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单词 argument
例句 argument
Was this Jefferson’s roundabout way of suggesting that he and Adams had in effect been acting out a timeless political argument? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
From this arises an argument: whether it is better to be loved than to be feared, or the contrary. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
From here, we traversed all the familiar loops of the old argument. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
A topic is, essentially, the general form of an argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
They were arguing about leaving and he was carrying the brunt of the argument. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
An extended rebuttal of your opponent’s arguments isn’t really necessary if you’re delivering the father-of-the-bride speech at your beloved daughter’s wedding. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
The argument went on that way with Strauss saying that Nemur had his eye on the Chair of Psychology at Hallston, and Nemur saying that Strauss was riding on the coattails of his psychological research. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
She writes: “The wound was on the left side of the body, which might mean that the shooter was right-handed. It’s a weak argument.” Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
There must have been some rustling when I tipped sideways, but the Careers have been too caught up in their own argument to catch it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Louis Lippo, as does every man, loved to interpret, to a stranger particularly, if no native was present to put up an argument. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
William Wotton, on the other hand, like Newton, generally used the word to refer to arguments that are false or unsatisfactory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He felt too comfortable and peaceful to argue, and in any case he did not think he would get the better of an argument. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
The other men turned their eyes from me back to Grandfather, the old man who sat by the pump, and went back to their argument. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the drama of the opening arguments was succeeded by the tedium of court logistics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the meantime, the argument between Father and Uncle had reached the shouting point. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
Oppenheimer won the argument by insisting that without a test, “the use of the gadget over enemy territory will have to be done substantially blindly.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
She tells her about the dozen foster homes and the nose ring and the argument with Dina and finding out on the Internet that her mother’s in jail. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Eventually the argument reaches a fervent pitch and the friend pulls out his pocket Gameboy and his 3 port networking cable. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
In just these few days it had become an old argument. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
By mid-November, when Rosy’s talk on DNA rolled about, I had learned enough crystallographic argument to follow much of her lecture. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
After he heard all of the arguments as to why Bobby should be released, and judged that the RJF members were committed to their cause, he went into action. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
That notion was often accompanied by the argument that women didn’t need the vote at all, since their interests were perfectly safe in the hands of men. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Northern posturing on this matter was insufferable, as Jackson saw it, since their oozing arguments transformed a geographic accident and a product of historical circumstance into a willful sin. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
He said we all did a fine job presenting our subject and making our arguments. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
“We can use this to write down our argument, and then present it to both of our parents. Make it so they can’t say no.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
I believed their arguments on physical grounds, but I did not like the mathematical way in which they calculated the emission. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a muffled argument between a man and a woman who were very far away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Our arguments were often high in entertainment value. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
She tried to egg him on to an argument so that he would get mad and stay awake. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
As for the argument from design, it was fundamentally different from the traditional Thomistic argument, which held that the universe was imbued with purpose, and that the ultimate purpose was to be found in God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Take all arguments and fistfights outside to the parking lot. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
His test scores were high enough to make it to the next grade, but not high enough to make a legitimate argument that he’d learned anything. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Then some of the women in their greed began to claim to have more children than they had, and nonexistent relatives, and there were jealousies and spite and bitter argument. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bedtime seems to be taking a while—it sounds like there’s some argument about which chapter their read-aloud left off on—so I load up my personal email. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
To tell the truth, I didn’t exactly understand what the argument was all about. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He brushed off the question when I asked what he was in for—an argument, a misunderstanding, he muttered. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The author used several of the examples and many of the same arguments as Charles had just done in his draft. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
For the sake of argument, let’s consider the story of two boys, one white and one black. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
With neither of us saying a word, we were having an argument. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Rather than use logos—detailed arguments and eye-glazing statistics about the ways in which the charity achieves the greatest good, distributes its funds, and so on—the ad shoots straight for the heart. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Their argument had been carrying on for days, until the house was too preoccupied with the influx of new people into its rooms to pay attention. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Well, and also, because at the end of every argument she reminds me of the deal I made with a certain officer of the Gestapo, and I collapse. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
And what Blink is—what all the stories and studies and arguments add up to—is an attempt to understand this magical and mysterious thing called judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Now that she had said it, she was angry with herself for not having said it the night before, so that they would have had time to be finished with their weeping and their arguments. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
“I’m pretty sure I can convince him. Usually, when I really want something, I go to him with a list of arguments. So he can’t refuse.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
She could hear a muttered argument taking place in a corner. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
But before he could let loose his argument, Bill told him that he also thought he had succeeded. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
He had planned to lay out his step-by-step strategy for preventing an arms race, backing each step with clearly reasoned arguments. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Everything’s fine, Mom,” I said, my stomach bottoming out: We were about to have a family argument right here in front of God and everybody. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
The two girls were having an argument about something Katie was holding in her hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
He knew, or he could imagine, the arguments which proved his own nonexistence; but they were nonsense, they were only a play on words. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
He wasn’t angry, so Nhamo knew it wasn’t a real argument. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Last year, before she really knew Håkon, when everyone was hunting him, that argument was thrown at her by men much older and wiser than she. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Shrewdly, they try to shift the terms of the argument to more congenial rhetorical ground—an approach that will force the friars to treat them as equals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The argument went that we benefitted from compulsory education, as it provides a livelihood for formerly enslaved, who couldn’t find gainful employment after the war. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Madison’s more judicious arguments, published as the Virginia Resolutions, were circulating in the national press and achieving the same goal—condemning the Sedition Act but without recourse to nullification. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
This didn’t really go down well with either camp, and the arguments rumbled on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument appealed to Riddle and Howard, who probably expected Vanderbilt to offer something in the neighborhood of $75,000. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Rowan found he had no viable argument except to say, “It isn’t right!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
Generally, when a Pashtun man loses an argument, he never really forgets. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
The hidden premise of the lawyer’s argument is that if the audience watches the door, they believe it possible that the woman is alive. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
“You figured out every argument we could put up against leaving and worked out an answer before we even thought of the arguments,” Bushra says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
He had strong opinions and even stronger arguments to back them up and was a well-known figure in black Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nor did he ever embrace the racial arguments for black inferiority that Jefferson advanced in Notes on the State of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
There was nothing he loved more than a debate, dragging me into silly arguments, pushing me to passionately defend positions I didn't really care about. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Each ended with an argument, and with Nathan being forced to go back to Phoenix. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
During the weeks to follow, the divide between members of the College would grow wider and the arguments more heated and personal. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
She held up a hand to ward off any argument. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
I say this frequently, while I’m boiling diapers in the kitchen house and having my imaginary arguments with an absent Rachel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Appealing to authority—whether by quoting a commonplace or the words of a named source— always strengthens an argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Instead, familiar arguments would likely resurface about the need to be tough on “criminals,” not coddle them or give “free passes.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Alex asked, feeling a strong need to make lists of arguments in favor and against. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
The bar downstairs was hot and crowded and there was a heated argument in progress over Clifton's shooting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Vestiges' argument included fossils, the development of embryos, similarities in anatomy among species, and even behavior, just as Charles did. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Following my first McMillian argument, we had filed almost two dozen death penalty appeals, and the court was starting to respond to our advocacy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
James didn’t want the Earthworm and the Centipede to get into another argument, so he said quickly to the Earthworm, “Tell me, do you play any kind of music?” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
In his version of Book I of On the Revolutions the arguments that could be adduced against the movement of the Earth are given a more prominent position. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
At the beginning of December the long-awaited interview, which many had foreseen as an interminable argument, was resolved in less than an hour. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
History suggests Justice Douglas had the better of the argument. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
They spoke only when they had to and with little feeling—except during their frequent arguments. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Kinzie took one look at the argument and grunted with distaste. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
I consent to that second point to avoid further argument. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Most great leaps forward in human understanding have been developments from, or arguments with, the understandings of the past. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
I thought he would laugh or throw up his arm in mock surrender like he did when I beat him in an argument. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
I didn’t even mind when she had to leave to work the debate team’s booth—for two dollars, they’d try to help you win any argument. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
He then sat down; the judge had accepted his arguments even before he made them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Johnson’s public argument that the Maddox had been attacked—not once, but twice—was persuasive. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
That seems to me the strongest argument for writing this book. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
He was a peaceful man and always tried to head off arguments. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Indeed, this used to be the main argument of opponents of black holes: how could one believe in objects for which the only evidence was calculations based on the dubious theory of general relativity? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
We began a long and detailed argument contesting the indictment itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
A furious argument ensued touching on the theme of the Rights of Man and the Noble Savage, but there was no convincing her, and I was sent to bed with no TV that night. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
I do not find these arguments convincing, although they are certainly intriguing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Only what the mind insists upon, and if Lazlo’s and Sarai’s minds insisted, it was not because their bodies failed to present a compelling argument. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
It also made the case for why a space program—and its enormous price tag—was in the interest of every American, offering four arguments for the publics consideration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
She trotted off, and I heard an argument in the hallway. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
The book met with mixed reviews—some people were, of course, angry at the argument that humans and animals have a common ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
If God could be put back into the equation, then many people would have no trouble reading Charles’s book and accepting the scientific argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the proslavery advocates of the Deep South unveiled their racial argument—What will happen between the races after emancipation?—the census of 1790 allowed one to predict the response with near precision. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
This kind of argument was essentially a distraction from Galileo’s medical studies, although in any case he did not pursue these with any enthusiasm. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
Similar arguments show that, of two geometrically similar bridges of the same material, the larger one is necessarily the weaker of the two. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The novelty of the arguments now pouring forth from the representatives of the Deep South must also be understood in context. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
“Why not indeed?” exclaimed the bug, who seemed equally at home on either side of an argument. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z
All her life, Tally had been troubled by insomnia, lying awake most nights thinking about arguments she’d had, or wanted to have, or things she should have done differently. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
“In Camazotz all are equal. In Camazotz everybody is the same as everybody else,” but he gave her no argument, provided no answer, and she held on to her moment of revelation. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘I do not wish to meet that old man at unawares without an argument ready to hand, that is all. Let us go!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
“The whole basis of your argument as I understand it, Mr. Yutar, is that you are satisfied that the accused are guilty.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I will either accept or reject it. There will be no argument. Is that agreeable?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
But if this argument is pressed too far it becomes difficult to explain why, in the eighteenth century, modern chemistry established itself not as a continuation of but as a refutation of alchemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Mr. Breland’s argument was so full of holes that even I could see he didn’t have a leg to stand on. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
The next morning, my father told us that from now until spring, we were going to be taking the bus to school—no arguments. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z
The most disturbing part of our argument in the car that day was the moment my dad declared that he hated his life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
That doesn’t say we did or didn’t see it and saves the argument. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had not seen much of each other since that argument about Honore versus Alabama, but the quarrel had been cleansing for both of them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
It didn’t matter who won the argument ’cause the car started rocking me to sleep. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
By 1543 the broad outline of Copernicus’s argument for the Earth as a single globe was conventional. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Today few Christians would endorse this argument, but that doesn’t make it any easier to assign the correct degree of blame to their ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He knew that when the time came he would join the army, and he knew it was pointless to begin the argument again. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
Again, the argument would seem to be that I cannot prove that Mont Blanc is 4000 metres high, but believing it, on the authority of a map, has ‘proved to pay’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
They heard an argument, but they couldn’t hear what it was about. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
I have asked the question through my reading and writings, through the music of my youth, through arguments with your grandfather, with your mother, your aunt Janai, your uncle Ben. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
This is, as the name suggests, the part of an oration in which you smash your opponent’s arguments into little tiny pieces. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Burnet’s argument was met with widespread horror; as Herbert Croft, the bishop of Hereford, put it, ‘This way of philosophizing all from natural causes, I fear, will make the whole world turn scoffers.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It was not an unreasonable argument, but the prevailing view, with which I agreed, was that circumcision was a cultural ritual that had not only a salutary health benefit but an important psychological effect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, Gassendi points out, when the microscope was invented both the pores in the skin and the legs of the mite became visible, thus confirming the validity of earlier arguments to prove their existence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
After an argument over money, his partner stormed over to our trailer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
As Arm looked around the clearing at the many villagers gathered there, he realized the outcome of the argument wasn’t at all certain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
My argument was that it was as undemocratic to specify that the leaders had to be from the working class as to declare that they should be bourgeois intellectuals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
All the constitutional arguments against the excessive exercise of government power at the federal level then kicked in to make any effort to shape public policy more problematic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
She almost told him so, but she knew that would cause another argument. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
“You sure got you good walls in this building, babe,” Mrs. Reilly said, unable to comprehend the gist of the argument on the other side of the wall. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
During that long summer I’d been over and over the various arguments, all the pros and cons, and it was no longer a question that could be decided by an act of pure reason. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was in the chair one night, having a friendly argument with the drummer, Sonny Greer, who was standing there, when I tapped the bottom of his shoes to signal that I was finished. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument was going back and forth and the men had put down their picks and shovels in the heat of the argument. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mustafa puts down his fork, his head lowered, and I brace myself for another argument. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
When I shook my head, she continued before I could make my argument. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Newtonianism was thus only conceivable within a culture which had elaborated and become dependent upon the argument from design. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, well I feel kind of bad about our argument, too,” Mtisha said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
But now it seemed like it wasn’t going to be just arguments anymore. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Listen, honey, I know you and Abby had some kind of argument. You two will work it out. I don’t want to get in the middle.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
It was Rhetoric and Logic, the book Ben had used to teach me argument. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Particularly important were the exact arguments needed to understand how Linus Pauling had discovered the a-helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
So — after many tantrums, after arguments that shook Harry’s bedroom floor, and many tears from Aunt Petunia — the new regime had begun. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
My mother turns off the music playing from her cell phone, unfazed by my argument that the laundromat is a short walk from our apartment. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“Seriously,” he said, “your parents have some of the strangest arguments.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
But his companions were preoccupied with their argument. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
And yet Galileo was absolutely sure his argument was conclusive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
When wounds or arguments—anything, really—would vanish. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Trout lost his argument with the boy who wanted to quit. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
By making this argument, I am endorsing one side in the long- running dispute between mother- and sister-culture proponents. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The arguments over Bailey’s future began early and occur frequently, though at this point they often devolve into repetitive phrases and tense silences. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
It was a good argument: Perhaps her uncle didn’t have the right to dispose of her after all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I sat down after the argument, I regretted that decision. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“Be there and reiterate the real argument, which is that they should select a man in whom we have confidence. I leave this thing confidently in your hands.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Grandmother lay on the bed, watching the argument. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the very first week of school, Quang-ha had cut classes and gotten into arguments with teachers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
The next argument was how to get there. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Buried in the text of that review was the most powerful argument against pangenesis that Darwin would encounter in his lifetime. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Supporters would have to take off from work and make the long drive to Montgomery for an early morning argument. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t that he didn’t believe they could form a solid argument—she was right: the numbers spoke for themselves. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
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’d go to my room, get out my pen and paper, sit at my little desk, and go after her arguments one by one. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Charles knew that in order to avoid the criticisms being leveled at Vestiges, he would have to build up his argument even more, and gather more examples, more indisputable factual evidence. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
She and I had gone out about six months before, until we had this big argument. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was one more argument for Rowan to earn the ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
“Ms. Washington told her about the argument we had in class.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
Yet there are good arguments on the other side. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
My mom got really annoyed at the kid’s mom for letting me watch the movie, so they ended up getting into an argument and—long story short—I never had another playdate there again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
You were unusually docile, swallowing the medicine without any argument. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
The arguments jump back and forth across the room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
I felt that I should stay up and listen for any arguments that may arise. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
In the hallway, Lori and Dad got into a loud argument over who was responsible for pushing Maureen over the edge. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Suddenly, I understood everything: the arguments with Mamá, his inappropriate riddle for La Sirena the last time we had played Lotería as a family, the disconnected phones, his unexplained disappearance, it all made sense now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Soon, everyone in the compartment joins in the argument, agreeing with the young man, and Muscle Man backs off. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
Michelangelo replied, “He is satan! Or rather, a satan. In Hebrew, satan means an advocate of the alternative, the one who makes the arguments you don’t know how to refute.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
“Jermaine stopped talking to me just before he died, okay? We had had a argument.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
But Father had an argument with Mrs. Gascoyne and he got really cross. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
The chaplain nodded to himself as though deciding the argument and lapsed into embarrassed silence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
He never stopped thinking about his argument, honing it, and figuring out how to put it across better in future editions of the book. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Each of those dyads represents a potential time bomb that could explode in a murderous argument. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
They were in the middle of an argument “It is not our business,” said Gawaine stubbornly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once he had slipped in and set up his stand no arguments could make him budge. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
The gods weren’t moving or speaking, but there was tension in the air, as if they’d just finished an argument. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
But even to me, my argument sounded a bit thin. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
For his part, Jefferson kept repeating the avoidance argument he had fashioned in 1805. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
There were water rights, boundary disputes, astray arguments, domestic relations, paternity matters—all to be settled without force of arms. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Didn’t they say something about an argument between the father and the boy around seven o’clock that night? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
In Popcorn and Inelda’s case, it had been a heated argument about who had better hair. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Technical proofs are the arguments that the orator contrives. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
This is my way of describing what it’s like when people have really bad arguments and it is the worst place to be in all the world. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
The city was too noisy, as if people were having arguments everywhere simultaneously. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
It was the same argument as last night and the night before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Whether that incident caused all their other arguments that followed, I couldn’t say. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
In one evening, he had had his first real argument with Silas, had attempted to run away from home, had failed to run away, and now failed to return home. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
This argument holds everywhere in the universe—in the center of the earth and in the deepest vacuum of space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
In an attempt to support their new position for educated women’s rights, both Stanton and Susan B. Anthony began to use divisive and racist arguments. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Tam Lin loved a good argument, the more spirited the better. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the United States, another kind of argument was raging, within the American government itself. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
He found himself engaged again, word for word, gesture for gesture, in the argument with his daughter with which this tale began. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he realized that they weren't interested in his arguments, he did something even worse. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
What finally convinced me was Patria’s argument that the letter might help free the men. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
For a beautiful, poetic language, it sounded harsh as Klingon when they fought, especially when Mamou joined in and turned it into a three-way argument. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
It was the day my mother and I got into a huge argument. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
She stuck to the argument that in a democracy, women must have the right to vote, noting that female suffrage “serves the highest interest of the country.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
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
Human sympathy has its limits and we were content to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
She didn’t need an argument from me at breakfast. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
His arguments were not those we use today, but they were subtle and elegant, derived from everyday life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
A quarrel began instantly, the arguments flying across the room. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
The men held big arguments here like they used to do on the store porch. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
The sort of simple question that could completely unravel a complicated argument. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Neither Ogden nor any of his advisors placed any credence in USIA’s arguments. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Like no matter if we got in an argument or disagreed on something she was still gonna be my girl. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
A similar argument could be put forward for attractive forces between guanine and cytosine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Both arguments set the blame squarely on Cleopatra’s shoulders. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
Kanue understood Coach’s argument about playing with a short roster, but he had a solution. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
Alex wouldn’t say he likes Henry, but he does enjoy the quick rhythm of arguments they fall into. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
He was testy all at once, as if answering an argument that had been put to him so often he was sick of it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
This argument is often buttressed by claims that most citizen complaints about illegal drug activity come from ghetto areas, and that the violence associated with the drug trade occurs in inner cities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
I tried to think back to earlier in the evening, to where the argument started. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“All right, let’s say, for the sake of argument, we accept this protection. I still don’t see why we can’t have that Kingsley bloke.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
This chapter focuses on the decades-long dispute over when human beings first came to the Americas—an argument that seemingly has been won by those advocating a more ancient date. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
I could sympathize with their arguments, but they were being unrealistic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Especially if those things were numbers or an argument. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
“It sounds splendid, Grummore, splendid. Only it is strange, in a way, coming from behind, if you follow my argument” “I thought it sounded muffled.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Following the oral argument, I still had hope that the court would overturn the conviction and sentence because it was so clearly unsupported by reliable facts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
An argument broke out about who would be willing to step forward and do the deed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
One might think that Schaffer or his readers would have rejected these arguments as inherently implausible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
You could make an argument, if you wanted to, that the system evolved so that parents would be able to take care of kids. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Then Dad got into an argument with the doctor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
“We respectfully point out the holes in an opponent’s argument, but we don’t attack the person themselves. It’s their argument that isn’t as good as yours, not them. Keep it separate.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
There were arguments but only a few, mostly it was just all the hope and excitement. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
According to the standard principles of Renaissance education, there were fundamentally two types of argument: arguments from reason, and arguments from authority. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He holds up his hands like a flood of arguments came storming at him. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
Three times he readies his argument and three times Jutta turns on a heel and strides away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
"Are you here to serve me, smuggler? Or to vex me with arguments?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
He walks out the door at the back of the room, not even noticing Isobel as he passes her in the hall, where she has been close enough to hear the argument. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
There was nothing she could do, nothing she could make Leon do, and she suddenly felt the pointlessness of argument. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Their arguments have convinced almost all anthropologists, nearly every professional historian and many philosophers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
I talked to him about the argument in Washington, but he was much more interested in preparing me to hear his poem. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Capital murder requires an intent to kill, and there was a persuasive argument that there was no intent to kill in this case and that poor health care had caused the victim's death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
He told me that he and Mom had their first argument on the day I was born. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
There’s no reason for me to go on describing all our quarrels and arguments down to the last detail. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Jesse’s normally cautious veneer would peel away in a second at the appearance of an interesting idea or argument. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
She kept hoping that Paul would resume the argument with Billy and win it, or at least convince Mr. or Mrs. Fitzgibbon that they should let her go. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
He missed watching television and the activity in the lobby—the arrival and departure of guests and the arguments among the staff. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
He hesitated as if he had lost the thread of his argument—not his own argument, perhaps, in the first place. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
To stave off the impending marriage argument, I ask my mom about the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
My own argument agrees at certain points with Fish’s, but it is the differences that the reader should keep in mind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
If you try to repair an incoherent text and find that no placement of therefores and moreovers and howevers will hold it together, that is a sign that the underlying argument may be incoherent, too. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
I’m too relaxed to get into an argument. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
A fierce argument was going on and the wounded savage kept groaning. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
“As I explained to you, Mr. Kiley,” she says, “it was Bobby’s argument that convinced me we should have this meeting. Perhaps he should be the one to speak.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
Dunbar’s argument is that brains evolve, they get bigger, in order to handle the complexities of larger social groups. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
According to that argument, we can tell that the universe has a creator because only an external agent could have designed and constructed it so that its different parts serve their specific functions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
One reviewer there fretted, without any evident sense of irony, that Holmes presented his arguments so clearly and compellingly that students might actually come to believe them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
We had a little argument about it after a scientist came to school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Nhamo couldn’t make sense out of the argument, but she knew better than to ask questions. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was the talk of the Talmud Department by the end of two weeks and the accepted referee of all Talmudic arguments among the students. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
During my argument, the court's five judges looked at me with curiosity but asked few questions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Similarly, in medicine we have become used to moving back and forth between case histories and epidemiological arguments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
And the policeman said, “OK, let’s ... let’s not get into an argument about who said what here. I just want to know whether—” And Mother said, “Of course he can stay.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
It’s Saturday, and Mom, Jude, and I are in the city at the museum’s rooftop café because Mom won the argument and we’re both going to apply to CSA in a year. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Over a round of beers an argument erupted, prompted, in part, by Haynes’s persistent skepticism. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Your arguments will tend to prosper if they are founded on the common assumptions of your audience—or, in special cases, if the audience is minded to defer to your authority. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Baby Lee and his friend got in a argument, and his friend took the broken neck off of a beer bottle, and stabbed him in his leg. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
That was the beginning of an argument that never had a satisfactory ending. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
As he rapidly read its contents Francis became furious, for he noticed that part of the argument depended upon a theoretical idea he had propounded some nine months earlier. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“His arguments blind the eyes of good Christians with tricks of the Devil.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
The Heads of Houses moved among the students, marshaling them into position and breaking up arguments. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
"An' if you ever want to finish this argument I be right here." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I want you all back here in five minutes ready to leave. We re going away. Just pack some clothes. No arguments!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
Ms. Hussey seemed happy with the noise and argument and made everyone defend their opinions. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
Until Columbus demonstrated that classical geography was hopelessly misconceived, the assumption was that the arguments of the ancients needed to be interpreted, not challenged. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
She listened as the others talked about how irritable and angry they felt, as if they were engaged in a furious argument, and as they spoke, she seemed to be shrinking. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Montaigne was impatient with such an argument: did they try to sail East and end up going West? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The lawyers made their arguments, the jury retired, and less than three hours later they filed back into the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
But the next morning there was no trace of the argument in her parents’ faces. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
They seemed to have the sort of friendship that thrives on argument. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
He had written a critical review of The Origin in the Quarterly Review, using some arguments supplied to him by Owen. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Within minutes an argument ensued in the living area that was as audible to me as if the separating walls were muslin sheets. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the same time, he wondered whether his own logic was faulty, since he based his arguments on geometry, whose infinitely divisible lines automatically reject atomism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
The day I finally met the Rivera girl, I’d broken free of my parents’ latest argument to sit outside on the curb and play Tetris on my phone, when my mom stormed out. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
They were right in its path and there was no time for argument. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
We had many arguments about this, and I patiently explained to her that politics was not a distraction but my lifework, that it was an essential and fundamental pan: of my being. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed to her that Lady Constance was losing the argument. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
At this point, Nixon wheeled round and point by point, having defined the terms of the argument to his satisfaction, exonerated himself. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
At times the salmon ran in such narrow waters that men had to fish for them in sight of one another, in which case arguments brewed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
He further declared that Eratosthenes’ earth measurement was “supported by such subtle arguments that we cannot refuse our assent.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
I stop polishing and freeze in my seat, hoping my parents won’t make me leave the room like they usually do when they have an argument. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
But their argument was challenged by a man named Allan Bakke—a man of the new university, a man ambitious for his future, caught in the furious competition for professional school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument between Edel and Du Barry is dying down in the distance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Ifemelu gave the woman a long look; it was not worth an argument. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I keep waiting to hear that the trial is over, but I guess it takes a while for arguments to close. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
His discussion of clear and distinct ideas thus follows the example of Descartes, who maintains that only ideas which are clear can be used in argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
When my mother and Aunt Maggie came home that night, there was a scalding argument. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Or the argument can be reversed to reach the same conclusion: the long winters at high latitudes leave people with much time in which to sit indoors and invent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Huxley began with a well-reasoned argument about anatomical structure and how Charles had compiled his theory using such data as had never been used before. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
There is a further step in this argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The prosecutor rejected this argument, assuring the court no tainted evidence was needed to prove the defendants’ guilt. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
He couldn't go on answering back, having a stupid argument. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
I waited for Leah and the other pupils to seize on this very obvious point of argument and jump in with their overflowing brace of words. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I learned later that she had seen far more ferocious arguments between the two. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Not just because of the argument, either; it’s just the way things are: when something bad happens to a woman, the police look at the husband or the boyfriend first. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The modern tradition of mathematical argument, essential to all of science, owes much to Pythagoras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
That’s why it was such a jolt to have Ruth suddenly bring it up the way she did in the middle of the argument we were having that afternoon in the field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
No argument could shake off her feeling of disaster. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
The High Counters seem to be winning the argument, at least for now. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
They argued back and forth so I sat on the bed and put my suitcase in my lap hoping that Mr. Calloway would win the argument and they’d give me some other place to sleep. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
Yet she said nothing; she was weary of futile arguments with her sister. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
I was afraid that if Bekenstein found out about it, he would use it as a further argument to support his ideas about the entropy of black holes, which I still did not like. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument erupts just as he reaches the bedroom door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Alex sat between his two companions at the cafeteria table and listened while they argued the same argument he’d heard almost daily for the three weeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
More than one family has forgotten their arguments when it came time to divide the tah dig. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
She hadn’t dared to say anything all through the argument because, you see, it wasn’t her Mother who was dying. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z
If Newtonianism destroyed the corpuscular philosophy, it greatly strengthened the argument from design. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The argument between Mr. and Mrs. Dalai was still more or less in effect early the next morning, when a barefoot team of workmen came to install the basins. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
As we shall see in a moment, much of the argument about the Scientific Revolution stems from the ramifications of this view. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
We got into a huge argument, and he admitted that there'd been too much buildup to consummating our relationship. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Before I had left Chicago I had thought of a thousand arguments to present for the retention of the John Reed Clubs, but now the retention of those clubs did not seem important. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fear, beasts, no general agreement that the fire was all-important: and when one tried to get the thing straight the argument sheered off, bringing up fresh, unpleasant matter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
The police had shown up, and Dad got into an argument with them, and they threatened to arrest him, and gosh it was quite the drama. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
That was because they had lots of arguments and sometimes they hated each other. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
“And what,” she says, “do you propose would be the main arguments in favor?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
As the country expanded westward, the argument intensified: When new states and territories were added to the nation, should slavery be permitted in them? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
I have no shred of argument with that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
As spring turned to summer, Dad’s resolve turned to denial—he acted as if the argument were over and he had won. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
There was a brief argument, then the sailors returned, still carrying their burden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once he just shoved Granny across the room, up against the far wall and back into her chair, and where she sat sniffling while the arguments went on. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the arguments and the very language were identical, except that Jackson used Christianity to justify enslavement of the Africans, while the African used Islam to justify enslavement of Christians. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Becoming a team didn’t mean the end of their arguments. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I remember having a huge argument with one of my aunts when I tried to make her believe that a whale was a mammal, not a fish. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
Nobody thought it worth pursuing this line of argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
According to the standard ways by which we measure persuasiveness — by the logic and appropriateness of the persuader’s arguments — that should make the people using the script book every bit as persuasive as Tom Gau. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
It looks like Elliott’s family is having a pretty boring argument over pizza. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
She was expecting me to give in, to say “Fine,” like I did in most of our arguments. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
The argument, of course, is silly, because “biggest” is a vague word, having no value whatever in arguments, if one is serious. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
An argument breaks out until one tribute silences the others. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
I knew it sounded stupid to be making this argument, because it wasn’t as if I knew Mrs. Maniscalco, either. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
The argument starting up in the living room was loud enough to hear. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Both these arguments thus depended on prior acceptance of the mechanistic or corpuscular philosophy, according to which matter is passive and always acted on from outside. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
We just sidestepped one argument so we could dive into an even bigger one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
The major argument running through the letters throughout 1813–1814 concerned their different definitions of social equality and the role of elites in leading and governing the American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Not long before Henrietta’s first exam, TeLinde presented his argument about carcinoma in situ to a major meeting of pathologists in Washington, D.C., and the audience heckled him off the stage. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Judge Patterson's only remark during the oral argument came at the end, when he slowly but firmly asked a single question that echoed through the mostly empty courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
To the contrary, these attitudes and arguments have their roots in the struggles to end slavery and Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Following an early morning argument, she had enlisted their daughter to help her get a rope around his neck and then fired two shots into him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Einstein’s arguments were closer to physics than those of Poincare, who regarded this problem as mathematical. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
That he knows the audience will be wondering why he hasn’t used the most persuasive argument in his arsenal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
So as Aristotle’s arguments were accepted, the Greeks were forced to reject zero, void, the infinite, and infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
I tried to convince them, using every argument I could think of along with gifts and pressure, even bringing my political power to bear, but it was all in vain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even if one intended to rely on Evidence-Indices, how can one tell what constitutes a good argument? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
What everyone later remembered was not so much Huxley’s long scientific argument but how he ended his speech. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ms. Steck reminds me of the arrow—one of Zeno’s arguments. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
She wouldn’t give it back, so Mom got into a big argument with the head of the clan, and the next day we found a chicken with its throat cut on our doorstep. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
We got into an argument, I pushed him into the closet, and he began to cry and sniffle. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
For him, the only meaningful kind of conversation was an argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Education is always a strong argument to put forward. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
I knew Lelia herself wasn’t fully sold on the idea, but she kept making the argument that for her it was getting to be now or never. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument for the antithesis was that if the universe had a beginning, there would be an infinite period of time before it, so why should the universe begin at any one particular time? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
His lawyer is going to rely on his closing argument to win the case, and I don't think that's going to be effective unless he's very, very lucky. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though he still wanted to see the quantitative measurements of the King’s lab, we supported our argument by showing him a copy of Rosy’s original B photograph. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
She claims it’s why she has never lost an argument with any of her clients over what she should sew for them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
I still have the trace of an argument in my head—I may have physical evidence of it on my scalp and lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wish Grandma Knife were here to break up the argument, like I've seen her do with angry women in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
Her scalp tingled, as if the thoughts in her brain were agitating to get out: a statue...Athena...Greek and Roman, her nightmares, and her argument with her mom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Finally, this is not an argument that affirmative action should be reconsidered simply on the grounds that it is “unfair” to white men as a group. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
“Well then when you get to secondary school. It’s important to know how to speak strongly and convince people of your arguments, Amina.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
We were having an absurd and inappropriate argument because in the wake of death every single thing on earth feels absurd and inappropriate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
As the cool breeze of night set in, neighboring families pulled up plastic lawn chairs to conduct “chair committee” and casually meander over the day’s events without rancor or argument or constant one- upmanship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seems especially hard, even perilous, for this to be the burden of a species with the unique attribute of speech, and argument. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
After our argument, Grammy and I act like nothing happened, which is fine, I guess. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
He didn’t seem to know or care what was happening, because without argument, he let me slide an arm beneath his shoulders and drag him along, half asleep. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
The clang of the curfew bell quieted the argument but not Lyddie’s anxiety. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
But the boys started calling me “thief” and “jail rat” and I knew only one way to settle the argument: with my fists. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
Her argument did not seem to be persuading him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
An argument ensued and in the middle of it, one of the African secretaries turned to me and said, “Sir, can you speak English?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It takes cognitive toil and literary dexterity to pare an argument to its essentials, narrate it in an orderly sequence, and illustrate it with analogies that are both familiar and accurate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Just last week, she had tried setting me up with Raizel Ackermann on the first floor, in a dinner that had exploded into a heated argument over anarchism. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
“Just leave my board out of it. That’s all I said. I’m trying to be nice. I don’t start the arguments around here.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
An important consequence follows from this argument: we should not really expect to find reliable science before scientific communities began to take shape in the 1640s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
I’m in no position to make an argument to the contrary. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t want to join in on their arguments. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He’s credited with discerning the different parts of an oration—how to open your speech, advance your arguments in an orderly fashion, and close the deal—and with teaching his methods to others. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Taken by Armstrong’s argument, Bobby sent away for copies of the sermon and distributed it to his friends. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Ron had already had a big argument with Dean Thomas, who shared their dormitory, about soccer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
There were more fights, more arguments, more yelling in the night, more long absences. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Then she heard them—female voices having some sort of argument—and she was instantly alert. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Aristotle’s Rhetoric was the first great systematic statement of how rhetoric works, and I draw on both its arguments and its structure throughout this book. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
And let me say now that I have been impressed by certain of the arguments I have heard here. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
One of the reasons he was so notoriously ineffective in debate was that argument itself offended him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
As voices were raised and emotions became heated, the argument began to spiral out of control. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
She could not believe he had brought Arize up like that, cheapened Arize’s memory in order to make a point in a spurious argument. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
It thus systematically excludes from consideration the very feature which makes scientific arguments distinctive: their appeal to superior evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He mediated between demigods, listened to all sides of an argument, found compromises. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
It started with a discussion of van Maaren and ended in a general argument and tears. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
It was the most troubling argument in Greece: Zeno had proved the impossible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
I gathered from the argument, which was getting pretty loud, that the farmer was mad about the amount Mr. Tuttle had offered to settle the claim against the railroad. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
The British didn’t mix in with the arguments. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ever since I could remember, all my life in fact, there had been these discussions and arguments and debates about whether we ought to obey His Majesty’s government or whether we should rebel. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
In that sense, the Terman study underscores the argument Annette Lareau makes, that what your parents do for a living, and the assumptions that accompany the class your parents belong to, matter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
“It is your cause I find wanting, not your courtesies. I have heard your arguments so often I could plead your case myself. Shall I?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The way she can turn an argument around and make herself the victim. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
All he had to do was settle the argument between his heart and his brain. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a second argument behind him that was getting louder, between Nali and Uncle Jet, about Uncle Jet losing his job in Albuquerque. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
They were not alike; Aberforth was never bookish and, unlike Albus, preferred to settle arguments by dueling rather than through reasoned discussion. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
We were holding a whispered argument, neither of us in a hurry to attract attention. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Before the trial was finally over, some 45,000 pages of testimony and arguments were recorded. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Lehoux wants to argue that there is no real difference between Plutarch and della Porta, which is fair enough; he could not have made the same argument if he had compared Plutarch and Garzoni. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Perhaps because philosophers tended to be men and greenwitches tended to be women, the argument took on an overly heated tone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jesse, hooked on arguments and ideas— he often describes himself as a fighter—could usually be drawn out of his shell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
People were buying toothpaste, having arguments, picking up eggs on the way home from work. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
An argument could break out at any moment—over lost car keys or bars of soggy soap or burned toast. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
“Nothing pleased me better than a long argument with them on woman’s equality,” she remembered. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Of course, the mere existence of a diversity of results made it difficult to persuade everyone that Brahe’s arguments were conclusive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Sam scowled at him, and sucked his teeth; but he seemed to sense that there was something odd about his master’s mood and that the matter was beyond argument. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
On the one hand, he found the blatantly proslavery arguments “shamefully indecent” and described his colleagues from South Carolina and Georgia as “intemperate beyond all example and even all decorum.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
“Her argument has a few holes in it, doesn’t it,” says Matthew. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
The arguments erupt again, until finally Ms. Tannenbaum raises her hand in the quiet signal. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
In the crafty vein, Madison was ingenious at contesting the strongest argument for a Pennsylvania location, which was its geographic centrality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
This argument may be particularly hard to swallow given the election of Barack Obama. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
But when I'd shouted "Hello" several times in vain an argument broke out behind a partition and presently a lovely Jewess appeared at an interior door and scrutinized me with black hostile eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
It was Papi’s turn to drive Lolo to an appointment, she claims, which is one of their favorite sibling arguments. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Almost everyone enjoyed these manic moments, especially when we had the time to listen attentively and to tell him bluntly when we lost the train of his argument. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
The bump on my head is throbbing, and I can’t stop thinking about the argument I saw, or imagined, or dreamed about, on Saturday night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
They’d fought before, playground arguments that faded as soon as they got up off the ground. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
So he purchased a book on trigonometry but soon found himself unable to follow the geometrical arguments. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
“There’s twenty-five of you. Each give two dollars; quick now, this no time for argument.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s his fault for asking us to act like adults when we’re just kids,” I said, restating Mom’s argument. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
They were all the old arguments I had proposed years before—long since abandoned. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
All along, while listening to Chubs and Liam try to talk me down, some part of me had been trying to work through the argument I had overheard. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
They had almost come to blows following an argument in his room. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
While he hadn’t found steady work, he always had mysterious ways of hustling up pocket money, and he’d come home at night drunk and gunning for an argument. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
The argument made here is a less familiar one. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Another way of making this argument is in terms of Popper’s three worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The meeting erupted into a chorus of arguments. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“Infinite are the arguments of mages,” Vetch quoted, with a smile that was somewhat grim. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
This argument involves denying that scientific claims are ever adopted because they fit the evidence better than the alternatives. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Moine’s argument is that what separates a great salesman from an average one is the number and quality of answers they have to the objections commonly raised by potential clients. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
A loud argument broke out in the public lounge between Tommy Forester and the dark-eyed man, whose name appeared to be Alum Bey. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
Before every debate he always wrote lists of his argument’s strengths and weaknesses. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
He relayed a bit more of the argument and said he was very upset. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
I tune their argument out and pour myself some tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Gassendi is certainly right to emphasize the importance of arguments by analogy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Wollstonecraft’s argument was radical in the late eighteenth century. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, well, he wins all our arguments. Just like the ones I have with you.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
The young king showed nothing, accepting the joke and the argument as if he’d been expecting them. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
And that’s what I found all over the country—no arguments, no discussion. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Probabilities, arguments of credibility, circumstances of likelihoods—these all derive from Evidence-Indices. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The closest I ever got was one day when he was escorted down from the mess hall after an argument with the disputatious Officer Colon, who was always stirring things up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were other arguments waged in voices pitched low. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
“Well, but one lad must be on the land,” said Wang Lung suddenly in argument and his voice was very loud. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Next loomed the problem of leaving my job cleanly, smoothly, without arguments or scenes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the end, after much talk and many heated arguments, the people shrugged, laughing uneasily and a little ashamedly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
After presenting the data and making my arguments about the unconstitutional exclusion of African Americans, the judge complained loudly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Maimonides’ argument was, indeed, a “proof” of God’s existence—something incredibly valuable in any theology. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
The ongoing argument about his own future echoes in his ears as he enters the tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Far away from Mum and Dad and their three-, four-, and five-star arguments. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
It is these new arguments which made possible a profound shift in the culture of both scientists and theologians in the years after 1692. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The only stipulation was that he had to describe the two models impartially, without arguing in favour of the Copernican system, and restricting himself to the astronomical and mathematical arguments on both sides. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
Of the core three arguments we have distinguished—the corpuscular philosophy, animals as automatons and the clockwork universe—they agree on the first, but each picks one and only one of the other two. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Exhibit A in the talent argument is a study done in the early 1990s by the psychologist K. Anders Ericsson and two colleagues at Berlin’s elite Academy of Music. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
In fact, I would venture to say that no argument in the book has resonated more with readers than this one. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Though some have taken this tiny probability as an argument for “creation science,” the only thing it clearly indicates is that monkeys seldom write great plays. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The abolitionist wing of the Methodists circulated his pamphlets on Sunday morning and London periodicals published his arguments without rebuttal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I had foolishly discouraged McMillian's family from attending the oral argument because I knew that the issues were fairly arcane and that there would be very little discussion of the facts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
He wouldn’t accept the sausage, and I had the dreadful feeling it was still because of that argument we’d had about distrust. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
However, a standard argument against Boyle’s experiments with his air pump was that the pump leaked, and that therefore it was incapable of making a vacuum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
We’re not, supposedly, big on torture in the civilized West—though whether we can say that with a straight face is an argument for another day. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
All of this was important, the stuff of historians’ arguments and doctoral dissertations, but Dobyns was thinking of something else. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
“The enthusiasm of the people in these great meetings, the thrilling oratory, and lucid arguments of the speakers, all conspired to make these days memorable as among the most charming in my life,” Elizabeth wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
‘And you, Master Dwarf, pray take your hand from your axe-haft, till I am up! You will not need such arguments.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Berga side-stepped this issue and, as far as I can tell, only one person was so foolish as to explicitly present this argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
ALBUS: But I’m pleased we had this argument because it’s given me a really good idea. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
I used to get in quite a few arguments about it, when I was at Whooton School, with this boy that lived down the corridor, Arthur Childs. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
The argument at the front of the room grew louder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Since I hope Newjack constitutes an argument against that sort of thinking, I don’t imagine I’ll ever win those people over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
A chimpanzee can’t win an argument with a Homo sapiens, but the ape can rip the man apart like a rag doll. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Here is the only occasion within the revolutionary generation when political differences ended in violence and death rather than in ongoing argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Mary Poppins then had a great argument with Father Christmas over a cake of soap. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z
So it’s Friday morning and I'm sitting in history listening to Mr. Penny, the history teacher, talk about all the arguments they had before they set up the Constitution. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
To an outsider the arguments would appear to be the same because feeling like part of a team is something that happens invisibly. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the oral argument months earlier, I'd been hopeful as I walked into the imposing Alabama Judicial Building and stood in the grand appellate courtroom that was formerly a Scottish Rite Freemasonry temple. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
As reporters went through the documents, racing to write stories for the next day’s paper, the staff had the same argument that had taken place at the Times. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
I can only remember my mother and dad having one argument that amounted to anything. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were the same words that Ben had used a hundred times as he drilled me endlessly in argument. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He saw, with a sinking heart, where the argument was going. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
We still had weeks of argument ahead, but the judges asked for a week’s adjournment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I agreed for the sake of argument, then reached out to move one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
In the spring of 1904, Galton presented his argument for eugenics at a public lecture at the London School of Economics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
This argument is an instance of the pitfalls that you can encounter in talking about infinity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was his determination to present this argument as decisive that led to his condemnation by the Inquisition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Ideally, it should be possible to formulate every scientific argument in syllogistic terms, a syllogism being, for example: All men are mortal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Over the course of the next four decades, the national debate over slavery and its expansion into the West was often framed as an argument over the intent of the founders. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
This isn’t like the argument about money—there are more jokes and light insults. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Since I don’t care, it’s amusing rather than upsetting to imagine the arguments going on back in 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
There was nothing in his argument which might imply that the Earth was just another planet, or that the universe had not been created for the benefit of human beings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Most were prosaic, arising from robbery, argument, or sexual jealousy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Exhausted by her own battles with her father, she knew she could not face a lifetime of such arguments. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
And so the argument goes, back and forth, among the teachers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
The mournful lawyers showed in court that that man had nothing to do with the company and in order that no one doubt their arguments they had him jailed as an impostor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
Equations occasionally crept into his argument, but in most cases words would have sufficed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
But it did mean that the arguments became a part of the adventure, became discussions not threats. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
He looks around at the rest of us like a prosecutor making an argument to a jury. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Despite the younger two and their constant arguments, she found a-way to be patient. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Billy, after some argument, was dispatched to the back porch, where Mrs. Fitzgibbon was also watching. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
And we would listen to their arguments while Mr. Diamant sat back and smoked cigarette after cigarette. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
But I know, too, of the basic comfort in this familial precision, where the relation abides no argument, no questions or quarrels. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The arguments and rationalizations that have been trotted out in support of racial exclusion and discrimination in its various forms have changed and evolved, but the outcome has remained largely the same. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Several days later, when they bumped into each other in the Cavendish tea queue, Francis learned that a semirigorous argument hinted that adenine and thymine should stick to each other by their flat surfaces. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
The argument was on account of the accident to the two taxicabs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t want to take the...stuff. We got in a big argument about it after you left.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Joe and I didn’t speak to each other after our argument on Monday. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
Spencer’s argument is of course ambiguous—has to be ambiguous—as to just when the ‘lower and more servile state of the World’ came to an end. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
An assistant attorney general then presented the State's arguments—capital cases on appeal were managed by the attorney general, not the local district attorney. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“So we surrender to Lucifer’s device to ruin our signs ministry? We hand him victory without argument?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
“They’re looking round! There’s no argument about it! They are square candies that look round!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z
The Hideout was there when I needed to get away from my parents’ arguments. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
Unlike an ugly party, there’d never be any fights, or even arguments. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
There were arguments, of course, but they were always worked out. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Some argument. One time I was over this guy's house and his folks got to arguing about cigarettes, and first thing you know they were throwing bottles." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
One way to fix it, she’d learned, was to take her time thinking of responses to various arguments. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
The very basis of his argument against our integrating was that it would cause so much violence that blood would run in the streets. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
As Kuhn states it, this argument, which sets the experimentalists against the mathematicians, seems wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
When people were squabbling over some little matter, he would settle the argument wisely. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
Because of their combined debate record for the season—eight wins, one loss, one tie—Justyce and SJ are the final pair in their division to present their argument. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was especially active during the oral argument, asking me lots of questions about the propriety of correctional staff engaging in medical procedures. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Ron and Hermione seemed to have reached an unspoken agreement not to discuss their argument. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
And then Maria was off with her new ideas and the arguments she’d had with the morals instructor at the convent. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
What kept confusing me about it was that the argument didn’t have two sides the way an argument should, but about six sides. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was for certain going to start an argument. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
The same argument is made by telephone operators, who’ll place a call outside the country for you only after you specify the location in Kinshasa where you’ll leave I’enveloppe containing your bribe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Keeping Peace in The Family Octavia also managed to keep the peace between her brother and her husband as their arguments heated up and their disagreements escalated. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
Ron was still slightly inclined to laugh at Hermione’s boggart, but an argument was averted by the sight that met them on the top of the steps. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
After a few days he began to improve, and we braced ourselves for the nightly arguments between him and Grandma. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He later said that he had learned from Paley how to construct an argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
It went without saying that this was a strong argument for taking retribution into your own hands, but the prosecutor pleaded that we not do so. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some folks got into an argument about whether the Fourth of July was a better holiday than Memorial Day, and they really enjoyed that, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
The twins waited in the water a few feet from the dead man, caught between their older sisters’ argument. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
We tried to make arguments about an interesting twist in that case: His jury had never decided that Michael Lindsey should be executed at all. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
The body has obliterated its memories in order to hone its argument. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
“Mr. Lee, I think we are going to have to use a more forceful argument than moral persuasion.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
He installed me at once, no arguments, in an apartment of his house. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
“No argument here. I always thought it was pretty silly.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
I rehearsed the arguments that the state president might make and the ones I would put in return. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I went through different arguments with her in my head while the teacher droned on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
The argument with Valley and then Poppy immediately after had given her a stomachache that not even her father’s soothing guinea-hen-weed tea could help. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
Now, in fighting the boycott movement, he advanced a number of disturbing arguments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
The Icelandic Chess Federation took a calculated risk in attempting to add strength to the argument for releasing Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
He cut carefully and cleanly, never misstepping, building arguments that were irrefutable, even if erroneous or morally repugnant. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Your argument doesn’t hold water at all, you sophist,” Miss Adebayo said, and dismissively downed what was in her glass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Ongoing arguments about the “correct” interpretation of some cryptic passage in Anorak's Almanac. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
What she had overheard reminded her of the argument he had had with her mother, and she wondered, not for the first time, how many of those tales told to children were true. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Their arguments accomplished nothing, as far as I could see, except to make everyone miserable. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
This sounds like an old argument that Kenn has never succeeded in winning, and it occurs to me that this probably isn’t the first time Hideo’s life has been threatened. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“But if you’re looking for clues to what they meant when they wrote certain parts of the Constitution it helps to know what the arguments were leading up to the writing.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
“She does not waste her energy in picking never-ending arguments. But there is a lot going on in her mind, I can tell.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
So far, in tracing the idea of a law of nature, we have been following an established line of argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
At the hearing, the judge looks at your case, hears arguments from the opposing sides, and then he either dismisses the charges or sets bail and a trial date. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
At least once a week there was an argument between the two either over money or me living in the house. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
But when he gets into an argument with a customer over pickles, Ron tells him to go back to the kitchen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
So his first argument was that the Nazi saboteurs should be allowed access to civilian courts. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
A tense peace lasted five weeks until an argument broke out between deputies and striking coal miners. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z
Thus we can sum up the argument so far very straightforwardly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
In the space between dreaming and wakefulness, I think of a real argument, long ago—four years ago—after our first and only round of IVF failed, when I wanted to try again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the meantime we were all at the mess, the meal was finished, and the argument went on. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Her clinching argument was that if she were left behind she might be tortured and forced to reveal their hiding place. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was anger and argument and a lot of talk about the law, but in the end, they couldn’t banish Ares. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
She didn’t want to, but she recalled her argument with her mother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Invention, as I mentioned above, has as its etymological root the idea of “coming upon” the available grounds for argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Could there never be a pleasant moment without this senseless argument? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
“Of course having a baby is difficult. It’s life changing. Clearly Bebe wasn’t ready for it, practically or emotionally. And that might be the best argument for giving the baby to Linda and Mark.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
An argument that he had "essential" enamelware workers wouldn't have meant anything to the decision makers, but the argument that we were essential to Germany's munitions production did. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
But Charles wanted his argument to be airtight, indisputably right, and for that he needed time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
He’d riled me up because this was the very last time he would invoke his inane marriage argument, ever again, as long as we both should live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
But in the early years of the eighteenth century this argument from probability was applied with devastating force. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
General Philip Russell had been sitting back, watching the argument, saying nothing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Alexandra, despite its problems and flaws, gave the lie to that argument. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Having chanced upon Darwin’s book, Jenkin read it thoroughly, worked swiftly through the implications, and immediately found a fatal flaw in the argument. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
In challenging the status quo, one of the arguments the two men always ran up against was “resources are limited.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
“You dislike an argument, and want to silence this.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z
It was the same argument they always had. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The ancients longed for logos in its purest form—the clear light of analytic philosophy— to be the only effective component of an argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
And similar arguments play out in a hundred or a thousand other places that need protection. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
With his cool, logical style he could demolish an opponent’s argument — precisely the sort of intelligence that is useful in a courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In early March 2005, just after Heidi’s third birthday, he quit his job at the Queens diner after yet another heated argument with the owner. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
I don’t comment on any of this either—I don’t want to get into an argument. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
The arguments against it were good, the strongest being that Mr. Clutter’s aversion to cash was a county legend; he had no safe and never carried large sums of money. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Brother and sister became rivals, each scrutinizing the other with eyes full of hatred, concocting fine-edged arguments to disqualify each other in Clara’s eyes, spying on each other, and growing ever more jealous. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He knows he's inviting an argument, and that he shouldn't, not on Mutti's wedding day. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
"No. Let's follow him instead. His wife might be in a bad mood after losing the argument." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
A standard argument was that a Christian needed moral certainty of the truths of their faith, since the fate of their soul was at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Until September he had been diligent if not dedicated, summarizing chapters, outlining arguments on pads of yellow lined paper. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
Reproducing the Greek arguments faithfully, Maimonides contended that the hollow spheres that twirled about the earth had to be moved by something, say, the next sphere out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
They had an argument about it when I was supposed to be asleep. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Robert Stevenson, one of the researchers who devoted much of his career to straightening out the HeLa contamination mess, laughed when he heard that argument. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
“So, today,” Ms. Rochambeau starts off, “you’ll have just ten more minutes in your table groups to prepare your arguments, and then we’ll get to our first mock debate.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
The argument for an indefinite boycott was that Bantu Education was a poison one could not drink even at the point of death from thirst. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Also, Dad was always dropping by to visit Mom, but then they got into such screeching arguments that the neighbors banged on the walls. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Although he and Gauguin are not the easiest of companions and the arguments continue, it all really does seem to be working. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
I slid down in my seat and tried to block out the argument. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Ethel said she didn’t wake up that morning to get into a theological argument. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
This was seriously considered in articles and in arguments. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
He always spoke quickly, pugnaciously, as though every conversation was an argument, the speed and force of his words suggesting authority and discouraging dissent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I remember an argument, right at the end, when things were about as bad as they could be; he lost his temper with me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
It would either solve the argument of Harvard versus farm or make it much, much worse. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
It was the same story day after day: restlessness, anxiety, the adults’ arguments. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Going back to Bobby’s chalet, the two analyzed some games, and Thorbergsson continued his volley of subtle arguments for why Bobby should play exclusively in Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
A quite separate argument was the claim that the universe has been designed to serve a purpose, like a clock or any other complex machine, and that it therefore demonstrates the existence of God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Can we save this argument for the bus ride home?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
It was the first time she did not look on proudly and enjoy my cousins’ arguments. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
That book, which has been described as the most influential work in the history of science after Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions, presents a number of arguments which have become famous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
When Hamilton showed a late draft of this passage to John Jay for his commentary, Jay expressed admiration for the style but slight discomfort with the argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
HARRY: Albus and I had an argument, the day before last. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
Cicero wrote: In discussion it is not so much weight of authority as force of argument that should be demanded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
And here comes Matthew, coming on in slow steps, like he no longer has to hurry, his Noise reaching forward in a wave that don’t brook no argument. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
I made the argument that because of my father, we had a claim to it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
His arguments for a fortified national government became the centerpiece around which all the compromises and revisions of the eventual document congealed, giving him the honorary title of “Father of the Constitution.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
They had what sounded like a very intense argument. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Dad could not lose this argument and save face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
They had had an argument over a passage of Talmud, they told him, each of them interpreting it in a different way, and they wondered who had been correct. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
By the time they reached the museum, she no longer needed an argument. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m about to speak when an argument breaks out in one of the neighboring houses. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
The papers were covered in swift, spidery handwriting, in black ink, which was hard to read; it seemed to be a sort of long argument about mathematics, all in French. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
“What about the argument that there can be no normal sports in an abnormal society?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
The prosecution cast suspicions on Wes’s argument that he’d taken the trip to Philadelphia without asking his brother what he was on the run for. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
But Volkheimer wants to make an argument that life is worth living. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Dr. Greenfield urged the boy to counter the parental arguments, to start looking at the situation from different angles. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
The heat of the arguments lasts for weeks, like too much sun in the warm season. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
The argument is simple: the language we use when thinking about scientific questions is almost entirely a construction of the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
I quickly picked up the gist of the argument. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
“No arguments! You must have an interview. I will write your recommendation at once.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
It never would have fit Lucy, so there was never really any argument. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
My mom was smart and had a sharp tongue, but I was quicker in an argument. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Before Norma: the arguments that weren’t about money or impressing the neighbors were about me—that I should be let alone instead of being pushed to do what other kids did. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Are you ready to bake,” he asked, “or do you need more time to finish your argument?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
We’d been breaking into arguments all year, teetering on a seesaw of perpetual imbalance, because he was always either one way or the other. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
There was a muffled argument, punctuated by squeaks, bumps and complaining remarks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
I went to the sidewalk, sat on a bench, took out pencil and paper and tried to jot down notes for the argument I wanted to make in defense of the John Reed Clubs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the weeks and months that followed the Diallo shooting, for example, as the case made headlines around the world, the argument over what happened that night veered back and forth between two extremes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
In the summer of 1813 the dialogue ceased being a still-life picture of posed patriarchs and became an argument between competing versions of the revolutionary legacy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The argument went on about whether Myanda was a witch or merely unlucky, and Tendai realized it was useless to expect help from the boys. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Our argument ended in a draw; we agreed that the passage was obscure and that as it stood it could be explained either way. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
An argument, about who should put the dishes in the dishwasher, whose turn it is to sort the laundry, clean the toilet; something daily and unimportant in the big scheme of things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
At night we overheard strange, tearful arguments, in which Mother spoke in a quiet, slurred, slow-motion voice, like a phonograph record on the wrong speed, outlining the possibilities for our family’s demise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another argument was put forward by St. Augustine in his book The City of God. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wouldn’t heels over head make more sense? heated argument. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
She read through it and explained the disaster to my father and then they fought, a mudslide of an argument that spewed across the antiseptic sheets and out into the hall. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
Junior’s my dad and the key to ending any argument with my mom. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Luke had seen it before, of course, when they were kids and still threw fists to settle arguments. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
But most of his religious friends were not angry with Charles; they saw very clearly the soundness of his argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
And we had an argument that went on from there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
A refutation of this argument, in essence, can be found in Cicero, although of course without either typewriters or Shakespeare. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
When pressed he admitted that his argument had a woolly component. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
My argument has been that responsibility for what we know lies both with ourselves and reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Thus, although virtually all biochemists, including Herman, were unable to understand the arguments of the X-ray people, there was little uneasiness. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Sir Bors came from the northern hole to parley with the King and with the Constable—a long, indistinct argument or explanation which the people could not catch on account of the wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stared at him, arguments dying in my head. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
It is, in consequence, a cousin of the arguments made against democracy itself. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
It is not clear how the argument started. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Corky was bigger than Jesse, so every argument with either of them was a loss, because it made Jimmy feel small and weak. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
Among their legal arguments, the lawyers said that depriving the Carter Cowboys from competing in the playoffs would cause irreparable harm. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Let’s have no more arguments. Time’s wearing on. I want a few of your hairs, boy, now.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
At Persian parties we’d stand together in the corner, watching all the older Persian men play, laughing at the arguments that inevitably ensued even if we couldn’t understand a word that was said. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
She would buttress her argument with recommendations from Dr. Cuevas, which later, when he was asked point-blank, turned out to have been made up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I didn’t think we had much of an argument over Cuba. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
At one point he summed up his argument with “Cut the pie any way you like, ‘meanings’ just ain’t in the head!” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Skepticism was forceful, even rancorous; arguments lasted for years, with critics charging that Dillehay’s evidence was too low- quality to accept. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
As a result, no neatly arranged rendering of the running argument Adams had with Jefferson after 1813 can do justice to its dynamic character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
This is the point at which this argument becomes interesting, for, as noted earlier, Quintilian does take signs to be equivalent to testimonies, and so does Parsons. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Yesterday, I witnessed an argument between two of the men of our Company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
The consequences for opening the window were brutal enough without placing blame and starting arguments. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
Thus Galileo implies that the arguments presented in the book are not to be regarded as true, for Copernicanism had been condemned by the Church. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It made no difference, however, whether or not I followed the argument. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
And we find a third use, as in Descartes’ S45: the use of ‘hypothesis’ to refer to an argument that is acknowledged to be false but held in some way to be useful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
When Mama called to ask where he was, they got in this big argument on the phone. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
Unfortunately, on this occasion Galileo’s explanation of comets was also wrong, and there is no point in relating the details of the argument here. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
He also plays the old trick of presenting as a fait accompli what is, in fact, the nub of the argument, and to give the force of inevitability to something contingent. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
By now all of the other kids had gathered around us to listen to our argument. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was frightened for a moment, because I didn’t want him to get involved in an argument with Danny about Freud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
But he’d made an argument that sooner or later they would have to answer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Blanca tried to dissuade him with the best of arguments, but he seemed not to hear her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew they were going to have an argument. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I can see everyone in the cafeteria is starting to pay attention to their heated argument, and any minute now, the teachers will come over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
They were so close to the Uncle and didn’t even know, but the argument with Valley might very well have saved his life. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
Johnson and Dongan got into a pretty heavy argument about how Johnson was keeping the sixty. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t know we were getting hostile tonight. I’m kinda tired. Can we just skip it, or are you really jonesing for an argument?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
It became apparent by the end of our argument that the three judges agreed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I recognized another man whose picture I’d seen in the newspapers: the famous lawyer Thurgood Marshall, the man who had delivered the argument that resulted in the Supreme Court’s 1954 school integration ruling. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every combination of argument is going full tilt. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. van Daan is by no means a wonderful person, yet half the arguments could have been avoided if Mother hadn’t been so hard to deal with every time they got onto a tricky subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
When Bangindawo spoke, he did not reply to my argument but played on my own loyalties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
We were yelling for reasons that had nothing to do with the actual argument. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
I rise in agitation, preparing for an argument. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
It had just been an argument and surely he would come back once he calmed down, once he got hold of himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
After Reggie nodded his agreement to the plea, there was no argument. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
And then, without argument and without ceremony, Tobias is elected to be a leader of Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
There was much argument, and those sensations of fraternity and comity which at first brought our Regiment together at our dances gave way, I fear, to anger: “What signifies that?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
He is the sort who makes lists and numbers his arguments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
With a tilt of her head, she dismisses Elisabeth, who for once goes without an argument. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
A few teachers seem unconcerned by these arguments. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He watched my facial expressions; he noted my style of argument. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Albus’s voice drifted back to Harry over the surrounding clamor; his sons had resumed the argument they had started in the car. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
That was one dish there was no argument with my father about. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
If I tried, I could go deep into their arguments. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
An argument was going on in the front flat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
There had been some argument about it probably, Rebecca defending him, and ever after this perhaps a slight awkwardness whenever his name was mentioned. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
I knew that a well-structured argument would be my best weapon. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Let’s not get into an argument about nothing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once the debate was framed as an issue of women’s rights versus African American rights, the arguments used by some female suffragists became increasingly elitist. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
We were able to make persuasive arguments about the differences between children and adults, but that wasn't the only obstacle to relief. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Danny remained convinced of his original argument that experimental psychology had nothing to do with the human mind, though he began to see its value as an aid to learning theory and intelligence testing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
He left an unfinished reply to Wotton when he died in 1699—missing was the discussion of science which needed to be the crux of his argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Mr. Dill was accused of shooting someone during the course of a drug deal after an argument erupted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
The chief strength of the proslavery argument that emerged from the Deep South delegation in the congressional debate of March 16–17 was its relentless focus on the impractical dimensions of all plans for abolition. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
They get into arguments and they say to one another, “It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
He rehearses in his head the argument he will present to his sister. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
By this argument, belief in demonic magic ought not to have declined until there was a general improvement in living standards, and perhaps not until the development of the welfare state. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He helped prepare Woodhull’s remarks, but she was a quick study and she soon embraced the arguments as her own. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
We’re on the edge of an argument, and I have to be careful. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The scholastic philosophy taught in the universities, based on Aristotle, was, Bacon insisted, caught up in a series of futile arguments which could never generate new knowledge of the sort he was looking for. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
There was, on the cluttered desk between us, a badge that added weight to his argument. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
“Peeta’s argument is that since I chose you, I now owe him. Anything he wants. And what he wants is the chance to go in again to protect you,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Pontellier’s arguments were usually convincing with those whom he employed. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another Grandma saying came to mind: you boys could start an argument with your own reflections. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Each person’s clothes and blankets must be washed once a week, or we have more arguments over smell than from the bucket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
I was racking my brain, while Mother and the Mrs. began an oh-so-polite argument about whether the family would stay for dinner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
No more scuffling with older girls, no more arguments with guards. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
He could not think of an argument against it; after all, McLaggen had certainly performed second-best in the trials. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
When everyone was tired of fighting and wanted to make peace, a shooperer said the one thing calculated to start the argument again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
What makes Hacking’s argument ‘dreadful’ is that he takes one figure on its own, and that figure is the first in a long succession of attempts to measure the speed of light. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The repeated “He,” has a sarcastic tone, and the hysteron proteron in the second sentence foregrounds this notion on which the argument turns: Is pride really a bad thing? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Blogs and video-logs, and the online arguments in comment threads and chat rooms, have spawned new tropes and figures, and new uses for the old ones. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Against such an argument she had no weapons. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
At last the argument was done and Shmuel came over to them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
For the first time, Link looks as if he’s about to give me an argument. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
The standard argument is that this thesis proves that evidence does not determine what scientists hold to be true; consequently, it is claimed, scientific beliefs are primarily shaped by cultural and social factors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
But the legacy of the mechanical philosophy was not simply modern versions of the argument from design, which are still widely defended in the form of Intelligent Design. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The racial imagery associated with the riots gave fuel to the argument that civil rights for blacks led to rampant crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
But she only criticized the argument to help Charles spell it out more clearly. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had a huge argument, but at last Phoebe fizzled out. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
The clock metaphor is thus used by Descartes to make an epistemological argument about the limits of our understanding, rather than as an analogy as to how the universe actually works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It had been years since she had won an argument with Cara, and she wasn’t going to win this one. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
We owe to him indispensable phrases which encapsulate powerful arguments, such as ‘unintended consequence’ and ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’; one of his phrases, ‘role model’, has moved out of the university into daily speech. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It also carries over to logos; how you define the argument as a whole. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
I lied and told him that Malik and I had an argument after he went to babysit his sisters. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
So much of my memory is filled with their arguments that I sometimes forget that more than anything else, they loved each other. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
That night at home Melanie brought up the subject of playing outdoors and got her parents started on an argument about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
The arguments of string theorists and cosmologists might be mathematically precise and at the same time be as useless as the philosophy of Pythagoras. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
It included a list of specimen arguments, explained how an audience could be swayed, and discussed everything from how to discredit a hostile witness to how best to modulate your voice when speaking. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
They had quarreled over her while she waited at the mine, Cora knew, and would resume that argument once they dealt with the matter before them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
“I had become interested in the anti-slavery and temperance questions, and was deeply impressed with the appeals and arguments,” she wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
When the guys burst in, they were in such a heated argument, they didn’t even look at her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
There were times he had to go out and inspect the cabins, or handle an argument, but I almost always stayed up in that musty old room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Finally, Compton settled the argument by fiat: the pile would move to Chicago. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Three days after we opened for business, every chair in the front room was filled, the air thick again with arguments, tobacco smoke, and the smell of fresh coffee and cakes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument stopped abruptly when Hazel saw Leo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
His mind shriveled as he thought of the unanswerable, mad arguments with which O’Brien would demolish him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
After the argument, not knowing what to do, I ended up in the kitchen. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
A point that Aristotle makes that is particularly germane here is that arguments are made from accepted premises—“and many accepted premises are mutually contradictory.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
“The Court cannot listen to a rehearsal of arguments the prisoner’s counsel has already consumed three hours in presenting.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
To a time when we didn’t have to worry about disappointments and arguments and carefully calibrated intermix ratios. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
There was a long argument which Bigger did not understand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Know this, idiot, only white foreigners can be taken without argument! The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Here he is in a court of law with the evidence displayed and the testimony given, the facts all aired and the arguments made and the truth of the matter manifest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
I could almost see his mind working as he thought of a convincing argument. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
Dimple’s heart still raced, but she felt all the million old arguments stall, unspoken behind her lips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Though I was usually stubborn, for once I took her advice without argument. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
"If you and your brother were to make common cause against them—" "I will not treat with Renly," Stannis answered in a tone that brooked no argument. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
So if we look carefully at the text of the Little Commentary we find, in telegraphic form, what will become the argument of On the Revolutions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He presented himself with propositions—“the Party says the earth is flat,” “the Party says that ice is heavier than water”—and trained himself in not seeing or not understanding the arguments that contradicted them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
I agreed with the earl and thought of an argument tailor-made for Father. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
But this particular argument just would not stop. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
The presence of so many scientists in the suit, many of them from top institutions, challenges the standard argument that ruling against biological patents would interfere with scientific progress. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Zach was smarter than I was, and I was never going to win this argument using just my mouth. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
Farmer asked, referring to his argument with Alex about pardoning prisoners. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
He walked back to the sofa and thought about making a list, putting in a neat format the arguments for and against his mother still being alive. . ijtj . The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
There was always a lot of discussion about it around Redding, and sometimes people in the tavern would get into arguments over it when they’d drunk too much whiskey. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“We always begin every summer with an argument, don’t we?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
Instead of putting the map away, I took the letter out, only vaguely aware of the argument Liam and Chubs had gotten into over the best route to Lake Prince. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
But he dropped his eyes, suspecting a flaw in his argument. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
There were also times I witnessed heated arguments between my friends and their moms that left me in a catatonic state. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
There was an argument, and he passed out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
The argument over Cyprus lasted for weeks and would finally put an end to those Sunday dinners once and for all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
But the eight of them managed, despite the occasional arguments. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
The case was appealed to the California supreme court, where it was overturned on the basis of another probability argument. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
One of the most common arguments espoused by the antisuffrage forces was that women were not emotionally strong enough to handle the responsibility of voting and were thus incapable of making sound political decisions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
I spent the next several weeks running the argument over and over in my mind, picturing a small dog chasing a puppet across the floor of an abandoned warehouse. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
And eventually, they take their argument out the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
But what Aristotle is attempting is a basic taxonomy of forms of argument: and like so much in his book, those forms are so familiar to us that we have long ceased to notice them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Standing in the middle of the fair was not where I wanted to have this argument. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
They like to be able to point to specific evidence that clinches an argument: but in the case of the printing revolution we are talking about a long, slow transformation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Mom shooed us off the bench, pushing us out the door before we could formulate an argument to stay. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Zeno’s puzzles appear to have been in support of Parmenides’ argument; in showing that change and motion were paradoxical, he hoped to convince people that everything is one—and changeless. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
She is tenacious in her passions but voraciously open to contrary argument. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
I've stopped looking at all the discussions and arguments from my family’s biased point of view. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
This argument, on the surface, seems relatively straightforward, but there are actually many layers to it, some of which are quite problematic. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Since good laws cannot exist where there are no good armies, and where good armies exist there must be good laws, I shall leave aside the arguments about laws and shall discuss the armed forces. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
I’ve put off telling her this because I knew, whether Carlton was home or not, it would turn into an argument. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Dad lost his job at the gypsum mine after getting in an argument with the foreman, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
It is certainly true that the arguments of the nominalists are theocentric, but as we shall see this is not true for other ways of thinking about laws of nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Farmer seemed to say that diplomacy, charm, and sound argument backed by hard data could unite all factions against their common enemy, TB. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
I finally gave into my restlessness and left the two of them locked in an argument over canned food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
In the case of the California couple, improbability carries more weight, but still, their defense attorney's argument was the right one. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument itself was not new: it had already been formulated in the debate between Averroists and their opponents over the reality of epicycles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
With the A form, the argument for a helix was never straightforward, and considerable ambiguity existed as to exactly which type of helical symmetry was present. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Descartes’ argument did not fare so well; even Locke thought that there might be such a thing as thinking matter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The argument waxed until Cooke shouted that if Brand did not shut up he was going to “cut his black throat.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he really cranked it up, concluding as follows: At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
There was once a state legislator in Wisconsin who objected to the introduction of daylight saving time despite all the good arguments for it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was no guilt, no moral dilemma, no argument or anguish—danger, yes, but she always knew what she was facing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
She had edited it herself and toned down his rhetoric, so that his argument—that only a unitary government could remove the divisions of regionalism—was clearer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Hazel and Frank stood just out of earshot, having an argument that involved lots of arm waving and head shaking. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
“I thought you said the Congolese don’t believe in keeping riches to themselves,” I told Anatole once, inclined toward an argument. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
She needn’t forgive them, or go back over the old arguments. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
A few weeks later, in early April, Bunderson fired back with a three-page motion that put a fine point on his argument about distraction and frame of mind. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
At night, when I couldn't sleep, I’d sometimes carry on fierce arguments with those people. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
He taught Woodhull the arguments behind the New Departure, the controversial interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment that asserted it gave women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
A preacher from the Seminary began a low, insistent, theological argument with a young lieutenant, back and forth, back and forth, the staff listening with admiration at the lovely words. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
So then we had a genial argument about Orwellian socialism. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
The king was in no mood for more argument. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Life was now good and needed no arguments.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
He took out some paper and a soft pencil and wrote down a rough argument for the mutability of species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
They lie at the root of countless arguments, disagreements, misunderstandings, and hurt feelings. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
But around here, we’d all sense we were near territory we didn’t want to enter, and the arguments would fizzle out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had a hundred arguments that made sense. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
The same argument that Mr. Ah had been trying to get me to speak about during our talks. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
After years of disbelief and argument from other scientists, Hay- flick’s paper on cell limits became one of the most widely cited in his field. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
He pondered his own reactions to those arguments. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
But as it happened, Lexie and Trip were so involved in a spirited argument over which guest had better hair, the drag queen or his embittered ex-wife, that no one heard the commercials. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Researchers have become entrepreneurs. That’s boomed our economy and created incentives to do research. But it’s also brought problems, like secrecy and arguments over who owns what.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
“All right, sweetness,” she’d said, looking at the writhing child and thinking back on several arguments they’d had about Jam’s clothes, when Jam would sign refusal over and over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
It was Mapper’s turn to concede the point, but he did so as if he’d somehow won the whole argument. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
People took sides in the argument, but I took the goat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
At first I thought he had come over to beat me up because of the argument I had had with Annie. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
His mother stays out of the arguments as much as she can, but when pressed she agrees with her husband, while at the same time quietly asserting that it should really be Bailey’s decision. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
There was a long, nagging argument that went round and round, with shouts, whines, tears, remonstrances, bargainings. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
A vehement argument ensued, and I heard Helen declare she was leaving. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Most of the language was above me, and so I could only get a general impression of his argument. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
In Eumenides, Apollo, chosen to represent Orestes in his murder trial, mounts a strikingly original argument: he reasons that Orestes’s mother is no more than a stranger to him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
After a year of arguments, Mom and Dad have finally accepted this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
He and the man had gotten into an argument in the lobby of her building. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
During high school I used to wander out to the garage from the house to read or just get away after one of the countless arguments I had with my father. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The teachers introduced a program that explicitly trained the students to construct coherent arguments, with a focus on the connections between successive ideas. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
We have virtually unlimited amounts of data at our fingertips at all times, and we’re well versed in the arguments about the dangers of not knowing enough and not doing our homework. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
While many abolitionist groups favored a gradual approach to ending slavery, the women of Birmingham read and discussed Elizabeth Heyrick’s argument that all slaves must be freed at once. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
The ferocity of their arguments only increased, as did the length of the cold silences that filled whatever other time they spent together. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Much of this chapter has been concerned with the language of science, as much of the book will be, but the book’s argument is also and equally about what Leonardo called ‘the test of experience’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
I didn’t have a good argument, so I scooted even farther to the right of the porch steps. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
By 642, the armies of Muslim conquerors, along with the arguments of the Muslim faithful, took the religion all across Syria, Iraq, parts of Iran, and Egypt. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
The Constitution did not resolve these questions; it only provided an orderly framework within which the arguments could continue. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
“In Camazotz all are equal. In Ca-mazotz everybody is the same as everybody else,” but he gave her no argument, provided no answer, and she held on to her moment of revelation. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The woman’s lips press into an unfriendly line, and I tug at Mom’s arm to leave, so they won’t get into an argument. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
As to this case, if you will have scratches, we say that, for anything we know, you may have accounted for them, assuming for the sake of argument that you have not invented them?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
She got into an argument with her aunt, and now she’s on punishment. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He interpreted Bodin, quite wrongly, as advocating a very large sphere of earth floating in a sphere of water, thus retaining the core principles of a traditional Aristotelian argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Unfortunately, their argument depends on a profound misunderstanding of Hobbes’s text. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
All traces of our bridge-club argument are gone from Hilly’s voice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
“I think she and Quinton were starting to get into arguments.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
The fact that almost all his arguments are in the end arguments from testimony never seems to occur to him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He could not even explain satisfactorily why he had decided against it: Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
“Garrett may have mentioned it in passing. But don’t get him in trouble. I only bring it up to add evidence to my argument about your forgiving nature.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
For the sake of argument, imagine for the moment that there’s a 50–50 chance that God exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
You have no argument because there is none. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
Sometimes their animated conversations turned into arguments about the best singer or song. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
Because the hearing was kept private, like all proceedings in family court, the news stories could continue to be sensational and simplistic, easy arguments for one side or the other. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
In the end, I had no good response to his arguments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tats joins me at a study carrel as I’m reviewing arguments against humanizing Caliban. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
Everybody knows that, in the real world, Achilles would quickly run past the tortoise, but Zeno's argument seemed to prove that Achilles could never catch up. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
The court agreed with the suffragists’ legal arguments. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
He would look them in the eyes, keeping his chin level, and he would issue the new SOPs in a calm, impersonal tone of voice, a lieutenant’s voice, leaving no room for argument or discussion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I tell her about the argument with my mom. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
“And Harry Potter’s now having an argument with his Keeper,” said Luna serenely, while both Hufflepuffs and Slytherins below in the crowd cheered and jeered. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Will felt a jolt of shock and rage that Mrs. Coulter had dared to bring his own mother in to support her argument. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
After an uncertain amount of time, Gavril and Sender joined in on the argument. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
"For the sake of argument, let's say we decided to help. What then?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Emily’s mom is a lawyer, and it seems like she wins all the arguments in their family. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
In short, the historical record itself, and not just our own omniscient imaginations, provides the requisite evidence from which we can reconstruct the response to the proslavery argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Clavius’s argument here is identical with that of modern realists who claim that science must approximate to the truth, otherwise it would not be able to make successful predictions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Let’s say that he is forced, for the sake of argument, to affix a relative value, and he decides that 1 newborn is worth 100 fetuses. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
The sudden entrance of Hamlet and Horatio put a stop to our argument They were deep in conversation but halted their steps upon seeing us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I could tell he was annoyed by my lecturing and legal arguments, and I was pretty sure he thought I was being pushy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Their argument was that when he competed in Yugoslavia, he violated the trade sanctions purely as a political act against the United States, and he was now being punished for it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Void/zero destroys Aristotle’s neat argument, his refutation of Zeno, and his proof of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Earlier in the day, she had gotten into a screaming argument in the school corridor with her boyfriend of two years, a varsity basketball player. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
And Charles’s book was, after all, an argument against the concept of God as creator that Paley had espoused. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
William saw the end of the argument and lunged for it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
As his argument gains momentum, he begins to regain mastery of his tongue. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
As a member of the executive, I had to weigh arguments and make decisions, and expect to be criticized by rebels like myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Did he need the word to formulate his argument? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
They broke into an incomprehensible argument about the ghost. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
An important principle in composition is that the amount of verbiage one devotes to a point should not be too far out of line with how central it is to the argument. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
They apply to the organization of entire countries: remember the perennial arguments about whether the best form of government is a benign dictatorship, a federal system, or an anarchical free-for-all. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
After I made our arguments in the noisy, frenetic courtroom, the judge granted our motion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
And this is not an argument that affirmative action has made no difference in the lives of poor or working-class African Americans—as some have claimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Anthony wrote on one copy, “To Elizabeth Cady Stanton—This is pronounced the strongest and most unanswerable argument and appeal ever made by mortal pen or tongue for the full freedom and franchise of women.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Her stomach felt heavy, as if the argument lay there like unleavened bread. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
That would usually turn into an argument, but today, we all know that we don’t want to spend this last moment arguing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
One night they’d had a big argument about her never being around. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
He took several deep breaths, mouthed paragraphs in front of his reflection in the pane of glass, attempted an argument with a spoon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
Whenever he sees an argument coming, man oh man, does he get jazzed up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
A similar argument can be used to show that die D beats die A two-thirds of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I mean the other day, when you were on the phone with him. Did you win the argument with words?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
She didn’t agree with the popular arguments for slavery but saw it as a necessary evil given the obvious intellectual deficiencies of the African tribe. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Pilpul, these discussions are called—empty, nonsensical arguments over minute points of the Talmud that have no relation at all to the world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
I had never won an argument with my father, and I never would. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
The argument went on and on, and they became locked in a confused rhetorical exchange that left them exhausted, each accusing the other of being more stubborn than a mule. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the heavy, thumping music comes back, Noodle and Brick resume their argument about the gun. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“An abstract of our argument for the debate tonight.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kelley stepped in front of the lieutenant and started an argument. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
He heard their excited argument, and then, an intentional poseur, he shook each paw daintily in turn, stepped delicately down from the rocks, and vanished from the men’s sight. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
"But when I write, I like getting deeper into the issues and thinking critically about them. I love argument. So, nonfiction, I guess." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Back and forth the arguments ranged, and Lyra felt her eyes closing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
I feel certain that I was in an argument, or that I witnessed an argument. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
One mistake is the argument that discovery claims are necessarily retrospective because ‘discovery’ is an ‘achievement word’, like checkmate in chess. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Such arguments depended on analogies: comparing the skin, for example, to porous earthenware. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
I had already served a hundred and fifty days, so I thought I could advance the argument that I had done enough time, and was ready to go home. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
Since Annabeth’s argument with Athena, the cap had lost its magic. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
These are arguments by analogy, based on the circumstances of the case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
But at the core of Descartes’ philosophy there was this set of arguments in favour of belief. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Dad interrupted us before we could devolve into an argument. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
Indirectly, the discovery also stimulated argument about the settlement of the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
I don’t understand the importance of rehashing an argument. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
Blount hung around sometimes and acted as though he were having an argument with himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
The musical argument in front of the juke box. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the argument progressed, Mike began slapping Mustang around so hard I wanted to jump in, but Chicken Man stopped me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The debate was not new in the second half of the seventeenth century, and neither were the arguments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
I turn to the last page of the paper, where a big fat A is circled in red with the line: Entirely compelling argument, Mr. Ralph! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Piper wondered how Annabeth ever won an argument with this guy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
But as the situation in Germany darkened and the fight over a possible boycott intensified, many of his arguments began to take a different turn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
His argument did not explain the facts: if he was right, high tide should have been at the same time every day, and there should have been only one each day. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“When I say it’s time to leave, no arguments, Sam,” the woman told the boy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
And then the arguments: Can you keep a slave? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
We said all this in my kitchen, drinking coffee, sitting at my kitchen table, in those low, intense voices we used for such arguments when we were in our early twenties; a carry-over from college. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were no more doubts, no more arguments, no more pain, no more fear. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
The way to get on, in his opinion, was to reject any argument which did not arise from the chemistry of nucleic-acid chains. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
He appeared to enjoy slowly understating important arguments. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
A long time before Bas died, we had a pretend argument about whose fault it was that he'd fallen in love with me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
He felt responsible for their argument, even though he knew that Nali and Uncle Jet were not arguing because of something he did. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
The argument—if we can dignify it by such a word—went something like this: “I can’t see a thing on Venus.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
There is an argument due, and both of them know it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
I hopped out and followed him without argument. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
In any case, once Kathy knew that she would be heard, and heard to the end, it softened the tone of her arguments. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
He had been down this road before, and Longstreet was immovable, and there was no point in argument when you did not even know where the enemy was. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
My parents are much too afraid of an argument to say anything, which is a shame, because I think people like that should always be given a taste of their own medicine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Darwin called the book one long argument, and that’s what it was, but the style was accessible and readable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Alongside them, in the years between 1653 and 1691, a third argument developed, an argument which was based on the new language of ‘matter of fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
You can’t ever win an argument with her, so why do I bother? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
What was truly new in the proslavery argument was not really the ideas or attitudes expressed, but the expression itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
I have studied objectively the anthropological arguments, the accepted cliches about cultural and ethnic differences. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
This caused a brief argument because Boots had to ride with Gregor and that meant one bat had to carry both the Overlanders and the roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I had been home for less than an hour when Dad and I got into an argument. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
But I obstinately held on to our argument; I was right, and he was going to admit it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Feebly, without arguments, with nothing to support him except his inarticulate horror of what O’Brien had said, he returned to the attack. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
First: there are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are worthless. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The arguments and teasing circled him, growing louder and louder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
I guess the next argument would be that James doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
He was soon in violent argument with one of the brothers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
True enough, the constitutional arguments represented a consolidation of points made in Philadelphia in 1787 and then in several state ratifying conventions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Cain's orders to stay away didn't leave room for argument. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
The argument rests, of course, on certain assumptions about the core of human beings, and is necessarily speculative. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
As Weaver notes, “rather than fading, the segregationists’ crime-race argument was reframed, with a slightly different veneer,” and eventually became the foundation of the conservative agenda on crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Maybe they were just in an argument and they went to that restaurant to patch things up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
We are as far from the ideals and arguments of the previous century as it is possible to be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
Smiles returned, and the parents left the room without argument. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
Figures of antithesis or parallelism may serve to frame or advance an argument; apoplanesis* to avoid one. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
What made this retreat possible was the development of a new and powerful argument for religious faith. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Scaramouch’s argument was persuasive, but my mind was still undecided. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
This book seeks to recognize that proponents of both positions have some good arguments and some bad arguments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Thus Digges had not simply translated Copernicus but strengthened his argument at its most vulnerable point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It's a logical argument that I might make myself if this were about any person other than the one I've been trying so hard to find. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Pascal and Boyle both ‘won’ this argument in so far as they succeeded in casting doubt on the legitimacy of appealing to substances whose existence might be theoretically convenient but could not be demonstrated experimentally. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He looked at Mr. Chatham and asked, “Is the state prepared for its final argument?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
He had repeatedly promised that he would recite it for me when I visited him after the argument. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, they got into a car together. I assumed that was what the argument was about.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The next 37 posts are all arguments about whether MathMaster was right. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
After the destruction of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish court and intellectual elite were convulsed with argument for a century about whether the conversions were worth the suffering inflicted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
I wanted to appear reformed, thoughtful, and eager to enter a crimeless future, and I thought my gestures would amplify my argument for release. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
Structurally—this somewhat rudimentary argument went—Marxism was a simple substitute for Christianity. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, his cases for both the thesis and the antithesis are really the same argument. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
In that respect, Boyle’s argument is a new and distinctively mechanical one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Even more startling, people seemed to like listening to her and to be genuinely inspired by her arguments. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
He told the defense team he would listen again to their argument for dismissal. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
At BYU, “You sound like a feminist” signaled the end of the argument. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
The cool porcelain was under the tip of his forefinger, and before the arguments could start around again, he made himself press it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
To mount this argument he needs not just a complex contrivance but one which is in continuous movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
In so far as Boyle’s ‘vacuum’ was indistinguishable from Torricelli’s, the arguments in England were fundamentally the same as those which had already taken place in France. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Help me think of a name,” I suggested, using the baby to distract them from a silly argument. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The woman and the van driver had realized that their argument ought to be handled by their insurance companies and were exchanging addresses when the woman saw Will helping Lyra to limp away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
There would be no argument, afterward, about what had been said. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dahlgren did not appear—to do so would be to violate her own argument that women should not participate in public forums—but she offered a written statement titled “Protest against Woman Suffrage.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Cases are won on closing arguments only on television, not in a real courtroom. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
Although some readers found it hard to get through—especially if they couldn’t buy his argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
The game never lasted long before they switched to husband and wife, practicing kisses and arguments in the cellar of Ethel’s house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
“In a way,” deep in argument, his eyes never wavered from mine, “the whole world is on a Funny Farm now. But it’s only the fat old men who get the joke.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was an argument they’d had so many times, she and Mamma could probably say each other’s lines. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I dressed quickly, something stronger than butterflies battering recklessly against the walls of my stomach, my argument with Mike already a distant memory. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Bobby continued reading anti-Semitic literature as well as neo-Nazi tracts and getting into heated arguments about the evilness of the Jews with virtually everyone he met. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Malfoy had flushed a dull pink; he looked furious as he stepped away from Crabbe, with whom he appeared to have been having a whispered argument. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
One time, towards the end, Dedd broke down in tears in the middle of one of their arguments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He used to challenge me to a game whenever he wanted to settle an argument or some asinine pop-culture dispute. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
What can you do, thought Winston, against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
"I don't think the fact that he drinks and drives all the time is a very good argument." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
The momentum of the argument abruptly broke from his control. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every window in the tavern was lit up, and the air loud with the angry shouts of men deep in argument. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Robust in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, with cool blue eyes that made the lesser sort pay attention to his mealy arguments. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I visited the pegasus stables, but Silena Beauregard from the Aphrodite cabin was having an argument with one of the Hunters, and I decided Id better not get involved. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
She understood both sides of the argument, and she could not force herself to voice an opinion. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Though everybody knew that Zeno’s statement was false, nobody could find a flaw in Zeno’s argument. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Laudan’s arguments tell against Putnam’s claim that science gets at the truth, not against the claim that what marks science out is that it is reliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
She wanted to say it so badly, how she overheard their argument. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
At the base of the steps, several Amazons in camouflage were having a heated argument while a young woman— Queen Hylla, Hazel assumed—watched and listened from her throne. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
The antis used the same arguments they had used all along: Suffrage would destroy the home; it was “unwomanly”; mothers would neglect their children, and wives would divorce their husbands over political disagreements. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Still, despite all the arguments, we moderns—and, indeed, we postmoderns—place our faith in facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It didn’t matter; he wasn’t buying my argument anyway. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
His arguments were pointed with specie—we doing the punctuation—and with a little bargaining he told us what he knew. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
“I brought this on the condition that you will not raise any arguments today,” Father Amadi said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
The argument boiled down to one issue: the landlady demanded that my mother beat me and, for once, my mother refused. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Columbus, Brahe and Gilbert did not supply arguments that Galileo used; they supplied role-models that he was bold enough to follow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
His core argument was that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional because it violated the natural rights of the citizens of each state to control their own domestic affairs. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
In practice, the game seemed to come down to mostly shoving, hitting, and falling into the water, along with a lot of loud arguments about whether or not someone had said "Mayhaps." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
It turns out that Didu and I share a lot of the same tastes, despite a fiery argument or two over color combinations. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Contemptuous of Oppenheimer’s arguments against the Super, he depicted Oppenheimer as a Svengali ruthlessly hypnotizing some of the world’s most sophisticated scientists into joining his opposition campaign. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The argument that followed was loud enough to be heard all the way down to the letter boxes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
The kids on the team heard that the argument had to do with territory and gangs. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
After Giovanni and the others had replied to his arguments, he suddenly arose, declaring that these were matters to be discussed in a more secluded place, and withdrew into another room. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh yes — you should hear the arguments they get into! Actually, I hope you don’t, you would think they were raised by a pack of wolves.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I know better than to talk back and start an argument. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Whether they had or they hadn’t she proceeded to tell them all about it, using every argument she could think of to get them to come. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
“I can end argument right now,” said the folding man. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
He is fastidious about his clothing; their first argument had been over a sweater she’d shrunk in the washing machine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
If an argument or a song were going on at La Ida, or late at night when good fellowship had reached its logical conclusion, Eddie poured glasses half or two-thirds full into the funnel. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was, in and of itself, an argument for the weight and beauty of our culture and thus of our bodies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
If you put The Lexus and the Olive Tree and this book together, the broad historical argument you end up with is that there have been three great eras of globalization. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
Partially because I was freezing in the chamber and partially because I was upset that Commissioner García, of all people, had clapped for such a ridiculous argument. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
If I yielded now, I would lose more than an argument. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
“But even so, there is an argument to be made for forming an alliance against the Sixers.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
But we were so absorbed in the argument that we ignored the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
If this was their position, events quickly demonstrated that it was an argument they were destined to lose. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
These things he called “introduction,” “narration,” “argument,” “digression,” and “epilogue.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
To avoid argument, Marina made the decision that the women who would become pilots had to have already logged a minimum of five hundred hours’ flying time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
He didn’t offer me any argument as I climbed onto the stone bench beneath the pole and stretched to reach the iron ring. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“Now and it need not be so,” answered Wang Lung in argument. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Fortunately, there wasn’t much chance of an argument. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Harry repeated the argument he kept bringing out in favor of this theory. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
She was sick and tired of her grandfather’s speeches, of listening to his arguments with her Uncle Jaime, and of endless electoral campaigns. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Chapter 15 looks at the key arguments on which the relativists depend and shows that they do not do what is claimed for them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Another popular antisuffrage argument stated that giving women the right to vote would threaten the family structure. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Where she would have had a spirited argument only, an exchange of ideas, a clash of hard and different points of view with a friend, with him she had tried to destroy. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Constance was indignant, but there was no time for a full-blown argument to develop, for just then the children’s escorts arrived. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
This concept of argument from analogy had been taken up by the Epicureans from medicine, but it was also familiar to lawyers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Did you have an argument?” she asks, nodding at my laptop. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
For a little while, they lowered their voices, and then their argument broke out again and they started to shout. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
Aristotle might have had difficulty in following Galileo’s argument that the size of the container matters when trying to understand floating bodies, but Archimedes would not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Every so often a thump quieted everyone, and arguments erupted about which tree had fallen in which direction. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
During the argument, the Court was feisty, and it was impossible to predict what the justices were going to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
‘It’s too late for argument. Octavian has assumed emergency powers. The legion is behind him.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
If a writer believes that 90 percent of the evidence and argument supports a position, then something like 90 percent of the discussion should be devoted to the reasons for believing it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Boethius made the argument as follows: God is omnipotent. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
What is meant to sound like an antislavery argument transforms itself in midpassage into a verbal fog bank that descends over the entire subject like a cloud. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Why do so many people—capable of delivering whole paragraphs of coherent argument in one-on-one conversation—falter when asked to speak in public? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
“We can make the argument that he’ll endanger us,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
However, one night I overheard an argument concerning Claudius, the king’s younger brother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
It is important here to distinguish this claim from the argument with which this chapter started. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
You will use arguments of analogy and probability and induction, as discussed earlier. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
This argument was much more robust than the mind/matter distinction, and came under systematic attack only in Hume’s posthumous Dialogues. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Worsley took advantage of the argument to get an extra dig into the pot with his spoon. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
But he also wanted to give the reader the sense of being present at a real argument, one from which Copernicanism emerged as indisputably victorious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Howard challenged the anonymous writer to produce proof of his charges and angrily defied anyone in the room to give him a plausible argument for how the allegations could have been possible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Men line up in New York City to read the argument against giving women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
And, I believe, words....You understand, an argument....I don’t know. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
As the story of sixteen-year-old West Springfield native Rashad Butler develops, the city seems to be split in terms of which side of the argument they fall on in this case. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
In the years immediately before the founding of the Royal Society two new sets of arguments for Christian faith were pioneered. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He begins his great work by running through a set of conventional arguments drawn from Sacrobosco: the heavens are spherical; the earth is spherical; the waters are spherical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Now I knew most of the Brotherhood arguments so well—those I doubted as well as those I believed—that I could repeat them in my sleep, but nothing had been said about my assignment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
We had a lot of arguments over what the name should be. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
He gets so much out of the support, even with the arguments. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
My parents, engaged in the world’s quietest argument. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
This logic may seem like splitting hairs, like an argument as mystical as Newton's “ghosts,” but in reality it’s not. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Then she resumes an old argument with the regulars. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
The second flaw in the capital punishment argument is even more obvious. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Nora and I go back and forth, each reading a different argument from the list. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
Their prominence constitutes a strong argument for an infusion of healthy skepticism into our schools, a state of mind generally incompatible with innumeracy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the caliber of the men involved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“If Your Majesty will hear my arguments ...” “I have. Five times. Have you brought new arguments?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
That argument goes on today as, for example, we debate how closely to regulate coal mining. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
One argument mathematicians cite for not writing for a larger audience is the esoteric nature of their work. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ever since that day my mom started cleaning out her room, and we got into an argument, she’s let it sit, like she’s forgotten about it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
He rejected the argument that she had voted in good faith. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Like the proof of the irrationality of V2, like the discussion of simultaneity in special relativity, this is an argument in which the premise is challenged because the conclusion seems absurd. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next class, he assigned me a second essay. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
The intellectual apparatus of the new science—facts, experiments, theories, laws of nature, evidence—did not establish its worth by philosophical arguments; its success depended upon the fact that, in practice, it produced good results. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“All I know is I want to work on rockets,” I added, just in case we were having an argument that wasn’t apparent yet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
This divide-and-conquer strategy is better than repeatedly allowing counterexamples to intrude into the main line of an argument while browbeating readers into looking away. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Unless he’s having heated arguments with Siunek, Ernst or no Ernst, about the proper way to slice carrots for soup. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
I walked slowly on, blinking my eyes in the chill air, my mind a blur with the hot inner argument continuing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Galileo’s first venture into astronomy was to insist that parallax measurements proved that the nova of 1604 was in the heavens, and this was still an argument of fundamental importance to him in 1632. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The other Keepers burst out in argument, everyone talking over everyone else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
From the first, it was not as though we were engaged in tense political arguments but a lively and interesting tutorial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Power of Context is an environmental argument. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The legislature debated the issue for an hour, but the arguments had all been heard before. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
He studied orchids because they were so beautiful and people used them as an argument for God’s hand in nature. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Everything I had been through up to that point could only be used as support for Chubs’s argument. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Some people never admit that they are wrong and continue to find new, and often mutually inconsistent, arguments to support their case—as Eddington did in opposing black hole theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
If we could only get some hint as to what passed in his mind, between the time of my argument with him to-day and his resumption of fly-catching, it might afford us a valuable clue. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
Ceremonies, discussions and arguments began to be carried on in normal or even louder than normal tones and no one stopped to worry about being overheard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Controlling the tense of an argument is a very good way of controlling its direction because it is, essentially, a way of controlling which branch of oratory you find yourself in. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
But despite the tireless efforts of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the outspoken arguments of the Revolution, women still could not vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
There will almost always be more lines of argument available than it will be possible or prudent to use. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
“And if the blind leadeth the blind, both shall fall into the ditch,” she told him, making her argument unassailable because it was clearly on the side of the Lord. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
But I refused, and finally we had this argument. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fact that the source of this expression predates Newton and was picked up by him for his own purposes only reinforces Faulkner’s compelling argument. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
Once again the bulk of the verbiage pushes in one direction while the content of the author’s argument pushes in the other. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
As we have seen, the projected cost of compensation was a potent argument against gradual emancipation, and the argument has been echoed in most scholarly treatments of the topic ever since. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
But Dr. Strauss had a big argument with him and said an I.Q. didn’t weigh intelligence at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
I even wrote notes beforehand to help guide my argument. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
I made the identical arguments that I had been making all along, and many people expressed reservations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t remember ever winning an argument with him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
The Greeks even had a third argument that the earth must be round, for why else does one first see the sails of a ship coming over the horizon, and only later see the hull? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
For them, as we saw in Chapter 9, the argument from design depended on envisaging the universe as manufactured, rather than on showing nature itself to be purposive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Why we weren’t together when I got hurt. Did we have an argument? Did I do something? Did you go back to Raquel?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
At the same time, you could tell people were fascinated—obsessed, in some cases—and so it kept coming up, usually in solemn arguments, a world away from our ones about, say, James Joyce. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
They seemed to be in the middle of an argument. “—told you he was a bum!” the older woman said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
Tommy’s facility for making a far-out idea seem plausible set Francis to wondering whether an argument could be made for a “perfect biological principle.” Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
I understood and in large part agreed with their arguments, but I wanted to meet with my nephew. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I quickly reminded him of my original argument. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
All that remained were the final arguments and then judgment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
An argument began, behind which he sensed more opposition than he had ever encountered before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Several weeks after Gram gave me the claddagh, she and Mam got into one of their arguments. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Judge de Wet looked to him to reply to Bram’s argument, and instead of offering particulars he began to give what the judge derided as “a political speech.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
That’s how he gets out of almost every argument with me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
This led into an even longer argument—hard to follow and, to me, intensely boring—about whether Hesiod’s primordial Chaos was simply empty space or chaos in the modern sense of the word. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
“You do the first argument. Then Danny goes next. Then me and then Ellis.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
In revolutionary France, the defenders of slaves began to win the argument against the advocates of property rights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
This is the argument, he says, that Antigone makes in burying her brother Polynices: it may be against the arbitrary and temporary law of the tyrant Creon, but not against the unwritten law of justice. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
But the tension was felt everywhere; it spilled over into our studies, and arguments over Milton, Talleyrand or deductive procedures in logic were often clear substitutes for the outlawed fistfights over Zionism. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
It also ensured that Brahe’s new system was quickly known throughout Europe, so that his arguments could be tested against the nova of 1604 and the comets of 1618. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
When Mom wakes me up for evening prayers, I’m clutching an old Franklin Covey agenda, one that contains a series of arguments to prove Caliban’s depravity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
He was so certain of the truth of his assertion that he had become obstinate, as people do in violent arguments. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a lot of argument that went nowhere. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
At base, though the white brings forth many arguments to justify his viewpoint, one feels the reality is simply that he cannot bear to “lose” to the traditionally servant class. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
It took two arguments with Dad to convince him that these volunteer hours would count for something if I was one day going to be a vet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
Galileo refuted that argument by pointing out that if ice is held down under water and then released, its broad, flat shape doesn’t stop it pushing upwards through the water. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
“With the move. And my parents have been fighting more and more—arguments about money and stuff.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
But his cosmological arguments are purely speculative and philosophical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
To be clear: this is not an argument that affirmative action policies conflict with King’s dream that we might one day be “judged by the content of our character, not the color of our skin.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Or she would get into loud arguments with inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But we might restate Kuhn’s argument in a different way. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“It hurts too much. Please, Maxim. Let’s forget all we said. A futile silly argument. I’m sorry, darling. I’m sorry. Please let everything be all right.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
There was an argument from the cell on the other side of the wall and a thump from the one above. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t want to have this argument again. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
If you ever want to see an Iranian’s eyes bug out of their head, all you have to do is instantly accept their offer of treating you to dinner without argument. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Each of these arguments, of course, has become part of a larger intellectual movement which may loosely be labelled ‘postmodernism’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
His argument for the thesis was that if the universe did not have a beginning, there would be an infinite period of time before any event, which he considered absurd. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The argument stopped and everyone looked at me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were arguments over the sharing of scissors or who was to have the place with the best light. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
I’ve sat through plenty of arguments in my life, mostly in the last two months, but none of them ever scared me like this. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Boyle has his own version of this argument, which he uses not against the atomists but against the scholastics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“And Granddad and I, we had this argument about his ivory statues.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
I raised arguments and objections, but my mother sided with Granny and Aunt Addie and I had to accept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not remembering which of the bases had amino groups, he could not qualitatively describe the quantum-mechanical argument until he asked Chargaff to write out their formulas. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
No sound from the bazaars, no arguments among the merchants, no men climbing to the towers to chant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
They have an ongoing argument about necklines and bare shoulders. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Just when everything was so perfect and peaceful, an argument sprang up between the two oldest girls. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
The driver refused, an argument heated up, and the driver called police. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
The lecture starts with some priest named Greg who studied vegetables, and ends up with an argument about blue eyes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
Like a little argument we kept up to keep us from thinking too much. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the other hand, there was no escaping the conclusion that our argument was soft. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Bruno Latour is a bold—even sometimes a rash—thinker, never afraid to push an argument too far; but in this case I think he does not push his argument far enough. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“I suppose that is a valid argument,” the man in the grey suit says after some consideration. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
One argument for such a beginning was the feeling that it was necessary to have “First Cause” to explain the existence of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“That’s why I don’t have no arguments with no woman,” Chicken Man said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
But not long after, he did get into an argument with a woman. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
His best chance of doing so is to engage the public’s emotions, for emotion is the enemy of rational argument. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
The new proslavery argument, then, drew on assumptions about the white Anglo-Saxon character of the emerging American nation that were latent but long-standing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Father stepped over the children and pulled up a chair, which he sat in backwards as he loves to do whenever he has a good Christian argument. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Exactly,” said Xenophilius, as if he had defeated them all in reasoned argument. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
There’s the narration, where you set out the points at issue, and the proof, where you make the arguments for your case. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
There were some convincing arguments for merging the schools. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
He knew he was right; he just had to make his argument clear enough so as to be, as much as was possible, irrefutable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
The only reason they got involved in speed-dating is that they once had an argument at a party about the relative merits of arranged marriages and love marriages. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
They were a little late in arriving at the railway station on account of the argument with the traffic policeman. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Their argument is persuasive,” Shmuel answered, his thumb and forefinger pointed at her like a gun. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
But I can’t help it, because I realize now that I don’t know what the point of this argument is. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Supreme Court rejected their argument, ruling that an officer’s motivations are irrelevant when evaluating the reasonableness of police activity under the Fourth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
This was the point on which she had her worst arguments with Esteban, who was of a different opinion on the subject. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
One night my sister and father had an argument. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
Matt thought this was a brilliant argument, and he couldn’t see why the Keeper was so upset. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
What Shapin offers is essentially a circular argument: talk of constraint is incompatible with relativism, but historians are committed to relativism, consequently they must not talk of constraint. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It came out more like an argument than like a compliment. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
“Then it can be no argument to prove that he is in love. But I do not think it is at all a likely thing for him to do. Mr. Knightley does nothing mysteriously.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z
He thinks an argument can be made that the brain might be trained in its ability not just to attend but even to multitask. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Argument after argument, old injuries were rehashed and threaded through new ones. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
“Of course not, I like to win arguments. In fact, I always win arguments. Back to the subject—have you noticed how bad your face has been breaking out lately?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I could have settled the argument by informing them that I wasn’t going to press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
“Because now I’m going to prove that you’re right and I’m wrong. I’m going to give you the arguments you would have given me if you were smarter.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he met Burger in his room for breakfast, he began another argument, protesting that their choice of a deluxe hotel would draw attention to them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
Roy still hadn’t settled the argument between his brain and his heart. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Evidently Montaigne’s argument had to be expressed with exquisite care. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
That morning, Judge Byrne had listened to arguments for and against ending the trial. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Clancy had tried to show me how easy it was to affect the moods of multiple people at once, settling an argument between two kids without saying a single word. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Instead of continuing the argument about how they would cop, they began to fantasize about what the gold could buy when it became legal tender. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Suddenly he hit the bar with the oaken indoor ball bat he used in arguments to keep the peace. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Her arguments make sense, in fact. She’s happy as she is, and doesn’t want to take a deadly risk.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
I told him that now that the argument was over, things would calm down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Just to keep his word, I suppose, Farmer still pleaded Joe’s case, not expecting to win the argument. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
The arguments started before Bailey’s opinion was even asked. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
On my side of the argument I added, “So? We’ll be all the safer.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile an argument was going on by the fireplace. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
They never had a single argument and were almost never apart. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
Dr. Philobosian turned away from the face and moved on, rehearsing all the arguments against putting up Kemal’s portrait like that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Charles’s American friend Asa Gray was one of those people who wanted to see God’s hand in the design of flowers, but he also thought that Charles’s argument for natural selection was right. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
She glanced at Nico, and some sort of silent argument happened between them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
She never could say it wasn’t true, though, because every time it made an argument and Daddy thought every argument was a fight and had to be stopped instantly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
Lawrence mustered his best arguments for this elaborate defense of his work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I had promised Joe, whose name and case were constantly being discussed on television, that I would visit him after the argument in the Supreme Court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Though I knew nothing about the X-ray diffraction techniques that dominated structural analysis, I was optimistic that the spoken arguments would be more comprehensible than the journal articles, which passed over my head. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Her love was too fierce and simple, and she had no talent for argument. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
She prevailed on every charge, and she prevailed because she could mount an argument that the Munich Philharmonic could not rebut. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
There had been a running argument since the formation of MK as to whether the countryside of South Africa could support a guerrilla army. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seems to be an argument: there are gestures of the hands, a raised word. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
From there on the argument began to get louder and more personal. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stared at the model of the Parthenon on her computer screen and thought about the argument with Athena. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Initially, we had little success with these arguments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
She was tired of that, and Robbie was tenacious in argument. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
For Wotton, to say an argument is an hypothesis is to reject it, for if it really explained all the phenomena it would no longer be an hypothesis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
She used the same argument about the manicure set, the case with lipstick and face powder, the little bottle of Matador’s Delight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Davos himself had held his tongue during the arguments, but if truth be told, he had not been sad to see the back of her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Even in the heat of our argument, Conner had said he wanted me to be happy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
Although I knew I was right, I doubted I could withstand any argument. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Dell changes his argument with: "I'm too busy right now to get anyone's permission for anything." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
The argument for the existence of dark matter can be observed in the motions of galaxies. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Bragg soon interrupted me with a question, and I knew my argument had got across. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Harry thought he had rather impressed his uncle with this argument. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Owen Williams’ argument made sense; but I knew the decision to play or not to play rested on me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Normally groups this large would overflow with sounds—chatting, laughter, arguments, people calling one another’s names, like the market on any given day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
But by then he was only routinely enthusiastic as he went over Griffith’s quantum- mechanical arguments. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
That’s because an expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
He was mischievous and a terrible student, but he was hard to beat in an argument. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
He always beat her: she’d never won an argument from him in her life and she did not propose to try now. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
“Maybe, or maybe they just don’t want to tell. I remember other elections when there would be pretty peppery arguments. I haven’t heard even one.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
This study is more impressive, even if less spectacular, than the earlier a priori probability argument. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I will know nothing of the crafts of argument or narrative or drama. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
However, the argument between the two schools of thought was not finally settled in favor of the atomists until the early years of this century. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The spread of infectious diseases was inevitable, as were bitter arguments among old neighbors who fought over ownership of the land that was left. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Later, she read his online posts on Nigerian Village, all of them sour-toned and strident, under the moniker “Igbo Massachusetts Accountant,” and it surprised her how profusely he wrote, how actively he pursued airless arguments. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I nod, still drying my face, and Helena grabs the bucket and goes out the door without an argument or the smallest noise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
In the corner cage two tom cats started an argument and the whole cageful commented with growls and arched backs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Adam broke in, “Say, what is this argument? I said you boys should go to bed.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The rest of the afternoon consisted of more discussion, arguments, and votes about policy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
Kaede explained what had happened, and recounting the argument with her father caused her anger to flare again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
If only Tally had come up with the right argument to make her stay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Popper distinguished between the world of physical objects, the world of mental processes and the third world, the world of ‘problems, conjectures, theories, arguments, journals and books’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
They entered the kitchen where, except for two young men who were having an emotional argument in a corner, all was quiet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He’d lost the argument about driving and was pouting out the back window when it dawned on him to shout for his brother to stop: “Wait, wait, Mama must be having the baby!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jones listened to the loud sounds of argument and pleading coming from the alley and heard one plop of a slap land on someone’s face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘Okay,’ they said, and paid me in cash without any argument. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
One day a frightening argument erupted between Rosa and the doctor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Speaking of solving problems,” said Miss K, “do you think fighting is a good way to settle arguments?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
In the book, Charles was trying to make a strong, coherent, cogent argument for creation by natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh, surely not the whole trip,” said Ripred, bored to pieces by the argument. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
The Theorem rests upon the validity of my long-standing argument that the world contains precisely two kinds of people: Dumpers and Dumpees. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
As usual, Dad and Uncle Brian kicked off with an argument about the route from Richmond to Worcestershire. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
During supper-time, we heard shouting from another Company—curses the most furious—and, wondering at this outburst, we abandoned our plates and rushed to witness the argument. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
“We’d get into arguments about it once in a while,” recalls Hathaway. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He knew all the arguments of despair and would not listen to them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
In fact, various contemporaries of Newton had raised the problem, and the Olbers article was not even the first to contain plausible arguments against it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thomas looked around at the arguments breaking out across the Glade, Keepers doing their best to convince people they should take a chance and battle their way through the Griever Hole. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I discussed Dante's prior diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder following the attempted murder of his mother in my oral argument before the Mississippi Supreme Court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Then there was his prior criminal history, and the very public argument at the coffeehouse. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
“Well, I’m thinking we could do an argument on racial profiling.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
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