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| 例句 | The crest of the larger waves kept striking me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Poseidon must’ve known Tyson was one of the passengers, because one hippocampus was much larger than the other two—just right for carrying a Cyclops. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was followed by an even larger ecological disaster, this time in America. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The room suited my father perfectly: it was larger than life and wonderfully incongruous. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Also, the brothers believed that through the Nation of Islam they could finally become part of a larger family that could reunite them once again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We also have some evidence that there is a much larger black hole, with a mass of about a hundred thousand times that of the sun, at the center of our galaxy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire lit Petey’s face from below, making her eyes appear even larger, blacker, angrier against the honey skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z To me, it had been a day larger than a day, not to be measured against other days with any chance of matching. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We now know that the universe is much larger than they imagined in the 1920’s. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he referred to him in his speeches he was careful to strip him of any human attributes and present him as an abstract functionary in some larger scheme. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If you look at any species of primate — at every variety of monkey and ape — the larger their neocortex is, the larger the average size of the groups they live with. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the increase in births still outpaced the increase in deaths; humans kept having larger numbers of children. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A pall of another, quite literal, sort continued to hang over the larger world as well that month. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It grows larger by the second, stealing my breath. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z After years of working solo, she had convinced the Treasury Department to fund a larger unit. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She thought of what the priest said about Purgatory and figured it must be like the airshaft bottom only on a larger scale. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Omigod! It is going to be like larger than my whole head! I am going to need a hat just to have all this lesion. It will like go onto the brim.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Who would have predicted the larger ones to follow? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, emerging from the shadows, still terrifyingly larger than life, and this time with teeth bared, came the big—bad- “No!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He shudders, imagining bones no larger than his below the ground. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In their absence, these mothers become larger than life. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The engine, coming straight on, grew larger slowly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z At first I think it’s another flashlight, but as I draw closer I realize it is larger and steadier than a flashlight—it’s a headlight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I can’t help staring as they snip off the larger leaves of what I now recognize as kale. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 Emily had huge blue eyes that were magnified even larger by a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and she was the only other girl in class, besides herself, who wore two long braids. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The meat had been chopped into pieces no larger than a finger Joint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The more bouts you won and the larger the margin you won by, the higher your ranking post-pools. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I squinted through the salt spray and saw that the cage had come to rest between what looked like two fins jutting from the monster’s back, one smaller and one larger. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z To my right was a large room, larger than I had ever seen, and it was filled with stiff teakwood furniture: sofas and tables and chairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she saw a larger, more malevolent world outside her own. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mack thing rushed over the white mow, throwing up little puffs of it Sir Grummore also looking Mack against the snow—turned a quick somersault in a larger puff. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, as the probability of a strike grew larger and larger, he left Boston without telling anyone where he was going. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The small ones dotted the face of Meereen like pockmarks; the larger were weeping sores, red and raw. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the sky looked different, much larger than it looked over land. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The crowd beneath the Roberts family was larger than ever; they could see the Ministry wizards trying to get through it to the hooded wizards in the center, but they were having great difficulty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I think it would be undignified and too much like a small boy thumbing his nose at the back of a larger boy who has beaten him up,” he said. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The bleep grew larger, localized now, between his ribs on the right side. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving back to the fire, he spun among the dying embers on the ground with a graceful motion, gently kicking the larger coals back together. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The rain droplets grew larger and drove stinging along. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have a room for the night?” the owner of the larger boots asked the desk clerk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z They did this twice, each time trying to center the twelfth panel in a larger, imaginary rectangle. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Cortes was directly responsible for much of the carnage in Tenochtitlan, but the war was only a small part of a larger catastrophe for which blame is harder to assign. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was standing in a little ante-room, a dressing-room I judged, with big wardrobes round the wall, and at the end of this room was another door, open, leading to a larger room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They were of varying sizes, though none were much larger than a man’s head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 Instead of using the tiny Lego bricks, I had started building with larger ones since I now had so much more space—an entire, huge storage room to build my fantasy fortress. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Small fish swam everywhere, some narrow and long, some round, most of them three or four inches long, some a bit larger and many smaller. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It returned, Mai figured, back to the larger whole that surrounds us all. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from the larger goal of his life: to one day be convicted of homicide. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Only in a handful of cases have zoologists observed groups larger than a hundred. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like Grandma was going to be able to ignore the plastic button that was slightly larger and slightly thinner than the original wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Major seconds and thirds are larger in Pythagorean intonation than in equal temperament, and minor seconds and thirds are smaller. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Every day, a larger number of volunteers show up to work on the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 The goal was to have it look fun and light, but behind it, as always, was work and a larger purpose—to keep connecting people with the issue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 does this property—being the least divisible unit of a larger form—imbue these particular ideas with such potency and force? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After removing each strip, Dr. Grossman passed it through a meshing device that perforated it with tiny holes so that it could be stretched to cover a larger area. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The larger she grew, the deeper Blanca sank into an Oriental placidity that dashed all her husband’s attempts to introduce her into society. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her whisper was like her—tall, exuberant, fearless, loud, larger than life. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z One was a little bit larger, but the other was shaped like Paganini. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The longer it puts weight on that balloon, the larger the chances it'll pop. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A set of empty rowboats, much larger than Amari had first thought, awaited the next group of captives. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z You can tell it was built for a larger gathering, and perhaps it held one before the pox epidemic. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Next to him sat the largest giant I’d ever seen, much larger than the one on the floor fighting the centaur. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I’m caught up by larger bodies, borne sideways, carried off course. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He is tall, much larger than I thought. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Malcolm X had been killed the year before and had grown larger in death than in life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The opening was narrow, not much wider than the canoe, but once we were inside, it spread out and was larger than my place on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Only minutes from the bus junction, my brothers pointed to a long building, many times larger than our home and all of the Mahasreh houses put together. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to tell him who, not yet, so she squeezed past him and into the larger room outside. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The room seemed larger, and our steps echoed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, I think we were all waiting to see the outcome of an event that loomed larger and larger with every passing day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I put everything I had into Malia and Sasha and their development, but as First Lady I was mindful, too, of a larger obligation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Why bother to make music when the silence and wind are so much larger? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Soon Treebeard turned a little away from the hills and plunged into deep groves, where the trees were larger, taller, and thicker than any that the hobbits had ever seen before. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I gripped the sides of the truck, fingers digging into metal, the giant in my chest growing larger until it seemed I would explode. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When the universe begins to expand, it won’t be spreading out to fill a larger emptiness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Because of our straitened circumstances, my mother moved to Qunu, a slightly larger village north of Mvezo, where she would have the support of friends and relations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who took the time to think about things would realize that things like the prom, school spirit, and who won the football game are utterly insignificant in the larger scheme of things. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The only light came from great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and at the tops of poles in the middle of the larger squares. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Being too close can make something seem larger than it is. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Pooh, I don’t care!” said Michael, and the hot heavy weight that was within him swelled and grew larger. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 Cordelia’s family moves to a different, larger house, in a ritzier neighborhood farther north. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But maybe in the darkness the guards heard them as terrifying weapons; maybe the thin columns of smoke seemed to be the first sizzlings of a larger explosion. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Anderson had been singing in Washington ever since her high school days, appearing first at black churches and small black-operated theaters, and later before larger, racially mixed audiences in the auditoriums of black high schools. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z It was about the shape of a corncob, only a little larger and hollowed out so that it could carry a bobbin or quill of weft thread. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z As I sat there in the silence, the fire grew larger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They are one of the larger land-animals of Winter, about the size of a fox, oviparous vegetarians with a splendid coat of gray or white fur. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, there was the larger question of politics. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I have killed an animal larger than myself! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They came at last into a hall larger and loftier than any they had yet seen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 Spreading broad wings and reaching talons out, he met the two head on, withering them with fire, and then turned to the third, who was larger than he and armed also with fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Ihe tree’s massive roots were large enough to use like a makeshift table, and some of the larger leaves served as plates. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They trailed the boy through the forest, which thinned gradually to a clearing where a small garden and a larger field of crops could be seen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the very last one in the very last photo album they owned, and I’d never noticed it before because Dad had hidden it behind a larger photo. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The spangled ring was growing larger, as it always did. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He thought if he worked at it and practiced he might hit one of the larger rabbits with an arrow or a spear—never the small ones or the squirrels. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was larger than our kitchen back home. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A small hand clasped tightly by a larger hand. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z I had hoped to confront the king and queen in the safety of a larger crowd. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was much larger than Charles and Camilla’s apartment, and a good deal emptier. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The amalgamation of smaller units into larger ones has often been documented historically or archaeologically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a small green-metal object no larger than a. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias tried valiantly to hang on, but his larger and heavier opponent kicked him viciously in the face, again and again. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Celaena turned just in time to see one of the larger Champions—one of the discharged soldiers—shove a nearby guard, knocking him to the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I thought not only about these two bonobos but of the stream of homeless refugees, of my dead friends in the sanctuary, of the larger and yet-unknown tragedies elsewhere in the country, in the world. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Your room’s up here. Second floor. I took the larger bedroom, since you’re a wild card and I’m not. Hope you don’t mind.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "They're the same. Just bred to be larger and take more blood." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They had time enough, on this brief tour, to touch only the larger cities. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Many of them larger in the book than in real life. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So these five in Amsterdam are part of a larger network, spread into the suburbs and maybe through the whole country. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I take them one at a time with a cup of water she gives me that’s slightly larger than the cup the pills are in. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was the ledge of rock where they’d slept, much larger than he had pictured. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have a novice who has opted not to apply herself to an elevated life of study and contemplation, and has decided to reenter the larger world. Foolish thing.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Figure 4.30: A to C natural and A to C sharp are both thirds, but A to C sharp is a larger interval, with a different sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Some were caught in eddies, others lodged among the stones, and a few raced on the current on their way to a larger stream. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Doing them as part of a larger choreographed piece. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 From the size of the Earth’s shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse, he deduced that the Sun had to be much larger than the Earth, as well as very far away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps her world was larger than it was before—as it is for children when they are no longer children. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z 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 They consider it no less than their bounden duty to bring back a larger fish than last year. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Beyond Freedom, the twenty-first century may see much larger objects in earth orbit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The small wagon track joined a bigger road, which joined a larger road yet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Simple enough; but this trade up and down the Atlantic coast was part of a much larger world system. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z When words fail him, the Rooster has been known to communicate with his fists, which, though quick and solid, are no larger than a couple of tangerines. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I bounce on the balls of my feet as the lights grow larger and larger, and then the front of the train glides past me, and I start jogging. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Eyes watering, they saw, flat on the floor in front of them, a troll even larger than the one they had tackled, out cold with a bloody lump on its head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Up close, it’s larger than it looks from the ground. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Concentric rings grew larger and larger on the dark water, then gradually disappeared. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were larger rocks and some scraggly bushes eight or nine yards to one side of him; it was all op>en on the other side. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 This created corners and smaller spaces within the larger room. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He went about his job with no expression, sweeping cigarette packs and gum wrappers into a dustpan that he emptied into a larger trash can. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the loop five wide rings were suspended, each one larger than the last, nesting snugly inside each other, like the rings of Saturn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A dozen crystals, no larger than seeds, rattled across the parchment he'd been reading. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From afar, they were no larger than flies as they wheeled and flapped above the thatched roofs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Siriona Indians of Bolivia and the Brazilian Yanoama people don't have words for anything larger than three; instead, these two tribes use the words for “many” or “much.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As the crystal pillars loomed larger, I started to feel the power emanating from the next room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 Katz was arrestingly larger than when I had last seen him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For her, they were a kind of poetry that connected her to larger worlds, worlds alive and infinite. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood at her door, large as life—larger, framed against the light from her front room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare at our hands, at my slim fingers entwined in his larger ones, at the veined muscles of his forearm, the slight bones of my wrist, the warmth of our skin meeting. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 Far from recognizing that protozoa were different in character from larger organisms, Leeuwenhoek’s work seemed to imply that they were the same. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It seemed to have grown larger, and not only as we neared it: its size appeared to have doubled. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The whole thing was meant to breathe, like everything we did was part of a larger heartbeat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 I mean, maybe it was technically, because my head was larger than Laleh’s, but proportionally my hair was still shorter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Others, larger, were glave-lit subterranean canals plied by long, narrow boats. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A new mood was settling over me as they came on, a larger crowd than Ras had ever drawn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted her feathers to look larger and therefore more beautiful to the tiercel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z There were jeeps and larger trucks with tarpaulins. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was an infant, and very small for her age, scarcely larger than a boot. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It also offered him a chance to preside over a prison, just as his father had, although on a far larger scale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her suitcase was considerably larger than Eleanor’s, and considerably more luxurious, and Eleanor came forward to help her, glad that her own things were safely put away out of sight. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 towns were a little larger and more brightly lighted than I remembered them, the motels bigger and more luxurious. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Pieces were constantly crumbling off—some no larger than snowballs, some the size of houses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Above them, the stalactites began to grow larger. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Similar arguments show that, of two geometrically similar bridges of the same material, the larger one is necessarily the weaker of the two. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The 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 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 I didn't want to come straight out and ask for somebody several sizes larger than Frankie. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His presence made the talks more problematic and suggested a larger agenda. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed another and heavier spear, also a larger bow and sharper arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun loomed larger and larger, closer and closer in front of the ship, as flurries of light broke over the masts and rigging. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Pearl tugged her armful of bed slats higher and led Moody into the larger bedroom, which held nothing except a faded but clean twin mattress leaning against one wall. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The small heads watched him come from their spikes, their tarred and flayed faces looming larger with every yard; between them stood little Beth Cassel, noosed and crying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The smaller ones—the rabbits, moles, and such-like—grew a good deal larger. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The pachyderm is perched on the larger ball, with all four feet crowded together and her back arched. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In 1939 the Rialto wasn’t available, and the Howard concert series had to find another and even larger location for its most popular event. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Because the Earth has a larger area than the Moon, we might have to wait something like ten thousand years between collisions that would make craters as big as a kilometer across on our planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the sun splashed on a larger and larger crowd that strutted, skipped, marched, and shufHed down the road. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Grommet, being larger, moved more slowly and was caught. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It eats small crustaceans and will attempt to tackle larger prey. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The squashes were hidden under leaves larger than her hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire sputtered, died down, and then flared up again, larger than ever. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweeping the glass all around us I could see here and there dots moving singly and in twos and threes and larger numbers—the wolves were gathering for their prey. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 Then there was your own name, slightly smaller, denoting that this was not about the individual, but the larger quest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “She has a very dark, almost black, head,” he said, “and her eyes are quite large—larger than most peregrines’. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z One much larger black spot is masked by leafy fern curtains. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “A place you could maybe visit? Plus, I work here now. You could use vacation weeks, or maybe trade points for a larger suite.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z If the philosophers were right and the habitable earth was a sphere floating on the surface of a larger globe of water, then a map should show the habitable earth as a circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She had wanted him to make her feel justified, solidify her right to self-pity, encourage her to occupy a larger portion of the moral high ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 For millions of years, humans hunted smaller creatures and gathered what they could, all the while being hunted by larger predators. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A boy, larger than himself and probably a few years older, was standing at a counter talking with a stout marketwoman in a frayed red skirt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s larger than Finch’s but packed full of clothes, shoes, purses, jackets. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The box looks no more than a foot wide or high, though in reality it is slightly larger than that. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 second series of concussions arrives—closer, larger. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The crowd inside the courtroom seemed even larger than on the first day of the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The tanks were defended by nearly as many planes, and about two million soldiers were involved in the fighting—a larger number than the combined populations of present-day Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His sickness was only part of something larger, and his cure would be found only in something great and inclusive of everything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z So long as the meat was seared, they gulped down several times their own weight every day, and at last began to grow larger and stronger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Egypt’s pyramids were larger, but they were built centuries later. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Gradually, then, the restrictive modes were replaced by the more flexible system of keys, which allowed for a larger number of notes to be available at any given time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z People were everywhere; some working in the quarry itself, others scattered about the hillside; the heftier among the men splitting boulders, the women and children chipping fragments off the larger stones. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The larger theaters offer a bit more, but it's still mainly candy and ice cream sold by a vendor with a tray around his neck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z At least several times larger than our own fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z While the East Computers had flowed out of their office and into the larger operations of the laboratory like a river, segregation kept the outmigration of West Computing to a trickle. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As a result her feet were smaller than natural feet but larger than bound ones. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were very much larger, for one thing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 They are larger than my usual format, and space out the wall nicely. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I started to set up the fire, surrounding dry leaves with a pyramid of progressively larger twigs and branches. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Soon, many hands pick me up and lead me to a rope ladder hanging off the side of a larger boat floating alongside ours. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The school is larger than the one on Rass, not only because there are twice the number of families, but because people here, even more than islanders, tend to count their wealth in children. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For, while it was not quite square, it was definitely not round, and for its size it was larger than almost any other big package of smaller dimension that he’d ever seen. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Later, to tell him something else, I’d place a larger bouquet than his on my mother’s grave. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The more massive the object that is sitting on the sheet, the more the sheet gets distorted, and the larger the dimple around that object. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The people from 12 are already getting slightly larger portions than the natives of 13 in an effort to bring us up to weight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In Lecheria, train companies sometimes load a large closed container the size of a boxcar into a slightly larger, open container—a box inside a half box. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The blaze in the fire pit seemed to shrink before this storm of light, like a small dog cowering before a larger one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Otherwise, in writing, I could not tell the small diagnostic truths which are the foundations of the larger truth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Still more sensitive experiments involving even larger quantities of matter will be needed to test them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These small details spring out from the thickest brush and shadows, but the larger pieces stay crouched in hiding, and the largest piece of all lurks in the deepest, darkest cave, pacing and putrid. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z At the time I didn’t look at the larger picture or at my own part in it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing him standing that way, I knew I was larger than he would ever be. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And in the larger society, too, the cost of repression becomes another factor weighing against the expansion or restoration of needed services. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was warm with the sun, slightly larger than hers but more oval than tear-shaped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 The cop took out the silver blues harp, looked at it, looked at Clayton, then dropped it into a larger plastic bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Donovan felt the ragged edges of the opening that looked out into what the cautious flashlight showed to be a larger and obviously main-stem tunnel. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The camaraderie, intensity, and passion for the job, and the sense of duty to something larger than myself, was something I had missed desperately. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Two cloud boys—one slightly larger than the other—crept into a large nimbus of a building. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In fact, the basket was larger than anything she had ever attempted, but Nhamo was afraid to ask her cousin to take some of the load. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had Lee in a vise: Lee had a larger army in front of him and a larger army behind him. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I think a partition had been knocked out to make the living room larger. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Below it was a second, no larger than a child’s fist. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At his suggestion they both waited at the mouth of one of the larger holes to see how his companions were shaping. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At first just a deep humming with her mouth closed, then a larger, warmer sound. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been out of the world, and lacked the confidence to step back and reach for the larger thought. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They made significant outposts in Brigham City, just twenty minutes from Trementon, at the base of the mountains, and in Logan, the region’s hub, which held a larger temple. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Theon watched them charge and wheel and charge again, chopping the larger force to bloody pieces every time they tried to form up between the houses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Each morning they returned, with the horse dragging another twenty blocks of granite, every block larger than the tallest man. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The man found a larger bag that had contained brochures and helped consolidate my trinkets. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes to the dark blur of it, and the larger blur of Kevin standing near me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was a box, no larger than my thumbnail, which grew or shrank to accommodate whatever it was called upon to hold. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Were there more and more spheres, each larger than its neighbor? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 Harry didn’t so much worry me, but what if the younger brothers discovered that Granddaddy was a trove of weird and fascinating facts about Indian fighting, the larger carnivores, hot-air ballooning? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Asher looks like the captain that he is, while Roshan, our Shield, has armguards larger than any of ours, his belt equipped with potions and elixirs he can use to protect the rest of us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She galloped into the larger cavern and scattered a crowd of males. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The cars and roadways underneath us grew larger. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Finally, at ten o’clock at night, the barge moved out to sea, the swells getting larger and larger. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They moved to a larger table as Kvothe brought the platters out, bustling about and looking every bit the innkeeper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My gesture, in its small way, echoed the larger gesture of the doctors and nurses. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But once night began to fall, the mobs that gathered on Wednesday night were even larger and more menacing than Tuesday night’s hordes had been. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The larger pieces—mattresses, box springs, broken pieces of furniture—he left outside, leaning against the storehouse. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The Tunguska Event seems to have been caused by a chunk of Comet Encke, a piece substantially larger than the tiny fragments that cause those glittering, harmless meteor showers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This side of the attic was even larger than the playroom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was a large locker, larger than its opening. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z One of his teeth was larger than the others. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Computing pools attached to specific tunnels or branches grew larger, spawned their own supervisors, and gave the female professionals the opportunity to specialize in a particular subfield of aeronautics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There were slightly larger crinkly paper cups for water, which I poured from the drinking fountain in the corner of Mrs. Killinger’s office. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Some larger cities coined their own currency, but outside those cities the money was only worth the weight of the metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 There were a few small towns as well, but I needed someplace larger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Every night I sit there and imitate their movements while hatred incubates inside me, growing larger and larger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother, having a larger yard than most to work with, planted a rose garden. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t this just a larger snare with a more scientific component? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As tiring as it was, he’d loved his job for what it taught him about Chicago’s complex political system and for proving that his organizing instincts could work on a larger scale. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Very conscientiously, he parted the canes and clipped one in the middle, holding the shears at a careful slant, taking care not to injure a larger cane adjacent to it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Leo realized that a much larger figure was looming behind Bythos, with a shadow so wide, it filled the entire cave entrance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Come, Greater Being, Social Friend, Annihilating Twelve-in-One! We long to die, for when we end, Our larger life has but begun. ” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z That is why the brain library is some ten thousand times larger than the gene library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All I remembered of the last three days was an enormous radio tower in the distance, growing larger and larger as we marched. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Ghost, already larger than his litter mates, smelled, her, gave her ear a careful nip, and settled back down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lightfoot, her toes curled tight around the branch, she walked a few feet, hopped down to a larger limb, then swung hand over hand through the tangle of leaves until she reached the trunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It got larger every time Nanabozho threw out another handful of dirt. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z And at a primal level it suggested the unconscious fear of being swallowed up by a larger creature, the terror of being completely consumed, eaten alive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Papa got on his knees and, with his hands, made the opening larger. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z On the bottom shelf behind a row of salves in squat clay jars he found a vial of indigo glass, no larger than his little finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Malcolm woke up to it, though, it had already become like a separate river inside the larger one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But another, much larger part of the answer was first stated firmly by Henry Dobyns. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Or the people could have united in larger and more disciplined social units for the sake of ambitious group efforts that no loosely organized tribal society would have been able to achieve. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a blur of hands as the four men made moves on a chess set hardly larger than an index card. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Once well-formed, they were now no larger than they’d been in the midst of puberty. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A wide-open space, bright and clean, a hall larger by far than the Great Hall, with that clear, domed glass ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Coach Mustilli was also letting me fence during varsity matches more often, especially when we were competing at larger matches against more than one school. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The carpenter took apart the wheelhouse from the ship and rebuilt it at Ocean Camp for a galley, and the larger “hot potato can,” as the stove was called, was installed inside. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z 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 They got larger and wider until the giant crumbled in a mountain of blue shards. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Ever the largest of her three, in the wild Drogon had grown larger still. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A larger and grander house was needed and the money was there to buy it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran was sure the angry dwarf would have climbed into the tree itself had the opening in the trunk been larger. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He prodded a larger piece with a serving spoon to make sure the meat slipped easily from the bone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 The much larger dorados couldn’t match their flying, but they were faster swimmers and their short lunges were very powerful. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z South Korea’s economy is 38 times larger than the North’s; its international trade volume is 224 times larger.5 North Korea’s periodic belligerence, however, does trigger eruptions of anger in the South. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Tendai also saw, in the larger tunnels, a system of rails going off into the dark. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And then larger flakes of skin fell off. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I was left with a ball of black resin slightly larger than a pea. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They had so many clothes they were able to give perfectly good dresses, worn just under the arms, to the sewing class at our school for the larger girls to practice on. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The color scheme conspired with the darkness to make the room seem larger than it truly was, the walls receding into the edges of my vision. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The female is generally larger and more aggressive than the male, though neither should be approached by any but highly skilled and trained wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But here she could smell a larger body of water—something huge and foreign and frightening. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Perlstein looked, if anything, even larger than I remembered him; his skull was shinier, his eyes smaller. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As mass media has grown corporatized—with journalism, publishing, moviemaking, and the music business getting sold and merged into fewer and larger monoliths— geeks feel ever more entitled to take whatever intellectual property they want. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I break off some larger splinters from the stick. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “To imply the Cro-Magnon were lug heads is wrong. They exhibited a cranial capacity approximately sixteen hundred cubic centimeters larger than modern-day humans.’ Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The golden key was larger than the key that opened the armoire, but smaller than the key that opened the jewelry box. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 Within a few years, she was able to move to a larger house with her younger daughter, Dorothea. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 That sphere, in turn, is moved by its larger neighbor, and on and on. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Clattering and yelling, the horde of moving statues stampeded past Harry: some of them smaller, others larger, than life. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dicey and James pulled mussels from the rocks and washed them off in the water, while Maybeth and Sammy climbed back up the hill for twigs and larger pieces of wood. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't want to think in grandiose terms like that, but it was impossible not to, because that night, catching my breath and looking up into the cloudless sky, everything did feel larger than life. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The relevant area is not the area of an island but that of a political unit, which could be either larger or smaller than a single island. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He leads the way to a larger clearing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z 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 I only listened with one ear because of a larger drama unfolding in our kitchen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The larger of the two workmen, who was blond and quite huge, now that Harry came to look at him, waved her away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Far away a figure came slowly down the road, faint and small at first, but growing larger and clearer as it approached. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When the man in the shower finished and stepped out dripping, the larger man hoisted himself up from the floor, tossed his cigarette into the toilet bowl and got into the shower. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 To his credit, Baaz Mtombé certainly looked like the owner of a “spectacular” Night Zoo; everything about him seemed larger than life, like a caricature. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes Cordelia will buy a record with her allowance, which is larger than mine, but most of the time she just tries them out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he added larger sticks and still larger until they filled the pit and there was the crackling sound of a full fire. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Ray fungi, growing in long threadlike filaments, are somewhat less numerous than the bacteria, yet because they are larger their total weight in a given amount of soil may be about the same. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z World Wars I and II had larger magnitudes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He wriggled his finger in arches that circumscribed a space much larger than his hand, at the same time wiggling his hips in figure eights. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He grasped the little hairy man's free hand in his own larger hand and pulled him forward. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was broken when a large man, larger than Coach Warner, stood up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned onto a larger street and pushed through the crowds of tourists. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 The waning quarter moon seemed larger than the sun. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 The torches had to be larger and more solid than those Dustfinger used in his shows, for they would have to burn a long time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “A small field with a larger field over it. They lower them in sequence, whenever they want to let more Sixers enter the tomb. Like an air lock.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then it was that Mr. Malloy took to renting the larger pipes as sleeping quarters for single men at a very nominal fee. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The more he thought of it the larger the risk seemed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The shape grew larger, steadily more distinct, and soon Sarai could make out four figures. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If he had had more time, Moss would have begged his mother to take him to get a larger shirt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 Not just a respectable grocer or dry cleaner or doctor, but a larger public figure who was willing to speak and act outside the tight sphere of his family. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z No larger than a raven, it was young and barely out of its first moult; the head seemed a little too big for its body, the feathers thin and quilly. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z You find, on making the test, that the larger ball beats the smaller one by two inches. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The tavern was larger than the Stevenses’ farmhouse. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Emma shouted, widening the space between her palms to make the fireball even larger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Larger than any hunting hawk at easterly Rock, larger than the largest owl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The room is enormous—even larger than the penthouse hotel suite that I had. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But a larger part of me feels anger. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt like the centre of a small circle coinciding with the centre of a much larger one. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We see a dark group, bearers with stretchers, and larger black clumps moving about. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They wove through a neighborhood where the homes became increasingly larger and the grounds more vast, until the residences disappeared entirely behind gates and ivy-covered walls. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Glassmakers became adept at turning out ever larger sheets of plate glass. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Those within three thousand kilometers of the impact witness a fireball larger than the sunrise over the horizon. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Besides all this horde of minute but ceaselessly toiling creatures there are of course many larger forms, for soil life runs the gamut from bacteria to mammals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "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 In a larger sense, it means that the aids virus is a natural survivor of changes in ecosystems. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I grow lighter, less dense, and larger... larger... exploding outward into the sun. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Tree-ear’s eyes flickered back and forth between the small pieces in his hand and the larger container, his brow furrowed in thought. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z So the gap between the very richest and everyone else is almost certainly much larger. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He had some larger plans for the future. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The crofter’s village stood between two lakes, the larger dotted with small wooded islands that punched up through the ice like the frozen fists of some drowned giant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And at the perimeter of this boneyard lies one much larger skeleton: that of the moose he shot, and subsequently agonized over. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She laid these out and began serving the rice and dhal, generous portions such as we ate at harvest times and ours larger than theirs. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z A short time after the trial and conviction, one of Ames's disillusioned CIA colleagues reflected on the larger meaning of his capture and sentencing. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In a single broad movement, he overturned its contents into his larger pail. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She’ll have to make do with Vaseline until she gets to a larger city. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It made the inside of Columbia seem much larger. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 So without bothering to clear away our cups and saucers, we took seats at the larger table toward the back of the room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The Belgians and the Americans who run the rubber plantations and copper mines, I imagine, are using larger sacks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They are the largest animals* ever to evolve on the planet Earth, larger by far than the dinosaurs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was happy with the community of black and Latino students I’d found through the TWC, content to remain at the margins of Princeton’s larger social scene. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Home was a misfit operation, lost over the years in a larger system. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 After sledding the James Caird across to the larger piece of floe, the men jumped to safety with the rest of the crew. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The lump and the ache grew larger, fought her attempts to swallow them down, choke them back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Their brains are much larger than the brains of humans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is often necessary to break up a larger group to achieve a goal, especially since a lone shadow can get into more spots without notice than a larger group.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The second presentation—even larger in its scope and ambition—was presented by the American contingent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Surrounded by a small garden where vegetables were already growing, the dwelling was much larger than the slave shack she had shared with Polly back at Derbyshire Farms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the truth exactly, but it was true in a larger sense: true to what would be, in the future, now that everything had changed for the better. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Amari and the rest of the captives were guided to a huge white building made of bricks and stone, larger than any Amari had ever seen or even imagined. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon being informed that the bomb would be much larger than any ever built, the president barked: “Absolutely not! They are already too big!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Those farsighted people chose to merge their inefficient little chiefdoms into a larger state capable of blessing them with large-scale irrigation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Here is an even larger truth: I am not in any way a natural when it comes to body movement. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Abalones are larger than your hand and twice as thick when fresh, but they shrink small in the sun so you have to dry many. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Each crab had two larger chunks of meat in it, and an awful lot of stringy little pieces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe soon noted that two larger and intertwined themes inevitably came up in these talks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was 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 I felt like we were in a different world, a magical realm, where everything was larger than life. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In a rational world, things ought to go as well for the MBL as they have in the past, and it should become an even larger and more agile collective intelligence. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The catacombs were much larger than the wine cellars, but they too had a limit. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At the last second, the front Keeper somehow loosened the larger pole from the piece attached to Ben and yanked it back into the Glade, leaving the boy to his Banishment. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was slightly larger than normal, black plastic. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It felt like it was filling up—becoming larger, brighter, more certain. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z His eyes had grown larger and settled deep into his skull. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ah! and the marvelous plant supplying power to an area larger than many towns—all operated by black hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve of them ready to be made one, waiting to come together, to be fused, to lose their twelve separate identities in a larger being. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did the human societies of the larger landmass derived from Pleistocene Greater Australia remain so “backward” in their development, while the societies of the smaller landmass “advanced” much more rapidly? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The next day, the crowds outside were even larger, the police more tense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The larger room, dominated by an oven, was the bakery, and the other, separated by a flimsy curtain, was his bedroom. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All week the donations trickled in for the Spencer family, coming from the Riverside Road folks, as well as from the larger community. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I spend the subway ride home drafting the text in my notes app—which of course makes the whole thing loom even larger. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z That the sun was larger and more distant than the moon was generally accepted by most contemporary authorities. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z 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 It’s just the dark tip of a much larger, much deeper, much blacker pyramid. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When he had a good pile of these, broken and lined up for use, he searched for slightly larger dry wood and still larger until he had a pile as high as his knees. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He described for Olmsted a vision of a dream city designed by America’s greatest architects and covering an expanse at least one-third larger than the Paris fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I did not stop to think that one wave is inevitably followed by another even larger and more powerful, when the tide is coming in. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she started to move the larger pieces: the sofa, chairs, end tables, a Chinese scroll of goldfish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The furry crawlers were a much larger species of spider than Charlotte had been. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z For larger animals, our community would employ the help of a shochet, who would kill the goat or cow and prepare it according to our laws. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He went for a larger diameter, an inch and a quarter, and that looked better. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This woman, as I said, was the last: but there were plenty of empty chairs beyond her, as if the room had been intended for a much larger collection of images. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Inside, it was cold and dry, and far larger than seemed possible. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I cut one of my apples down the middle and gave him the larger half. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Eventually he dislodged the following: “I think this small act is part of a larger problem which could become serious.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mars does have two small moons, and a major geological feature on the larger of them is today called the Kepler Ridge in honor of this guess. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A blizzard of sparks flashed across the yard as the fairies transformed into much larger versions of themselves. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The boat looked like a floating teahouse, with an open-air pavilion larger than the one in our IHt. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The tractor looked far larger, as he moved away from it, but also more ordinary. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Propelled by her downward momentum, Kendra found herself taking larger steps than she wanted. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Everything would be about him now, I realized, in support of this larger cause. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The larger logs send sparks up into the air, which makes everyone cheer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When a small galaxy runs into a larger one face-on it can produce one of the loveliest of the rare irregulars, a ring galaxy thousands of light-years across, set against the velvet of intergalactic space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Alfred felt the tenseness in Donatelli's arm, pressed against his own, and the ice ball grew larger and colder. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was swollen and bent to one side, his eyes larger than I remembered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He could see the peach swelling larger and larger as clearly as if it were a balloon being blown up. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z So each spring he set forth with his army and each autumn he returned, and year by year the kingdom grew larger and more prosperous. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The flap of skin grew larger as we worked our way down the body and then slowly pulled it down over the pig’s shoulders. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And then there were my ideas for planting a garden and looking to improve children’s health and nutrition on a larger scale. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mealtime portions in the farm’s cafeteria were no larger than at the cement factory, the textile mill, or the mines. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was a little larger, a little older, and considerably cleaner than Trotter’s. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z And even all these boats filling the waters of the Atlantic were but one part of an even larger system of world trade. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The park was like a wooded city inside a much larger world of concrete. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The Green Door recently had been abandoned for larger quarters on nearby Portugal Place. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She was quiet for a moment, thinking, Jesse decided, about her former school, which he saw as bright and new with a gleaming gymnasium larger than the one at the consolidated high school. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z —That shows a real depth of understanding, Gerald—of the poem, and of some of the larger ideas that the poem touches on. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each beast was larger than a house; the tips of their horns were capped with gold, and the courtyard stank with the sharp smell of their dung. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z T\\vo young men, one sandy-haired, one dark, well dressed and well-spoken: travelers sensible enough to hook up with a larger group for protection on the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We have already seen that plant domestication involves the modification of wild plants so that they become more useful to humans by virtue of larger seeds, a less bitter taste, or other qualities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The fifteen-hour flight would be just the beginning of a much larger journey. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The larger the company, the safer I would be. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z His theories on social poise, although requiring some minor revision as the family grew larger, were constant to the extent that they hinged on unaffectation. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Specialization increased on larger, more densely populated islands, reaching a peak on Samoa, the Societies, and especially Tonga and Hawaii. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In exhibit space, he told them, the fair would be at least one-third larger than what the French had allotted in Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They rolled the yarn and started again with it, forming new patterns, bright stripes, in larger sizes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Some infinities are larger than other infinities,” I drawled, mimicking Van Houten. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z They searched everywhere, and found that the oasis was much larger than they could have imagined; there were hundreds of tents. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He could be lighthearted and jokey, but he never strayed far from a larger sense of obligation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every time the volcano erupts it is larger, angrier, more ferocious. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I explained that wild animals were out of the question as were the larger varieties of domestic animal such as cow or horse. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Bethe’s stark conclusion that “it seems useless to build cyclotrons of larger proportions than the existing ones” appeared at a delicate and potentially mortifying moment for the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was different from the larger feelings that still racked his body: the searing agony in his arms and hands, the almost unendurable ulceration of his parched mouth, the feverish pounding of his head. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “You get two or three groups within the larger group. That is something you really try to prevent, and when it happens it is a good time to branch out.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cottages were fewer here, and their gardens larger; they were walking toward the foot of the mountain in whose shadow Hogsmeade lay. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was harder to convey warmth in larger auditoriums. 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 Now the larger figure reappeared, circling right round the edge of the clearing and heading for the bank down which she had just come. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We had acquired four all-terrain vehicles—two small ones and two slightly larger—which we pulled with teams on woodland trails before there was snow for sleds. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nowhere are there larger bands or more marching organizations, with corps of costumed girls whirling glittering batons. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he waved vaguely toward his desk—a new larger desk than he had had on my last visit. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In the first week of November of 1968, Mike Company was engaged in heavy fighting with a much larger North Vietnamese regiment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Of the state’s 9,304 square miles of territory, some 85 percent—an area somewhat larger than Wales—is woods, and nearly all the rest is either lakes or above treeline. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I let down the window and looked out; Millcote was behind us; judging by the number of its lights, it seemed a place of considerable magnitude, much larger than Lowton. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She takes the larger of the two knives, and I take the smaller one. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He straightened up...and up...and up, until his silhouette seemed larger than the old tree. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z If the fire established itself on the tall steeple, the wind would spread firebrands over an even larger area. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He grew larger and larger until he landed, full size, with a soft rustle beside her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When they reached the floor of the valley the wind grew stronger as it funneled through the rocks, and directly ahead a bright-colored speck grew larger and larger. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z An enraged otter would hurl itself at an enemy far larger than itself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The walls grew larger, the lights dimmed, the floor beneath her feet extended for miles and miles. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z On a larger scale, to a more intense degree, of course, but I remember the quality of the pain. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The town farther along was larger but its rival in destruction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “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 “Why did he never say anything about this larger ship to me?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Bullfrogs croaked in a feverish dirge, while larger game, alarmed by my trespass, thrashed through the underbrush, making me feel as though I was being pursued on all sides. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t thinking in these larger terms as I drove “up the river” at dawn on that Monday in late April, my first day at Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Far downstream, twinkling lights began to appear at the portholes of some of the larger yachts anchored near the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The crow looked even less real, now, but much larger. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If the idea of a small town in earth orbit worked out, the next step might be something much, much larger—more like a new country in space. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly opposite the elevator an open arch led into what looked like a still larger room—seemingly some kind of an assembly hall, for it had a raised platform at one end. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Yet he suspected this was just the beginning of a much larger trial by fire. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He taught her how to make numbers into something larger than themselves, applying them to larger concepts about motion and force, space and time, curves and circles and tightened springs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A school of fish zipped by my legs, and I stared at them in wonder until I realized that they might be fleeing some larger predator. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A few of the larger and bolder Northerners remained with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Moreover, Hamilton’s complaint—that he could hardly be expected to remember everything he had said over “the course of a fifteen year competition”—inadvertently opened up a whole new and much larger field of conflict. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As their eyes grew accustomed to the gloom the hobbits saw that the cave was larger than they had guessed and was filled with great store of arms and victuals. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 The crows had eaten most of its face, and something else had been at it as well, something much larger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Each had a small private office within this larger office. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I can only imagine how many bets people are casting right now in larger gambling shops like the Pirate’s Den. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This is how conquest occurs: one plan is always larger than the other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He seemed larger than the last time I’d seen him—ten feet tall at least. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The wild around her seemed so much larger, the churning river full of power, the forest huge with the secrets hidden in its black depths. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The crowd got larger and larger as we drove through town. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We combine households, in a third, larger house. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was a larger landscape in dull fall colors — an empty, shadowed meadow in a forest, with a craggy peak in the distance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z This was a small manifestation of a much larger issue on campus. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, however, all the rejected players and a number of people who had come down to watch after a lengthy breakfast had joined the crowd by now, so that it was larger than ever. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The giant appeared even larger up close than it had from the shore, and peering down into its dark throat, I swore I could almost hear old Cuthbert breathing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Like viruses, they simply take over the molecular machinery of a much larger, well-functioning cell and change it from a factory for making more cells into a factory for making more viroids. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 In time, no doubt, he would need larger quarters, but for the moment these would serve whilst he accustomed himself to command. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The smallest moon peeks over the shoulder of the larger one. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She got herself a larger apron after that, one that covered her whole front, rather than just the waist down, with very large ruffles. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z No larger than grains of dust, these transparent larvae swim about in the surface waters, feeding on the microscopic plant life of the plankton. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We pushed through the small opening and the path widened into a larger mouth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Bergs and floes larger than the ship rose up and tumbled over like children’s toys. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then I bought a larger one and wrote down the names, addresses and date mowed, so there was some order. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Because nothing spells parental discipline for homophobic slurs like dressing up fancy and underage drinking at some faraway country club where larger minds are present. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z That was around the same time the human brain grew larger and our teeth and jaws grew smaller. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In the eastern provinces, the Khmer Rouge cadres were more moderate and humane: the work hours were generally shorter, the food rations were larger, and the soldiers did not kill the villagers indiscriminately. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever we’re there it’s almost empty, because it’s Saturday; this makes it seem even larger. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And Ulbrickson wanted to set the larger world straight on another score. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I listened for the ancient language of the world as Mama Killa, Moon Mother, grew larger in the sky night by night, but I had yet to hear the voice of Beyond right and true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z 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 A man with a tall white hat who must have been the head chef shouted, "Put the soup for the big party in the larger silver soup-tureen!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 It gives a narrow but disturbing view of the larger phenomenon of the origin and spread of tropical viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks up her bag, opens it, and finds a little blue box, slightly larger than the green campfire one. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They seemed to him to run like the wind and to grow swiftly larger and darker, as their courses converged with his. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Tree-ear glanced about quickly, then tiptoed a few steps into the yard and gathered up some of the larger pieces. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Doña Veronica was the first restaurant who picked our humble farm over the larger chains. The gratitude we have for her can never be repaid.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Directly below the picture of the demonstrators ran an article, with its headline printed in a typeface several points larger than that used for the photograph’s caption. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The situation was immediately made worse by certain members of the striking police force, who circulated through the crowds, encouraging them to create even larger disturbances. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Squeaking shoes, a large coat, even larger than the man inside it...Dussel is returning from his nightly work in Mr. Kugler’s office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Kate led them into an even larger chamber, lined with more aquariums. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The halls here were larger and better furnished, if no less cold nor damp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Accommodating their innumerate help, the larger franchises now have cash registers which have pictures, on the keys, of the items ordered and automatically add on the appropriate tax. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In the winter of 1950, when he was seven years old, he asked Regina if she’d buy him another, larger chess set for Christmas. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now the cells are slightly larger and slightly brighter, and regular access to showers and recreation, food and water, is guaranteed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 As you might imagine, it was quite a bit larger than life. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z O’Brien was a being in all ways larger than himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was as if we’d stepped into the larger crosscurrents of culture and history, reminded suddenly of our relative smallness in the wider arc of time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A farmer ran up to help him, and a larger group of Russian men arrived in a car, surrounding him as he lay sprawled on the ground. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z For example, an area larger than all of New England — some 50 million acres — is under management by utility corporations and much of it is routinely treated for “brush control.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This raises a larger issue in the interpretation of Kuhn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Feathers flew as two of the larger birds fought over a choice piece. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Abigail checked the small hole where the bench had been, then walked back to the larger hole. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And while it’s true that the owners of the larger yards paid me more—I was getting thirty to forty dollars a lawn the second day—there was also the distance factor. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z 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 She left the larger blade on the ground, but concealed the small one in a pocket sheath sewn into her pants. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This shift in weight only aggravated the larger problem, and the shimmy grew stronger. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And as our group grew larger, we would have to take more and more. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The fire was exhausted, but it had served its purpose; the red spot on the sky grew larger. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a fifth pup, a bit larger than the others, and its coat was a silky, silvery gold that shimmered in the shadows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Soon Elsie and I are standing alone in an alley between two larger tents. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A large man, larger than Lee, full- bearded, blue-eyed, ominous, slow-talking, crude. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This world was so much larger than I had once thought. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z While he spoke the larger man stood and shot his cuffs, then calmly opened Fujiko’s glass case and picked up the stack of shakuhachi sheet music she kept on the bottom shelf. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 These errors may be trivial in themselves, Mr Stevens, but you must yourself realize their larger significance.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to waste the seal meat, he lifted the carcass in his teeth and flipped it onto the back of Lee Scoresby’s larger sledge before donning the armor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was solid and functional, though larger than most of the other houses on the street. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Inside the jar, just below the edge of the label, Sophie could see the putting-to-sleep dream lying peacefully on the bottom, pulsing gently, sea-green like the other one, but perhaps a trifle larger. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 "Try again, favorite. And give me larger breasts. The size of grapefruits. They always seem to shrivel down by the middle of the month. Also, a creaseless eyelid. Those are trendy now." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As the third stage of their day’s march drew on and afternoon waned, the forest opened out, and the trees became larger and more scattered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z From its belly issues a flock of white growing slowly larger. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was larger than she’d counted on, and one of its claws slashed across her face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The letter R was the last to go, it twisted in the flame, it curled outwards for a moment, becoming larger than ever. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z One of the branches was dearly larger, the other more like a broad stream. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 And the door took her place like a sheet of blank paper, and then a larger sheet of paper took the place of the door, and I drifted toward it and smiled myself to sleep. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He slashed into the hole, disappeared between his two larger opponents, then burst into the lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And he had forgotten to mention that, when you have enough money to buy a flock larger than the one you had before, you should buy it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a second-class one—chosen presumably because of its slightly larger size. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In the lee of a boulder no larger than a dishwasher, the climbers hunkered in a pathetic row on a patch of gale-scoured ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 It is still possible, of course, to run an army with larger groups. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A day after his arrest, he is marched east in a group of twenty to join a larger group where they are penned in a warehouse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The pieces in which Corelli developed this light-and- shade technique came to be known by the name of the larger group, concerto grosso, and subsequently the generic term ‘concerto’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Maggots again, but larger, full grown, they now crawled across his grief and his repentance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew God’s scale to be vast and perfectly accurate: I pictured it as a much larger version of the one at the butcher’s counter in the Bethlehem Piggly Wiggly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a small-minded and ludicrous insult, sure, but his mocking of my intellect, his marginalizing of my young self, carried with it a larger dismissiveness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The next morning it was a larger group of villagers who followed the hoofprints to the woods where the broken-toothed Jack and his friends were clearing brush from Roger Mustard’s field. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was part of this larger shift, this crazy transition we were in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He took two of the larger black stones and they went to find a campsite, and here, too, there was the waiting for luck. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 Here and there a larger pebble clung to its own air and was covered with a coat of pearls. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z On the back wall were two curtained doorways, with a larger curtained space between them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She holds out her white-gloved hand, and Bailey notices that it is larger than the glove he was given as proof of a long-ago dare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The other was for a “new and larger cyclotron” for medical research, including the full-scale production of synthetic radioisotopes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Naturally his paw would be much larger when closed than it was when he reached in. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Slavin realized he probably wasn’t the only patient with valuable blood, so he recruited other similarly endowed people and started a company, Essential Biologicals, which eventually merged with another, larger biological-product corporation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The larger mountain is on the horizon and you can see the two smaller mountains in the distance behind a little bit of haze. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z My quarters are larger than our entire house back home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For the act of criticizing heightened his sense of importance, made him feel larger. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Many subway advocates, at the time, told Gunn not to worry about graffiti, to focus on the larger questions of crime and subway reliability, and it seemed like reasonable advice. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was politics, yes, but in its most fractious and cynical form, seemingly disconnected from any larger sense of purpose. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The larger circle is virgins. The smaller circle is seventeen-year- old guys with one leg.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Since the wavelength of light is much larger than the size of an atom, we cannot hope to “look” at the parts of an atom in the ordinary way. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were a few larger pieces as well. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z All we do is follow him in there and use Engorgement to turn him into something rather larger. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z He had a small head, a thin body, weak arms, and short legs, but his limbs grew larger and larger as he advanced. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Through that telescope, the world was closer and larger than I’d ever imagined. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The boys from the Flying Squadron are busy tearing down tents—they’ve already dropped most of the larger ones, revealing the buildings of Joliet in the background. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I was fighting to stay awake myself, but I repeated the story to the larger assembly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Van Riper was supposed to be cowed and overwhelmed in the face of a larger foe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 An apple slithering through Flatland would appear first as a point and then as progressively larger, roughly circular slices. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure what I saw,” said the larger policeman. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He grew larger until he was in his true form—his face still human, but his body that of a huge lion. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Of course, he did more than just point me to the Rhodes Scholarship; he instructed me to learn the larger historical context of the award. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z At the end of this stretch, with all its many windows dark, stood a house larger than any other on the street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Would he look like a larger version of himself? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Anderson appeared at Armstrong High again in 1937, but as the demand for tickets to her performances continued to grow, Howard University rented the still larger downtown Rialto Theater for her 1938 concert. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Without the details there could be no larger picture. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Pennytree proved to be a much larger village than he had anticipated. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They managed to unite into an armoured regiment—which was still several times larger than anything in armour which the King could bring against them—but they were deprived of their accustomed screen of footmen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bentley had chosen New Haven over the much larger FBI office near her home in New York City, betting that she could avoid being followed by Russian agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The gwythaints, which, at a distance, had seemed no more than dry leaves in the wind, grew larger and larger, as they plunged toward horse and riders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Actually, they generally poll a larger number than is theoretically necessary to compensate for problems associated with getting a random sample. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he made it, he would have said that he yearned for a larger tenure than any department could grant; to go with his professional tenure, a sort of life tenure. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And to observe these few coming from the distance of Pluto would require a larger gamma ray detector than any that have been constructed so far. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To her, Mott “seemed like a being from some larger planet.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Her shape grew larger and larger until she was on me with a shriek and a rush of wind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The other pool, not much larger than a bathtub, had formed right at the bank of, and on a level with, the river. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Every sage who took the vows was given a mark just above her wrist: a stylized symbol slightly larger than a gold coin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The McDonalds fired all their carhops in 1948, closed their restaurant, installed larger grills, and reopened three months later with a radically new method of preparing food. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Two years later, another, somewhat larger asteroid missed us by just 90,000 miles–the closest pass yet recorded. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 But for those prepared to move aside for a larger passage, it works. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob was wearing a similar but larger pack. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Moreover, there is every reason to suppose that we may soon begin to find other even larger icy spheres in the same portion of space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He was larger than the other dogs and had heavier fur and yellow eyes and he ran with a graceful stride like Rontu’s. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The two men turned to look at her; the larger one came halfway down the porch steps. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Let us now look at this portrait in its larger historical and cultural context. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 His first three models were large, clumsy, heavy instruments, but his final masterpiece was not much larger than a heavy pocket watch. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Moreover, publication ensured that there was a much larger number of ‘virtual onlookers’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The dirt lane wound through the jungle and met up with a larger road. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The Van Gogh home and church community was a small island of Protestantism in the much larger Catholic community of Zundert, and all North Brabant, the province in the southern Netherlands where they lived. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mole’s Town had always been larger than it seemed; most of it was underground, sheltered from the cold and snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When she came to, they were maneuvering alongside a much larger barge. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They returned with a larger group and retaliated with rock-throwing of their own. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They lived in houses ten times larger and grander than Mr. Cheyney's and consorted with ladies of elegance and beauty. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “That’s why we reserved that dormitory for residents with nervous disorders. It doesn’t make sense for them to mix with the larger population. In number 40, they can get the care they require.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 Faced with this ever-growing flood of squatters, two Shawnee brothers, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, began building a larger, more cohesive Indigenous resistance. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Please, you can have the rat, don’t hurt me ...” “Reek,” said the larger of the boys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The way began to rise, and as it did the rocks grew larger. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In a day of many mistakes, this would turn out to be one of the larger ones. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “All right,” I said, “perhaps it would look better on the larger table.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The metal structure is larger and stranger up close than it was from far away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She remembered an open field of lemongrass, a starry night sky, and a beast, larger and more terrible than any creature she’d looked after in the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As she walked around the trees, she saw that there was a split in the larger tree that widened to almost two feet across at its base. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The entire satellite phone-and-fax apparatus wasn’t much larger than a laptop computer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Kalugin's appearance had an electrifying effect on the crowd and on the larger democracy movement inside Russia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The larger game and food fishes succumbed most rapidly . Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “What are the larger sharks going to eat if there are no dogfish?” he persisted. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her knife wasn’t much larger than mine, but hers wasn’t a folding knife. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Every day there were more dead, and the rats were getting larger and more daring. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He moved his business to larger towns, first in Massachusetts, then in New York State, always looking for the best market. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He carries smaller volumes with him at all times, transcribing them into larger ones once they are filled. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The larger clans had been openly plotting to nuke the Sixer Operations Complex for several years now, but they’d never managed to get past the defense grid or reach the planet’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When the small wood was going well he went out and found larger wood and did not relax until that was going. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z When the ravens came the crows would scatter, only to return the moment the larger birds were gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When they were not actually playing in some theater, or traveling on trains between cities, their life was spent in the larger hotels. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z A diamond knife is a metal object no larger than a small pocket-size pencil sharpener—about an inch long. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s much larger than average,” the man with thinning hair corrects himself. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 It seemed like forever—or only seconds— that Tally fell, the gaping faces below becoming larger and larger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As you drove along it, you would see in the distance a plume of dust growing larger, coming toward you: an automobile. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The less I had to eat, the larger became the portions I dreamed of. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to learn fast, however, and soon—within days and even hours, in some cases—small birds were hitting small cars and larger birds were hitting the trucks and larger vehicles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Granddad’s bedroom is larger than the others and has the best view. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When the meeting was again called to order Mr. Hoo suggested they offer Ms. Pulaski a slightly larger share of the inheritance in exchange for a transcript of the will—in English. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he feels part of a larger group of painters, a community that includes people from different countries, who paint in all different styles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The room was larger than Thomas had expected, at least thirty feet square. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Shiny patches of scalp show, brighter and larger than when the school year began. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 But the fire was farther away than he had thought, and larger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Would his message work on a larger scale? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She edged away from the skull and backed into a second, larger than the first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Heather’s sofa pulled out into a bed, and they agreed he could sleep there until Vivi found a job and they were able to afford a larger apartment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At least larger than mine alone, or anything I could really understand. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Colliding dust grains formed larger and larger clumps. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Some of the cargo barges were old broken sailing vessels, but others were larger, more massive. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The larger the area sprayed the more serious the harm, because no oases of safety remain. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Excepting in nine of the larger cities of the state all postmasters are registrars for their respective districts. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He was in green, and was older and larger than any of the other soldiers. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Two pictures rest behind a small altar: to the side, Ganesha again, and in the centre, in a larger frame, smiling and blue-skinned, Krishna playing the flute. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This one was larger and fuller and it spoke to me in English. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If the following stories converge to make some larger point, the surest way to reach it is through the stories themselves. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 With all the milk they were getting, the children began to grow larger and sleeker, and their skin shone with good health. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Their buildings were huge, larger than anything in his experience at the ship-breaking yards. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Hadiya’s friends stood up and told stories about her, each one punctuated by a larger feeling of outrage and helplessness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Like some giant crab, all spines and legs, but larger than a castle. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I saw your pictures of them. The women looked like pregnant Gethenians, but with larger breasts. Do they differ much from your sex in mind behavior? Are they like a different species?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z One fork continued as before, but the second, larger fork dumped into Canteen Creek. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lee paused, her gigantic smile somehow growing larger. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z My girls’ clothes are secondhand, donated by a distant friend of my mother’s who has a larger daughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise they saw nothing larger than a pigeon all day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As these larger factors dominated the thoughts and energy of the population of the North End—and the rest of America—the molasses tank continued to leak. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z That evolution should select for larger brains may seem to us like, well, a no-brainer. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Greedily she clamoured for ever larger, ever more frequent doses. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "Witches have slightly larger nose-holes than ordinary people. The rim of each nose-hole is pink and curvy, like the rim of a certain kind of seashell." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z It contained the same cluster of small dwellings along a single rough road with but one or two structures larger than the rest. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was larger than the other tents and an imperial flag flew from the cask in front of it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This one was larger—on the map, it was called Old Yard. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z If I eat out at the buffet I can watch the large Mexican families or the even larger, in total body mass terms, families of Minnesota Anglos. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This place is not a larger version of District 12. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z These humans were more muscular than Sapiens, had larger brains, and were better adapted to cold climes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was larger than most, made of sturdy wood and bamboo, with thick thatch made from palm leaves making up the roof. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Adams tended to set the intellectual agenda in the dialogue that ensued, Jefferson inadvertently provided the larger framework within which the debate played out. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “It is nothing in comparison of Rosings, my lady, I dare say; but I assure you it is much larger than Sir William Lucas’s.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Back they went, to the Dormitory, greeting old friends—many of them larger in size now, their bellies growing as they waited—and taking their places again in the group. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She holds the base of Princess Sabine's teacup, helping her take larger sips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We walk into a space that is several times larger than anywhere I’ve ever lived. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were three potted plants hanging from the high ceilings in the front room, and it made the house seem impossibly larger than the outside led you to believe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In the diagram, an arrow pointed to a small circular hole near the rim of the larger wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He got down on one knee to pick up the pieces of the wheel, dropping the larger half in his palm, pinching at the smaller piece with his fingers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The plan of the house is simple, two immense rooms per floor, each of which, he is certain, is larger than his own apartment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Tom slowly folded the telegram and folded it again and again until it was a square no larger than his thumb. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly, my dear, nobody said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighbourhood, I believe there are few neighbourhoods larger. I know we dine with four-and-twenty families.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z But there are detailed differences that prove important: Japan is somewhat larger and more distant. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the angle, but her fawn’s eyes, looking up at me, seemed larger than ever. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The river falls farther and farther away beneath us and the larger mountain rears up on the other side of the river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z As a result, people who are classified as violent offenders comprise a much larger share of the prison population than they would if they had earlier release dates. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I always thought it would feel larger than life, and it doesn’t, but I like that. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Soon the lights were much larger, and sometimes they blinked out as though someone had walked past a window for a moment. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A girl like me simply shouldn’t be touching these luxury linens, eating this expensive food, sleeping in this room larger than any home I’ve ever been in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The larger man came through the living room from the pantry with Hisao’s shotgun seized in one hand and four boxes of shells against his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We divided it into two smaller segments and one larger one, wrapped each in plastic, and placed them inside empty cocoa containers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a soft landing on a warm bouncy surface and was feeling lucky—until she opened her eyes and found herself staring through a glowing gold membrane at another, much larger face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then I watched her grow larger and larger as she came back to the car. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There were more vegetables, including potatoes, in a larger vegetable garden farther behind the house, next to a field of rye. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A head taller than my father, I was wearing clothing that would fit only a larger man. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z His too large mother, his even larger father. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was much larger than their house at home. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 They would be a new wing, a five-witch coven, part of the larger Grand House of Stars now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The sky seemed to retreat far above, and she had the strange sensation that she was shrinking, that soon she might be no larger than an ant crawling over the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z While Hatsue and her sisters sat on the couch, Hisao brought chairs from the kitchen for the FBI men—the larger one followed him everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Back when the Night’s Watch had been much larger, its walls had been hung with rows of brightly colored wooden shields. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is larger, but still rustic and natural, overgrown with landscape, banks of wild white roses tangling across the porch roof. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Her cinnamon-toast hair was tied back, which made her almond eyes look even larger and more startling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was also much that couldn’t be planned for, a larger unruliness that paced the borders of our every day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were also playing more shows, to larger and larger crowds, almost every weekend. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This crack was between the same planks, but was a larger one and close to where I was kneeling. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When this is easy, move on to more challenging keys and larger intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The lump filling my throat grows larger and larger until he’s out of view. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Indeed, how could civil rights organizations, some of which are larger and better funded than at any point in American history, have allowed this human rights nightmare to occur on their watch? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The occasional Harmony or Unity flashes above, each purple letter larger than the person cleaning it beneath, like an ant holding a grape. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He turned down some rooms as too big and others as too small, before settling on the attic story of a crematorium—a cavernous space larger than others he’d rejected as too big. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She stared in astonishment when she saw Captain Cook and Mr. Popper, looking like a larger penguin himself in his black tailcoat. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The Pocahontas Industrial Council for Education was the sponsoring organization, a committee created by the businesses in Welch and some of the larger coal mines. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you weren’t expecting something better,” I said apologetically, moving my trunk against my bed to make the floor space seem larger. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Eighty or so cattle were bunched together in a section of a much larger field. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Over the years military planners have arrived at a rule of thumb which dictates that functional fighting units cannot be substantially larger than 200 men,” Dunbar writes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From the box she removed a small crossbow not much larger than a pistol. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The fourth, northern side opened onto a third mound, larger than the small mound but nowhere near the size of the big one. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My vision was blurry and my nose felt larger than the rest of my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were better educated and their larger vocabularies shamed him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s a vertical oblong, larger than the other paintings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the only wharf in Boston larger than Hancock’s. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z B.J. put down his book bag, slowly turned around, and tensed his short, wiry frame to face the much larger boy. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Had my vocabulary been larger, I might have said, "Well, no, not exactly." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 It was a small, dark wooden pipe no larger than his hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The homes of these islanders might soon lie in drifts so that only the sloped roofs of the beach cabins would show and only the upper stories of the larger houses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He stood large, much larger than he appears on the screen. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But in a larger sense, it seems to me, the claim is correct. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Outside, a mass, darker than the storm, took shape and grew larger. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In general, the larger the size and the higher the density, the more complex and specialized were the technology and organization, for reasons that we shall examine in detail in later chapters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A typical scientific paper has never pretended to be more than another little piece in a larger jigsaw—not significant in itself but as an element in a grander scheme. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The pigeons like to hide,” said the larger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Or did he make an inside box first and fit the larger box around it? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He had routed a force fifty times larger than his own, won the greatest ransom ever seen, and vanquished a cultural tradition that had lasted five millennia—all without suffering a single casualty. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Rohin exclaimed triumphantly, and began running in larger and larger circles. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z These spots can grow into larger spots and merge with others to create patches of pale skin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We run the risk of winning isolated battles but losing the larger war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Small family farms get replaced with larger industrial farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His father had said, 'But look at all the others, so much larger and brighter. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The room was more than a hundred yards across, larger in all directions than a football field. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 trees grew larger and larger, and it took me a second to realize that it was because I was walking toward them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was a small shadow at first, maybe a squirrel or a chipmunk, but then it grew larger and larger, quicker than any natural shadow could grow, until it loomed over them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Wickersham may have had a procedural point to make, but humiliating the officer seemed to be a larger one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Many of the white men in this part of town worked as foremen or laborers in the larger factories. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Fiona’s home, larger than the cabin that Nathan and his father shared, sat neatly between several rows of corn and beans. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrambled a little way up into one of the larger of the bay-trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Smaller units do not voluntarily abandon their sovereignty and merge into larger units. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Though the issue is much larger than one colored.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We certainly didn’t think much about our lives beyond the Cottages, or about who ran them, or how they fitted into the larger world. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The train slows as it reaches the heart of the city, and I sit up to watch the smaller buildings grow into larger buildings. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z With small waves the result was a ceaseless, fist-like beating against the hull, while larger waves made for a tiresome rolling of the boat as it leaned from side to side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was larger than the other houses, but not by very much. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Whether it had been built that way, or because he had used magical trickery to make it so, Slughorn’s office was much larger than the usual teacher’s study. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Nitta, a small woman with a waist no larger than a soup tin, darted up and down the rows like a hummingbird beneath her straw picking hat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Her head seemed larger than it did in real life. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He could close his eyes and see them still: flames whirling from brick pyramids larger than any castle he had ever seen, plumes of greasy smoke coiling upward like great black snakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There had been larger marches in the past decade, but none of them matched in tone, the gravitas of this slow cortege through the streets of Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And repetition in larger narrative structures—as witness the shape of everything from fairytales and myths to The Gruffalo—is what makes them seem coherent, memorable, self-achieved, and, in effect, meaningful. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The temples were not much larger than apples, but when Diana asked her to move one, she felt as though someone had tied a gigantic field stone to the end of the leather cord. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Inside, a much larger, darker Cog sits in a cutout. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Besides this, O-lan was again with child and the pressure of the larger child upon her from without was too painful to bear. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It seemed monstrously unfair that the little boy was deprived of food simply because he was slower than the larger boys. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So the velocity of the particle will be disturbed by a larger amount. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In larger cities my troupe had performed in places not unlike this one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Though larger than the rooms at Manzanar, this apartment was still cramped, forcing us kids outside. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Vervet monkeys cavorted as much as their larger cousins, and the babies of both species occasionally joined in play. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is an extraordinary experience to find yourself face-to-face in the woods with a wild animal that is very much larger than you. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A tiny white speck of a car came singing down the wet road from town, far away, twisting with the black curves and growing larger by the moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Working with Karl Brandt, his personal physician, Hitler launched the Scientific Registry of Serious Hereditary and Congenital Illnesses to administer a much larger, nationwide euthanasia program to eradicate genetic “defectives.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They were just starting on it when two larger rabbits came running across from the other side of the nearby cattle wade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 While the rest of her became smaller, her eyes grew larger. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Instead, it treated the Mormon ideology as a chapter in the larger human story. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 It weighs between two and four tonnes, the female being larger than the male. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The days started to fill, Nelson was bom, and two years later, Noris, and soon I had a third belly growing larger each day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The shock was so enormous that I found my own puny fear of exposure melting into a much larger darker terror that seemed to have no boundaries. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After all the action and mental strain, travel and grief, he felt suddenly reborn, larger than life and brimming with new-found self-confidence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Stoors were broader, heavier in build; their feet and hands were larger, and they preferred flat lands and riversides. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At that height, the cars were like little beetles crawling along the streets, and people walking on the pavements looked no larger than tiny grains of soot. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He held out the prospect of becoming part of something larger than themselves, of finding in themselves something they did not yet know they possessed, of growing from boyhood to manhood. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z According to Rees, the number of light-years to the edge of this larger, unseen universe would be written not "with ten zeroes, not even with a hundred, but with millions." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But there is no such rapid recovery of the larger aquatic insects, on which salmon in their second and third years depend. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand—glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 a Brotherhood spokesman I would represent not only my own group but one that was much larger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two bedrooms, the larger of which Dad claimed, and a room that tripled as a kitchen, dining room, and living room, meaning that it contained one table, one moth-eaten sofa, and one hotplate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The larger black community in Durham was less than enthusiastic about the vigil when they did learn about it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z To Ekon’s horror, several Sons of the Six were already standing there, surrounding a larger group of people seated in the grass with bound wrists. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The three squads of Third Platoon were briefed on the top deck by a First Lieutenant Pavelman from San Antonio, who explained in detail the role of B Company in the larger scheme of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Once or twice he thought he saw something larger moving ahead of him, but when he got nearer, he discovered it to be nothing but a large, blackened log, or a dense clump of weed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 It was reflective of a larger spirit of self-sufficiency and pride I’d seen in all parts of the military. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Probably few men have walked away from larger flashlight explosions than those Dad set off as a matter of routine. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And now that she was looking at them, she noticed that only a few pairs were larger than the others, like the slipper on her foot—but only a few. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “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 Arrows pointed toward one palace, larger than all the others, so large it took up half the map, and I gulped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “The larger issue is that there are simply too many mouths to feed,” the man said. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Now I wanted to highlight a larger issue and push for larger solutions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The moon was slightly larger tonight, but still gave little light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was wild as the wood, but he had larger concerns. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His method with me was in fact anti-associative, and he asked me to look at my life not just from a singular mode but through the crucible of a larger narrative. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It grows larger as it comes closer, shining against the side of Four’s face, creating a shadow in the faint hollow beneath his cheekbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It seemed to have grown larger; its eyes were cold and grim. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They stepped up into a larger room washed in sunshine from tall windows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He acknowledged that the random violence and careening course of the French Revolution were lamentable developments, but he insisted they were merely a passing chapter in the larger story of triumphant global revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Richard took his mother’s hand and cradled it in his much larger ones. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z With the butt of his trident he tapped the image of a merman larger than the rest, with the horns of a bull. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He had seen larger buildings, but never one that had any connection to his own life. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The ship was drawing closer, growing larger and larger in the mist like a shadow at dusk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And rising through it in ones and twos and larger groups as well came small black shadows, those ragged figures of such elegance, witches on their branches of cloud-pine. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The troops were still in place around the school, and every morning the crowd of segregationists grew larger. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If the larger picture of ancient forager life is hard to reconstruct, particular events are largely irretrievable. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He was therefore well practiced in subordinating his own inclinations and style to Washington’s larger purposes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The waves just kept on coming, larger and harsher and saltier than ever before. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was a good deal larger than mine, with dark, polished wood, deep drawers, and a large, green, leather-bordered blotter that covered almost its entire top. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Two aristocrats are out horseback riding and one challenges the other to see which can come up with the larger number. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A little shadow detached itself from the larger one. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He reached in, and took out a card, only slightly larger than a business card. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And of course there were clothes, including the petticoat from my grandmother, one size larger than last year’s. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Doe was a member of the Krahn tribe, a tiny ethnic group that composed just 4 percent of the population, far less than the larger tribes in Liberia, the Gio and the Mano. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The airlocks on the Hab are much larger and completely different from the airlocks on the rovers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned giant fists of water from the ocean to slam into the larger waves before they could reach the deck, so it looked like the ocean was hitting itself repeatedly in the face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This is an era of specialists, each of whom sees his own problem and is unaware of or intolerant of the larger frame into which it fits. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Yes. Like the old man said, skills are valuable. The larger ships will have hospital wards. They’ll need you. Present yourself for work, but tell them you want to bring your patients with you.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Ghost, already larger than his litter mates, smelled, her, gave her ear a careful nip, and settled back down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The leaves grew larger, greener, veined underneath in pale chartreuse, the blades thick and full of liquid that I kept expecting to smell like gardenias, but it didn’t. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In the distance, his covered head raised up a larger bump in the bedding. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z What I do know: I just went from being one of three black students in a class of 82 to one of....well, very, very few in a much larger number. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 Lump of carbon no larger than a chestnut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 National Advisory Cancer Council reconsidered its decision to scatter its funds in small increments, choosing instead to concentrate its financial firepower on a few larger projects. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Before Polly knew what was happening her left hand had been caught in a hand so much larger and stronger than her own that she could do nothing about it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z As the new cathedral was to be much larger, many houses were removed and even part of the bishop’s palace was torn down. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z 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 One is less neat, another larger than the other two. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Scientists attribute the significantly larger population in the Americas to a relatively disease-free society whose use of herbal medicine, surgery, dentistry, and hygienic and ritual bathing kept disease at bay. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Dauntless was a larger ship and much faster and the captain laughed at the Ray's attempt at flight. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As he watched, a large bird—he thought it looked like a crow but it seemed larger—flew from the top, real forest, and the reflection-bird matched it, both flying out over the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time she returned, she could see that slowly but surely the patch of cleared earth was growing larger. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He had expected a larger man and a rougher exterior. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 The men chopped off the larger pieces of meat and laid them in the smokehouse to begin the curing process. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Suddenly the withered wisps grew larger, longer, shimmering and crackling, nearly blinding Taran with streaks of liquid flame. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z As far as Nhamo knew, it contained no animals larger than mice, and the shore was too steep for hippos to invade. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought out three snakes that seemed larger than the rest, with white markings around their necks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We worked back and forth, making larger and larger arcs away from the bluff. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Such increased competition among plants themselves made a major contribution to larger seed size and to many other changes developing during the transformation of wild plants into ancient crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Small feathers, rich red and deep blue, were appearing, and he was growing larger on the many potatoes and corn kernels I fed him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The term mass incarceration refers not only to the criminal justice system but also to the larger web of laws, rules, policies, and customs that control those labeled criminals both in and out of prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Taran heard what he took to be a scuffle, then a high-pitched little shriek, followed by a larger shriek and a moment or two of loud smacking. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It made me feel a part of something larger than myself. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A double bar line, either heavy or light, is used to mark the ends of larger sections of music, including the very end of a piece, which is marked by a heavy double bar. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Our neighbor’s house had a larger yard than ours, with what looked like good grass. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z "Well, Ras the Exhorter has had a monopoly in Harlem. But now that we are larger we might give it a try. What the committee wants is results!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They stepped up into a larger room washed in sunshine from tall windows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The turret is crowned with a steel dome and is used primarily to range larger guns positioned farther below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Pap’s coming to New York took from me the larger room, which Mama had redecorated, and put me into a small, cramped space that had as its only advantage a door that closed securely. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “First of all, I’m nobody’s sidekick,” Nora says as she hops over a larger puddle. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z That means more disposable fuel and a larger margin of error for the return thrust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to ensure any effort I made helped advance the new administration’s larger goals. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The eyes were larger surely, the mouth narrower, the skin white and clear? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to grow larger as it lay for a moment on his big brown-skinned hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 She found several other small streams—they had been much larger, but the rainy season was already two months past. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After some minutes’ walking, they came to a larger clearing in front of a rock that rose sheer from the ground. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I noticed the boy dog was much larger than the girl dog. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The first housed bathrooms, and the other, larger building was the visitor center. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Grandpa lived far away in the Big Woods, where the trees were closer together and larger. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Back then, he had fought those instincts and calmly raised his arms, as he had read to do, making himself look larger. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They were larger than when he had come in and had a purpose to them, a rapid movement in spite of their size that almost triggered alarm bells in David’s brain. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped out into the hallway where there was a larger mirror, and she turned this way and that. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z All ruled by their larger, human-like cousins, the immortal Fae—the original inhabitants and settlers of the continent, and the oldest beings in Erilea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 There the path joined up with a larger road going west, overland, toward the capital. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd was much larger than we’d expected, an even mix of Koreans, blacks, Hispanics. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s another circle representing the waterline and a slightly larger one indicating the edge of the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Through the trees to his right he could see the dark bulk of a larger hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 was tough enough to read it just to Babulya, and she couldn’t imagine reading it aloud to a larger group of people. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Like... smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The forge itself sits in a larger room to my right, cold and empty, its bellows still. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I was not interested in the Hell’s Angels, but the larger question that concerned me was whether we had, as Strini suggested, become stuck in a mind-set that was no longer revolutionary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 One larger tree grew right up in front of the house, hiding the front door, shading the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z His father was still deathly ill, lying down in the larger canoe that followed him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Fishing boats were moving across the bay, their sails rippling in the wind, and he could see the masts of larger ships poking up along the shore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every morning, the township felt larger than it had the day before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning the corner to X-gallery, I saw three more, one of them larger, like a small campfire, sending bits of burning embers flying into the dark space beyond the fence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At any one time a few larger polities dominated the dozens or scores of small chiefdoms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Only in this larger context can the child focus on developing their musical ability. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z No longer riding a wave of adrenaline, my head once again feels larger than my body, and I stagger through the corridors until I reach the end of the staterooms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The cube grows larger, and as it does, he pulls one side of it so that I can see its surface in detail. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She still had the stupid coin he'd given her, a piece of iron no larger than a penny and rusted along the rim. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “When things get larger than that, people become strangers to one another.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Wheat and com and barley grew high in its fields, and even in High- garden the pumpkins were no larger nor the fruit any sweeter than here. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the crowd at the Parthenon grew larger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A few years later they moved to a larger building on E Street in San Bernardino and opened the McDonald Brothers Burger Bar Drive-In. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z The small bands joined us, but sometimes armies of equal or larger strength would fight us. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One skull was larger than the rest, grotesquely malformed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the year passed his friend seemed to grow larger in his mind, and his face looked out in a very grave and subtle way from the darkness at night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 The hut they occupied was larger and far grander than any at the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z With both hands, he lays hold of a larger branch, and the inner tube swings onto the silt and grass. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The room looked larger when we were all together like this, leaning toward the warmth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In particular, they shaped the world around us to a much larger degree than most people realise. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The small Wyrdmarks made up larger ones, and the larger ones made up even larger ones, until it seemed the entire room meant something she couldn’t possibly understand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 The larger crater was about eight feet deep. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But recent archaeological investigations have revealed that at this time the Andes housed two mountain states, each much larger than previously appreciated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They are oddly shaped, each a six-inch square block, much larger than a home computer, and each is connected to its own battery dock. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z If anything, they encouraged Alice Paul and her allies to stage more provocative protests that attracted larger crowds and led to more arrests. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I have more of an appetite than when I began,” said Tock, leaning weakly against one of the larger rocks. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 A larger campground, with six camping sites marked on it, was on a road that turned off the left fork. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As regards population size, chiefdoms were considerably larger than tribes, ranging from several thousand to several tens of thousands of people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 I gradually accumulated a larger and larger stack of coins. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z 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 She just followed the light with her eyes as it flew around the room, very fast, faster than a glowworm and much larger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In my terrified child’s mind, the Augur seemed larger, more menacing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It fell on the larger one sitting in the middle to answer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They hurled themselves upon the enemy, sparrows and shrews siding them against their larger adversaries. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Alaska was holding a burning green candle in her hand upside down, dripping the wax onto a larger, homemade volcano that looked a bit like a Technicolor middle-school-science-project volcano. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The other two are larger, prettier, the alphabetical tabs still intact. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Burnham described his vision of a fair larger and grander than the Paris exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Men, and larger animals such as wolves, usually have an idea of their own numbers and those of the enemy and this affects their readiness to fight and how they go about it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain looms over me, seeming so much larger than life when I’m this incapacitated. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Twice as much food, a larger shelter—it changed things. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Secretary of War Stanton has personally taken charge of identifying the larger conspiracy that has grown out of Booth’s single gunshot, pushing Lafayette Baker from the limelight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Otto motioned to the larger objects, the lamppost, and the flipped car. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he took the knife and cut the smallest possible window he could see through, no larger than the circle he could make with thumb and forefinger. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then it grew larger and was a gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The gang that Venkatesh had fallen in with was one of about a hundred branches—franchises, really—of a larger Black Disciples organization. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A little farther on, there was another, larger pit for adults. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Later in the day Mama replaced me on the gate with a larger, more senior officer and sent me to patrol the gym. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I never got over its main feature, that it really had no walls, just one built-in partition to set off the bedroom from the larger space. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Without warning, they grew larger, and an echoing boom reverberated through the air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The farther he walked the larger these crystals grew on either side of a clear path down the middle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Our family structures are larger and more inclusive; anyone who claims descent from a common ancestor is deemed part of the same family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the centre of the complex rose a citadel larger than Grand Central Station, its walls encrusted with pearls, its domed golden roof cracked open like an egg. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were different from the fish on the reefs, having larger eyes and fins that drifted out from their bodies like kelp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But in death she restored it, and made both eyes larger and thicker-lashed in the bargain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The tribesman who was searching the alchemist’s belongings found a small crystal flask filled with a liquid, and a yellow glass egg that was slightly larger than a chicken’s egg. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby strode in, looking larger and healthier than imagined, and swiftly took his seat on the dais. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She brings more plates, none larger than a hand, and soon the table is completely covered. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax was larger than Bristle, but he was no match for her determination. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Their value for science comes from being part of a larger collection. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There were two larger wheels in the back. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran like Jesse Owens with the Big M. Meanwhile, the story of the rats grew larger. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Tier body seems larger in stature, more imposing than mine. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She had been talking to herself, so what she said was a fragment of a much larger conversation. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But both failed projects were also visionary projections linked to larger expectations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 Analogues of the geoglyphs to the north, they are typically five hundred feet across, though some are considerably larger. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 The next day Grace received a larger box. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z For this is much larger than our little adobe. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z When at last he blew out his lamp, Johnny had made an exact replica of the winged woman, only larger. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And in the darkest corner of the ceiling, hidden among the dark oak beams, sat a man no larger than a hand span. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her house dress made her look even larger. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I would insist to an inmate who’d given himself the larger, milk-size cup of juice, as though he had shorted me ten dollars in change for a twenty. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tess has pushed her way past one of the larger gamblers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z After a moment, she turns slowly and lowers her enormous gray rear onto the larger ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 I am aware of Presence, not personal the way we usually feel presence, but something larger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We’re living in a larger place now, the three of us: the upper two stories of a red brick semidetached house with a sagging wooden square-pillared porch, on a side street west along Bloor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind the store there was a clearing, larger than Pa’s clearing in the woods at home. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It grew larger and larger until the great globe seemed to be filling the lake. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 She had not expected a palace larger than many a market town. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 The passageway widens into a larger cavern, and the scattered cave lights merge into a torrent of glowing creatures. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Pure grace, I thought, looking above the bar to where, larger than life, the pink and white image of a girl smiled down from a summery beer ad on which a calendar said April One. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Livermore seemed to be an auxiliary outpost caught between two larger labs, Los Alamos and Berkeley, and it was hardly unreasonable to wonder, with Rabi, if it would ever amount to more. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He made the hole in the bag still larger, crawled inside, and curled up in the coziest bed he had ever known. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z That night the queen was moved to a larger cell two floors down, with a window she could actually look out of and warm, soft blankets for her bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s actually just a section of the much larger Cape New York meteor. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen was larger than the Locktons’, with a tiled hearth and copper pots hanging on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Constance resembled a wet hen—same shape, same dour crankiness, and only slightly larger—but Kate smiled when he came in, and the sight of her sunny face gave Reynie a pinprick of hope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The ocellated icefish lives so far down deep in the frigid waters near Antarctica, his heart has to be five times larger than the average fish. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Outside, it is dawn, and the crowds have grown even larger. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z All the prisoners had been transported to a larger prison facility in Daejeon. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He says it’s all about control and endurance, but I suspect it has more to do with the fact that his lung capacity is 20 percent larger than the average person’s. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Each of these arguments, of course, has become part of a larger intellectual movement which may loosely be labelled ‘postmodernism’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I put down a spider,” he said, wondering why the man didn’t see; in the beam of yellow light the spider bloated up larger than life. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Far down the slope he could see the two trackers; they were little more than dots or scurrying ants and behind them a larger ant. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But with both superpowers now holding nuclear weapons, the stakes had gotten much higher and the battlefield even larger. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The tiny men—they were no larger than medium-sized dolls—had stopped what they were doing, and now they were staring back across the river at the visitors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Tree-ear had learned the answer to their mystery: Min used thin slabs of clay to build the small interior boxes first, then the larger one to fit around them. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Before they reached him the lion rose on its hind legs, larger than you would have believed a lion could be, and jabbed at Aravis with its right paw. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z They passed bigger houses that had larger lawns. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls and floors are buttressed like a basement, and the entire space is much larger than the small building we entered. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Once we reached the peak of the greystone hill, I put Denna’s surplus of energy to use and sent her to gather firewood while I made an even larger fire pit than our previous one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a little, spiky thing that threw out dozens of arms and covered these arms with green and grew larger at the rate of about an inch every two seconds. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z And so on, making larger circles on the quarry floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I thought it was important to register our presence within the larger history of the place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The room, bare except for an easel, wasn’t much larger than a walk-in closet. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At sundown, Nhamo remembered, the larger animals would venture down to the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the second day, we noticed that our portions were larger and a few more vegetables accompanied our pap. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hands withdraw; the loaf comes to her: heavy, warm, larger than normal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I hated how Sohrab had a larger share of my grandmother’s life than I did. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She went toward the larger shelf to the right of the door, but she felt strangely shy about actually touching the books. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Then you go through the backyard to a covered shed on piles over the ocean and here are the tanks for the larger animals, the sharks and rays and octopi, each in their concrete tanks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the rhythm of the sea, the waves growing larger as the tide rolled in, and suddenly I had an idea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z By the beginning of 1968, another larger ANC detachment had entered Rhodesia and fought not only the Rhodesian army but South African policemen who had been posted to Rhodesia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 One of the reasons is that women played a much larger role in whites settling in the American West than the history books have led us to believe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The small boxes appeared to completely fill the larger container, but Min had left exactly the right amount of space to allow any of them to be lifted out. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The crowd had grown even larger, despite it being well past midnight. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I continue, too, to keep myself connected to a force that’s larger and more potent than any one election, or leader, or news story—and that’s optimism. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She could sense when she was drawing near to the central hunting camp, for the tents became larger, and the people moving around them walked more briskly, as if they were on a schedule. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, as sleep was beginning to creep over him again, he was aware that the wind had indeed fallen, and the flakes were becoming larger and fewer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Act Three: The Tiger and the Book A larger figure jumps out across the screen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There were more, and larger, villages, and more people on the roads. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The larger of the two nudged my forehead with his own, a tender cat caress of friendship. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Agriculture was also widespread in the Americas, but hunter-gatherers occupied a larger fraction of the Americas’ area than of Eurasia’s. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There were larger issues betrayed by the testimony that day. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The animals were larger than I expected, languid and sinewy, their tails flicking as they monitored our approach. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Silently they tramped through the grounds, the castle lights growing slowly larger. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There were larger, darker, more enveloping secrets all around them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 The black silhouette in the distance grew larger. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They are part of a larger development that researchers are finding: an increasing economic segregation. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His lips have fallen away, his mouth has become larger, his teeth stick out and look as though they were made of chalk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He unwrapped the sandwich and ate the larger half in a matter of seconds. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The water tumbled past him as if from a vast faucet, larger by far than even the spout that poured water into the great white tub his boy bathed in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But that did not mean designing the Y-12 magnets would be without its challenges, for all the racetrack magnets combined would be one hundred times larger. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A few yards away, a column of thick black smoke roiled into the sky from a much larger crater. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Dèja, if home is about relationships, social units existing within larger units, how many do we share? As a class?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Morris was lending this house to George and Martha Washington and had moved himself into another, larger one he owned just up the block. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I was ushered into the house by Major Marais and found a spacious lounge, next to a large kitchen, with an even larger bedroom at the back of the house. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Salpeter and I imagined floaters kilometers across, enormously larger than the greatest whale that ever was, beings the size of cities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying in the colored ward of die hospital, which was a screened comer of a larger ward, Eva mused over the perfection of the judgment against her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Most importantly, the conversation at Jefferson’s quarters was merely one part of an ongoing and larger conversation in which the very survival and subsequent shape of the American republic seemed at stake. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A blue light had appeared in the darkness: It grew larger and brighter, and Lupin and George appeared, spinning and then falling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It resembled the beaver lodge, but it was larger, a great dome of wood and mud and leaves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I aimed at the giant’s head, but though it was larger than my two fishes and a good target, I missed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Both are part of a larger desire, not to remake the world in our image but to recast ourselves and our environment in ideal form. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The North American plate, for instance, is much larger than the continent with which it is associated. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 The warders ate at a larger shed with tables and benches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The little superscript number signifies the number of zeroes following the larger principal number. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The Director’s threats had actually elated him, made him feel larger than life. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick this time instead of eighteen inches as before, which meant collecting much larger quantities of stone. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z 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 Small but growing larger and not slowing down, thundering their hooves like there’s no tomorrow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I’d seen similar ones scattered throughout the University, but this one was older and larger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were two litde drawers at the top and four larger ones below. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He loomed larger and larger until he seemed to blend into a great needle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There came a pounding on the door that made her drop the larger knife, almost stabbing her foot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 It was larger than the pebbles around it, and it looked out of place, as if someone had left it there by accident. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z 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 It was a Map of Days, though a much larger edition than the one we’d lost at sea. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z At first they moved cautiously, but before long they grew confident at finding no trace of any creature larger than a mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He had scouts everywhere—the moment a larger circus showed signs of trouble, Uncle Al would get a telegram and race to the scene. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Tormented by something incomprehensible and so much larger than yourself. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Beyond that, the jailhouse, but a larger jailhouse now, painted brown, with an office for the county clerk. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The larger squirt addressed me like I was still in my Maggot Period. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But as the dot grew larger, it turned blaze-orange and took on the shape of a helicopter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Sliding around the sludge, I tried to grab Frankie by the waist, only to have him spin out of my hands and land with a splat in a larger mud puddle. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “We are convinced,” he wrote, “that much higher energies could be obtained from a cyclotron of larger dimensions.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “What then, Thomas? What has hooves, is larger than a goat, and more delicate than a boar, and walks our village by night but stops outside the door of the church?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached over and squeezed her hand, which was notice- ably larger than his own. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She upended the two bowls into the center of the larger container, and the powders came together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But there was another castle nearby, vastly larger and impregnable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I asked him what being a handful meant, and he said it meant being larger than life. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He brings home red squirrels most of all, but they aren’t as good as the larger fox and gray squirrels, which he calls bushy tails. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Adam’s eyes seemed to grow larger, and they were moist and edged with red. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But at the same time, South Africa and the African continent were part of the larger world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 As Jefferson put it so graphically, their larger goal was “to sink federalism into an abyss from which there shall be no resurrection of it.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A black truck, but larger than any truck I’ve ever seen, large enough to hold more than a dozen people in its covered bed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “A larger force is employed,” he wrote, “and every day’s work tells.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The older plants were larger and rounder—like small cabbages—and the leaves were tinged with blue. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z What larger truths do these lynching figures suggest? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z 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 Then came a second gatehouse, larger than the first, its stones bearded with green algae. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She is sorry to wake me, I can see, but that sorrow is a minor part of a much larger sadness. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It showed the wheel of a small electric motor connected by a belt to a larger wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Yes, college competition was tough, but domestic competitions meant competing against a much larger field of competitors, fencers of all ages from across the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He could tell that one was larger than the other; a mother, probably, teaching her fledgling how to hunt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Successful family businesses usually face a crisis when they grow larger and hire more personnel. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Panda-Laney debated between them before choosing the larger one and giving the Paganini-shaped cookie to Hyacinth, who crammed it in her mouth and mumbled a gloomy “Thanks” without bothering to look up from her ribbons. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Caul was no longer with us—he had stayed behind with the larger contingent of soldiers to “mop up,” which I think meant scouring the loop for hiders and stragglers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When at last the water calmed, a bright red stain floated to the surface—growing larger until the entire river was red. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In the sound of the drums I understood a vast pervading doom; but in the expectant silences between, my own disaster loomed larger, more consequent and more hurtful. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z That I must use my voice, because it’s the only thing you have sometimes when someone or something is larger and more powerful than you. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z 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 I did feel different: larger, fuller, more complete, no longer divided against myself—compulsion to comply against wish to refuse. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It is a problem of continuously molding the con-sciousness both of the directing group and of the larger executive group that lies immediately below it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Much Asian and Arabian music has a larger number, as a result of which it often sounds exotic and ‘out of tune’ to Western ears. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I watch her draw up, becoming larger than the Lily I have seen, looking like she is prepared to take me on and a dozen others, too, if necessary. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z When the Crash came, larger circuses started going down and Uncle Al could hardly believe his luck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was Smith who had first suspected that Lizzie was poisoned, and he who had investigated whether there was a larger conspiracy connected to the family’s oil wealth. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 Okay, so now that you know about the rules, then I can tell you that I went from being a small target in Wellpinit to being a larger target in Reardan. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Regardless of the particular interests of the tenured scholars who worked there, they were understood to represent a community devoted to the larger reverential purpose. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They had been walking two hours when the beach was interrupted by another, much larger promontory, this one big enough that homes and shops had been built atop it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As the planet Chthonia grew larger in my cockpit window, the density and number of ships around me seemed to increase exponentially. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Loud, flapping pieces of cloth, larger than a hut, were attached to the poles by ropes, some of which were thicker than her whole body. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I throw some small sticks on it, wait for them to catch, too, then some larger ones, and pretty soon there’s a real fire burning in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 In the larger, central panel, a man is falling from the sky. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The words were a quiet punctuation to the larger sounds of the ocean and coast outside: gulls calling, the surf, the creak and shift of the wrecked ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It's just too small to deal with a hole larger than eight centimeters. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In a flash they were gone, and Roy sensed a larger presence, skulking. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The larger books on the desk are moving at a less steady pace as Marco goes back and forth between handwritten volumes, scrawling notes and calculations on loose sheets of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her blue eyes seemed to grow larger, brighter; and suddenly two tears rolled down her cheeks. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 When Vincent finally leaves the hospital, walking home through the streets of The Hague, he sees everything differently: the light is brighter, the spaces larger. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Emma found that it was not Mr. Weston’s fault that the number of privy councillors was not yet larger. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z 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 The piles of gravel grew larger each day. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes grew dry as I stared out the window, refusing to blink, refusing to miss a single second of watching the trees and roads and cars and houses slowly grow larger and larger. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 sky grew larger, a deep and cloudless blue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One second, there was nothing, and the next, a huge mouth opened before us, revealing the skeletal remains of whales and sea creatures even larger hanging within its mast-long teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Our teachers aren’t used to teaching children as old as you. Or as good at writing and reading as you are. There are larger schools, where you would have greater opportunities. Better facilities.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He put his hand inside his cloak and drew out a drawstring pouch much larger than the one Hagrid had given Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z These four views standardly took it for granted that the sphere of water was considerably larger than the sphere of earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Indeed, seven moons in the solar system, including our own, are larger. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z My room was scarcely larger than the double bed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded to Minya, and the space where his legend was gathering up words grew larger. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So I got some larger rubber bands and wore them around my whole head, pressing against my front teeth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If they had had no larger companions the hobbits would soon have been entirely buried. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We had gone maybe a mile or two when I spotted a flash of something in the distance along the side of the road, something larger than the usual Keys critters. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He had continued to grow and was yet again larger than when Glerk had last glanced him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My alarm clock, which was no larger than the palm of my hand, sat under my pillow so when the alarm went off, it would be loud enough for me, and only me, to hear. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 As the novel developed over the next year, and as my own ideas clarified, it became apparent that the chapter had no proper home in the larger narrative. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it won’t fit me. You are so much larger than I.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The blending, in fact, was everything—a way to feel like myself, to remain Michelle Robinson from the South Side inside this larger sweep of history. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Being very small, they were inclined to mistrust any creature that was larger than they were, especially senior girls. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Two figures, the larger one tugging the smaller along, kept to the top of the cutbank. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A rather larger body, varying at need, was employed to ‘beat the bounds’, and to see that Outsiders of any kind, great or small, did not make themselves a nuisance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Something large, much larger than a broomstick — or, indeed, a hundred broomsticks — was hurtling across the deep blue sky toward the castle, growing larger all the time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It looks astonishingly like the White House in photographs, but larger and living, and beyond that, there’s the familiar tip of the Washington Monument, looking astonishingly like the Washington Monument in the books. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The next day I moved the mower farther into the richer part of the neighborhood, where the lawns began to get larger while my mower seemed to get smaller. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z As they rode, the plants became larger until they were as high as the belly of the horse. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Donald was dead, but Ridgeway wanted to get a sense of the man’s operation if he could, to understand the workings of the larger conspiracy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her breasts were a little larger, though, prodding the fabric of her blouse. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She had chosen him because he was much larger than the others, and because he walked like her father, Kapugen, with his head high and his chest out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They are transferred from their prison cells to a much larger, invisible cage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Isa and Jessie supervised the decorating, moving ornaments around so the larger ones hung on the back of the boughs and the smaller ones hung from the tips. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I spent my time doing routine housekeeping chores, like adding chlorine to the drinking water, and watching the moon get smaller and the beautiful earth grow larger and more inviting as each hour went by. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your axeV exclaimed the larger of the riders, a brawny man with a shaggy beard and a shock of orange hair. “Did you hear that, Haldon? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It makes the men hungry for a larger helping." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Though the cubs grow to become larger than their caregiver, and far more dangerous, they never give their mother trouble and she never loses her placid behaviour or her sense of authority over her litter. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama sometimes hit for two or three cents and sometimes for a nickel, but rarely did she make a larger hit. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z One after another the infants, at this point no larger than minnows, died. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she gets a good size hole in the tape and starts working it larger, until she can get her hand in and rip a whole flap off the top of the box. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before the evacuation; before him small children squatted in the grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It dropped straight down into a larger cavern, but Annabeth couldn’t see the bottom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was pure white, a hook-beaked raptor, and it was immense, larger even than the hunting eagles he’d seen with the nomads who passed through the marketplace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They were my only evidence of a family larger than him and me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The school was larger than I had expected. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 With all visual stimulus removed, the blackness feels larger than my head, as though my cranial cavity has turned inside out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Captain Billy’s ferry, though much larger, drooped like an old waiting woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An undefined shape, larger than John Henry, swirled above the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z If the farmer scrupulously follows the instructions on the labels, his use of agricultural chemicals will produce no residues larger than are permitted by the Food and Drug Administration. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If I was larger, at that moment, I would have torn him apart. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He also made one for Mario—a little larger than Chester’s, but not too big, because it was free. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He held that the Sun was so huge that it was probably larger than the Peloponnesus, roughly the southern third of Greece. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby could have afforded a place much larger, but this one was sufficient for his needs. Endgame 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 He went around the smaller dunes and carefully crested the larger ones. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Each wave grew larger and larger as the camp expanded, until, three years ago, they’d run out of space completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The larger houses had become impromptu apartment buildings, their porches converted into additional rooms. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he was in the middle of something much larger than himself, and not just larger in size. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Current Mr. O’Doyle was much larger, with less hair and red peeling skin from sunburns. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her feet and hands were larger than any man’s. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The truth swells larger than the tub walls can hold, cleanses me more than the water and bubbles ever can. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As the Jürgen Eichman looms ever larger in the night sky, as big as the moon and then bigger, people around the world realize something is wrong. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The momentum propelled the larger boy onward and he stumbled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I reach out to get a larger sample and two water butterflies dart back to safety. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 She shopped in supermarkets larger than the town she came from. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The pile of marbles beside them kept growing larger and larger. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Larger and larger the two figures grew, until only their heads and shoulders filled the portrait. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the South, where the number of blacks was so much larger, it was unthinkable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It originated from a point right behind her forehead no larger than a grain of sand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z 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 The Erudite dormitory is one of the larger sleeping rooms in Amity headquarters. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z On the larger screen were several images of a brain, with three key spots lit up in orange. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Abanazer poured several drops from the little bottle into the larger, then he pocketed the tiny bottle. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The crew deck is much larger than the ship appears on the outside. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Union scouts can clearly see the small artillery battery outside Lee’s headquarters, and they assume that it is part of a much larger rebel force hiding out of sight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But if M31 were at such a distance, it could not be a cloud of mere interstellar dimensions; it had to be much larger—an immense galaxy in its own right. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 walking-stick bugs grew even larger—some of them four feet in length. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z As his attention was drawn in from the larger landscape to the room, his vision became sharper. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then again, it was coming in this larger context of the prospect of a trial and jail, and of the months of it all eating away at him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Passenger pigeons were but one example of a larger phenomenon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The demand for land was met by invading and conquering larger and larger swaths of territory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They all started receiving larger food portions and generous rations of water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But close under the cliff there stood, still strong and living, two tall trees, larger than any trees of holly that Frodo had ever seen or imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The larger boy didn’t hear her—he was buried in chemistry, mixing sparkling water and food coloring and fizzy candy in six different sports bottles, and his back was to the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I look at the moons one more time, the smaller one chasing the larger one, two brightnesses up there, still light enough to cast shadows, ignorant of the troubles of men. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The next evening, the boy is brought to a larger theater and again left alone for the performance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was as a child in the Philippine Islands that I saw larger birds make use of thinking ability. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It may be that our universe is merely part of many larger universes, some in different dimensions, and that Big Bangs are going on all the time all over the place. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Half hidden in the shadows, it looked larger than any animal I had ever seen, big as a loaded wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He drops a few dollars into the lockbox and gives me a stick to light a candle from a larger candle. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Not only was it orders of magnitude larger, but it was so ornate that it made the other look like so much leather-bound toilet paper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The larger ones sometimes sat until he was quite close, then bounded and jerked two or three steps before freezing again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z A vastly larger stadium was to be built, one that would hold at least a hundred thousand people. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Although I was not tall, I could easily pick up another man much larger than myself and throw him to the ground. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The haven, where the townfolk would shelter in times of trouble, was even larger, low and long and built of stone, with a thatched roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Like the cowboys and pioneers before them, these new heroes had a certain swagger that came from being larger than life. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The larger guard took off his hat and scratched his belly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In time, human violence was brought under control through the development of larger social frameworks—cities, kingdoms and states. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The President was already stepping over her body to reach the larger cage. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Altogether, the place was barely larger than her own room had been in the clan compound. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z After Father got the first letter, he began to make larger glider models. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the wake of the Cognitive Revolution, gossip helped Homo sapiens to form larger and more stable bands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Teaching had paid a poverty wage; his medical practice yielded an income only slightly larger. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Elowen was regarding her coolly, as if she were merely an unpleasant task to take care of, little larger than an insect she could crush beneath her shoe. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The gem was huge—larger than his hand. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The farther they climbed, the larger the buildings grew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Both the horse and the man were fashioned larger than could be possible, but I supposed that was the way of kings. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Already skilled at handling small guns, the boys quickly learned to operate the flak, the larger 88-mm antiaircraft cannon. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My body grows larger with each step I take, every part of me feeling braver, like I know I done made the right decision. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Ages’ house, somewhat larger than a shoebox but about the same shape, resembled the house of a hermit. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Like the fertilizer in the mail slot on a much larger scale. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Beyond questions of appearance or language or personal style, the larger problem was imbedded within the political culture of postrevolutionary America itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Jeffrey’s smile got larger and larger, until it was as big as Christmas. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the fall semester began, Helen had found a new, larger place, in Washington Heights. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the prominent ears of a Florent, even larger than his niece's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘Tardy as usual, Hippolytos. I hope your news is worth the wait. King Porphyrion should be . The ground between them split. An even larger giant leaped from the earth like a breaching whale. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The trees were larger in the centre of the forest and closely set. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Peck envisioned enclosing this gigantic theater within a still larger shell that would contain a hotel, banquet room, and offices. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The space looked much larger with all the chairs folded against the walls. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The room they sat down in was larger than the whole cabin with the shed thrown in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A “tributary,” she remembered, was the name for a small river that fed into a larger one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 They were about six or seven feet long, one was larger still. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Always she kept an eye out for hiding places—logs, roots, stones, things to scurry under if she should meet a larger animal who might be unfriendly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the size—true, it was large, but so was every house on the street, and in just three weeks in Shaker she’d seen even larger. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Here and there a larger blaze leapt up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z From the street below came the sound of traffic, the larger sound of the subway, the smaller, more varied sounds of voices. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Upward mobility was more difficult to achieve in the larger, more bureaucratic operation at Mother Langley, with a well-developed management structure. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In a larger sense art, like science and religion, fulfills our innate urge to comprehend ourselves and the universe. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a grin on his face even larger than Reggie s. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to be methodical in putting together a larger plan, waiting until I had full confidence in what I was presenting before going public with any of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The part that you ate was called the heart, and it was a pale green crunchy stalk somewhat larger than a celery stalk. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Clams and mussels exploded in number; they also grew larger. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Upright, he saw what the larger group of vultures was circling: the corpse of a deer. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The seven inns around the village were still jammed with folk who had left Philadelphia, and the few larger houses in the area were already filled with guests. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z 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 “You are taller. And your head is larger.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The captain of guards had never seen a larger skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His construction was geometric: he looked like two triangles, a small one and a larger one, balanced on two parallel lines. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Each individual had a small prayer mg, and each man and wife, or large group, had a larger communal rag. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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