When she had finished mixing her herbs she let the small bowl simmer on the stove, then she took from her black bag a large lump of fresh, black clay. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your winnings,” he said shortly, taking a large bag of gold out of his pocket and dropping it onto Harry’s bedside table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

On each side of the depression there were large trees—white pines that went towering up and shaded the whole place to make it feel like a quiet garden. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen Mutti stands at the stove and tends a large black skillet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, an angle either twice as large or twice as small looked incompatible with the relevant bond angles. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Each time he came to fight his father only one thing had changed: each time Ben was larger and stronger than he had been the time before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he heaved a large, rough log, an arrow of pain shot through his right hand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

While the rest of her became smaller, her eyes grew larger. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The differences between, say, a D sharp and an E flat, when this happens, are very small, but may be large enough to be noticeable. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She jangled the large ring of keys she wore at her waist and gave Penelope an appraising look. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Rapid City was a large town on the northeast edge of the Black Hills. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

There once was a very large lake here, the largest lake in Texas. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As she saw it, her work, though crucial, was only a small part of a much larger trial. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were fully twenty-five seeds studding the top of it each as large as the end of his thumb. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Clean and delicate, as large as any he had seen, it was approximately the size and shape of a turkey breast carved away from the bone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“A corporation this large is a family affair?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Percy glanced up at Bacchus, deciding what final curse he would hurl at the useless wine god, when he saw a shape in the sky above the Colosseum—a large dark oval descending rapidly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Annabelle and Matthew scampered about the large room, giggling, while Kira wrapped the pie she had baked and placed it in a basket she had adorned with daisies and ferns. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly, carrying some puffed rice tossed with peanuts and chili peppers in a large packet made from newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A garden of Belle-roses reaches up toward a dark sky, their petals large and rich as sunshades, their thorns glistening like arrows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the corner stood a very large tank of water. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

What about a coffee cup for the large gentleman? The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time, the Soviet Union had dissolved, and the largest of its republics became the country of Russia once again. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The king had declared that large amounts of territory on the continent belonged to England. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

They come from the bunk next to mine—they belong to a Candor boy, Al, the largest and broadest of all the initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Harry wasn’t surprised; he could see that it was crammed with at least a dozen large and heavy books. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be coming from a large metal tub in the sink. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It's the largest we have, with the most comfortable bed.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finally one day they arrived in a city—so much larger than what Amari had ever known that she stared in wonder at the huge buildings made of stone. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had that large gym bag strapped across his chest and he looked like he’d taken a shower; his hair was wet and his cheeks were pink. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were trying to talk over the loud music blaring out from a large black speaker tucked into one of the corners. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He saw pain in her large eyes, and he saw understanding. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or as Feynman expressed it, "things on a small scale behave nothing like things on a large scale." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Dikoris were members of the Moro tribe, a mostly Christian group numbering close to one hundred thousand, and among the largest ethnic groups in the Nuba. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

So there were indeed some drug dealers who could afford to live large—or, in the case of the gang’s board of directors, extremely large. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They drove into the parking spot near the large stone monument. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The room had no window, just a large hole near the ceiling for a little bit of air to circulate. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was carrying a large concrete pipe on his shoulder with Uncle Fan and two other men. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Although a large group of people who play classical music together is often called a symphony, the more accurate term for the group is orchestra. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

My room is a large bedroom suite, typical for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the charcoal picture of my parents’ room drawn just after my father disappeared, the bed looms large. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He saw large brown eyes, leathery gray ears that looked familiar but wrong, a trunk, and sharp ivory tusks longer than his arms. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tidbit could not stop staring at the large, unusual woman. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It consisted entirely of large yellow beans cooked in water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells Vincent that he’d seen a painting that Claude Monet “had made of sunflowers in a large Japanese vase, very fine.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The electromagnetic separation plant was the largest and most complicated installation in the valley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The girl,” he added, “is lying facedown on a large and beautiful bearskin rug.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I knew it was a large white oak because it is one of the last trees in the mountains to lose its leaves. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archie is large with power, with age, with this conviction that I have wronged him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foreman of one plant in Mobile, a large brute, allowed me to tell him what I could do. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because she was an African American, she had been denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall, Washington’s largest and finest auditorium. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It might seem ludicrous to address as large and intractable a problem as white-collar crime through the life of a bagel man. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She stared hard at me, her large eyes suddenly narrowed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The hands withdraw; the loaf comes to her: heavy, warm, larger than normal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Statues of lions guarded the long flat steps, seeming to gaze thirstily at the large fountain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She edged away from the skull and backed into a second, larger than the first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Neanderthals and archaic Homo sapiens probably also had a hard time talking behind each other’s backs—a much maligned ability which is in fact essential for cooperation in large numbers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One paper ran a large shot of Marcela in the act of blowing her nose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a teenager Mahmoud began crewing on shipping routes between Lebanon and Syria, on large sail-powered cargo boats, bringing timber to Damascus and other cities along the coast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She tugs me forward to a large table overflowing with piles of tattlers, beauty pamphlets, and scandal sheets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I found a very stable-looking rock on the fringe of one of the largest pools and sat there cautiously, spellbound by the natural aquarium below me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We could hear the sounds of trumpets and saxophones and other instruments echoing through the hallways, and the choir doing warm-ups in a large room next to our dressing room. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There is a thin, peacock blue carpet on the floor, slightly too large so that one side curls up against the wall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A large, scarred table is center with twelve chairs around it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Astonishingly, though, even as he became larger and larger, Fyrian had somehow regained the use of his wings and was hovering overhead, peering over the rim of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The large luminous naked back end of her stuck out as she crouched on her knees hammering the bank to the floor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were metal guards over the headlights and tail- lights, and four large spotlights attached to the crash bar. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As though looking through a tunnel, she watched as the old woman ambled back over to sit cross-legged directly opposite her again, this time holding a large black bowl between her knees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Next to the house there was a patriarchal elm tree, against the trunk of which Finny leaned and shouted at me as I ran a large circle around him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the hatchet I hacked off a large mass of algae and worked a rope through it, which I tied to the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I was larger, at that moment, I would have torn him apart. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Pulled by large horses, it was surrounded by a group of men armed with glaives. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She would make seventy cookies with the almonds three times a week, plus one large cookie for herself and Akira to share. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The largest of the three newcomers was in front and the other two followed him, as though under orders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me, a large circle of customers are cheering on a Skiz fight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A group of men had harnessed themselves to a fire wagon that held a large tank of water, but one of the wheels broke and it proved too heavy to drag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was very small and Harrenhal was very large, full of places where a mouse could hide. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even though there weren’t many Muslims in my high school, we had a diverse Muslim community in New Jersey that formed such a large part of my childhood and teen years. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was only large enough for two fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day the sun shone, and Coraline’s mother took her into the nearest large town to buy clothes for school. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The rink was a large, open room with a hard wooden floor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding his large hands up, pumping his knees high, prancing, his great red beard flapping, his two-pointed hat bobbing this way and that, the hat bells jingling, he was like one possessed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked to Eugenia, who came into the foyer carrying two large plastic bags. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And for the first time I noticed that his large eyes were a pretty golden-brown color like a caramel candy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knox was talking specifically about New York City, but his concluding thoughts on this process could be applied to all large urban centers. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

On one wall was a large painting of a Seine river scene which Bull had bought while drunk in Paris. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was out alone on a walk on their large property and returning to the house. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Larger than any hunting hawk at easterly Rock, larger than the largest owl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered that the ground here could support such a large structure. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His head and shoulders were in the room before he caught sight of the creature curled up a few feet from him, fast asleep in the gloom with its large mouth wide open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The largest has curdled into a pillar like the cloud of tephra and ash and steam that billows atop an erupting volcano. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In front of it is a large metal sculpture that the Dauntless climb after school, daring each other to go higher and higher. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Reliable information about who could be trusted meant that small bands could expand into larger bands, and Sapiens could develop tighter and more sophisticated types of cooperation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his haircut looked like somebody had put a large bowl on his head and cut around it with scissors. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

A sugar basin would have to have two such handles and they would be larger than the one on the creamer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamaica has a very large Chinese population that since the nineteenth century has dominated the commercial life of the island. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Much too large for me to wear, I’d thought to use the shirts for a quilt and pants for a rag rug but was now very glad I hadn’t. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

If galaxies were frozen peas, it would be enough to fill a large auditorium–the old Boston Garden, say, or the Royal Albert Hall. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s the largest and most magnificent cathedral in London,” said Millard, “and if my hunch is correct, it’s also the nesting place of Miss Wren’s pigeons.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I could show her proofs of Mr. Muhammad’s teachings of such things as that the filthy pig is only a large rodent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For homeroom, Ben had a large bovine woman named Mrs. Troutman who had an eerie sadness about her face even though she smiled all the time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had it allowed itself to be captured by such a large, dumb land creature? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was a much larger dog than any of ours, which besides have short hair and brown eyes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It picks up the cylinder, brings it over to a large canister, and drops it in. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The girl had gone to fetch water from the river and was walking back to her hut with a large calabash on her head. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Slowing down for the bottleneck, he noticed that the men in uniform were waving over vehicles with large flashlights. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The foyer is formal, with flocked burgundy wallpaper, a large gilt-framed mirror, and a dark, ornately carved chest of drawers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Printed upon the banner, in letters large enough to be read from the mainland, was the word LIVE—an acronym, obviously, for the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The spangled ring was growing larger, as it always did. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Papa hoped that by staying open as late as possible his newsstand might get some of the business that would otherwise have gone to the larger stands. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am aware of Presence, not personal the way we usually feel presence, but something larger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He is clean-shaven, with closely set eyes and thick, prominent eyebrows, and although he is of medium build, he seems much larger: there is something stubborn and substantial in his demeanor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Something large and white was looming up over him—about to run him down. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mouth closed on a spoon meant two crying empty, feathers flying, so I dashed back and forth like a mother bird, flouting nature’s maw with a brood too large. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each hand looked as large as a bunch of bananas. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the acrobats are receiving their applause, roustabouts run into the center ring, rolling two balls ahead of them: one small, the other large, and both decorated with red stars and blue stripes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I pictured the returns sitting in the large gray filing cabinet in the kitchen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They consider it no less than their bounden duty to bring back a larger fish than last year. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Miller was a large man and a likable one who sometimes on slow workdays organized the boys into teams and taught them intricate games on the playing field. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In middens around Yellowstone National Park, he said, they first show up in large numbers about five hundred years ago, the time of the great epidemics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Pritchards were a large family that lived upriver about five miles. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot to tell you. This piece of art is called Chinese Handcuffs. At least, it’s a larger variation on that idea. I call it Chinese Spidercuffs.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It is intensely shy, nests in bramble and thorn, eats large insects and fairies, flies only in heavy rain and otherwise remains hidden in its tear-shaped nest. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know you get bored when I go into the math, so I'll summarize: The small, constant thrust of Hermes's ion drives is much harder to deal with than the large point-thrusts of presupply probes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Icicles hung from the eaves of the house to the snowbanks, great icicles as large at the top as Laura’s arm. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta wrote as large as she could, then Fern decided to go back to “Little Girl,” the name she wouldn’t answer to in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Which was why I did not move when I felt a large, wet, sloppy plop drop down from the branches overhead. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since large portions of Amsterdam were shaded in, our first question was what we should do if the water in the streets rose to above our waists. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Individual patients get forgotten, and what seems like a small problem gets ignored until it grows large, like MDR. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When my eyes focus, I see that a large crowd has gathered a few feet from us and Pa disappears into it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked back again through the adult grove, but this time Tino sat down on a crate between two large trees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fancy a flutter on the match, Arthur?” he said eagerly, jingling what seemed to be a large amount of gold in the pockets of his yellow-and-black robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This was a small manifestation of a much larger issue on campus. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Lemos agreed and got two large trunks packed and on the wagon, plus a mattress and a featherbed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is the largest road system in the world in the control of a single body. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cole heard the motor slow and realized that Edwin was guiding the skiff toward a protected bay on the large island ahead. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Even worse was the group of adolescents, boys my own age, who sat gathered around a large table. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If only Felicia could take an interest in the revolution, Celia believes, it would give her a higher purpose, a chance to participate in something larger than herself. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The newspaper is on the table, and I glance at the large headline type. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since his trip beneath Rome with Piper and Percy, fighting those twin giants in the hypogeum under the Colosseum, most of his nightmares were about basements, trapdoors, and large hamster wheels. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The car stops in front of a large brick building that looks deserted. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She ran out of space for her library some time ago, but instead of making the room larger she has opted to let the books become the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A large baboon crossed the road in front of me, and I stopped the car. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And under the dress, breasts large and solid as earthworks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three wear bloodred caps and flowing red robes with a large golden eagle emblazoned on the front. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing was that a lot of kids were talking about being down with gangs and trying to make themselves large by going to wack city and offing somebody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain forests are also its largest reservoirs of viruses, since all living things carry viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed me to a back room with a large wooden tub and a grate on the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He and Newt had just joined Chuck for breakfast at a picnic table right outside the Kitchen when a large group of Gladers got up and ran toward the West Door, talking excitedly about something. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was vegan and distrusted large corporations and shopped only at farmers’ markets and brought his own organic juice from home. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A large archway was emblazoned with the sign: REMAKE, REBUILD, RELIVE! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

From up above came a whirring sound like a large drill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone groaned and most of them glanced at the large monitor on the receptionist’s desk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On June 15, boys scuffled in Washington Park, the large leafy park closest to both Packingtown and the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Colliding dust grains formed larger and larger clumps. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We built it larger than our last one with the hope that a brighter fire would attract the draccus more quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His back was against a gigantic oak tree next to the black walnut, now just two large skips from Listening Rock—we could almost touch it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Brannon extinguished the match, Odum began eating his cigar, taking large bites and swallowing the tobacco with the relish of a gourmand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bipedal dinosaur with armor-plated skin and a pair of large cannons mounted on its shoulder blades. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If you planted pumpkin seeds there, in a few months there would be large plants growing across the ground, and a few months after that, there would be great yellow pumpkins ripening in the sun. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Then, very gradually, part by part, a pale dangling individual stepped out of the wreck, pawing tentatively at the ground with a large uncertain dancing shoe. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

On the narrow market paths, she maneuvered between small boys carrying large loads on their heads, women haggling, traders shouting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He dunked a large scrub brush into a bucket of water and commenced halfheartedly scrubbing the floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Agriculture occurred in as much as two-thirds of what is now the continental United States, with large swathes of the Southwest terraced and irrigated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I puffed out my chest a bit, remembering that I still had the longest braids, even in this larger group. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Poppet Murray stands on the front steps of la maison Lefèvre, a leather briefcase in hand and a large satchel sitting by her feet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people’s business.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the horse left the barn, they tramped along en masse behind him, joining large throngs of spectators on the apron of the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arp points to other cases in which a galaxy with a small red shift is flanked by two quasars of large and almost identical red shift. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her feet were large, unfamiliar shoes—white with the hint of a heel, and laces tied in big, perky bows. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So the Goodmans entered into partnerships with growers who knew how to grow, harvest, pack, and distribute large quantities of produce. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The owner of Boston’s largest commercial construction company, Tom White, for whom Zanmi Lasante’s tuberculosis hospital had been named, had befriended Farmer from the start and ultimately gave several million dollars to PIH. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I grow lighter, less dense, and larger... larger... exploding outward into the sun. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Collapsible chairs were poked into the still-soft ground and a large wooden cross was hung from the center beam at the rear of the tent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, these gangs were loosely organized bands of young people from working-class neighborhoods in large cities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The largest section of the database appeared to be devoted to information on Halliday. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning Mr. Fitzgibbon started the larger of his two tractors, the huge one he kept in the barn, the one that pulled the combine in the fall harvest. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of a large explosion shattered our connection. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Another, larger laboratory with a second door leading out and, in the middle, a glass tank shaped like a barrel, filled with green liquid. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw that my avatar was standing in front of a large C-shaped reception desk. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The large “store” area was partitioned into two rooms by beaverboard planks that did not reach to the ceiling. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a large building next to her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kayode spent every vacation in his parents’ house in England, which looked large and forbidding in the photos Ifemelu had seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Red Cross team is easy to recognize, with their white T-shirts emblazoned with the large red symbol known the world over. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Quick heels coming down the stairs, and his mother, large, soft, and gentle-looking, quivered at the entrance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie followed, dragging her feet, for the room they entered was larger than the main floor of Cutler’s Tavern, and it was crowded with tables and scriveners’ desks. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

You probably don’t know it, but Manchester and its smoky suburbs have got quite a large Jewish population, and nobody minds. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Up die hill from the campsite the same windstorm that left him a place to land the plane—had that only been three, four days ago?—had dropped three large white pines across each other. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you get too large, you don’t have enough work in common. You don’t have enough things in common, and then you start to become strangers and that close-knit fellowship starts to get lost.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his horse—a very large horse—my way. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The lenses made his blue-green irises seem so large they were startling. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

That’s not true for everything that swims at night, especially certain large and fearless sharks. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some of the village-folk had lit a large fire, just to enliven things, and also because it was one of the things forbidden by the Chief. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And they saw a great black beast, shaped like a hound yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested on, and this hound was tearing the throat out of Sir Hugo Baskerville. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Forebodingly I caught a smell—metallic, the iron smell of blood, as when a woman gives birth, as at the sacrifice of a large animal, as when I menstruated and dreamed red dreams. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few have become owners of large corporations, some have risen to top levels in Fortune 500 companies, and larger numbers work as midlevel managers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The moon, suddenly large and impressive, dusted the shoal of trees covering the hillside below with a serene fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down in a kitchen chair and poured myself a large orange juice and vodka. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gone were the small-town rhythms and the day of the waterman, replaced by connections to the larger world and the vitality of middle-class dreams. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We are also working to determine any accomplices or known associates who may still be at large. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A string of gray yarn stretched across them, and the last woman was working on a large wooden spinning wheel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was clutching a magazine to her chest; large letters on the front announced that there was a pair of free Spectrespecs inside. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Dicey waited for the conversation to continue, but it didn’t, and James just stood there looking at Stewart as if Stewart were a mountain or something terribly large. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were seen at a beer parlor, Ojiugo wearing Nicholas’s large white shirt and nothing below, and Nicholas wearing a pair of jeans and nothing above. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He started off down the hall, to the large room on the end which had once been the nursery. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The things we do not know, independently and in unison as a family, would fill two separate baskets, each with a large hole in the bottom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She narrowed her eyes and glared at her family sitting on the grass in a large field. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The following morning, a large group of people passed through the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I also bought a large sack of candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The English money was too large to fit neatly into her wallet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

What was that large shape behind those bushes? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I find a man with a pushcart who is selling roasted peanuts, and I get a good bargain—he gives me two large cones filled with freshly roasted peanuts wrapped in newspaper. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the table next to the mixer, which had a few large mini cupcake pans. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In front of the gate they met a large crowd gathered in amiable conversation around a bonfire on which a pig was roasting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The demoness went to her icebox—a strange device—and took out a pitcher and poured a large glass of some white liquid for me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For he was the father, and could do whatever he liked — to remind himself of which, he ripped his soft, gray desk blotter in half and wrote, in large red letters, ACTUALIZE. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not remember at first how large it was and he didn’t know if it was full. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right next to it was a large container of Jamboree Juicy Jellies, and before I knew what had happened the Pigman had grabbed them and put them into the shopping cart. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She put her hands on her hips, that familiar gesture of exasperation that always made her seem larger, and I saw the unnatural diamond shape formed by her elbows and narrowed waist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sand exploded at his feet and out charged a wild boar, even larger and uglier than the one whose head hung above the door of. cabin seven at Camp Half-Blood. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff comes down the street atop a large, ill-tempered-looking beast. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Garrett emerges from the door to the garage with a large container usually reserved for camping trips. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Smoke streamed from several large splits in the hull. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There the path joined up with a larger road going west, overland, toward the capital. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We emerge on the deck, and Quinton brings me over to where two large wooden captain’s wheels are mounted. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They came to a large enclosed island where hippos grazed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped forward and embraced Ella, seemed to draw strength from her large dark presence, but then pulled away, smiled, and brought her attention back to me and me alone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At this pace, your queen’s dragons will be larger than Aegon’s three before I can lay eyes upon them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Quickly he covered the whole wound with a large cotton compress and jerked his hand away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Three large black birds hung from the ceiling on a wire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then the engineers set up an experiment re-creating the circumstances of the accident, flying a test plane into the trailing wake of a larger plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Well as a matter of fact I did. I found rather a large tree and Lawley and I sat out in the open and there was quite a show. Lovely, oh lovely.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a big qualifier must be added to this sentence: “in the long run and over large areas.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped by a large door set between two elegant bay windows, and knocked loudly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

All the others, including the kitchen, in which the bathtub was the largest and most conspicuous object, were almost nonexistent. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He surreptitiously observed everyone else as they scooped large ladlefuls into their bowls. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Next we go into All Flesh, which is marked by a large wooden pork chop hanging from two chains. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And next, a large brown dog, with easy gait and dangling tongue, came loping down the road toward them. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed a large playground and pool, both filled with laughing kids. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In time this oddly matched pair would play a large role in defining how the world viewed the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and, by extension, the very nature of the new Nazi state. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Obtaining Personal Information The name of the game in statistics is the inferring of information about a large population by examining characteristics of a small, randomly selected sample. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piles of them function as tables, others hang suspended from the ceiling, along with large golden cages holding several live white doves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Not being so large, the hyena was able to sleep in a hut, and was given the skin of a waterbuck with which to cover himself. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Education lays the foundation of a large portion of the causes of mental disorder,” Jarvis wrote. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I note the width of his right wrist, note that his fist is probably as large as my whole face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He shook out a large cloth and draped it over me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

At the other end of this room, there was a heavy wooden door with great iron hinges and a lock as big as a large book. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She starts a fire inside a ring of stones and cooks something in a large tin can. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was a large, parklike hilltop with a wandering path lined at intervals with information boards describing charges and last-ditch stands and other confused, noisy action. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their wheels were large and linked by a thick tread. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Once, as I arrived on the Peak in the early morning before it was properly light, I saw the dark shape of a large animal looming in front of me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was bending down, pulling on his socks, and his back was so large and friendly I wanted to rest my head on it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brings me a large scotch and soda, on the house. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was under the shade of a large tree with droopy branches covered in beautiful purple flowers that gave off the most amazing scent, like real perfume. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The curtain parts again in about 1500 B.C., when an archipelago of villages, the largest known as Poverty Point, grew up in the northeast corner of Louisiana. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With wealth and immortality the bait, the European nobility found itself transferring large sums to the practitioners of this dubious art. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the Paqo, a large weaving of a jaguar stared at me with yellow eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Among other factors relevant to answering Yali’s question, cultural factors and influences of individual people loom large. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were twigs on the ground, and large stones, but he avoided these carefully and was soon only a short distance away from his quarry. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The VLA is able to resolve or discriminate fine detail in the radio regions of the spectrum comparable to what the largest ground-based telescopes can do in the optical region of the spectrum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had eaten a large plate of oatmeal, and his coat shone in the sun as he licked it sleepily, his eyes following Mrs. Nurmi as she moved about the cabin. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went along the lane, until they saw the thatched roofs of a large house and farm-buildings peeping out among the trees ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Without an ability to compose fiction, Neanderthals were unable to cooperate effectively in large numbers, nor could they adapt their social behaviour to rapidly changing challenges. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was large, and it would be too empty without the person on whom Emma fixed all her routines, as she said. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor craned his neck back and saw that a platform was being rapidly lowered from a large, rectangular window. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Around the house were a large garden and a wall studded with searchlights and alarms. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They stood at one end of a large room, which was split into two sections by thick metal bars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He walked down the mountainside to the road and sat under a large rhododendron bush. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Instead of lying on the floor of my living room, I was lying on the ground in the sun, almost directly over a hill of large black ants. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was a loathsome little creature: he paddled a small boat with his large flat feet, peering with pale luminous eyes and catching blind fish with his long fingers, and eating them raw. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Arnold, a well-behaved yellow Labrador retriever, was larger than Ginger and was—quite decidedly and obviously—male. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eagerly, Riccio kneeled down on the floor and started leafing through the large pages. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there were still 5.5 million square miles untouched by man—an area twenty-five percent larger than the continent of Europe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We have seen that large or dense populations arise only under conditions of food production, or at least under exceptionally productive conditions for hunting-gathering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She ended with a farewell and the largest flourish of all—Hattie. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the other walls there are concert posters and a large black-and-white photo of him onstage somewhere, guitar in hand. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The hill was near the center of a large amoeba-shaped forest located on the opposite side of Ludus, over four hundred kilometers from my school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The most interesting of the moons of Saturn seems to be Titan, the largest moon in the solar system and the only one with a substantial atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so large, we had to move an armchair into the garage to make space for it in the living room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were in her office, a small room with a large, welcoming fire, Professor McGonagall motioned Harry and Hermione to sit down. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Silhouetted against the golden moon, and growing larger every moment, was a large, strangely lopsided creature, and it was flapping in Harry’s direction. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, if diprotodons had been the only large animal to disappear at this time, it might have been just a fluke. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The village people were so happy at the fact that they had been saved that they took the old man to the largest hut they had and made him their new chief. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But months later, I got the large package in the mail. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Peering through the space between spectators, he can see a hoop, larger than the one the contortionist used, held in the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I saw they wouldn't even let me in through the door, let alone give me a large scholarship like the one I had at my own college. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

You can always tell by the square windows, which are large enough to allow some light but too small to let a body in. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

‘Give me a large towel, Matron,’ he said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see them through a large glass window. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She pointed us to a pile of large garbage bags. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schmid’s castle housed the largest known privately owned chess library in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but you love it! You and Grandpa would always eat an entire large pepperoni pizza by yourselves!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I turn from the cabinet and go to the credenza that takes up a large portion of the living room wall. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Under Hoover, agents were now seen as interchangeable cogs, like employees in a large corporation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

X-Ray had a large bruise on his right cheek, and he wasn’t wearing his glasses. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A large puff of greyish smoke and sparks poured out from under the hood that covered Mr. Evans's face. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Stella used to perform in a large and famous circus, and she still does some of those tricks for our show. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But in their cell, which was just large enough for Shin and Uncle to lie side by side, they could whisper. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They sat around the oval conference table in Aunty Onenu’s large office. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Each room we passed was larger than the one before it, and all were filled with brilliant rugs covering marble floors. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The yard, overgrown and long neglected, stretched out behind the house to a large tree, and beyond that to woods. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first pedestal holds a painting of a giant sea dragon crushing a large wooden ship. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Disrespecting Dad might have been the reason Shawn wore it, but I suspect another reason was that it was large and comfortable and covered the scars from his surgery. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But in one small corner of the country, something large was beginning to stir that terribly hot summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The men descended on the large shoe store next to the city hall, shouting as they threw hundreds of pairs of shoes into the street. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some, especially ladies with babies, said yes, with a grateful look, and Dicey or James or Sammy would carry huge bags out to large station wagons. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Traditionally held in the acrobats’ tent, as it is the largest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Harry was with them; he would, of course, be supporting Bulgaria, and he wondered vaguely why he had a large green shamrock pinned to his chest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The floor was covered with a large Oriental rug. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A large bottle was swinging from his hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Aru waved her hand like a pageant queen—rotating it slowly at the wrist—before the three of them ducked through the large gateway marked EXIT. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were six of them, and they paid the largest share of the rent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The finished paper would not be quite as large as the newspapers she had made by hand, but it would look much more real, more important. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The walls grew larger, the lights dimmed, the floor beneath her feet extended for miles and miles. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He drove past a large hospital and pulled into a diner with a line of police cars parked out front. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, a Story Box is a vessel for the magic of stories, right? It holds it, ready to bring them to life, much as an Anansesem would, only on a larger and grander scale.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There were but eight; yet, somehow, as they flocked in, they gave the impression of a much larger number. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Why is the universe so uniform on a large scale? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the chopping board in front of her she’s cutting more, with a paring knife, her large hands deft, indifferent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My siblings stood in a loose half circle around the room, facing the four intruding adults: three large, unfamiliar men, plus a woman I’d seen before, from the welfare office. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of bears in the park is not large—estimates range from 400 to 600—but they are a chronic problem because so many of them have lost their fear of humans. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

One much larger black spot is masked by leafy fern curtains. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gregor could tell the roaches’ domain sprawled over a much larger area than Regalia or the bats’ caves. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Will is going against their wishes, and this says something to her, something large. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The space was much larger than it had seemed from without, stretching off to right and left into the adjoining hovels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Peculiarness is determined by genes, not geography. But large portions of the peculiar world have simply not been explored.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Undeniably the instinct to support the arts went - and still goes - hand in hand with a desire to reach out to larger numbers of people, but the two aims were often contradictory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Libby led me up a wide staircase, to a large gallery with a dozen windows, and tapestries hung between them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Together, in our cramped apartment on the South Side of Chicago, they helped me see the value in our story, in my story, in the larger story of our country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the middle, framed in gold like the photos but much larger, hung a portrait of Capricorn. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mother, concerned about the effects on her children of a drawn-out legal affair, opted to settle out of court, despite believing she had a larger wrongful death case. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Though Iris was held in place by five large bolts, the force was directed entirely to a single one. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doomed fish of Flint Creek included large numbers of white crappies, a favorite among anglers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For weeks an unusually large supply of wild pigeons had been for sale at the market. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

A monstrous sycamore stood in the middle, so large that it shaded the entire grounds. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He scrambled a little way up into one of the larger of the bay-trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Ebola virus particle contains only seven different proteins—seven distinct types of large molecules arranged in a long braided structure that is the stringy Ebola particle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On it was my name written in large black letters. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The Faun trotted in, half dancing, with a tray in its hands which was nearly as large as itself. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The towering figure roared: a creature so large that a man could have bathed in the soupy spittle of its mouth and sat curled up in the chambers of its heart. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

One old woman had already solved the problem for herself by dragging in a large cardboard carton. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a greasy black bird almost as large as an eagle, with a jagged beak like an obsidian knife. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A large stereo system sat on a shelving unit next to a boxy television set. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was Bicycle Bill, in his tricked-out three-wheeler bike with a basket that carried a huge speaker and his toy poodle, Henry, and had a large picture of Celia Cruz taped to the front. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Matty stood often before it, looking carefully at the intricate embroidered tapestry depicting a large thick forest separating two small villages far from each other. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

In her gloved hands she held a large cream-colored box with foreign words written on top: “Fine English-Tailored Apparel, Tientsin.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started out with large contributions from wealthy businessmen. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But it seemed to me that both of these concepts, career and maleness, were only subdivisions of the larger idea of race. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Regina began to cut the gingham—small sizes for toddlers, larger for small children—until she had forty aprons. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

For purposes of comparison, the average backyard swimming pool is slightly larger than this Ptolemaic wineskin, containing about forty thousand gallons of water. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

In front of the Palace Flophouse there was a large log of wood where Mack and the boys were sitting in the mid-morning sun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The church is large and made of brick; on the top of it, instead of a cross, there’s a thing that looks like an onion and goes around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But a very large number of Americans will do all they can to preserve the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

First one hole, then another, no bigger than a finger’s width, until the water eroded the sides and the outlets grew large enough for two fists to go through. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I didn’t realize how large our party was,” he snaps at me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ash climbed out of the carriage in a daze; she saw a large stone building before her, the front door yawning open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There will also be a very large number of stars, which are just like our own sun but much farther from us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The large glass window was decorated with colorful skulls, marigolds, and dancing skeletons. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

This, in turn, produces large quantities of lactic acid, and that acid rapidly builds up in the tissue of the muscles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The largest, blackest of the rats shook its head. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“And I could have a large inventing studio,” Violet said wistfully. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

As it loomed up, it seemed to the fox to be as large as the house his humans lived in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It had several large claw rents from when the draccus had walked over it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of this delighted Papa, filled him with pride for his son who had returned a larger man, with a surer sense of himself and of where we all had come from. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

We listened for the scrambling of two large rats. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dicey walked down one and saw a large house, white shingled, and water beyond it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One extremely large vein in Mr. Dimblewit’s forehead looked like it was about to explode as he gave the Gran a tight smile. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hagrid was sitting in an armchair outside his house; his trousers and sleeves were rolled up, and he was shelling peas into a large bowl. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He knelt beside the first of these and looked through into a large white-tiled room, a laboratory with complicated glass and steel equipment laid out over work surfaces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The large black woman violated all the unwritten rules that, to C.P.'s way of thinking, constituted the beloved Southern way of life. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I also had no idea how the prices on the menu corresponded to the money in my pocket, so I would hand the waiter a large bill and wait to receive change. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The boys split, diving into the yard, each ducking behind some large, odd piece of junk. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The first person to make explicit the idea of a large—indeed, an infinite—number of other worlds in orbit about other suns seems to have been Giordano Bruno. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gray, canvas bag, as large as a loaded army duffel bag, hung from the ceiling on a long chain. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first friction point was the “Mike” test at Eniwetok in November 1952, involving a large thermonuclear device. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now that she pointed it out, it did look like a large section of the trees had been in rows before the draccus came. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My assignment was to make sure he was happy in the job, that he had someone to come to if he needed advice, and that he felt connected to the larger team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was concentrating on avoiding the large mud puddles left behind after the strong morning storm. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

At more than three hundred pounds and well over six feet tall, he was easily twice my size, probably the largest person in B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had reached a large stone reindeer now, over which they could see the sparkling jets of a tall fountain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then several of them climbed into a small boat that rocked and tossed in the waves of the large water, and they rowed out to the floating house in the distance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hidalgo smiled again and started pouring coffee beans into a large grinder. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dragging the useless leg, she took a thick earthen bowl from a shelf and went to the fire, where a large pot simmered and smelled of herbs and vegetables. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Kira followed the scenes with her hand as larger and greater cities appeared and larger, greater destruction took place. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large green tarp served as its roof, and we slept on the cement floor on tiny blankets that two people shared. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The five cabinet members then rolled up the large parchment and, with many bows and flourishes, retired. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the fire was farther away than he had thought, and larger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The light from the device cast a spooky blue glow across the large room—bigger than Mark would’ve guessed—revealing two long rows of bunks fining both walls, probably ten on each side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Over the past 13,000 years the predominant trend in human society has been the replacement of smaller, less complex units by larger, more complex ones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We walk down the path to a large, glass-enclosed pool with a rock island at its center. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cole hiked the shoreline a few days early and found a little scrubby pine tree barely three feet tall growing against the trunk of a larger tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Research indicates that a large number of close elections would have come out differently if people with felony records had been allowed to vote, including at least seven senatorial races between 1980 and 2000. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just that she couldn’t bear losing her boys, although that in itself was a dread large enough to stop her in her tracks. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been built for ministers with large families. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Simon,” said the large man, “we have to talk about this.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Propelled by her downward momentum, Kendra found herself taking larger steps than she wanted. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Robin removed large sections of the liver and put them into plastic bins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand years ago, there were no dairy cows or ferret hounds or large ears of corn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I wonder who made this path, and what for,’ said Merry, as they walked along one of these avenues, where the stones were unusually large and closely set. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Reentering the pantry, he removed a large jar of boysenberry preserves, pulling another jar forward from the second row to disguise the absence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Twice a week at dusk, Padre Leo grabs a large black duffel bag and pedals his bike over a bridge that spans the Rio Grande into Laredo, Texas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He took my arm, a thin man who carried a large cloth bag slung over his shoulder. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fought fiercely to get off that table but my shoulders were pinned down by the full weight of a large man. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The office is large but looks smaller than it is due to the volume of its contents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The king’s host was creeping through the heart of the largest forest in the Seven Kingdoms, yet dry wood became difficult to find. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the deep center a large carp flipped its tail and then disappeared as quickly as it had surfaced. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

This was to minimize the chance of trouble—it was chaos enough to have a gallery full of keeplocks at large. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He switched on the large lamp that sat in the opposite corner, and it cast his wall of posters in brightness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a large window against the south wall, and an opening through the west wall led to the living room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A large vein throbbed just below the surface, under a thick layer of skin. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

For the Federalist leaders in New England were interested in recruiting Burr as part of a larger scheme that aimed at nothing less than the dismemberment of the American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He let out a short, harsh laugh, and pointed to the large trunk under the window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The larger the area sprayed the more serious the harm, because no oases of safety remain. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We found a huge oak with branches thick as separate trees spread wide to shade a large area. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were also playing more shows, to larger and larger crowds, almost every weekend. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The farther they climbed, the larger the buildings grew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were shaking, their teeth chattering as they found a dark part of the forest behind a large tree and a row of rosebushes and hunkered down. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A beaming Mr. Cobble handed up a certificate to Maniac for the year’s worth of large pizzas. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes the larger of the two knives, and I take the smaller one. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as I was through it, I turned around just in time to see the Crystal Gate transform into a large wooden door set into the castle wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

To my right I saw a large black hand shaking a branch and bright eyes glaring threateningly through the foliage. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

George Layhe, who had gone up to the third floor, was in the most desperate situation of all, lying flat with both a large piano and a huge pool table on top of him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was only large enough to hold three, so Emma, Millard, and Horace squeezed inside while the rest of us crowded around the door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

For a large man, he danced with surprising grace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment opened directly into a large, messy room. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had some larger plans for the future. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that one side of my chest was actually larger than the other, and said that it was probably filled with water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it must be ten times as large as Pentos, a vastness without walls or limits, its broad windswept streets paved in grass and mud and carpeted with Wildfiowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The idea that race played a large part in the life process was becoming clear to me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A large strong hand took him in the nape of the neck and pinned him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She found a number of large grasshoppers, pulled off the heads to remove the guts, and roasted them on a flat stone over the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a wide, tree-shaded avenue and the houses were rich and impressively built of large granite blocks with long stone stoops. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second series of concussions arrives—closer, larger. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Fred’s casket remained at the end of the long aisle in front of us, under a large, white cloth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was pointing to a large spray of yellow chrysanthemums and red roses. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At length, the larger of the two came out, slipped along the bank under cover of the brambles and so down into the ditch and up into the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the click of her door being unlocked, and then Jerome Paisley poked his large head into the room. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I looked down and found a large black chain instead of a seat belt. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The creatures were surrounding something that lay glittering in the mud: something slightly taller than they were, which lay on its side, a large cage, perhaps, with walls of crystal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A large ragged sheepskin was tossed across the papers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This place is not a larger version of District 12. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dell drives me to the Southside plant nursery on Saturday and we buy rooting hormone and three large bags of potting soil. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He came bearing as much as he could pack into one large suitcase, about fifty pounds. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The larger logs send sparks up into the air, which makes everyone cheer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Four posts held up a silk canopy and at each post dangled large silk ties holding back curtains. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her vantage point on top of the cliff, Kaede kept an eye on Con as he shoved one of the larger packs along. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

James’s large frightened eyes traveled slowly around the room. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were out of sight, she poured the water she had fetched into a large calabash, letting it stand beside the house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was too small for a leopard, too large for a wildcat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom, and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

So I go to bed and, sure enough, within a few hours I awake from a nightmare where that old woman from District 4 transforms into a large rodent and gnaws on my face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And a large paisley scarf, also dusted with white powder, is wrapped a few times around his neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I have heard many stories about how the soldiers kill prisoners and then dump their bodies into large graves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These guavas are large and juicy, almost seedless, their roundness enticing you to have one more, just one more, because next year the rains may not come. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Through the top, I can see several large pieces laid out in half circles. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, about six house-elves came trotting up behind him, bearing a large silver tray laden with a teapot, cups for Harry, Ron, and Hermione, a milk jug, and a large plate of biscuits. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even for Kumalo that was a very large number of cattle, but he agreed with the father that he would give them to him in return for the privilege of marrying his daughter. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But by the early 1900s, their roles were expanding, and women were tough in defending their rights; they were determined to have a voice in the larger union efforts. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Another holler went up in front of me, and a large woman flopped over, her arms above her head like a candidate for baptism. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama also did not appreciate that Sumac was forever trying to sneak dried corn from our large storage jar. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But then the law of large numbers started to kick in, and the pace of doubling slowed. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

A large black Maríachi hat hung around his neck from a strap. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Donovan’s eyes were opening into two large popping bowls of glazed blue. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“This is Ron,” Harry told Hagrid, who was pouring boiling water into a large teapot and putting rock cakes onto a plate. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Round her neck was a collar of very large pearls which, improbable though it seemed, were real. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was about to bulk especially large in Kamen’s career and establish a new milestone in the Rad Lab’s reputation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

To the left through the doorway stood a large walnut buffet in what must have been the diningroom. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Vincent Obi was a small round man submerged in a large pair of jeans and an ungainly coat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Students spread large sheets of paper on desks and gathered around, eagerly shouting suggestions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It dropped straight down into a larger cavern, but Annabeth couldn’t see the bottom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The grip no longer quite so firm, the hand no longer quite so large. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the total amount of energy available to make particles becomes very large. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We paused by the largest storefront, its window darkened with grime and cobwebs. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

This is in large part why the story has gained currency that Chief Luthuli was not informed about the creation of MK and was deeply opposed to the ANC taking up violence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he saw himself breaking a large colt to halter. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the house was a large barn and hundreds of vineyards. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid momentarily saw, like a larger, younger outline around this old woman, the sister she had been waiting for. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The large rucksack had defrosted near the fire and Niels brought it into the kitchen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There is one large picture of you that Papa keeps on his bookshelf, with a garland draped over it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The largest black newspaper, the World, with a circulation of over two hundred thousand, was shut down, its journalists and editor, Percy Qoboza, detained. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his way to work Rick Deckard, as lord knew how many other people, stopped briefly to skulk about in front of one of San Francisco’s larger pet shops, along animal row. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Here,” he said to Harry, handing him a particularly large piece. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the last circle are five metal bowls so large they could hold my entire body, if I curled up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

First, and very carefully, he started to raise the lower half of the large window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before we were to reboard the bus, I wandered into the large drawing room dominated by a Hals and a Rubens. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He wandered back home and found Lee up and stuffing a very large turkey. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could see the tip of its green tail ahead over one of the large misshapen rocks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His father belched, crumpled the can, added it to a large pile, and drew a new can from a dwindling pile. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

This is a paraphrase of Cowee’s story: Late one spring a large part of Tlingit ventured North to Yakutat to trade for copper. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old, gray-bearded man went up to the large podium, put on a prayer shawl, and started the service. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was a very large number of monkeys, and it generated big money. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw him beaming, his two large front teeth more visible than ever, I was relieved. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Lashed to his back with a rope was a large square box. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was not a large road, nor well traveled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So the best place to attack was on the western shore, a place called Empress Augusta Bay, forty miles from the nearest large Japanese base on Bougainville’s other side. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the posse’s men collapsed closer to the tree line, on mossy ground, among large rocks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With something close to elation I saw him pull up a large, gray lump of bread which he held up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The very old man with the very large nose. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One of the searchlights found it and revealed it to be a large manned balloon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, the corpus of writings in classical Nahuatl, the language of the Alliance, is even larger than the corpus of texts in classical Greek. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that the universe is so uniform and homogeneous on a large scale, it contains local irregularities, such as stars and galaxies. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel, reclining in a large armchair on one side of the fire, beckoned her to come and sit in the other chair facing him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"The armorer lives above his shop, in a large house at the top of the Street of Steel. Alyn knows the way, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By this time the last of the other assembled rats had made their way into a large meeting hall, where they sat facing the raised platform. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He loomed larger and larger until he seemed to blend into a great needle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing had two large black buttons where its eyes should have been. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

A stack of wide, flat rocks had been built near the tree; a large stone bowl rested on top of it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I drew them large; I shaped them well: the eyelashes I traced long and sombre; the irids lustrous and large. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The way began to rise, and as it did the rocks grew larger. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his arms, he carried two large loaves of bread that must have fallen into the fire because the crusts were scorched black. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You modest young gentleman,” said the butler, substituting a large horn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tried to shout — but once again, nothing came out of his mouth but a very large bubble. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The encyclopedia entry had a photograph of Pauline Hawthorne herself, a slender woman with large dark eyes and silvery hair in a no-nonsense bob. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“A house of her own!—But where is the advantage of a house of her own? This is three times as large.—And you have never any odd humours, my dear.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Berkeley attracted the most promising young graduate students, hosted the most eminent visiting lecturers, pocketed the largest contributions from research foundations and garnered the lion’s share of public interest and acclaim. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At length however, the question was asked by her uncle; and she turned away with alarm, while Mrs. Reynolds replied that he was, adding, “But we expect him to-morrow, with a large party of friends.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Their danger comes from the large packs they travel in. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Researchers around the world were working to develop a vaccine for hepatitis B, and doing so required a steady supply of antibodies like Slavin’s, which pharmaceutical companies were willing to pay large sums for. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I called to four of my friends who were primping in front of the restroom’s large lounge mirror. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true, of course, that some large African animals have occasionally been tamed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the room was a large fish tank that was only a quarter full, but the bottom was covered with rocks and dark mud that clouded the water. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her blue eyes seemed to grow larger, brighter; and suddenly two tears rolled down her cheeks. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our home had one large room that served as kitchen, dining room, and living room—all in one—and one bedroom. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Bunny’s tweed jacket was slung across the back of his chair, exposing several large rips and stains in the lining. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The hill was shaped like a comma, large and round with a spur leading out and down: The Twentieth Maine was positioned along the spur, the other regiments curved around to the right. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the limitation of the sexual drive to a discontinuous time-segment, and the “equalizing” of it in androgyny, must prevent, to a large extent, both the exploitation and frustration of the drive. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far off, Liyana could see a girl with red hair running at the refugee camp, carrying something large in her arms. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the yellow candlelight his silver-grey hair seemed almost golden, though the pouches underneath his eyes were etched as large as saddlebags. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She came out into the hall, which was scarcely large enough to contain the three of them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Outside the building, a large number of black folks were angry. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

How large the world must be to make my grandmother only a taste by the time she reaches me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes sat in his cell at Moyamensing Prison, a large turreted and crenellated building at Tenth and Reed streets, in south Philadelphia. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Just then the Waiter stopped in front of them, beside a large white doorway that looked as though it were made of thick chalk lines. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dell Duke had a large jar of jelly beans on his desk. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She was large and vigorous, impatient with Willie, who had to be told things more than once, but, as the days wore on, won over by Lyddie’s hard work and quiet ways. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before he leaves Brussels, Vincent visits a bookseller’s shop, where he buys a large sketchbook made with old Dutch paper. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The command room itself, ninety steps farther down, was relatively undamaged: a large oval room with maps on the walls, desks, telephones, and a bank of computers. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nhamo considered the line of rocks between her and the large island. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was surrounded by things like cabling, hooks and the plates that linked the bare-bones machinery of the door hydraulics with the more aesthetic wall coverings of the large cargo room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Through the outer courtyards and along the corridors we went, going with the crowd to whom this was evidently a nightly routine, and into a large vaulted chamber with arched entrances opening on three sides. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large tract of cumulonimbus cloud had rolled in. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s carrying a tray of thimble-size acorn cups and a silvery decanter of what smells like blackberry wine in his large, clawed hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Daisy and I stayed near the entryway while Malik darted around and finally emerged with a large lizard, maybe two feet long and three inches tall. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stood motionless, realizing that it wasn’t the wind rocking the chair but a large dark form sitting in it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They came into the light, moving low across the ground: black shapes, many-legged and large as cart wheels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate... we cannot consecrate ... we cannot hallow this ground. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Milo’s eyes opened wide, for there in front of him was a large dog with a perfectly normal head, four feet, and a tail—and the body of a loudly ticking alarm clock. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was neither as large as the locket he remembered seeing in the Pensieve, nor were there any markings upon it, no sign of the ornate S that was supposed to be Slytherin’s mark. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Change was coming, both on the small stage of my life and the larger one of our town. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On the grass behind the hedge rested a large pie tin full of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The room’s large plank tables were nearly half full, seating about two hundred students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Before him on a tray was a large tin plate divided into three triangles. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Listening Rock was close—the distance to cross was four large skips on a dry day. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dozer examined the large hole in the plate glass window and shrugged. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t large—he guessed he could lap its perimeter in under a minute—but almost every inch of it was blanketed with flowers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In complete boredom the next day he tied a large towel beneath the boom and over to the handrails on either side to make an awning and sat in the shade. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a large lady with bright blond hair and a barbed-wire tattoo around one of her biceps. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A National Law Journal survey from the time found that in large firms African Americans made up not quite 3 percent of all associates and less than 1 percent of all partners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A polished wall enclosed a large oval cavern about fifty feet high. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rumor has it that Lord Roiben, her king, is planning to swear to the new High King, bringing with him his large Court, one that has held off Madoc’s forces for years. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At her bedside sat a large man in beige Canadian Forces fatigues. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sitting at the control board was my dad the engineer, years younger, examining a printout no larger than a grocery receipt. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Harry,” said a girl with long hair and large misty eyes, who was just behind Neville. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They are part of a larger development that researchers are finding: an increasing economic segregation. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Three staircases and several halls later they arrived at a large chamber filled with loaded shelves. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Quite a few men had brought their own tortillas and cold beans, or bean dip; in the helicopter there were large thermos jugs of coffee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spent her free hours in the library, so wondrously well lit; the sweep of computers, the large, clean, airy reading spaces, the welcoming brightness of it all, seemed like a sinful decadence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What she dreaded, more than the removal of the dressing, was the look of reproach in his large brown eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was broken when a large man, larger than Coach Warner, stood up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large room, with an oval table of polished rosewood on which stood various decanters and glasses, and a silver smoking stand with a rack of pipes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men closest to me swung at me with a large tree branch but missed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I could make out a dark fractured outline on the bottom, the blackened hulk in three large sections. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As we turn to continue our walk back to Block 2, the Director’s very large presence steps in front of us, blotting out the sun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her head is twisted unnaturally to the left, chin raised and held in place by a large pair of white hands. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was still getting the hang of speaking in front of large audiences, but this would be one of the biggest assignments yet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The large policeman came over to the car. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

New tasks—small and large, medical and personal—and their bwats were added throughout the day. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Otto focused on the creature, which was large enough to be a monster, but not really gruesome like a monster. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just behind them a large branch fell from an old overhanging tree with a crash into the path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tata Ndu is much heavier than my father, with very large arms, and at that moment seemed more imposing in general. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got to get home,” said the Duke of Westminster, hefting a large stone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Hence moderate-sized agricultural societies are often organized in chiefdoms, and kingdoms are confined to large agricultural societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was definitely larger than an eagle, with a sleek black body the size of a Labrador retriever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The doctor agreed to come to Cange, negotiating the twelve-hour trip through mud and streams, for a fee of several thousand dollars, a large sum in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It looks like someone lifted the top off a large pool table, designed a course on it, and dropped it in the middle of Grace’s room. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“You missed the Sorting, anyway,” said Hermione, as Ron dived for a large chocolate gateau. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

One woman, I noticed, was pressing some baby’s clothing and another seemed to be making remarkable progress with the sections of fuchsia satin which she was joining together 011 one of the large sewing machines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You see,” she explained to a very skeptical Glerk as she drew a large chalk circle on the ground, leaving a gap open to pass through. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The yellow clapboard walls of the large house, with its encircling veranda, gleamed in the sun, but no people strolled on the green dome of the lawn. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a large black volume entitled The Walking Dead in tarnished silver letters. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were large and strong and good and kind. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

On her finger was a large diamond ring, cut into a brilliant square. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

More blacks were pulled off streetcars and beaten; even larger mobs of whites roamed the streets, searching for victims. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He acquired a wife from a good family and a magnificent town house as well as a large chateau in the country. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not expected a palace larger than many a market town. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

China consisted then of kingdoms with rich elites and poorer commoners, living in walled towns, and on the verge of political unification to become the world’s largest empire. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” she says, handing me a large yellow envelope. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

‘See the stars out the window. It’s a hard thing to realize that every single one of those little stars is a planet as large as the earth.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two long fire pits had been dug, and resting over the pits on brick platforms were large metal pans. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The curtains were drawn, the large space lit dimly by lamps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I keep walking, feeling as obvious as my vehicle: large and white. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Adam’s eyes seemed to grow larger, and they were moist and edged with red. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Fifteen," she said, "fourteen . . . thirteen . . . twelve . . . eleven . . ." Thousands had gathered at Cape Canaveral, the largest crowd ever to watch an unmanned launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other giants spread out quickly in a large circle, each giant about twenty yards from his neighbour, preparing for the game they were going to play. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madoc is already seated on the largest of the faerie steeds, an impressive creature with a scar beneath one eye. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I realized the buzz actually came from a large wasp flying in erratic darts and circles over our heads. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Recently, the Soviet scientist E. Sobotovich has identified a large number of tiny diamonds strewn over the Tunguska site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he forced his eyes to trace the god’s form, starting with his black iron boots, each one as large as a coffin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The island was no larger than Dumbledore’s office, an expanse of flat dark stone on which stood nothing but the source of that greenish light, which looked much brighter when viewed close to. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She collected all the dry scraps and puzzled over them for a long time, trying to figure out where they fit into the larger piece. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on the stones, melted wax cooling, his face all faces, one eye blue, the other golden, hair that was brown, red, yellow, black, one eyebrow thick, one thin, one hand large, one small. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached the fence surrounding the field where the large wicker basket and deflated balloon rested on the ground, Guy let go of the hands of both his wife and the boy. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When the pilots flew to the new airfield in their single-seat Yak-1s, their ground crew had to be transported together in a larger aircraft meant for heavy bombing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There was a dam there for the mill, and below the dam a couple of hundred yards was a large pool. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, instead, being given a sky-ride on the end of a rope by a large winged sow. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She noted the obvious set of large double doors in the front, along with some smaller access doors along the side. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But one, I saw, had a large stick in his hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Over on my left stood a large hackberry. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a great discovery when I found that a fresh-tasting fluid could be sucked out not only from the eyes of larger fish but also from their vertebrae. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The halls here were larger and better furnished, if no less cold nor damp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sign upon the gates of Le Cirque des Rêves tonight is a large one, hung with braided ribbon that wraps around the bars just above the lock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At sunrise they were astounded to see the large number of believers and curious people who had spent the night there. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the lectern during rehearsals he turned the pages of the missal, a book of music notes large enough for all the Brothers to see as they stood in the chantry. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Nor have they stopped the average South Korean from getting richer, better educated, and better housed in what has become the fourth largest economy in Asia, the eleventh largest in the world. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The same stewardess who let the large white woman gawk at us and press money into Fern’s hand wasn’t so quick to hand us over to the woman I said was our mother. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not far away was the largest garbage heap I’d ever seen. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the only wharf in Boston larger than Hancock’s. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We read the large sign on the fence: City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I am not sure she could actually have gone so far as to say things like: 'these errors may be trivial in themselves, but you must yourself realize their larger significance'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry Potter is too good to Dobby!” he squeaked, wiping large tears out of his enormous eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her dragons had grown too large to be content with rats and cats and dogs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His father said, “Sit down and watch television with us,” and he turned back to the TV, apparently unmoved by the presence of a large, strange dog. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was just one room, barely large enough to turn around in, made of rough wooden planks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wanted to have her shadow eaten by a giant mythical crab-monster, that was her business, though in fairness his readings suggested those usually lived in larger bodies of water. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The horizontal apparition hovered in the sky without growing larger, and though he was beginning to understand its meaning, it was, as in a dream, impossible to begin to respond or move his limbs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He revived a bit over a large bowl of porridge, and by the time he’d started on toast, the rest of the team had turned up. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In large areas of New York and other states, corrections is the only growth industry, the most likely profession for thousands of young people. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your largest and longest trees are wanted, and the arms of them for Knees and Rising Timber. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Mr. Stonecrop was there, his large self parting the crowd like Moses holding out his staff over the Red Sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The resulting volume of garbage overwhelmed its disposal system, which consisted of janitors bumping large barrels of fetid garbage down the same three flights of stairs used by customers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When basketball season began, there was an inexplicable discrepancy between the number of ten-cent tickets sold and the considerably larger number of kids in the bleachers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

All of this activity occurred in the shadow of Stonetown itself, a city that existed for the sake of its port, and which had grown so large and busy because of it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lily rolled shirts and pants and skirts into tight tubes and placed them back into her largest case. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

His heart lifted at the idea of seeing large groups of people again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was smiling while he patted a large brown dog, who was not even growling now. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Kat was staring at me, her eyes large and round, her mouth open. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The town farther along was larger but its rival in destruction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Though Nixon was angrily convinced that this was the work of “crooks and communists” out to smear him, the scandal got a grip on the nation at large. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

This is the largest unsupported arch on earth and I took the photograph while I was training out there for the RAF in 1940. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scene three quickly follows, in which men and women occupy centre stage and most large animals, along with many smaller ones, are gone. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The largest one was filled to the brim and was so heavy they had a hard time lifting it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The large snake slithered away into the darkness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In one cage two large, middle-aged gentlemen in top-hats and striped trousers were prowling up and down, anxiously gazing through the bars as though they were waiting for something. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Tess has pushed her way past one of the larger gamblers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A large chunk of flak had ripped up from the floor through Aarfy’s colossal jumble of maps and had ripped out through the ceiling inches away from their heads. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was a large photograph beside the bed, of a young Luna and a woman who looked very like her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A large, flabby lady from across the ward raked me with an eagle eye. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She made a point of using the ugly scraps until she had a large piece. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, so close to the boat I could have leaned down and grabbed it, a large sea turtle appeared, a hawks bill, flippers lazily turning, head sticking out of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he cut a large slice for everybody. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The base of the cliff was large boulders, some of them slippery with damp moss on their shadowed sides. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was a large, high-ceilinged room, the largest in the house, and it smelled of coffee and old newspapers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cloak flapped around him, too large suddenly, as if the man inside had shrunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t large, just a small interruption of water among the trees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I could see a large gold tooth staring at me like the blinding sun and then the rest of her teeth opened wide as if she were going to swallow me down in one piece. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji stood in front of a large window and watched workers load suitcases into the belly of an airplane. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a carpenter, Southside wasn’t allowed to work for the larger construction firms that offered steady pay on long-term projects, given that he couldn’t join a labor union. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Above them, the stalactites began to grow larger. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” whispered a tiny voice from the largest kitchen chair. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had three small dimples by the left clasp, and it was just large enough for a small child. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The tree was a large birch, standing right on the bank of the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were better educated and their larger vocabularies shamed him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After struggling another day, the first chick cut a larger hole and thrust her beak and egg tooth into the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They live in a larger hut than the first family, but still we are relegated to the corner of the room. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a larger part clung to the security of the familiar, as a sailor cast adrift might cling fast to any rock, no matter how small or barren. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If you stand between two mirrors—in a barber shop, say—you see a large number of images of yourself, each the reflection of another. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, Aunt Queen rolled out of the ward, past the nursing station, and through the large wooden doors into the hall. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From certain angles, she looked a bit like a large, good-tempered toad. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

On the small scale, it gives you the Yankees- Red Sox rivalry; on the large one, it gives you more questionable twentieth-century regimes than I care to mention. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The cold ring of gods stared inward with large, dead eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her house dress made her look even larger. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The blaze goes out of control, spreading to buildings onshore and thence to the Library, where it reduces a large number of scrolls to ashes. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

There were already people around, wandering the municipal gardens—now in midwinter, little more than a large grassy field with, here and there, some steps, a shrub, a statue. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Karen Gievers has several kids who won very large verdicts but are virtually homeless because they couldn’t collect,” Gay said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It’s strapless, wired from the inside, pushing up the breasts, but it doesn’t quite fit Moira, it’s too large, so that one breast is plumped out and the other one isn’t. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It consisted of large lumps of raw onion, beetroot, and tomato, all in a thick vinegary dressing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

However, he was only a hundred miles from his destination— Omaha, Nebraska, the headquarters of the large meat packing company for which he worked. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Amazon basin, essentially an astoundingly large river valley made of deposited mud, has almost no stone, so archaeologists wouldn’t even find that. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He ran his finger down the column of figures—$25,000 for the new cyclotron, $40,000 in combined annual operational expenses— and remarked, “It’s a pretty large undertaking.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Before my disbelieving eyes, the particles weave together, coalescing into large, manlike shapes with grasping hands and holes for eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Spreading out around it was the town of Saint-Denis, which was larger than any town the children had ever seen. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The weaving shed was farther along, mercifully in a shady area surrounded by large trees. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whites of his moony eyes grew large and misty as his mouth struggled yearningly and lost against the familiar, impregnable loneliness drifting in around him again like suffocating fog. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If they want to return as much of the landscape as possible to its state in 1491, they will have to create the world's largest gardens. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nathan walked inside the hogan and helped Uncle Jet carry a large, heavy mattress outside. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In a few more minutes the hall widened abruptly into a large oval chamber. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But if the impacting object is larger or made primarily of rock, there is an explosion on impact that carves out a hemispherical bowl called an impact crater. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a surprise for Harry, they had painted a large banner on one of the sheets Scabbers had ruined. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He managed to say, “Go — cupboard — stay — no meals,” before he collapsed into a chair, and Aunt Petunia had to run and get him a large brandy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Known as Fat Man, this was a large, round plutonium implosion bomb similar to the one tested at Trinity. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such spatial realities require that densely populated regions support large and complexly organized societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could swing my sword, it opened its mouth, emitting a stench like the world’s largest barbecue pit, and shot a column of flame straight at me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had often watched a large dog of ours eating his food; and I now noticed a decided similarity between the dog’s way of eating, and the man’s. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Along the side of the road were large motor homes, some with cars in tow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was arranged by holding up the shoulders, that the patient should see personally some of the larger foreign bodies through the machine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Already the dreary wallpaper on the lower floors was gone, and Odile was busy making curtains appropriate for a house large enough to have a bathroom. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The only window was too high to allow her a view and too small to squeeze through, but more than large enough to let in the chill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because the Martian atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as the Earth’s, a very large parachute, eighteen meters in diameter, was deployed to slow the spacecraft as it entered the thin air of Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was soon the world’s largest distributor in the fastest-growing industry in history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The washerwoman pinned up one of Illyrio’s tunics, large enough to double as a sail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had already crossed the whole length of the hall and was pressed close to two rabbits, a buck and a doe, each of whom was fully as large as Cowslip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The makos were larger and had mouths bursting with frightening teeth, but they too were nicely coloured, an indigo blue that shimmered beautifully in the sun. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that if the police did chase us, they would probably chase the largest segment, I broke off and turned left, right into the arms of the first police officer. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a minute’s weaving about through the whirl of rainbow feathers, he noticed a large silver key that had a bent wing, as if it had already been caught and stuffed roughly into the keyhole. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Two large chairs rest near the only window. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As was all this poisonous Mercury, as large in jinx as it was small in size. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

One Muslim ruler filled a feast table with seven large palaces made of sugar; another displayed an entire tree made of sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The hallway opened to a large space filled with cubicles, the hum of computers, the rustle of papers, and a few low voices. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He held up a large square bandage coated with sticky brown gunk and plastered it over Nico’s nose. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At least several times larger than our own fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dorian was dancing with a small brunette with outrageously large breasts that he took no pains to avoid glancing at every so often. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Their heads were clustered with curly globes no larger than pebbles and the color of the sun when it rises. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Justice Policy Institute has observed, “the Clinton Administration’s ‘tough on crime’ policies resulted in the largest increases in federal and state inmate populations of any president in American history.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The latter sites are called Clovis sites, named after the type site near the town of Clovis, New Mexico, where their characteristic large stone spearpoints were first recognized. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the table under the window' lay a massive volume bound in limp black leather-surrogate, and stamped with large golden T’s. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither did the public learn that the Central Intelligence Agency was warning Johnson that even a large American ground force would probably be unable to stop the Communists from eventually taking over in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The flakes were as heavy as rain, large and white and glittering. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Why would any God want to be only large enough to fit inside a certain group of hearts? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Small houses nestled in a line, and the larger buildings, none higher than three stories, stood behind, like mothers with their children. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The transport rolled into a parking garage at the base of the circular tower and descended a series of concrete ramps until we arrived in a large open area resembling a loading dock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I quietly left, and later discovered that this had not been an isolated incident but part of the largest nationwide raid undertaken in South African history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hebridean Black feeds mostly on deer, though it has been known to carry off large dogs and even cattle. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the air above, Miss Sarah and Miss Rose carried a large basket of additional refugees between them as they flapped to the shore. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And even though they couldn’t stop their much larger mother from lifting them up and plunking them into the water, they could refuse to touch the soap or washcloth. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes—an old family heirloom,” she said, patting the locket lying on her large bosom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The large hall lay quiet and dimly illuminated by hidden light sources in the transparent walls. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that a flash of lightning illuminated the byre, and in the light, Dunstan saw something small and hairy in the corner, wearing a large floppy hat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wore an Aussie outback hat, which was large, wide-brimmed, and made of chocolate-brown oiled leather. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mount Suribachi kept getting larger above us as we continued in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it couldn't have been a dream for there in the grass before him he saw the deep, large print of the Lion's front right paw. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Drawings, usually in color and very large, showing a matador with his cape, a bull trying to gore him.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bars were closed and police were instructed to break up all large gatherings of either whites or blacks on the street. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Despite my size, I drive to Minneapolis and walk around the large department stores, taking notes about how they create their window displays, trends in colors and styles that haven’t filtered up to us yet. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He reaches a hand out to the side, where Fulvia is already extending a large sketchbook bound in black leather. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The map was beautiful, painted by a master’s hand on a sheet of the finest vellum, so large it covered the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But then a sound like a large flock of birds came from above them, and Seven nearly collapsed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s just the dark tip of a much larger, much deeper, much blacker pyramid. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Most families controlled small areas, but two were large enough to dictate policy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In Chatham, New Jersey, he set up a big camp, complete with a bakery large enough to supply bread to an army. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was large and square and her heavy jaw jutted aggressively. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She was a beautiful thing, and her huge paws hinted that she might someday grow large—and swift. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A van pulled up and a larger group of men jumped out. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Something large and furry detached itself, whimpering, from the new arrival and flung itself at Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His dæmon, a large cat with fur of a thousand beautiful autumnal colors, stalked the corners of the study before leaping gracefully to Coram’s lap. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Toomer had stopped, hunted for a stick, and with great deliberation had marked a large “X” across the track of the snake. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her large bag in her hands she slid gracefully up the banisters, and arrived at the landing at the same time as Mrs. Banks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The first task was to pull out all the mosquito netting and stitch it into tents to cover our four identical cots and my parents’ larger one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mehtas’ house was larger than ours, but some of the mud-brick walls were tumbled, and a part of the house had no roof. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sat in the largest chair and called the hobbits to gather round him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

An hour and a half later sixteen-year-old Bobby was having his first meal of the day: filet of sole and a large glass of orange juice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded to Minya, and the space where his legend was gathering up words grew larger. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

By far the largest group of blacks was working class, a layer of society Drake sometimes referred to as the Respectables. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Feathers flew as two of the larger birds fought over a choice piece. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dozens like it filled three large mason jars in my bedroom, all of them gifts. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Experiments of the German Gerhard Schramm, first published in 1944, reported that TMV particles in mild alkali fell apart into free RNA and a large number of similar, if not identical, protein molecules. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When this is easy, move on to more challenging keys and larger intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He would overcome them: his band had grown large, and for the treasures Hrothgar could afford now to give them in sign of his thanks, his warriors became hornets. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer was hiding there in a squat He was eating peanut brittle, and his pimples and large, oily pores looked like dark scales. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On the floor next to the wall, one section of marble tile slid under another, revealing a dark square opening barely large enough to wiggle through. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Smiley found a large metal cage in his attic and brought it over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Koffi was still studying her, eyes dropping to the large stone snake carved at her feet, when she heard it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Sun God was battling the large clouds that now filled the sky world, and I didn’t take it as a good omen when the first faint flickers of his rising body were abruptly covered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“And I could have a large library,” Klaus said, “as comfortable as Justice Strauss’s, but more enormous.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The boys are working on an impressively large Lincoln Log house that’s made out of pretzel sticks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They passed through a crowd—maybe the large market on Griffith Avenue. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Her black tunic was simple but clean, and she wore a large head wrap that covered any hair she might have. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

From nowhere, a large, elaborate sedan chair was brought forward, which the emperor settled into with great comfort. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Upstairs there was a large attic, pleasant to play in when the rain drummed on the roof. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a large scarlet birthmark on his throat that made his pale skin seem almost translucent. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ordered a whole mess of chicken strips and three large milkshakes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

This large crucifix had been a "security blanket" I took to bed with me for years after coming to this country. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was larger than an eagle, its breast saffron, its head crested with scarlet, and its tail purple. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But a larger part of me feels anger. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A group of guards stood facing a large iron box, shattered glass littering the floor at their feet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know whether she was looking for something very large or very small. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood before them, a large, powerful-looking man, carrying a pickax. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Covered in shaggy fur, it has a large quantity of rough hair on its head and an exceptionally large nose. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hopes of succeeding accelerated when one day Perry produced a pastel drawing he had made—a large, in no way technically naive portrait of Jesus. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flat occupied the top floor of a large private house owned by a man named John Oker, whose daughters managed its rental. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The larger of the two—and he was quite large, well over six feet—was dark-haired, with a square jaw and coarse, pale skin. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A couple of large boulders, with names printed underneath them in white pencil. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Historians have emphasized the several compromises the delegates in Philadelphia brokered to produce the constitutional consensus: the interest of large versus small states; federal versus state jurisdiction; the sectional bargain over slavery. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A large colorful bouquet of flowers was in her hand, but her face was crumpled in anger. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, large crowds of white people were lining the curb directly across from the front of Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pennytree proved to be a much larger village than he had anticipated. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Theo's last name is large, the V of Van Gogh oversized. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was walking home that night, paying no attention to where I was going, when a large, sulky fellow approached me near the apple trees in front of Putnam House. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malia would ask me sometimes over the months that followed as we stood on one stage or another, with celebratory music blasting around us, her young mind unable to grasp anything but the larger purpose. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I make a sour face as I shovel a large bite of rice and meat into my mouth. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Armpit climbed back in, and they had only just started moving when a large white SUV pulled into the lot. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Baudelaire youngsters sat down in three large and comfortable chairs. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

"That's regrettable," he said, "but there's nothing to be done about it that wouldn't upset the larger plan. It's unfortunate, Brother, but your members will have to be sacrificed." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the group grew too large, its social order destabilised and the band split. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked curiously large behind the thick lenses of his glasses. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was lying on a bed of cardboard, under a kitchen table, peering through a large hole in the blanket at the spooky darkness around me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Yali’s question concerned only the contrasting lifestyles of New Guineans and of European whites, it can be extended to a larger set of contrasts within the modern world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They are obscenely large ears,” said Aunt Florence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The other friend fell into a large hole on his way home from collecting the money. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

As he rounded a curve, he saw what looked to be a teenager pulling a large green trash can toward the street. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was a large hidden trap-door in the floor of the barbican, which would let them into the moat after all. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Leo, even from up here, I’m sensing bad stuff at the bottom of those stairs. Something . . . large and dangerous. You sure you don’t want me to come along?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dell's pretty doughy around the middle, and his large stomach vibrates as if it's been put in a can and shaken at the paint store in one of those mixing machines. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The houses and the holes of Shire-hobbits were often large, and inhabited by large families. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tragedy opens with a scene showing a rich and varied population of large animals, without any trace of humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his large, freckled hand across the side of his head, where his hair was shaved close, and then through the tousled crown, where Mother lets it grow longer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His ears burned with the whispers around them, and he was acutely aware of the physical presence of the large black woman just inches away. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was she who, on her own initiative, put aside the largest piece that she had cut from the wedding cake and took it on a plate with a fork to José Arcadio Buendía. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

One shelf featured nothing but large jars of homemade preserves. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But as large farms flourished, the small ones struggled. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid’s husband had padlocked one large bottom cabinet and one drawer. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were now representatives of something much larger than themselves—a way of life, a shared set of values. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I think I'll get a pepperoni pizza and a large root beer," said Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, he was picked up by a black foreman who worked on one of the large tomato farms owned by Philip Turner’s father and driven to the nearest house with a phone. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

High John led us to the foot of the large sycamore tree, and once again I stood in awe of its massive size. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This place had no respect for anything—good or bad, small or large, wise or unwise. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Morning, noon, and night we each get one clump of rice, small, medium, large, according to our height, plus one cup of water no matter our size. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t mean anything to us,” he remembered, “until a large group of planes came near the ship and we could see for the first time the rising sun emblem on the plane wings.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many talents, so many different attractions, so much money, elegance, and beauty on display, but—and it’s a trivial observation—this multitude of desiderata is inevitably spread out among a large group of people. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the larger one, which seemed to have once been a mansion constructed in the demon style. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew on a pair of very thick gloves, picked up a large, knobbly walking stick, and proceeded toward the door of the Monster Books’ cage. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I loved him for all sorts of reasons: He cooked without recipes; he wrote nonsense poems for his nieces; his large, warm family had accepted me as one of their own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the large concrete bridge support column that rose out of the ground before the river. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I saw a dragonfly with a large crimson body and transparent wings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course, but by and large we know it,” said Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If would-be artists sense that their gifts are not large enough to succeed as painters, sculptors, or architects, they may take up one of the countless special fields known collectively as “the applied arts.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small, but it would lead her to a larger stream, and that stream would flow into some little river, and all the rivers in this part of the world were vassals of the Skahazadhan. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a sinew line and a hook made of abalone shell I caught two that had large heads and long teeth, but are good to eat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was spread-eagled on the cold black marble floor, his nose inches from one of the silver serpent tails that supported the large bathtub. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And as Howard Jones once wrote, “Hopkins, with its large indigent black population, had no dearth of clinical material.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even people who have less restrictive filters and a good feel for numbers will note an increasingly large number of coincidences, due in large measure to the number and complexity of man-made conventions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The freezing plant that Mr. Popper had got for the penguins downstairs was a large and good one. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was in her seventies, a large woman, over two hundred pounds. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The farm was so large that a leased, battered school bus carried workers to its dusty gate at the height of picking season. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each band of a few dozen hunters occupies a large territory, within which they can acquire most of the resources essential to them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pile of marbles beside them kept growing larger and larger. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was far more pretty than my daughter, who has country feet and a large nose like her father’s. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tocks Dam would have held one of the largest artificial reservoirs in the world, with forty miles of water behind it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The holy man’s mouth was set in a tight line, and a large vein near his temple throbbed dangerously. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He is tall for his age, with large, premature teeth, and arms that hang too long at his sides. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

What looked like a long silver ribbon shot out of it, which twisted itself into a large figure eight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He starts every day with a raw egg in cognac, and a large cup of chocolate milk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I thought of the mother caracara bird who made her nest on the large rock behind the molle tree just last spring. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A large hole could be seen in the starboard side. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was a stately affair, large and ceremonious. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two seasons later, large branches on these trees had died, others were without leaves, and the deformed, weeping effect of whole trees persisted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He scrambled down the slippery bank to the place where a boulder, large enough to stand on, jutted out. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Against the opposite wall, a large television stood on an antique wooden table. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

This time the Turks claimed a large portion of the island. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It follows, not only in a trivial sense but also I believe in a very deep psychological sense, that war is murder writ large. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The henhouse wasn’t the small, red painted box I remembered, but was now large enough to enter standing fully upright. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A dilapidated vessel, bigger and more horrifying than any bone ship, split the surface, growing larger and larger. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Violet and Klaus read the note as they ate their breakfast, which was a gray and lumpy oatmeal Count Olaf left for them each morning in a large pot on the stove. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Over the previous few months, my East Wing staff and I had spoken with children’s health experts and advocates to help us develop the pillars on which our larger effort would be built. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The twisting tunnel soon opened out over a large river. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the same August day, this is all I knew: the pain in my household seemed plenty large enough to fill the whole world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One way would be to listen with large radio telescopes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were large, heavy, ostentatious pieces that were built to last for generations and to withstand country life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was large and dark, an abandoned feeling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jealousy loomed so large in her it made her tremble. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Numerical evidence can be found in the large number of North Koreans—about forty-five hundred—who arrived in South Korea in 2006 and 2007. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Otto motioned to the larger objects, the lamppost, and the flipped car. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had known it would be, and before he moved, he pulled on the jersey he had bought, then chalked a large X on the wall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The dragon was nimble, but his large body had to constantly maneuver around trees and rocks, so it was awkward going. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Mina shut the hiding place door, it created a breeze, causing the window curtain to flutter open and reveal a view of a large, familiar stone building. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His stomach swooped as he noticed one strand of the giant web vibrate like a plucked string, and then something large skittered down a tree to his immediate right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We follow him into a large room with high ceilings and wood floors and lights that glow orange-yellow. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He shoveled mounds of food into his mouth, chewing for a few seconds and then washing the large lumps down with gulps of bottled water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He’s large and hulking, clad in leather like the leader of a biker gang. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All of the rest were gathered in the large assembly room Mrs. Frisby had seen when she got off the elevator. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every night he was busy, working on a large piece of board and two small pieces. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figures grew larger every time I looked up, and then when they were still a fair distance away I recognised my daughter. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed a few steps and entered a large, sparsely deco­rated house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A flock of miniature origami birds taking flight, the largest the size of an open palm, the smallest the size of a fingernail, all faintly striped with notepaper lines. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was large, especially broad across her hips, and with a double chin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hence a large society that continues to leave conflict resolution to all of its members is guaranteed to blow up. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were stables, cowsheds, a piggery, a chicken house, and two large barns with haylofts. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted with scenes of a banquet: a robed man with a curved cap like an ice cream scoop, sitting next to a larger guy who radiated sunbeams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s making sushi right outside of our restaurant, Tía,” Martín said, his large nostrils flaring up like a hippo before it attacks. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s just as I remembered from last time: When it’s not latched properly, there's a large, gaping crack of air, and the door blows open. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The maid showed us into a drawing room as large as the entire first floor of the coffee shop. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the illumination in the large room came from long fluorescent bulbs that ran along the high ceiling. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

In protest, the largest labor rally in US history takes place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on a large rock, looking up at the sky, smoking his pipe. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around: There were a number of large white stones, smoothed by the sea, marking the edge of the flower beds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He held up the small black book with the large hole through the center, watching Mr. Malfoy closely. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Wednesday chuckled, and began to pore over his maps, unfolding and refolding them, making occasional notes on a yellow legal pad with a large silver ballpoint pen. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I feel that though few of them liked it, at least a large proportion of them understood that I worked as much for them and their children as I did for the Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sucks and booms and splashes and rumbles; it shifts and dilates and falls over itself; the labyrinth of Saint-Malo has opened onto a portal of sound larger than anything she has ever experienced. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They organized work forces to construct large irrigation systems for agriculture and to enclose large ponds for fish production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The creature standing feet away, obscured in the shadows, was large; she could tell that instantly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a large treasure chest in a caged room that appears to have no way in or out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Alice was striking in a black satin dress with geometric cutouts that bared large triangles of her snowy white skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Little Eva continued playing with her nesting dolls, opening a larger doll to take out a smaller one and holding it in front of the peephole for Jinx to see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Butterflies danced in the air between us as he looked us over, and I learned how an especially small ant must feel when facing a particularly large elephant. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But another, much larger part of the answer was first stated firmly by Henry Dobyns. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They are, by and large, indispensable to each other, living in interdependent communities in the soil or sea. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was oily and puffy from thirty-two hours of flying, and I still had the caldera of the solar system’s largest volcano smoldering between my eyebrows. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They had been patched—that is, new plastic had been welded over them so that they were airtight—but from the inside you could see that they were bullet holes, round and quite large. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Over a hundred glass tables surrounded the rig, arranged in a large oval around it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now, our enemy had gathered us all together under one roof for what became the largest and longest unbanned meeting of the Congress Alliance in years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its body was wrinkled and swollen, filling out a tunic that had been too large before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Everything the hunters brought in was like this. Wild rabbit. Some birds. There wasn’t anything, well, anything very large.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Division of the RNA component into a large number of subunits would produce polynucleotide chains too small to carry the genetic information that Francis and I believed must reside in the viral RNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding went up for auction, a huge bidding war broke out between several of the large gunter clans. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

‘We’re in the middle of a large anticyclone and the weather is set fair.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, what'll we have?" the man asked with a large smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jones has hidden a twelve-foot-long boat at the water’s edge, tied to a large oak tree. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She lived in the best field in the whole district—a large one full of buttercups the size of saucers and dandelions rather larger than brooms. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’m caught up by larger bodies, borne sideways, carried off course. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was a large white plate, encircled with fourteen-karat gold edging. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight, they saw large footprints around the compound. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the perspective of beings as large as we are, the loops look like points because they are so tiny. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The rounder the object hitting the moon, the faster an object is traveling, the farther away an object is from the moon, the larger the crater it creates.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In her view, monumental buildings implied a large resident population, but again there were plenty of anchovy bones and little evidence that locals farmed anything but cotton. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This I did by first removing all the large rocks in front of the canoe. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Societies with effective conflict resolution, sound decision making, and harmonious economic redistribution can develop better technology, concentrate their military power, seize larger and more productive territories, and crush autonomous smaller societies one by one. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each had a small private office within this larger office. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Also among the souvenirs there was a large bone hairpin that had belonged to his mother. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What did she want, sitting there so large next to my head? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cathedral’s interior was massive—it seemed, impossibly, even larger than the outside—and though damaged, a few hardy believers knelt here and there in silent prayer. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nielsen resembles a large gray mouse, complete with twitching whiskers, pink-tinged ears, and a tiny mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Would his message work on a larger scale? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered how once, long ago, sniffing over a farm rubbish heap with Fiver, he had come upon a similar object—large, smooth and flat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cool waters of the creek came out of a dark, shadowy grotto of overhanging thicket, then flowed about thirty feet before they entered the large pond. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then several men broke from the larger group and cut off the path to the front door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Beyond the stream there was a rise and atop the rise was a large red building with a white cupola. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her is a large circle of blank screens, like moths circling a flame. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We awakened from this to find neighboring friends arriving; they brought a large pot of chili con carne, made from a family recipe, the best I have ever tasted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he spied a mullet no larger than a man’s index finger, flipping and splashing to protest its captivity. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the crowd, women's hands took her away, her large liquid eyes turned for a second toward the man in the rubber boots. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I approached an iron block as big as a farmer’s cottage and broke off a single flake of rust large as a dinner plate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since black artists were barred from appearing at Constitution Hall, Howard officials decided to schedule Anderson’s 1936 concert at Armstrong High School, a black school with a large auditorium. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Its favourite food is sheep, though it has been known to attack larger prey. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its horns were a more refined version of what they’d been, fluting out to tight spirals, and the eyes that filled the empty sockets were large and shining. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At every opportunity she took Jim and his siblings to Des Moines and Chicago so they would know that the world was larger than it seemed from Muscatine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And then, silently, Amah took a large platter, placed it over the gang's opening, and left. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like our home in Narewka, it had only two rooms, a bedroom and a living room, but the living area in this apartment was much larger than in our previous home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was a little larger, a little older, and considerably cleaner than Trotter’s. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton begins to play the scales again—this time, she says, in the key of G. I suck in a large breath and pray to baby Jesus. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The larger ggeh depend solely on this notion, that the lessons of the culture will be stronger than a momentary lack, can subdue any individual weakness or want. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a fire far off, a large fire in a grove of trees, men outlined against a great glare; a band was playing something discordant, unrecognizable. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And all day long, my father followed us through the fair, carrying his prize, a large, green teddy bear. He was miserable. He kept saying, ‘Fifty-two? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“That’s terrible,” Milo grieved, and his large brown eyes filled with tears. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

To her, Mott “seemed like a being from some larger planet.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I had cleaned them I bound the two largest gashes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Geyer and Cuddy began searching the records of real estate agencies and contacting the owners of rental homes, but Toronto was far larger than any other city Geyer had searched. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually the clumps grew large enough to be called planetesimals. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It also attracted the admiration of the world at large. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crouched atop the rock that had sheltered him during the night was the rabbit keeper, wrapped in a black cloak so large it drowned her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He'd thrust the torch into the mouth of one of the larger skulls and made the shadows leap and dance on the wall behind him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hitler’s new target was Stalingrad, a large industrial city on the Volga—and the one that bore Stalin’s name, an insult to Stalin himself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Harrenhal's gatehouse, itself as large as Winterfell's Great Keep, was as scarred as it was massive, its stones fissured and discolored. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Before them rose Bree-hill barring the way, a dark mass against misty stars; and under its western flank nestled a large village. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This nurse’s was a pretty bird, just as neat and incurious as Sister Clara's dog, and the doctor’s was a large heavy moth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Half a mile from the castle, she passed through a large encampment where the scarlet banner of the Blackwoods waved above the lord's tent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then a door which opened by means of a large wheel; a hiss of air, and a brilliantly lit chamber with dazzling white tiles and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was in my large hollow, grumbling under her breath. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maia looked at the gloves, hanging very large and almost empty upon her hands. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the largest an old man knelt on a mat before a low workbench. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was holding the large coffee cup and stirring nervously. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every day, a larger number of volunteers show up to work on the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She chose the road leading to the hospital, and they walked on, past that large building. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to wear jackets with large brightly-coloured checks and he sported ties that were usually yellow or pale green. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was sixty-four years old, with hair in a knot no larger than a walnut, and she looked almost as narrow from the front as she did from the side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see his or her face because it was covered by a large hat. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had a mass of faded yellow hair unbecomingly arranged in a large bun, wore glasses, and had a long, mild, amiable face rather like a sheep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The uniform was too large, and the starched shoulders stuck out in crisp, unnatural angles. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toomer had gathered all the dogs, the largest to the smallest, and secured them inside the bus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite. As long as I'm satisfied,” said the other, wiping her nose with a large red and white bandanna handkerchief. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Three black specks were clearly visible in the sky, growing larger all the time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

One night, quite early in November, there was a blizzard, and when the Poppers got up in the morning, there were large drifts of snow all over the house. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down, scooped up her sherry bottles, and dumped them unceremoniously in a large blue-and-white vase standing in a nearby niche. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even though it was about the same size as the first, its horrific shape made it seem larger. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He looked at Stheno’s large silver platter of free samples. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then she would pull the large map tripod up behind her chair. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She’s listening to music on her Walkman and chewing a large wad of bubble gum. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Plants grew everywhere in large plastic pots, as if there wasn’t enough greenery outside. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He believed that a large number of worlds had formed spontaneously out of diffuse matter in space, evolved and then decayed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The large house, the society of so many girls, the walks about the city, the novelty of everything made the new life more enjoyable than I had anticipated,” Elizabeth recalled. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To Ranzi's surprise, in his home state of Acre—Brazil's westernmost region, a ranching center—PRONAPABA discovered half a dozen large circular ditches carved into the newly cleared land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Six large woolly, fluffy cotton balls, each about two feet across, rolled silently out onto the floor. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

We burst into the large white room, Edward and Alice at our sides. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tally angled her board closer and jumped onto a large rock next to David. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You and I think of corn as corn, but farmers like Naylor know there are dozens of varieties, most created by large agribusiness companies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The notion that giving a relatively small number of people of color access to key positions or institutions will inevitably redound to the benefit of the larger group is belied by the evidence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A large photograph of a sunken-faced man with long, matted hair blinked slowly at Harry from the front page. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A large majority of lawns are neglected, or replanted with succulents. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Harry hissed as Professor Flitwick went whizzing resignedly past them, landing on top of a large cabinet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sitting room is large, and off to the side is a massive dining room with seating for forty. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The large woman was beginning to take the food from the fire. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The larger houses had become impromptu apartment buildings, their porches converted into additional rooms. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The study was large and comfortable in a cigar-smoke-and-leather-armchair sort of way, and seemed to be full of bookshelves, pictures, hunting trophies. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to it was a table with large containers of flour and sugar underneath. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The gym, pool, and auditorium were all connected by hallways that ran behind them and a large rotunda at their center, linked to the rest of the school by a main hall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

How lucky I was to be on such a large ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wore one large emerald set in platinum. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my denim bag from where I had hidden it under his bed, and sat down at his desk to write the letter, using one of his large sheets of paper with my pen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could see the depth of the colt’s effort in his large amber eye, rimmed in crimson and white. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bull is very large and often weighs as much as thirty men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Demeaning posters appeared in both Polish and German, depicting us as grotesque, filthy creatures, with large, crooked noses. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He passed a large brick schoolhouse with big windows and children climbing on little ladders and swinging on swings. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The auctioneer looked at the large man, who was still wiping his brow. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the table, a large sphere that initially seemed to be a ball of shaggy carpet grew and then shrunk rhythmically, breathing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Van Riper was supposed to be cowed and overwhelmed in the face of a larger foe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was a rather skinny boy, neither large nor small for fourteen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a man makes his fortune in oil or government contracts, in chemicals or wholesale groceries, his first act is to buy a ranch, the largest he can afford, and to run some cattle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The largest room was furnished with a table and chairs and a map chest, another with a camp bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He sent for the gods and told them to prepare three enormous wooden vats, the largest vats that they could build, and to have them waiting by the gates of Asgard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Yes, the name on the first line was in her own hand, large and clear for Prudence to copy. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There are twelve houses, each large enough to hold ten of the one I was raised in. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Planting their orchards for millennia, the first Amazonians slowly transformed large swaths of the river basin into something more pleasing to human beings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Because only the hand understood that it was a larger design that had moved the universe to the point at which six days of creation had evolved into a Master Work. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Mom came into my room and sat on my bed, handing over a large manila envelope. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was officially the second-largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in America, but because the record tally, at the Kentucky Derby, was famously exaggerated, the attendance at this hundred-grander was undoubtedly the largest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His pants had very large pockets, but the rock still made a bulge. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It requires a large number of people, 253 to be exact, to be 50 percent certain that someone in the group has March 19 as his or her birthday. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, a couple of Mainers were boating a few miles off Wells Beach and they spotted a large shark not far from the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It is one large wall of glass that ends now at a bench. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I stood in front of these large audiences, I wanted to be modest in my clothing options, but did not want to sacrifice my sense of fashion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

During the summer they joined together in bands of twenty-five to thirty—cactus leaves, a local favorite, were plentiful enough in that season to support larger groups. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is thought that similar but even larger black holes, with masses of about a hundred million times the mass of the sun, occur at the centers of quasars. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to the food on the table, there is a to-go fried chicken dinner, a fish and chips plate, a fresh fruit plate, and six large pickles. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Each window was no larger than a sheet of tabloid newspaper and there was clearly no upstairs to the place. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the largest Hajj in history, I was later told. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced out at the large crowd that had formed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He would blame the change in his life on one job—a warehouse job, working for a large corporation which today advertises its products with the smiling faces of children. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bree-folk were sympathetic, but plainly not very ready to take a large number of strangers into their little land. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stephanie’s eyes grew large and she put her hand to her forehead. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

On a wide shop table, Shin saw a large pair of pincers, a tool used for gripping and carrying pieces of hot metal. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But the most disturbing thing we saw on the vidfeed was the large transparent dome of energy that now covered the entire hill. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were larger tracks, like dogs’ tracks, where foxes had run, and there were the tracks of a deer that had bounded away into the woods. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put weights on one side of the scale and a large spoonful of coriander on the other. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We found the apartment vacant; a large fire burning silently on the marble hearth, and wax candles shining in bright solitude, amid the exquisite flowers with which the tables were adorned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The tent had to be large, since it was there his lords bannermen came to council. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Three days later another large Chicago bank failed, and soon after that a third, the Evanston National Bank, in Burnham’s town. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A breeze brushed against Nathan's ankle, erasing the weird tiny footprints, just as it happened with the larger ones. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The city constructed a large pavilion in a park, and the casket lay on a platform decorated with flowers. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He also kept an eye out for any large footprints like the one he’d seen earlier. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the end, the Nazi program to cleanse the “genetically sick” was just a prelude to a much larger devastation to come. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Jeremy,” he called out to the large man who stood at the front door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Isabelle asked everyone to wait for a moment in the hallway, where Monsieur Tabard put down the large package he was carrying. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And yet the boy on the table and the bag in his hands loomed larger than life up there. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was a large man, and the room seemed to have shrunk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His first large order is from a governor who wants a thousand cream puffs for the wedding of his daughter—Tamar. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Tidbit sat with them, eyes large with questions. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was once given a large fee to raise one from the dead, and he did so. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also had to fetch large pitchers of water for Gertrude’s bath and empty the tub afterward, until my feet were swollen from running to the well and the latrines, and my arms ached. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was larger than the Locktons’, with a tiled hearth and copper pots hanging on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

New York City was a clear innovator in police strategies during the 1990s crime drop, and it also enjoyed the greatest decline in crime of any large American city. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She was eating slices of bread and jam, deftly cutting the bread from a large golden-brown loaf with a huge knife, then spooning on the purple jam with a wooden spoon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The present comparative rarity of tuberculosis results in large measure from the fact that the average person now seldom comes into contact with the tubercle bacillus. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And behind them, almost lost in the sunset glare, the little dots of the zeppelins grew larger and firmer. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above him was a bright green tube that looked like a midrib of a large leaf. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As each swelling was popped, a large amount of thick yellowish- green liquid burst forth, which smelled strongly of petrol. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There he began to build, with his own hands, a large farmhouse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He carried a large suitcase and she carried a smaller one. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

For the physical I was herded into a large room along with thirty or so black men, mostly migrant workers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one minute past seven, after a brisk cold walk, she rang the bell of a large, comfortable-looking villa in one of the roads a little way north of Jericho. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it occurred to me that I made a strange and too obvious picture there—a large Negro, standing in front of a church, absorbed in a pamphlet on racial justice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, we did take on Tía Flor, who indicated her large house, the well-kept grounds, the stone Cupid who had been re-routed so it was his mouth that spouted water. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A boy around my age was sprawled across the floor, drawing on a large sheet of paper. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Teams of woodland carpenters, Abbey smiths and laborers, plus any creatures that felt the need to help were lowered down to the road in large wickerwork baskets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Follow,” said the Prince, and he moved to the large window of his chamber. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they had a merry crackle of flame at the foot of a large fir-tree and they sat round it for a while, until they began to nod. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few doors down, Zeitoun and Frank came upon a house with a large white cloth billowing from the second-floor window. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She marched up the steep path to where the car was parked, and she wasn’t even breathing hard as she pulled a large inner tube from the trunk. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has black hair and large golden earrings, and is carrying a round object the size of a beach ball, which is in fact an orange. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A chunk of the nose was missing and large gashes below the injury fed into the nostrils and into the mouth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They hurled themselves upon the enemy, sparrows and shrews siding them against their larger adversaries. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The little girl nodded and looked down at herself, at the jacket with its row of large buttons that designated her as a Seven. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just when he had begun to feel that he was becoming part of something larger than himself, he was cast out again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It looked like a large square of ivy hidden among the trees. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She thought her large eyes looked too hopeful, like the eyes of a dog. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her was the largest flat screen on the planet flashing stills from previous shows. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The ceremony continued for some time, with more perambulations and exchanges of secret passwords and hand signs, more invocations and singing, until C.P. found himself at last standing before the large central altar. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fiver gazed back at him with eyes that, like a fly’s, seemed larger than his head. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got off at the observation deck on the forty-second floor to find that the garden, which loomed so large to its tenders, was hopelessly hidden from view by buildings. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large, pleasant Negro woman smiled at me across the aisle. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All went silent and Pinmei knew what a fish in a bowl felt like, for hundreds of large eyes stared at her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed like forever—or only seconds— that Tally fell, the gaping faces below becoming larger and larger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She pulled a large yellow notepad from her bag. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His father noticed the large welt on Enoch’s face, but didn’t speak of the bruise at first. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

While most of the children in the store, both black and white, scraped for pennies in their pockets, Paulette pulled out two crisp dollar bills and bought three large bags of candy. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Peeling it away, I made a hole so large that I could stick my fist inside. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Pip,” said he, putting his large hand on my shoulder and moving me to the window, “I don’t know one from the other. Who’s the Spider?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She led them past the paddock where the huge Beauxbatons horses were standing, huddled against the cold, and toward a tree on the edge of the forest, where a large and beautiful unicorn was tethered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Right before the entrance to the park was the large white house with the wheelbarrow full of flowers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cellar was large, full of nooks and shadowed alcoves where a man could be alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These included the elephant bird, a flightless creature ten feet tall and weighing almost half a ton—the largest bird in the world—and the giant lemurs, the globe’s largest primates. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the fire hung a kettle so large that both the babies could have bathed in it together. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Outside his bedchamber a flight of steps descended to a larger room furnished with a scarred pinewood table and a dozen oak-and-leather chairs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Imagine a pool of water, a large puddle perhaps. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

There his eye fell upon a fleet of large tin hot dogs mounted on bicycle tires. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boots she’d found were a little large, the pants a little short, but the shirt was broad enough for his shoulders, and at least the garments were clean and whole. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That contrasts sharply with the situation in Australia, the Americas, and South Africa, where European settlement was numerous and lasting and replaced the original native population over large areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He weighed hardly more than a large sack of potatoes or a full butter churn. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It returned, Mai figured, back to the larger whole that surrounds us all. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

While a large window giving a view of the backyard and woods beyond takes up a decent portion of the rounded wall opposite the door, every other inch of space is covered in pictures. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He placed his large elbows on the table, took off his sunglasses, and rubbed his eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stepped up into a larger room washed in sunshine from tall windows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then with his sharp jack-knife he worked at them, cutting the edges of the large one into little peaks and towers, with a large star carved on the very tallest point. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, the three girls set off with large cloth sacks to hold the sweet fresh snaps. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Do I know you?” she asks, holding onto a large bag of stuffing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lourdes crosses into the United States in one of the largest immigrant waves in the country’s history. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I never knew there was anything larger than a king-size bed before I met him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Pizarro proceeded to hold his prisoner for eight months, while extracting history’s largest ransom in return for a promise to free him. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He also left large holdings to his children with Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Old spa towns have such character. Is it a large place your mother’s renting, Jason?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The movie is projected outdoors on a large white sheet in the middle of the camp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At best, this book identifies several constellations of environmental factors that I believe provide a large part of the answer to Yali’s question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

New York and New Jersey, which contained the largest slave populations north of the Chesapeake, proved more recalcitrant for that very reason. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly you needed two sets of laws to explain the behavior of the universe–quantum theory for the world of the very small and relativity for the larger universe beyond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then they began to climb on top of each other, carefully but swiftly, until they had formed a pyramid with the largest rat at the top. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

His top lip is extremely large and dipped with blood. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But by and large the animals enjoyed these celebrations. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He was a large, rough-looking boy with big hands and black hair slicked back like the feathers on a duck. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a large woman, with ruddy cheeks and stony blue eyes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gus did not move and his large black eyes looked pleadingly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Walking along the bank of the river, Rondon was about a mile away from their camp when he heard the sound of spider monkeys, the largest primate in the Amazon rain forest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She wears a dark coat that is too large for her, but she carries herself in such a way that it seems to hang like a cloak and the effect is rather elegant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The large man lay on his stomach as he’d dropped, his head turned to the left. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some people are saying that maybe he is the leader of the Angkar, while others argue that the Angkar’s leadership is comprised of a large group of men. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of most entrees, whether spaghetti and meatballs or chili or chicken fricassee, they were allowed larger portions than most people could eat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the many vividly depicted ceremonies in Mexica art and writing leave little doubt that it occurred—and on a large scale. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The electromagnetic attraction is pictured as being caused by the exchange of large numbers of virtual massless particles of spin 1, called photons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dirty cobwebs hung in the corners, and a large crack ran from the frame of the southward skylight down to the area where the senior lockers were. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Clummer was creeping over the grounds around the castle; sky L_Jand lake alike turned periwinkle blue and flowers large as cabbages burst into bloom in the greenhouses. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At fifty-one she was still slender and pretty, with curly black hair, dark eyes, a large nose, a sparkling smile, and a bowlegged walk you could see a mile off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His ears were large, and when he was listening, they stood up like a deer’s. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I long to put my arms around the child, but I am afraid of her large, frightened eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This world was so much larger than I had once thought. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Quite excellent! Take ten points for Gryffindor! And so — to business —” He bent down behind his desk and lifted a large, covered cage onto it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She looked pregnant, but she was actually smuggling a large banner under her coat. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There are many sea caves on the Island of the Blue Dolphins and some of them are large and go far back into the cliffs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large bar of Belgian chocolate, a name brand, better than any I’ve seen since the war started. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the African buffalo is considered the most dangerous and unpredictable large mammal of Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She told herself she must endure it in the way her mother and Kabuo’s mother counseled her and not struggle against those larger forces that could not be struggled against. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gabriel tossed the bag into the large green trash can resting against the right side of the house, then yanked it into rolling position and made his way with it down the long, rocky driveway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My family piled around the large table as my mom brought out food from the kitchen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The houses looked large and strange to them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She remade the noose, slightly larger this time, and looped it for a second time between her gloved hands. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Inside the courtroom door they had placed a large metal detector, on the other side of which was an enormous German shepherd held back by a police officer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Such biographies prove common for so-called gentle tribespeople and contributed to the acceptance of centralized authority as tribal societies grew larger. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rolf, unmarried and simple in his tastes, closed up most of the house, but when Aron needed a place to study he gave him a large room and helped him with his studies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And clearly in this world evolution had favored enormous trees and large creatures with a diamond-framed skeleton. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, slips and newspaper went to the cutter who stood before a large slanting desk and slashed out the marked items with a sharp curved knife. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fire burned in the hearth behind him and cast large shadows on the opposing wall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Belmont officials, anticipating the largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in America, had worked themselves to exhaustion and spent $30,000 to publicize the race and prepare the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top was a thick mass of large limbs, and it hadn’t shed all of its leaves yet. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shutter had been pulled aside from the window of the large bedroom in the west wing, and someone was standing there, looking down upon the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was a spider as large as a wagon wheel, black as slate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get any further before Laura handed the paper to Ted, who, in his long black robe, was looking very large and steady and sure. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But the same mathematics that makes direct pairwise conflict resolution inefficient in large societies makes direct pairwise economic transfers also inefficient. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He climbed a large water oak standing about ten feet from the river and simply disappeared. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muddy banks covered in tangled water plants lead to large rocks that increase in size until I begin to feel somewhat trapped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This is less helpful than it might seem, however, because the palace complex occupied a large area—as Strabo states elsewhere, up to a third of the extent of the entire city. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Halfway across she saw a dark head rise above the hill, and a beast with a head as large as the moon rose to its hind feet, massive paws swinging. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell because he was so big and tall, easily the largest guy on the playground. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Something large, tall, dark swept past—a tree? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now I do not doubt that Mr Neighbours had good organizational skills; he did, I understand, mastermind a number of large occasions with conspicuous style. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would not enter the business on a large scale, he said, unless he could go first-class, with the very best trainer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

An enormous crowd has turned out to watch me, held back and patrolled by an almost equally large platoon of gun-wielding soldiers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The group of children I lived with pooled our camp food rations and boiled them in a large metal cooking oil container we had cut in two to make a pot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 21,000 feet, dizzy from the heat, I came upon a large object wrapped in blue plastic sheeting beside the trail. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

New Guineans old and young routinely eat mice, spiders, frogs, and other small animals that peoples elsewhere with access to large domestic mammals or large wild game species do not bother to eat. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We rose and fell over the swells of a larger boat, but I kept my eyes on the trees. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kate led them into an even larger chamber, lined with more aquariums. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Something about infinite beauty, about undying grace, about things larger and greater than ourselves. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Lazarus was the world’s largest woodpecker, beating out the imperial woodpecker by just one inch in length. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Many, perhaps most, early states adopted slavery on a much larger scale than did chiefdoms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the table was a large gift-wrapped package. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent a large part of Christmas Eve day making sure that everyone was well scrubbed—no small undertaking, as it meant heating a huge amount of water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Three figures, two large, one smaller, but only one of them was in focus, was more than an outline or a shimmer. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Anansi—sometimes a smiling man, other times a large spider—strolled through a forest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was a large, barred cage, like the elephant's cage at the zoo. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, she was carrying a large slice of cake on a plate. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The office itself, a large room with four desks, on each of which sat a computer, looked bare and untested, as though it was everybody’s first day at work. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If we cannot understand how this works, we are not likely to get very far with human society at large. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His palace, as it were, consisted of two large Western-style houses with tin roofs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally, almost any mammal species that is sufficiently large is capable of killing a human. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The large blue life vest dwarfed his body and hung down to his knees. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And what cake will you be baking today?” the large woman with the chef’s hat asked Cady. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Towser was lean and angular and had fine blond hair so light it was almost without color, sunken cheeks, and teeth like large white marshmallows. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It is large enough to conceal the bulge of the gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had Darin, who loomed so large in my life that I thought him immortal as the stars. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had a light complexion, large and peaceful eyes, and magical hands that seemed to work out the design of the embroidery with invisible threads. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

This experience left me with the conclusion that our first president, besides having frizzy hair, a large red hooked nose, and apple cheeks, had a prissy, even old-ladyish mouth and a double chin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was what else lived on the large island. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt twice as large, twice as heavy, and a thousand times stronger, but he knew he was defeated from the start because of the tenderness he felt and his desire to protect her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, too, part of the reason for states’ triumphs over simpler entities when the two collide is that states usually enjoy an advantage of weaponry and other technology, and a large numerical advantage in population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His gloved hands fluttered like large white moths. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so people were seated around a large table. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We celebrate it here on the “dark” continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were as large as bees, gross, purplish, glistening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And a dragon large enough to gorge on sheep could take a child just as easily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And, of course, he felt he had more than enough administrative experience in large projects to oversee electromagnetic separation, plutonium, and the chain-reaction pile without overstretching himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When I tried to ask what being larger than life meant, he put his hand on my shoulder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nya's mother took the plastic container from her and emptied the water into three large jars. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he has done is isolate the question of garlic and magnets from the larger context in which it was normally placed, that of sympathy and antipathy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ahnighito is thirty-four tons of iron and is the largest meteorite on display in any museum. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very old suitcase, boxy and large as a small child, with worn corners and three small dimples near the left clasp. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They’re about to wipe the memories of all our friends and neighbors. They’re responsible for the deaths of a large majority of our old faction.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The large fish rolled and stayed deep and could not be taken. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

That the bone didn’t attract greater interest is more than a little puzzling, for its appearance came at a time when America was in a froth of excitement about the remains of large, ancient animals. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Evergreen trees grew along the sides of the surrounding mountains, but the forest of the valley below appeared no larger than bits of lichen and twigs. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He had studied maps of this area for weeks, and he knew precisely where to get off the bus—a place marked by a large boulder right near the road. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the briefcase came a large photograph. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my fist over the bottle and ran down the large tree-lined promenade. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I wonder, dear,” she said to Lavender Brown, who was nearest and shrank back in her chair, “if you could pass me the largest silver teapot?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon was pointing at what looked like a large rock way out at sea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His eyes were large, dark and long-lashed and intense, and every minute or so his sharp, dark-pointed tongue peeped out at the corner of his lips and flicked across them moistly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were twelve of them all together, forming a large circle around the solitary tower. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a wolf and the size threw him—not as big as a bear but somehow seeming that large. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrea led them to the other section of the large hut. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, Zero had listed out the top fifty largest cities in the world, each one repeated back to him by someone else in the crowd at the Pirate’s Den. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Doing them as part of a larger choreographed piece. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Only a large number of wires arranged in a specific way, and connected to one another, serve to enclose the bird and to ensure that it cannot escape. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped to cough up what sounded like a large, wet worm from her throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a larger group than I’d been accustomed to hanging out with, and a more diverse crowd. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Here’s a large ornate room crammed with trinkets and crates and books and mechanical parts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the large duffel at my side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is enough magic in starlight to content a baby and fill its belly, and in large enough quantities, starlight can awaken the best in that baby’s heart and soul and mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Cobwebs trembled and danced as the first of the spiders appeared: no larger than gumdrops, but plump and black, skittering over the walls and the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just in front of her, she was reassured to see the large nest that Einar had told her she would find. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stands there, pants around his ankles, two large pizzas balanced in his right hand and four Sprites in his left. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The shrill cries of babies, the repetitive moans, and the echoes of shallow, labored breathing bombard the large space. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The easy sweeping grace fascinated him on so large a man. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colorful, glittering window displays of spellbooks, potion ingredients, and cauldrons were lost to view, hidden behind the large Ministry of Magic posters that had been pasted over them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As my grandmother remembered it, their land had been large enough in those days for real grass to grow in a pasture, enough to support one of the few cows in the island’s history. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to page two and saw a large composite photo with this caption above it: “All-County Middle School Soccer Team.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the vestibule and swung through the door into the street, feeling that ball of hot tightness growing larger and heavier in his stomach and chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he made the large box, then a second one to fit inside, and cut the smaller boxes from that? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I know that we have British furniture in our bungalow, like the upholstered wooden chairs in the sitting room and our large oval dining table and English china. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Not large enough, begging your royal pardon,” said Brown Ben Plumm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In a space not much larger than our Navajo homelands, there were 80 million Japanese people. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smart, energetic, and extremely well-connected, Jo Ann Robinson was an active member of the Women’s Political Council, a large and influential civic group of professional black women in Montgomery. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Adrienne sends you home with three dollars and an extra- large hot chocolate. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In one large bag is a walkie-talkie, melted on one side. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He devotes a large part of his time to reading about color. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Val waited by the gate in the predawn cold, wrapped up in a bearskin cloak so large it might well have fit Sam. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By now, however, protein subunits were easy to imagine in large numbers. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Some infinities are larger than other infinities,” I drawled, mimicking Van Houten. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I saw this as a defensive maneuver, for if African states decided to support the PAC, a small and weak organization could suddenly become a large and potent one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a middle-aged woman who looked rather ordinary except for the large mole on her left cheek. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They know who stands behind Mobutu, and that in some place as far away as heaven, where the largest rules are made, white and black lives are different kinds of currencies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women walked steadily away from me, each holding a large basket over their arms. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Tataba bent over the table in our mother’s large white apron, which made her look counterfeit and comic, as though acting the role of maid in a play. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore an apron that said mind the chef in large letters. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But then I looked up and saw the large chunks of rubble tumbling at high speed onto the dance floor as avatars scattered to get out of the way. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Soon a large Jewish community flourished in Islamic Spain. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A large, middle- aged Negro woman sat in front of us to the left, a young Negro man occupied the seat in front of us to the right. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never pressed his clients, but when the bill became too large, Lee cut off credit. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a neat little skirt and blouse with a matching blue hat, which had holes in it for her large ears. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They closed up their suits and lumbered across the staging area to a large air-lock door. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, 1951, San Jose was a large town, but not yet a city. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama pointed to a spot next to the large picture window by the front door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then she picked the largest peach on the stand and handed it to the old man. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bob was wearing a similar but larger pack. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The men’s section of the mosque was a large square room, covered with Afghan rugs and thin mattresses placed in parallel lines. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If the mother and her children had not come down the path on this day, the pinched tree branches would have grown larger and the fat-bodied spider would have lived. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I saw Lorraine sitting on a bench in the large center mall near the entrance of the zoo. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The alley was filled with well-dressed ladies in large hats. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice searched the cabinets for a large salad bowl while her mom pulled food from the refrigerator. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At exactly 8:15 p.m., we get changed and join a large group of Junior Undertakers making their way to the elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Not many to fight a war, but it was still the largest group of half-bloods I’d ever seen gathered in one place outside camp. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A large, full fairy-tale moon hung in the sky now—though Hazel could have sworn it wasn’t there earlier—showing a cottage that looked like something from a movie. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Lannisters of easterly Rock were a damnably large and fertile house. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The crest of the larger waves kept striking me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Into the clearing below me slips a large eastern coyote. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though to harmonize with the general mood, the rocket bombs had been killing larger numbers of people than usual. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They were made in varying sizes, and the Prince’s looked to be one of the largest, being wrist thick where it joined the handle. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That is a grand pianoforte, and he might think it too large for Mrs. Bates’s house.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

In large block letters, John Benally printed the word ANT on the blackboard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, Congress funded the Negro and Native Reeducation Act and dozens of schools like Miss Preston's were created in cities as large as Baltimore and as small as Trenton. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She stood in a large wooden bin; starting at her feet and rising in a slope to the wall of the cave was a small mountain of grain. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Customs Inspection line some large cloth banners on which were painted in bold letters, “Welcome Home, Malcolm.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isn’t this just a larger snare with a more scientific component? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tree had a large trunk painted in swirling shades of brown. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As Dr. Fanning spoke to one of the waiters, a dancer approached the table, carrying a large straw basket with a strap that went around her neck. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The furry crawlers were a much larger species of spider than Charlotte had been. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was in a large, old-fashioned bathroom, like something from a Zsa Zsa Gabor movie, with gold fixtures and mirrors and pink tile on the walls and floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sees himself eating supper with Alma Ember in Pizza Hut when this large man rushes through the door, picks her up with one arm, and smashes his face in with the other. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

However, there are many other possibilities, ranging from large plants and animals to microorganisms, to extinct forms, to a planet that is now and was always lifeless. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gardens were larger than he remembered; since his last visit almost two years before, she had expanded them, he saw. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“For medical purposes alone, such a large installation was hardly justified,” he confided to Arthur Fiughes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The hallway leading into the temple seemed to grow larger as she neared it, and she had to temper the distinct feeling that it was going to swallow her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was a large room bright with sunshine and yellow paint, and containing twenty beds, all occupied. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

On 13 September 1768 a large meteorite, weighing seven and a half pounds, fell at Lucé, Pays de la Loire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The folding man led us into a vestibule where we could talk without disturbing the sleepers, a room dominated by two large wooden doors emblazoned with dozens of bird insignias. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was not that he had dirty fingernails, or anything like that but some large bird seemed to have been nesting in his hair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It grows larger by the second, stealing my breath. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the large piece of furniture that housed the family’s record player. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Directing the proceedings was a slim young man toting a large megaphone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By mid-day, when even the best-fed were out and about again, there was a large crowd at Bag End, uninvited but not unexpected. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

One hundred squirrels were seated upon high stools around a large table. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

They passed the large fountain with a statue where Emily wanted to hide her book and continued to an expanse of lawn. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He stepped around a large oak and pulled up short. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They drank, in large gulps at first, and then, when their stomachs had welcomed the first eager swallows, more slowly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nagrais are a size too large and need to be stuffed with tissues. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “My judgment often fluctuates. Moreover whether a man deserves to be called a theist depends on the definition of the term: which is much too large a subject for a note.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under a large tree not far away, he practiced the song which the boy sang. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The mouth looked large enough to take his head off. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arul speared a large rag with a misshapen metal pole that lay on the ground. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, nobody looked up until a splash occurred in midstream, a splash obviously too large to have been made by a child throwing a stone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, from the bottle, a thick bluish smog spiraled to the ceiling, spread out, and gradually assumed the shape of a thick bluish smog with hands, feet, bright-yellow eyes, and a large frowning mouth. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most important to him was Venderveer’s large outdoor pool, where he learned to swim. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It has thrown off its disguise as a meal and has revealed itself to me for what it is, a large dead bird. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll call you tomorrow, let your mom and dad know what we found,” said the large policeman. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He believes that no creature large enough to be seen by the naked eye is generated spontaneously—not even a fly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It had two blades, one large and one small, a gadget to open cans with, a little screwdriver and a file. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow Mohammad to where a large group of older children and teenagers sit wolfing down dishes of stew. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wandered around the large wooded yard with Mitt strapped tightly in her chest sling. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet half of the 500 calories in a large order of fries come from the oil they’re fried in. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Otis, a much larger man, dropped to the ground under the tremendous force of Pollard’s arm. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One large, calf-brown eye, right in the middle of his forehead, with thick lashes and big tears trickling down his cheeks on either side. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rather large company, twenty all together. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I looked at her appraisingly—large dark eyes set in a full unlined face several shades lighter than my own. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

For this is much larger than our little adobe. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pieces were out on the board, the enemy was visible, you could watch the tactics unfolding into larger strategies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Ron purchased a dancing shamrock hat and a large green rosette, he also bought a small figure of Viktor Krum, the Bulgarian Seeker. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little hairy man wiggled his own large, hairy ears, dismissively. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She paused as a large butterfly alighted on the rim of an empty birdbath. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Previously, Everest had by and large been the province of elite mountaineers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Its reddish brown back, marked by pale stripes, lay toward her, and one of the large, cuplike ears was silhouetted against the pale trunk of the fig. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large guard made his way over to Wes, who slowly put his hands behind his back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Kira could see pale green sea, and in its depths fish of all kinds, some larger than men, larger than ten men together. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apa notices a crowd of people heading for a large waiting room to our right. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The other two are larger, prettier, the alphabetical tabs still intact. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the knob and went into this large square room with bookshelves and easy chairs and the gigantic desk topped in red leather straddling the far corner. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large animal, he thought—perhaps a moose. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Out at the horizon it was impossible to see the line where the sea and the sky met, and he felt once more as if he were in the bottom of a large blue bowl. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had long, dark, crazy hair and an unusually large smile. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

With such an extraordinarily large population to choose from, decisions must be made regarding who should be targeted and where the drug war should be waged. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Before the third and final set of sliding iron gates, a large tiled room opened off to our right. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the end she had to put her head down on her dessert dish to recover under the privacy of a large linen napkin, which she pulled over her head like a blanket. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“But — but you said it’s illegal, Professor,” said Hermione uncertainly as Moody cleared away the desks with a sweep of his wand, leaving a large clear space in the middle of the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The less I had to eat, the larger became the portions I dreamed of. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And, Joe, you said not every minority is visible, remember? Think about it, Addie, what makes a minority? It’s numbers, right? The majority is the larger percentage, the minority the smaller.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

I thought he should continue to act, in public, as if I were a large vase or a window: part of the background, inanimate or transparent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some 4,000 defiant protesters clustered on the lawn and in the parking lot that afternoon in the largest demonstration of the civil rights era in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In reply, he held up a large, rusted, iron key. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The boats were small, however, and the cog was large; towing it was hot, sweaty, exhausting work that left the hands blistered and the back aching, and accomplished nothing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Florida had the largest population in the world of children condemned to die in prison for non-homicides. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He has the largest private medical practice in East Africa, and it has made him a famous figure in Nairobi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was narrow of face; his eyes were unusually large and bright, and shone with the intensity of his thought when he spoke. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Well after midnight, a magnificent high tide arrives, the largest waves smashing against the bases of the ramparts, the sea green and aerated and networked with seething rafts of moonlit foam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her wrists were thin as icicles, her eyes as clear as the moons and as large, steady and white. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large, clumsy unbeautiful robot, smelling of machine-oil and destined for the projected mines on Mercury.—But it could speak and make sense. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A large shelf took up most of the wall, with various trophies, championship plates, and photos enshrined behind glass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With water siphoned off from the Los Angeles-bound aqueduct, a large farm was under cultivation just outside the camp, providing the mess halls with lettuce, corn, tomatoes, eggplant, string beans, horseradish, and cucumbers. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earl’s large bald head pokes around the edge of the doorframe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The characters danced before my eyes, growing larger and redder, almost swallowing me up. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of people, chosen at random from a large Midwestern city, send out letters independently. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, cupped in both of my hands, was a large silver egg. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Behind the fence I could see the back of the large grocery store Mom and I had already visited. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her own grandmother was given a large house as her dowry—the very house Marina later learned had been replaced by an auto repair shop. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She signed the letter: Beoov, Ivette But it was the three words, written in large letters at the very bottom of the page, that sent a chill down my spine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A large wire-framed model of a reindeer covered in twinkling lights stood in the front yard. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They crouched down behind the large brown truck as the taxi with Fred in it drove right on by. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He also retrieved “a large charred mass, which upon being cut, disclosed a portion of the stomach, liver and spleen, baked quite hard.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You shall know a lot when I’m through with you,” Nusan replied and pointed to a large box in the corner. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was in the shadows, he ran on soft feet for the large rubbish bins halfway down, almost invisible in the darkness on the right-hand side. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pushes a door open, and we stand in a large, open room that reminds me of the building’s lobby. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, if the force-carrying particles have a high mass, it will be difficult to produce and exchange them over a large distance. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine that while all this is going on, a large tick is being scratched into the stone next to the name of Gavin Rose. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Despite being depicted in innumerable cartoons as apelike brutes living in caves, Neanderthals had brains slightly larger than our own. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kate was already working on it—she pointed to a large petrified tree limb lying among the stony rubble nearby. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With some trepidation Regina sent her little chess duckling on his way, but not before draping a large U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If there was one thing he understood about working in an emergency—surviving—it was that there was a large measure of luck involved. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall in Valhalla. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

At many colleges there are large groups of students who volunteer at the campus health center. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of the problems of sterilization by radiation is that this requires not only artificial rearing but the release of sterile males in larger number than are present in the wild population. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a small, dark wooden pipe no larger than his hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

On the third day the forest pressed close around them, and the rutted roads dwindled down to game trails that soon proved to be too narrow for their larger wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The room was divided into three sections by two large grates that ran the length of the room. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Behind them stood two large, strong, stupid-looking men—one with a black unibrow running over his dull eyes, the other with a face like an anvil. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The eyes were larger surely, the mouth narrower, the skin white and clear? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The 31 capsules for January birth dates were placed in a large bin, then the 29 February capsules, and so on up to December’s 31 capsules. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle pointed up at the large, dark shapes of the glider models, turning on their strings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was before she was at her largest, but still pretty big. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The point to remember, of course, is that when considering the universe at large we don’t actually know what is in our own solar system. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just five years old, she and her sister ship, the SS Washington, were the first large North Atlantic liners to be built in America since 1905 and the largest that Americans had ever built. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

No wonder the idea of learning how to talk round a large mass of people was something that Athenian aristocrats—traditionally *So named, supposedly, because it met on a big rock above Athens. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

When he straightens up again, he’s holding a large knife. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A large stone rammed her head, and she fell in a flutter of sleeves, the ornaments jumping about her broken head. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh well, lucky we’ve got such a large supply of basilisk fangs, then,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His tongue was large in his mouth and all he could think of now was finding a drink. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On the corner at 122nd Street was the Church of the Master, a fairly large Presbyterian church in which I would spend much of my early life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The men wore tailored suits and large, expensive-looking silver watches, and over their suits they wore fine long raincoats that dripped water onto the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo watched the delegates’ reactions, and he could understand their incredulity, certainly, but there was a rather large inducement here to believe the unbelievable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the world’s largest kelpie continues to evade capture in Loch Ness and appears to have developed a positive thirst for publicity. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the two of us went about the large yard, I raked leaves and watered the flowers; Granny weeded the lawn. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cut in the fence was a good twenty feet wide, large enough for the cattle to find. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Ted finished his residency in dermatology, we bought a run-down three- story Victorian with a large garden in Ashbury Heights. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At four a.m., just before the DNA samples were collected, a large white tent was erected around the gravesite to ensure even further privacy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could say they were planted, that this was part of a larger conspiracy against him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

From the box she removed a small crossbow not much larger than a pistol. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Bunny sniffled, the snot bubble grew large, and he swung at me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The city boasted having 59,500 buildings, many of them — such as the Courthouse and the Tribune Building — large and ornately decorated. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hulking gray rocks broke through the earth at irregular intervals, some so large you could climb to the top and sit looking down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I simply walked into what was surely the largest colony of meerkats in the world, one of the strangest, most wonder­ful experiences of my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then slowly the cloud settled, disclosing a large black and grey Dolphin with a young one at her side. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Another, a large, black-skinned man, sat naked on the floor awaiting his turn at the shower. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large black raven sleeps uncaged alongside the complete works of Shakespeare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Salvador threaded his way among the trucks with Lupita following him until they found Bartolo smoking at the rear of a large green truck with board sides. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

You can also try simply searching for "heterophony" at YouTube or other sites with large collections of recordings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her handwriting was large and lovely, although it ran at a crooked angle down the page. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The two teddy bears, the orange kitten, the beat-up Grover she’d had since she was two, and the large purple hippopotamus on her bed eyed her as she moved. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She soon shifted her attention to even bigger saloons in larger cities such as Cincinnati and St. Louis. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She had pried a large disk of sticky material out of the bottom of one of the pans and taken a bite out of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Crosby arranged to have a large section of the clubhouse roped off and patrolled by guards, with admission restricted to Ligaroti rooters—the “I’m for Ligaroti” section. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed, as a large black truck sped past, overtaking them with a spray of slush. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The trail had been fashioned with large, flat rocks, inlaid into the ground, and fitted so close to one another that the seam between them could hardly let in a piece of paper. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Next to the door there’s a large TV where the lyrics will appear. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione rummaged for a moment and then extracted from the pile a large volume, bound in faded black leather. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We’ve forbidden Margot to cough at night, even though she has a bad cold, and are giving her large doses of codeine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He piled large rocks around his mother’s house to keep the dead spirit in the ground. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His tiny legs, his small arms, his thin neck, and then a large head so terrible I could not stop looking at it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona quickly tucked the coins into one of her large pockets. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The life that I knew began in the large house in Ningpo with the cold hallways and tall stairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my cache of wild onions to see if I had enough to make onion soup, and set aside some large firm groundnuts for mashed potatoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Severo opted for traveling with a large rock in his car. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This has never, ever happened to me on such a large scale before. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We came to the top of the stairs and I found myself in another large sitting room. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turned down the Ferry lane, which was straight and well-kept and edged with large white-washed stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And the only decoration on the peeling walls was a large and ugly painting of an eye, matching the one on Count Olaf’s ankle and all over the house. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ron gagged on a large piece of kipper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The large man nibbled a cracker and hummed with pleasure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They all started receiving larger food portions and generous rations of water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico heard the unmistakable sound of a large bow being drawn taut. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then she realized the pendant was actually a large metal key. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Whisper put their other arm around her and locked her against their body while Beloved held Moss to his chest, shielding the boy’s ears and head with his large hands. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I was little, the wall had been covered with a picture of a woman dressed in a cook’s white uniform and white hat, and holding a large tray of food. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a large, framed picture, which she now lowered to the floor before seizing her small, beaded bag from the kitchen sideboard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Caroline stacked the cards and dropped them in one of the three large open boxes that were kept lined up behind her bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Antiwar protests had been steadily getting larger as Johnson expanded the war effort, and King told his advisors he planned to speak at an upcoming New York City demonstration. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But even if that shield does drop, to reach the castle, we’ll still have to fight our way through the largest army in the OASIS.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Beyond them were a cluster of tents and several large vehicles. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This Divine Right Party is the sort of fringe-group scheme that would syphon off a large part of the fascist support. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the very outskirts of the village, there was a large, simple wooden structure originally meant to provide cover in a rainstorm, then, when more solid buildings were built, to store things temporarily. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her officers were Japanese, her crew was Taiwanese, and she was large and impressive. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In his hands he carried on a large leaf as on a tray a small pile of white water-lilies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stared at the map, and at the large black X marking their house. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a green hump of lawn to the left, I could see small white spots and slightly larger pink spots moving about. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the water stood a large sycamore. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that ice was sending off waves of cold, turning the bay into the world’s largest refrigerator. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Emma shouted, widening the space between her palms to make the fireball even larger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was in the large garden in back, kicking a ball and watching two dogs chase it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The largest rat climbed onto the old man’s shoulders, swung up on the long gray mustache, past the big black button eyes, and onto the top of the man’s head. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn was one of the largest in New York and one of the oldest in the nation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Always certain of what he wanted from the world, Mr. Clutter had in large measure obtained it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two largest islands in the Caribbean were only ninety miles apart, and my great-grandparents planned to return quickly after a temporary stay in Jamaica to make some money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maggot brought out beer in a huge jug, and filled four large mugs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The canvas is taut and nearly translucent—sunlight filters through the material and seams, illuminating the largest candy stand of all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

T. It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British “Grand Slam,” which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gethenians are not a hunting people, because there is very little to hunt—no large herbivores, thus no large carnivores, except in the teeming seas. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the foot of Harry’s mattress he saw two large, disheveled shapes emerging from tangles of blankets. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This one was larger and fuller and it spoke to me in English. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One was that it had to do with the large population of Christians in the state. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went for a larger diameter, an inch and a quarter, and that looked better. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Father lounged in his great chair with his large feet stuck out before him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man pulled a large black rifle from behind a chair and tossed it to Leroy. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We were ushered into a large hall, bigger than any room I’d ever been in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The investigation revealed that the task force seized large amounts of money, but also small amounts, and then dispensed it freely, unconstrained by reporting requirements or the task force’s mission. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Due to lack of practice, it was a little crooked but far neater than Lissa’s large, round, loopy handwriting. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Others looked like palaces, with golden doors and large gardens. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looked, taking in the large stone I was sitting on, the ring of trees, the path leading out into the woods. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He contemplated Harry for a moment as though he was a particularly large and succulent piece of pheasant, then said, ‘“The Chosen One,’ they’re calling you now!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Again we pass the double doors with the red number—then several doors under heavy guard and still others with large glass panels. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, dear,” said the witch as she handed Harry a large stack of Cauldron Cakes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was large, three stories, which gave him plenty of things to get into and out of. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Cold water from large wooden buckets was tossed upon them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

One June morning, the postman handed me a large, envelope. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Director clears his throat and takes a step away from us, into the shadow of a large shelf of supplies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

One of the tasks he had to oversee, in 1710, was the move away from the cramped quarters at Gresham College to larger premises at Crane Court. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Without large, perfectly shaped eyes, their feces couldn’t make you feel that way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There is also a black raven, far too large to have been cleverly concealed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sat on Granny’s lap, in the middle of the bus, by a large smudged window. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world’s sixth most important crop in terms of annual harvest, this large tuber has been fundamental to Amazonian diets for 7,000 years or more. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bull finished his first beer a full second faster than Colonel Causey, stepped quickly aside for Reynolds, who had sucked down three large swallows before his opponent’s hand had touched glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became an assiduous collector of government contracts large and small, starting with the production of radioisotopes at a standard fee of $25 per hour of cyclotron time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The mayor’s office was large and smelled like hair tonic. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saddened and angry, he drove home, parked near his barn, and walked to a large bird mews. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Far from grand but not too horrible, either, like a pebble underneath your sock that’s not quite large enough to bother removing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was a warm afternoon, and it felt wonderful—you can’t believe how wonderful—to be at large without a pack, bouncy and unburdened. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A group of his fellow teachers wagered on how large the child would be, and even took to calling the baby “Lil’ Dub.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later he returns, carrying a large bottle of whiskey in each hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But she lowered herself until her mouth was beside the large keyhole. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kino moved next to the hummock, and then, beside it, under a little overhang, he saw a very large oyster lying by itself, not covered with its clinging brothers. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure what was chasing him, but he sensed it closing fast—something large and dark and full of hate. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After the Independence cut off our stipend and all contacts with the larger world, it seems God’s plan called for Mother and Ruth May to fall sick nigh unto death. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tugging sensation in my gut, and the waterspouts exploded like the world’s largest carwash. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s huge, with a wood floor that is cracked and creaky and has a large circle painted in the middle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I thought only hillbilly grandpas did that, not Italian ones. What is it going to be? It looks like a large raccoon dropping.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he had arrived with little furniture—a mattress, an old bed, and an unusually large trunk. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"How large is his host?" her son asked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He seems to be right over our heads,” said the factory foreman, a short slender mulatto with large buckteeth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A laptop sits in the center of a large desk. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Senate, winning 70 percent of the vote statewide, the largest margin in Illinois history and the biggest landslide of any Senate race in the country that year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Carter had a large family that had maintained a close relationship with him despite the passage of time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a vertical oblong, larger than the other paintings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ekemeni placed a large steaming bowl of greens on the table. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each crab had two larger chunks of meat in it, and an awful lot of stringy little pieces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bright May afternoon when we all piled into a large van and set off on the hour-long drive. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The rack in front of it held five large octahedron-shaped devices, each roughly the size of a soccer ball. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And if he’s trying to contribute to something larger than himself, shouldn’t I allow him that dignity? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the center of the living room floor was a large white cloth with a pile of her mother’s jewelry, her father’s special watches, jade figurines, money, and other precious items. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Citra sat up, feeling only a little bit loopy now, and Scythe Curie put the tray with the large bowl of soup in her lap. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She measured it with her eyes, to know how large the noose should be. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A large, round cage set on a wooden base that has been carved into swirling white flames. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His last uncle had just died and left him a large fortune consisting of property in the South and in Fort Worth, Texas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Monclova looked as beautiful and as cultured as any large city in the United States. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Next to them sat a Jewish mama who clutched a large six-year-old boy in her arms and wept and kissed his forehead passionately from time to time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when they do, they're usually as large as a marble. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Particularly surprising is the large number of species of African and American mammals that were never domesticated, despite their having Eurasian close relatives or counterparts that were domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But all those prerequisites for communal decision making become unattainable in much larger communities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were mansions, as large as the Garners’ house and barn put together. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She got up on top of my bed, took one of the lightsabers leaning on my bookcase, and tried to jam one of the larger stars back into place with the end of the lightsaber. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He had a grin on his face even larger than Reggie s. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In addition, the larger scale of state warfare made more captives available. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She prepared a large wooden bucket for each girl to carry. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

William walks up to the cart, puts his large hands on the axle where the wheel was attached, and lifts the cart up. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was eating from an extra large bag of potato crisps and digging the stuff out in handfuls. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Idiophones produce sounds from the following methods and represent the largest category of classroom instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After four months of sharing his small apartment with his brother, Theo decides to rent a larger one. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“World’s largest pile of air fresheners next stop.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The smaller ones—the rabbits, moles, and such-like—grew a good deal larger. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But pretty soon, we went off in the direction of a large shed that was on the far side of the clearing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held out a finger and the largest butterfly I’d ever seen landed on it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then, with Cole struggling to hold the bow, Edwin passed ashore the heavy boxes of basic supplies they had brought to go with the building materials delivered earlier by a larger boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They rested for some time in the glade, and took their mid-day meal right under the shadow of the trolls’ large legs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that her opponent was five times larger, Piper seemed to be holding her own. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Maniac produced his certificate for conquering Cobble’s Knot, and twenty minutes later the young runaways were at tacking a large pizza with pepperoni. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not as he would have a week before, as somebody in a parking lot in Ventura, California, who would think of waves growing larger. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A message like that wouldn’t fit on a piece of paper no matter how large it was. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Frightening prey so that a large number flee into a greater destruction. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For the last four years, he had been performing at concerts, antiwar rallies, and marches, but this would be the group’s largest audience ever. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Downtown Reykjavik, a charming city of almost 120,000 people, has the atmosphere of a typical Scandinavian village, although it’s somewhat larger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Families would eat large breakfasts late, then dress for snow and go out in the knowledge that they’d return to warm, snug houses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This time, a second, larger orb kicked on, nearly blinding him with the strength of its Jade light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The result was that he walked into something very large and solid, which knocked him backward onto the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I gulp in a large dose of oxygen and join her in harmony. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Inside in the hall there was piled a large assortment of packages and parcels and small articles of furniture. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His father no longer, as he had once done, led great revival meetings, his name printed large on placards that advertised the coming of a man of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was the ledge of rock where they’d slept, much larger than he had pictured. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each was squirming slightly and had a number of large, shiny swellings upon it, which appeared to be full of liquid. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Welcome!” shrieked a large Hyacinth Macaw who was perched on a branch with outstretched wings. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Our oils are so good,” he said, “we’ve started eating into the profits of the large corporate producers. They know all about them Westovers in Idaho.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’s short, and the T-shirt he wears hangs from his body, two sizes too large for him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he picked up one of his smaller jars and very quickly tipped the struggling thrashing trogglehumper out of the large jar into the small one. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come. . . come to me. Let me rip you. Let me tear you. Let me kill you. Harry gave a huge jump and a large lilac blot appeared on Veronica Smethley’s street. “What?”he said loudly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the error can be forgiven—the pilot project, which ended in 1997, had the same name, Minnesota Family Investment Program, as Minnesota’s much larger, ongoing welfare reform program. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fish of Clear Lake also were analyzed the picture began to take form — the poison being picked up by the smallest organisms, concentrated and passed on to the larger predators. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were opposed to interracial cooperation, in large part because they believed that white communists and Indians had come to dominate the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I wish my collection were larger for your benefit and my own credit; but I am an idle fellow, and though I have not many, I have more than I ever looked into.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Eighty or so cattle were bunched together in a section of a much larger field. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Anytime I found my voice in class or nailed an exam, I quietly hoped it helped make a larger point. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The soldier on the outside had a large brown paper bag filled with cold canned been They strolled softly in the pearly light. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight they sit in a striped tent beneath a rather large tree, its branches black and bare of leaves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Eurasia has the largest number of big terrestrial wild mammal species, whether or not ancestral to a domesticated species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emily starts to cry, and large salty tears flow down her cheeks. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The following spring, on April 27, 1928, Zoe Stephanides was born, a large, healthy girl with the squarish head of her grandmother, a powerful cry, and nothing at all the matter with her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Oh, to wear such a great coat with large buttons and a velvet collar and a squashed-down high hat with a ribbon cockade in the band! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything would be about him now, I realized, in support of this larger cause. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He could visualize the scene—the large voluble Italian, and the snub direct administered by the gentleman’s gentleman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read the words in large block letters out loud: “Team Apptitude.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

On top was a large piece of brown wrapping paper with a note attached. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The stones we turned over were not large —weighing from three to fifty pounds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yes! I could buy two large poster boards for us to paint.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Capone takes Rocky in her arms and rocks him gentle and wide like a large cradle. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was highly colored now, and Harry wondered why he did not take off the ridiculously large coat, unless it was because he did not want to reveal the smock beneath it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z