| 单词 | lately |
| 例句 | He had always been a nervous and impulsive person, but lately his emotions were almost out of control. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z We haven’t been able to wander lately, and we still have four or five places left on our map. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I believe in God with all my might, but have been thinking lately that most of the details seem pretty much beneath His dignity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a girl in his speech class who smiled at him a lot lately. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The ratatatatmg of the drumsticks rattled through me, setting my teeth to shaking and waking the bees who had lately gone to sleep in my brainpan. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I hugged him, something I’d been doing a lot lately, sometimes because I could, most of the time because he seemed like he needed it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She is a good and nice person who keeps things together, but that has been a big job, an enormous job, a job that’s way, way too big for her lately. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My favorite video is Bambi except lately I don’t like it so much. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But maybe this was just another coincidence, pure and simple—there had been so many lately. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Then it might be sort of fun. You can’t imagine how drab, drab the parties have been lately.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I might be overthinking, but despite Jupiter saying I “fit” with her and Courtney, lately, when I’m around them, I feel a bit redundant. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Mr. Dubonnet, you’re smart too,” I said in an attempt to figure out why everybody lately seemed to want me out of town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But then, I’ve been losing track of a lot of things here lately. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In other words, Ebola has already entered the net and has been traveling lately. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She rarely found him at games, lately, though; most often he was alone in the clearing near the river, hammering away on the misshapen vessel that he called his boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Bore and I have been having a lot of trouble communicating lately as it is, and sometimes I go a little crazy when I feel I’m being picked on or not being trusted. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Though she looked the same as always, Palmer had been seeing something else in her lately. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It was enough to get Luke laughing, which was no easy feat lately. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I have found several empty'wine bottles about lately, the contents of which I certainly did not consume.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Historically, we’ve seen movement north in the summer and south in the winter. But I think the fact that we are seeing so many lately is largely due to the increasing seal populations.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But lately, the sister was not casting her mirthless smile in the direction of the probationers, nor speaking to them in the subdued voice that gave them such terrors. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Such discomforts were not new to me, but lately I had become accustomed to regular meals and soft bedding. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “If you’d asked me that last month, I’d have said no, but lately, the holler seems more like the enchanting place it used to be. Strange, isn’t it?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Every time he had seen Cedric lately, he had been surrounded by admirers and looking nervous but excited. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry, Georges. I should have been around more lately. I should have...been here, cooked for you,” he says. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And just in passing, Gentlemen, what have you done lately for the Union cause ? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to interfere. But sometimes, just lately, I think Tommy’s been quite upset. You know. About certain things you’ve said or done.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “The envy and hatred of my brethren has lately risen to a rage,” Rush explained. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Lily and my mother really hadn't been getting along lately. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z "Yeah, I know. I been watching you lately, you don't drag your leg so bad anymore." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z If gambling were allowed in her religion, which it was not, Naheed would have bet what was coming next, because lately it seemed that the universe was conspiring against her. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He had been so busy with school and Christmas coming and all that he hadn’t been thinking about Harry lately at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Was it perchance some new singer, just lately arrived from a triumphant tour of the capitals of Europe?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then when I said to him: “Tommy, I can tell. You haven’t been too happy lately,” he said: “What do you mean? I’m perfectly happy. I really am.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So far, none of the changes I’ve been experiencing lately have been temporary. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They hadn't been bothering me lately: not like they’d forgotten about me—every once in a while, I caught Callum peeking at me in band—but more like they were taking a time-out. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If he found out about the opium, she could just blame it on the horrible headaches she’d been having lately. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There’s the baby to care for, and her mind is not sharp enough, not lately, to handle all the paperwork on her own. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But then again, lately, a lot of my friends were now more interested in boys and being popular than anything else. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I told Trevor all about how you play basketball. We can all play together in our driveway. I’ve been beating him at horse lately.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I have been having some trouble at home and have had to miss a lot of school lately. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to—I need to. I’m feeling so out of shape lately!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She says she don’t like how I’m acting lately. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z And lately, almost not at all about the other cousins. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z There’d been a time when he and his brother had shared everything with each other, but that was happening less and less lately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I am his junior in life, was his junior in Congress, his junior in the diplomatic line, his junior lately in our civil government.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z —Well, he’s been doing a lot more “acting out” lately. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If she says no—lately, she always says no—I go online and watch Salma aunty. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “And why are you unshod? Even an E’lir should have better sense than to wander naked-footed in a place such as this. Your behavior lately has been quite reckless. I am dismayed.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I used to be able to tell when she was fibbing, but lately I wasn’t so sure. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m writing as one of your oldest friends to tell you that you’ve really been acting different lately, and I hope you snap out of it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He'd had a fancy lately that fellows were rather fighting shy of him. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z We can’t even ask how long it has been there–whether it has just lately popped into being, like a good idea, or whether it has been there forever, quietly awaiting the right moment. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He had been shivering lately, even in her parka hood, and she was concerned about him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s given up some of her passivity lately, some of her melancholy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He wheels his chair closer to me, leans forward, and asks, “What’s the world done to you lately?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In answer to my inquiries after the use of this article, she informed me it was a covering for the altar of a new church lately erected near Gateshead. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “He has lately taken to listening at doors, I don’t know what he means by it... You were saying, Narcissa?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If he hasn’t come lately, he will come soon. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes lately, I catch her shadow creeping around my bed at night trying to pull the dreams out of my head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z This has been on my own mind lately: what parents think. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She had lately taken to making conversation with the dummy to add some theater for the audience. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I know. They have really been putting him on edge lately,” Mumtaz said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Er — Petunia, dear — you haven’t heard from your sister lately, have you?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “What’s up with Dale lately? Do you think being turned to lead traumatized him?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And lately it had come to seem not just an alternative but the specific death awaiting him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “You better not let her hear you say that. Although whoever or whatever she is, she’s more suitable than where your mind’s been lately.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes wide and frowned, “Say, Bogie, have you been noticing anything queer about the lady lately?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I said, “You might have counted my momma six times, but have you counted your mouth lately, Lipless Wonder?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got my word,” I say, which, considering all the lying I’d been doing lately, didn’t seem like it amounted to much. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Things had been rough here lately; there had been attacks on guards, he added. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I see her running off to the library a lot lately too. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The laptop has been acting up lately. It gets overheated after twenty minutes.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “You been keeping up with each other lately?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Write any grade A, number one compositions lately?” he asked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "And Lady of the Dresses, though I haven't been helping the Fashion Minister with Her Royal Highness's wardrobe lately." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He fixes the teacher with those intense, unnerving, Pentecostal eyes, which so often have dark circles under them lately. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The more I think the more my head hurts, and lately my brain has been in constant overdrive. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Too much work lately. I’m sorry. I think I’ll lie down awhile.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There had lately been a lot of tension around the house because of Black Legion threats. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Agravaine was among them—he had attached himself to Guenever lately, to spy on her—and Lancelot had been left out on purpose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well now, I reckon you been doing a lot of that lately.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I picked up my bag and sidled past him, my eyes flooded with the tears that were lately so close to the surface. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Something I hadn’t seen except as a sneer lately. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I think he’s been hanging out at the Roths’ house lately, sniffing around their new cat, Twinkles. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z My dreams had been less than restful lately. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “It’s not easy to see things you don’t want me to know, but I’ve been picking up bits of it lately. You haven’t been as guarded as usual.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Thank you, ma’am. I’ve been making lots of good choices lately.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It seems that lately there’s been more violent crimes committed by kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa said I should save the jewelry for special occasions, but lately there are none, so I wear all the jewelry at once and never take it off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After school the next day, Petra raked leaves with her dad, who seemed to be in his own world lately. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “That you have an entirely new personality lately?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have lately imagined that I saw symptoms of attachment between them—certain expressive looks, which I did not believe meant to be public.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Percy, have you seen Poseidon lately? Or had any kind of sign from him?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He hasn’t had a lot of time lately, but one of these days, he will. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Briony wanted to get back to Hardman, but Cecilia needed to tell her what must have gone through her head many times lately. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You been so down lately. You and your mother, slinking around here just as despondent...” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Pop Pop warns him that we can only work on the pageant when Daddy’s not home, which is easy enough since he’s been doing a lot of overtime lately. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Partially because I don’t want to and partially because they’re too distracted to talk to me much lately. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I told her I hadn’t seen him lately, which wasn’t really true. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But I'd heard it so much lately, I barely noticed it anymore. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I think if I had told Mrs. Baker, she would have said that it was a miracle, that all dawns were miracles—miracles being much on her mind lately, as you can understand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I know I don’t pray very often, and I know You haven’t seen me in church lately, but I feel like I need to pray or something. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to go to the hospital, but like everything else lately, it’s out of my hands. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, chickadee, why haven’t you been up to see me lately?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Of course, to be perfectly balanced, we have plenty of teachers and counselors who are fair and would bend over backward to help Andy, but lately, even his behavior has been working against him. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But lately, since he’d hatched this fairy scheme, it was almost as if his father had shifted to the back of his mind. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Since he’s been working out lately, he’s almost too big for the furniture. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z If we were in one of those light dug-outs that they have been building lately instead of this deeper one, none of us would be alive. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Starts were among the most critical component of a two-thousand- meter race, and something they were having trouble with lately. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His mother used to throw the sheets away when Frederick wasn’t looking, but lately she has given up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know what it is, but lately... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “You was lately so anxious for to strike a man,” Clippinger taunted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Everyone in this village knows more about hygiene than we do, we have lately discovered. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron looked carefully up the table to check that the rest of the family were all busy talking, then he said very quietly to Harry, “So — have you heard from Sirius lately?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My chest was tight underneath the life vest, like the way it had felt at mealtimes lately when I was staring down a plate of food. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As it happened, lately I had been thinking about the moon a lot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “But that laughter of yours has been rare lately. I can’t even remember the last time I heard it.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Granny had been forgetful lately, but this was the first time she’d completely forgotten about Poppy. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Really. I’m fine. David’s started going to these truck-stop churches. So he’s gotten kind of annoyingly religious lately. Him leaving me alone is a big deal. It’s just...I’ll explain later. Okay?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “You have heard all that has come lately. Don’t you hear often? I fancied Jo would send you volumes.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The city had started hanging grave robbers lately—which was ironic or fitting depending on one’s perspective, as the bodies of the hanged were given to medical schools for dissection. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m a little obsessed with this topic lately. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t see you around the town at night lately.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I believe he going to try to stay home tonight and preserve his strength for the morning service. The Lord’s been speaking to him in visions and dreams and he ain’t got much sleep lately.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z David Chen has been an employee of the Orange County Water District for nearly a year now—and lately they’ve given him increasingly stressful tasks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "That's good. I been having plenty trouble with it lately. Haveta bust it down and give it a good going over soon as I can get the tank clear." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s been in the kitchen a lot lately. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “So,” I ask casually, “what lab experiments have you been doing lately?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t been feeling well lately and I could tell that she certainly didn’t feel well now. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems like Mom is always rushing off to work lately. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Folks were wound tighter than a roll of chicken wire lately. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The truth was, he had been getting more and more scratchy and thick lately. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t say much except “It sure has been hot here lately” or “I’m getting fat eating jailhouse food. Ha ha.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I didn’t pay enough attention to him lately. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She has to remind her father to come out of the parlor for meals, though lately he has refused more and more often, barely leaving the room at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Maybe I wasn’t the only one feeling unwell lately. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She’s been so tired lately and her ulcers are getting worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z With the bad blood that had lately arisen between the Washington and California crew programs, Cal’s two gold medals had been bitter pills to swallow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t bother mentioning that lately what was threatening to do me in didn’t feel much like grief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was like she was saying that I was the jerk of the world, which I had been hearing a lot lately. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She’d been so busy lately—away a lot, and really quiet when she was home, listening to her favorite songs from the sixties on our record player. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “They shore hiring ’em ugly lately,” he said. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Well. . .” said Ron slowly, “I dunno if they would. They’re . . . they’re obsessed with making money lately, I noticed it when I was hanging around with them — when — you know —” “We weren’t talking.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A few days later, I sit in the hot kitchen, bored, smoking a cigarette, something I can’t seem to stop doing lately. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She laughed—a sound I’d heard too few times lately—then a frown of pain flickered across her face. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘Have you been talking to Him lately? Or just hobnobbing with Orcs?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was just that lately Naheed felt that wearing her hijab was more like showing she was different from everyone else. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z She didn’t know how to process anything lately. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There the guards had lately seen a ghostly apparition. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Well, when I said it, I thought I was. Say, where is Alice? You seen her lately?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He found nothing there but a kohl pot half full of the black eye paint, a copper mirror, a razor and a little jar of the ointment Gebu had been perfuming himself with lately. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He had just lately begun to inhabit this territory on the edge of the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the first time he’s spoken aloud about the way Dad’s been to him lately. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Wow, all of these compliments lately, from the same person who said my head was big enough. Why are you trying to make it bigger?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In a soft voice she explained how he’d been under some pressure lately to join the other watermen in a protest against the state’s new crabbing regulations. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The Gryffindor common room was much quieter than it had been lately, many yawns punctuating the lazy conversations. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “We sort of got to talking. I have been seeing a lot of her lately.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Things were always bad with them, but lately worse than ever. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z While his job is all about solving problems, the issues he’s been facing lately have been a bit out of his wheelhouse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She had taken to wondering lately, during these swift-counted years, what had been done with all those wasted summer days; how could she have spent them so wantonly? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I thought about how she’d been really quiet lately, like she was down in the dumps. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “You know what, Mr. Curtain? Jackson heard a mouse, too, not half an hour ago. We’re having a real problem with them lately.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But I’ve kind of fallen on hard times lately, and I could use a little hand up, if you know what I mean.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Yes, he conceded, there had been “lots of cutting lately.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you witnessed any traumatic events lately, such as shootings? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He had spent a good deal of time there lately, for he felt the cold and could not seem to smell or run so well as in days gone by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I -1 have had a little trouble seeing stuff from a distance lately,’ he admitted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “If things are going so well, where are your friends? Looks like your Council hasn’t been meeting lately.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “So, I’ve been thinking about permanence lately, and how we live our lives without the world ever noticing we’ve come and gone,” Lydia said as the end credits rolled. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Which was just as well: goodbyes had never been my strong suit anyway, and lately my life had felt like an unbroken series of them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was only lately that he was having small moments of clarity, of illumination, and seeing himself for the first time as the closest of Mary Ann’s enemies, the kindest of her assassins. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like she was saying that a lot lately. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad are acting really weird lately. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I think on the Collegians, returned to their gaunt house, which hath, I suppose, been barbarously used lately by His Majesty’s troops, and is like to be in no excellent state of repair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But lately, she had begun to wonder how much longer she could keep the place open. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was beautiful, but also kind of sad, because it reminded me of how upset Sophie had been lately. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “But why worry, tomorrow everyone will have cakes and beer. Aye,” he mused, “Great Osiris is ready to loose his flood over the land once more. Seen any hangings lately?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z My paintings have been getting more and more abstract lately, violent-looking with clotted swirls of red. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A little later than his usual start, but I guess this pageant stuff has kept him so busy lately, there isn’t enough time to drink all day. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z This wouldn’t be surprising—it was as if lately I’d been losing track of myself. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z All major news outlets seemed to indicate that we were about to go to war with Iraq, and the news cycle, though always insane, had been perhaps especially insane lately. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Tell me, what knowledge have you digested lately, old one?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z This sort of thing had been happening a lot lately—bad smells, strange eruptions on her face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I had been feeling irritated lately, but Vega had really tried it with me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Long she had been in the land of her mother’s kin, in Lórien beyond the mountains, and was but lately returned to Rivendell to her father’s house. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Except that there’s not much which matters a great deal. The last six months have made that plain. And lately it has seemed important to find a thing or two which do. That’s all.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Gebu had not appeared this morning, though it had been his custom lately to come early to the shop and stay most of the day. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “It hasn’t been all that easy lately,” Poppet says quietly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But he was distracted by his new teacher, Elisha, who was the pastor’s nephew and who had but lately arrived from Georgia. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “What have you been doing lately, Four?” he asks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And whether he had been seeing Comrade K. N. M. Pillai lately. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know things have been a little crazy lately.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Dad considers me for a moment before saying, “You’re old enough to know. There’ve been some incidents of anti-Semitic and racist graffiti lately.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Normal schools do fun things. We’ve been such a bunch of sad sacks lately. It’s my job as seventh-grade president to brighten things up a little.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He had been doing that a lot lately. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I haven’t really been paying attention to the news lately. With work and everything...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m losing my edge, but all I can think about is how Blue has been signing emails lately using the word “love.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “If it’s any excuse, I’ve noticed just lately that I’m rather lightheaded in your presence. I mean, I've never gone barefoot into someone’s house before. It must be the heat!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I had seen the same smile in the room lately, as he read the book that had changed him from a Jew to a Lutheran. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z More and more lately, Quichua words have been burying themselves deeper and deeper in dark places in my memory. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And, to make matters worse, lately Vincent has been furious at him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Paul Marshall lowered himself into the armchair lately used by the stricken Arabella. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Have you hung out with Shoji lately? How is he?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But Zach had gotten so weird lately on the subject of Cap, how could I trust what he was saying? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Baba wore only his mask when he ventured behind the fence, even though lately it seemed like the decoys didn’t fool the tigers anymore. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The nights had grown more difficult lately, for the warmth of the sun during the day barely lasted past dark, leaving the nights cold and clammy. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve...I’ve been subject to them lately. I want to...to congratulate you, of course. I’m very glad—” The inexpertly applied rouge made a pair of nasty red splotches upon her chalk-white face. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She had had three weeks of happy exemption from Mr. Elton; and Harriet’s mind, she had been willing to hope, had been lately gaining strength. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Is it from misuse, like the way Natasha’s father’s been using it lately? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He even caught a glimpse of the sentry along the narrow ridge just where he had so lately escaped by the door in the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I wish this one would hurry up and croak because her husband has been getting a little too friendly lately.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Absorbed in my rebellious thoughts, I did not mark where my wandering steps took me and found myself in the foyer where I had lately suffered Hamlet's rejection. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "You been to the masjid lately?" asked Daoud as he worked his way carefully around the edge of a window. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I told him a lot about Margot and me and Mother and Father and said that lately I didn’t dare ask them anything. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Lines, surely, from one of her books, one she had read lately, or one she had written. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Yet even upon this shadowed terrain sunlight had very lately sparkled. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it wasn’t a very good movie that day, or maybe she’d seen too many movies lately—she’d gone for the last eight straight days — but whatever the reason, Tessie couldn’t concentrate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I have been dreaming a lot lately, Amir agha. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I know. We’ve been practicing at lunchtime lately. But we’ll be done soon enough. Just a few more weeks. The gala is on March fifteenth.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And yet lately, every day I woke up and headed to the gym for weight training, I found myself wishing I were heading anywhere but there. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He had begun copying many sounds lately, and “Inti” was the first word he had learned. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Lancelot,” said the King, finding him one afternoon in file rose garden, "you have been looking wretched lately. Is there anything the matter?" The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But his voice was flat, as it had been so often lately. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Between exercising so much lately and the long trip, my body is screaming for relief. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Has your husband done that to you lately?’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, since she never mentioned it, and also because she seemed quieter and rounder lately, he decided she was seeing some man on the sly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe. God knows we haven’t seen much of him lately either. Do you think it’s good for him to be away so much?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But lately, she hasn’t exactly been taking her own advice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z You could tell this because her eyes rolled whenever the subject came up—which was plenty lately, since that’s what her class was going to do to celebrate the end of the school year. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But Roosevelt’s leg hadn’t been bothering him lately. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z My hair was receding and streaked with gray, and lately I’d traced little crow's-feet etched around the corners of my eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “There’s been a lot of tea about lately. They’ve captured India, or something,” she said vaguely. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I find that hard to believe. Then again, my life has been so insane lately, nothing would really surprise me.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I think he was drunk, even though he hasn’t been drinking lately, but Patrick does that stuff sober, so it’s hard to tell. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She was sorry, because lately she and Harry had been right good friends. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But she says what she thinks, and lately I’ve come to appreciate her a great deal. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘You have hardly mentioned yourself. Tell me about your job and what you have been doing lately.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My mom is a great cook, but lately she hasn’t felt up to it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Have you talked to your father lately?” she asks coolly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘It is good for him. He’s got nothing except what he ordered us to pack. He’s been slack lately, and he’ll feel the weight less when he’s walked off some of his own.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You saw him every day in school, Cathy. Has he seemed sad lately? Did you notice anything that might mean—” Cathy looked down at her plate and then up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Ali thought me getting to know my father better would help with whatever I’d been feeling lately. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z My father had begun to look so tired lately. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But lately, he’s been doing mean, even dangerous things. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Things had been violent lately, with shootings nearly every day. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As for the rice, Mama was right—it was all I seemed to be hungry for lately. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And Louie wasn’t always the only Zamperini boy who could be seen sprinting down the alley with food that had lately belonged to the neighbors. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He had tried to avoid talk of war as much as possible lately; the two younger boys were too eager for it, the womenfolk too ready to cry about it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “But she wouldn’t come. Have you spoken to her lately, Remus?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The fabric is raspy against my skin, so unaccustomed lately to being touched. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In the soil beneath his feet, he could feel a firmer strip, the print of a tractor wheel that had lately rolled over the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Suspecting that something special had prompted this move, I asked Sheldon to call his friend, Morris the guard, to find out if anything unusual had been discovered lately. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ma’s had this sort of headache lately, and she can’t take any noise at all.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to love how my bedroom was decorated, but lately I’m not so sure. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I noticed that lately there were things I would let myself think about, and things I wouldn’t. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But things had not gone Lin’s way lately, and he was not accustomed to the feeling. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The only way to take my mind off it is to study, and I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Ain’t nothing made this point better than the lesson Mr. Travis has been pounding on us lately, both in regular classes and Sabbath school. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "Honestly, he probably don't. Gotta show him. Not trying to be soft, but that's the way things go. Shoot, man, I been learning that a lot lately over at my place." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It was sullen with helpless fury at all the bad luck that had befallen them lately. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “I’ve been talking to the priest lately. He’s been helping me understand all of this better.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He loves it so much, he always seems in good spirits lately. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Which, if you haven’t read Much Ado About Nothing lately, was Mrs. Baker’s way of saying that a whole lot could happen. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Because it feels like you’re just criticizing everyone! Everything everyone does is wrong with you lately!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what I did to make you act so mean lately,” she said quietly, “but get over it, for everyone’s sake.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And there’s just way too many of them here lately, he said. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It made everything he did lately seem more dramatic. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I heard it’s really cold in New York now; it’s been snowing there a lot lately. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Very possible . . . there have been some funny rumors flying around lately — helped along by Rita Skeeter, of course. It’s making a lot of people nervous, I reckon.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Ivy didn’t know who the girl was, but she wasn’t Layla, and she wasn’t her best friend, Taryn, or any of the other girls at school, who lately only wanted to talk about boys. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He holds his silence for a moment, letting his words sink in, but lately thoughts tend to float rather than sink. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But I seemed to be doing a lot of things for the first time lately. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Stick used to bring him by the house all the time, but lately, Stick hadn’t been home much himself. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I receive hundreds of small white envelopes each week, some delivered by hand, and there is extra money inside them lately, money for Mr. Fermin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing was, lately I’d been feeling exposed, like I was walking around school with the top layer of skin rubbed off. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t in a good mood because me and my moms had been arguing lately about my Lego castle. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “What is up with you lately? Why are you being so nice?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Go away,” he almost said, because lately it was only kids come to mock him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But times were tough, and monkeys were a rare indulgence lately. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Stuart said something about having seen a lot of Yankee countryside lately, and it was getting kind of dull, and slowly the noise began to grow up around them again. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Preacher put the four fish on one of the strings and said, “I think I’ll call on Sister Carolina and see if she’s had fish lately. Maybe she can fry ’em up.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “With my mom the way she is lately, I’m worried Thanksgiving’s going to stink. My grandmother usually cooks for us. I dream all year about her apple cake.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Though lately, the number of stabbings, shootings, and acts of arson had climbed so high that the Red and Blue Navies were no longer permitted in Jahara. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “No. You and me. You’ve been making some funny smoke screens lately.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They were on the news a lot lately. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a bit nervous, but I haven’t been able to get to sleep lately, and Scott’s been on my case to go. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have not been upset lately,” she said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to walk any farther. I’m tired all the time lately.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z For his whole life, Ben had thought that he was her most significant ally, but lately, he had come to look at himself differently. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s not quite what I’m feeling today—but lately my emotions are so liquid, they flow into one another without my noticing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “It seems to me that my blood is more or less ready to start circulating again, which wasn’t the case lately in Paris, I really couldn’t stand it any more,” Vincent writes Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I haven’t been there lately. I couldn’t recognize her in that condition anyway.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I still hear Mom cry a lot lately. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A few questions: “Pardon, I’m not crazy, but have you seen any six-fingered noblemen lately?” and surely, sooner or later, there would be an answering “yes.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mother and I are getting along better lately, but we’re never close. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Although the days had lately been cold and damp, the afternoon had that sudden, surprising warmth that makes New Orleans winters gentle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The war’s been intense lately, and with several decades of infrastructure funding diverted to supplying the warfront, I don’t know if these buildings would hold up well in another earthquake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It felt like he’d spent a lot of time with them lately. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Of course not, I like to win arguments. In fact, I always win arguments. Back to the subject—have you noticed how bad your face has been breaking out lately?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ve been having quite a lot of trouble with stray dinosaurs and stuff in Georgia lately.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She had thought she was imagining it, but in fact she was right—there was something trying in Robbie’s manner lately. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But lately, I’ve been around a lot of people who care, and giving gifts doesn’t have much to do with it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Fall was supposed to be the year’s busiest time, but travelers were scarce lately. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Grammarbot has gotten a lot better lately, but some awful howlers still manage to sneak by. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not a bad face except that lately my nose seems to have grown longer, and my upper lip appears to have collapsed against my teeth. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d always been a bad liar, but I’d been saying this lie so frequently lately that it sounded almost convincing now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Bill has been very sentimental lately because he can feel his first year of teaching coming to an end. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never been that keen on visiting, but lately I been talking a lot about my days in Marshall with this man that be coming to see me now. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve noticed lately that when I’m around boys my age, they tend to get nervous, with flickery eyes and dry mouths. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But lately, as tension increased, we were aware of them in the building. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No, instead I drive past where he’s been working lately, at a new subdivision out close to Glory Road. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “He hasn’t been feeling well lately. And besides, he never actually met Albert.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “What a night! I keep having nights like this lately. Is there an empty bed for me anywhere in this house?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I get it, that’s not a long time, but days feel like years lately. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I have a lot of friends who are in honors English and they’ve become quite interested in what my class has been doing lately! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He hasn’t been doing so well with them lately. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “She hasn’t been much of a laugh lately,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I had a great yearning, lately, to pay my father back for all the years of neglect, and start tending his grave. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Canceled shows due to lack of attendance seemed to happen more and more often lately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I can’t leave the farm without telling Mom or Dad, and they haven’t been in very good moods lately, and the street in front of the farm is a highway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z "Her looks have been a mess lately. Can't you see her eyes and nose? They've always been a problem. Her natural template is flawed." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But even he gets a nightly stealth interrogation: Have you noticed friends treating you differently lately? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I can’t put my finger on it, but I been watching him lately. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “No! He was just the first blond boy I could think of. We’ve been spending way too much time with him lately.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Father usually knew how to fix things, but he wasn't himself lately. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I don't know why, but lately, I've just felt this urge to put it out there. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Not the best but we’ve been doing real good lately, so...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Maybe so. And it was hard for me to be an Earthling too. You’ve been talking a lot more lately. More than you did when I met you, anyway. Does that mean you’re better?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you heard from Melissa lately?” he asks. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s been on a fitness kick lately—I think it helps her keep her mind off the problems at the school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Me and Leah and a couple of other girls had plans to go to the fair tonight, but they’ve been avoiding me lately.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Hope is something most of us have been none too familiar with lately. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “So, what are you up to lately?” he asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t seen quite as many strays around the lanes lately. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course you can. Look at all you’ve done lately—going to the meetings and the movies and coming here all the time. You can even come to the festival. You can do anything.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I check to see if he’s written me lately. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, it was a subject I’d given some thought to lately. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “But the question I’ve been asking myself lately is, are they true? “ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In fact, mobility, which once buoyed the working lives of Americans as it rose in the decades after World War II, has lately flattened out or possibly even declined, many researchers say. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “How have you been feeling lately?” she asked. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I started to tell Margaret that I had lately had a lot of practice in avoiding using certain words in certain conversations, when I realized that that was not why she had called. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It has come to our attention ....” And what about that strange man hanging around his Chinese friends lately? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But lately, the leanness of his youth was deserting him at an accelerated pace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or for letting me get hurt. I hope not. It depends on whether anybody’s made Daddy mad lately.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Werner Joseph is nice too, but all the changes taking place lately have made him too quiet, so he seems boring. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I heard Daddy say he hasn’t had much time for Pretty Boy lately.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried not to think of the stories he had heard lately of mass killings; of men, women, and children being forced to dig their own graves and then being shot and thrown into them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “And say what? She hasn’t actually done anything—” “She hasn’t done anything lately—unless you count the fact that she was here the night Megan Hipwell disappeared,” I said. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With those heavy words, I bade farewell to Horatio, to the country of my birth, and lately the place of love and its companion, loss. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Him being how he had been lately was getting old. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Sudden tears threatened—what was wrong with him lately?—and he knuckled his eyes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I want to say, Done any cheating lately? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I had done a lot of nothing lately. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My clothes were okay, but I was noticing that lately they were more useful than cute. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And, probably to try to make up for all the bad stuff that had happened to me lately, she drew in a big breath and said, “Okay. Let’s go see Sophie's sister. Why not?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It made him unhappy when he thought about her lately, and he had passed a lot of time, all spring long, mulling how to tell her about his unhappiness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Have you heard from Miss Fairfax so lately? I am extremely happy. I hope she is well?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z They were talking to you, telling you what they’ve been doing lately and how much they miss you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “There was a strong expectation of his coming soon after the marriage, but it ended in nothing; and I have not heard him mentioned lately.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Some of each, I think. But more silver dollars lately. My teacher is cool. He i....” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It was something about her lately, a mellowing, a softening from which this note had come. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I think about those words and how I haven’t said them lately. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve thought a great deal lately about my ‘bundle of naughties’, and being selfish is the largest one in it, so I’m going to try hard to cure it, if I can. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa and Big Ma argued a lot lately. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Somebody had placed her, several years back, at Mrs. Goddard’s school, and somebody had lately raised her from the condition of scholar to that of parlour-boarder. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I was feeling sick to my stomach a lot lately. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her parents, Sicilians lately come over from the other side, had shut up the girl in a dark room so that the neighbors could not see her shame increase. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m about to point out that all she seems to care about lately is her party. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She had not seen much of him lately. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He’s been on pins and needles lately, hoping the results of the experiment could land in Nature, one of the leading scientific journals in the world. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She’s been so “nervenmässig” lately, and we don’t feel like hearing her moan and groan again about all the beautiful china and lovely chairs she had to leave behind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I had been having no problems getting through lately. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z "There have been some incidents lately," Tía Carmen says in a quiet voice that does not brook contradiction. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I’ve noticed him sneaking around a lot lately. And I bet I know what he’s up to. He thinks he’s going to catch Slytherin’s heir single-handed.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It had become a little harder with every grief she felt, and lately there had been grief enough in Elinor's life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes I win when it comes down to luck, but I haven’t been very lucky lately. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “There’s been quite a bit of interest in hawks and falcons around here lately,” he says. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It used to be that walking was just a way to get from place to place, but lately it seems to be both the means and the ends. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I should have known better, the stars have been doing that lately, making no sense and giving me headaches. I should probably stop trying for a while.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “My heart has been giving me fits lately and so I’ve just been lying low for a few days, but I don’t think I’m ready to kick the bucket.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But lately, April usually thought she could tell. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z "Like you being completely lame—is that what came up? Because that comes up a lot lately." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “He moved into the hospital after they cleaned it up. Used to come over from time to time for a square meal and a chat, though he hasn’t been lately.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Whenever I’ve dropped in on the headmistress lately, your frame’s been empty. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I’ve been talking with my dad’s side of the family a lot lately. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I try to make sense of this, just as I’ve tried to make sense of the other contradictions I’ve been noticing more and more lately. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He would be speaking to him in just over twelve hours, for tonight was the night they were meeting at the common room fire — assuming nothing went wrong, as everything else had done lately. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I’d hate to have to write Lolo up, but it could happen with the way he’s been forgetting things lately. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “With all the pressure lately, with the wedding, he says that it’s only natural that I should feel amputated.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “So, Miss Nickerson. I must admit that I have enjoyed not seeing you lately. Things seem to be better with Mr. Daniels as your teacher. He’s keeping you in line?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z As I’ve written you many times before, moods have a tendency to affect us quite a bit here, and in my case it’s been getting worse lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z All we do lately is run up our white lady’s phone bill. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She has been swearing more often lately, trying to get a reaction out of Mom, to see if she’s really listening. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Dinner here looks different from meals at my family’s, especially lately, since Mom’s always working double shifts. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It was a shock to see these guys—both of whom had been climbing well lately—in such a state. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z These ancient roses, it has lately been asserted, were so constructed that the five sepals did actually stick out beyond the petals—just as they are represented to do in the heraldic rose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in The Times. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “There’s folks out lately that would kill you for a pair of pennies, let alone a horse and cart. What are you going to do now? Pull it yourself?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a nice break from the turmoil of his home, which lately had been filled with more relatives than any human being should be expected to endure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “You haven’t found any wallets lately, have you? Or gotten any rewards?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “No, I...Lexie hasn’t talked to me much about her decisions lately. But I’ll call her today if that would make a difference.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “We haven’t had a lot of time lately to hang out, just the two of us.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Beside those bodies so lately young and strong, she sank down motionless in stony grief, dumb as a stone and her heart like a stone within her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear madam! Nobody but yourself could imagine such a thing possible. Not heard of you!—I believe Mrs. Weston’s letters lately have been full of very little else than Mrs. Elton.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The Russell Stover box is pretty low because no one has been to the United States lately to buy chocolates. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I sift through many things —what he’s said lately and what he’s done. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Television used to be fascinated with blue-collar life, in shows like The Honeymooners, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, and Roseanne, but lately it too has turned its attention elsewhere. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We’d been friends for years, yet lately it seemed that we didn’t speak the same language. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The conversation turned to politics after that, which was all anybody had been talking about lately. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Why, there had been nothing else in the papers lately! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I hadn’t wanted Ma and Yvonne to nag me again, about not eating so much lately. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “From the former. I had narrowly observed her during the two visits which I had lately made here; and I was convinced of her affection.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She had a really hard time looking people in the eye lately. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I love animals. My wife and I both love animals, but...I’ve been going to the zoo by myself lately. I always go. Every day.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “A mouse, hm? That’s probably it. A lot of students have complained about mice in their ceiling lately. I suppose we’ll have to put out some traps.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z So lately what I did was just keep wearing the fuzzy green sweater. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On the rare occasion that the phone does ring lately, it’s Doctor Neal, calling with more bad test results, or a relative checking on Mother. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But lately he felt a desperate need to know, and right then the radio was his only means of finding things out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He just said, “Read some good books under it, okay?” and asked what she had been doing lately. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The more he thinks about it—and he’s been thinking about it a lot lately—it wasn’t the house that felt like a second home to him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Why is it that the only times Mom and Dad agree lately, it’s about something that I want? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “But Romeo over here never told me he was into her. Although now that he says it, it’s starting to make sense. He has been acting very weird lately.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Haymitch is actually bent on keeping us alive, but there are too many ears listening, so I just say, "Yes, he's gotten very responsible lately." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The afternoon was wet: a walk the party had proposed to take to see a gipsy camp, lately pitched on a common beyond Hay, was consequently deferred. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “And after he died, too. I haven’t been as involved lately, but it has been a large part of my life.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Do you have any clothes near my size? I seem to be going through a lot of shirts lately.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’d lately been complaining a lot about his allergies, even though in the fall you’d think there wouldn’t be much pollen in the air. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But seriously, I don’t think it’s at all shocking; we’re cooped up here, cut off from the world, anxious and fearful, especially lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “No,” he acquiesced: “I heard it had happened very lately. I was rather on the lookout for good fortune then.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She loves him and wants him, but he also seems a little distant right then, as he has been lately. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You say your brother’s Crouch’s personal assistant? Any chance you could ask him if he’s seen Crouch lately?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I hook my arm through his because I’ve ruined so much lately and I’m not ready to add this night to the list. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He knocked at the door of the pharmacy, where he had not visited lately, and he found a carpenter shop. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But just as Chess sometimes forgot how tall he’d gotten lately, he also sometimes forgot how big his feet were. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You seem to be a bit—I don’t know—out of it lately. Are you okay?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Dad’s annoying in either form. Me? I was called Heracles. Then the Romans came along and named me Hercules. I didn’t really change that much, though lately just thinking about it gives me splitting headaches...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “However, I sometimes think I’ve got too much self-control for my own good. I’ve been terribly nervous and upset lately, and I think it’s because I’m always holding myself in.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The children came and sat close to him; he had paid more attention to them lately, knowing that it pleased Nancy, and they had grown fond of him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z You see, just yesterday when I got home from school, my mom looked at me strangely—which she’s been doing a lot of lately—but this time there was a clear reason. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I haven’t told many stories lately, and I find myself unreasonably dry.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But lately, she worried about me the way I worried about Sam, the way you might worry about a baby or young child. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She had thick-palmed, capable hands and many business interests; she traveled to Dubai to buy gold, to China to buy women’s clothing, and lately, she had become a distributor for a frozen chicken company. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And I guess lately, more and more of them are mine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It seems like I’m getting that sigh more and more lately—ever since the start of middle school. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z An extraterrestrial civilization monitoring the radio emission from Earth and receiving such signals could not fail to conclude that something interesting had been happening here lately. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been thinking of doing that himself, lately. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He unfailingly sought me out at the Big Store when he saw me to ask me how I was doing and, lately, what was going on with the rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Um. Well, I guess things have been stressful lately,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve been coming back here a lot, lately. I keep trying to remember that I didn’t always hate it.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But though she’s loath to admit it, lately that persona has begun to feel restrictive. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I sensed that the fault lay with Charles, who was surly and uncommunicative and—as lately was par for the course—drinking a little more than was good for him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z However, Mr. Reilly had lately become somewhat distant and unapproachable, and Mr. Gonzalez dreaded the thought of a battle with him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The street lay dead quiet in the light of the lately risen moon, the gunfire thin and for a moment, distant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mom hadn’t had time to talk about Harriet at all lately. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The saw-like sickles had only lately been put away, and the wheat stood in stooks of eight among the tall stubble of those tin** The Wait still itched. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But lately he wants to do lots of things for himself. He’s even doing his hand exercises again.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He never forgets the long ago, which is so weird about him lately. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Make any wooden book ends lately?” he asked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right before we went onstage. It’s been happening a lot lately, not just with him, and I didn’t know what to do. But I guess I just...figured out how to speak his language.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Actually, his back had been killing him lately. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For some reason, he doesn’t bug me so much lately. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are no longer in good condition. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed healthy enough and she had less trouble climbing stairs than he did lately. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z More than anything lately, Max likes to fold complicated designs of paper airplanes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For half a mile, it looked as if they might, in fact, disintegrate as a crew, as they had done so often lately. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She and Harry had talked about so many things lately. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Everybody always wants to have a talk lately.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And lately some of his creditors had begun exhibiting an extraordinary hardening of resolve. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Come to think of it, I hadn’t been paying much attention to Dad or what he’d been doing lately either. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But it kind of seemed like I’d gone blurry on him lately. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Your father has been selfish lately. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you, I promise.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Your house is lovely, but lately I feel so angry and I don’t know why or exactly at who. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Anyway, Dad has been asking questions lately that require a little more legwork around the house. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m spending way too much time with him lately.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He was one of the French people who had lately come to live in the area. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “You look like a skeleton! What’s the matter? Hasn’t there been anything to eat in your house lately?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Stick had been gone more than ever lately. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I agree to try, even though I haven’t been able to even look at my paints lately. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But lately without the black market not so many commerçants cross the border and it will be difficult. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The volcano seemed more restless than usual lately—getting worse by the day. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And the way she’d been feeling lately, she had absolutely no idea what could come out. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Every time I went to the mall lately, I would stop at Foot Locker and stare at them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “By the way,” he said, “we’ve had a problem lately with brown recluse spiders in the facility.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s been in the state hospital for the insane until just here lately, but as a reporter I guess you nosed that out.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But lately we’d been running out of everything, and I had the feeling my parents felt lousy about it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Who wants a Winter Carnival?” he said in the disillusioned way he had lately developed when I brought it up. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ebright, Bolles noticed, had been making more than the usual amount of noise in the Bay Area press lately about how thoroughly his freshmen were going to shellac Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even though she claims it’s because she’s not in the same headspace he is, he knows it’s because he hasn’t been himself lately. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And Digory saw on her face that same hungry and greedy look which he had lately seen on Uncle Andrew’s. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She hadn’t realized how tired Lauren had looked lately, but she guessed that now would be a bad time to bring that fact up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She clomps down the hall—she’s on a clog kick lately—and sticks her head in my room. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It was 5:50 when he staggered from the room, heading he knew not where or for how long, but hoping only that whoever had been guiding him lately would not desert him now.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She used to be a regular fixture in our house, but lately I hadn’t seen her as much. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The men wear red rags sewn to their chests, which has been lately required of them as proof of their oaths to the Crown and to Lord Dunmore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He had begun all his duels left-handed lately. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t hang out as much lately,” Malik admits. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Of course I had to get him home to bed, even though my knees have been no great shakes lately. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z One of them said that he heard it had lately been taken, but he couldn’t say from whom. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I noted, not for the first time lately, how well he looked, how his stiff sad manner had relaxed into a more natural one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It seemed like lots of people I’d been around lately were either drinking or sighing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Fond as he was of his only child, useful as she was in his house since his wife had died, lately he had begun to chafe under her devotion. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But who's in here interviewing the ones that have been killed lately? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you might have changed your plans. I hadn’t seen you carrying your lute around lately.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “He’s right. You’re right. You need this. Jesus, it’s better than—you, lately. Rally, Annabelle. This is...a reason to, you know, go on. Wait. Olivia wants to talk to you.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “There are people from every faction in it, even Amity and Erudite. I’ve been watching a lot lately.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Judging from the number of empty desks, Alex guessed Bri wasn’t the first kid in class to be mysteriously called away lately. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Anyway, it’s been such a mess lately that I’m planning to quit. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I urge you, though, to call on Menelaos, he being but lately home from distant parts in the wide world. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is there anyone who has been giving you a hard time lately?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “The weather’s been so strange lately. And if a ban comes in...” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She had noticed him hanging around the children lately. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I’ve been dreaming a lot lately, kicking the covers every which way. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z That was the way he talked to her lately, even when it wasn’t true. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But lately Matt had begun to look at things more carefully. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked almost pretty with her smoothing powder and red lipstick and relaxed demeanor, not as knotted up as she had been lately, chasing a contract with Shell-BP. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Just school and stuff. I’m hanging out with June Somerset a lot lately, so that’s cool.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And lately, we hear more and more frightening stories of people from America getting sick or robbed while visiting. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But lately no one can turn away from the news about Tariq. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But lately even Tony hadn’t been around much. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He came and went more that way than through the door lately. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z My own hair had always been bright red, but lately it had started getting darker and kinkier. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “She just seems so unhappy lately,” Mom said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And perhaps this attitude, held in spite of what they know and have endured, helps to explain why Negroes, on the whole, and until lately, have allowed themselves to feel so little hatred. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She is used to my calling her from airports anywhere from Boston to San Francisco, or Miami to Seattle, or, here lately, cabling her from Cairo, Accra, or the Holy City of Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Seems like all we've been seeing lately is our own muddy green uniforms, so the bright fall leaves are like a colorful kaleidoscope. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I thought I knew what I wanted, but lately things have gotten, um, complicated.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was not easy to do; in earlier times, his heart had always been ready to tell its story, but lately that wasn’t true. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was evident that up to lately there had been a large notice-board in front of the balcony; it had, however, been roughly torn away, the uprights which had supported it still remaining. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z "You were worried about me? Have you taken a look at yourself lately?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Lady Catherine de Bourgh,” she replied, “has very lately given him a living. I hardly know how Mr. Collins was first introduced to her notice, but he certainly has not known her long.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z His face had lately adopted an expression of playful contentiousness. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Even though my brother was gone, lately I had started thinking: what if it was all a trick? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z And lately, Beans especially had taken an interest in Palmer’s room. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “But surely you do know what makes the prince so wild and mad lately. Some say it is his father’s untimely death, while others blame his mother’s hasty marriage.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z You’ve started doing that lately, and, frankly, I don’t like it one bit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Now I knew why she had been so kind to me lately. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She had had a taste of it lately, having been entrusted with taking a pulse and temperature under supervision and marking the readings on a chart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “He takes me ice-skating. Not lately. But he does. Has. He doesn’t know I know he hates it.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Home is where everything happens, good or bad, except it’s been mostly bad lately. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that he didn’t know much about Kate’s place lately. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite I couldn’t know if they still called each other Miss and Mister when it was just the two of them, I sensed a difference lately. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The lunches at school lately had mostly been canned vegetables and potatoes, but food was food. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “It’s been bothering me more and more lately. I have to start physical therapy.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Incidentally I’ve taken your advice and resorted to the dictionary a lot lately, so if it cramps my style your to blame. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z There seem to be more of these kinds of incidents lately, not at all like the Andy we know and care about. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They have been at it for several months, new slips of paper arriving inside a loaf of bread every few days, and lately Etienne plays music. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Say, Jones, you been over to the precinct lately?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But she and Ivy had gotten even closer lately, bonding while the family changed into something new and also kind of scary. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I could call a cab, but I’m afraid his parents will call the local cab companies to see if they’ve picked up any metalhead teens lately. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione went up to the Owlery after . breakfast on Sunday to send a letter to Percy, asking, as Sirius had suggested, whether he had seen Mr. Crouch lately. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Maybe he had stumbled onto something he shouldn’t have and that was what had made him so grumpy lately. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, has anything gone according to plan in my life lately? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “In this instance I am not prompted by curiosity; I act on the part of Lord Godalming, who wishes to know something of the property which was, he understood, lately for sale.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Tiller, what are you doing? That boy just wants to learn how to do stuff. What’s the matter with you lately?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Tell us, have you been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the castle lately?”’ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They had been bickering a lot lately, but wasn’t that just stress over moving, selling the house, and trying to find something in Los Angeles they could afford? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “He’s just scraping something off for you. You must have something crusty in there. Have you washed your ears lately?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He was more at ease with her lately; she was beginning to seem more like one of the family. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wrangling” boys hadn’t been on my agenda lately. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In all likelihood, her grandmother would still be sleeping when Luna returned—she slept so much lately. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It’s been so intense lately. I...I really needed this.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I’m not actually sure he will this time; Tao and I haven’t been speaking lately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mam says she’s sure God is good for someone somewhere but He hasn’t been seen lately in the lanes of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Raul’s been giving me the eye lately, but he can forget it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z How exactly has your father shown his appreciation lately? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I was in the shopping mall because that’s where I go lately. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I never had time to talk much when I went up there, but I couldn’t help noticing she seemed happier lately, and that was a relief. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Even though listening was about the best thing that Branwell had been doing lately, he hardly looked at me the whole time I talked. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She's been acting odd lately; even asked me this morning how was I feeling. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It felt like he was saying that a lot lately. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Hi,” Omi said in the floaty voice she was using lately when she spoke to boys. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But we don’t discuss that much either lately. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother was a bit like a shark, wasn’t she, Tandy? No disrespect, but that’s what I’ve heard. She worked all the time, but still, she had some pretty unhappy customers lately. Very unsatisfied customers.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The forced heartiness of an old banker, his monocle dangling on a string, and my bright smile of insincerity: “No, not very lately; will you have another cigarette?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, in the third place, the Owsla had lately lost a certain amount of respect among the rank and file. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But lately, the mask has started fighting back, forcing the melding process by digging tiny filaments into the back of my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “A great many things make you angry lately,” he said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was random doodles, but lately I’d been experimenting with graffiti—tagging, specifically—because some tagging techniques reminded me of highly stylized Persian calligraphy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “We’re so proud of you! Now I understand why your grades haven’t been as high as usual lately. All these rehearsals, all this work!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you haven’t been outside lately, but there’s not much growing around here. There’s not enough water to fill a thimble.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He hadn’t mentioned Harp and Gully lately, but I knew, sooner or later, just like that miserable winter weather, them boys would return. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I have been feeling very clearheaded lately and what I want to write about today is the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “What? What strange stuff is happening in this town? I haven’t seen any white bulls lately.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Across from me, my father leaned on the table and asked in a low voice, “What have you observed lately of the queen and Claudius?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z After a brief lull at the start of Nixon’s presidency, the war protests had been growing lately. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Because he was cute and cool before, but lately he seemed so much more of both. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When I realized that I did not even know what day of the month it was, I began to realize how badly off I had in fact been, lately. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A lot of things have happened lately to get me thinking about that. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I always pick the ones my parents don’t use so they won’t notice, but lately Mom’s been going through the cabinets and I think she suspects something. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z This seemed to be Will’s go-to response lately, and that definitely wasn’t going to work in this case. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But lately we’d been getting on good as ever, and I believe she was about ready to wear our ring again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Molly has been cooking quite a bit lately, reasoning that if Dina tries some dishes that don’t have animal protein front and center, she’ll see how many more options are available. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Mira, been seeing a lot of you lately,” she replied with a smile as big as her natural fluffy hair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The waves rose in growing fury, each overtopping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z |
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