“Nobody blames you. It was quick thinking. Plus, the boys should know better than to run near the hives. Maybe they learned a lesson.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That afternoon Mia and I showed Mama what we had learned. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet swell big and heavy like plungers, but I drag them across the linoleum floor straight center where Uncle wants to show off the new dance we learned. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

On Easter, having learned that The Greatest Story Ever Told was sold out, I just crossed the street and saw Superfly; the second-greatest story ever told. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Our best guess is that the songs Coyote learned from the infant he kidnapped from Mother Water Monster saved the First Beings as they traveled between the two worlds.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Harry learned quickly not to feel too sorry for the gnomes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was only when the first young prisoners who had been involved in the June 16 uprising began to arrive on Robben Island in August that we learned what truly happened. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We quickly learned that whenever we ventured into the kitchen, we needed to wrap our hands in the driest socks or rags we could find. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been overcome with relief when she learned that Harris was safe at Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shin learned to add and subtract, but not to multiply and divide. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In October or November 1532, the victors stopped outside the small city of Cajamarca, where they learned that pale, hairy people who sat on enormous animals had landed on the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

No one in the Lacks family remembers how they learned about Gold’s book, but when Deborah got a copy, she flipped through it as fast as she could, looking for her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Though she had never sung professionally, she had had the talent to—I learned she could sing folk songs, ghazals, even raga, which was usually a man’s domain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But that changed when he and his brothers read Rogers’s article and learned this: Cell lines are swapped, traded, forwarded, begged and borrowed among research institutions around the world. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In Oklahoma I spoke like a kid who learned English from a book. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

While I learned the importance of virtue from Elnora's conduct books, Gertrude's romances held out the delights of love and the means to achieve them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

During her time in England, Alice Paul had learned the British suffragists’ political approach to their cause, which involved holding the party in power responsible for not passing the suffrage amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Tally shook her head, wanting to say that Shay had already taught her how to hoverboard, the coolest thing she’d ever learned. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“As your dæmon,” said Balthamos, “I shall translate for you. I have learned many human languages; I can certainly understand the one they speak in this country.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cole wanted to tell them more about what he had learned that morning. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Were they the only songs he ever learned to play, or were they the only songs he remembered? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Christopher Lee Armstrong learned the hard way that the Supreme Court has little interest in ensuring that prosecutors exercise their extraordinary discretion in a manner that is fair and nondiscriminatory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mama started playing the numbers, and I learned how to get the winning number from the radio by adding up the race results. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I learned a lot—like when you have a checking account, your money is separate from all the other money in the bank. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When he learned that Permian had the game safely in hand, he then took his medicine. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned that I was not to be trusted with power.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We shot air rifles. We had campfires and large bonfires and sang patriotic songs. As we got older, we learned to read maps.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was from raising children I learned that trick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all my hours of watching, I’d learned that was how to show I wasn’t a threat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

F. C. Donders learned early in his life to pay attention; he had eight older sisters. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The one I heard the most and therefore learned first was “Curtis.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pythagoras had learned the triangle theorem—that the length of the third side of a right-angled triangle can be deduced mathematically from the length of the other two sides—from Indian or Babylonian geometers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

His move is more what my father would do, what I have learned, too, through all of my life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my rovings about town, I’ve learned that the same two gentlemen have been frequent patrons at the drugstore. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, he had learned over the years to look for the clues whispered by changes in the villagers’ daily routines. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Primitive was one of the first new words she learned from Mrs. Jongwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a lot of the history books I read, I learned about dates and people and events, but I wasn’t always sure why people did what they did. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“So, have you guys already forgotten everything you learned last term?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But that is my own illusion, a hangover from a version of reality I learned in the former time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have since learned to cook it more, but never have I enjoyed a meal as much as that one, and never have I felt so independent again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if that was something I remembered or something I had just learned. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“For a long time I practiced, and learned. And I’ve made ornaments for many of the guardians. Now, though, I do real work. Important work.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was how Úrsula learned of the death of her mother, as a simple consequence of listening to the songs in the hope that they would say something about her son José Arcadio. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I learned it on the playground and watching lots of TV. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually I learned the names of the major characters and labeled their lines accordingly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Trouble was, once I learned it I wouldn’t shut up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

For most of her life, Jennifer had learned to hold her emotions in check. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I have learned that no price can be put on good neighbors. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m not. I learned my lesson, thank you very much.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He did that for years, so that even the children learned to accept that ritual. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would sit on their father’s knee as he sat at the piano, guiding his hands as they tried to teach him what they had learned on their own. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

How she had learned this was unknown, but visitors did wander through the village from time to time. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned to swallow some of his own medicine, and I was working toward being a warrior. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the courtyard talk she'd learned that the upper chambers of the Tower of Dread housed three dozen captives taken during some battle on the Green Fork of the Trident. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want—someone to notice she was there. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Geyer checked with other hotels to find out who had run the Circle House, and learned from its former clerk that the registration records were in the possession of a downtown attorney. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Out of the weeping and the shouting and the wild talk, I learned that no one had died in the fire. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve learned how to say it. Accident. I assume that was another suggestion you and Father planted, to never bring up the accident.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

As with the zero-point energy, scientists learned to ignore the infinite mass and charge of the electron. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I soon learned that on Everest not even the rope—the quintessential climber’s accoutrement—was to be utilized in the time- honored manner. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She can navigate by the stars, and by dead reckoning, but I think she learned to use her sense of direction properly because her granddad gave her a motorbike for her sixteenth birthday. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He learned that Rameel was married to a British woman named Isadora, and that they had two children together, Ezra, a daughter, and Micah, a son. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I have learned that it doesn’t matter if your inspiration in life comes from negative or positive events. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If they’d let women warriors into their cult, they might have learned some common sense. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Just—just—Latin, sir. I learned that to read Newton’s Principia." Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earsplitting cry my grandmother let out when she learned of the disaster cannot be done justice in print. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Let us now return to that collision of hemispheres, applying what we have learned since Chapter 3. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

From that, we had learned only that they had been getting the same injections we were getting, and that the treatment had worked about as well on them as on us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, once I learned how to remember things, I wasn’t bored at all. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I learned the smell and feel of fighting weather. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When he gave up God, did he also give up the strict morality he learned at home? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A glass of beer stands in front of me, I've learned to drink in the army. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned about LiNK’s Nomad program on the Web. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“They have learned enough. We shall stay here together, and you must all endeavor to lighten my desolation when my husband is away.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke the words so awkwardly that even Bran took note; it was a speech he had learned, not words from the heart, but the black brothers thanked him all the same. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We sat silent for a moment, waiting for any movement or lights, but as we’d just learned, darkness and silence did not translate to safety. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Later he learned that he had stabbed the bus driver and two other passengers to death. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He speedily learned that Perrault and François were fair men, calm and impartial in administering justice, and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told about his problem with the trestle, how he had learned to avoid it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only after the betrothal that she’d learned his name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

These stories had been passed down from generation to generation, with my father having learned them from my grandpa. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

But once we went to the same school, I learned a very important lesson: Samira was far more valuable to me than my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But having learned how to assure a food supply by their own efforts, they now settled down in permanent village communities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is partially blind,” panted Griphook, “but even more savage for that. However, we have the means to control it. It has learned what to expect when the Clankers come. Give them to me.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It seems as if I have finally learned to be a friend, to open my heart and care. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

What more have I learned about Mirjam since I first drew the imaginary picture of her almost forty-eight hours ago at Mrs. Janssen’s? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Political feuding continued in F and G. We learned of a clash among the ANC, the PAC, and the BCM in the general section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having learned that day that duck hawks prefer to nest on cliffs, I settled for this site. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy and I made the beds, and afterward I learned five irregular French verbs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ve learned enough about robots for today,” he whispered back. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I learned about the music of the apartheid era and how it was the musicians and artists, even more than the politicians and activists, who informed the world about the country’s injustices. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They learned how to take a city bus back and forth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But she had a whole trail of bad experiences behind her, and she didn’t think she had enough time even in the rest of her life to figure out what she might have learned. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Many of the Americans learned to jump and liked it as much as the “Saws.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“We learned in church that the Starbucks logo is Satanic,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Too weak to move around, he balanced a typewriter on his stomach and typed reports on what he’d learned in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And from Audrey I had learned: he would not choose me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Finally I had met kids like myself and I’d learned that I wasn’t so different after all. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Garfield learned about military leadership through experience and observation of the professional soldiers around him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Over the years, Mariam had learned to harden herself against his scorn and reproach, his ridiculing and reprimanding. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d learned how in my lessons at the palace, but he shows me mistakes my teachers didn’t bother correcting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was from Flo that I first learned that in the wild, female chimps have only one baby every five or six years. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

At Redwall he had learned of snakes from the talk of others. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had learned that Devi was the person anyone could ask for a loan, no matter how desperate the circumstances. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His baby brother had been wild as a winter storm since he learned Robb was riding off to war, weeping and angry by turns. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As Pearl learned more about her new hometown, Moody began to learn more about Mia’s art, and the intricacies and vagaries of the Warren family finances. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting near the landline with my parents as they learned what had happened. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And beneath it all there boiled up all the shock-absorbing phrases that I had learned all my life. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned this the hard way after I made my way into the world, found my target, and tracked him down in real life. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because of those undoubted effects of childhood environment and learned knowledge on IQ test results, the psychologists’ efforts to date have not succeeded in convincingly establishing the postulated genetic deficiency in IQs of nonwhite peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But I’ve forgotten much too much of what I learned in school. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I talk, having learned from hundreds of cocktail parties and dinner parties how to talk with great animation about nothing especially. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went over the same steps that we had learned before. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth learned more about the second-class status of women when she overheard the female clients who came to beg for help at her father’s law office, which adjoined the main house. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

As she grew older, Ammu learned to live with this cold, calculating cruelty. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slaving away in a deli six days a week, I had learned a few things. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I soon learned that there was nothing to worry about. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He learned his first lesson about the necessity of counterintelligence when a young woman was brought before him for questioning about a coded letter she had been given. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gobbled my cold food that had been left covered on the table, seized a piece of soap and rushed into the streets, eager to display all I had learned in school since morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must’ve realized she was losing me, because she smiled and said, “That’s what I learned when I came here. Every single person has worth. Every single person is capable of shocking transformation.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

What they eventually learned was that "quiet Iranian" is an oxymoron. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

One thing I learned early was to never move or straighten Mom’s papers. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“What did I tell you? I have learned to be very acute—to read the face. It is necessary. Only in America do they teach you the proper way to sell.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals now also learned that Snowball had never—as many of them had believed hitherto—received the order of “Animal Hero, First Class.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I envy them. I never learned how to do what Esme does.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They had learned about the Sharpshooter Award, and to them Palmer’s father was as big a hero as a battlefield general. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In his many journeyings among strangers the boy had learned to sniff out danger and spot orneriness quickly. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biology — another thing her mother wished Theresa hadn’t learned at the convent school. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had four years still to go, and if I’d learned anything, it was to relax and try to pace myself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“My lord, what I have to say is gone out of my head. I only just now learned of Lord Estraven’s disgrace.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I have learned by trying to write this book: There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In about an hour’s time I had learned to count to a hundred and I was overjoyed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned that his family was to be sold. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You learned to medicate yourself against it and put it out of your mind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By the time the other girls reached school age, Mary had learned about free education. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated it; but he never learned to avoid it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Beowulf had come to some good now, and those same court-wits had to eat their words when everyone learned what he had done against the monsters in the land of the Danes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people, however, had not learned to make pottery-curing ovens to bake it. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Had he learned to read the words of the treaties so that his people could not be cheated of land? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But coming closer to Milton, she learned something about medical reports. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you’ve learned your lesson,” he said brightly and then, in Greek, added: “Important news, my friend.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad thought it would be nice if all of us learned to play something. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t learned to control her Hopes yet. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl isn’t exactly crying but is, rather, stunned, as if she’s just learned the Tooth Fairy is, in fact, her Uncle Brian or something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The thing she had learned to cover and control was lost. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking back, I don’t know what, if anything, I learned. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mission schools, black people learned English, European literature, medicine, the law. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Almost everyone at Manzanar had inherited this pair of traits from the generations before them who had learned to live in a small, crowded country like Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned a lot about “objectification,” Native Americans, and the bourgeoisie. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Last of all, he showed the group his totem and explained the lessons learned with each carving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Also I haven’t yet learned that chivalry in men is idiocy in women: men can get out of a rescue a lot more easily, once they get into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I had learned that she was listening even when it seemed like she wasn’t. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I learned, against my will, how to make Beef Wellington and Lamb Parsifal. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They learned that this son would be dreadfully unlucky. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, our second day, we learned more about emergencies. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d learned about his mother’s death and the long, lonely train ride to Pennsylvania. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I learned that when I was a kid and would try to play one off the other to get my way. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He learned through fear to keep his mind every instant upon his work, not only because of Pai’s wrath, but because of the painful scrapes and gouges inflicted on his hands by the slightest inattention. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I learned it was a mixture of com, turnips and rice, seasoned with thyme, bay leaf and green peppers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever they had learned did not concern the Night’s Watch, but Jon was curious all the same. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe if you found out how to live in it you learned from that what it was all about. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

My brothers and sisters teased me during the practice sessions, where I sat with my groom, a boy named Merewe, while the dancing girls learned their routines. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ginger learned to bark Arf! on cue and quickly won the hearts of the entire cast as well as Mrs. Reynolds. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not ignorant of suffering, I have learned how to help the unfortunate,” she said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the days passed, I learned to take longer than necessary when she sent me on errands. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her father’s family wouldn’t want her either when they learned she was a witch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He visited the beautiful Kamala regularly, learned the art of love in which, more than anything else, giving and taking become one. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a piece of manuscript paper and try my best to remember what I learned in school about writing a formal letter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I barely understood half the lines in Paradise Lost, but I'd learned astronomy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tate, as Perry soon learned, was an old and awesome name in western Kansas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she learned ways of conserving bits of seconds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've learned not to take too deep a whijf when mucking out the barn, but most of the smells are good, wonderful, and hopeful, if smells can be such a thing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since she intended to return home after everyone had learned a lesson in Claudia appreciation, she had to save money for her return trip, too, which was like full fare one way. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems that Betty learned that being popular in ninth grade doesn't mean much to an eleventh grader.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

After he had learned the truth, and had accepted the truth, and the Muslim laws, Reginald was still carrying on improper relations with the then secretary of the New York Temple. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day before Jones learned from Union soldiers that Lincoln had been assassinated, and they had information that the assassins had traveled this way. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sluggers abducted me before I learned what my parents were arguing about. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We learned that Tad Schmitt found a bright blue vein of gas still burning when he was clearing rubble from what used to be the school’s crawl space. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Few in Clarkston knew anything about the history of the Somali Bantu when they learned, through media reports, that another wave of refugees was coming to their town. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I learned that the Chicago Muslim officials were further displeased with me because of the newspaper reports of me in die Cassius Clay camp. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more Piper learned about being a demigod, the more convinced she was that Cherokee legends and Greek myths weren’t so different. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The boy learned to talk that way from his mother,” I said softly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have his name sheet and hadn’t learned my name. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She learned to decode paper patterns and to run a sewing machine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she could never explain what she had learned to anyone, not even her teachers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I learned about the Jewish diaspora and the strange history of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

With Atak as our teacher, we learned to say “thank you” and “good morning” and many other words and phrases. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have learned to deal with the fact that I might not make it through the transplant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I studied the bright illustrations and learned the words for the unfamiliar objects of our new life in the United States: A for Apple, B for Bear, C for Cabbage. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And lastly I talked about all the many things I’d learned from Angelo—things about mushrooms and pigs, about nature and the arts of cooking and eating well, and so much else besides. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I learned most of what I knew about Coalwood history and my parents’ early years at the kitchen table after the supper dishes were cleared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Also, she couldn’t forget how he had been ready to write off her brother, Nico, when they’d learned he was a captive in Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For example, I learned how to use a telephone. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that first year, I learned more about poverty than I did in all my childhood days in Qunu. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On some you could see the black marker where I’d marked their feet when I first learned to write my name. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In his view, archaeologists’ main function was to make white people feel good about themselves—an opinion that archaeologists have learned, to their cost, is not Denny’s alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I learned to eat a great deal when it was available and convenient, because it might not be available or convenient when the belly next indicated its hunger. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blood gutter, Billy learned, was the shallow groove in the side of the blade of a sword or bayonet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not till some days later that he learned, to his surprise and with a twinge of shame, that he was not the only one who had been in trouble. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The press had learned that Gerhardt was somewhere in Germany—and that Bobby was in the country—and they were trying to track down the father so they could interview his famous son. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A week earlier she had learned from Freddie that Hagar had tried to kill Milkman six times in as many months. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So far the pants have stayed up, so I think the lesson was well learned.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Like Mommy, my sisters have learned to absorb punishment and get up off the ground after the shock of life’s blows wears off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through whispered conversations in an adjacent hallway we learned firsthand what had taken place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While white girls learned to waltz and sit gracefully with a tea cup balanced on their knees, we were lagging behind, learning the mid-Victorian values with very little money to indulge them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had learned a little about the woods, when they were up above the stream. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"Tell me what you learned yesterday," said the Warden. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When they came back, they told us that they had learned, in exchange for a gold watch, that this was the final destination. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell her anything, and I learned more from her about the world outside our apartment than I ever did from my rigorous lessons with Malcolm and Maud. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

We learned how news moves through a crowd of men. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they did believe that what they’d learned from the other island invasions had prepared them for anything our enemies could dish out. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug back into the American history that I had learned both in and out of school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

During my primary- school years and part of my secondary-school years, I was able to permanently retain everything that I learned. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I learned about girls getting periods not from biology class but from my friend Paris. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I also learned that outside school another set of rules prevailed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing he had learned early, you do your own time in prison. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The girls in my cabin played kickball and learned dance routines, but I always sat on the sidelines. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I remember being on my knees in this terrible pool and pushing up and down on his chest with my arms locked, like I learned. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"My lord will find my tongue well schooled. When I was a girl I learned when to use it, and when not." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Janice had obviously chosen him for his bulk; our job, I soon learned, required the ability and willingness to push around bodies, even shove some. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not yet learned to draw the significant but often very fine distinction between smut and pure science. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She runs out of the room, shrieking: “It’s happening to me already. I’m forgetting everything... I’m forgetting... I don’t remember anything I learned any more!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was becoming more and more convinced that alchemy could be learned in one’s daily life. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even our cat, Tuerto, has learned to hide when he hears the jingle of car keys. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They also don’t know how or when he learned about Henrietta’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

What he’d learned in school, and from his father, and from his own investigations—he could put it all to good purpose now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that Amari had learned that, when not given a direct order, a slave’s best bet was to say nothing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had quickly learned what I had to teach and had progressed from there by his own efforts and enthusiasm. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have learned the importance of standing together, of cooperating. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They had learned the hard way that the U-boat, which was about the size of a school bus inside, traveled mostly above water across the Atlantic. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Musical Simon Says: Review concepts learned such as loud/soft, high/low, or fast/slow. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I learned how to play the guitar and sing when I was really young so I could play in my dad’s church.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She had learned to say many things to them; but now, the most important of all, the ear-twist or bark that would turn them back, she did not know. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But very soon I learned my own limitations. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I learned to cook so well that I could smell if the meat stuffing was too salty before I even tasted it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never learned anything that could possibly fit him for this. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I have learned to wait for what will be revealed to be revealed,” says Director Horus. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Maria learned how to paint by copying images of her stepfather’s. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If my questions for Dandy were hard and unanswerable, I soon learned that many questions are just that way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She, who had never been more than fifty miles from her birthplace, learned to traverse the maze of Spanish-named streets in that enigma that is Los Angeles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it is something that artists have,” she said, liking the sound of the word she had just learned. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already, Lon had learned that when he rushed through his lessons, Erastis would glare at him over the rims of his glasses, stern and judgmental. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In Gym, the kids on my team learned not to pass me the ball and to step quickly in front of me if the other team tried to take advantage of my weakness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I learned that the way black people were portrayed on TV certainly did not reflect the much more nuanced and complicated reality. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha learned many new things; he heard much and said little. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than surrender to my bitterness, I have learned to take satisfaction in the life that Hugh has led. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I never got used to that feeling—no one ever does—but I did experience it many times, and eventually learned what it was: electric shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Guiteau's brother-in-law, George Scoville, had just arrived in Washington on business when he learned that his wife's brother had shot the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gave Ted a sideways look, one I’d learned from Fang, and nodded. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Standing here looking at a photograph of Louis Armstrong, suddenly it's clear that I've learned what there is to learn about the library today. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently the majority learned from mistakes; after this time, archaeologists don’t see this kind of widespread erosion, though they do see lots and lots of maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But I’ve learned at least one thing: there are young people, even those of the opposite sex, who can discuss these things naturally, without cracking jokes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Every day we learned new letters and new numbers. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word got around, and the natural punishers of new boys learned to let him alone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned my way around because of my trips with Rose. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, I came to the city of Warsaw, where I learned to steal food to keep from starving. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"And then Jessie had the great idea of taking everything we learned and making it into a poster for the contest." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She had learned her patience through years of sidestepping migraine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He learned how to make it go faster, then faster, and the streetcar screamed along with us through the deserted city. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He’d learned that a fine-tooth comb was never going to make its way through my hair and that a wide-toothed one really only worked when my hair was wet. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He has learned that one of the members is with child. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then he learned that she didn’t like groundhogs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

As the club’s leader, I soon learned the nature of the fight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she learned how to bring that connection to the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He explained what had taken place at the council, what they had learned at Dark Gate and from Gwystyl. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The chances are one in four, we learned that at the Center. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nay, I learned a little, when my father lived among men. Look, here is a turning.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I learned to play Mr. Stephen Foster for Father and Vivaldi for Granddaddy, who was also partial to Mozart. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We had no guns, sjamboks, tear gas or armoured vehicles, but we soon learned how to make petrol bombs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that you’re just trying to discredit your opponent. I learned that at debate club.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s learned his lesson,” replied the comrade; and, turning to me, he bellowed, “Haven’t you, boy!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was five when he learned he could draw. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When we learned of the surrender of the German Sixth Army in early February 1943, we knew a German defeat was probable. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We made a variety of mistakes in the Western Areas antiremoval campaign and learned a number of lessons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck. Your daddy’s done planned out your whole life. You cain’t go off to no shack in the woods; you’re going to the Tuskegee Institute to get learned.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After several exchanges of e-mails, Salva learned that the cousin had not actually seen or spoken to his father. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned that I look like a stupid dork!” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I bet he learned all this from someone. But this someone needs to sit down today, huh?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All I've learned here in nine years from my mother and my teachers is not enough to fill the gaps. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

First of all, I learned that I was smarter than most of those white kids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then when Nick went to preschool, he learned that if he wanted his teacher and the other kids to understand him, he had to use the word music. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned a bit about evolution thanks to the books and newspapers Jackson smuggles me, and the comparison doesn't sit well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was only a saloon, I learned later, but it seemed terrible to me: It reeked of vomit and cheap liquor and stale sweat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, in various ways, I learned various things. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I learned to do for myself sooner.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As he learned English, he made friends at school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They had been very good, and he had learned a lot from them about the problems of contemporary Judaism. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She learned Zulu because it’s similar to Xhosa. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I learned afterward that I’d made history by becoming the first American woman ever to win gold in that event at the Olympics. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They’d learned to expect little from bosses and other authority figures, with the single and crucial exception of a teacher named Mike Brown, whom they both credited with having changed their lives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he looked at the difference between a student’s score in June and then in the following September, he could see how much that student learned over the course of the summer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Puzzling over everything she’d just learned, Emily walked into their kitchen to find her mom knee-deep in shopping bags and cardboard boxes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it takes a change of scenery or a good whack in the head to help you recognize the lessons you’ve learned.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

We learned to forge Mami's signature and went just about everywhere, to dance weekends and football weekends and snow sculpture weekends. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was her first night home in seven days, and when I got in, I learned that, yes, Coach had called and warned her that something was going on between Guzzo and me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And because the Koran, the sacred book of Islam, is written in Arabic, scholars throughout the Muslim world learned to read Arabic and to share their knowledge. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s a recipe Calvin learned off his tablet. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Over the next months O’Brien learned more about Mother Fletcher from people on his beat. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the curse of knowledge ensures that most writers will overestimate how standard a term has become and how wide the community is that has learned it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

If there is one thing to be learned from the thousand sisters of Raskova’s regiments, it is that change is possible. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“My dad said that he’d let us know as soon as they learned something,” he grumbles. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He taught me to play chess before I learned how to read. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that Mandy was married and had a baby, but not much else. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You learned of the Holocaust when?” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Collectively recoiling from the native population of the Americas, Europeans learned how to become a new version of themselves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Beowulf Incorrigible! Cassiopeia Incorrigible! Three more unwieldy names would be difficult to imagine. But, as the saying goes, ‘Nothing good was ever learned from eavesdropping, so mind your business and let others mind theirs.’ The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Let’s find out what your sister has learned.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Shin had not yet learned enough geography to know where Ham- hung was. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

During the first three weeks of seventh grade, I’d learned one thing above all else: A person can become invisible simply by staying quiet. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A lightning that cannot strike twice, our lesson learned in the hateful speed of light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Motor-HJ, boys trained on motorcycles and learned practical mechanical skills and traffic and car regulations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Do you know how quickly he learned English? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned to listen close to the guys around Small’s, because the old hustlers talk about anything when they’re just among themselves. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to draw back my lips and breathe slowly through my teeth, so I wouldn’t choke on mosquitoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They learned biology, African history, math, physics and a foreign language. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t my words, they were Ellison’s, but there he was reminding us all what had to be learned by the “young’uns.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I also learned to bargain with Laertes, who disliked all study. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s time you learned, Eugenia, how things really are. You idolize Constantine too much. You always have.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I think he hasn’t learned how to lift his leg when he...you know.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mainly he had learned that he could, occasionally at least, jump from his cage and wander around without incurring any anger or injury. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I had to pinch myself when I stopped to think about all the blessings, self-awareness, and lessons I learned because of my commitment to the sport of fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Later I learned from Pete Athans that shortly after he had injected Beck with dexamethasone, the Texan experienced an astonishing recovery. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She daydreamed about Crisfield and a farm; but she had learned her lesson about believing in daydreams, learned it from Cousin Eunice and her house that wasn’t a big white house by the ocean. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The honeymoon over, I learned my mistake; she was only mad, and shut up in a lunatic asylum. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was timid at first, but learned quickly for such a stupid girl, which pleased him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Almost every pilot in the 122nd had learned to fly in a plane like this one. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I learned lessons on that day that I will remember for the rest of my life. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the coast was clear, he sent their report, outlining all they’d learned: Mr. Curtain called the thing to come the Improvement, it was coming very soon, and Messengers wouldn’t be needed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When his mother learned Ahmad was to become a ship captain, she was surprised, but did not stand in his way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Leaving everybody to wonder where she had learned her effrontery from. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been stricken with typhoid fever during his first year of teaching, and Ellen Creighton had patiently nursed him back to health with the skill she had learned over the years. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Moss, this is your protest, and it’s only fair that you lead it. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that I’ve got to trust you.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He said he learned a lot from it, which Mr. Terupt was happy to hear. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Some other Muslim who learned of it had made charges against Reginald to Mr. Muhammad in Chicago, and Mr. Muhammad had suspended Reginald. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Girls acted like he was God or something when they learned he was raising me and Newcharlie. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

My father would encourage me to try particularly good sections myself, and I learned to love the feel of good words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Until hours later, that is, when they learned that the Coast Guard had uncovered boxes of explosives and German uniforms along the beach. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

And I learned that cops were smarter than I thought on the corner of Laconia Avenue. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And there the Arabs learned about Indian numerals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But he told me that when he first learned what Morrison had done to his family, he feared what he might be capable of doing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They had tolerated and learned to live with it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a shame I learned to keep down a long time ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her body was as supple as a jaguar and a hunter’s bow; whoever learned about love from her, learned many pleasures, many secrets. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned only that he’d been a high school sweetheart who was long gone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He displayed the cigarette holder grandly on every occasion and had learned to manipulate it adroitly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

What he learned during this latest excursion into the country would doubtless shape his contribution to the big meeting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Don Julio had told me that if students didn’t speak English, the schools in Brooklyn would keep them back one grade until they learned it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Both were learned men; both were especially well-read on America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would see her on the porch working at the sewing machine, which she had learned to operate with admirable skill, and he would not even speak to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That’s how I learned about Tarzan and Cheetah, playing jungle with them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frear learned that the block they were looking for was burning. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She'd always scrunch up her forehead and say how it had been a long time since she learned this stuff. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As a silversmith he had already learned to use his left hand a certain amount. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have learned from dealing with those players that it is best to leave them alone when their old seasons come around. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned a trick with the soup, which was to wait awhile before lining up for it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to run a steam- heated knife along the super, slicing the wax cap off the combs, how to load them just so into the spinner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt it was good for kids to do what they wanted because they learned a lot from their mistakes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And why have you learned it?” he asked Lazlo, who stumbled through a reply. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Yet here, instead of the spiky Gothic then in use, was the lovely old Gaelic minuscule, as neat and round and small as when he had learned it from some ancient saint in dim Dunlothian. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned it when I attended high school. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had all been there, all the things he had learned to treasure. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you think she learned to get what she wants from strung-out old white men? The most important skill of an effective politician.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I learned the formulae for a dozen poisons and acids and a hundred medicines and cure-alls, some of which even worked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I see it—Perry has learned a lesson he will never forget. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, something I’d learned in this world was going to come in handy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

For evidence that few lessons were learned from the mistakes of May 10, one need look no farther than what happened on Everest in the weeks that immediately followed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We learned all about it last week. We’re ready to play now.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But I learned another lesson watching the show. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mal, she learned, was a poet, had published several collections of poems. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She fanned out a picnic blanket for lunch while I found the shallow creek and learned how chilly and perfect the water felt on my feet. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson learned that despite the break, four of his varsity boys still had incompletes and were just days away from being declared ineligible. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He'd learned to wait until he saw the truck, before drinking the last drop. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I almost learned about dances, but I didn’t. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He learned to cook and shop for vegetables. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is usually reported that the youngster crawls on all fours, makes those sounds learned from his foster parents, and perhaps even thinks like a wolf. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first song I learned in English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Don treasured those sessions and learned from them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned big words, like caterpillar and mosquito, and words that follow crazy rules, like knock and gnome. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I have already learned everything from you,” said the Sicilian. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson with the mud worms, so I drug out an old piece of plywood and lay on that. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though I hadn't quite learned a new language, as Julia was doing, I felt almost as though I had. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had been quite a day; one that could not have been more shattering even if I had learned that the man whom I'd always called father was actually of no relation to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she blew into it three times, just as she learned to at school, and presented it to the girl. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

So towards the end of the hieroglyphic period, when he’d learned about as much Egyptian writing as he felt ready for, he hadn’t had very much to do. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first morning in New York City, we learned about each others lives for hours. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He'd learned not to doubt him when it came to math. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Through the prison grapevine, I learned that Walter had been brought to Pretoria as well, and although we were isolated from each other we did manage to communicate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned to do that from a City Scout manual,” said Ear proudly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned where we were and written a letter explaining that when she first heard we had escaped to America, she had been worried that we were being taken into slavery. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day she fashioned a fish trap, following the pattern she had learned at the trading post. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now for the first time he learned to handle a broom properly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t only the sky that had been stolen that day, Lazlo learned, finding out, finally, the answer to the question that had haunted him since he was a little boy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Why did not you all learn? You ought all to have learned. The Miss Webbs all play, and their father has not so good an income as yours. Do you draw?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trick of doing this can be learned like any other mental technique. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Every night in the Tower,” the madwoman said, “you went from cell to cell, looking for sorrow. And when I learned to bottle mine up, to lock it away, you would snarl and howl.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Hilary Putnam, perhaps the most influential analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century, published a famous article called “The Meaning of Meaning” in a learned academic volume. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

What he needed to do was review all he had learned over the years, because the alchemist would certainly put him to the test. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers and I learned to recite the Black Panthers’ Ten-Point Program the same way other kids learn the Pledge of Allegiance. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She spoke in the voice she had learned from her mother when she wanted a second helping of the good things in life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Besides, as Cyrus became more military, his wife learned the only technique through which a soldier can survive. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

How smart he is and how he learned to sit and stay and how he slept beside my bed. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It had been learned that my mother had died recently at the home. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They had long since learned there were many things they’d rather not know in the life of a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was then that Ethyne realized that she had learned all that she needed from the Sisters of the Star, and that it was time to go. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to find out how much Rufus had learned from his father’s handling of her. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

After students have learned this, the old farmer selects a new farmer to be in the middle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There they began to apply skills they had learned from the Muslims: how to plant sugar cane, and how to refine sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Robin soon learned that Alan-at-Gate had a soft side as well as a rough one. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

As children, we placed a great deal of faith in his ability but learned to steer clear while he was working. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once you have learned that in English the article comes before the noun, you don’t have to relearn that order every time you acquire a new noun, such as hashtag, app, or MOOC. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The feedcast went on and on, and they all went up the mountain on skis and shot at each other and finally they all learned an important lesson about love. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s perfectly all right, not the least bit poisonous or enchanted. I can tell. I learned how when I was staying with Queen Achren and learning to be a sorceress. What you do is...” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I later learned that PAC propaganda churned that I had joined the organization when I was traveling elsewhere on the continent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she learned of these women's lives fascinated but also shocked and appalled her. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Today, master, I learned why great lovers have better eyesight than great scholars.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw Walter just about every other week for those first few months, and I learned some of his habits. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When he received his new assignment, he had just recovered from hospitalization after being injured in battle, and he wasn’t happy when he learned that he’d be leading a women’s regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He had learned that safety lay in silence. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned things of a less academic nature as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain learned: Stuart had been through here and there’d been a brush. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t swear to it,” I said, “but I think she was telling me to save Ashley. I know that makes no sense. But whatever it is, whatever you’ve learned, I need to hear it.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I learned how to pull ticks from Miss Maggie’s flock and bathe the sheep in Wash Pond before the shearing. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the peripherals of my vision, the Hebrew letters on signs seemed to change, distorting into an alphabet I had never learned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was also in the ROTC, so two days a week he wore a military uniform to campus, drilled, and learned to fire a rifle. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d cried for days when I learned I was carrying twins, and now I lay awake nights wondering whether my despair had poisoned her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calpurnia, the Finches’ old cook, had run off the place and not come back when she learned of Jem’s death. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Much of this Jon had surmised the moment he learned that the Iron Bank had sent an envoy to the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There the young man—better known as Fibonacci—learned mathematics from the Muslims and soon became a good mathematician in his own right. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But Susan was chatty as they were driven home; she asked if his conversation with the woman had been interesting and hoped he had learned something that would be useful for his book. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When things had felt so out of control, all Grace could do was make sure she was healthy, so she had learned about antioxidants and omega-3s and folic acid. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

You would think that I would have learned by now—such a place does not exist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

What I’ve learned is this: All of them have had doubters. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the few things she had learned made this quest seem even more impossible. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But, from a report Sackett later wrote, we know the most important facts she learned: The British were building many flat-bottomed boats and were planning to invade Philadelphia and “subdue that city.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie, huddled with other children of her kind, learned more that first day than she realized. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother couldn’t have learned the roach trick from May, I thought. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Foraging societies there grouped into permanent villages and learned to cultivate and breed the area’s wild wheat and barley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I learned that if I went to America, the government would take care of me for ninety days. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if they think we’ll forget everything we have learned so far. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Later on he learned to manage these fits, but he was left with a short temper, which needed very little provocation to blossom into terrible attacks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede had learned this in her earliest days at the Academy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I learned that there aren’t a lot of answers to even the most basic questions. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And then, that mystery something that will make the whole—as we learned in Mathematics—more than the sum of these very fine parts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned about all the infamous acts of both the best and the worst scythes in history. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had a strange accent—British, maybe, but also as if he had learned English as a second language. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If you learned enough secrets, you could win the war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That’s how I learned about eyes, sky, and ocean: the three special, deep, colored, see-through things. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

From press reports, conversations with visitors, and even the remarks of prison guards, I learned that a large and vociferous turnout was expected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

White learned of the statement that private investigator No. 28 had obtained from the Kaw Indian woman, in which Rose had confessed to being the murderer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He told me he’d learned more working with me than with several veteran officers who hadn’t taken much time with him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had learned to read very young. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t learned the ways of the new caretaker. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

What made Kate so effective was the fact that she had either learned it or had been born with the knowledge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In my younger years I had learned that grown men cry only when they have no other choice. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Within a few days we learned there were about a thousand men, all Africans, all recent arrivals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, ma’am,” said Alyce, who had learned that ma’ams and sirs served her well even with cooks and stableboys when asking favors. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Smith asked him to turn sharply left, a trick he had learned to test the suspensory ligaments. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d learned the hard way that if somebody was going to have your back in a fight, it was better if you found some common ground and trusted each other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He learned Spanish words for food and pleasure, and he learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And about how he learned that from me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We have all learned to be silent with our emotions. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then there was the way he looked, so serious, so shaken, like someone who had recently learned that the world was not at all what he thought it was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she had a milder form of Tourette’s or if she had learned how to control it—if so, I wanted to find out how for Connor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Via mysterious connections available only to initiates, they learned of Clara’s existence, established telepathic contact with her, and immediately realized they were astral sisters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when we considered ourselves fully prepared and were fixing to depart, lo and behold, we learned that the Pan American Airline would only allow forty-four pounds to be carried across the ocean. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was at the abbey for seven years. I learned how to pray. How to be silent. I learned to read Latin, French, even English. There’s that. It keeps me from the gallows.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew my brother, Potter. He learned secrecy at our mother’s knee. Secrets and lies, that’s how we grew up, and Albus...he was a natural.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The joy over my achievements at school would fade for Mom once she learned I was one strike away from juvenile detention. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned the words “hungry” and “eat,” even though hunger was a constant and the food she was given was barely life-sustaining, as well as verbs like “try” and “cry” and “die.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not mind it when I first learned of my descent from lower forms of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took quite a few trips to the mall before Mia and I learned that we couldn’t have everything that we wanted. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She not only survived that ordeal but she learned how to read in braille, since the acid had left her permanently blind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As for the rest of the children, half of them learned to adjust their functions to the teachers’ ideas of such things and the other half became chronic pants-wetters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His enquiry into the prehistory of the idea of the circulation of the blood was the beginning of the history of science as a learned enterprise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

About that time people learned to plant and grow grasses like wheat, rice, and corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mavriva knew the Hinterlands, the North Sembensyen, and the Fire-Hills as well as any man knows them, and in those days going upriver I learned much from him that served me later. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I figured that if American children learned English through books, so could I, even if I was starting later. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

These men he was happy to hire, and he’d learned a fair bit of Spanish along the way, but he had to be prepared for their short-notice disappearances. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She had never learned history proper, but sometimes one’s eyes are teacher enough. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Growing up in a working-class community and with a disabled parent, I’d learned that planning and vigilance mattered a lot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I learned how to smile at a boy so he would buy two chocolates instead of one, and to smile even prettier when he put the second chocolate into my hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My grandfather may have been an imposing and learned man, but he was an idealist and a dreamer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And at that moment, in the space of only a few seconds, he learned a lot about himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She’d been listening to Tía Rosa’s offhand bigotry her whole life and mostly learned to just tune it out. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was very cool toward Frightful until he learned that she was the best provider we had ever had in our family, and then he continually praised her beauty and admired her talents. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned better by then than to pry into his affairs, but one night, when my curiosity had got the better of me, I asked him: “Is Bunny still in Rome?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In a great break from what he learned at 26 Markt, in a potentially cataclysmic departure from his parents’ beliefs, he tells his fellow boarders that he is an atheist. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There my father learned how to make the molds for the bottles. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He’d learned skills, gained confidence, and finally felt his life could go in a different direction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I cannot describe to you the depth and blackness of the sorrow that came over me when I learned of his pass- ing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would start, instead, with the history I had not yet learned in school, with the centuries of horror our people had experienced in Poland. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The white girl, she gradually learned, had the chance to be free one day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jasper said only, “When I have learned skills worthy of my Masters here and worthy of your praise, my lady, then I will gladly come, and serve you ever gladly.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inference learning occurs conceptually, where the student is able to identify, create, and improvise with musical materials already learned. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We were expected to learn each technique quickly and to practice what we had learned on our own until it became second nature. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But even without our expurgated radio broadcast, we had learned what the authorities did not want us to know. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the 1870s, the Mooneys moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Fannie went to school, learned to read and write, and finished the eighth grade. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

He learned to roll over and turn in circles and flip a dog biscuit off his nose and catch it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The children of Ch’ulp’o learned this story almost before they could walk. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In addition to Sanskrit he had learned English and French and a little Latin and Greek. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I learned he wrote songs and that he was from New York. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having learned from Campion that he had actually come face to face with Thlayli, Blackavar and the rest, he decided to wait some little while, in case they might be on their guard. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that Jerome grew up in Aliceville, Alabama, where his mother taught school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then, finally, of how my appearance had forced her to realize she hadn’t learned to cope at all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It is learned by the majority of Party members, and certainly by all who are intelligent as well as orthodox. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s sad, it’s the legacy of being a defeated people. We lost the Biafran war and learned to be ashamed.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He learned how to pronounce words, but frequently had no idea what they meant. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My father used to beat me sore — I’ve learned that life is grim. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

She asked further, and learned that Iofur had been alone on the ice as a young bear, on his first hunting expedition, and had come across a solitary bear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

By that time, Robin had learned what he needed to know. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm learned that lesson after firefighters put out the flames that burned his house, parents, and favorite things. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She told herself that there were powers stronger than hatred, and spells older and truer than any the maegi had learned in Asshai. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I learned to back down before he lifted his paw in the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had no chance to arrange the letters in any order except the way we had learned them in kindergarten—alphabetically. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the burqa, she learned to her surprise, was also comforting. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Then tell me the thing or two you’ve learned by accident,” she insisted. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned to look where Frightful looked when there were disturbances in the forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I met Ekman, he sat in his office and began running through the action-unit configurations he had learned so long ago. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And she had learned that she had to do what she thought was right for her family, not what someone else thought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man learned the art of furniture-making from his master, and thereafter assisted in his master’s shop, which was a great pleasure to him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Hanford plant was based on something else scientists had learned about fission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like he tried to tell Siobhan, he had learned a few things about race relations in his time away. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now, after six periods, we had learned “Long live Chairman Mao,” “Long live the Chinese Communist Party,” and “Long live socialist China.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A reporter from the Chicago Tribune followed up and learned that the kids were now publishing a different paper, the Guardian, on their own, including an Internet edition. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. I shouldn’t have been a jerk to you either, and I should’ve learned my lines. You’d only told me a hundred times. So I’m sorry, too.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I learned to drown out the sound during the day, but at night it screamed through the hole in my chest. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I learned to shoot accurately because my teachers held the targets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind recounted the things he’d learned in the Greater Jungle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I learned that they can’t help but gather up in a horde, and the dead are never lonely, that their natural inclination is to have a lot of friends. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He learned to roast turkeys and to drive a Pierce-Arrow sedan, and he perfected the English he had begun to learn before he left Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He longed to make Harrison lie down on his belly and flog, flog, flog him until the man learned to keep his mouth shut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had developed the ability to compete against a book without cheating and had learned to lose matches without getting mad. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her mother as teacher and guide, she had learned to hold her head high. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned about it over the years from my parents, who told stories of our roots when I asked about various conflicts and wars. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The problem with that was that they had all learned their parts and seldom used the sides. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because I loved being around little kids and I quickly learned that it was a pleasing answer for adults to hear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, dogs learned to manipulate people for their own needs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil wished he’d never learned that, because now he was convinced that Gulliver suffered from debilitating depression. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Because the study at Gombe has lasted for so many years, we have learned many fascinating things about chimpanzee behavior. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I learned to shear by practicing on the lambs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Those were the only two trading terms she had learned. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Resuming my mission to find Emma, I learned from Hugh that she was on a supply run to the village, so I settled under a shade tree to wait. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I had just learned more about my mother from this old man on the street than I ever did from Baba. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He learned his letters late, so the story goes, and refuses to look at anything over a page long. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom must have learned something about them.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I know: In fourth grade, we learned about the Greek goddess Athena and how she was sprung—full-grown—from the forehead of Zeus. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each class, I learned more about the huge world outside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While the treasure stayed safely under the sea, I stayed with Osh and Miss Maggie on the Elizabeths and learned how the stars changed with the seasons, and how we did, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

On the way, Sophie Mol learned to recognize the first whiff of the approaching stench of unprocessed rubber and to clamp her nostrils shut until long after the truck carrying it had driven past. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned which blocks in our neighborhood were thought to be more dangerous than others. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I learned many of the things that American children learn in school, as well as some things they pick up at home. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if there was one thing I had learned inside prison, it was how to repress fear. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also learned that being rich didn’t protect you from failure. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Besides, I’d learned I didn’t always like what I saw there. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In my senior year at Art and Design, I learned about the Futurists. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

During those years when I was first conscious of hearing, my mother and father addressed me only in Spanish; in Spanish I learned to reply. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Middle C, I soon learned, was the anchoring point. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And he never learned if Sutpen had been there or not. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, she doesn’t trust anyone since she learned of the undercover training at the Domestic Academy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

How much do you think can be learned about Sue and Bill’s marriage by watching that fifteen-minute videotape? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever she discovered something that everyone besides her seemed to know, she assumed they had learned it during third grade, which she’d missed because of the accident. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You can’t count on friends. They will always let you down. Luke learned that lesson the hard way. Now drop your sword and surrender to me, or your friend dies.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

All these years being around my father, I’ve learned to be present and invisible at the same time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When we approached the area of the caves, I learned that there were many caves, in different places. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had learned that lesson a long, long time ago. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the end, religion was a great aid to both, but not a substitute for the lessons learned from hard experience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad bought me a brand-new pole for my birthday but wouldn’t give it to me until I learned that song. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Amos,” said Mr. Weasley loudly, “think about it. . . precious few wizards know how to do that spell. Where would she have learned it?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

With each message, Elizebeth and her team learned a little more about these spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When Sister Pat pinned the picture of Bobby Hutton to the wall next to the other revolutionaries I learned who he was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned to avoid or get along with hostile police and to evaluate a woman for her warmth of heart. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They’d learned that there were trillions and trillions of stars in the universe, more stars than grains of sand on every beach and desert on earth. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Terryl learned this, she thought she’d solved one of the mysteries of her childhood: Why she was told not to answer the phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the classroom we all learned past participles, but in the streets and in our homes the Blacks learned to drop s’s from plurals and suffixes from past-tense verbs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur Lee became suspicious, but while he was pointing a finger at Bancroft, Franklin learned from his agents in London that Lee’s own private secretary was a British spy! George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came because he had learned I was eaten by a lion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Never believe anything you hear at a woman's tit. There are things to be learned even from the dead." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I learned that I had been barred from the building for "ninety-nine years and a day." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when I had learned the full truth about the white man, I reflected many times that the average burglary sentence for a first offender, as we all were, was about two years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember when it was that I actually learned how— that is to say, I can’t recall the specific night or nights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also learned that love is a giant pretzel. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then he gives me special compositions to write and makes me read them to the class because of all I learned from him last year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In Berlin they toured the canal system and learned the best way to destroy a lock, which was integral to the raising and lowering of the water levels while transporting supplies. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Slowly, with Mama’s help, I learned to read. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We learned about them during the orientation for new citizens. They’re designed to penetrate deep in the ground before they go off. Because there’s no point in bombing Thirteen on the surface anymore.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But I was crying inside, because I learned that a boy whom I had easily defeated on two other occasions had won. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And King Harren learned that thick walls and high towers are small use against dragons," the tale always ended. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Once, for instance, he told me that he had learned that a Harlem couple, not Black Muslims, had named their newborn son “Malcolm” after him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not just the work that has to be learned in each situation. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In learning the skills of an artist, she has learned to look and watch and wonder. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I never even learned how the colors of the Palestinian flag are arranged. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The giant woman recoiled when she learned I was Polish, so I willed my legs to move faster, telling myself that once I told the knight my story, he would understand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I learned so much in that one class. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Starting from kindergarten, they learned of the black man’s glorious history and from the third grade they studied the black man’s original language, Arabic. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, I learned how to type. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was about to meet the man they all idolized, the hero they learned about in history classes, whose proverbs they had memorized since nursery school. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But the way he learned it almost killed him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad that she had learned that I was not completely dumb, yet I felt a litde angry because she seemed to think it odd for dishwashers to read magazines. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I was little, my mother has tested me with riddles she learned as a child in Afghanistan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once penciled in to this post, he had quickly learned all their names. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her grandmother learned of Ashima’s pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family’s first sahib. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between strokes of the switch she would ask me where had I learned the dirty words and I could not tell her; and my inability to tell her made her furious. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad Janae finally learned how to get a rich boyfriend. She better stay in his pockets so we can keep living this good life!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Molly learned long ago that a lot of the heartbreak and betrayal that other people fear their entire lives, she has already faced. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And that was how I learned that even when you’re very, very wrong, if you apologize, you can still hold yourself with dignity. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And Alyce, too, listened, so that she learned some letters as the cat learned. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about the first time I ever saw a birch tree; about the last time I saw Julian; about the first sentence that I ever learned in Greek. χαλεπá τá καλá. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hall, ordinarily extremely slow to rile, flew into a rage when he learned of Woodall’s refusal to cooperate. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We have learned to associate each thought with a little stretch of sound called a word, and can cause each other to think that thought by uttering the sound. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And when Sorrento had learned that the top two gunters on the Scoreboard were hanging out in an unshielded PvP zone, he must have decided that it was too juicy a target to pass up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He loathed the flash of recognition that usually passed across people’s faces when they learned his name. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The second thing he learned about himself, as if the night in the Maze hadn’t proved it already, was that his body was in perfect shape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By the third class I had learned to tell time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

All hell broke loose from her dad until he learned she was pregnant. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mind wandered, thinking of her friends at Tule Lake and how some of them had abandoned her after they learned her parents were renouncing their citizenship. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had hiked twenty-six miles that day and thought he had died and gone to heaven when he learned that hot dogs were on the menu. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though he learned to speak a fluent, somewhat eccentric English, his written command of the language was mediocre at best. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Humans learned that it was to their advantage to hunt only adult rams and old or sick sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What matters for present purposes is Montaigne’s rejection not of the practical knowledge, of wine-making and bread-baking, of his day, but of the learned knowledge, of medicine, geography, astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Growing up thus side by side they learned to love each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if all the things I’ve learned have fused into a crystal universe spinning before me so that I can see all the facets of it reflected in gorgeous bursts of light.... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and I did end up spending hours swimming at the Manly Baths, the Wynnum Wading Pool, and Caloundra, but most of it was building on the basics I had already learned. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

One funny thing that I learned later, from talking with other non-Indian Marines, was that many white men found it hard to get used to the food served at boot camp. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the prison debating, I had learned tricks to upset my opponents, to catch them where they didn’t expect to be caught. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the way, he had also learned something that was not in the official curriculum. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Moreover, even before she learned of our proposal, the X-ray evidence had been forcing her more than she cared to admit toward a helical structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a rags-to-riches story, and everything we’ve learned so far from hockey players and software billionaires and the Termites suggests that success doesn’t happen that way. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Luma learned to speak English without an accent and met kids from the United States and Europe, as well as the children of diplomats from all over the world. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She probably could have learned more if her father hadn’t switched the channel. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped worrying about all the bacteria and secretions in the water and learned to enjoy it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were playing peregrine falcon games she had never learned. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her that I’d learned to read and write by reading only the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and speeches by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Much of what we do know has been learned through hard experience in the antimalarial campaigns carried out by the World Health Organization. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had seen so much—the submarine, the silver boxes, the death of the guard who had dared to drop one—and yet in the end he still hadn’t learned much of anything. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t learned much about her, as she was still shy and skittish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the stock phrases I had learned from watching these movies was “to die with honour.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned by then that a direct approach—'By God, you better not try a stunt like that again!’—didn't work with Chris. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned to make seaweed stew all by herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She folded his sweaters with an expertise she had learned from her job in a department store. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We learned where they buried the body parts that could not be identified. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t learn much about America during these sessions: Mostly I learned that it was cold and snowy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I went and learned the pleasures of love from Kamala and business from Kamaswami I hoarded money, I squandered money, I acquired a taste for rich food, I learned to stimulate my senses. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind had been shaped by the prairies and ranges, and until the day he died, he would make order of the world with lessons learned from cow ponies, jagged land, and wide-open sky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to draw a tree in second grade. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sesame Street succeeded because it learned how to make television sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"From watching them I learned what trainers do." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She learned from Muff to pour a bottle of Coca-Cola into the soak tub to help loosen the mud, but it still took extra scrubbing before she even put the clothes through Muff’s washer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was low, and when he walked, he walked easy in a certain way he knew, the way he had learned Indians walked. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

If you have learned to fly, or been taught by a great musician or fencer, you have only to remember that teacher, to know how the people of Camelot had come to think of Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God knows why I didn’t leave you out there. You would have learned a few things.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“This was where I first learned to play basketball,” he said quietly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not when she learned Uncle Jimmy had left. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s called Nuptial Law, ” Klaus said, “and I learned many interesting things while reading it.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Although no one will ever accuse me of being much of a science student, one thing I learned from science classes is that energy is never created and never destroyed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I showed I learned to eat like a princess. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d write an essay about how he used to bully a kid but then learned a lesson about why isms and bullying are bad. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Sound, of course, and headaches, but I’ve also learned to look out for things like changes in space, as in the way you see it, the way it feels. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had learned well how to stack similar-sized vessels into a tower that could touch the sky if need be and never topple. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then I learned about another race-related problem in our city—the daily fights between black and white students on the city’s school buses. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over the summer I had learned what a pleasant land Karhide was for walking in. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t happen overnight, but by using these techniques I slowly learned how to manage my anxiety so that it wouldn’t derail my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Two days later I learned that the reason the room was so hot was that the radiator was on full blast. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Birds, humans, slugs—every animal—because instincts come from within the brain and the heart. They are hardwired, not learned but programmed into you.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I learned this trick the day Jay Cee took me to lunch with a famous poet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I never learned what became of the bottle, that evidence of Claudius's evil, and I never saw my father again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We are at her apartment in Astoria because no one is at his house, where both of us headed when we learned the news. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I like to hear about cricket and boating and hunting,” said Frank, who had not yet learned to suit his amusements to his strength. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty and Desdemona, one time only, had revealed their secret here to Sourmelina; and now their son, who never learned it, was pulling in behind the station, also secretly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had never dreamed of anything like that atmosphere among black people who had learned to be proud they were black, who had learned to love other black people instead of being jealous and suspicious. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did so, and learned that a day had been arranged for Mac, Wilton Mkwayi, me, and one other prisoner to go to Cape Town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in school he learned Arabic, the official language of the Sudanese government far away to the north. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came to understand that he was gay, though I can’t say exactly how I learned that. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d color-coded our collection of maps with tags made of free paint chips from the hardware store, a practical bit of flair learned from season 4, episode 11: “Neat for Next to Nothing.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I built my whole life around the stories they tell about me. You know what I learned?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Prehistory was a phase of evolution during which humans learned how to maintain themselves against a hostile environment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time Theresa had not dared to; and though later she’d learned to talk professionally — to present cases — past differential diagnoses and treatment plans, she managed nothing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've learned not to take democracy or my vote for granted, especially having seen how elections brought on tumultuous times in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In so many ways, theater teaches the opposite of what I learned in sports, in which the model is that there is no self, no emotional landscape or core. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

One of the first things I learned in the hood is that there is a very fine line between civilian and criminal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was just as well if the girl learned to bear her own troubles. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned that this was the only way to deal with this one. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I never learned who was in the family, who was related to whom, or if it was a family. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned how to build a good, strong hut and accessorize it just right. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A Dinka man who follows these rules and maintains the values he learned as a boy can grow up to be a great leader, like my great-uncle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned some important things, like how to deal in crystal, and about the language without words . . . and about omens. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick became sort of a hero for kids all over town, and he quickly learned that being a hero—even if you’re only a local hero—isn’t a free ride. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because she was one of the first to come to camp, and came so often, I learned a great deal about chimpanzee behavior from her and her family. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing I had learned in Kakuma had prepared me for the fast pace and richness of life in America. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

How had Cain learned to summon that creature—and what was that blackness from whence it had appeared? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As a matter of business he had learned so much about women that he did not trust one for a second. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’d learned our lesson two summers earlier when we got to the market later in the morning and all of the best produce was gone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I made a mistake. You’ve learned the dumb resistance of a soldier.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned from all these issues is that as a nation we must make certain that in our desire for progress, personal rights and liberties are not denied. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I learned much later to worship her, just as I learned to delight in cleanliness, knowing, even as I learned, that the change was adjustment without improvement. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Nicole learned traditional Nigerian drumming, which she didn’t totally rock at but it wasn’t like the judges knew anything about Nigerian drumming anyway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At nine, he learned to remember scriptures by singing them in his head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Between the chain, the fetters, and his missing fingers, Reek was clumsier than he had been before he learned his name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I echo in the small voice I’ve learned for being polite. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

C.P. had learned about the rally that afternoon in a phone call from one of his informants, a city arson inspector. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You have just learned English since you have been in this country?” he asked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

For English, we read passages from books, learned to spell words, and sometimes the teacher read stories out loud and we would write them in our notebooks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I may not have changed much, but I sure learned something important. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I certainly do know heaps of stories, but I learned most of them from Gramps. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

A lesson to be learned: Lady Fortune is as fickle as they come. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I thought Jesse was skeptical of the idea—he hadn’t said two words in response—but he immediately did what I later learned was his almost stock response to any notion, question, or suggestion. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Big Men of Durham learned an important lesson from the Populist affair: the best way to preserve the status quo was to keep blacks and whites fighting each other. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A phrase he’d learned from movies—well, a movie, Jurassic Park. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny learned from one of their camp women what was causing the delay. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I’d learned from Arletta was that a true crafter didn’t just see what was in front of them; they saw possibilities. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

After twenty minutes, Blake returned to Rotterdam, using the back roads he had learned as a teenager in the Dutch resistance. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They have not yet learned what to do. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since that night, Ophie had learned how to tell the difference between a ghost and a living person. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Others had learned of it later, through a slow trickle of rumors, and to them it just felt like something they’d forgotten. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She has learned to do things on her own, and though she still wears saris, still puts her long hair in a bun, she is not the same Ashima who had once lived in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In November 1890 Holmes learned along with the rest of Chicago that the directors of the World’s Columbian Exposition had at last reached a decision as to where to build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The day he learned that he was terminally ill was the day he lost interest in his purchasing power. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a little yapping dog, it’s finally ready to fight. Hey, everybody,” he called to the room, “there’s going to be a lesson learned. Watch this!” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

So gradually, she pressed her teeth together and learned to hush. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Upon arrival I learned the meeting would be recorded by the National Broadcasting Company for future use on a network radio show. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never learned to obey orders, have you? It’s me, me, me all the time. ‘ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s also learned that Henry’s placid demeanor is shattered with the right poking. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her own grandmother was given a large house as her dowry—the very house Marina later learned had been replaced by an auto repair shop. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

From those nuclear areas, hunter-gatherers of some neighboring areas learned food production, and peoples of other neighboring areas were replaced by invading food producers from the nuclear areas—again at widely differing times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever we knew, whatever we learned, we shared, and by sharing we multiplied whatever courage we had individually. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still another accused Teacher Wang of attempting to corrupt a young revolutionary by buying her some bread when he learned that she had not eaten lunch. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, we learned to recognize the shapes easily enough, and when I saw the rat picture I knew straight away what symbols would appear beneath it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

If our soldier boys had learned to knit, if my grandfather had learned, maybe it wouldn’t kill me to learn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

This is how Washington learned that the British were about to speedily depart. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that Americans drove on the right side of the road, not the left, and that they called a lift an elevator and an engaged phone busy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I learned how to lash together makeshift shoes out of rags. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He learned, while breathing in, to quiet his heartbeat, learned to lessen his heartbeats, until there were few and hardly any more. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t return Jenna’s three phone calls last night; I’m just not ready to share what I’ve learned about myself yet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The sight of Bran in his basket drew stares from those who had not seen it before, but hc had learned to ignore stares. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"But it is hard, lady, and dark. Some would say that death is cleaner. I learned the way in Asshai, and paid dear lor the lesson. My teacher was a bloodmage from the Shadow Lands." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She learned that Armenian boys are dashing and have a mischievous glint in their eyes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In my year on the prairie, I have learned to quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Piper had learned more about olive oil than she ever wanted to know, but no giants attacked them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now not much time went by before Penelope learned what was afoot among the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned that human beings are frequently unpredictable. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He is writing a learned article on this subject for the Baptist scholars back home. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned from here. I just make a paper pattern, and when it looks right I pin it to the cloth and cut.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako wasn’t sure what he meant—before she learned English?—but she curtsied, then thought that was wrong, so she quickly bowed instead. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Onofre whistled softly, almost gently, the way all people in Milagro had a tendency to whistle whenever they learned about a disaster of such gigantic proportions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she learned that a rather large teacher kept a desk drawer filled with candy bars and fatty treats, Cara wrote an editorial with the title, “Let’s Chat about Fat.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

They are every shape and color but they still share this talk, and this is the other tongue they have learned, this must be the special language. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Confidence, I’d learned then, sometimes needs to be called from within. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I have learned how to observe, far better than most people observe. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How do you think that gull learned to swim like that?” he asked Lizzie. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself from the strangers’ grips, snarling words I didn’t know, in a language I had never learned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My brain is already bursting with all the new stuff I've learned, and it's only been one day. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I learned to charm objects, it was one of the first things I did.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I daresay I have learned almost as much in the streets of the city as I have in the classroom and on the practice field. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

By now they had learned to be patient with him as he cleared his throat and wheezed into his handkerchief. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despite everything he’d learned and witnessed firsthand, it called to him as much as hunger or thirst. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned in the years since that some moments in history and in our lives go away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have just learned that my son Castor is dead, Silenus. I am not in a good mood. You would do well to humor me.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I made sure that each of the children learned to read. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got older, he learned about love as a strange thing that could fall apart no matter how badly you wanted it, a choice you make anyway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I learned, in other words, question and answer together. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In almost every family there’s a fool or a crazy person,” Clara assured her while she concentrated on her knitting—in all those years she had not learned to knit without looking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most important to him was Venderveer’s large outdoor pool, where he learned to swim. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the kid learned so fast she gave out of Spanish and just gabbled along with made-up sounds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She learned, from women who posted long instructions, to avoid shampoos with silicones, to use a leave-in conditioner on wet hair, to sleep in a satin scarf. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Adam in his five years had absorbed rather than learned never to wonder about an order. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d experienced this enough times to have learned by now that I was never a real candidate for friendship—and certainly nothing more than that. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

By now I’d learned eating was a high priority with the Daughters. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to remember everything I’d learned in history about elections and voting. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep my mind off my troubles I began trying to name all the countries in the world, which I was supposed to know because I’d learned them in geography. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared at first, because by then I’d learned in school about how slaves were sometimes dumped off of slave ships before they could even make it to the island. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that you need to make the most of it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then, because they have learned to fear their trainer, they can be made to perform stupid tricks dressed in unsuitable clothes, day after day, night after night. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tibbets learned the basics of how the atomic bomb would work and approximately how powerful the explosion might be. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first day, they had learned that the staff worked from nine a.m. until five p.m., a work schedule just like their father’s. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned of the successful liberation struggles in Mozambique and Angola in 197s and their emergence as independent states with revolutionary governments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha had already long taken part in the learned men’s conversations, had engaged in debate with Govinda and had practiced the art of contemplation and meditation with him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early days with the troupe, I’d learned how to size up a town. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I learned, for example, that in the late 1500s my little neighborhood square was a popular spot for burning people alive. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The gravity of sitting upright, we’ve learned, helps keep the vomit down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At first, there was at least the possibility for advancement in the mill, but over time Southern businessmen began sending their sons to Northern colleges where they learned all the latest management techniques. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He never learned the power and hope that comes from Your forgiveness. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you haven’t learned the truth yet. All those old beliefs are wrong. Only Jesus matters, and our future in heaven.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has learned to do the waiting right, not to concentrate too hard, not to faint, not to attract attention, knows the terrible blows and kicks that fainting brings. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t you just look into Zak’s mind like you do everyone else’s and—” “Our power is not without its limits. We cannot penetrate the minds of those who have learned to shield themselves.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

What thing of substance had she learned about him? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She learned to keep her feet without holding to a strap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned later that she had seen far more ferocious arguments between the two. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And at last they learned how these nobly born Siamese acquired the kink at the end of their tails and bequeathed it to all their descendants. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson after losing Sorcerer Squad years ago after the old family laptop crashed. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Yet Szilard had learned from bitter experience that sometimes paranoia is the prudent approach. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The amazing thing,” he tells me, “is that you still haven’t learned how to make it last longer than a single day. You have no idea the power that you possess.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I hope you learned your lesson, girl. It isn’t easy to resist power, is it?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In my travels I had learned a lot about where our meat comes from. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Physics made me sick the whole time I learned it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They learned to stalk, ambush, and kill enemies. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If he learned to enjoy gleaning, would it be such a tragedy? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was back on R-and-W gallery, which I had learned was known as a porter gallery, because so many of its inmates worked somewhere in the prison as porters. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had still, he reflected, not learned the ultimate secret. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They at length said, that they had learned I had been in a “scrape,” and that I was to be examined before my master; and if their information proved false, I should not be hurt. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have only just learned how to be here. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I could write myself a pass to one of the other places whose names and general locations I had learned in Weylin’s library. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I learned that he had been sneaking onto online gambling forums for years. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She learned about the effects of carbon dioxide on different plants, the medicinal properties of hops and licorice and red clover. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He learned that the three Fates had spun all of Admetus’ thread of life, and were on the point of cutting it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t you learned anything from all those clever books of yours?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But my dream had to be deferred, for I learned very quickly of the extensive plans that the ANC had for me, and none of them involved a relaxing journey to the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above all, I learned how to look after myself in a way that no young person can ever do by staying in civilization. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole ended by telling about his eagle dance and what he had learned. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The nightmares he began to have....But he learned to find answers for himself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had copied the map printed in the paper and had learned the names of commanders on both sides, as he followed the report. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother gave me the money to have my blue serge suit tailored, and I learned to fill out work cards, operate the money changer and punch transfers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph had learned something about shipwrecks as a pupil at St. Anthony’s, which was named after the patron saint of shipwrecks and lost things. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Once we finished tossing and counting, we headed inside, where we learned how to average all our data. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

For instance, Nick learned in social studies class that people who buy stuff are called con-sumers. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cleaned up after ourselves carefully; we learned to use the water taps and the dusting cloths we found in the kitchen closet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I had learned Mr. Pirzada was not an Indian, I began to study him with extra care, to try to figure out what made him different. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

On this November Friday, when there is no school, I refuse to think about what I've learned about my mother and father. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By telephone they learned that Blanca was ill and that the nuns did not want to be responsible for her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I’ve learned anything in my studies, it’s that the greatest investors capitalize in times of crisis. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If Smith was killed because of what he had learned, that information might be the key to unlocking the inside world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But as she got to know Reggie, she learned that he was more than just a boy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw that there was a wide difference between what I had been taught in the lecture room and what I learned in the courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But patience and stealth, patience and stealth; a lesson soon learned is a meal soon earned. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“And put up her hair, and learned to drink champagne and carry a fan...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like all colored people, I had learned that from a young age. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had grown up singing the old slave songs called spirituals, the hymns she had learned in church, and songs by popular American composers, such as Stephen Foster. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“You see, my dear. Your mother is very astute. I have finally learned how to shut that woman up,” she said, pointing to Aunt Julia’s car as it bounced down the road. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He’d learned to move normally within the Death Mist, more or less, but the magical shroud still made him feel like he was wrapped in a coat of helium. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We learned that we wanted to be more like the noble eagle, the smart fox, and the powerful elephant. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned how to work a Xerox today,” Robert announced to his mother. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I can’t imagine fighting peasants in Vietnam,” one student said to him, “given everything I have learned about moral behavior over my lifetime.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And each group, she learned, had bad thoughts about the others. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Most common were the crisp nguka caterpillars, favorite snack of Anatole’s schoolboys, which resembled small twigs and were impossible to see until I learned to sense their particular gray curve. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

History ain’t one of my favorite subjects, but I ain’t ever learned any history about colored folks being physicians and directors. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was the new boy here, and I had long since learned that new boys have no rights. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

My nightly wanderings more often than not ended well, and I learned a lot from the shamblers I watched. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Employees learned to keep mum on the work front even at the family dinner table. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In the thousands of foul shots I had taken while practicing for this moment, my mind had learned where the rim was. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We learned to sit in front of Komorov’s desk and rest with our eyes open. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When we learned two days later that France and England had declared war against Germany, I felt hopeful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Once I asked him how he had learned to speak so boldly, not merely to strangers, but even to those above his station. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yet knowing all that, what had he learned? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yanna is a good girl,” he said, “but she has not yet learned restraint.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She thought about how in school she had learned that there had once been a civil war in the United States. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had learned that no crime was beyond atonement, that even he, defiled by a mother’s murder, could be made clean again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

During my many walks with my uncle, I learned that my grandfather had many wives and that my father had brothers he never talked about. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This was a trick he’d learned from Gran, and unlike with rattlesnakes, it actually worked on bee stings. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It learned how the Matabele ants carried their young at the center of a line while the soldiers ran along the outside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course when I learned that,” she wrote, “I too had to try my hand.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He has not learned to be a responsible member of society. For this reason, I am canceling Wendell’s acceptance to attend your college in the fall semester.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lesson I learned after a while, through awful experiences and Grandma’s lectures, was that nobody was ever coming to rescue me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother. Might I have a closer look at your wolf?" fon hesitated, then nodded slowly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mena Prescott had become, at some point over that summer, someone I learned to truly appreciate, which is not something I do easily with most people. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had just learned that I’d won a place at Cambridge to study for a PhD when Mother wrote to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had learned to follow the movements of people’s lips and to understand what they said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Noble Odysseus, expert in adversity, battened the lid down with a lightning knot learned, once, long ago, from the Lady Kirke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making something right in at least one tiny corner of the vast house of wrongs—I learned this from Anatole, or maybe from myself, the odd combination of my two parents. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a reputation for being formidably intelligent, and in those days one often tended to hear of how she had humiliated this or that learned gentleman at dinner over some important contemporary issue. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The people here would have learned soon enough. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

London speech no longer felt so foreign on my ear or on my tongue, and I'd learned to ignore the clamor of its streets. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

My political views were beginning to take shape, and the more I learned about America, the more liberal I became. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had learned that when people were bent on doing something they believed was a good deed, it was usually impossible to dissuade them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What do I want? she asked herself in the manner she had learned from Magister Reese, who thought it fitting for even an inn girl to want. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the thought out of my head, as I have learned to do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I learned the white people's rules, but I could not stop myself from testing them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We later learned that Mrs. Suzman had taken up our case in Parliament, and within a few weeks of her visit, Suitcase was transferred off the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a lot of excitement in being a servant, and the only thing she had learned in the past few days was that Mrs. Caruthers liked to complain about everything. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I scooted a litde farther away from him because, if there was one thing I had learned from living with Gabe, it was how to tell when an adult has been hitting the happy juice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He searched the wound on Frodo’s shoulder with his fingers, and his face grew graver, as if what he learned disquieted him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Especially when we learned that some of our close cousins—squirrels, for instance, and rabbits—were well liked. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He questioned Strawberry about the great burrow and learned that its ceiling, as well as being vaulted with a tangle of fibers, was strengthened by roots going vertically down into the floor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that point Nfvea was worn out from weeping, but when she learned that they were thinking of taking her daughter to the morgue, she quickly regained her strength. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

City hall, as I learned on the sweltering summer day I showed up to meet Valerie for a job interview, was both alarmingly and upliftingly packed with people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It regards Prince Hamlet. I have learned that you often meet him in secret, wearing a rustic disguise. I doubt your silly games are merely innocent,” he said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was a big one-eared tom with gray stripes who had learned to jump on the outside sill of my mother’s kitchen window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Seema learned that she can disagree with my mother but it's nearly impossible to change her mind, especially when it comes to me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, I shifted my weight from one foot to the other and learned to make quick-cooking meals. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of his family history and European childhood, Houseman learned four languages by the time he was five years old—French, English, German, and Romanian. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Within a very short time, however, she learned the truth, and she was ill-advised enough to threaten him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But none of us were comforted that easily, although by now we had learned not to make a fuss. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even though it was just a bunch of singing and coloring in coloring books and listening to Mrs. Davidson, I had learned one thing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to say, a temper I learned from you. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

‘They learned to walk with a milk bottle in one hand and a gun in the other.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At two places where we performed, we learned more of the search for me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rondon continued talking to Marques and learned that he lived alone and could not spare any food. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She learned a bunch when she was in acting school way before I was born, which is how she met my father. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Though Tariq and his parents were ethnic Pashtuns, they spoke Farsi when Laila was around for her benefit, even though Laila more or less understood their native Pashto, having learned it in school. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Beer was what one generally offered the ancestors, but she hadn’t learned how to make it yet. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a child, watching my mother work, I learned that once a pool of blood has reached a certain size, there’s no going back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He raised a great splash, and if he didn't know how to swim, he learned—instantly. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Washington learned from some of his agents operating in New York that “some secret expedition is in contemplation, the success of which depends altogether on its being kept a secret.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one such occasion, I learned enough to confirm my worst suspicions. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And they sang even stronger but the guards did not come in, for they had learned that there is no way to avoid the unavoidable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that she never learned to swim, and for that reason she always loved rivers and lakes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But if Charity has learned anything in all her years, it’s to keep a calm head—especially in the face of utter chaos. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t his fault, he said, if some refugees hadn’t learned the rules of the road in the United States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Robin had learned how to tune it by tightening the strings and could play it a little. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Only later did the alphabet’s easily learned vehicle of private communication become co-opted for public or bureaucratic purposes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to love to tend to my flowers back in Sugar Ditch. I learned to grow things hoping I could pretty up all that ugliness.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We learned how to be the eyes, ears, and nose of the papacy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In two years he had learned everything about shepherding: he knew how to shear sheep, how to care for pregnant ewes, and how to protect the sheep from wolves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned to stand still, on the bank of the river, and thus she saw the muskrats swimming, noses above water, watched them dive. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years, from books and documentaries, and especially from my fellow Schindler's "list" survivors, I have learned much more about what Schindler did and how much he hazarded to protect our lives. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The Hindi kid would soon learn what the British learned earlier in the century, and what the Russians would eventually learn by the late 1980s: that Afghans are an independent people. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I hated hem, Denna’s men taught me a lesson that I might never lave learned otherwise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After four years in the queen’s household, I had learned the art of being a lady. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I learned that almost anything could be bound together. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I have learned to keep out of his way while he pretends to hit the ball as he watches the screen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It seems to be following the classic pattern, the last things learned are first things forgotten. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have learned something about boats because it was easier to control her direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After school she usually headed for the library or, if her homework was light, to the King Hill Recreation Center, where she learned to crochet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

There he learned that someone named Anderson had been picked up and sent on to General Arnold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The New Smokies learned the nooks and crannies of the ruins as if they’d been born there, until they could disappear in a heartbeat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

What math I was ever taught I learned doing the breakfast dishes and listening to Mother explain, over and over, what a fraction is or how to use negative numbers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wilson bought a fabric-winged Gypsy Moth, christened it Ever Wrest, and learned the rudiments of flying. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I learned one song in the piano book and then another. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the same way, Bast had learned a new fear of late. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson Farmer had learned “on the ground,” not in medical school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Tisquantum had learned English because British sailors had kidnapped him seven years before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I had to meet her, so I tracked her down. And I learned so many things from her.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At that time, I had learned those prayers phonetically. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have not learned the first lesson yet. You will not last here.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even learned that when the photograph showed not one but several rats, a fourth shape would appear under it—a snaky line—and the sound with that one was “ess—ess—ess.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was from this girl’s brother that Ivy had first learned of the witch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“When Hamlet learned of my death...how...did he...?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Tonight, he learned more than he realized there was to know about a guy he’d always been told didn’t matter. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I think about everything I learned about writing essays in high school, which are kind of like speeches. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You never know when a teacher is going to overhear you, and I’ve learned my lesson about that.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was proud of Chasca, but I could see that the tears were those of a mother who had just learned she would be saying goodbye to her elder daughter very soon. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Two things, Eliot learned, made Mrs. Sen happy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She learned that they lived in wigwams, not teepees, and that they made canoes from the bark of a single white birch tree, removed in one piece so as not to kill it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in the course of the conversation, Bobby learned that the letter that had been sent to Ilyumzhinov had his forged name on it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Phil came home, Gay told him what she had learned about Mrs. Moss’s background. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the meaning of courage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was humble enough to admit that he had learned from the children too, even though he never did find out where Miss Heidi Kuckenbacker kept her toothpaste. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When they said I had avoidant personality disorder, she told them I just hadn’t learned to be comfortable in my own skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In a classroom with other defectors, he learned that the Korean War started when North Korea launched an unprovoked surprise invasion of the South on June 25,1950. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

You never know when The Beast will come alive again, I have learned, so you should not go into the cities. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I learned the entire second grade in advance just by listening to Annie— she was a year older than me—and by hearing Mama Sweetie read from her Bible and her Webster’s dictionary. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But Aurelia learned something better—to control her temper and to deal with her servants herself. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Uncle George is dealing out cards, fast, as though he learned this technique in a casino. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Crispin, if I have learned one thing, it’s that he who knows a bit of everything, knows nothing. But he who knows a little bit well, knows much of all.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The four-poster bed was covered with soft, moss-green bedding embroidered with every decorative stitch Penelope had ever learned and many she had never seen before. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

‘The simple sailors of today,’ wrote Jacques Cartier in 1545, ‘have learned the opposite of the opinion of the philosophers by true experience.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

From their own standpoint, the organelles might be viewed as having learned early how to have the best of possible worlds, with least effort and risk to themselves and their progeny. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All were released pending an investigation, but we learned the next day that Sing Sing had demanded their badges. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the copse on the hill behind Red Witch Bridge that night, trying, for a little while, to forget what I’d learned in the library. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Some of them I would’ve done anyway, with alcohol or without it. Before I learned.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

This half-truth was of great use to the poor fellow, who learned to substitute it for the real trouble in later years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They expect something learned from a penguin, and I don’t want to disappoint them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And on that day, I learned to shout. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not been in that house for five minutes yet, and already I’d learned so much. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was happiness in his father’s heart because of his son who was intelligent and thirsty for knowledge; he saw him growing up to be a great learned man, a priest, a prince among Brahmins. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what if we learned to change our genetic code intentionally? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

One native man had learned new dance steps, which impressed Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in the new time he had learned the most important thing, die truly vital knowledge that drives all creatures in die forest— food is all. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay had that look on her face, the one Tally had learned to watch out for. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On the train back to Maxwell Street, I wrote down what we had learned, compiling the facts into even columns. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I also learned to punt, which is much harder than canoeing. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rogers first learned about HeLa cells after seeing “Helen Lane Lives!” written over a urinal in a medical school bathroom. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But I brought the paper to him and said, “I’m asking for forgiveness, and this is what I learned in school.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned the sordid inner workings of the royal court in Modeg from a ... courtesan. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They must have learned to act this way; they copied it, somehow. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, in what might be their final hour, she knew she had also learned to love them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Neither Robert Newton nor his son Isaac ever learned to read or write, but Hannah’s brother William was a Cambridge graduate, a clergyman who enjoyed the living at the nearby village of Burton Coggles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This in itself would have been a crime, but it was worse than simple murder, for Iofur learned later that the other bear was his own father. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a popular way girls in my school passed notes; Elsbeth learned first and then taught the rest of us. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He cringed at what his father would say if he learned his son had died in a Fjerdan prison. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I later learned that the United Arab Emirates had offered the plane, which was fully equipped with an onboard medical unit. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She has learned to follow August from the elephant car to the menagerie tent, and in return for this he has stopped beating the hell out of her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She learned about the four humors that govern the body, how to plant corn by moonlight, and where the Antipodes are. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Same word both language, like hemorrhoid. That one we learned yesterday because Pierre had the fire in his bottom. He has the Toorettes. And the hemorrhoid. But, is good boy.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In the last week, Tally had learned that Shay only used her ugly nickname as a put-down. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Cal and Aron were assigned to the seventh grade because of their age, and they learned every shadow of its picture—Laocoon completely wrapped in snakes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He expected that when guards learned of the escape, they would come for his father and take him back to the underground prison. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I had learned on the farm that I could stop loving animals raised for slaughter. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what have we learned from all this?” asked Robert Phelps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mother did that for me, and with the progress I made and the things I learned, I came back and created a new world and a new understanding for her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pax himself made no noise—he had learned the secrets of stealth from Gray and Bristle. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the school of hard knocks where I had become a Master of Dodging, I had also learned to feign injury, as a way of lessening the severity of a beating. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tells the class, Frank McCourt is going to show you how well he learned to write in this class last year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I thought perhaps she had opened an atlas and pointed a finger at any old spot, but later I learned that she had a cousin in Lewiston, Idaho. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It only says what we’ve always known and never had enough time to worry about, that we haven’t yet learned how to stay human when assembled in masses. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There we learned about financial aid, college life, and the process of getting into college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Reginald, I learned, had been suspended from the Nation of Islam by Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next man to pass the window might have been one sort of Cistercian lay-brother, whom you would have expected to be a learned man because of his doth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I never learned shorthand I would never have to use it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We learned rather abruptly that these numbers, these ancient ages, are not known.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When you have learned this, no matter where the arrow goes, you have it made. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today was supposed to be special, because TJ had learned how to do perms at school, and he was going to give me one as a birthday present. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘The lesson in caution has been well learned,’ said Strider with a grim smile. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I learned about it when I was researching Glenn Burke. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I learned about opening moves and why it’s important to control the center early on; the shortest distance between two points is straight down the middle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that no matter what I physically lost on that journey between countries, my history never changed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I learned from Vanessa that the council members must “represent the interests of their constituents.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He learned to listen to the undertones of her voice. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first we didn’t have paper and pencil, so we learned to write with a stick in the dirt floor of the school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

An angel appeared to him, and told him that the words of one of his sons would be learned and repeated throughout the world for all generations to come. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was capable of mighty paroxysms of righteous indignation, and he was indignant as could be when he learned that a C.I.D. man was in the area looking for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Although he had through the memories learned about the pain of loss and loneliness, now he gained, too, an understanding of solitude and its joy. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Minerva made excuses about how Dinorah learned bad civic habits from a corrupt system. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that way she learned that midwifery was as much about hard work and good sense and comfrey tonic as spells and magic. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has learned so much from Ned, she thought as she watched him, but has he learned enough! A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Something about isosceles triangles that I learned the year before at Iqra. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had learned the Sight, he had learned this. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I remembered how Dr. King had grieved that November 1963 when he learned President Kennedy had been shot and killed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as foreign as a Spanish word I haven’t learned yet, but funny enough it comes pretty easily. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Friederich was obliged finally to give up the siege, because he learned of the fall of Glatz, the critical point of his new conquests. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fought impatience to get on the plane project and remembered sense, remembered what he had learned. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Barristan’s tone gave no hint of his true feelings; he had learned to hide such back in King’s Landing years ago. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But she’d learned that big school or little school didn’t make any difference. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pong had learned enough about life on the East Side to know that Somkit wasn't exaggerating. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

So Roosevelt learned to box from a champion fighter. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I hated it—except that I learned how to do CPR. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Genie also felt bad about those poor thirsty plants, so he started watering them, and plucking off the leaves that had died—tricks he’d learned from Grandma in the pea garden. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“My mom was a hairdresser. I learned some things.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He learned that a pigeon isn’t very fussy about what it eats, because its tongue has only thirty-seven taste buds. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I learned that the case had been closed and no one had been charged for the deaths of my four friends, I immediately thought about their parents. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a subtle thing, but he’d learned to look for it at the tables—the moment a player came awake to the fact that he might have a winning hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Hamlet would have forgotten his hate, even taken me to England with him, had he learned of my new suspicion. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had begun copying many sounds lately, and “Inti” was the first word he had learned. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

After I’d learned quite a lot, Mother once said to me, “Anne, let me give you some good advice. Never discuss this with boys, and if they bring it up, don’t answer them.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Where else would she have learned to conjure it?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My mother listened horror-struck as he told us what he had learned from his factory contacts originally from Narewka. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I hoped to find, but anything I learned about the Chandrian would be more than I knew now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Let me see the baby! I just learned that my wife had our daughter! Let me see what I'm getting myself into!" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

After everything he’s learned—and seen—he knows that part is definitely possible. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a set of skills that have to be learned. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

While researching the murders, I often felt that I was chasing history even as it was slipping away, and not long after we spoke, I learned that Martha had died from heart failure. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I felt that something beyond what I’d learned or would ever understand was about to happen to us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I scarfed my piece of bread and washed it down with that delicious, meaty soup, but an hour later I learned that even in kindness, the Nazis were cruel. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I learned a lesson from all this: that kind of obsessive storybook love was not for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He has learned to suck the marrow from lamb, to extract the bones from fish. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve learned a lot in the past few months,” I said. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned from other prisoners that in some camps they tattooed your number on your arm,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, on a Saturday morning, as we were making breakfast, the camp learned that the firefighters had begun to get the upper hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I learned what to do and what not to do. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

My supervisor, I learned, was the eminent Professor Jonathan Steinberg, a former vice-master of a Cambridge college, who was much celebrated for his writings on the Holocaust. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Stick said girls played games like this all the time, and if you wanted to get anywhere you had to play along until you learned the rules. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bargh once had people play board games in which the only way the participants could win was if they learned how to cooperate with one another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And yet, there’s a lesson to be learned. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tenzing, we later learned, had been scouting the route above Camp One, climbing a relatively gentle section of the Khumbu Glacier with four other Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I must have learned, the night God turned his back on me: how to foretell the future in chicken bones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue had earned him some stripes on the back in the beginning, but soon enough he had learned the tricks of pleasing Nurse and the noble Yezzan. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Blood managed the accounting and worked as Woodhull’s secretary, often writing documents for her, because she had never learned elegant penmanship or proper punctuation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She had learned how to talk some and leave some. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She lived in the Bay Area for over a decade, but she never learned to speak English beyond words like "please" and "thank you." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Judging from their corroded shields and the smoking plumes on their helmets, they’d already learned about the basilisks’ poison and fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Okay, nothing as cool as how to deliver kicks to the head, but I learned how people worked. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had learned to say “Good-how-are-you?” in that singsong American way, but now she said, “I'm well, thank you.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I learned woodcraft from a huntsman named Laclith who traveled with us for nearly a whole season. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m so worn out, from the trip I guess. And from all I learned today. I just want to sleep.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I learned that Luzan himself had died, too, soon afterward, while attending a professional conference in the Caribbean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Haupt learned that the baby had died a few days after being born. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I suppose that was how I learned, she says. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I learned this Yiddish song from another musician on my transport here. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In January 1887, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was in England with her daughter when she learned that her husband of forty-six years had died. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Odin learned them at the cost of mysterious pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned by heart poems written halfway around the world. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was too late to change anything—the only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy and sell crystal glassware. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He died in a fire, after fireworks exploded above him. When I learned he died, I stopped being a child too.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s an “aversion,” which is a word I just learned in Mr. Browne’s class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

That would spell the end of everything, unless the Mud People had learned to coexist with other species. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When King’s staff learned that state troopers would almost certainly block the march, they advised the civil rights leader to remain in Atlanta. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pilar doesn’t hate you, hija. She just hasn’t learned to love you yet.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I learned about the Holocaust in school—both in fifth grade and in tolerance education. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Evil, I learned, was all around me, constantly needing to be battled. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He learned enough English to order burgers and Mexican food and to talk about baseball and the weather with his housemates. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered how Laertes had learned of my disguise and rued the change in my brother, who cared for me less than for his own reputation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Sekani’s finally learned aim etiquette and the art of flushing, so it’s fine, I guess. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

From my father I had learned that books were to be either adored or exiled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He taught me all these things, and that was how I also learned 1 could be lazy and get away with mistakes, lots of mistakes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was seventeen years old, irreparably separated from her and already pressing forward in his drive for wealth, when he learned that there was probably not another stomach like hers on earth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d memorized Australian phrases and learned that a blue is a fight, to make a blue is to make a mistake, and a bluey could either mean “dog,” “jacket,” “equipment,” “redhead,” or “Portuguese man-of-war.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I learned through the camp network that Pesza had also been assigned to a similar sub-camp on the property of the electrical factory where she worked. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When roaming bands of Sapiens foragers migrated into colder climates, they learned to make snowshoes and effective thermal clothing composed of layers of furs and skins, sewn together tightly with the help of needles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have learned to reply to the question, “Wonderful.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in Culpeper, Virginia, washing clothes in a hotel, when she learned that there was a colony of Negro farmers on an island off the coast of Virginia. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned that from my cousin Melvin, who swore it had worked for him when his brother ran off and got married and left him with the bedroom all to himself. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever learned the precise nature of the role that Comrade Pillai played in the events that followed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From them, I learned that the trains kept on going. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Greeks had learned about zero because of their obsession with the night sky. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

We worked all afternoon, and I learned enough. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned that it was an accepted tradition in the South to have white and black children privately play together until about age six, but never in front of their white friends. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t his father, but he’d learned enough from him to know the odds were bad when he first saw her and were getting worse with each minute that passed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Researchers also learned that the primary source of wound infection was not air, but contact with hands, instruments, and even drops from a surgeon's mouth and nose. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was stupid and dumb and never learned and...and one step at a time. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

School in the camps had been simple and disorganized, and Hanako hadn’t learned much. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was highly surprised at the reply, but I had learned never to press him for information. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the foundational questions regarding any talent or ability is whether it is innate or learned—in other words, are we born musical, or can musicality and creativity be taught? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For days I got headaches from trying to listen, until I learned a way out. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

X, as she signed herself before she learned her letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Underneath the Dreadfort, he had learned there were far worse things than death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After that, Vivi found us a motel room with a stove, and we learned how to cook macaroni and cheese from the package. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After that first meeting, Grandpa Nate and I took Tillie Nachman, a former New York City person who had never learned to drive, to the stationery store so that she could buy the invitations. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa, in school today I learned that you should be careful what you say when you talk about war,” Hanako said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I learned that nurses liked to make small talk and were in love with taking your vitals. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My first thought is that the bishop has already learned of Hamlet’s birth and has rendered a decision about my future. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We were preserving Our Lady, and I was content— for the first time since I’d learned about my mother—to be doing what I was doing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch his mouth, lip-reading the Polish phrases he’s learned by rote. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I remember leaving Malloy's house, running down the block, busting into our apartment all gassed up, excited to show Jazz what I learned. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Shin had first learned about the existence of money from Park. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was not healthy, he had long since learned, to pry into Gebu’s affairs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The fox had learned the meaning of many human words, and he heard him use one of them now: “NO.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He learned how to take dictation, clean a privy, set a table, serve an excellent luncheon, and master the fine art of bread-slicing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"I would have given a hun-dred silver stags to have been a roach in the rushes when he learned that Lord Beric was off to behead his brother." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Becoming a lady, I learned, was not easy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We have learned to see the world in gasps. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I learned later, some moron had driven his truck into Salem Harbor and that Dad was called to the accident scene to help fish him out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I have decided to tell this story because I have learned that I do have a voice. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He’d learned that lesson before he could walk, before he could speak. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Egyptians also learned how to measure the volumes of objects—like pyramids. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He has lost all passion for the art business and has replaced it with a religious fanaticism unlike anything they had learned as boys in Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I learned a great deal about being formal just by listening to the way my father and other male relatives of his generation spoke. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him what we’d learned in Olympus, and how the gods would not be riding to the rescue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Years later I learned that our squash-blossom necklaces and turquoise bracelets, earrings and hair ornaments and silver belts, were sold to white men and women. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They listened to the guide, a very pretty young lady who worked for the museum, and they learned a lot. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the diary, he learned that on November 3, 1943, SS Einsatzgruppen entered at the camp with orders to liquidate the six thousand inmates. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I was twelve and a half, I learned some more from Jacque, who wasn’t as ignorant as I was. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He signed up for the Army Airborne School, known as “Jump School,” and learned to parachute from planes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

None of the obscene words I had learned at school in Memphis had dealt with perversions of any sort, although I might have learned the words while loitering drunkenly in saloons. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And later, as I lay on my little cot, I heard a strange, high-pitched sound that I later learned was the “giggling” of hyenas squabbling over some prey. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I hadn’t yet learned that I was the attraction. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned this living among a people whom I would never have chosen, because the privileges of being black are not always self-evident. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They learned to write their new address: 18434 Winslow Road Up, those two little letters ensuring that their mail ended up in their apartment, and not with Mr. Yang downstairs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In his three year apprenticeship, he learned the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but I really learned it. I can get stains out of anything." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So different from the miscellaneous giggles and smiles she had learned to be content with these past few years. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Since then we have learned better than to be shy about such trifling immodesties. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a Japanese loneliness, something she’d learned about from studying poems in school—just a sense that everything at that exact moment was kind of perfect, and yet also really sad. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The bark of the willow tree is extremely bitter, but early humans learned to make tea from it anyway. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She learned the events that made up a person’s life, and she used them to understand why they did the things they did. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Not right at once; he would wait until he had learned the ropes of the place. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They are big. I’m glad I stayed here. I learned a great deal from seeing the boys grow and helping a little.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie was concerned, and I soon learned that there were press reports that I was having a toe amputated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garvey nodded and said, “The whale is also smart and powerful. That is what I learned from my dance.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He had learned his lesson, and in his old age he became a nicer and less selfish old man than he had ever been before. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I learned how to cook early on because I was alone so much, and I was an expert on macaroni and cheese from the box. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And he learned to ride on his mother’s back during travel, instead of always clinging on underneath. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned about static cling from watching those boring women who talked about it on television, but could he really stick to a sock? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

They learned to listen in the darkness, to the sounds of footsteps and loud laughing, to voices and sounds of wine; to know when the mother was returning with a man. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I learned from these former secretaries of Mr. Muhammad that while he was praising me to my face, he was tearing me apart behind my back. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a time of silence, Edwin said, “The whale is graceful and gentle. Tonight, I learned those things.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Dearest Celie, Just when I think I’ve learned to live with the heat, the constant dampness, even steaminess of my clothes, the swampiness under my arms and between my legs, my friend comes. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And years later he learned she did that whenever she was angry. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The day of my arrival back on A-block, I told Rufino my post number and learned that I was an escort, which delighted me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened in silence, not seeming at all surprised that his father somehow had learned of his secret visits to the library. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I learned that I couldn’t fit the sentence on one line. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Washington arrived at West Point, he learned of Arnold’s treachery. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to run from anyone with an unnaturally white smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I would have told you sooner, but I only just learned about them myself, before we went to Penikese.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There seemed to be no subject which he had not investigated and in which he was not profoundly learned.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I learned to wear hats, cover my face with my hands when I passed by. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On dark nights when hope was scarce, she would sing an old Irish tune, mixed with a newer, Italian song that she had learned from a neighbor. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Wells incorporated what he learned into his stories. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I am sure that Reverend Mabutho would not have minded, but when he learned of my circumstances from Festile, he felt deceived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he’d be there, in that hospice thing—which I learned is special care for people who aren’t expected to live much longer—until he...isn’t anymore. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Several of his papers found their way into learned publications such as Transfiguration Today, Challenges in Charming, and The Practical Potioneer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I learned today why she ran out of money so early this month. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the real world, Feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They looked at her: her eyes were glittering more than usual, her chin was held high with a look she’d learned from Will without knowing it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They now learned to their joy that Erkenbrand had left many men to hold Helm’s Gate, and more had since escaped thither. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When he finished and learned what had happened, he rushed off to the hospital. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As racism rhetorically replaced poverty as the key social oppression, Americans learned to look beyond class in considering social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he had learned at the luncheon, the color was critical: he told them the margarine had to be yellow. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Fresh flowers popped out of the grass every day like all the new lessons I learned in school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Or I could have learned a whole lot more about fossils and become a paleontologist. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He learned to say "stop" before he learned to say "potty." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He learned about coins, and searched for them, putting them in his mouth when he found them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he began a practice he had learned when he was very young. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That is a lesson I would sooner they never learned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I think you learned, and taught your classmates, an important lesson. But I have to think about how this will impact your evaluation. There have to be consequences for not following instructions.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I come in with a series of techniques he’s taught me and then use a bit of swordplay I learned from the Ghost. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The two spies had better luck in Concord, where they learned that the Patriots were grinding meal into flour for soldiers’ rations and were storing “powder and cartridges.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to go around and buy auto parts for Abel, and I learned that he was buying his parts on credit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And when White learned about a potential witness in the Roan murder case, he discovered that this person had been bludgeoned to death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But once he learned to trust us and he became a family member, El Perico wandered around freely in the dilapidated garage where we lived while harvesting Mr. Jacobson’s vineyards. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I learned things about him, just by watching. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’m not ready for everyone to know, and that’s one thing I learned from Sandy. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I learned how to please Elnora so that she would treat me kindly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

To that end, Cope willed his bones to the Wistar Institute, a learned society in Philadelphia endowed by the descendants of the seemingly inescapable Caspar Wistar. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Anything you want. If you see a whale, carve a whale. If you see a Spirit Bear, you can carve a bear. I’ve learned from every animal I’ve carved.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was in this manner that I first stumbled upon the relations between whites and blacks, and what I learned frightened me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan and I promised to share whatever we learned, so that’s what I’m doing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She demanded that I tell her where I had learned the words and she refused to believe me when I told her that I had learned them at school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She married for position, and my mother’s position, I later learned, was the worst. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had learned that fear was fear, most of it not very smart, and I was happy if it gave the little grave time to heal. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jeffries had apparently learned his lesson and didn’t make any more pleas for help on my behalf. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pollard had learned a thing or two about training from Smith, and he managed Seabiscuit’s rehabilitation carefully. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anna, in the youngest group, learned reading, writing, and arithmetic. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Death was ugly, I had learned, but life could be even uglier and unfathomably cruel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The girl has learned her lesson. Make her clean up the mess and let her be. It is distressing to me to see such a scene. It might mar our child.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that peony taken with wine can relieve nightmares or melancholy dreams. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I learned to look for little children playing outside a large, fine house. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Shasta soon learned, when he heard Bree talking like that, to prepare for a gallop. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

We must remember, though, that Mr. Gonzalez is under orders from that mysterious tycooness, the reputedly brilliant and learned Mrs. Levy, to treat Miss Trixie well and to make her feel active and wanted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In math, I learned everything can be measured. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Raz learned my name only last year, when I delivered containers of my mother's cooking to her door. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We quickly learned that the presence of the 101st had lulled us into a false sense of security. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During their brief stay, Mark Antony learned the extent of his defeat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She taught him what she knew with gentle kindness, and the more he learned, the more he came to love her brave, noble, quiet and intelligent relations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my first-grade classroom I learned to make the sign of the cross with English words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to eat a lot of things. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I learned that Mr. Muhammad’s son, Herbert, now the paper’s publisher, had instructed that as little as possible be printed about me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the vibrations, he learned also that the road had grown coarser. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We also went to the computer lab, where we learned about 3D printing, including that the queen’s costume in the movie Black Panther was mostly 3D printed! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

For the old man died in that hour and fell upon his face; and no other tidings of the ancient dwellers in the mountains have our folk ever learned. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But there was much and more to fear as she learned that evening. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They learned no compassion from their own anguish. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned what was safe to eat and what could kill us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then, “Free Huey, seize the time!” and every other Black Panther slogan we learned last summer in Oakland with Cecile and the Black Panthers. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I not only learned about physics at Fort Hare, but another precise physical science: ballroom dancing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this leads, imperceptibly but inevitably, to a state of mind in which, having long ago learned to expect the worst, one finds it very easy to believe the worst. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

They had as well been shouting, once she had learned to use her nose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Donnie has learned to open the doors and climb on the chairs & other furniture & he worries me constantly about falling. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, she learned that her sister had been committed to a mental institution called Crownsville. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The boys had learned to sense when they were coming on. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We bought books and magazines in the town and a copy of “Hoyle” and learned many two-handed card games. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She learned to hear the lies, to feel them in the play of the muscles around the mouth and eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of the hounds that searched for bones among the straw litter learned to come to Robin for tidbits, seeming to know that he had found a special friend. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

But the old lady was anything but sensible, as Ophie had learned. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Mark Antony learned a valuable lesson. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Owe rhymes with low, we learned, for a reason. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read aloud all the books the old man had learned to read, and he finished with the old man’s favorite, Mike Mulligan’s Steam Shovel. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon arriving the next day for work, Tree-ear learned that it was Min’s turn to chop wood for the kiln fires. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She had learned to accompany herself on the piano, and the more she performed, the more calls there were for her to sing in other places. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

From Circe he had learned that they must pass the island of the Sirens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following day, we learned that many people died from the attacks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Despite what I had learned about Baba, I wished he were standing alongside me now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I later learned the intense water pressure from one of those hoses could knock the bark off a tree seventy-five feet away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What is learned in the Immanent Grove is not much talked about elsewhere. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not only is it the first passage that I learned as a child, but since I utter them in every prayer, it makes it less likely that I’ll freeze and forget my lines. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

From her I learned the glory and the tragedy of the history of my people, and I came to understand how that history stirred in my blood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in junior high, she learned that the long-distance run, tiring herself out, soothing herself with the rhythm of pace, helped the anxiety. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

You sound like an honest person looking for answers, but I have learned that not everything is as it seems. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Green statues that I learned were carved jade. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the words of a drüskelle commanding officer, and he delivered them with all the authority he’d ever learned to muster. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That was the clue I learned to read. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I have learned to depend on others, especially Reverend Hunt, Captain Smith, and even Richard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Through experience, they learned what combinations of local foods made them healthy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We learned about them in school, but I never read them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To my disgust, I learned that Sorrento had been the first avatar to set foot inside Castle Anorak since Halliday’s death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was not surprised when she learned that Siddhartha had disappeared. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu began to sing an old song he had learned on his father’s farm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had been full of arrogance; he had always been the cleverest, the most eager—always a step ahead of the others, always the learned and intellectual one, always the priest or the sage. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that it’s okay to grow and change, to like who I want and to believe what I want. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is hard to explain to the children that the birds have been killed off, when they have learned in school that a Federal law protects the birds from killing or capture. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ambrose had merely learned to bide his time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I used the memory technique she had learned from a college professor who’d passed through Garland in the early seventies. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The icy dampness in my armpits reminds me of the time in health class we learned that sweat from stress smells worse than the kind your body produces when you exercise. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once I learned public language, it would never again be easy for me to hear intimate family voices. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t the science we learned in the sixth grade, but I wasn’t going to contradict my great-grandmother, especially if Fern would begin to eat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If these people learned that there was still another monster out there—something worse than the Shetani—he wouldn’t just be expelled from the Sons of the Six, he’d be rejected by his people. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A related limitation is that few people ever learned to write these early scripts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve learned a lot this summer. One thing is that when you’re hurt, it means you care. So, here is a question for you. If I’m not hurt, what does that mean?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was through this invasion that Indian mathematicians first learned about the Babylonian system of numbers—and about zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Washington had learned that colonists in the area recently had been killed and scalped, probably by Indians working for the French. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That news, which broke in January 1939, launched physicists upon flights of learned speculation about the enormous energy released when the uranium nucleus split following its absorption of a stray neutron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Still, it’s an unbelievable time with unbelievably convincing replicas in each room, made even better by Lidia sharing fun facts about each location she learned from her own studies. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Seven learned that October was Seven’s potions tutor in Boggs Ferry and they had become friends, according to the older girl, which made Thorn blush. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When King Minos learned that the Athenians had found their way out, he was convinced that they could have done so only if Daedalus had helped them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves on to the technology of brain scans, what he and his team have learned just from my experience and the implications for future patients facing similar problems. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“The nerve of that kid! Always asking questions—it’s what got him sent to the Waiting Room last time, you know. I thought he’d learned his lesson.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They also learned that what had seemed a brutal workout schedule in the fall was merely a whisper of what Al Ulbrickson and Tom Bolles had in mind for them now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

From them we learned that we were about the most hated animals on earth, except maybe snakes and germs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Stuff I learned in grade school, when the D.A.R.E. cops used to come around and teach us about the so-called war on drugs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the National Woman’s Party learned that representatives of the Russian government were going to visit the White House on June 20, 1917, they decided to turn up the heat again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jermaine’s were so good because he learned how from our grandmother. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Some she had learned from watching Flo caring for Flint and Flame. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally watched the news, I learned that a spokesman for Fazlullah said the Taliban had been “forced” to shoot me because I would not stop speaking out against them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Groundsel was the first Chief Rabbit; but he had Strawberry and Buckthorn to give him advice and he had learned better than to mark anyone or to order more than a very occasional Wide Patrol. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned to lip- read, our heads flat on the beds, turned sideways, watching each other’s mouths. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As boats arrived in Saint Domingue from France, slaves learned that a revolution was going on in the name of human rights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I learned the other reason they waited for a thunderstorm to play when Jasper, trying to avoid Edward’s infallible fielding, hit a ground ball toward Carlisle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, he’s fine. He never has an accident. It was the first thing he learned.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

All the techniques Nick had learned at Mr. Armin's hands seemed to desert him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother was pregnant—a fact that had embarrassed Corinthians when first she learned of it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded the head solemnly and vanished for the second time, to return on all fours in a few moments with a learned volume, the only secular work in his possession. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned more about the cruelty of Jalazone life from the infectious diseases my brothers brought home. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

We learned the same things in school that children learn all over the world—reading, writing, arithmetic. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably none of them could read or write, but they had learned to listen and remember. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to interrupt the hunter to ask, but he was wondering where he was from, and where he had learned the Laguna song. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She not only had learned a lot about boats, but she was less afraid of water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next few days she learned so much that she felt like a child again, bewildered by school. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They really hadn’t learned anything new in all the years I was trapped in Thurmond? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But George didn’t just build boats; he also learned to row them, and to row them very well. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Amari slowly learned how to cook and eat foods she never could have imagined. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could a place where I learned so much and laughed so much be bad? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Butterflies danced in the air between us as he looked us over, and I learned how an especially small ant must feel when facing a particularly large elephant. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Like any other performance skill, it can be learned with practice, and it is a skill that will help you become an extremely versatile instrumentalist. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Bobby was conceived in the afternoon, on a sofa littered with rubber teething toys, after the friend learned that a London pharmaceutical company had hired him, while Ronny cried to be freed from his playpen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I coaxed you into ladyhood, Ophelia. I taught you the ways of the court, and watched you grow into a clever and learned woman.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was not a term that she had ever learned. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Over the next days, we learned more about the air raid on Hawaii. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned only enough about these men to be sure I would like to know much more. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I have no doubt that during the thirty years he worked there, he learned much about racist Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As Elizebeth soon learned, what was most unusual about Riverbank was its research program. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Here’s the most important thing I’ve learned from not-talking: It is much, much easier to keep a secret when you don’t use any words at all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jefferson learned that Adams had been battling his Federalist advisers, who opposed a vigorous Jeffersonian presence in the administration. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As an adult, she said that from her father she learned to rely on no one but herself, and from her mother she learned how to tell fortunes as a tent-show spiritualist. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was so intelligent that she not only learned to talk but soon passed all her school exams. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Matt also learned that the country of Opium was called Dreamland here. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent whatever she and other family members learned to her son Lieutenant Charles Darragh, who was in Washington’s army at Whitemarsh. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you learned the demons’ magic to protect you?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I came to the conclusion that he had finally learned his lesson and was keeping a safe distance from me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He did not hesitate to speak like that, to his father and his uncle, because the subject was books and scientific knowledge—those things that Rocky had learned to believe in. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When called upon, I delivered an effortless list of things that I detest: blood sausage, intestinal pates, brain pudding, I’d learned these words the hard way. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the students had forgotten everything they had learned about tetanus, and the lessons they had been told weren’t translating into action. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would later recall the lesson he had learned in that bloody valley: “There is nothing more necessary than good Intelligence to frustrate a designing enemy, & nothing that requires greater pains to obtain.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after that, algebraists learned to accept negative numbers as valid solutions to equations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I learned that it takes a little time for the woodland messages to get around. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin learned how to tell from a sewing machine’s sound what was wrong with it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Eleanor Roosevelt learned a valuable lesson from the Constitution Hall controversy. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

‘What amazes me,’ Sophie said, ‘is how you ever learned to write in the first place.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that Frodo and Sam knew of this last mile of the road they learned from guessing in the dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jason had learned long ago that the best way to control a crowd of bullies was to pick the meanest, biggest kid and force him into submission. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

From Malvonne she learned the girl’s address and whose child she was. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was time I learned the truth about myself. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As a very young child she had learned to win by using the momentum of her opponent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though they kidded me, the other guys asked me what I’d learned about Guam and I told them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha sat upright and learned to save his breath, to manage with little breathing, to hold his breath. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came to me he had not learned to read, and yet he was ten years old. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her life became worse and worse, and I wondered if she had learned to turn off her feelings the way I had. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I would like to believe that before he died he learned how much suffering there is in this world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I'm pretty sure he only learned it so he could cuss at Mom without her knowing.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hall handed Sax two pages of handwritten notes—everything he’d learned about the plutonium bomb so far. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against all odds and after countless interviews with UN personnel, she learned that she and her boys had been accepted for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come! You must have learned something. Did you read?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun learned from Todd that because the house’s phone box was above the water line, the landline was still working. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They settled with the warders and then, a day or two later, we learned the authorities had gone to the general section and asked for three representatives to negotiate changes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read it again, trying to process all she’d just learned. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I had learned to recognize certain words, I told my mother that I wanted to learn to read and she encouraged me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have learned that Henrietta’s cells were still alive, that they’d been taken, bought, sold, and used in research without her knowledge or theirs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There, he learned the same rational, scientific approach to testing and experimenting that had proven that the sugar that comes from beets is the same as that which comes from cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘You demigods have learned nothing. There are no gods to aid you. We need only one more thing from you to make our victory complete.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He never learned to speak off the cuff—and when he tried, at the age of thirty, the occasion was an unmitigated disaster. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were so many, it looked like half the earth had learned to fly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My success made me happy, but, this time, the grade seemed less important than what I had learned from reading the book. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After that we learned to be more careful. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He has learned that if he considers all of this too long, he will fall behind—and the train will pass him by. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But I was dying to talk about what I’d just learned. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Back then, I thought she meant she was having a heart attack, that she was feeling all the symptoms we learned about in health class: a tight chest, pain in your arm or jaw, indigestion. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He began to work slowly and carefully, telling himself again exactly what he had to do, mumbling the words he had learned by heart as the sweat poured down onto his eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s where my father had learned, before he and my mother opened their store. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

However, in reality, women and girls like Maria often learned—and performed—much of the work required of their family businesses in addition to their household duties. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every morning, Ranee folds and tucks a long, plain ivory or white cloth around herself, fingers recalling the complicated maneuvers she learned as a teenager. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Four years later, in August 2005, she learned that her application had been accepted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Little by little I learned about forks and money and toothpaste and toilets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

From my traveling days, I had learned how to break horses, and that’s what I would head off to do on my off days. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through conversations I learned that the members of the New York John Reed Club were in despair at the way in which the congress was drifting, but they took care to conceal their disapproval. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I learned about my culture, I asked my mom if we could go meet him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A too-patient voice with dividers between each word explained the legal procedures as if repeating a history lesson Carla's mother should have learned long before she had troubled the police or moved into this neighborhood. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Over the years, I learned to choose from the best opinions. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second, the Allies could say that they had learned about Argentina’s spy rings from him, rather than from Enigma messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I learned that my mom had gone into Abuela’s apartment and found her lying peacefully in bed, but when she didn’t respond, my mom knew something was wrong. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But throughout her life, she didn’t just work with the wind: in a small way, she learned how to change it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When the professors learned that students who did not maintain a certain grade point average could lose their deferments and be drafted, they decided not to give any grades. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What figure or shape would express what he had learned during the dance? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the past six months she’d learned nearly all of Bebe’s life story, and it was because of this that Lexie’s account of the party had caught her attention. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She learned these things after she quit her job at the Kimo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past two months he had learned that no one had his back anymore. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha learned a great deal from the Samanas; he learned many ways of losing the Self. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I pressed them for details of what they’d learned, they would tease me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had tailed Ministry workers on their way in, eavesdropped on their conversations, and learned by careful observation which of them could be relied upon to appear, alone, at the same time every day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lived in her own room, learned to sneak around, learned how to carry small stuff between her arms and her rib cage. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned that his teammates would sometimes slack off, knowing that Kanue would step in to make up for their lack of effort. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Later I learned what had happened: the writers of the club had decided to “use” me to oust the painters, who were party members, from the leadership of the club. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that's precisely why it was so shocking when I learned my mom and dad had gotten a divorce. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Shin soon learned what everyone else in North Korea had known for years—trains go slow, if they go at all. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Running about the streets every day and all day long he learned to know the city after a fashion, and he saw this and that of its secret parts. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Wagner’s acolytes were happy to have retreated into their private Valhalla, where only the initiated, the learned and the bold would venture to tread. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After graduating, he moved from Boston to Connecticut, to work for a firm near Hartford, and he had recently learned that he was being considered for the position of vice president. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Benny could’ve learned how to play the bass five times by now.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They theorized the remains might be the last traces of two Texas women, Minnie and Anna Williams, whom Chicago police had only recently learned were missing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sequoyah’s syllabary is widely admired by professional linguists for its good fit to Cherokee sounds, and for the ease with which it can be learned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a donkey that unseated me, I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to enjoy ourselves, we learned to be duplicitous. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After a few inquiries he learned that it was owned by a woman in New York. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Upon arriving in Germany, Haupt had learned that two of his uncles had been sent to a concentration camp. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He learned how to saute a fish so that it looked like a work of art. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It goes well. I have learned to draw wire and Sata is teaching me to solder.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that in a little more than a decade, Clarkston had become one of the most diverse communities in America. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I learned that they come back because they learn to trust that home will be a place that treats them well, that feeds them, that will reunite them with their family and friends. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By the evening of that day Napoleon was back at work, and on the next day it was learned that he had instructed Whymper to purchase in Willingdon some booklets on brewing and distilling. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In watching thousands of match races, he learned that in most cases the horse who broke from the start fastest would win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were three types of attacks, and we learned to distinguish them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I studied, Djo, and learned about things that hap-pened long ago and far away: the Roman Empire, the crowning of Charlemagne, the siege of Paris. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he’d sit and think and try to remember things he must have learned that were still in his mind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d gotten a lock on her door and I’d learned to pick it so I could sneak in and scare her still. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

However, he rarely spoke of his parents or of Ariana from then on, and his friends learned not to mention them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My mind flashes back to the last time I was in a conference room—when everyone had just learned that I was a magician. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the thirtieth of September she sat through school and learned nothing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I asked him what he learned from the army, he said he learned discipline, brotherhood, and most importantly, how to box. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He was described to me as an eminent, learned Muslim, a University of Cairo graduate, a University of London Ph.D., a lecturer on Islam, a United Nations advisor and the author of many books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all sad to leave each other, as we had learned that we were not returning to peaceful places. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She had learned, with Izzy’s birth, how your life could trundle along on its safe little track and then, with no warning, skid spectacularly off course. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was at present nothing to be learned from the Piccadilly side, and nothing could be done; so I went round to the back to see if anything could be gathered from this quarter. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had learned many things it would have been easier to live without. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘I did. You never told me what you were planning. I only learned about it from Salim.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did this movie give us a better understanding of Durango Street, we also learned a lot about one another. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had learned from watching Rupert a few minutes before that the quicker you answered the quicker you were released. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When in English, ‘twas thus: “No, sir, this, this—Aye, you, this”—There was much negotiation, and a tune played or sung, taken up by others, learned by those newly hearing it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening, the two men learned about the radio program and finally understood the source of the rumor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until Sasha didn’t show up at school that he learned what had happened. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His mother learned about his death in the newspaper the next day—her birthday. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were unattainable. I could see how you and Coop looked at each other, and when I learned that he told you something he never told me, I just...shut down.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Later, at Camp Half-Blood, she learned that all children of Athena feared spiders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That too I've learned in the cellar, and not by deadening my sense of perception; I'm invisible, not blind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week or so later, I had learned enough about the layout of the camp to guess where my mother was. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They swore vengeance when they learned what had happened to the thirty warriors of the king's bodyguard. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned then that war was not a quick heroic charge but a slow, incredibly complicated matter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Piper learned a valuable lesson from that: never assume you’re safe, and never, ever tempt the Fates by announcing that you think you’re safe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I never memorized phone numbers or street names or learned anything more than was absolutely necessary about the town I lived in. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn't realize that I am fluent in Spanish, as it was the language I learned after English. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Because my mom was a secretary and I spent hours at her office every day after school, I’d learned a great deal about business correspondence. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

During the following days I learned through discreet questioning that I had seemed a fantastic element to the black Communists. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in the sixth grade, a grade memorable for the things she learned in class and out. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But she learned nothing from it being but two years old at the time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had finally gotten comfortable and learned everybody's name in first grade. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The air smelled fresh and icy and like a particular type of vegetation I’d never learned the name of, but the scent of which seemed to come alive only in the late evenings. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dare you think of what they might now be suffering, or what Saruman might now have learned to our destruction?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson about the cooking smell the hard way after I left my hoodie in the kitchen one morning in fourth grade while Mama was up early cooking before work. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure she’s learned a trick or two. Let’s try to ask her.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He learned algebra, which felt as natural to his mind as air to his lungs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She changed her mind in 1854 when she learned that Blackwell had boarded a train and rescued a runaway eight-year-old slave girl who was being forced to return to the South. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that a long time ago, and I suspected Augustus had, too. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t tell us where she was going on those days, and it was years before I learned that she went to clean other people’s houses. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Poppy had learned how to ride piggyback—she wrapped her legs around Lina’s waist and gripped Lina’s throat with her small, strong fingers. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Bushis were grateful when they learned they had been granted asylum by the United States, but the news was bittersweet. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“We are nonmagical beings. But I have learned a few practical principles that help me manage things. Nothing you would find very remarkable.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He reminded him that he’d already learned to row past pain, past exhaustion, past the voice that told him it couldn’t be done. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Had his horde been so soundly defeated that they had learned their lesson? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“My stick has never learned to navigate mud.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But he worried at the rate they were going, that they wouldn’t be able to return to the protection song, which he hadn’t learned in its entirety. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had studied all he could study, learned all he could learn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mother was an herbalist so she could tend our health, and if she learned to midwife she would be able to deliver the grandchildren when they came along. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Things I learned from experience or from Gale, and then the information I picked up when I was training for the Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We learned it the hard way after he was gone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make her feel better, I learned everything I could about snakes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Cathy learned that by the manipulation and use of this one part of people she could gain and keep power over nearly anyone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At home in Duk Payuel, I had learned how to swim on my back, but I had never learned the crawl very well. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they got some more paper and borrowed another pencil, they stretched out on their stomachs, hip to hip, and June Somerset learned how to draw a blue whale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Unseen City, it read, in the calligraphy he’d learned at the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Coach Reed guessed that I hadn’t learned anything at all, but he was going to give me a chance now. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the same time, that very sweep is why the Maya collapse has fascinated archaeologists since the 1840s, when the outside world first learned of the abandoned cities in Yucatan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had learned not to look at them when I passed and yet I saw. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went slowly, as slowly as any child who has learned to steal at an early age, whose best chance of survival is in silence and remaining unnoticed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, alas! through him the Enemy has learned that the One has been found again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Thee is welcome any time, child. I’ll keep it safe for thee. Now show me what thee has learned today. What letter is this?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When she walked away, Daniel still hadn’t learned to talk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was like asking someone who’d just learned to swim to compete in the Olympics. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Encoded in that molecule were the loci of human perfectibility and vulnerability: once we learned to manipulate this chemical, we would rewrite our nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But when “finished” behavior became my second nature, they learned I was nobody’s pet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I learned he was a married man, fifty-three years old, father of a family now grown and grandfather of two children. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that his morning had been well spent; he had seen a lot of pictures and he had learned about pagan. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

One learned body, the Askesian Society, was for a time devoted to little else. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And he’d learned that the object of a school fight was not to gain points for style but to force your enemy to give in, which meant hurting him more than he was hurting you. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pilate had learned, whenever she was asked her name, to give only her first name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drink had a queer, bitter taste that the blind girl soon learned to loathe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually you learned how to block some of it out, to build up a thin wall between your mind and others’, but not before everyone else’s poisonous thoughts were in there, staining your own. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After that night, we learned to let Sammy keep his own bag and to zip the other two together for the rest of us. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My parents told her things they thought I was still too young to know, but I was nearly thirteen and it was time I learned the truth about our family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Luna learned that a magnet will attract some things and ignore others. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She bought a fast computer that was delivered to her door, bought some good software, and learned how to use it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I learned how repulsive this disinterested violence was, that it was repulsive because it was disinterested, my shame floundered about for refuge. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s also learned to control the drool that used to run down his neck. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pauline Hawthorne, she learned, had died of brain cancer in 1982. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I learned stitches sitting in our apartment on Elizabeth Street, helping Mam when she took in extra work darning and mending and the occasional full dress from a bolt of cloth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

All the girls made friendship bracelets from plastic strings and colorful yarn, so I learned many ways of creating my own jewelry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It first had been a Dutch settlement, I learned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I learned how to say the names and values, the woman smiled again and returned to her seat. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"And I'm sorry for not adjusting like we learned when we were doing the waltz. But I'm still figuring everything out." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You may come out when you’ve learned some manners,” said the other mother. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Shin learned how to read and write the Korean alphabet, doing exercises on coarse paper made in the camp from cornhusks. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I learned other things, too, including that a month was thirty days. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

That was before I learned what real fear was. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Would they be angry with me when they learned that my life was a million miles from theirs? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned to say “Yes” and “No” rather than “Yes, ma’am,” and “No, ma’am.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so it was that Alyce learned about singing and making songs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about the day they’d fallen into the Grand Canyon—the first time she’d learned that Jason could control the air. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“In any case, it’s good that you’ve learned that everything in life has its price. This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You may find it a different story from the one you learned in school. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though many of the journalists who came to Stay at the yellow house had tried to teach me, I had not learned. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Freshman English was taught by a cheerful woman in her late twenties who kept talking about something called the “essay form,” which, she assured us, we had learned in high school. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look at me like that! You must have learned how to make me feel guilty from Baba Joseph,” rumbled Dr. van Heerden. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a plastic-wrapped note hidden in our food drums, we learned in July of 1966 that the men in the general section had embarked on a hunger strike to protest poor conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d learned the more I loved didn’t have to mean the more I had to lose. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

After that night, we learned to let Sammy keep his own bag and to zip the other two together for the rest of us. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His immediate superior, the foreman who had been patient with Shin as he learned the ropes in the factory, slapped Shin a few times when he saw the ruined machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But Mama did not seem to mind; she hummed and cooked and cleaned and praised herself when she finally learned to turn the stove on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I learned to put the point of the knife down. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Most important, they learned to obey their leader, no matter what. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first book I learned to read was the book. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It is the most powerful and productive of the things human beings have learned to do together in many centuries, more effective than farming, or hunting and fishing, or building cathedrals, or making money. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one of the books he learned that the most important text in the literature of alchemy contained only a few lines, and had been inscribed on the surface of an emerald. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned back when he sailed boats as a kid, and he still carries pieces of rope in his briefcase. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They had learned, they said, and knew for a fact, that her husband was not a man, but the fearful serpent Apollo’s oracle had declared he would be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned a long time ago that asking someone else if they heard something was much safer than asking them if they saw it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Little eight-year-old me cried tears of happiness when I learned my mom was pregnant and I was going to have a little brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The oldest is barely eighteen. The boys have not yet learned how to live, but by God they know how to die!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to chop fish, meat, and vegetables on a butcher-block cutting board from her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

To earn the words of power he did all the witch asked of him and learned of her all she taught, though not all of it was pleasant to do or know. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie had learned his lesson, and he had a focused, overriding goal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Since I belonged to no group I learned to move seamlessly between groups. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I turned straight to the market report and learned that flax was going for $3.66 a bushel. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A trick she and Etienne have learned over a hundred insufficient meals: before you eat, drink as much water as you can, and you will feel full more quickly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

By 1866, the mill owners had learned how to break down cornstarch into a kind of sugar called glucose. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Then you are a fool. He is the man most to be dreaded in all Prydain. Will you hear something I learned during my journey, something even Dallben may not yet realize?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I first learned about HeLa cells and the woman behind them in 1988, thirty-seven years after her death, when I was sixteen and sitting in a community college biology class. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And he’s learned to keep his tongue inside his mouth, though that took him several years to master. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The water was cold as ice and swift flowing, but now Robin had learned to grit his teeth and plunge in. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Later I learned a truly skilled worker easily would have produced twice that number. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you learned something, or perhaps the concentration required calmed you, even if you did lose a preponderance of games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha thanked her and laughed, and when she learned that he had not eaten that day nor the previous day, she ordered bread and fruit to be brought to him and attended him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned how to talk, and, once he had learned, he would pester the graveyard folk with questions. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When you were hungry most of the time, you learned to eat what you could get. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Charity first learned to drive back in the sixties, she was taught to leave one car length between you and the car ahead of you for every ten miles per hour you’re traveling. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I won many times and was so lucky the others teased that I had learned the trick of a clever thief,” she said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that myth doesn’t mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they hold sacred. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned Leo sets the cabin fires, placing logs, positioning grates. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I also learned that to neglect one’s ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his time in the desert, he had learned that, in Egypt, the scarab beetles are a symbol of God. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute’s silence, he goes, “I don’t know when I learned to drive. Sometime.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the natives soon learned that most of the British were terrible shots, from lack of practice—their guns were little more than noisemakers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when I learned that Mr. Ballagh, a baker at Hanson’s Cash Grocery and Bakery, had taken ill and died, my heart ached. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was summer, and tryouts were two months away, but the coach, Kanue learned, would let kids join summer practice so long as they understood that they weren’t guaranteed a spot on the roster. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But she learned the limits of geographic distance; she carried with her the ghosts of Danny’s abuse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

With Jamie’s help, I learned different breathing exercises and ways to use guided imagery to help prevent and mediate my anxiety. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He learned to call liquor “hooch,” “bingo,” “squirrel dew,” and “monkey swill.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gradually, Tree-ear learned that his master had a reputation for slow work, slow and expensive. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Now Johnny learned that the bulk of Percy’s Brigade would be left over in Charlestown camped on Bunker Hill until the next morning. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned that Marco Polo Restaurant, near Chicken Street, had been turned into an interrogation center. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some of us learned to swim when we were as young as three years old, and all of us had learned by the time we were five. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stare at the ceiling, and Pomp sings songs beneath his breath he learned while herding. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In school they had learned to speak simple Japanese and paint pictures of the three beautiful places. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew: that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I have a flashback to the last time I went snooping where I didn’t belong, and for a heartbeat I wonder if maybe I should’ve learned my lesson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At the end of the tour I learned that she perished at Auschwitz. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We soon learned to dodge chalk and protect our heads and stomachs whenever she approached us with a question. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said Colin, which is what he had learned to say when he had nothing to say. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Bill learned that if a spacecraft were held steady in this region, the side pointed toward the sun would get too hot, and the side in the shadow would get too cold. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving around as much as she has, she learned to take care of her few possessions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I learned on Bourbon Street from giants in the earth,” I said. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s time you learned to straighten up after yourself. You need to help me make this bed. After all, you slept in it too! Get over here!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had learned by then to say her name. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After the Associated Press picked up our January 15 story about George Dawson, who learned to read at 98, hundreds of inspired readers wrote him cards and letters. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was learning to write her name in Zhaganashimowin, the white man’s language, and she taught Omakayas the things she learned. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

If I've learned one thing from my stay at Club Mars, it's that everything can be useful. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I include phrases in Urdu like “ye ha,” which means “this is,” that Zohra used to say all the time, and new words I learned and don’t want to forget. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“If there’s anything to be learned from this,” he said, “it’s about the stink and taint of original sin. I expect you’d better think about that while you do The Verse.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she disappears into the bathroom, Scoob tries to sift through some of the new stuff he’s learned and get his bearings. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

In this way I learned why some Amazonians have a jaundiced view of biodiversity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Baker learned something else that interested him: Booth was now in the company of three Confederate soldiers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I think you haven’t learned anything, I will not hesitate to keep you both out there for another couple years.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

What would I have learned if I had been here when my mother was Dauntless? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When Stanton learned about Anthony’s work, she was proud. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then she went to singing a Nigerian grief song learned from her daddy, who was lured onto an illegal slave ship in 1848, when he was only twelve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That’s how I learned that being brave is sometimes the most dangerous thing to be, that it’s a trait to be used sparingly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was, but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I learned which inns and restaurants threw away the best food, and how rotten food needed to be before it made you sick to eat it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In 1962, CIA officials learned that the Soviets might be willing to exchange Powers for a senior KGB agent, Colonel Rudolf Abel, who was then languishing in a US federal prison in Georgia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Any tears I might have shed were instead replaced with shock when I learned how much debt Dad had accumulated. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From things she heard she learned that the tall man was the sheriff and wanted to question her, and that the young man named Adam was protecting her from the questioning. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell you these things because I am not ashamed of them, because I learned from them. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Marigold had learned anything that week, it was that trying hard and being a good person didn’t always mean that good things would happen to you. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the people in Central Park learned that one of the toy sailboats was being steered by a mouse in a sailor suit, they all came running. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I learned the phrase “Are you hiring?” and taught Arturo the words. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That’s how he learned to kick so hard, drilling those penalty kicks into the back of the goal net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan and Pop never learned who it was. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He learned map reading, radio communication, and first aid. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I felt strange. Because their methods were different. They were learning usages that my group hadn’t learned yet, so we felt stupid.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: We all want everything to be okay. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’d learned a thing or two about hinges thanks to Margo, and I realized why we hadn’t had any luck pulling on all those doors: they opened in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I believe this was the first rule of life that I learned, though it was a twitch in my muscles rather than a thought in my head: Always be the first to move. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We did not object, for church was not where we learned of God or His ways, but where we met our school friends and continued our long, rambling talks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The information in the brains, the learned information, includes such things as who your mother is, or the meaning of the song you are hearing just now. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eventually learned the name of the movie, Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, and I learned something else, too: Mr. Potts had been accused of molesting children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At the same time, Washington learned about the unguarded gunpowder and asked that a ship of the Rhode Island Navy sail to Bermuda and get the gunpowder. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned that there were others of my kind out there. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The old man who learned to read has touched the hearts of people who read about him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, we learned that he had sent us others but that Mama burned them the way she’d burned his face. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z