| 单词 | lecture |
| 例句 | When Howard Clement stood up and began his usual lecture on the History of Racial Oppression, even many blacks in the group rolled their eyes and muttered to one another, “There he goes again.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One week, after a lecture by the foreman on increasing productivity, Lefty speeded up his work, grinding a bearing every twelve seconds instead of fourteen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Even now, as I scrutinize the components of the confrontation—the threat, the denial, the lecture, the apology—it is difficult to relate them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I flipped through my notebook to the lecture on negative and positive liberty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She walked into the quiet, empty lecture hall and looked around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I guess it is no surprise that he drowses during lectures. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His response was a lecture attacking Aristotle’s account of falling bodies, the weakest point in his physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If I’d stopped to think about it, I might have realized that I was burned-out by school—by the grind of lectures, papers, and exams—and probably would have benefited from doing something different. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The lecture inspired Guth to take an interest in cosmology, and in particular in the birth of the universe. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath and slowly ran his hand back and forth across his mouth as if he were trying to erase it and the lecture he was supposed to deliver. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Professor Binns, glancing up in the middle of a deadly dull lecture on the International Warlock Convention of 1289, looked amazed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The lecture is on African American history, and the professor is someone I’ve read about online. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In medical school, the first two years consisted mainly of lecture courses, but Farmer managed, with the blessing of the faculty, to make frequent visits to Haiti, taking his notes and textbooks with him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There was a real sense of feeling bad that we had, in some collective way, let down Miss Emily, but try as we might, we couldn’t really follow these lectures. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lecture was interrupted by a knock at the front door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At school, we’d been put through the paces of teacher-led evacuation drills, dutifully enduring lectures on how to stop, drop, and roll. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I can still hear the preacher’s twang as he lectured us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was supposed to go to Dillard and give a lecture Monday,” he said sadly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Benji felt a little twitch in his neck muscles, lecturing someone about honesty. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I approach Mr. Griffiths with dread, ready to get a lecture or, worse, a failing grade. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “His mood,” Watson recalled, “was no longer that of a confident master lecturing hapless colonial children.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Dad said sternly, like someone who was about to begin a long lecture. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “When you don’t talk for two seconds? When you have to listen to somebody else instead of talk? Is that a lecture?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As I came out of the store, one woman was excitedly describing for the rest a Malcolm X lecture she had heard in Mosque Number 7 one Sunday. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He'll read a lecture on an aspect of the woman question he's never thought about. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even know it was possible to smile and lecture someone at the same time, but here I am. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They were lecturing us on “the proper attitude” and the responsibility of our parents. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Father, if he hasn’t anything else to do, let him drive me to my lecture at the University tonight.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As he begins to lecture Amit about the state of the Bangladeshi economy, I sit quietly and finish my fourth cup of tea since the morning. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Forget how taste. Listen. Some are right and some are wrong,” Ralph lectured. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Starry lectures me to be kind, but I can't help wanting to yank Ma out of her patriarchal prison. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I often studied at Grandma’s so Dad wouldn’t lecture me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In talking about Reverend Harris, however, the regent, for the first time, gave me a lecture on how I was to conduct myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs were lecture halls and classrooms, all of them empty, with clean blackboards and freshly waxed floors. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z One of the educational system’s pervasive responses to Littleton was to lecture oddballs and geeks about the importance of not slaughtering others. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His final decades were spent mostly storming out of labs and lecture halls all across Europe. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Almost before we were introduced, P. D. launched into bitter complaints, wanting to know why Dean Gandy had not insisted he give the lecture today. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I’d corrected my mistake, the lecture was nearly finished. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If he says what Apa wants to hear, the lecture will end. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He lectured you about respecting your elders and then let me play with the keyboard until your grounding was over, which was kind of awesome. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The woman lectured on the play of light and shadow. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Liyana had been reading about its shows and lectures in the newspaper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My mother didn’t suffer lectures from strange men. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They were supposed to just go by the lecture hall later for the big announcement. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I found Vanessa before the next lecture and apologized for the joke. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The teacher lectured for about five minutes, and then it was time to do a worksheet on genetic makeup. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad spent most of that last year at LSU skipping classes so he could be with my mom, who wondered why getting a degree didn't actually require attending lectures. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Usually I ignored his lecturing but today I was gripped by it, and by this strange, thirsty terrain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The lecture was to be given tomorrow, and it was now almost eight-thirty. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "So again our great tactician has relieved himself. Today he's a busy man. First an oration over the body of Brutus, and now a lecture on the patience of the Negro people." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Stevens was disappointed about missing the man’s talk—his fellowship often prevented his attendance at guest lectures—but the money would remove some of the sting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I think about it constantly, only to hear my parents lecture me on how if I ate better food, I’d have no zits. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "Now he's lecturing us on the conditioned reflexes of the Negro people," Tobitt said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Or rather, Woody would listen to Papa lecture him on true loyalty, pacing from bunk to bunk, waving his cane. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z On Third Avenue they would all go off to the market together first thing in the morning, talking and pushing and stopping to lecture to children in gutters and streets. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My instructor, Donald Defier, a gnomish balding man, paced at the front of the lecture hall and flipped on an overhead projector. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I had readied myself for her lectures before. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “The lecture is at six, but the carriage is leaving at half past five. Haven’t you been paying attention? Miss Anderson and Miss Duncan Ve been talking about it all week.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We crossed to the faded red love seat and sat together, waiting to discover the subject of that afternoon's lecture. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I see Isabel lift her eyebrows and look upward as if praying for patience, and I almost laugh, for I did the same when my father lectured me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I stood there waiting to be released from this lecture. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Her last lecture was on what she called “human excrement.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Consulting contracts were tendered by Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and the American Cyanamid Company, and invitations flowed in to serve on government committees, to lecture, to testify before Congress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t need another lecture,” I say to her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I expected a full-fledged grilling or a lecture, but he went easy on me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She responded, “You are not a slave, suppose you quit lecturing on slavery.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z To me, the lectures were gibberish, probably because for most of January, I thought Europe was a country, not a continent, so very little of what the professor said made sense. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At first, I was annoyed at her lecture, but then suddenly—it began to make sense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t lecture me, Mr. Das,” she would say in a taunting voice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Had she missed another lengthy lecture on a movie plot and the dreaminess of the leading man? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The teacher had the students complete some Punnett squares and then began lecturing again in a straightforward, no-nonsense style. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A curtain kept his model hidden until near the end of his lecture, when he proudly unveiled his latest creation. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Eventually he turned his apartment into a chapel, began giving lectures on medical miracles, and told reporters he dreamed of moving to South America and becoming a dictator. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He continues to lecture, attend meetings and conferences, treat patients, and raise funds for PIH. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes the Carter Cowboys’ football coach, Freddie James, lectured his talented subjects on the evils of what would happen if they acted too wild and showed no respect for rules and order. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered some science lecture about the human body being mostly water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After the lecture, I returned to my room, where I stared out my window at the stone gate with its medieval battlements. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One thing that occurs to me now is that when the guardians first started giving us proper lectures about sex, they tended to run them together with talk about the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came a widely reported lecture at Northwestern University by AEC commissioner Willard Libby, a former Berkeley chemistry professor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Every single lecture my dad had ever given me about strangers seemed to be coming true. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’m just estimating, because I didn’t think to count until about halfway through the lecture. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In the next room, a thin man in spectacles lectures in front of a chalkboard while a girl in one corner studiously takes notes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “All right, ladies, let's make our way down to the university. We don't want to be late for the lecture.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He’s going to lecture me about how I behaved in group today. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Didn’t you get the same lecture I did? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Is it me or are you now given to delivering little lectures?” she asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Leg in its senses of gathering, choosing, and speaking gave rise to the Latin legere, and thus words like “lecture” and “legible.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The lecture was not exactly a success, I'm afraid. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused, and the entire lecture hall held its breath. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Already the lecture is beginning to interest several dedicated people I know. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have been in that lecture hall. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It is my way of telling her I don’t need a lecture right now. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z No one was lecturing us about misbehavior or consequences. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They chose discussions over lectures, experience over theory. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives this lecture once every few days. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z My mom starts lecturing him like he’s one of her students. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The question is answered when hate notes and truck-loads of pansies are delivered to my training camp, the little sanctuary where I skip rope while listening to taped lectures on coronary collateralization and threadworm infection. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was something purposefully severe and offhanded in Franklin’s manner of speaking; she delivered her lecture as if reading the Soviet evening news. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The windows to the lecture hall were shut, so there wasn’t much chance of my being overheard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling gestured to his lecture outline about the Roman Empire and said, “Then surely you know what Edgar Allan Poe and Julius Caesar have in common?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t really planning to switch it off—he’d heard too many lectures from Mom about not messing with her work. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I'm playing along because this isn't one of Dad's usual lectures, like where he sucks all the fun out of a roller coaster by talking about g-forces and potential energy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 This is a lecture, and usually I hate being lectured, but this is also part of Grandpa’s story. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The imam delivers the weekly Friday sermon, speaks every Sunday, and gives lectures regularly. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She wasn’t one to give lectures or draw attention to her own sacrifices. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I refuse the gift, he shakes his head at my giveaway project but doesn’t lecture. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They had taken away her physics books and the piles of dusty spiral pads full of lecture notes that had ringed her room, and she was confined to grounds again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Dad had begun a new lecture, and this time I was present enough to hear it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Colored Men’s Library Association was built in 1887, a gathering place for black men to read and listen to lectures. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z No way was I risking sitting through Mom’s honesty lecture. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “No, but I had to listen to him kvetch for a solid twenty minutes before he surrendered them. If there’s one thing that man knows, it’s how to lecture people.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I will see most of you later this evening for the lecture at the university. Please make sure you wear your Sunday best for this fine event.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She gave us lectures on women’s suffrage, Shakespeare, Beethoven, English history, and horticulture, and always had two freezers of homemade ice cream, which was why we all went. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Certainly none of us, I now felt, after the lieutenant’s lecture, would hesitate to help a fellow officer in trouble. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked slowly to her desk, expecting to be lectured; but my heart quickened when I saw her go to the corner and select a long, green, limber switch and come toward me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thank you all: students and friends. And thus my humble lecture ends.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sheriff gave me a lengthy and severe lecture about driving without a license, and he made me promise that I would not drive again until I was sixteen. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z When she came home from her lecture, he was in the living room waiting for her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Gradually, this informal history grew into a course of study, constructed by the High Organ, which became known as Syllabus A, involving two years of lectures on the ANC and the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Those present were Mr. Gitney, Dr. Trefusis — who sat against a wall, his chair tipped back on two legs — and Mr. Sharpe, who rose as I sat, ready to begin a lecture, I perceived. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If I wasn’t going to learn anything from Hemme’s lectures, I might as well start educating myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To the tolling of the bell we walk along the paths once used by students, past buildings that were once lecture halls and dormitories. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the glass, Keto was leading Coach Hedge through the amphitheater, lecturing him on something while the coach nodded and admired the stadium seating. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the morning, his mother would venture downstairs to lecture him on the evils of selfishness and bad language. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Still, Ms. Banks was pretty gentle with the lecture. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z While he was lecturing Frank and Percy on Archimedean mechanics, Hazel stared at the stone archway and muttered under her breath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “This pistol,” Colonel Meecham said authoritatively as if he were lecturing recruits, “is to be used only in case of emergencies.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead of lecturing the girl about figuring things out for herself, Vola crouched down to study the elephant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There hadn’t been a black face on that screen—at least none that I remembered—since the lectures on slavery. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z According to an account recorded by a friend of Stanton’s, her father told her, “Your first lecture will be a very expensive one,” threatening to disinherit her if she went through with it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I’d been wondering whether something was wrong with me since the beginning of the semester, when I’d attended my first lecture on world affairs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Once or twice a day, mixed in with my normal lectures, Ben would present me with a little mental exercise I would have to master before we went on to anything else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the other hand the science teacher, Jose Tapia, was always lecturing us on how fortunate we were because we were young and Latin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Sleep—Lights out around 10 p.m., but I can stay up in the bathroom reading or writing, provided—Mami does love a lecture—that I am very quiet, so as not to bother the Mancinis. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I relaxed a bit, knowing his tone meant a temporary reprieve from the lecture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Journeys of discovery require more than just a working maritime knowledge,” the captain lectures. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Instead of reading in the library or attending lectures, I watched TV in my room, working my way through every popular series from the past two decades. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I crossed my arms and waited for a lecture. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And now, Reuven, the lecture is over, I am going to finish my tea, and we will go to bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Cambridge, England, was behind Cambridge, Massachusetts: at Harvard, George Sarton gave his first lecture course in the history of science in 1917 and became professor of the history of science in 1940. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But then the Indian gives me a scowl, as though I am the most repugnant thing he's ever seen, and turns and leaves the lecture hall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A sister recalled that Farmer had put an incredible amount of work into his presentation, including charcoal drawings of reptiles and a lecture on various animals’ diets and life spans. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z My parents tell me that even before I could talk, I would toddle into the empty classrooms and lecture. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I took the ball out of his hands, wanting to practice my midrange jump shot instead of listening to a lecture about my future prospects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Sabbatini, like a lot of teachers at the Hollows, recorded his lectures. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The other kids in the class fidgeted, and even Mr. Roberts stopped every so often to dab at his forehead with an off-white handkerchief before continuing to lecture the disinterested, overheated students about biodiversity. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was precious little anger involved with a beating, just a lecture explaining why you were getting one and why it was good for you. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z During a lecture on triangles, I had the sudden insight that there was a relationship between the three sides and the angles they formed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I ask him a question, and I get a lecture. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For once she doesn’t lecture me about yelling at an adult. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I really don’t mind what you wrote about the lecture. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad takes a deep breath, which signals a lecture. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After lecturing for an hour, Anthony got to the point: She asked the potential jurors not to return a verdict of “guilty” if chosen to determine her fate. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I aced all of my general education classes, which was a minor miracle given how I’d sit in lectures and think of the soft hook of Soraya’s nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Langley offered on its premises a series of lectures on aerodynamics, open to all comers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I chose a seat around the large square table and listened as the two students nearest me discussed the lecture topic, which was Isaiah Berlin’s two concepts of liberty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I resisted the urge to answer that charge, and Dad lectured on. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not here for a lecture. I’m sorry. Tell me about yourself.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The following afternoon, the Champions stood gathered around Brullo, who lectured them on different weapons and other nonsense she’d learned years ago and didn’t need to hear again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As we rode along, he started lecturing my mother about being in a car with a man who was not her husband. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1583 a strange little Italian gave a series of lectures in Oxford. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A fourth stroke was delivered, with the lecture continuing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you going to deliver lectures all the way home?” he asked presently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z His father keeps busy with his research, delivering lectures at Jadavpur University. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there was a lecture coming, and he was composing it in his head. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They know this lecture is a sham just as much as I do, but none of them are willing to stand up and lose what little standing they have with the mayor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The lecture starts with some priest named Greg who studied vegetables, and ends up with an argument about blue eyes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I picture the Islamic Center—the two-story community building holds the main hall, where lectures, weddings, and all the parties take place. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Dad began a lecture, pausing often so Mother could ratify his remarks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was given a secret little book known as “The Los Alamos Primer,” made up of copies of the lectures Robert Serber had given the year before. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was groaning from around the lecture hall, and Max laughed as he stepped back and Anita took his spot. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “People wanted to believe them,” I mutter, thinking about poor Othello from the lecture and his willingness to die for Professor Ghering's delusions. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z His presence surprised me, since it was against his character to seek the trauma of watching two thousand bread-and-butter biochemists pile in and out of badly lighted baroque lecture halls. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z There, I won’t lecture any more, for I know you’ll wake up and be a man in spite of that hardhearted girl.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It turns out this is a group interview, conducted by Todd in a large room, where we applicants sit in folding chairs while Todd, a sharply dressed fellow of about thirty, lectures and shows transparencies. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Get distracted from the lecture, and his own analysis of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That’s where teachers stumbled across it right before their lectures on poetry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The lectures of that day have already begun. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The guide was lecturing telepathically, simply standing there, sending out thought waves to the crowd. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like that, I'm no longer in the lecture hall but back at Rose Hill Plantation, watching as the major slowly uncoils the horse whip from its hook. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Rather than squabbling over sites, he lectured, the different factions needed to recognize that for the exposition to succeed, everyone had to work together, no matter which location the directors selected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The trip had three functions: as a lecture tour, an opportunity for more fund-raising, and an introduction of the Lawrences’ first child, seven-month-old John Eric, to his Blumer grandparents in New Haven. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Now,” lectured Mr. Aaa, “do you think it fair of Mr. Ttt to be so ill-mannered?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z One of her most familiar lectures is on the sin of wasteful spending. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Almost nightly he lectured him, but not violently. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She had responded by showing up with her dresses hemmed from the bottom and scalloped from the top, threatening, as Mr. Turner lectured her, “to meet somewhere in the middle.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He braced himself for one of Lillian’s cold, puissant lectures to enfilade the dispirited citadel of his self-respect. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple heard the lecture hall doors open and footsteps come toward her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was preparing letters and lectures about the flying saucers, the negligibility of death, and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day Fela skipped her lecture on Advanced Geometries and made her way to the Archives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She mesmerized lecture halls of students with her drama and passion, with ideas critics called daring and groundbreaking. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Max stood at the front of the lecture hall, stroking his beard and smiling benevolently at them all. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her grandmother treated him to what were referred to as “curtain lectures.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Father’s friend. I’m so surprised to see you!” stammered Meg, feeling that she was in for a lecture now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z An all-black group of junior high school girls paid close attention to Mary and Emma Jean’s joint lecture, entitled “The Aspects of Engineering for Women.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Because they came in the late evenings, she was surprised to hear the doorbell ring one afternoon, a week later, when Odenigbo was still at a lecture. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A lieutenant attached to the Academy was dispatched, telling us at the end of a lecture on another subject that somebody had to go “and straighten things out down there.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While he lectured about my inappropriate behavior, I studied the inky little stars and hearts I had drawn on my arm that morning. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The lecturers were mostly banned members, and I myself frequently gave lectures in the evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you call a lecture?” asked Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They were lectured in military engineering and taught to read maps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The lecture hall is inside and to the right of the main entryway and we easily find our classmates. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After a few lectures Cal found him unbearably smug and told him so. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When I came out of it I received the usual lecture about slowing up, losing weight, limiting the cholesterol intake. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I could overhear my dad lecturing him once, as I watched cartoons in the living room. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z It stands in the tradition of Kuhn’s 1991 lecture ‘The Trouble with the Historical Philosophy of Science’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This old woman gave a lecture wherein she managed to talk for ninety minutes about Sylvia Plath without ever once quoting a single word of Sylvia Plath. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Tall tan girls wearing white strapless dresses sat directly in front of me in lecture rooms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s like he barely went to Georgetown, merely powered through a series of lectures that happened to be in the same geographical area. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Somewhere in there was a lecture on personal hygiene by the head Englishman, and then a free election. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He would probably never have had his great theory except that he happened to attend a lecture on the Big Bang given by none other than Robert Dicke. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I finally just caved and wrote down the highlights from her lecture about the Importance of School Safety Rules. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Once there, it seemed as if he might actually lecture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’d catch up with her and give her a lecture about running off. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I find it now in books I was reading, in my lecture notes, in the margins of my journal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was obviously glad to be done with the first part of his lecture, but he was no gladder than his listeners. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When I said Montgomery, they launched into a lecture about Monroeville’s prominence as a result of Harper Lee and her famous novel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He moped around the Boston PIH office for a while, then went on a lecture tour, hitting small towns in Maine, Texas, Kansas, and Iowa, explaining the situation in Haiti to anyone who would listen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Right there he took the opportunity to lecture me about why the hens shouldn’t wander away from the safety of the barnyard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If I skipped a meal, he lectured me, telling me I shouldn’t listen to outsiders and their skewed views on beauty. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He had jotted this down after doing an hour’s worth of research instead of going to his Human Anatomy lecture that morning. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The leaflets glided toward the first floor just as students burst out of the lecture halls. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Today the lecture is in the tower, my least favorite location. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bohr waspishly lectured G. P. Thomson of the Cavendish, who had been stumping for Cockcroft and Walton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the evenings, the Foundation has organized lectures, discussions, and excursions to the opera and the ballet. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Here’s a scrape! Do let me bring that wicked boy over to explain and be lectured. I can’t rest till I get hold of him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't mind the idea so much, but I didn't feel like being lectured to and smell Vicks Nose Drops and look at old Spencer in his pajamas and bathrobe all at the same time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She knows about me, Ben thought to himself, she knows and this lecture is directed at me and no one else. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex is taking notes in a policy lecture when he gets the first text. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The lecturing tone and bewildering phrases from a judge I’d never met left me completely confused. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A lecture was hastily arranged for the session at which Perutz spoke. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I could tell he was going to say something serious, because he was very shy, and I'd heard him dear his throat in that same way before giving an important economics lecture. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Sue replied by closing her eyes and then assuming a patronizing lecturing voice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Undaunted, Anthony organized another lecture tour and addressed crowds in Ontario County for twenty-one days in a row. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Leaving the lights out, they ran their hands along square wall panels in lecture rooms, tapping softly and looking for hidden compartments. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z In recent years I have had occasion to lecture in ghetto high schools. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “While in Baltimore, I had the benefit of attending a lecture given by a professor named Ghering. You heard of him?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “So the aristocrat presumes to lecture us about equality,” he said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This going to be one of your lectures?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But it was just another lecture about respecting ladies. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He always spoke respectfully and with a certain surprise of the positive response of white students to his lectures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If he reported Dana to Miss Hennepin, she’d do nothing more than summon him to her office for a stern lecture, which Dana would laugh off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was there, at the request of the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, to give a series of lectures on world democracy. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When Sarah and Daniel and I run through our allowances and ask to borrow money from our folks, we get a huge lecture, and then they make it a teachable moment. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand in the ghetto classroom—‘the guest speaker’—attempting to lecture on the mystery of the sounds of our words to rows of diffident students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After Michael is gone, Mr. Patchett takes a deep breath and launches into a long lecture on following rules. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When Tatterfell comes in to light the lamps, she finds me dressing for a lecture, which begins in the late afternoons and stretches on into some evenings. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In my head I'm getting ready to launch into a lecture about appearance versus reality, but I hear Alicia call, "Who is it, Mom?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I also keep lecturing her nonstop about the flaws in Christianity, quoting Freud, Feuerbach, and Darwin, but it doesn't stop the churchgoing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Javier wrote her a long letter after his father died three years ago, and said he’d finally become a professor of biochemistry at the University of Prague, lecturing in Russian, German, and Czech. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dr. Kimball lectured on World War II, the screen showed rows of fighter planes interspersed with the skeletal remains of bombed cities. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The rest of us had no trouble looking pleasant after the photographer lectured Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z After the lecture I tried to seek him out. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The next morning the old man has the two hauled up and lectures and jaws at them so long that in the end they consent. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They had met, as usual, in front of the Ekpo refectory after their morning lecture. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s awful. All those math classes I signed up for...well, I don’t have the foggiest idea what’s going on. The professor’s talking in the lecture hall, and it’s like he’s speaking another language.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Before leaving, Jean had gone to the lecture where Linus had made the announcement. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Now would come a lecture, or more accurately, an oration, because Scythe Goddard loved nothing more than performing to the gallery, even if it was just a gallery of one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Those members in attendance would in turn give the same lectures to others in their homes and communities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure my mom and I will attend the lecture. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Stanton spoke at rallies and lectured wherever she could. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He pulled up a seat next to them and began to go over his notes from Mr. Roberts’s biology lecture. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I've been preparing for this day since my thirteenth birthday; all of the lessons, the lectures, the practice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Yo, man, you don’t blow a chance to give up a lecture, do you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z At this point in his lecture, Botticelli laughed so hard that he had to sit down and catch his breath. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z So I sat at the wooden worktable in the back of Ben’s wagon and chafed at wasting the day listening to him lecture me about things I already understood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And she did not pine: she added new material to her lectures, cooked long meals, read new books, bought new records. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He popped up about five feet away and stood on his hind feet to lecture me again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He lectured in a thick wool jacket even in hot weather. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She did not once lecture her as though she were a slow child the way Amelia often did—or offer a single explanation as Prudence would have felt obliged to. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Dante’s father made us change into dry clothing when we got to his house, and gave us a lecture. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure if it was from yesterday’s head injury, Phorcys’s special effects, or his sister’s lectures on nauseating sea monster facts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She would also lecture him on his duty to set a good example for little mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z My mom won’t do anything and my father is always too tired to give me a lecture. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z During a lecture in Nebraska, an outspoken man interrupted her speech. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I figured she would give him some kind of lecture, but Mom took his hand and said, “Thanks. That means a lot coming from you, Mr. Perfect.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Unfortunately the lecture was on cellular anatomy, something I’d already studied. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I once attended a lecture on biology addressed to a large general audience at a conference on technology, entertainment, and design. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And almost every day I received either a lecture or cocotazos for not doing everything. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded, his mouth pursed—thinking, no doubt, about the lecture on reservation policy he would deliver to my parents—and, with an ostentatious rattle, went back to his paper. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the beginning, the lectures were not systemized, but within a number of months there was a set curriculum. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Card playing, guessing games, impersonations, listening to gramophone records, slide lectures, reading aloud—the men found ways of entertaining themselves and keeping their thoughts occupied in the long, dark winter months. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She gathered up her lecture notes and, somewhat distractedly, called the children together. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I got quite the lecture about that particular collaboration,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the lecture had already started and there were only a few empty seats, he ostentatiously collected his things and moved to a seat distant from me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While Parliament debated the new bill, Clarkson and his allies went on lecturing, talking, changing minds all across England. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I wish I could explain to you how fascinating and stimulating are the lectures that we receive here at Miss Preston's, but I’m afraid my descriptions will never do them justice... Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I didn’t tell you guys. Sorry. I didn’t want to hear Tab’s lecture.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Here in the city, tuition, books, lectures, and rent had him subsisting on crusts for days on end. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He would lecture me about his latest research into the boring life of some dead guy while I ate tiny forkfuls of mushroom omelette and nibbles of cinnamon bagel with butter. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She didn’t want a lecture from him too. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When class begins and the teacher starts to lecture, all I need to do is listen and take notes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Then there came a kind of natural end to her lecture, and we all gave a sigh, thanked her and went out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This, he thinks, is the pure they were always lecturing about at Schulpforta. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Thank you, once again, for agreeing to do this, Jake,” said Professor Garcia as he led the way into a lecture hall with at least two hundred seats. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Then he gave the poor guy a lecture on black business and how we need to do better, while Cecil gave him a history lesson on James Brown and Ray Charles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Over the years, her son had written her only sporadically, quick notes jotted down, it seemed to Celia, between his lectures. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After the lecture, I go down the steps carefully, remembering taking them at a run after stabbing Valerian. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The first week passed in a blur of lectures. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the past he had lectured Nancy on the dangers of working with Ebola in a space suit, and now he was leading a team into an Ebola hell. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next 15 minutes, Mr. Stoker lectures us on being honest and working hard and having principles. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Lee said, “I lectured you yesterday, on war.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And he loved to deliver lectures or sermons about life while he was with us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “She’s upstairs getting yelled at by her parents. But, like, how long does that lecture last? I mean, what do you say? ‘You shouldn’t screw Margo’s boyfriend in the basement.’ Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I know they came back with nothing, my friend! Don’t lecture me!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z No one would try to lecture me about anything here. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The nurse lectures me as she pulls off the wet sheets. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Hemme gave up all pretext of lecture and lay in wait for the next tardy student. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the pipe-filling business and the lecture went on for maybe another thirty seconds. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z On the second floor there were some offices and three empty lecture rooms, all with rows of wooden chairs, old oil paintings on the walls, and elaborate leaded glass windows. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z And so he did, ignoring her for the rest of the lecture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and resolved not to pester Ben so much when he was lecturing me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her parents had encouraged these expeditions, believing she was at the library, or attending lectures — they hoped she would go to Princeton for college, live with them at home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z While sitting in on other professors’ lectures, Oppenheimer was known to squirm impatiently. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After we moved to Montclair, Aunt Anne came to stay with us for several days while Mother and Dad were away on a lecture tour. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Hardly giving us time to breathe, Ms. Faraci launched into her lecture on acids and bases and the importance of a neutral pH. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If Dad came through again, a snarl would sound through the house, and Mother would have to sit through a lecture on leaving lights on in empty rooms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z During the late 1920s and 1930s black and white patrons integrated the audiences of numerous lectures, meetings, and concerts in government auditoriums and in private concert halls. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Any more than it’s proper to wear all your bonnets and gowns and ribbons at once, that folks may know you’ve got them,” added Jo, and the lecture ended in a laugh. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned an eclectic smattering of Commonwealth law from a traveling barrister too drunk or too pompous to realize he was lecturing an eight-year-old. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked smaller in his office than he did in the lecture hall, and more shiny: the light above his desk reflected off his head and glasses. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After the staff lecture, Robin went to give bis orders to the men. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who’s he, to lecture me about being out-of-bounds?” said Harry in mild indignation as he folded up Sirius’s letter and put it inside his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His glow lingered in the eyes of people leaving a lecture. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These statements are met with lectures at first, but they soon become loudly voiced decrees and slammed doors. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z What a thrill, he thinks, to stand lecturing before a roomful of American students. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Anytime I got in trouble it was tough love, lectures, punishment, and hidings. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had been reading books and had gone to some lectures, but that didn’t seem like enough. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The lecture hall is packed to the rafters. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z This was the time of hygiene lectures, and of practicing blanket-baths on life-size models—Mrs. Mackintosh, Lady Chase, and baby George whose blandly impaired physique allowed him to double as a baby girl. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s been nice, working at Jimmy’s with you guys, eating whatever I want and not having anyone look at me funny or lecture me.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A lecture was coming on, and he was in no mood to be patronized. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The fact that she insisted on using her own lecture notes with added quotations from Chairman Mao instead of the mimeographed handouts made us respect her even more. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She recruited working women, set up lecture tours for British suffragettes, and brought in a number of wealthy supporters to the cause. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When Dad got back I got a lecture about arrogance. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The National Geographic Society had scheduled a formal dinner in his honor before the lecture. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Before this, I had got someone else to give my lectures for me, because most people could not understand my voice. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his hand on the handle of the door to the lecture hall and turned around to glance at her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Amy’s lecture put the matter in a new light, and for the first time it did look weak and selfish to lose heart at the first failure, and shut himself up in moody indifference. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z From Chester’s kittenhood on, Mr. Monroe has used him as a sounding board for all his student lectures. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I walked to the edge of the living room and just waited for the lecture I knew was coming. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Your health is more important than any paper chain,” Mom lectures. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In 1574, Tycho spent part of his time in observing, but most of the year in Copenhagen, where, at the behest of the King, he gave a series of lectures at the university. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Guiteau set off on a tour throughout the Midwest and East to make money lecturing about his views on the Second Coming of Christ. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I knew I was lecturing him and knew he didn't like it, but I wanted him to know that we were going to defend Walter in a serious way. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In the end, Anthony went back on the lecture circuit to raise money to pay off the debt. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He began a lecture about liberal professors, and Mother mixed batter for pancakes, periodically murmuring in agreement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I could tell he was annoyed by my lecturing and legal arguments, and I was pretty sure he thought I was being pushy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Once, in the middle of winter, someone opened a window while she was lecturing and threw ice water on her; instead of surrendering, Stone wrapped a shawl around her shoulders and kept talking. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The lecture ends, “Slow down. You’re not as young as you once were.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well? Do I need to lecture you about how stupid it was to sneak into the ball, or can I just ask you to dance with me instead?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Had not the Secretary of the Young Women’s Fordian Association asked her to give a lecture about her experiences? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I attended lectures at LSE and worked at the university library to get by. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I tried to ignore the ache and focus on my classes, but it felt as though I were being asked to sit through a lecture while a wolf gnawed on my jaw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Primarily, I’ll be getting lectured by old men in lederhosen and posing for photos with windmills. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They do research and lecture in the Education and Psychology Departments.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The camera’s POV was from the back of the lecture hall. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z "Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes," Jake lectured. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The day before departing Base Camp, Rob had sat the team down in the mess tent and given us a lecture about the importance of obeying his orders on summit day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But the visit also revived a desire in Galileo to return to Tuscany for the latter part of his life, preferably with a court appointment that would free him from any lecturing duties. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Clergymen who had seen it were working the fair into sermons and lectures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I am by no means a scholar and not much of a teacher, and I would generally prefer to answer questions than to lecture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He is convinced that the entire school is listening to Mr. Lawson’s lecture. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the examination, the pariahs were made to stand before the class while Nurse gave a lecture about how filthy those little girls were and how they had to be shunned. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was always giving me lectures about physical violence. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Dad stays in the den after his small dinner and doesn’t give me the lecture about responsibility that I’m expecting. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They didn’t lecture, but rather indulged every question we asked, no matter how juvenile. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1904, Galton presented his argument for eugenics at a public lecture at the London School of Economics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And when the driver dropped us off at the farm stand, he gave us his own version of a lecture. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The officer who’d been lecturing us reached in and grabbed me by the shirt until he could get a good grip on my shoulder and pull me out of the vehicle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Amit is still on the bench, pretending to listen to the man's one-sided lecture. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Genes might have moved between organisms, but Griffith could not be forced to travel from his lab to his own lectures. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The tailor makes a few more measurements and gives me a lecture about not having a growth spurt. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Esperanza started pacing around the room as though she were lecturing a class. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z During the lectures and labs, the men were allowed to take notes, but at the end of the course, the notes were going to be collected and destroyed. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z More experienced students knew shortcuts, of course: which workrooms and lecture halls to cut through to reach your destination. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I hadn’t paid much attention to the lecture in school. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z John Mayer tackled orbital mechanics, Al Hamer lectured on rocket propulsion, and Alton Mayo handled reentry, the problems faced by an object returning to Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Old Professor Ghering called Negroes livestock the night of the fateful lecture. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In fact, he tried to smile, but still it was rather like a lecture. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She later lectured on the fine arts and published a weekly art journal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We all expected a lecture on school spirit, how we should think about the football team all summer and be ready to cheer them on come fall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I kept falling asleep, all day long, at the lectures we went to, and on the firing range, and everywhere else. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Just to make sure everything was still “educational,” he gave us a twenty-minute lecture about the science of snow before he set us free for the rest of the hour. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He had stopped over on his way to Brazil, where he was to lecture for a month on biophysics. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The lecture on pistils and stamens turns into a big Fla-ha. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Evans lectured the boys about fighting on the playground and then sent them back to their homerooms. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Skip the lecture,” said Ron impatiently, “and tell us the new password.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And I talked about the conditions that I had seen in that lab during my lectures all around America. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Grandmother started lecturing him about his ancestors—how they’d come over from China and prospered in the import/export business, eventually becoming one of the wealthiest Chinese families in Vancouver—well, it was boring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Miss Emily used to give a lot of the sex lectures herself, and I remember once, she brought in a life-size skeleton from the biology class to demonstrate how it was done. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Morning Herald had recently lectured, they had followed the “proper course in protesting substandard housing.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “That is an excellent question, Jane. Perhaps you would have heard how most of them were dismissed after their cowardly behavior at the lecture, if you had joined us in the sitting room.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “What do you know about him?” asked Laurie, grateful for the good advice, but objecting to the lecture, and glad to turn the conversation from himself after his unusual outbreak. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I admit it. You don’t have to lecture me.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Is that it?—and almost ruined my lecture. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get home from the lecture, I'm humming because I met a very passionate guy there, a freshman at NYU who's studying ecology. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After I’d gotten a lecture and ten work hours at Jury, I came back to Room 43 to find the Colonel telling Takumi everything—well, everything except the kiss. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “No lecture, man. I’m trying to tell you something.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For four months I attended lectures on geography and history and politics. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “If the baby doesn’t cry, the mother doesn’t know what he needs,” Stalin lectured Kurchatov. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So I spent long tedious hours trying to imitate her tiny, straight, even stitches, and she spent minutes ripping out my work and lecturing me none too gently on how bad it was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He also started to lecture the kneeling boy about sin and wrongdoing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In lectures given at Gresham College around this time, but not published until after his death, Hooke also specifically recognized that this implied major transformations in the surface of the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She once calculated that she had traveled thirteen thousand miles and conducted 171 lectures over the previous twelve months, earning $4,318 in gross receipts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This station with its hanging baskets of flowers is another sham, like Theresienstadt with its concerts, plays and lectures. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah. She watches me sleep. Plus she lectured me about bonding with Granddad and the littles. I have to connect with the family. Put on a smile.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He doesn’t lecture me often anymore, but I have his look of disapproval memorized. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Waiting for him to lecture me about you being in heaven, I chewed a mouthful of rice. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A strange feature was that the ordinary ants were not excited by the songs, nor interested by the lectures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z During a European sojourn, he surprised a colloquium at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands by delivering a lecture in Dutch, which he had taught himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Local newspapers panned his lecture as rambling nonsense, and he couldn't attract audiences. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Reading for the first time about the internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II, he went on to lecture about it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z So, just as Jeffrey looked up — there’s nothing he enjoys more than watching me get a good lecture — I whipped off the cap. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If Mr. Dussel’s just read me the riot act, Mother lectures me all over again, this time throwing the whole book at me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Failing a quiz did nothing to undermine my new devotion to an old creed, but a lecture on Western art did. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The national leadership noticed Paul’s eloquence and devotion to suffrage, and after her lecture she was asked to serve on their board. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But Dr. Roland had now begun an informative lecture concerning the care and function of the manifold gasket. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We can take in some shows, do a little shopping. We can always stop by NYU and see if there are any interesting lectures.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I overhear the sound bite about the Petrakises’ lawyer while I wait for another lecture from my guidance counselor about not living up to my potential. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Thankfully, I manage to tell her about my history professor, who swears during lessons, rides a motorcycle, and seems much more like someone you'd meet at a bar than in a lecture hall. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Tonight there's been some lecture in the dining hall on medieval Jewish history, and it's gotten out late. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The source of that confidence was a sustained programme of advertising the new science through public lectures and books conducted by the disciples of Newton, above all by Desaguliers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The latter was packed minimally with changes of clothes—o because it was too full of other things, such as slides for his upcoming lectures and presents for his Cuban hosts. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so I wouldn’t have to hear Mom give me a whole lecture. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I will explain this poster a little later in this letter because I imagine you are interested in knowing how this bold, dedicated lecture came about. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to show her some Museum displays having to do with the tree of evolution, that would help her in her lectures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In class as he lectured on poetry or the arts, he smoked long, thin cigarettes that he pulled individually from a silver case in his coat pocket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of Parliament were being confronted with the reality of slavery, just as audiences at Clarkson’s lectures were when he showed shackles and whips. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Grandma and Mother's lecturing certainly hadn't cut down on our television time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And they’re scurrying about, fluffing Jeffrey’s pillows, while I’m stuck here, getting lectured daily by Annette, just because I’m skipping an assignment here and there while the rest of my family is ON VACATION! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He’ll realize he can stop sending me lectures by mail about coming home and putting my life right. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1576, a few years before Bruno’s Oxford lecture, Digges had published a sixth edition of his father Leonard’s perpetual almanac, A Prognostication Everlasting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It seemed like a big deal when he first told you about it that day in class. Remember? You left the lecture hall crying.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Instead, my parsimonious father launches into a ten-minute-long lecture about how working for a living is hard and kids today don’t get it because they’re given allowances they don’t earn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We’re back in the Administration Building, where Diane and Sage pull out another clipboard for us to sign up for a lecture. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Nurse was still lecturing his master’s new prizes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So Mr. Nossik started in with his lecture about the accomplishments and difficult life of Charles Lindbergh. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He’d paced to the opposite end of the long hallway when the door to the lecture hall opened with a great bang. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Once, I asked Amma why she was always lecturing me about being good, and she told me it was because she didn't want me to end up in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The official syllabus was still largely based on Aristotle, and Galileo dutifully, but without enthusiasm, taught the party line in his lectures. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I did not want a lecture about how I needed to concentrate on my own life first. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It required a heroic effort—including a lot of painful pinches on the leg—to keep his eyes open and pay attention to Jackson’s long, droning lecture. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I got a lecture this morning, thanks to you,” I tell him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They looked at him, puzzled, and he explained, checking on his fingers in his lecture style. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Me: “Do you lecture all your friends like this?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She gave our parents a lecture before sending us off. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Today’s lecture was on presidential sex scandals through history, and he texts Nora: numbers on one of us getting involved in a sex scandal before the end of second term? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I braced myself for another lecture about why I shouldn’t communicate with Marcus. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z So he was going to deliver the lecture himself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was as if she knew he had lost a social life, and she insistently invited him to the arts theater, to public lectures, to play squash. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Gogol hopes that perhaps the biographical portion of the lecture is over. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My class was American Literature, a lecture about Frederick Douglass in a mostly empty auditorium, and it was incredibly difficult to stay awake. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Perhaps a description would be more helpful than a lecture on fairy genealogy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The Assembly Hall was used for large lectures, debates, plays, and concerts; it had the worst acoustics in the school. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “H. likes my interest in his lecture,” Berg jotted. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After delivering a brief lecture on the vagaries of grammar and syntax, calculated to irritate Burr, Hamilton went on the offensive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Was he going to turn me over to Mother for yet another lecture on good manners? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He listened to Dad, who settled into a lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The idea of this creature solemnly lecturing him— him—about the social order was really too grotesque. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They debated concepts from the lecture; I debated whether to drink my coffee. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I made one of the other Gentry kids describe what happened to you at that lecture,” Vivi says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Yes! We got invited to this fancy dinner party on account of saving so many folks at the lecture a couple of weeks ago.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, photographs faked. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Shin was a scrawny, incurious, and for the most part friendless child whose one source of certainty was the guards’ lectures about redemption through snitching. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He would lecture like he always did, steely but committed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I overhear Nicasia ask Locke once, as he joins them for a lecture. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The rest of the night was taken up by my father’s lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some stores which had nothing to gain from the children neither locked them out nor gave them anything save a profane lecture on the evils of begging. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She headed toward my boyfriend and started screaming and lecturing him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And though it was a welcome break from the monotony of lecture, this most recent activity had a sinister element too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The proposal won him only a stern lecture from Lewis Strauss, who maintained that concerns over fallout were overblown, and therefore a ban was unnecessary. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Jody’s father joined the conversation then and lectured the boy a little. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She immediately gave them an angry lecture on the value of rare books, but that only made things worse. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Prisoners are treated now like wild animals and are kept in cages,” he said in a lecture in 1905. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Professor Bello begins her lecture, I take out my notebook to write down everything she says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Often during lectures he would get so lost in his own equations that he would give up halfway through and tell the students to work it out for themselves. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The teachers would smuggle lectures over to them and they would respond with questions and comments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The lecture might have gone on for some time, but Gebu had evidently grown bored with baiting him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When Nixon came in, Kissinger launched into a lecture about how the president didn’t seem to grasp the danger of allowing top secret documents to be leaked to the press. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of December 18, 1944, in Zurich, Switzerland, Berg was a Swiss student, curious to hear a lecture by the great German physicist Werner Heisenberg. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried paying attention to Mr. Gunthrie’s lecture on British literature, but the side of Miles’s face had turned chalky white and was morphing into sickly green. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "You can't get her fired up about stuff like that anymore," Starry lectures. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was evident from the moment Lawrence stepped off the train in Boston that Harvard president James B. Conant had more on his mind than hearing his lecture. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Would I be getting the Bible lecture or the Letting-Down-My-Ancestors lecture? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Years later he would ask Leo Nedelsky, one of his Berkeley graduate assistants, to substitute for him in delivering a lecture. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I thought she was going to lecture me about my past not being an excuse for poor behavior. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There were mock lectures and sermons, and then Kerr, the second engineer, made an entrance dressed as a tramp and began singing a ridiculous rendition of “Spagoni the Toreador.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They even requested I lecture to the student body. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry mostly sends tame, fully clothed thirst traps that make Alex sweat in his lectures: a mirror shot, mud-stained white polo pants, a sharp suit. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I thought I would die on the ground there with a mouth full of dirt and blood and a white man cursing and lecturing as he beat me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A major was giving a lecture on military precedence: Howard could not be relieved except by written order or by Meade in person. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The lecture evolves into a list of commandments: You will not count all the miles that are left. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I went with him to college and university lectures, to radio and television stations for his broadcasts, and to public appearances in a variety of situations and locations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Bruno read Copernicus, lectured and wrote about him; often he was right where Copernicus was wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rather than go away and come back later, Galileo sat in on the lecture and became fascinated by the subject—his first encounter with mathematics proper, rather than mere arithmetic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z After his lecture, swarms of admirers surrounded him, and I didn’t have the courage to break in before he and his wife, Ava Helen, went back to the nearby Trianon Hotel. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z They turned around and walked back into the lecture hall. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Only a human wouldn’t be. Your species is clogging up the world so fast. . . ah, never mind. It’s useless to lecture a human. At the rate things are going, I’ll never find Pan.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If he hinted at a lecture or a concert, he was answered with a reproachful look, and a decided—“Leave my children for pleasure, never!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The father had given his young son a lecture about Liquorice Bootlaces when he had caught him eating one in bed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas’s heart hurt—he could remember getting that lecture but not who’d given it to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “You must be ladylike. They need to know that you can be trusted behind the counter,” she lectures at dinner. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was the last of his five lectures in Havana and Celia listened, entranced, to his sonorous voice as he played the sad songs of the gypsies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “They rout in the ground,” I say and wax into a lecture. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the first lecture, we were told that the next class would begin with a quiz on the readings. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She had fiercely resented her enforced absence from church and lectures. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On a visit home Pa lectures him against sin and sends him back to The Hague with religious missives to read. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Following a brief lecture on the importance of proper sanitation, a small white piglet was herded into the room, its dainty hooves clicking against the concrete floor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "There were some important last-minute details concerning tomorrow's lecture that kept me." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not expected a lecture, but Nemur had seized the floor and he went on in the same vein. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The last lecture was brief, only a few words. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired in velvet, silk, and furs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I sometimes wished I were my little brother, Conrad, because she never lectured him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He paused, but Thomas said nothing, dreading the lecture he knew was coming. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Miss Emily’s lecture that day was typical of what I’m talking about. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of lecturing her on the respect due one's bedmate in our society, but I no longer deluded myself that I either knew the society or where I fitted into it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If only she had big ears and a tail, she could lecture and talk to them all. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a book prepared for publication—but seems rather to have been a collection of notes for the lectures Aristotle gave his students, or notes taken by those students at the lectures. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Even when his grandmother died—he got the news in the middle of a lecture and kept right on teaching. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Wart paid little or no attention to the lecture, but got his eyes accustomed to the strange tones of light instead, and watched Archimedes from the comer of one of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z During lunch breaks he would often give impromptu lectures; he loaned me books to read, recommended people for me to talk to, meetings for me to attend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I do show up, my teachers look at me like they want to lecture me about how irresponsible they think I am. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He thought back to their first meeting, four years earlier at a lecture hall in Cambridge, where a group of Bengali poets were giving a recital. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “When do we speak out, eh? When soldiers are appointed lecturers and students attend lectures with guns to their heads? When do we speak out?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Are they letting her speak in public now? What in the world does the title of this ludicrous lecture mean?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The test! Your father gave me another lecture about how important it is.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Monroe was scrubbing him vigorously and, from the sound of her voice, was in the middle of a long lecture. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z It messed her up for a few days, and she had to give herself the hard-line lectures all over again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I dressed in dark colors for my first lecture, hoping I wouldn’t stand out, but even so I didn’t think I looked like the other students. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Concluding his lecture, Orrico left to pursue a cup of coffee and handed me the keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, I thought, I was still that little Malala who lectured an empty classroom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He left the door wide-open, and I knew there would be a lecture from Mrs. Lloyd about air-conditioning costs, so I pulled the door shut behind me as I followed him out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The media fawn over Bill Cosby and other figures when they give stern lectures to black audiences about black men failing to be good fathers and failing to lead respectable lives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The thing I like about the Ghost is that I can tell he’s not asking to set me up for a lecture. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Eat, live, and breathe the workouts, drills, weapons practice, lectures on tactics. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Dyer went into another long lecture about the different way of viewing the world from the perspective of a culture that thought more communally than the highly individualistic United States. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Eden will be okay for a while, and I don't mind dealing with John's lectures. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, we attend a lecture in a high tower, where we are taught about birdsongs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t lecture me, you hear, woman, don’t lecture me!” he fumed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z While the stories were vivid, the lectures were abstract, treatises on obscure philosophical subjects, and it was to these abstractions that I devoted most of my study. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She didn’t think she could retain one more concept, directive, or lecture about the history of the splendor's use. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z That preparation was critical as she put the abstract three-dimensional Cartesian plane to use in the service of the space technology lectures, which were eventually compiled in written form. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Well, to make my point as briefly as possible, 1 had learned the hard way that the lecture circuit is something like show business: the casting couch and that routine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we get in the car, I’m sure Momma will keep on lecturing me, but instead she has the news radio on. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When he reappeared, Atticus gave him the keys to the family car, some money, and a lecture on not doing over fifty. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A meeting was being arranged for which I was asked to give a lecture on the growth of viruses. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The teacher begins class—a different girl model today—lecturing about positive and negative space, about drawing the space around a form to reveal a form. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z William was soon required to surrender additional documents to the NSA, and his talks and lectures were censored. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She points at me, and I feel like I’m a child getting lectured by a parent. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z After about a half hour of touring the lower and upper quads, some of the dorms, and the Cramton Auditorium, it’s time to sit in on a lecture by one of Howard’s professors. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was on his way to a lecture, but he had a minute, if they would hurry inside and tell him what they desired.... The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel a terrific lecture coming on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z This was the meritocracy John Casteen described when he greeted the parents of freshmen in a University of Virginia lecture hall in the late summer of 2004. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z That evening, Bateson was traveling to the city to deliver a lecture on heredity at the Royal Horticultural Society. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene sighed, no doubt anticipating the lecture that was coming. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When not lobbying in the Capitol in the 1870s, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were usually on the lecture circuit. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The woman in the chair listens intently as Dad lectures. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but then people would stop to buy firewood and get a lecture about objectifying women.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z One tour brought him to Harvard for a series of six lectures in the first week of January 1936. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Dimple and Rishi walked back into the lecture hall, they first noticed the throng of people milling around on the east side of the cavernous room. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Magdalena has taught me more about how privileged I really am than all of Minerva’s lectures about class. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It came imperceptibly, as the lecture distracted his attention, and suddenly it was looming within an inch of his nose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Anthony hadn’t given her permission to do so, so she cut short a lecture tour and returned to New York to try to stop Woodhull. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In addition, he made approximately $7,500 a year giving exhibitions and lectures. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She joined him for lectures, celebrations, athletic events, hunting parties, gambling, and gaming. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The room was an old, damp lecture hall buried in the innards of the college; it resembled a dreary accountant’s chamber in a Dickens novel. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Once, as they sat together listening to a lecture at the British Association for the Advancement of Science, he turned to her and said, “I am afraid this is very wearisome to you.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Although she did not typically lecture with Stanton, Anthony also made the rounds on the lecture circuit. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He was lecturing me on the impermanence of memory. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Then she gave me a long lecture on my sins, and told me to sit and think them over while she just ‘lost’ herself for a moment. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1841, she made her first public speech, lecturing on temperance with a “dose” of women’s rights, as she reported in a letter to Mott. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at home. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Listen politely, try not to roll eyes and make disgusted face at Mami when she gives this lecture every night. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z All around her, people sat, waiting expectantly for the man at the front of the lecture hall to begin talking. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I don’t actually know what she’s saying because she’s talking in Spanish, but I can tell by her tone, and by Isabella’s face, that it’s definitely a lecture. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I once gave a lecture in which a listener thought that I subscribed to a belief in extraterrestrial visitors, when all I had said was that there undoubtedly were many cases of UFOs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She spoke to an audience of about fifteen in a quick, nervous style that suited the unornamented old lecture hall in which we were seated. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I conclude that she wants the latter from me as I bear her lecturing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Technically, I heard it myself, but I still don’t want Ms. Singh to know I was standing outside her door when she lectured everyone about being nice to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Rather than endure endless lectures about the necessity of being prepared for my future, I told anyone who asked that I wanted to go to Brown, but only because I’d heard Jesse mention it once. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Prendergast lectured Cooling on the fact that Jesus was the ultimate legal authority, then gave him the good news. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Stanton had attended a lecture in Seneca Falls given by her friend William Lloyd Garrison. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I wanted to ask you a question about your lecture this morning.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I doubted I would ever go to jail, so that part of the lecture didn’t scare me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The class, in the middle of a history lecture, broke down into a group of retching, spitting thirteen-year-old boys, with the girls retreating to the open windows for air. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z After Mr. Black collects the papers and starts to lecture, I pick up the rock and flip it over. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Please. Not another hysterical scene. You’ll dislodge all of the thoughts which are developing in my mind in connection with the lecture.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not think of lessons or lectures. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Father Mulrooney had given him a ten- minute lecture on the importance of education in troubled times, but at least Alex didn’t have a guilty conscience about cutting classes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Anthony would have wrapped it in a lecture on how it wouldn’t matter even if I didn’t stink, because no girl would want to come near me in a million years. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And another thing about my father: He didn’t give lectures. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “When you have a bar mitzvah,” she lectures, “you’re supposed to be surrounded by the people who care about you. They won’t fit in your house.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then another woman came over and gave us this long lecture about the word "decorum." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were supposed to lecture me about not sword fighting in the house,” I say, trying to steer the conversation away from the whereabouts of Cardan. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He stood near Phyllis at the entrance of the lecture hall and scanned the room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On Friday nights, Dad and Mother often went to a lecture or a movie by themselves, holding hands as they went out to the barn to get Foolish Carriage. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He frowned as I slipped in, but kept on with his lecture. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He gave one of the armorers a lecture about the importance of good maintenance. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In future days, the number of recruits trying to remain conscious against the back wall would be an accurate indicator of the deadly dullness of a given lecture. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Park, during the four weeks he had lectured Shin on how the world worked, had also been sharply critical of the North Korean government. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I knew better than to give her a lecture. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z People panic like a herd of spooked cattle, men and women pushing against one another to get out of the lecture hall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “They’re at least as relevant as your propaganda lecture,” Ishmael’s mother replied. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hear him lecture me about Megan again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He took a pose like he was lecturing the crowd, right next to Rachel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yes, Mother, I’m sure of that,” said Meg, listening respectfully to the little lecture, for the best of women will hold forth upon the all absorbing subject of house keeping. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, how about that. The pretty little lady here doesn’t want to miss the professor’s lecture.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When the meeting finally began, Kissinger immediately started lecturing about tensions in the Middle East. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “We are in the presence of a new principle of the highest importance,” he told the lecture hall. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She lectured me good, right there in the store, but it was about mill people. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Granny didn’t sit on the porch reading Greek and Latin and Shakespeare, or get up lectures for children, or recite poetry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z To Little Reuben’s wink and snigger, this lecture was, of course, perfectly incomprehensible and, imagining that their child had suddenly gone mad, they sent for a doctor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked home carrying the heavy manuscript, I remembered attending one of Dr. Kerry’s lectures, which he had begun by writing, “Who writes history?” on the blackboard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The heat stuck to his skin and now made it too hard for him to listen to Mr. Roberts’s lecture. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z While the Wart sat still and admired the view, his friend proceeded to give him a lecture about flight in birds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the world had turned upside down: I had entered a university, where I’d wandered into an auditorium and listened, eyes wide, mind buzzing, to lectures on American history. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Fetch her down here. Tell her I would like to give her my thanks personally for her valor at the lecture.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “That he would stand there and lecture us!” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z For more than an hour, Minister Lemuel lectured about Elijah Muhammad’s teachings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rain says there should be no limit on giving,” he lectured serenely. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z If Chester doesn’t fall asleep when Mr. Monroe is talking, the lecture can be counted a success. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I am grateful for the lecture today, glad to have an excuse for not going home and hearing whatever Oriana has to say to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was in no mood to hear one of her lectures about the power of positive thinking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He had been glad to meet me, but there were some notes he had to assemble for a lecture. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z From the end of the seventeenth century, through sermons and lectures, through popular textbooks and dramatic dialogues, the new science was disseminated to a wider audience than ever before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He wasn’t looking forward to being lectured on cauldron bottoms all through dinner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I stood and went to my room, pausing to take a last look at my father, who was inhaling deeply, readying himself to deliver a lengthy lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If she knew I was eating cookies for breakfast, there'd be an even sterner lecture. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The bulk of it was a lecture on loyalty: that families forgive, and that if I could not forgive mine, I would regret it for the rest of my life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The week before, we’d all been given a lecture about taking the opportunity seriously and behaving appropriately. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But I don’t miss the lectures about how to eat, how to not be who I am. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Still — while Old Chao worked on turbulence, Ralph lectured on about all that had been exciting and important and new in the nineteenth century. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not in the mood for a lecture,” I warn the clump of weeds by my shoes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 He had a lecture in two hours but had insisted on taking her to Enugu airport, and although she had pretended to protest, she wanted him to. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kepler, on the other hand, lectured on astronomy in schools, published extensively and often at his own expense, and wrote science fiction, which was certainly not intended primarily for his scientific peers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull continued to speak, gesturing with his right hand, his lips moving, his eyes narrowing, as he continued the lecture in a soundless world where he was the sole audience. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My lecture notes were nonsensical, so I asked Vanessa if I could look at hers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I really want a burger and fries but I don’t want a Healthy Eating, Healthy Living lecture right now. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The next day, my mom gave me a stern lecture that confirmed my fears that she was ashamed of me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He would call pretty women who worked in the factory to his room, and on the pretext of lecturing them on labor rights and trade union law, flirt with them outrageously. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The first-year students hurried from their shifts to their lectures, to their meals and to private study. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” I say, “if you would be so good as to follow Miss Preston’s girls out of the lecture hall, we have the situation under control.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The lecture began when an old man with small eyes and a sharp nose shuttered the windows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It would rate at least an hour on the lecture scale. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z By mid-November, when Rosy’s talk on DNA rolled about, I had learned enough crystallographic argument to follow much of her lecture. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1977, after a lecture and a long Q & A in a Midtown Manhattan bookstore, I was approached by a middle-aged man with an accent much like my own. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z ‘A child of the love goddess lectures me about war. What do you know of the makhai?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling gestured to his lecture outline about the Roman Empire and said, “Then surely you know what Edgar Allan Poe and Julius Caesar have in common?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Dad had just yanked me off the soccer team and the lectures were fast and furious, not to mention loud and long. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And she continued to use her newspaper column, along with her lectures, radio talks, and press conferences, to publicize her views on social justice. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z It could only be accessed by clambering through a high window in one of the lecture halls or by climbing down a gnarled apple tree, if you happened to be on the roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When I mentioned my idea to Sister Betty X, I made it very clear that it was just to help her lectures to the sisters. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was not the core, whatever Dr. Leavis said in his lectures. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Miniature golf was ruined with a lengthy dissertation on impact, trajectory, and wind velocity, and our sand castles were critiqued with stifling lectures on the dynamics of the vaulted ceiling. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The F.O.I. spends a lot more time in lectures and discussions on men learning to be men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that month, Ellsberg was invited to give a lecture at Ohio University. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Rutherford lectured Chadwick, “He is just like I was at his age.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And then she turned and stalked away, slamming out of the lecture hall. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Toward the end of the summer they had begun to give lectures in order to raise money for the Y.M.C.A. and now they were going to Canada for two weeks. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been easy to transfer his developing hatred to the teacher who disciplined him and the police- man who chased him and the priest who lectured him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She joined “the lecturing corps” as an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, earning ten dollars a week, an amount equal to about $300 in today’s dollars. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I keep hammering away at Didu's new churchgoing habit, arguing and lecturing every chance I get. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Your aristoi” he lectured to Jefferson, “are the most difficult Animals to manage, of anything in the Whole Theory and practice of Government.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It is a line straight from one of my father’s lectures at our weekly meetings. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Amy shook her head and opened her sketchbook with an air of resignation, but she had made up her mind to lecture ‘that boy’ and in a minute she began again. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z His intensity and loneliness are, and so are the gun magazines that she sometimes sees him thumbing through during boring lectures, and the way he doesn’t even seem to feel guilty for what he did. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z From 4 P.M. into the evening, I was lectured on military science by Colonel Tadesse, who was also assistant commissioner of police and had been instrumental in foiling a recent coup attempt against the emperor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I don’t need a lecture about how she’s not suitable’ or whatever.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He visited them nearly every day, played games with them, lectured to them on German history, played their piano, gave them lessons in conversational German. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer’s own lectures, according to a student named Edward Gerjuoy, were lightning bursts of ideas, theories, and math on the blackboard. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask, before she can lecture me about whatever it is. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Before our group departed Kathmandu, he had sat all of us down and given us an uncommonly stem lecture about the need to show our Sherpa staff gratitude and proper respect. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z If, for example, I had written . . . last Tuesday knight we had a lecture . . ., he would say: ‘Don’t you know how to spell night?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Guides held up colored placards with different numbers and lectured in dozens of languages like they were playing some kind of international bingo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And one pleasant summer afternoon, deep in the interstices of one of his interminable lectures, he was visited by a revelation that was to alter radically the future of astronomy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She played me some saved memories of him lecturing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I already feel bad that Zig’s lost somewhere, and I got a huge lecture from my dad. You don’t have to make me feel worse.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Life on the lecture circuit was hard, especially for a woman. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I could also picture her lecturing me for eons if she knew what I was up to at the moment, so I stayed as quiet as possible. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z We were still a couple blocks from the shop, but I wanted to put the brakes on the just-in-time lecture. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He interrupted physics lectures with his own theories, sometimes charging to the chalkboard, grabbing the chalk and declaring, “This can be done much better in the following manner.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We had these same lectures repeated a number of times, and I’d always wonder if this time she’d found a picture of Norfolk, but it was always the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned off the TV and gave us a huge lecture about how “media like that is a corrupting influence” and “indecent behavior” blah blah blah. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Your comments about the lecture showed a very petty jealousy I didn't expect from someone who claims to be so broad and noncommitted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your assignment, should you decide to remain active," Brother Jack said, reaching for his gavel, "is to lecture downtown on the Woman Question." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped to catch Hemme before the class started, thereby saving myself from having to sit through another one of his lectures. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When they were not on their shifts, the probationers were in lessons in their free time, or lectures, or at practical demonstrations or studying alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He would be giving a lecture at Zurich University on December 18. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z People always lecture the poor: “Take responsibility for yourself! Make something of yourself!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But the engineers in the group now assigned her the job of preparing the charts and equations for the well-received space technology lectures. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Go ahead, Mama. Give me the lecture and get it over with.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her daughter’s face registers suspicion, as if Lourdes is going to launch into a lecture. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to persuade the Americans of the value of antiseptic methods, he gave lectures about germs, pus, and infection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This was my state of mind when Dr. Kimball began to lecture on something called the civil rights movement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All his life he had lectured everybody about the right way to do things and now he had done this, the stupidest thing ever. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After the lecture, she met with Amelia Bloomer, who wanted to introduce Stanton to Anthony. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Lembede gave a lecture on the history of nations, a tour of the horizon from ancient Greece to medieval Europe to the age of colonization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shaking the captain’s hand and offering an apology for what might have seemed like a lecture, he disappeared into the evening shadows. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She spent an astonishing amount of time in attending lectures and demonstrations, distributing literature for the Junior Anti-Sex League, preparing banners for Hate Week, making collections for the savings campaign, and suchlike activities. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He always did this when settling in for a long lecture or conversation. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I was more accustomed now to being one of a few students of color in a packed lecture hall. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He didn’t mind the lecture one bit; his father loved him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He wanted to give a lecture on his new art form but by this time the formality was broken. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time they saw the coffee thrown away, they gave Mama a lecture about wasting things. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As his father lectured him on his foolish behavior, Fadi tried to put on a sufficiently sorry expression. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z This would be bad enough, but every few minutes, George’s mother stops in to give me a lecture about “the sins of the flesh.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The professor spent every lecture muttering inaudibly as he paced in front of the chalkboard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the lecture and this small sampling paled in comparison to the main event of our chemical-agents education—the practical class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Kvothe here has assured me as to his complete grasp of the principles of sympathy. In doing so, he has offered to give today’s lecture.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z While on a lantern-slide lecture tour of the United States, it was he who so notoriously quipped, “Because it is there” when an irritating newspaperman demanded to know why he wanted to climb Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She presented a thoughtful and coherent lecture about suffrage, unaware that the question was intended to test her sanity. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Senate House interior looked like a high school lecture hall. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It is moved from a classroom to a lecture hall. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Mother had grown tired of the lecture, and asked Dad to talk about something else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Inside the building were a single large laboratory and a smaller lab for the “professor,” a room for experimental equipment, and a lecture theater. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One beating and one lecture was about right for two good stories that would be told for a long time by old men playing checkers under the Cold Sassy tree at the depot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And wasn’t it better to explore and work them out in a rockin’ musical than in some droning, hectoring lecture from their teachers or parents? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Professor Ghering is a brilliant man. Miss Anderson says the papers say he’s going to cure the undead plague! The two of you should attend his lecture. Homespun wisdom can only get you so far.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He only has to teach one class and prepare for a lecture on some topic. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Dad didn’t yell or lecture; in fact, he never mentioned that night again. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After I apologized to him, he lectured me about the black sheep of his family. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He flew right out at me, landed on my shoulder, gave me a lecture that I shall never forget, and vanished under the scant cover of trillium and bloodroot leaves. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember it from a lecture of his on the Iliad, when Patroklos appears to Achilles in a dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A few men passing by stopped to listen to Tommy’s lecture. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z These ideas were familiar to me, but it took me a moment to remember where I’d heard them: in a lecture Dr. Kerry had given on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Explain to your colleague you were called in here today so we could return these and give you a lecture about taking greater care with your personal papers.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But he interrupted me with this long lecture about how this money belonged to everybody, not just me, and how I had to be responsible. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The day Dr. Kimball lectured on slavery, he filled the overhead screen with a charcoal sketch of a slave market. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z With another nod toward the seated students, I left the lecture hall without a backward glance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As a Caltech graduate student, Carl Anderson spent several days in a packed lecture hall straining unsuccessfully to make sense of Oppenheimer’s class on quantum mechanics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In math, Mr. Stoker starts class not with a review of the homework, like he always does, but with a lecture on math in the real world. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When we got home they gave me a really long lecture that made me cry the whole night. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I remembered in the orientation lecture that you weren’t supposed to touch the head of a Vietnamese person. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Langley people were busy people like her, running off after work to play on one of the laboratory’s sports teams or attend a club meeting or lecture. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He turns up in Toronto to give a lecture, at a conference, notifying me in advance with a postcard of a statue of Paul Revere, from Boston: Arrive Sun. 12th. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Francie came away from her first chemistry lecture in a glow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa gives him a stern lecture about taking care of himself. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Good. Now listen to me. I must come to lecture to you people so that you will be set upon the correct path. I have a rather extensive knowledge of political organization.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One day not long after the queen’s lecture, I caught Cristiana in my chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But the vivid descriptions in the popular books by Lowell and his fervor in public lectures convinced millions of people for years to come that Mars was home to intelligent life. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He shouted at Shawn about the junkyard and lectured Mother about her management of the employees. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t want her to lecture me about underage drinking or try to convince me to make a speech at the board meeting. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z She lectured to the Muslim girls’ and women’s classes on hygiene and medical facts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Make your choice, brother. Fight us or help us. I don’t have time for your lectures.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I heard the learn’d astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room / How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Brer would occasionally drop a disappointed sigh or a snide comment here or there, and John Henry lectured everyone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Stupid honesty lectures and their stupid lasting effects. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Most recently he had turned down another outlandish idea, this from an earnest young Pittsburgh engineer who had attended his lecture to the Saturday Afternoon Club. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “This company is the second largest taxpayer in the state of California and as such contributes very largely to the funds of the university,” he lectured Berkeley’s research dean, A. O. Leuschner. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Since he started high school this year, dinner often becomes lectures about how Mustafa needs to “get serious.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “But I almost—” “There’s no almost,” he lectured serenely. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It usually meant a lecture from my dad about me not appreciating my opportunities, and sometimes my mom would threaten to pull me out of gymnastics altogether. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Rishi could barely keep himself from sprinting through the crowd of Insomnia Con students to the hallway and the lecture hall. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The last time I saw her was the night of Professor Ghering's lecture, when she stood along the wall, nodding in agreement as I protested using that poor man in that professors ill-conceived experiment. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t agree, not exactly, but I didn’t fight back because I was ready for lecture time to be over. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I can already imagine the lecture he’d give me about boys and dating. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The lectures were given in secret by branch leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was in a lecture room, and I invited him to consider the proposition: ‘There is no hippopotamus in this room at present.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, he did not appear early The lecture hall was full when he entered by the hall’s lower door and climbed the three steps onto the raised wooden stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In my US Government and History class^ Mr. Sandman somehow knew I wasn’t listening to his lecture. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I scarcely moved for the rest of the lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was invited to lecture at schools that only a few years before would have rejected my application for graduate study. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Enough to take us around campus, at least. I really hope fuel comes in the next week, otherwise when we resume, I will have to walk to my lectures.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She enjoyed cultural events and “all sorts and sizes of meetings and lectures” on temperance, abolition, and other social reform movements. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z During his lecture, I kept having to resist the urge to interrupt him and point out all of the really important details the book left out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He described their last meeting, at the lecture at MIT. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Would I lecture to this social action group he was going to form somewhere in Brooklyn Heights? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It replaced the professorial lecture, the voice of authority, by a text in whose margin you could scribble your dissent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She'd just left the room for a minute, to get more potato chips, maybe, and soon she’d be back to lecture him again about how they both deserved a better life than hiding. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Each instructor had a specialty, and Nigro explained that each would lecture us before we were through. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Black dropped by Gold’s rented room often to lecture his new friend about Communism and the Soviet Union. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He lectures his brother and shakes his head back and forth at the same time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I spent that first class trying to concentrate on the lessons, wondering whom I should ask for the best notes to catch up for all the lectures I had missed. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z During the last class of the day, near the end of the lecture review, the classroom door flew open and Jackson came in. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Pearl herself, though she tried to focus on the docent’s withered lecture, found her mind drifting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I did not wish to hear this irksome lecture. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I recall getting to a lecture a few minutes late one day and taking a seat next to Sarel Tighy, a classmate who later became a member of Parliament for the United Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The lecture is going to sound great on the tape. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Now I must communicate with M. Minkoff and make some jottings for my lecture at the kickoff rally. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama seized the opportunity to give her a lecture on gambling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So it goes, and Henry is there, in his head and his lecture notes and his cubicle, every single stupid day, no matter how many shots of espresso he puts in his coffee. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “He’s like Mr. America. Every Election Day, I get a big lecture on what makes this country the best in the world.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It takes energy to be the only black person in a lecture hall or one of a few nonwhite people trying out for a play or joining an intramural team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I knew things were at a crucial point right now: What I said next would likely determine whether I’d be grounded until marriage or just lectured for a while and then ignored again. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want my bonnet back right after the lecture, you lying thief,” she says, low enough that Miss Duncan can't hear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes she wished her mother would yell at her the way Rosemary’s mother did, but she knew her mother would only give her one of those slow, low, reasonable lectures that were so annoying. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Mrs. Olinski a capsule lecture on what multiculturalism really means. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The sessions consisted mainly of the North Vietnamese negotiator lecturing Kissinger about the need to replace the American “puppets” in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Swerlin used to lecture me about all the wrong things I had done. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I would walk out into the city and find other searchers at lectures, book signings, and poetry readings. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They went on to lecture me about 29 types of edible mushroom species, each species’ name in the Foré language, and where in the forest one should look for it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Each got a quick, concise lecture from Francis, during the second of which I wandered down to see if the shop could be speeded up to produce the purines and pyrimidines later that afternoon. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I finally confessed my fears to him one night, and he gave me a lecture about “being rational” and not letting my fears limit me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She ignored me for the rest of that endless lecture on Hawthorne, which I couldn’t listen to. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z You were the one who lectured me about living. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Come & stay with me...and I will write you the best lecture I can.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In Gym, we had a lecture on the rules of badminton, the next torture they had lined up for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Why do you come to lecture me? I’m glad you’ve come, but why do you dig into me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, don’t lecture me about racism,” Anna says. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Penelope had once attended a lecture at Swanburne given by the deputy vice president of the Heathcote Amateur Pteridological Society, and considered herself quite knowledgeable about ferns as a result. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It was as if the water was giving a lecture and would only allow its own voice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I think it is extremely important that you understand this,” he lectured. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was never a full-blown, sit-down lecture about relationships. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z These lectures were meant not only to educate but to hold the organization together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Am I to fill my mouth with clay? Am I to be lectured by one who was wetting his loincloth when I was out buying cattle for my family?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I always illustrate my lecture with a lot of technical examples. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, why don’t you make it one of your lectures,” Goldy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It was in August when they gave me a lecture, a cheap L’il Abner suit, and a small amount of money, and I walked out of the gate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All my exhaustion slips away when I see Miss Anderson and the big Indian man from the lecture standing there. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z At least I won’t have to actually “listen” to the lectures, since the En Cognito device that puts us to sleep is also programmed to embed those topics directly into our brains. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I went to my first lecture with a sense of excitement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On the second floor she found a long corridor, where one door was open to an empty lecture hall and another to a smaller room where two Scholars stood discussing something at a blackboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Francis could not help dominating the lunchtime conversation, his mood was no longer that of a confident master lecturing hapless colonial children who until then had never experienced a first-rate intellect. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In his parents’ parlor to an audience of distinguished Bostonians, then in the homes of those distinguished Bostonians, in colored meeting houses and Methodist churches and lecture halls throughout New England. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Katherine sat down with the engineers to review the requirements for the space technology lectures and the research reports that were starting to come out of the process. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z |
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