive us mad.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But a new kind of drama was just beginning. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cruel kind of contrast, seeing everyone so happy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wore the same kind of brown shirt and trousers any farmer around Redding wore, and he spoke pretty good English. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore dark laced shoes made from a kind of canvas, with thick, textured soles that Claire assumed prevented him from slipping on the wet deck of the vessel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Things are good. As you may have heard, I am kind of an orphan, but I am well. How are you?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He still suspected she might be losing her marbles, but he asked, “What kind of god?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So it was kind of a relief, actually, not to tell them anything. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We turned the corner of the building into a kind of courtyard formed by that building and two others. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boobie’s loss was just the kind of news he did not want to hear, an omen that the season was tailspinning out of control, somehow jinxed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was moving in such a relaxed way that it kind of scared me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Before we became Methodists, I remember being a Baptist and, once for a year, some kind of Pentecostal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Lizzie—Lizzie Bright was smiling the kind of smile that showed that happiness had settled in somewhere deep and was glad to be there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

“Okay, D, real talk. I’m kind of freaking. I really want Arthur to be up there, but I’m also feeling weird getting my hopes up about someone new. I need wingman advice, Digby Wilson.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Lost boys have a strange kind of brotherhood. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish there was some kind of anesthesia for me, or at least something to make the world shut up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me, his face a mixture of surprise and relief, and I realized with astonishment that I, too, had just passed some kind of test. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

The rest of the patrol mounted and followed except for one who was having some kind of low-voiced discussion with the woman. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rocky ridge was rounded and seemed to be of some kind of sandstone with bits of darker stone layered and stuck into it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of tightened up, thinking BO and heavy, repugnant grease, but she came away smiling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His brow was crisscrossed with wrinkles, his dark eyes brooded and burned with some kind of invisible suffering, and the fingers of his right hand played aimlessly with a long, gray earlock. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z