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“Must you distract me at every level. I am working on something with wonderful movie possibilities. Highly commercial.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now her face was on a level with mine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
His head was pounding, and he wasn’t sure if it was from stress or the altitude—Santa Fe is over 7,000 feet above sea level. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
This is the fourth largest proton event in the past three years, and will likely continue at or above the current level for the next several weeks as we approach the solar maximum. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Moss leveled Esperanza with a glare, and she refused to look him in the eye. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
A thrush had alighted on a bough not five meters away, almost at the level of their faces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
A smaller, third level was visible above that, more like a high mezzanine circling the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Without really meaning to, I manage to alienate everyone but the endocrinologists, and even some of them are put off by a remark I made concerning blood calcium levels in hypoparathyroidism. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Older students fear word problems in part because they have not been asked to find solutions to such quantitative questions at the elementary level. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thus, even the most private artistic statements can be understood on some level, even if only an intuitive one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Darkness, the sepulchral silence down below, and the groan of hooves and steam-powered machinery from the levels far above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Still, he was an eternal optimist, so he kept the great cage of the fifth level always in readiness. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
There were windows just above the sidewalk at foot level, and more at head level, too. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
From the president’s vantage point the scene was festive and crisp, but at ground level there was water and mud and the mucid sucking that accompanied any shift in position. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I loved the hulking Gustloff with its thick steel walls and multiple levels. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
But, on another level: all this resourcefulness and the end result a noose? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I didn’t have any role models to look up to who looked like me in fencing, and there weren’t any other Muslim women wearing hijab at the elite levels of sport to inspire my quest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Finding solid ground on the level above, I wasn’t surprised when I spotted a lit lantern several rooftops down. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
After that the noise level dropped to tolerable. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
So there are two massive layers of data to be mined here: the information that people include in their ads and the level of response gleaned by any particular ad. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Emily walked from small room to small room, up and down the three levels that made up City Lights. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
Then, at the end of the afternoon, the mirage subsided and the horizon became level and blue and clipped as the sun declined. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Tower. Engine explosion! Cockpit lights out. Am commencing starboard turn to avoid populated area. Will attempt to punch out when wings are level. Wish me luck. Over.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
With her hand, when the float was level again, she wiped away a flat, wet band of hair from her eyes, and reported, “I just saw one.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
We take the elevator to the level where we trained. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
If you practice a lot, you can learn to make this roll smoothly, so that the nose moves evenly, and stops at exactly the same point it began, with the wings precisely level once again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed obvious to him that the reason the top players wouldn’t meet him was because, on some level, they were frightened of him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
I had editors—more teachers—and these were the first white people I’d ever really known on any personal level. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
High up, almost level with the tops of forest-trees, there was a shelf under a cliff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
And although agreeing with Henry on any level makes me cringe, I say, “Besides, we don’t want to open that box until we have no choice.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
She stares levelly out at the viewer with her yellow lion’s eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
At the most fundamental level, he didn’t know who he was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Never mind that James Hutton had shown long before that any such static arrangement would eventually result in a featureless spheroid as erosion leveled the bumps and filled in the divots. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
On some level, I know she’s listened to me, but she never really heard what I was trying to tell her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
We could then change or swap characters at the start of the next level or “episode.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Even though the people are spread out, it’s the most occupied I’ve seen this level of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
On a more prosaic level, Mrs. Weston took her to the department stores where she could revel in another type of fairyland. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
When they reached the station, Harry led the way through a maze of pipes and deserted rooms and back halls down to the level where the trains were. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I don’t want her iron levels to get too low.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
“You think a hardware store sells mopeds on the level?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
And I slept a little bit that night because I was doing my maths A level. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
All these businesses were on the ground level of buildings with floors of apartments above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
The sport demands so much more of you after level eight: the skills get harder, and I would have to devote a lot more time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
While there was still a class divide in the black community, the cooperation among all levels reached an all-time high, but much of the interaction fermented behind the scenes where whites couldn’t see it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Between songs Mr. Switzer competed with the DJ for attention, calling out noise level readings and the probability of sustaining permanent hearing loss from the evening’s festivities. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
When they had been caged with Todd and Ronnie, it seemed possible that the charges against them—whenever they were actually leveled—might be limited to looting. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
He smiles at me then and steps back again, crouching down a little so that our eyes are level. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
I discuss this more later, but suffice it to say here that common standards create a flatter, more level playing field. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
The trees were carnivorous too, but at a much lower level of acidity, safe enough to stay in for the night while the rest of the island seethed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
The foundation was to be made of thick walls, built twenty-five feet below ground level, which would support the building and prevent it from settling unevenly. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z
Any creature above the level of the sides would be struck and perhaps knocked into the river. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was levels beyond the simple memorization I had practiced for the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Emily walked from small room to small room, up and down the three levels that made up City Lights. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
The third and fourth shots happened so quick one after the ’nother that Ma didn’t have no chance to level the gun at the cap’n. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
Those were the ingredients of success at the highest level: passion, talent, and hard work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
The chief’s orders might be transmitted through one or two levels of bureaucrats, many of whom were themselves low-ranked chiefs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Antigravity starts up, and the shuttle slows, then stops, hovering at the same level as the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Barb” is what I was called as a child, and still am by my siblings, and I sense that at some level I’m regressing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
In 1963, the level of activity and the emotional pitch within the region ratcheted up a notch. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Glucose levels were monitored by testing urine, which could only measure glucose present in the blood eight hours earlier. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
For that reason, we must be able to respond to it on many levels. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The sweep was an almost leisurely circumnavigation of the block on ground level, to check that all inmates were in and all gates were locked, that everything was in order. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Until this point Burnham had shown a level of compassion for his workers that was extraordinary for the time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
At the top of the pecking order, the Irish “social athletic clubs” were in a class by themselves, wielding a level of power that other gangs could only dream of. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
But on a societal level, the research was nothing short of profound. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
I slowed the car as I saw him turn to face the men, his cane held at chest level as he shortened the pace. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Taking a step back, Chronicler regained his composure and leveled the sword at the mercenary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He felt a strange sense of having passed a test, graduated to a new level of maturity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
It was huge and dark, save for two windows on the second level. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
A forlorn plateau of bulletproof ice and windswept boulders 26,000 feet above sea level, it occupies a broad notch between the upper ramparts of Lhotse and Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
At the end of the street, Aunty Ifeoma turned the ignition on because the road had become level. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
She felt soft at every level, and transparent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
And each time, he displayed the same level of grief, what people who heard him would characterize as inescapable sincerity. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
He stands two bleachers below me, making our heads and faces level. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
This expressly decreed that nothing could outrace the speed of light and yet here were physicists insisting that, somehow, at the subatomic level, information could. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Every now and again it descended a flight of steps, fifty or more, to a lower level. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
By doing so, Octavian was elevating himself almost to the level of emperor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
How could the chemical have built up to such prodigious levels in the grebes? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
Kyle did not mention that he was up to level twenty-seven. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
I didn’t have my pads on at first, only the skates, helmet, and gloves, and Freddie came up behind me and leveled me against the boards. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Little in mathematics beyond the elementary level of calculus of variations, and nothing at all about Banach algebra or Riemannian manifolds. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
However, now that I’m in, I am terrified because I feel that my writing capacity is not at the same level as the other students. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
Injuries aside, in Aimee’s experience the only girls who continued past level eight were those who wanted to pursue an elite career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
I’m used to getting weird looks, but this is on another level. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
As I came level with the doors, I paused and tried to open them but the big chain was on them and they didn't even rattle. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
Lord Roke climbed down hand over hand in the thick fleece of her coat, until he reached the hem at the level of her knees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
The BFG’s head was level with the upper windows one flight up, and Sophie, sitting in his ear, had the same view. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
A squad of Specials was headed toward her across the compound, an open door behind them at ground level. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
A few times a year, Bannon’s would hold recitals for the students at each level so that parents and families could see what we were learning. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
But the level of persecution in Germany changed dramatically in 1933 after Hitler had come to power. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Isn’t “friends,” you might think, a more powerful term of appeal than “countrymen”? Rather, they seem to be on the same level—and in a way, they are. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
I find no pleasure in discussing ideas any more on such an elementary level. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
By measuring his blood pressure, oxygen levels, and heart and breathing rates, doctors would get valuable information about the extent of his wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
The principle of the scaffold was that loose bricks and mortar always were at the level of the top of the wall being built. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
A low-speed blender hum kicks in and levels off to a high-pitched whine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
I stood up and faced him, my gun leveled at his chest. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
He leveled his hard little dark eyes at me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Franny brought her handbag up to table level, opened it, and began to rummage through it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z
“The charges leveled against my client are preposterous,” he said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Striking the Earth’s atmosphere, a modest cometary fragment would produce a great radiant fireball and a mighty blast wave, which would burn trees, level forests and be heard around the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He leveled his chin, anger rising in his gaze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Musicians call the loudness of a note its dynamic level. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
I had reached a new level, and anger and suspicion were my first reactions to the world around me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
The profusion of metaconcepts in professional writing—all those levels, issues, contexts, frameworks, and perspectives—also makes sense when you consider the personal history of chunking and functional fixity in the writers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
You could bask there in tingly bubbles, your nose on a level with the icy river and only inches away from its swift currents that pulsed just beyond a thin wall of lavic rocks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
For all I know the test was a challenge to her at the level of basic literacy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m fifty-second level, and he’s nearly killed me every time I’ve had to fight him. I have to stock up on extra healing potions every time I come down here.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
As I descended the stairs to street level, I had the persistent and disturbing sensation of floating above myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
On some level I even agree with it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Through events both arbitrary and conceived it so happened that one of his faces fell away, and then another, and another, until he revealed to me a final level that would not strip off. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Yet he was never going to level the playing field by working only in the central plateau, or in Tomsk, or in Lima. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
There is some evidence that the average level has risen since then to a consistently higher figure, and individuals with occupational or other special exposures to insecticides of course store even more. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
They opened the door and looked down toward the fifth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
He came back up only to chin level. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
These clouds were moving as the result of pure chance, the effect of utterly, random events at the level of atoms and molecules; their shadows speeding over the grassland had no meaning at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
She couldn’t build it with the same level of detail as the large mechanical scryers she had in the Tower, but she wasn’t looking for very much. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless, and Ron seized his opportunity. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
As good as everyone else was, she sometimes seemed to achieve a superior level of intelligence and sophistication as an actor. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
Rook is a card game that, as far as I can tell, is encoded into all True Persians at the cellular level. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
But on the second level—at a considerable height—were four huge windows side by side, with pillars and stone tracery. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
It’s especially interesting to note that by the two wrestlers’ second subsequent meeting, the win percentages revert to the expected level of about 50 percent, suggesting that the collusion spans only two matches. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
He stooped and opened the lower door; the ashes, white and grey, were piled almost level with the lower grate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Aunt Loma’s heart was down on a level with Mr. Angus Tuttle’s, and he had caused me more whippings than I could count. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
All night long, mechanics refueled the planes and checked the oil and water levels as quickly as possible. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
They wandered down through the levels of the city. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
“Lewis, I wouldn’t have answered that one that way,” the president said levelly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
They drew closer, lances leveled as if each gleaming point sought its own target. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z
Mr. Eberhardt’s tone of voice remained level, but the volume had gotten much louder. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the most obvious level, these numbers confirmed with enhanced precision the self-evident reality that slavery was a sectional phenomenon that was dying out in the North and flourishing in the South. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
When she was high enough to feel safe, she leveled off. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
As labor strife increased and the economy faltered, the general level of violence rose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I live now in Bethesda, Maryland, among people whose levels of income, education, and importance are still a marvel to me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
Depending on the level of the class, the switch to singing the song with all of its ostinati can be done all at once or by using a combination of spoken and sung. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
West of the stadium, a vast, flat assembly area, the Maifeld, had been leveled and a great limestone bell tower was being erected. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
At ground level, the principles of triangulation are the same, except that the triangles don’t reach into space but rather are laid side to side on a map. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
A venerable tradition, dating back to the ancient Greek orators, teaches that if you don’t know what you’re talking about, just ratchet up the level of difficulty and no one will ever know. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Some lessons incorporate the arts, but do not incorporate the learning objectives and other criteria that fully integrate them, while others follow a deeper level of integration. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
When the water level had dropped below my makeshift sygaldry, the fire had flared up again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
In here, the music has already been turned up to deafening levels. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
It is, however, a mistake to look for the differences at the level of the individual or the family. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Look, everyone, this neighborhood is great. But don’t you think it’s time to take it to the next level?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Most people come out right at the level of chance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
The block and tackle parted under the strain, sending the ferret and the rats on the level shooting down into the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
It was dark save for an occasional torch flaring at a turn, or beside some opening that led into the higher levels of the Tower. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
The first big level ten win I remember was at the Houston National Invitational in 2010. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
I thought the media requests prior to making the Olympic team were numerous, but this was a whole new level of attention. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Metal clanks like a rattling silverware drawer for a long time, before it stops and levels off into a steady purr. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
In one blink, Time shrank until it stood eye level with Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
“Oh, shut up,” said Ron as he and Harry drew level with Neville. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
To understand this was to realize that Curt and his friends would, on some level, never be fully knowable to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
On a group level, though, they were less genetically homogeneous, which conferred some relative advantage; the virus would sweep through them, but not kill quite so many. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The players were injected with low levels of a chemical called raclo- pride. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Planning is for the world’s great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The man helped her clamber down to level ground as if helping a lady from the finest carriage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
It occurred to him that this level of professionalism might mean that standard procedure—a phone call for the accused—would be observed, and he would be free within a day or two. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Then I heard a train rumble into the station one level below us. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
I was made to see that contrary to what I thought, everything was very simple: the guillotine is on the same level as the man approaching it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
After that I’m looking at a lot of overshoes, and the floorboards, stretching into the distance, at eye level. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
The aqueduct is shaped like an upside-down trapezoid, with a steep downslope that abruptly levels off for twenty yards, then slopes upward again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
If it was Pol Pot who gave the order to place more soldiers at the village level, the increase has created a shift in the power balance. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The plane returned at so low a level she could see the men in the cockpit, their coat collars pulled up around their necks, their crash helmets and goggles gleaming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Going all the way—snagging that Dixie trophy—would be next level. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
When the mercury was at the same level on both sides of the tube, the air in the closed end was at atmospheric pressure. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
I could see and feel a new level of restlessness and a deepening sense of hostility. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
There had been no questions, no evidence seized, no charges leveled. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Lily's and my room and bath and our parents' room and bath were on the main level—as well as the living room, dining room, and kitchen. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Which means we’re all left smiling and nodding as she talks at a secret telling level of volume. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
He picked up his trowel, slid a thin layer of cement on it, and leveled it on the floor, smoothing and stretching it in arcs that formed half circles, like grey rainbows. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
The path grew less level at this end, and less smooth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
He paced outside the Shack, worried on so many levels. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
We check the blood levels of certain enzymes periodically in order to make sure that the liver is handling the strain adequately. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
The level had not gone down at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Nick glanced up at her now and then as he read, and each time, Mrs. Granger’s eyes clicked up to a new power level. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Elodin led the way through several shorter hallways, eventually coming to a heavy wooden door with a sliding panel at eye level. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Tighter and tighter he gripped it until the point lifted from the floor and the bright blade stood out level in front of him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Emily, James, and Matthew hugged the wall next to the restrooms to stay out of view of anyone on the lower level until footsteps thundered beneath them and then faded. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
He lifted it to the level of the door and the draft sucked it from his fingers; he watched it fly into the red trembling heat, smoke, turn black, blaze, then vanish. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Our position demands a level of morality beyond the rule of law. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
“The land’s too level this side the Chilterns,” said someone else, and began to explain more, but Malcolm was called away to take some beer to the Conservatory Room. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Vermeer’s mastery of light’s expressive qualities elevates his concern for the reality of appearance to the level of poetry and subsumes its visual and symbolic possibilities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the one extreme was Henderson Island, an old coral reef raised above sea level and devoid of stone Other than limestone. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Their skill level tended to peak at around age twenty-two, when they were older and stronger, which meant they were able to enjoy competing over a much longer period. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“The mouthy thing that jumped you? Never heard of anything like that. Or the golden things. That’s on some other level. All I ever seen is the tall, lanky shadow dudes. Sorry, sis.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
The entrance is a few steps below street level, the windows shielded with panels of lace. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
If the water level fell, visitors to the fair would be treated to an offensive band of bare earth at the waterline. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
The path went on again from the door, and turning to the right again across the level space plunged down a thick wooded slope. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
She stopped, gesturing towards the seat, but he kept his gaze levelly ahead. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Their Dublin Street office was leveled and is now a parking lot. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Suddenly, caught by the level beams, Frodo saw the old king’s head: it was lying rolled away by the roadside. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
"Your arcana levels will be checked and balanced. Then you will be dressed for bed." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Four smaller gold thrones lined up in a row on a lower level. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
He probably understood that if he was patient and waited, the river would eventually drop to a level where it could be safely forded. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Where other people may hyperventilate or feel faint when having a panic attack, my anxiety essentially caused high levels of tiredness, leaving me feeling incredibly drained. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
But Harry had already reached the next level. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
There, acting on instructions radioed up from Guy Cotter at Base Camp, I scouted for a level area that could serve as a helicopter landing pad. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
Only then did Ansley’s eyes rise to window level and make a peremptory examination of the other cars. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Down at street level another poster, tom at one comer, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
"I don't know. We have to eat it to balance our levels. We have to get our strength back." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
I wasn’t used to this level of powerlessness. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Earning XPs was how you increased your avatar’s power level, strength, and abilities. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Then the blow landed, devastating on both personal and professional levels. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
It consists of three tanks on different levels. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The ad is for “customer service” work, a type of job I tend to avoid because it normally involves a resume, which in turn would involve levels of prevarication I am not prepared to attempt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
She saw him stiffen himself all over as he leveled and took aim. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
She leveled the gun at Z, who looked at her with narrow eyes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
“I’ve asked him why I get paid less than anyone”—anyone at her level of seniority is, I think, what she means—“and he says, ‘Well, if you could just vacuum . Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was yet another level of reality in Bigger’s life: the impliedly political. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Thus dwarf anatomy ensured that anything above the level of a soda burp passed below, actually aiding in the expulsion of unwanted clay. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
They had ascended from the cellar level and were just crossing the lobby. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
“They are fine for rote learning, but the study of naming requires a level of dedication that ravel such as yourself rarely possess.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
About one hundred milliseconds after the introduction of this new visual stimulation, the person showed changes at the neurological level. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
We're whisked down to the bottom level of the Remake Center, which is essentially a gigantic stable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He smiled, holding the tumbler level with his empty socket, swirling the glass. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I was in kindergarten I was above eighth-grade level and that was as far as you could get in kindergarten. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
They also knew radiation levels were higher beyond the ozone layer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Water levels receded so deeply, the archaeologist Richardson Gill argued in 2000, that “starvation and thirst” killed millions of Maya. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
I eventually mastered the counter swing and made it through to level eight. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
We spent the first night of our trek in the hamlet of Phakding, a collection of a half dozen homes and lodges crowded onto a shelf of level ground on a slope above the river. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
It wound in a spiral, with stores and restaurants on different levels. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
She twisted in the vat, the rough pottery scratching her cheek, but she was rewarded by a good-sized crack at eye level. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
When the elevator reached roof level, its doors slid halfway open and groaned to a halt, revealing the uneven hole Tally had tom to gain entry. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
I shouted, and we all bolted down the far side, the four of us sliding on our butts until we hit level ground and could run again. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
She hopes he is not behind her, leveling a pistol at her back. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
At the bottom there was a level space through which the stream flowed noisily over shining pebbles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
He jumped briefly to the floor and held his own hand level with his shoulder. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“He’s on the level. Is he coming in today for group?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
I have been working hard in school and in the gym to be ready for football at the college level. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
I was stuck here, and stuck at third level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Zeitoun looked down from the roof to find the water at the same level as the night before. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives—thousands of them—as well as a cool sentence-maker that is located on another level. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
None of the other gunters took you seriously unless you were at least tenth level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Miss Honey gazed at Matilda with absolute amazement, but when next she spoke she kept her voice level. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
Only a few of the doorways on this level were iced over. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
As Silver observes, “Ten minutes without a pulse or sufficient blood oxygen levels is more than enough time to do severe neurological damage.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
A pool of perfectly still water, so full that the water was almost exactly level with the ground, lay before him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
And palindromes, with their perfect, satisfying taste: Draw a level award! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
On one level, this is a question about equipment: the telescope transformed the way in which astronomers negotiated with nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The light is dim and artificial and kept to the same level all the time, but even so, the circadian rhythms win out and a nighttime hush has fallen over the place. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
And we’d enlisted mayors from five hundred cities and towns across the country to commit to tackling childhood obesity on the local level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
When you put a block of wood into a tank, the level of water in the tank rises. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
But if I speak from a superior plane, that’s far more damaging, and contempt is any statement made from a higher level. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Fingerprint-smudged glass walls and electronic gates separated them from the escalators and stairs that went down to the level where the trains came and went. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Some of them have their Warcross level floating over their heads, along with hearts and stars and trophies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
We go to the third level, where they take us to a small room with a white marble floor instead of a black one. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“No. No, Mr. Dyer. Sorry. No disrespect. I was just wondering. All that quota stuff. Certain number of women in each level of office. You think that would fly here?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Aaron Douglas was doing a different thing, on a whole other level. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
His eyes were glued to the bottom level of the building’s east wing, which was where the third grade classroom had been, which was where Wash was looking for Cari. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
These trips were instructive on a number of levels. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the next level up is a kind of technology best termed “halfway technology.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
These questions arise at many different levels and for many types of groups. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
But that I could, on some level, understand these kids in Colorado, the killers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I sat mute, trying to gather my thoughts, seeing the rifle again leveled at my head. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
We all marched around in the area in front of Dragonwings, tramping the weeds down so the ground would be fairly level. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
One problem is that the official tolerance levels are set for adults, not children. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
“Well now,” I say, squatting down to his level. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
The captains would then look the rest of us over, using their obvious years of sporting experience, training, coaching, and performing at the highest levels of athletic competition. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
When Sayle stood next to him, the eyes were at the same level as his and held less warmth than the jellyfish. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
While they looked nothing alike, Shadow found himself suspecting that, on some level, possibly cellular, the two men were identical. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
Because the sheets of polar ice locked up huge amounts of water, sea levels around the world fell about three hundred feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Emily, James, and Matthew hugged the wall next to the restrooms to stay out of view of anyone on the lower level until footsteps thundered beneath them and then faded. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
All in all, Delucchi told Richard, the report indicated “a level of maturity that you didn’t exhibit on the day of the offense.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
He staggered to his feet, took a few steps, and lay to rest where the ground was level. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
Chess watchers seem to agree that it was likely the Soviets had colluded, on some level, at Curaçao. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
But all the surface of the waste looked level. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
The power beam you get when you hit level-99 in Final Fantasy and learn the Ultima spell that goes through the crust of the planet like it’s the crust of a pie. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
His eyes gave their wider, magical gleam and his voice continued on a more compelling level, “Although I have to admit I didn’t think of that when I put it on this morning.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe that’s because I’m not at their level any more: I’m higher, so the sound comes up to me filtered. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
No longer could any sight of them be seen in the level plains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Our understanding of genes has reached such a level of sophistication and depth that we are no longer studying and altering genes in test tubes, but in their native context in human cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
In fact, this level of technology is, by its nature, at the same time highly sophisticated and profoundly primitive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
At least the heat had less bite and the humidity had dropped to tolerable levels, so I was able to hang out on the sidewalk and think about all my predicaments. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
“Now we just have to predict what the first level will be like.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He saw that riders away eastward were already level with the Orcs, galloping over the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
The PSFs and camp controllers enforced the rule with the same level of severity they did with the kids who—however intentionally or unintentionally—used their abilities. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
A feather spell was a level two point five, which was probably above what Spares were capable of, although Seven wasn’t 100 percent sure what all the specific limitations were. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
Instead, she ran up to one of the highest levels of the building. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
They go up to the parlor level, put on their coats. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Three levels underground I pushed upon a heavy metal door marked "Danger" and descended into a noisy, dimly lit room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
When we came to the edge of the Bund, I squatted down so we would be on the same eye level. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s just as bad on a higher level, and I’ve given up any attempt to discuss these things with the professors at Beekman. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
One group, known as the Neptunists, was convinced that everything on Earth, including seashells in improbably lofty places, could be explained by rising and falling sea levels. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
I was doing fairly well in most of my meets, but until I began competing at levels nine and ten, no one paid much attention to individual wins. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
He had already attained Incentive Level A, the highest incentive level a young inmate could achieve, and he was housed among other low-risk youths in a hall where the atmosphere was generally relaxed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
For such a driver, says Dr. Greenfield, the act of picking up the device becomes primitive, bypassing higher- level thinking. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
She seemed to be everywhere, doing jobs at every level. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Ma cut in again, this time her voice spiking to that Don’t start level. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
In Berlin they toured the canal system and learned the best way to destroy a lock, which was integral to the raising and lowering of the water levels while transporting supplies. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
But this neatness, the neatness of Dante, was in the orderly sectioning and segregating of all levels of evil and decay. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
When her head was level with the floor, I said, “Lil.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I run my fingers over the brass body of the machine, feeling the vibrating hum of the gears working, and the indentations of the numbers that will soon fill with light to reveal my levels. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
She had the feeling that the door was looking at her, which she knew was silly, and knew on a deeper level was somehow true. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
Most contained something like two hundred times the levels of lead that would normally be expected to occur. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
The Johnsons had achieved a level of independence that others in the neighborhood didn’t know existed, let alone understood how to obtain. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
By now she was level with the open gates. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
A student needed to ask permission before regulating the temperature or noise level, but I could do so whenever I liked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
All of the factors—disposition, energy level, intelligence, and interests—had to correspond and to interact perfectly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
I reached the last level of the dungeon around four o’clock in the morning and faced off against the Evil Wizard of Daggorath. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I knew that somewhere down below the surface there had to be another hole in the trunk, as water had filled the hollow to the river level. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
What Patterson found was that before 1923 there was almost no lead in the atmosphere, and that since that time its level had climbed steadily and dangerously. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Keeping my eyes on the guard directly in front of me, I slowly raised my arm and placed it over her shoulders, drawing her into me, the other hand still raised at face level. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
I even join in the rhythmic clapping and swaying, which seems to define a minimal level of participation. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as the principal walked away from the podium, the noise level in the room rose, like a boiling kettle that suddenly started to steam. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
Similar to other sequenced learning approaches, such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development or scaffolding, Gordon’s approach relies on a gradual increase in skill level difficulty as the student progresses. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
From top to ground level, they are: U and Z T and Y S and X R and W Q and V The Q-and-V galleries are on the flats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
By this late stage in the expedition we had all been subjected to levels of misery and peril that would have sent more balanced individuals packing for home long ago. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
Suddenly, he was standing right in front of me, his weapon leveled at my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Lifting her tail and leveling her body, she walked to the abandoned scrape. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
The level of tennis among us blacks was still appalling, but we had a good time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were more than 150 kids on the floor for their Saturday morning lessons and dozens of other adult students and coaches, so it took a moment for the noise level to die down. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
There was nothing to be surprised at anymore; the intention craft stood behind him, poised on the slope and perfectly level. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
The next morning, in the bathroom, I hold a pair of scissors to my hair, right at chin level. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thus Neolithic Europe never reached the level of social organization that produced the masonry architecture of Jericho or the dense urban community of Çatal Hüyük. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
They’d positioned scraps of silvery metal from the plane’s wing at chest level and were using them to reflect the sun. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
For our own peace of mind, we scythes must retain a certain level of separation from the rest of humanity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
When I wasn’t hanging out with my new online pseudo-girlfriend, I devoted the rest of my time to leveling up my avatar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
This is a story on the level of the fairy story. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Liza leveled her forefinger like a pistol between his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I shall probably be dumped into one of the furnaces before this misadventure terminates. I suspect that it would have been much wiser to address the group from floor level.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Part of me figured that, having survived the loss of my brother, my hero, I couldn't be hurt anymore, would never feel that level of pain again. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
We raked the pile level and got out of there. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
When Aunt Tuti read the article, she reached a new level of hysterics I hadn’t known existed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Each of these, on some level, triggers tiny rewards. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
“I’ll thank ye kindly to call me she,” the woman says, still pointing the rifle at us from chest level. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
I’d been playing just over an hour and had just cleared level 81 when I heard another wild burst of cheering in my ears. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
We can make some vague and general comments about the level of carbonation or flavor or sweetness and sourness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
By the time the gray eyes were level with his, Hunter had to struggle to keep from feeling trapped—in his own house. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was in her late twenties, a high- level speed cyclist, Olympic caliber. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Instead, she bent down to Ash’s eye level and looked at her closely. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
His voice was level but laced with emotion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
My attitude about the level of performance in school was altered for the worse, and dramatically so. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Plumpen had concealed himself in the ditch and traveled under cover until he was level with the gatehouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
We got one or two that maybe I could talk to, but they’re assigned to another grade level. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
A light went on, telling her that he had gone on to the next level, and she swiped her security card across a sensor, which opened the door into the locker room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What my son means to say is that we’re keen on improving the level of education at New London Colored School. Sure want to be a credit to the county.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
My avatar was still only first level at the time, and it was one of the only safe ways for me to level up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Ever since he talked to me like a decent human being at church, my tolerance levels for Curtis have been much higher. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
It was the only place fit enough after the sun flares and the risen sea levels, the massive destruction of all the towns and cities and vegetation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I'd even started daydreaming about going to France, after my O levels or A levels. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
In a surprisingly short time, the salty deposits can build up to toxic levels, making the land unusable. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
In fact, he was realizing that the magazine pictures were pretending to reach this level of wealth, and yet somehow had no idea how to attain it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
With the rising sea levels and the superstorms and the wildfires. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
We descend the stairs next to one of the stone pillars and creep with silent feet at river level. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
He didn’t just want to change Haiti at a grassroots level. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
The train left the station, and needing something to hold on to, I wedged my hand between the American couple and grabbed the pole at waist level. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
This placed his eyes on a level with the ventilator, so he could see another train about ten yards away. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Outside in the entry way he made his bed—raw oxhide spread on level ground, and heaped up fleeces, left from sheep the Akhaians killed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
She turned to him and lowered her eyes to the same level as his. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
The cells where the guards had beaten him were below ground level. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
All the buildings on this street had garages on the ground level and the houses stacked on top. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
A thin robotic arm extended a circular device that looked like a retinal scanner, which locked into place directly level with the pupil of my right eye. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
If Vincent can win Kee, he writes, his art will continue to reach a “higher artistic level, without her I am nothing, but with her there’s a chance.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
"Who knows? Anyway, it was a pretty good insight into how unattractive science can get when you’re playing at a certain level." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Even at the graduate and research level, there are ominous signs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Before I drove the tractor over to the cornfield I adjusted the blade on the mower to cut a half inch above dirt level. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Annabeth’s mind split into two different levels: one carrying on the conversation, the other madly grasping for a scheme to survive. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
“I don’t know,” I said, working hard to keep my voice level. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Janina’s father grunted and leaned into his harness until he was practically level to the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
The two understood each other at a deep level, and remained good companions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
The frantic thumping of several pairs of feet sounded from the upper level, along with the trumpeted cry of “A girl!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
His eyes were just above the level of the counter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z
And then I said, “I’m the first person to do an A level from my school because it’s a special school.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
“So the friend of the bosom has a holiday?” he said, on a level plane again, an easy camaraderie between us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Before leaving the press car, he dutifully congratulated Ky Ebright and then gamely fielded the barrage of questions leveled at him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
For the fashion of Minas Tirith was such that it was built on seven levels, each delved into the hill, and about each was set a wall, and in each wall was a gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
“Well, the photographs anyway. We'd expect you to bring your actual portfolio with you to the interview, but the photographs were very well done. We got a good idea of your level of talent.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
“Because,” Claudette answered, her gaze level and her voice even and intense, “we were treated wrong, dirty and nasty.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
Those over fourteen have been given entry- level ranks in the military and are addressed respectfully as “Soldier.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
“She has a private laboratory on the top level. Insane security measures protecting it. I was trying to get up there when they figured out what I was.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
But their credentials are not at the level that would bring them enough scholarship aid for them to afford it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
A miscarriage is lonely, painful, and demoralizing almost on a cellular level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Gradually, however, as the white players began opening up to me, talking, laughing and even joking, I began feeling comfortable in their midst, with the result that I was soon playing at their level. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Qendrim Bushi’s soccer idol was his grandfather, once a famous goalkeeper at the highest level of play in Kosovo, and later, a well-known referee and the author of an Albanian-language soccer rule book. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
I haven’t heard from her for a while, so she must have at least a fortnight to a month’s worth of abuse to level at me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
Assuming a mountain 5,000 feet high with 500,000 million cubic feet of mass—roughly the size of Mount Washington—a single stream would level it in about 500 million years. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
The data point to increasing benefits with lower and lower LDL levels, said Dr. Daniel J. Rader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
When her head reached ground level, she peered across the bailey to the Tower of the Hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
The true level of poverty among North Carolina whites during the 1960s was extreme: nearly half of the manufacturing jobs in the state were in textiles, one of the lowest-paid segments of the industry. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Toward the front, there's a shelf at eye level containing a half-burned candle, a comb, and a film magazine whose title I recognize. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Charles knew that in order to avoid the criticisms being leveled at Vestiges, he would have to build up his argument even more, and gather more examples, more indisputable factual evidence. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mama and Papa Bellini came up the stairs from the lower level, Mama gasping from the climb. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
It made me proud to know that I was actively changing the narrative for other Muslim women, and it motivated me to continue reaching for the highest levels of sport, like qualifying for the Olympics. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
The four of them rode the escalator down to ground level, and Moss felt a rush of relief at the sight of the rest of his friends standing beyond the turnstiles. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
But it’s whispers mostly, bits of rumor from the staff here who aren’t military, the ones who feel twinges of guilt that make them feign not a friendliness but a base level of civility. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
At every change in rock strata certain species of fossils disappeared while others carried on into subsequent levels. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
They were going lower still, down to the third level, to the secret chambers where only the priests were permitted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He leveled the gun, planted it tight against his exceedingly sore shoulder, turned off the safety, and took aim at the running pig. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
My spot on Team USA definitely carried with it a new level of respect at the foundation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
This seemed like a reasonably astute observation to me when I was eight, but it turns out to be incorrect on a few levels. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
Would she rail against the wrongness, would she call out for blood, or would she rise to the level of forgiveness, plead for the mercy of God? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thousands of Canadian boys begin to play the sport at the “novice” level, before they are even in kindergarten. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Almost immediately lead levels in the blood of Americans fell by 80 percent. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
She wondered what that was like, that level of intense bond. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
“They leveled everything out with bulldozers. Right? They brought in tons and tons of that white sand and dumped it here. Then they landscaped over everything.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Reaching the spiral stair, he raised his eyes absently to the next level and was distracted at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
He touched the bottom shelf of the nearest one, which was just at his eye level. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
The high banks had been sloping down gradually, and now they came to an end, the water and the ground were level again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
When they came to the corner they looked round and saw that the path ran on over a level strip under the face of a low cliff overhung with trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
As befit his rank and station, Quentyn Martell had been given quarters within the Great Pyramid, two levels down—a handsome suite of rooms with its own privy and walled terrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The sky was many clouds at many levels, some thick and opaque, others looking like smoke. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
As I watch the scholarship auditions that morning, it seems to me they are at a level entirely different from that of most of the competitors from the other high schools. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
Even the nuclear realists, busy as their minds must be with calculations of acceptable levels of megadeath, would not want to overlook anything. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She warned that if the levels dipped close to zero, a Belle could faint, sicken, or even die. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
I look around for Fuchsia, but she’s in the alternative classroom, and they don’t always come for grade level assemblies. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
He knew from Leo’s YouTube videos that the artist was fitted with a cochlear implant, which allowed him to hear, but not quite at the level of a hearing person. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Steering clear of Mr. Lott’s room, Frankie hurried around the floor, getting things organized, then went back up the back staircase to the next level. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
The level of noise was back to nor­mal again, but with a different quality perhaps, muffled maybe. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
The speed of sound, about 761 miles per hour at sea level in dry air at 59 degrees Fahrenheit, varied depending on temperature, altitude, and humidity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
By the time we were back up on street level the storm had moved away. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was an event on the level of a birth or a death. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
There are many alternative options for achieving the level of professional communication necessary without our meeting on this basis.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
On some level he noticed the walls of the chamber, people screaming and yelling, readying to attack the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
We were half-below street level here, and the stained glass was a dim muddle of colors. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
They had cleared brush, tilled the abandoned fields, and leveled the overgrown fencerows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
Percy tried to sound confident, though he could feel the level of panic rising in the room. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Zuccarini says he thinks Truman kids could benefit from Rider’s small classes and intense level of faculty engagement, and some could qualify for admission. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile, swaggering before Odysseus’ hall, the suitors were competing at the discus throw and javelin, on the level measured field. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though the president’s brain is dead, his body remains alive and is able to function at a survival level. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
So I began to complete every quest I could find, sometimes jumping five or six levels in one day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Blake Grunwald’s parents’ home was what real estate agents in California called seventies ranch style—which meant it was long and narrow, dark on the interior, and built on one level. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
Any second now, a hail of bullets would be whistling through the archway, and the last place he wanted to be was pinned down on a lower level. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
We took the elevator down to level three, where the passengers unloaded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
When Ma finally rasseled the curtain most the way off and got the gun level, it was too late. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
And it bred within each of them at least a basic level of resentment and mistrust: You never quite knew what other folks saw you to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Valencia was now out of sight, but Kaori waved in her general direction, rolled her eyes, and heaved an enormous sigh all at once, to show the level of her displeasure. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
Instead of white floors, this level had a black stone floor with threads of red glinting in it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
His flying shoes sprang to life and started tugging his legs in the other direction as he shouted, “No! I just got to a new level! No!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
The floor of the Salinas Valley, between the ranges and below the foothills, is level because this valley used to be the bottom of a hundred- mile inlet from the sea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Downcountry a storm had passed over the isthmus and leveled the dead black trees from east to west like weeds in the floor of a stream. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
During the course of that debate, which lasted between four and six hours, things were said that had never before been uttered in any public forum at the national level. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Which meant sea levels rising at an alarming and apocalyptic rate. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
The thought of ending up like that didn’t help to lower his anxiety level. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
They were now on level ground, and the road after much winding lay straight ahead through grass-land sprinkled with tall trees, outliers of the approaching woods. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
The next thing I know, he’s at eye level and then lying down on the filthy floor next to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Rashid focused on that and not on the way the barrel was leveled at him or how hard it was for him to catch his breath. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
And they got a reward of seven pounds for each new level achieved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
They were standing at the rail, pointing and laughing at something happening on the well deck, one level below. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
"Madam Du Barry's orders. You broke protocol and your arcana level is low." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
We were there on the bottom level of the Port Authority when Lucas's bus pulled in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even just knowing how to read music changes a teacher’s confidence level when it comes to singing, so it’s important to have a few of the basics under your belt. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
As a lawyer who had litigated numerous class-action employment-discrimination cases, I understood well the many ways in which racial stereotyping can permeate subjective decision-making processes at all levels of an organization, with devastating consequences. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Yet Elizebeth must have seen that his anxiety and insomnia were reaching unbearable levels. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Some of those guys must have been ten feet below ground level at this point, and the sinkhole was still deepening and spreading. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Chips just work on every level, you know? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
And the letter is more personal than most, delving into thoughts on his own writings, observations about his Wunschtraum clock containing a level of detail that would require observing it for hours on end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
“Your blood work showed a sudden drop in your medication levels about a week ago. Any idea why that might be?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
She tried to keep her voice level and quiet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Some are forty feet long with two levels, sturdy wooden walls, brightly painted roofs, and strands of colorful beads hanging over the doors. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Barred windows lined the top of one wall, facing the street level, but that just made the cellar feel more claustrophobic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
And he had just taught me a lesson: that shifgrethor can be played on the level of ethics, and that the expert player will win. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
His voice would drop down three, four, five notes, and he’d hold the Good Book level, and you’d think he had the angels at his command. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
I found two solid branches that were level and close together, and I tied the net to them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Lancelot and Guenever were sitting by the window in the high keep, and Arthur’s England stretched below them, under the level rays of sunset. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another jerk upwards and Yvaine was level with the top of the ship's railing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
She leveled her eyes and set her lips into a straight line. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
They were victorious; the conquered Thebans fled and their city was leveled to the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Stone argued that a federal amendment would be easier to obtain once women showed that they could manage the vote on a state level. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
All the constitutional arguments against the excessive exercise of government power at the federal level then kicked in to make any effort to shape public policy more problematic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
I knew I was unique for being the first potential Olympic athlete to represent the United States wearing a hijab, but I didn’t know if it warranted the level of attention it brought me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
But on some level below awareness, that is exactly what we did. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
To reach this level required a lifetime's dedication. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Mom always used to say, “Donnie gets a lot of personal attention at the very highest level at that school.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z
It was “good cause,” less than “probable cause,” a standard aimed at allowing the police to pursue the next level of investigation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Face level with the handlebars, Harry could see nothing but distant lights growing nearer and nearer: He was going to crash and there was nothing he could do about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
The explosion had left a crater more than forty miles across–much too huge to be perceived from anywhere at ground level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
On one level, I had never stopped loving my mother; on another, I still distrusted her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
Crime falls to its lowest levels in recorded history, while airline corporations and automobile industries across the globe collapse. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
We were swept into another level of exposure and into the swift current of other people's expectations. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
On the top level is a steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
She leveled her chin, challenging me with her steadfast gaze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
The staircase to the second floor had been long, but the one leading to ground level was longer still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
At first she leveled it right at his heart—force of habit from her training. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
Inside the theater, three seating levels face the stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
He raised the gun, leveled it, aimed, and shot; the men stopped but no one fell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
I test it once with my helmet, which I take off and hold up to find out the level of the shots. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Six levels to climb in the dark with her hands slippery from sweat and the fires of hell burning below, with the rope weighing her down and no net to catch her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
At least the drumming of the rain had stopped, and at least the canoe was still lying level on the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
She rose slowly up the side of the centaur; when she was level with its chest she reached into the branches for the ball, but it was stuck deep inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
In the middle of the floor, a wrought-iron spiral staircase led to the upper levels. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
It was advertised as the first of its type in the United States, a place where cars were parked on three levels in the same building. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
The future will erase everything—there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
Hence physicists and chemists can formulate universal deterministic laws at the macroscopic level, but biologists and historians can formulate only statistical trends. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
She needed to perform at a level that would satisfy her director’s high expectations—and her own. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
You can’t bring your security card with you into the higher levels. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
His chin level with the banister, the manager looked back for the last time. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wandered through the three levels of the Eolian, but Denna was nowhere to be found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Inside, a waterfall splashed in a grotto, while a spiraling waterslide connected it to the bottom level, where a miniature beach awaited. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Around the fifth hole, I got to the same level deep and when I stomped, the shovel slipped all the way in, and my foot sank a bit into mud. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
Using probability theory, I calculate that, given my assumption, the likelihood of this result is well below 5 percent, a commonly used “level of significance.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
Some productive hunter-gatherer societies reached the organizational level of chiefdoms, but none reached the level of states: all states nourish their citizens by food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The accusation was leveled at none other than his Professor. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
American troop levels in Vietnam were nearing 200,000, but the enemy was adapting by breaking into small groups and moving unseen through the rugged mountains and forests. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
But, mile after mile, there was nothing but level sand. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
The morning, for all its shadowed moments, had promoted me to a new level of friendship, I did not lag so far behind as I had thought. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
The Ministry of Truth contained, it was said, three thousand rooms above ground level, and corresponding ramifications below. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Coach Susan had spotted me in practice the day before, standing level with me on padded leather blocks stacked on one side of the foam pit. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Over his head floats his name, level, and Phoenix Riders Captain. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
At least at the level of language, then, we need to recover the eighteenth-century context of things and not read back into those years the hallowed meanings they would acquire over the next century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Initially, when the level crossing had just closed, the air was full of the impatient sound of idling engines. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
A crew’s relevancy—their ability to hold their own corner and expand the business—was dependent on the amount of muscle they controlled and the level of violence their muscle was ready to get into. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
But there was something worrisome about it, and he didn’t want Ivory moving from one world of isolation into another where the only difference was the level of standards. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
And again and again, every night, collecting XPs and increasing in levels until I finally figured out where the Copper Key was hidden. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Somkit took a deep breath, and then, very carefully, as if he were talking to a toddler, he began to explain the levels of orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
He takes another step closer, squatting and regarding us from eye level. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
In order to strike this balance, Blue’s Clues engages in much of the same kind of research as Sesame Street — but at a far more intense level. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is the largest room on the upper level, which makes the lone bed, desk, and chair seem small and awkward. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
The decline in sea levels let the two peninsulas join up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
“My wife leads our warriors. She goes with us not to direct the quest but to gauge the level of support we may expect from our allies.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
In a minute our faces would be level and I’d have to choose between locking lips or seriously offending her by pulling away, and I’d already offended her once. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
And she said that if I sat an A level I would have to have a member of staff looking after me on my own in a separate room. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
“I don’t want your money,” she said, a little sharply, keeping her eyes levelly on the sunken roof of the abandoned house. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
When it reached the tree and was level with Frodo the horse stopped. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
He circled the car then stopped, crouching low, bringing his head level with the passenger seat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Since childhood, I’d believed it was important to speak out against bullies while also not stooping to their level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Along with the proliferation of vertical levels of bureaucrats, there is also horizontal specialization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
A window at ground level, obviously opening on a cellar, was being wrenched apart with a crash of glass and a screech of tearing wood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
Between ninth and twelfth grades, their reading levels increased at a rate of 20 percent more than a cohort of similar students—as measured by academic ability and socioeconomics—who were not getting arts education. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
Could you recognize a “level” or a “perspective” if you met one on the street? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
In my ordinary life, this level of disability might justify a day of ice packs and stretching. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Organizations and researchers have produced countless studies on the arts’ effectiveness and ability to engage children cognitively, emotionally, physically, and artistically: in other words, on a holistic level. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
During the summer of 1955 Bobby serendipitously happened upon a gathering place for chess aficionados and, in so doing, raised his game to a whole new level. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Blackberry, sheltering behind a parallel row, kept level with it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
No matter what Dobrynya said, there was no way Håkon was on the same level as a dog, or one of the goats, or a fish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
They collected an additional four thousand crates of pond lily roots, which Olmsted’s men quickly planted, only to watch most of the roots succumb to the ever-changing levels of the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Continue on the yam level and life would be sweet—though somewhat yellowish. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
A female presence at this level was such a rarity that a British record keeper later corrected the minutes of the meeting, whiting out the “s” of “Mrs.” so that she became “Mr. Friedman.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
“They’re here for me,” I say, trying to keep my eyes level with his. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
They say: There’s no proof of increasing tolerance levels to technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
The problem began to expand to levels at once more profound and absurd. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Anyway, the level was too near the theoretical limit of what the suit could handle for him to risk it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
Almost alone among politicians of the South, Mayor Hartsfield has not sunk to the level of winning votes at the Negro’s expense. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I thought I could see her kicking at the bleached, known stones; the hard southern light surrendering to her boyish straightness; those clear green eyes, leveling on the rim of the arched sea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I kept running, farther and farther down, until I reached the Gregarious Simulation Systems Museum, which was located just a few levels above the planet core. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
In the early years, yes, the converts from society’s lowest levels were a sizable part of the Nation’s broad base of membership. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some level of accord is reached, and soon enough she and Madame Manec are back in the kitchen at Number 4 rue Vauborel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
At one extreme, innumerable islets, such as those of the Tuamotu Archipelago, are flat, low atolls barely rising above sea level. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
In the South Bronx, only about 16 percent of all middle school students are performing at or above their grade level in math. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Instead of holding the camera level against her chest, per the instructions, Mia tipped it at different angles, knotted her makeshift straps higher or lower. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I hadn’t meant for it to come out as sharply as it did, but it wasn’t a pleasant experience being reminded that your education level equaled that of a ten-year-old. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Wes was still preparing to take this fight to the next level. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“Once I get tenth-grade level, I’m ready to go on to college!” she told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
As with the level below, the second story was all one room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
If even half of the exploits she’d mentioned on her blog were true, her avatar was probably at least fiftieth level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Tension had risen to an un­bearable level. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Swimming brought me closer to the physical level of other children. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
A viewing grate was lodged into each of them at eye level. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Terraces climbed up the side of the mountain, with swimming pools on every level, connected by waterslides and waterfalls and underwater tubes you could swim through. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
When her feet reached level ground, she ran, heedless of the dark and silent huts on either side, seeing only the firelight ahead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
She leans her body sideways, until its level with mine. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
But he could not rate her activity level. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
“Cousin Del, you don’t want to see the house. Tornado hit us hard. Radio says it was a two but I think it was a level three.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
Musical activities, including singing or playing instruments, can increase the self-esteem level of the child. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
A delightful book with something of the flavor of these others, but at an elementary level, is I Hate Mathematics by Marilyn Bums. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Beyond them was a wide level space, as though the floor of a great hall had been cut in the side of the hill. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
I level my hand up, almost to the roof of the car. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
He grabbed her wrist and pulled up so that her eyes were level with his, pressed the dagger’s blade to her jaw, and... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
The letters didn’t pour in at the level experienced by Hollywood stars, but hardly a day would go by that several pieces of request mail did not arrive at 560 Lincoln Place. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
My father constantly levelled this charge against me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jake hit the cafeteria and quickly completed the next level in Revenge of the Brain Dead with one hand while munching on a cheeseburger with the other. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
These cells, with bars front and rear, had dense screens installed from ceiling to knee level to keep the occupants from throwing things out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Here are the same two people, with the same level of skill, playing exactly the same roles, and beginning almost exactly the same way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
From the experience of southern blacks, a generation of Americans came to realize with new force that there are forms of oppression that touch all levels of a society. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
One day Mother announced that she had reached a new skill level. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Hence those seas became dry land during the Ice Ages, when much ocean water was locked up in glaciers and sea level lay at about 500 feet below its present stand. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Something might have been not exactly on the level about the death of Faye. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
And yet this morning, he had stood his ground and fired a level and positive No at Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The global competitive playing field was being leveled. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
Official players on the floor shine in the dark, their outfits lit up in neon, their names, team affiliation, and level hovering over their heads like golden trophies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Plenty. They’re going to target you early. Whatever the level turns out to be, you’d better be able to cut out in front of them and get to clear ground.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Many levels have been left blank for users to input their own information—words, sentences, phone numbers, even pictures. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
I said, “Let me find a level place and put it in order, then come down for a cup of coffee—or something.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
What Cavendish was trying to do was measure gravity at this extremely featherweight level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Even if we did not agree with each other on that day, we began to get to know each other on a new level. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
When we reached the first level I could hear, if only dimly, church bells ringing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Her black men advanced across the plane, slowly marching to each successive level as a single unit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
“We went down into that tunnel with the rapids, what led us in there, so we should have had to come up to get out of it. But this is the same level.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Each time he found himself looking on the level, instead of downward, into a Delta’s face, he felt humiliated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
Must be level two or level three, certainly no deeper. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
An inch and a half above sea level. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
It was windowless, like all Egyptian dwellings; but just over the level of Ranofer’s head the walls ended, and widely spaced wooden posts rose from them to support the ceiling several feet above. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
“They know how to manage the level now,” said another. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Situated 11,300 feet above sea level, Namche occupies a huge, tilting bowl proportioned like a giant satellite television dish, midway up a precipitous mountainside. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
Then, as he drew level with the last pair of pillars, a statue high as the Chamber itself loomed into view, standing against the back wall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
When the animal feeds on vegetation containing an abnormally high level of nitrates, the microorganisms in the rumen act on the nitrates to change them into highly toxic nitrites. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
The cell was just like the ones on the top level of the prison, but the observation panel was on the other side—a large mirror that took up half of the opposite wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
The gun came up unsteadily but quickly and leveled at Janie’s breast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
I fit in against his body perfectly, my head level with his shoulder. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
She kept her eyes level—she felt all of a sudden if she looked up and saw how far they reached into the sky she would disappear altogether. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
Finally the sound of water became stronger, and he made his way to the lowest level of the building. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
The severity of shock is reflected in 17-hydroxycortico- steroid levels comparable to those in schizophrenic patients in incipient psychosis, which exceed levels in other stressful situations. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
More buses and cars had stopped on either side of the level crossing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
An automated announcement drifted up from the level below where the trains and buses arrived. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Martin bursts in, and within sixty seconds, he changes his drink order twice, burps, and manages to level Abby s sugar house with an overly enthusiastic finger poke. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
I’m moving faster on the level road than I could’ve in the wild. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
The Spanish conquistador Cortez recruited the rebels as allies, making it possible for the Spanish to crush Mexico and level its cities in a three-year genocidal war. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
Slowly he brought the half-formed petal up to eye level and examined it closely. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
On the first level, the campaign clearly failed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slowly, Crazy Horse lifted his rifle, holding it level with the ground. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
First he tore the pages from the book of poems and crumpled each poem into a ball or a paper twist, which he pushed into the sticks of the shack's wall at ground level. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
Dimple tried not to yell, though with the noise and activity level in the room, she doubted they could attract much attention even if they began flinging things at each other. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Now on eye level with me, his expression grew concerned behind his matte-black eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
On the mid level is a slide that leads down to the playground. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
She excuses herself, sending in nurses to check my arcana levels. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
The rain slowed to a drizzle, but the level of the creek didn’t change at all. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I said, my voice raised to levels that caused others to turn and see what was going on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Leonardo’s sketch is already implicitly drawn to scale, with a detail of the ratchet mechanism shown at a higher level of magnification. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Very, very slowly she brought it down to eye level and unfolded it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Roosevelt and the others couldn’t see them because the animals were hiding and blending in among the densely packed leaves that make up the upper level of the towering trees, known as the canopy. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
Finally, they had a high- level physicist inside the Manhattan Project. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
No applicant will satisfy requirements, whatever his level of accomplishments otherwise, if seen to fall short in this respect.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
During the past year he had been aware of the increasing level of observation. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
I felt it was very important to keep the line of my mouth level. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
A few more steps and the ground was level again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Huygens pumped away, air was removed, but the water level failed to fall. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Don’t poke me! And we won’t get caught. I”—we both froze as the wickedly sharp tips of three spears were leveled at our faces—“promise.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
But in no place did the level of violence fall farther or faster. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dumbledore had stopped walking, level with the church they had passed earlier. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
But when you’re at bumper level in a sea of honking, it doesn’t matter how much you cover your ears. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
While other factors can help a person’s advancement, most Americans, regardless of income level, regard the individual’s efforts as critical. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Now for the names that signify the highest level of parental education. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
But once I mixed some soil in, it died down to tolerable levels. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
David was working another door, his powerjack thrust into a small slot at floor level. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Three levels of balconies curled around, so you could look at the exhibits from all different heights. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
At some level, I thought, Wickersham hated our innocence and wanted to cure it through abuse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
In these situations, one must keep a level head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
The tools looked clean and well-oiled, saws, hammers, pliers, axes, mallets, planes, drills, screwdrivers, a level. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
The man had already dropped to the ground and he swung with him and leveled the pistol and fired from a two-handed position balanced on both knees at a distance of six feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
Such tactics were, until the mid-1930s, seen at all levels of racing, but nowhere were they used with such ruthlessness as on the bush tracks where Pollard got his start. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
His head, after he had straightened up again, was almost exactly level with the watchers at the window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
She lifted herself up until her chin was level with the peeled wood. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Navid had started teaching me how to do the cricket, which was a level of difficulty slightly higher than that, and I was getting better every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Where’s the proof that it will increase their reading levels and their SAT scores? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
It’s just that Maier’s hint was so subtle that it was picked up on only on an unconscious level. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Two iracaenae—snake women in Greek armor—leveled their javelins at our chests. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
Right angles had clearly been abandoned below ground level. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
But the hood taught me that everyone has different notions of right and wrong, different definitions of what constitutes crime, and what level of crime they’re willing to participate in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“All the squares formerly built up solidly were now so many black excavations, while the streets had the appearance of raised turnpikes intersecting each other on a level prairie.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z
How could two people who loved her so much simply not get her on such a basic, essential level? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Farmer was forty now, a medical superstar, and he had the credentials to operate in the way Hiatt envisioned, the way that Jim Kim liked to operate—on an executive level. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
But that would be stooping to her level, and I’m sure that using her own poison against her would cause at least a little of it to fall back inside me as well. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
A second theory claimed that it had to do with the comparatively high level of literacy in the state. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the popular level, Haynes’s scenario made so much intuitive sense that it rapidly leapt from the pages of Science to high school history textbooks, mine among them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
But could I ever respect myself again if I stooped to their level? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
Ulbrickson summoned up a deeper level of despair, calling the Bears the clear favorites before lamenting, “We have been handicapped this year by inclement weather.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Hannah Relf made an inspection of the sandbags protecting her front door and went along to the end of the street to see how much the level of the canal had risen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Within days, the mortality rate from bacterial infections decreases to levels never before achieved. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
In my era at Truman, many graduates did go on to achieve high levels of success—they became doctors, lawyers, college professors, engineers, business owners, high-ranking military officers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
It hadn’t been easy to frame, and the answer wasn’t easy to interpret, but then they never were, though she was becoming more sure-footed among the levels of meaning than she used to be. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
I showed him the directions on the label—how you take a level teaspoonful and just add boiling water—but he insisted there was some kind of skill involved. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
It catches on something and I painstakingly drag myself up to street level. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Lo and behold, the mouth of a calm river at length came into view, with level shores unbroken, free from rock, shielded from wind— by far the best place he had found. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
For situations where mounds are numerous and mechanized methods are desirable, a cultivator which first levels and then applies chemical directly to the mounds has been developed by Mississippi’s Agricultural Experiment Station. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
I waited until he had made it another three meters, close enough for me to get a clear shot at him, before I leveled the revolver hidden in my coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Yet I can’t prove that the low levels of these poisons in food are enough to make you sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Through my earbuds, the level of volume is about three bars. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
Above us fore and aft were more levels—a climbing wall, a putt-putt golf course, a revolving restaurant, but no sign of life. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
But, Blagojevich argued, this was a vital intervention in a state where 40 percent of third graders read below their grade level. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Very little research has been done to determine the effects of low levels of these poisons. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
When I first started school, I could read on a second-grade level, and it was suggested that I be put into that grade. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
“I could not see how the South Vietnamese could win once we left, given the skill level of the North Vietnamese—and their determination.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
There is a sort-of attempt to make a distinction between figures and tropes—the former operating at the level of a phrase or sentence, and the latter being shifts in meaning for single words. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
The small window was now level with his eyes and he could be seen by whoever sat on the other side. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
My turn came: the level of the rice was already fallen so low that it was only by going close to the vessels that I could see any rice at all. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
The horse sped over the track, level and even. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But I’ve never had things descend to that level. The threat is usually enough to keep people in line.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
When I regain some level of conscious thought, I am back at my camp, standing before Met Bong. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The grass and the bursting hedges were gilded by the level rays of the sun. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
Three tiers of racks: ground floor level, first gallery, second gallery. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
All the while, farmers had to check and recheck water levels and make sure the water didn’t get too hot in the summer sun. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Perhaps it was only when people were somewhere near the starvation level that they had anything to sing about. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
She scanned the room, squinting through the hole in the stone, and caught sight of something that twinkled and burned like a star at floor level by the doorway. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
“Nah, I got you what you wanted. If you want me to stay with you,” I said, “you got to level with me.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Already, I could tell something was going on, sensing a different-from-normal level of activity on the ground floor of the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
The only thing that can move medicine away from this level of technology is new information, and the only imaginable source of this information is research. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
None of them had ever done something like that, none had achieved on his level. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
It was that this sense of competition was not elevated to a higher level. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Most of the pilots and technicians of Raskova’s regiments were educated at least to high school level, and many of them had some university education as well. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
When it was deep enough, they inserted the post into the hole, checking with a level to make sure it was straight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
“I don’t think it is within my nature to hit someone. I will not meet violence with violence. I won’t stoop to their level.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Taking advantage of their brief moment of strife, Mr. Griswold swung his walking stick and whacked Barry on the cheek, then pushed past him toward the entrance to the lower level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
My attitude had to match the level of the forgery. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Besides that there were all kinds of environmental worries—that salinity levels below the dam would rise catastrophically, for example, devastating the ecology lower down, not least the valuable oyster beds of Delaware Bay. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
He probably didn't want the level of violence and sex among both prisoners and guards to be documented. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
Probably to get his head through the hole and away from the floor level. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
His avatar was now above thirtieth level, and so he was almost always headed to a planet where it wasn’t safe for my avatar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Mary Lou climbed on board, startling the sleepy guard, who leapt into action with his gun leveled right at her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Only those leaders who had stepped forward at the national level to promote the great cause when its success was still perilous and problematic were eligible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Nicholson raised his forearm an inch or two above the level of the armrest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
Several spiraling stairways led to a second level that was much like a balcony. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
It's been replacing the oxygen I've used, and the water reclaimer is trying to get the humidity down to sane levels. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Scythe Goddard is a visionary. That puts him on a level above every other scythe in MidMerica. Maybe even the world.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
“Yep. It’s like you said. No great thing is ever done solo. Sometimes we have to bump these things up to the next level. The feds have more resources than I do.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
And in the United States, my team and I had helped more young people sign up for federal student aid, supported school counselors, and elevated College Signing Day to a national level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
His dad took the bottle from Nailer’s hand and checked the level of the liquor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
D level prisoners were not allowed to study. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had come to think of Ambrose as taller than me, but when I stood I saw that we were eye level with each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Between this level and the surface was a mixture of sand and clay so saturated with water that engineers called it gumbo. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
You may be shocked to hear this, but my Farsi is at a first-grade reading and writing level. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
By the time they descended into the Violet hall, the only people who hadn't peeled off to shop at the upper levels were the working classes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
The two boys trudged up out of the river bottom and up the crumbling cliff to the level land. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
He sat sinuously, with deliberately unhurried movements, till our faces were on the same level, just a foot apart. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
On one level things remained the same between them. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
We could not use the second level because the floors were unstable. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
Overall the damage had remained at about the level it had been at before he fell asleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
When at last he reached the point where the path leveled out, he fell hard onto his face, the dirt mixing with his tears. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
He stepped down into the cockpit and sat on the bench with his back against the bulkhead, his feet on the deck almost at eye level. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
We are safe, well ventilated, and incubated, provided we can avoid technologies that might fiddle with that ozone, or shift the levels of carbon dioxide. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wanted him to feel a kind of pain that matched my own level of fear whenever I was near him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Trip’s eyes met hers, level and clear and deep brown. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
They were devastating and primarily leveled both cities, but little was told to the public then except that a new kind of bomb had been used against the Japanese. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
“You wouldn’t have listened to him. You couldn’t have listened. Our gods are remote from us, Jean Louise. They must never descend to human level.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Despite the many trappings of civilization at Base Camp, there was no forgetting that we were more than three miles above sea level. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
Burnham was decisive, blunt, and cordial; he spoke under a level blue gaze that Olmsted found reassuring. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
“Maybe you are thinking it would be easy to escape into the darkness. There are nine levels. Three hundred kilometers of tunnels. Maybe you are thinking we would never find you.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
Then these groups were given differing levels of rights and privileges in order to keep them at odds. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
As far as I knew, no riddles were involved in mythological encounters with lamassu, but there was probably some extremely high level taarofing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
If Enrique had been there that day, I would have rated this a level four, the second-highest possible, which meant “Radioactive. Steer clear.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
It was not long before the level of milk in the pie tin had markedly fallen. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
And J. T. was just one of roughly 100 leaders at this level within the Black Disciples network. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
A dinging sound rings throughout the plane as it levels off. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
At the end of its own cul-de-sac, it was a large modern house of the “architectural” sort, bleached cedar, its split levels and asymmetrical terraces self-consciously bare. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
I checked my avatar’s stats and saw that I’d been awarded several hundred thousand experience points for clearing the gate, enough to raise my avatar from tenth level up to twentieth in one shot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
But I was too tired because I hadn’t slept the night before because I was thinking about not being able to do my maths A level. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
The Box had the highest testosterone level in the prison, and somehow smelled like it—close, musty, with an acrid whiff of perspiration. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The blurred red glow at ankle level was the coal fire of the double range whose door was kicked shut just then with a great clang and an irritable shout. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The crowd evidently liked this from the buzzing cheer it sent up, increasing the din to an unbelievable level. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
He was already reading at the level of a sophomore in college. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
I aspired to her levels of grace and perseverance. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
“An alarm might go off if the wrong person touches it. They might have set up that level of security.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
But that doesn’t help me with the whole “leave the groundlings behind and get on Maddie’s level” plan. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
This was actually a converted balcony, but instead of tiers of seats, there were rising ranks of tables that looked onto the lower level. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Of course, the same criticism could be leveled against America’s fully accredited four-year colleges. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
“Have you ever thought to tell your parents how you feel and ask them to change your room? You’re older, and the style might not suit your current maturity level.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Fischer and Hall were business rivals, but as prominent members of the high-altitude fraternity their paths frequently crossed, and on a certain level they considered themselves friends. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
A long time ago, Dad took apart a fire escape—a real fire escape, from a building that his office was demolishing—and he rebuilt the bottom level of it inside my bedroom. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Into her droptube, and it found its way to her level, which was on the bottom, or maybe just toward the bottom, her suburb was. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Szilard and Wigner, who had left the initial meeting confident that the urgency of research was understood at the highest levels of government, now came face-to-face with the natural sluggishness of the bureaucratic process. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The museum’s various levels were comprised of vast caverns linked by a network of subterranean streets, tunnels, staircases, elevators, escalators, ladders, slides, trapdoors, and secret passageways. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The California data included not only each baby’s vital statistics but information about the mother’s level of education, in come, and, most significantly, her own date of birth. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t just that I wanted to beat her, but also that I felt like I owed it to her, to the group, to myself, to play at her level. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
At one level, it was just us kids larking about. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
The entire city below them had been leveled on orders of a child of Ares. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
It exposed them to lethal levels of radiation, but reduced Japan’s nuclear contamination tenfold. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
On the second level belonged the enemies of strength: anacondas and rhinos and crocodiles of over twenty feet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
They hurried to the door that would take them into the stairwell to the top level, where they could go through the water lock, out the caverns, and into freedom in the forest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Temperatures, rainfall, and humidity all increased, raising plant productivity to the modern high levels for which Japan is preeminent among temperate-zone countries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Yes, the hockey players who make it to the professional level are more talented than you or me. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
I'd sit in front of her desk and make troubled-brow faces which I thought illustrated the deep level of neurosis I represented. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
The early morning mist hung at waist level. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
Bram is parked in the raised area of the parking lot, on the top level. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
His bet was that most of them ended up teaching in programs like this or working in advertising, neither of which appealed to him on any level. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
We drop down again briefly—just a couple of levels — and the doors open on the Hangar. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
What he’s telling us, his level smile implies, is for our own good. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
As I write, work flow is about to go to yet another level. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
Different drugs use different mechanisms to trigger increased levels of dopamine. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
On the aspirational level, however, a constitutional amendment strategy may be more valuable. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Families would know this at some level anyway, I thought. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I squeezed in beside the irritated passengers, and checked to make sure that the button for level one had been pushed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I kneel to be at his eye level. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
All these businesses were on the ground level of buildings with floors of apartments above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
The toilet pan is just set at ground level. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
A bright mural is painted along one corner, a colorful swirl of stylized game levels. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
But most do not see a level playing field. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
I want to stop time, freeze myself at this level and never let go of her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
It presupposed a high level of military discipline and an awesome degree of obedience by subordinates to their lawful superiors It assumed that wars had a beginning and an end. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
He was, however, distinctive for his sense that the mobilization of these resources required abiding management and strategic orchestration at the national level. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Close to 46 percent of the city's children were living below the federal poverty level. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
I level my voice until it is as flat as the deck I stand on. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
It will get 84 percent of them up to or above their grade level in mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Today violent crime rates are at historically low levels, yet incarceration rates continue to climb. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Lena and I took Cap’s bus after school and found the right house, a well-kept split level on a quiet side street. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
Hovering level with the topmost branches of an oak he called, “Come and get it, Potter!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
She holds my stare in the glass, level, unwavering. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
A great earthquake had come with fire and levelled the house and Mildred was under there somewhere and his entire life under there and he could not move. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
The application of Orff and Dalcroze activities in preschool children: Do they affect the level of rhythmic ability? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
The noise level subsided, as if people were distracted with preparations and didn’t want to waste time with the usual bickering. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Yet the ever-increasing demands of her work raised her gift to a whole new level. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
And it wasn’t level the other way either. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
He arranged the food, leaving half-eaten bits on the plates, poured wine to different levels in all the glasses, and finally, with great precision, returned the napkin to the floor beneath the chair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
The phrase on the aspir- ational level adds nothing to aspire, nor is a prejudice reduction model any more sophisticated than reducing prejudice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
It is a low level country and under the rain it is even flatter. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
He entered the house through the back door with the flaregun leveled at his waist. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
I now won many of my matches for the school team with ease, and black players of every level and age in Alexandra became regular victims of my strong net game. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fly population returned to its former level; so did infant mortality. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
The first, at 1 per cent of the present level, shielded out enough ultraviolet radiation to permit cells to move into the surface layers of lakes, rivers, and oceans. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
As we looked out of the windows Momma checked her notebook, then announced, “This is the Appalachia Mountains. We’re over six thousand feet above sea level, this is higher than we’ve ever been before.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
It stores sugar in the form of glycogen and releases it as glucose in carefully measured quantities to keep the blood sugar at a normal level. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
I tried to find something to hold on to, but the box was already at street level. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
Almost everything offered today for the treatment of heart disease is at this level of technology, with the transplanted and artificial hearts as ultimate examples. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The entire First Cohort was advancing on them, spears levelled, shields locked. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
When we neared the bottom, the lift slowed, jerked a few times, and then settled level with a rock platform. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Jericho is eight hundred feet below sea level,” Father explained to us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
How certain people know more than others on every level, though she chooses not to name each individual and makes it clear that even she does not have all the answers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Change is clinking in his trouser pocket, just below the level of my shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The two scholars climbed up through the levels of the city, the guards marching behind them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
“On a scale of one to ten, rate your current stress level.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Since most of the students were transient and many had behavior problems, the curriculum was designed more to keep us out of trouble than on grade level. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
She held it up at eye level and squinted inside. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
It had become painfully obvious that Akhi was no longer able to maintain our same level of training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
While the rich may have always set the standards, Schor said, the actual social competition used to be played out largely at the neighborhood level, among people in roughly the same class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
On a personal level, my relations with Chief Buthelezi were close and respectful, and I hoped to capitalize on that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another type of intensified food-gathering activity that developed was the freshwater eel fisheries of the Murray-Darling river system, where water levels in marshes fluctuate with seasonal rains. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
His work ethic was set at the same high level as those relatives of his who put in murderous hours inside their taverns, pizza joints, and hoagie shops. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
‘I wonder if that is what they meant: that the lower levels are on fire? Still, we can only go on.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Though we despised the classification system, most of the men had by that time risen to at least C level, where they were permitted to study. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Using emerging high-tech techniques, researchers pieced together the physical structures, down to the cellular level, involved with attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
“Well, that’s the idea. But for some of them the reading level is too hard. They don’t all read at grade level.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Many of the bottom levels of the shelving were empty, Amari noticed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
But this was tantamount to calling Lawrence’s bluff: at its current level of development, Ernest acknowledged, the calutron could produce enriched uranium fast but only in very small quantities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The task was to assure Lawrence that Berkeley would continue to support the Radiation Laboratory at its accustomed level and open the doors for the expansion he was already contemplating. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
He had to slide boxes around and drag an old step stool from the opposite end of the attic, but finally his eyes were level with the back vent. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z
Across the narrow valley, now almost on a level with his eyes, the walls of the evil city stood, and its cavernous gate, shaped like an open mouth with gleaming teeth, was gaping wide. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
On the level of the station where the newsstand was, the only tracks were the ones on which the shuttle ran. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
This particular magic sword could only be used by an avatar who was tenth level or higher. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
“His brain is flooded with anticipatory dopamine. He knows on a primitive, neurochemical level that he’s about to get a squirt,” says Dr. Greenfield. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
It is a bit of a chemical oddity in that at ground level it is a pollutant, while way up in the stratosphere it is beneficial, since it soaks up dangerous ultraviolet radiation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Even worse, this trend may be due partly to the fact that burdens an attentive reader with ten words, seven levels, and more than two dozen branches. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
It does seem strange, my level of concern over the prep team. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Suddenly, the goat leaped straight up till he was eye level with the horse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
He looks back at me, his eyes all level, but he keeps on hurrying. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
But the wet hole had a good grip on the box, and it took help from Miss Maggie, too, before we managed to drag it up out of the hole and onto level ground. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
And leaving right then would also serve to quell any suspicions, at least at the level we were working. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The ladders that rose from one level of scaffold to the next had all the substance of matchsticks and imparted to the structure an aura of fragility. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
The only real difference was that this table was not elevated, and the seated masters were close to eye level with me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
We pass through this set of doors onto the floor level of an enormous auditorium. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
The seneschal’s chambers were on the second level. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Whether even a heroic level of leadership stood any chance was uncertain because—and here was the cruelest irony—the effort to make the Revolution truly complete seemed diametrically opposed to remaining a united nation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
“But from what I have heard, your family was very poor. You would definitely have been below the poverty level.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He held it eye level to get a good look at how much was inside. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He feels a twinge of guilt that on some deep level, he’s thankful for whatever tragedy has occurred, because it’s forced them together. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Miles of little split levels and stretches of mall-lined highways surrounded the place. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
If she cannot raise me to her level, perhaps I can raise her to mine. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
Magnet was standing at ground level, holding a sack of seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
The excitement of being in Paris and competing at this high level was intoxicating. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
All around us the noise level rises and falls, punctuated by choruses of alohas sung out by greeters and families alike. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Poems and stories about the hardships and joys of the Puerto Rican jíbaro were required reading at every grade level in school. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Other globs of verbal fat include the metaconcepts we suctioned out in chapter 2, including matter, view, subject, process, basis, factor, level, and model. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
And the Ministry had not only to supply the multifarious needs of the Party, but also to repeat the whole operation at a lower level for the benefit of the proletariat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
“I thought you couldn’t read at that level yet.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I pulled in behind the approach to a concrete bridge, but couldn’t find a level place on the sloping roadside. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nor had she missed when they zigzagged between levels, even though the building was a standard grid of hallways and stairwells. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I’ve gone as far as I can on a conscious level, and now it’s up to those mysterious operations below the level of awareness. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Twenty years at least in which to unfold his story at roughly this level of physical well-being—almost as long as he had already lived. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Still on and up the stairway bent and crawled, until at last with a final flight, short and straight, it climbed out again on to another level. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
He gestured, indicating the highest level of the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I raised my hands to the level of my chest—the weapons I had against the hyena. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
“There’s always a level of concern, but I don’t think anybody’s panicked,” said Col. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It means “ritually impure,” “unclean on a cellular and cosmic level.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
“The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert—in anything,” writes the neurologist Daniel Levitin. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
“No doubt, but the difficulty level is a little high.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
There’s Maggie, the dog we got after my level nine Westerns, and then there are her puppies Lily, Atlas, and Bella, who were bred at the same farm where we found Maggie. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Thankfully he turned down the street they’d intersected, which was level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
As the train dips down to street level, Edward leaps. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
He leveled the flintlock pistol at her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I managed to clear all eight levels of the game in just under three hours. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
“On a scale of one to ten, ten being the most stressful, rate your current stress level.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Sure, he did a lot of teleporting around the OASIS, completing quests and leveling up his avatar, but he didn’t actually know anything. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Once Wielaf was panting and wincing on the floor of the upper level, Anya gathered up her bones and lifted him to standing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
With money, I experienced freedom on a whole new level: I went to McDonald’s. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
I tip my palm at each of them—it’s at the level of the frills on his pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
The drone behind the Director rises up to shoulder level and turns its camera to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
Passengers coming up from the lower level paused before asking the policemen for directions. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
I thought of the four levels below us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
As I left the Infosys campus that evening and bounced along the road back to Bangalore, I kept chewing on that phrase: “The playing field is being leveled.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
He had been deeply involved in the planning of the Congress of the People and was destined for the highest levels of leadership in the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
His troubled eyes were gazing at the wall about a meter above the level of Winston’s head. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
As a result, small changes at a lower level of organization can lead to emergent changes at a higher level. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The school offers three levels—Theater 1, 2, and 3—along with a class in musical theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
While being unsaddled, he leveled his wide-set, intelligent eyes on Smith again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Additionally, I think our issues are now resolved, both on a logical and an emotional level.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
When I received Joe's response to my letter, a scribbled note in the handwriting of a child, he could still only read at a third-grade level, despite the fact that he was thirty-one. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
And there’s a level full of corny jokes and silly sayings, with room left for us to add more. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
After Three, the children progressed at much the same level, though by their first number one could always tell who was a few months older than others in his group. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
So strong, the goose can fly over the Himalayas, 20,000 feet above sea level. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
When I drive by to look at it now, I see that the whole thing has been leveled. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
One of the first blows came from the highest level, the president of the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Somewhere on the level below, government employees flowed in and out of the building, while somewhere above, the president and First Lady lived with their Scottish terriers in the family residence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
I brace myself, and we hit the level concrete, the shocks absorbing most of it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
“Right. The moment they weren’t touching it”—he motioned to that piece of asphalt hovering at chest level—“it refroze in time wherever they left it. Even if they left it in the air.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
You could see the abandoned funeral chapel, iron doors padlocked, ivy on the sides of the spire, a small tree growing out of the guttering at roof level. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
While escalating the bombing, he continually increased troop levels. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
Ernest had spent weeks stoking himself up to a high level of optimism. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
It's taken me two years to advance to the level of a Thursday, but still my seven hours of work can be undone by a single question pertaining to sports or opera. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
What did surprise him was that when Ron drew level with them, Parvati suddenly nudged Lavender, who looked around and gave Ron a wide smile. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Coin’s voice, perhaps a shade grimmer, fills the bunker, the volume level flickering with the lights. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
He pointed to a guard on the ground level. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
Then the two of us together, without a word passing between us, leveled it out again as flat as the Great Plains. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Seven’s old-lady heart fluttered, and they made their way to the lower level of the hall, shuffling along as other Ravenskillians began to arrive. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
“You two are scaring her,” Pet said, its voice level. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Now . . . well, after what happened in Tartarus, it seemed like Percy had graduated to a totally different level of butt-kickery. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
And by 1917, Alice Paul was ready to take this militancy to a new level. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
They were as high up and far out as hoverboards would go, just above treetop level, at the edge of town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
The third level of the platform was woven of branches no thicker than a finger, and covered with dry leaves and twigs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
No matter how many cups were poured out from it, the level of the wine stayed the same, up to the brim. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
The cage had two floors, one level with us, the other at the back, higher by about three feet, that led outside to the island. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
There’s a level of drudgery and unpleasantness involved. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
He realized now that they were almost on level ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
As Kyle squinted at the wide swath of shiny white, he noticed a series of evenly spaced glowing green LEDs at eye level on the wall. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
They are the eyes and ears of the Angkar at the local level. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the elevator creakily arrived, he rode it—not to his own floor—but to the lower level on which the new tenant, Pris Stratton, now lived. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
Farmer seemed to know everything about a country that baffled me on many levels, and his insights helped me with the article I was writing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
When he didn’t go on, Otto shrugged and raised the camera’s viewfinder to eye level. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
If you are concerned about this score, we suggest you seek professional help regarding that ax issue and perhaps develop your level of responsibility, beginning with a single bean plant. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
We spun around one last time, the water level now almost high enough to shred us against the metal net. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Over the past five years, I’d managed to slowly, gradually raise my avatar up to third level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The previous winter, he’d added a whole new level of delight to his existence when he started volunteering as an assistant coach for the Vipers, Sasha’s middle school basketball team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
The path stopped climbing, and became for a while nearly level. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
But this time the ball hit the right post and came bouncing back at chest level, right across the mouth of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
These officials were quite unable to recall situations where cooperation had not taken place “at the Washington level.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
All budding artists start out on the level of craft by imitating other works of art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
During the Ice Ages so much of the world’s water was frozen into glaciers that sea levels fell as much as four hundred feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
It was about two stories high but there were only a few windows at the level of the first story. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
On some level, I think, he’d decided that if he couldn’t go to a school like Chicago, then perhaps he ought not go at all. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Chapter Eleven located the tiny doorknob level with his head and, using all his strength, pulled it open. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Some very recent work indicates that reproduction of birds may be adversely affected by these and certain other herbicides at levels far below those that cause death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
At this point, because of reading comic books, my English had improved to a level where I could read simple sentences. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Unlike in Haiti, which means “land of many mountains,” the ground is level here and stretches as far as I can see—as if there are no limits to dreams here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
They talk about water levels, the dryness of the forest, how the fish are biting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
He stood, the skull about on a level with his face, and held up his hair with two hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
He shuffled forward another foot and waved his arm again, the sword level with my neck. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He reached the place where the hill crested and he could feel the ground under his snow-covered feet become level. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
There, at knee level, in total darkness, I found spiders living in webs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They bought a split- level house on Willet Drive in suburban Annandale. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
The look he leveled at me over his glasses would have turned a weaker soul to stone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
“If we choose to put it into a football program, and the graduates from our high schools are at or above the state level of standards, then screw you, leave us alone.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Down on the lowest level, the low stone wall around the arena field itself was partially destroyed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
The next minute he was back on ground level, swinging his censer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
In the 1880s Chicago was experiencing explosive growth that propelled land values to levels no one could have imagined, especially within the downtown “Loop,” named for the turn-around loops of streetcar lines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
If she could make it up just one, she could hide herself on the first level. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
He checks the water level in the birdbath. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
Samuel leveled his eyes on his youngest son. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
By now he’s reached a whole new level of blushing—almost purple. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
“Maybe it’s like a video game, and you get to access more powers and levels once you complete something?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
The school year’s almost over, so everybody’s goof-off levels are at their highest, and white-kid goofing off is a category of its own. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
Except that the high literacy level was largely because of the Communist movement. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he leveled out of his loop the pilot looked back again and shouted, “More?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
He held the matchbox up at the level of his chest so the cricket could see out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
As far as I could make out the last mile or so of the new road where it started to level out would be able to be shelled steadily by the Aus- trians. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
The sign startled the boy, and as he stared at it, his attention was drawn to an open window on the ground level. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
And then, once we’re in the empty hall in the upper level of the palace, I turn and press the point of my knife directly underneath his chin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
But Malcolm had time to prepare, and dug the paddle in harder than ever before, and just managed to keep her on a course for the level land further down. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
“You always manage to elevate the intelligence level of the conversation. The whole room just lights up the moment you arrive.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
“I’m not going to sink to her level.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Their hind legs were stretched out in front and raised to shoulder level, their arms resting on their knees. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
We say goodbye, and then Nora and I take the stairs one floor down to the basement level. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
The breathtaking levels of their hypocrisy had given me a migraine. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
All the buildings on this street had garages on the ground level and the houses stacked on top. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
He concentrated on the Fear, on raising the level of panic in the room, of making the Terror something tangible.... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
They were mirrors of each other now, two identical pairs of dark eyes level with each other. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
In the Odyssey, he has reached a higher level. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
The mayor instructed the group to “seek the highest possible level of understanding on a totally voluntary basis, acceptable to all parties concerned.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
As the craft flew overhead, it telemetered a torrent of data to the closest tracking station, everything from its speed and altitude to its fuel level and the astronaut’s heart rate. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Sarai told him what she could, and they tried to interpret the level of threat they posed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
We came outside on the swimming pool level. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
At neck level there’s another sheet, suspended from the ceiling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
At higher levels it became purple, and this purple afterglow persisted for what seemed a long time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Computers cannot deal with such levels of improbability, and it is just as well. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two stories high, the unfinished shul stood level with the brick buildings surrounding it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
And I didn’t like waiting to find out about my maths A level. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
By that time he’d gotten most of the window closed, but there was still a small gap at the level of his chest. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maintaining level flight continued to prove challenging and eventually I attempted a descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
My aunt’s trailer was the top unit in a “stack” twenty-two mobile homes high, making it a level or two taller than the majority of the stacks immediately surrounding it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Hence one has to suspect that the charcoal samples dated from the oldest human occupation levels consist of post-Clovis charcoal infiltrated with older carbon. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Tom can build a level of trust and rapport in five to ten minutes that most people will take half an hour to do,” Moine says of Gau. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The goby. The zebra mussel. The Quagga mussel. Pesticides. Aging sewage treatment facilities. Dropping water levels. Acid rain. Fertilizers. Global warming. Who knows?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
The judges knew nothing about the skill level of the surgeons. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Tests on other samples–from Denmark, Spain, France, New Zealand, Antarctica–showed that the iridium deposit was worldwide and greatly elevated everywhere, sometimes by as much as five hundred times normal levels. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
I don’t think he realizes how deeply that truth resonates—and on every level. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Two hundred steps they counted, broad and shallow; and at the top they found an arched passage with a level floor leading on into the dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
It took us an entire week, often playing over sixteen hours a day, before we were finally able to clear all thirty-nine levels and complete the quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
They had not yet reached the level of words. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
We lived in a two-story house, and my parents allowed us to take over the upstairs level. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
I can’t make any sense of the picture beyond that—it is above my level of comprehension. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
In fact, he landed perfectly, grabbing hold of the ledge with both hands and then pulling himself up until he was level with the window. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
A man whose life turned out just fine, regardless of his education level. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
In 1996, the Chicago Board of Education enforced new rules saying that students had to make at least a 6.8 grade level in reading and math to move on to high school. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Altars can have different levels to represent places like earth, heaven, or the Aztec underworld of Mictlan. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
Tialys kept his balance as she held him at eye level. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
“When we are out of sight,” he said to Count Rugen, “take that man in black and put him in the fifth level of the Zoo of Death.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
He’d gone beyond Mr. Ortega’s skill level long ago, but Matt had covered for him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
But my teacher often told me I was doing very well, and when she promoted me to the highest book reading level in our classroom, I wanted to reach out and shake her hand. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Eisenhower replied levelly that he shared the same liabilities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Learning how to push the right buttons, how to switch smoothly from one level to another, how to make contractions. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
And he decreed there were to be five levels, all with the proper needs for his individual enemies. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Above me, a circle the size of a manhole is cut into the lowest level. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
The commander flicked the blaster’s power level to five and advanced through the hole. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Local police acknowledged that no significant level of violence was associated with crack in Seattle and that other drugs were causing more hospitalizations, but steadfastly maintained that their deployment decisions were nondiscriminatory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Some scientists think this imbalance might help explain the high levels of heart disease in our society. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
The answer lay on her right—the right passageway, the passage that led to the tomb a few levels below. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
It was before I got long-legged, so with her sitting down and me standing, my head was just about level with hers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Teachers chatted and didn’t care about the noise level for a change. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
And culture can be on any level, and is. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
And, with it, set off excitedly, his heart laboring, for the level below. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
They unflinchingly respected the accuracy of observational data, and their predictions of the motion of the planets to high precision provided compelling evidence that, at an unexpectedly deep level, humans can understand the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The “dynamics of the vehicles involved in the accident strongly indicate that the vehicles had much higher levels of traction than would be available in a hydroplaning situation.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
And on some level, I expected a brand- new Birmingham—a friendlier and more accommodating Birmingham, where my children could experience the freedom that had been lacking for me as a child. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Noodles started, his voice rising to another level each time he said it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
He leveled McWatt out with another harsh cry and whipped him upward and around again into a ragged blue patch of unpolluted air just as the bombs he had dropped began to strike. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
I suppose on some level it is, but for me it’s more the need to remind myself that I am “other.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
“I escaped unhurt,” Washington later wrote in a letter, “although death was leveling my companions on every side of me.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
The ground is flattening out and we’re getting down closer to river level as it all starts turning to marsh. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
Going into the final round, the scores were level. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Michael and I decided to spend more time looking into the Pittman murder; we thought it might give us some perspective on the coercion that was leveled against Myers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
It's the first time we've been assembled, on level ground, in simple clothes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
As they drew level with him, his mother came hurrying out of the tent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
A hundred gold cloaks leveled their spears and closed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Warbeak sped back, hovering level with the loft door as she set her claws into the latch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
The one that was up was kept about six feet above ground level. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
If Lizzie had been down on the beach, they would have towered above her, but up in the pine, she was just about eye level with them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Beyond the stables, the ground level of the Great Pyramid became a labyrinth, but Quentyn Martell had been through here with the queen, and he remembered the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Between her hands, at the level of her heart, she holds a glass object: an oversized cat’s eye marble, with a blue center. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
They had a low frustration level; they didn’t plan, and when they broke the law, they got caught. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Henry takes a moment to respond, but his voice is level. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
There was little sign of the level going down, but the banks weren’t giving way and the roads were dry, so people thought the worst was over. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
He leveled his lance, aiming right between the dragon’s eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Dorothy Hoover had shown that a black woman was capable of the highest level of theoretical aeronautical research. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
There were now no openings to other galleries or tunnels on either side, and the floor was level and sound, without pits or cracks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
She was 3000 feet above sea level, but between the Tay and the Dee, the Cairngorm Mountains rise higher than that. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
But here and there he caught the gleam of spears and helmets; and over the levels beside the roads horsemen could be seen riding in many companies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
English Above All We sit and sleep in the lowest level of our cowboy’s house, where we never see the wife. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
The glass rose above the level of the water, far out of his reach. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
And the surest testament to the magnificent and horrifying level of my virtuosity was that neither had I. When I got to the flat Jack was waiting inside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
“He was our pilot. Flew that plane into the ground—kept it flying straight and level so the rest of us could bail out after we were hit.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
The Wart found that he could keep more or less level by altering the inclination of his arm fins and the ones on his stomach. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
The road curved slightly and then leveled out, and there was a patch of dense underbrush to my right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
“Don’t fall, don’t—” Arrows streak toward us from the tower, and the legionnaires have dropped level now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
He said no, that he wasn’t really trained on that level. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
He holds his cup in his hands and brings it to eye level, staring at it until a soft curl of steam rises from the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He stands by the arm of the couch, knees at the level of my head. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
The fourth time we actually get further, building a second level before the whole thing flattens. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Thankfully he turned down the street they’d intersected, which was level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I set the small device up on a shelf that was about eye level and began to fuss with its buttons, searching for the ON switch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
They turned the knob on the door at the bottom of the black stairs and stepped onto the fourth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Yet the bottom of the valley is level and broad and nearly a mile long; steep cliffs wall it in all around. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
I felt in every part of me, humming and whirring at the atomic level, that she was changing me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
As Franklin and many others noted, Indian life—not only among the Haudenosaunee, but throughout the Northeast—was characterized by a level of personal autonomy unknown in Europe. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Perhaps the second level was not so well guarded. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
I’m standing inside a level that few will ever get to see, with some of the most famous players in the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Fifty years of continued migration from the South increased blacks’ political muscle on the local level. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
But of course we’d take it in at some level, so that before long all this stuff was there in our heads without us ever having examined it properly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aspire to a level of coolness known only as . The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
A spiral staircase leads up to a second level. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
Better information has led to later reduction or withdrawal of the tolerance, but only after the public has been exposed to admittedly dangerous levels of the chemical for months or years. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
“There’s the next mile champion,” he said, leveling his eyes across the room. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
However, this “hydraulic theory” of state formation is subject to the same objections leveled against social contract theories in general. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
It ratchets up the difficulty level of keeping all these feelings in check. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
They look you in the eye, level and measuring, they sit at the kitchen table and the air around lights up with their lucidity. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
To secure the Revolution and stabilize its legacy on a national level required a dominant leader who focused the energies of the national government in one “singular character.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
These were the subjects I was truly interested in studying on a deeper level. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
It's a good thing that I’m above attack on that level. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Together we made our way down to the street level. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
The plane is leveling off, engines murmuring steadily. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
He surveyed the men in the room, then leveled his gaze on Dub. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Lola, who was on Briony’s side, drew level and their eyes met. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
He was tucked in like a child, the white sheet folded at waist level, his arms resting on either side of him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
This indicates that some match rigging may be choreographed at the highest level of the sport—much like the Olympic skating judges’ vote swapping. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
The trainees won twenty-nine of thirty races, a feat that may be unequaled at any level of the sport. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
It's a purely natural process happening at the atomic level. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
There are safety systems in every home and every office building, with multiple levels of redundancy, just in case. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
"Some kind of road, or a level clearing?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Well,” I reply, keeping my eyes level with his. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
So maybe at some level, I am on the lookout for Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
The executive was frightened—terrified actually—but he hadn’t risen to this level of success by wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
He believed that her destiny was marriage and a brilliant life in society, where the ability to converse with the dead, if kept on a frivolous level, could be an asset. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Pong was trying hard to keep his voice level, but he couldn't hold back the angry crackle in his words. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
It is better to settle these matters in the courts than on the streets, and new laws are needed at every level, but law alone cannot make men see right. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
An Architect is a designer of the level, dedicated to changing the world on the spot in favor of her team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Tammi took another step forward, but I leveled the tip of my sword at her chest “Get back.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
I guess they would have kept on fighting till they leveled the house to the ground if it hadn’t been for a freak accident. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was still crouching a little inside the run, on a level with their heads and outlined against the light. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He leaned over the table at eye level, just like his uncle used to do, and he slowly, carefully polished the table until it shone like new. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
The nitrogen and phosphorus levels are so high that it would kill the crops. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
I try to develop and drop my words, keeping my voice deep and level: “Yeah, absolutely.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
The three men walked together down through the levels of the ship. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
I soon graduated to the next level of responsibility, which was night duty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The idea makes me nervous on about five different levels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
The justice system employed almost 2.4 million people in 2003—58 percent of them at the local level and 31 percent at the state level. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
The shelter, which I had to myself, was on a level area thirty or forty yards back from the pond and slightly above it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
It rose, leveled at a high note, and hovered there for a long moment. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“There’s nothing alive...at least not for several hundred feet. The tunnel slants down, then levels out and goes south, more or less. I don’t sense any traps...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Gregarious Simulation Systems elevated the MMO concept to an entirely new level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He didn’t seem sure where to level his sword—at Percy or his own crew. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Instead, I just level a flat look at Bill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
‘So I invented a fourth difficulty level: idiot mode. It makes the corns so stupid it’s funny. They always choose exactly the wrong thing to do.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He explained that if they were up any higher, at the conventional level for pictures, the smaller children wouldn’t be able to see them. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
It led to a staircase, but one that winded upward to the level above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
If he were here, he could raise the water level and simply float down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Spoon rushed us over to a janitor’s closet on the lower level. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
He leveled the sextant to catch the horizon, and started to bring the sun into focus. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not every hockey player born in January ends up playing at the professional level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
And yet a pernicious seed had been planted—a perception of me as disgruntled and vaguely hostile, lacking some expected level of grace. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
If you were level with the patch so that it was edge-on, it was nearly invisible, and it was completely invisible from behind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The gardener was clipping away at the bougainvillea, taming the flowers that defiantly stuck out of the leveled top. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
It could be a file connecting Hideo with this opening game level. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The white hull was at least ten stories tall, topped with another dozen levels of decks with brightly lit balconies and portholes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community, the civil rights community is oddly quiet. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
With reproduction, mutation and the selective elimination of the least efficient varieties, evolution was well under way, even at the molecular level. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
I said, “See? It’s perfect. It would take our stuff to the next level.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
This interview will take me to a new level. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Her brain was reestablishing cycles of sleeping and waking, which meant a new level of consciousness. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once we climbed in it we were just below ground level. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have seen what was carved on the wall in one corner, just level with my eyes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
What fantastic levels might be achieved by using this technique on normal people. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
No one has ever taken an A level at our school before, and the headmistress, Mrs. Gascoyne, didn’t want me to take it at first. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Suppose that one twin goes to live on the top of a mountain while the other stays at sea level. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The last example shows that verbs can be drained of life when they are turned into adjectives, too, as when contribute becomes contributive to or aspire becomes on the aspirational level. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
She was on course now, and had found satisfaction on other levels; writing stories not only involved secrecy, it also gave her all the pleasures of miniaturization. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“On a certain level everything sounds like nonsense, doesn’t it?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
The chamber into which she had stepped was spacious—at that level, almost half of the huge trunk was hollow—and clean, but the floor was extremely rough. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
On the wide level acres of the valley the topsoil lay deep and fertile. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I imagine it will involve a high level of destruction.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
A drunk driver and a person on a phone were equally likely to crash, whereas “we’re seeing the risk factor for accidents when someone is texting exceeds the level when people are legally drunk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
“The blood tests will tell us hormone levels. The psychological assessment is routine in cases like this.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
He tilted his head to the side and raised up just enough that his left eye was above the level of the windowsill. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z
Yes, there it lay, the fruit of all their struggles, levelled to its foundations, the stones they had broken and carried so laboriously scattered all around. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
Accordingly, a formerly incarcerated person living at or below the poverty level can be charged by four or five departments at once and can be required to surrender 100 percent of his or her earnings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
I interacted with people on only the most basic, perfunctory levels, and otherwise spent most of my time listening to music. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
But I wasn’t honest with Rufus, because, on a deep level, I do believe partying on the train is my kind of scene. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
I already sense that the level of buzzing energy in the cafeteria is higher than usual, but I first hear the news when Andrew approaches me in the food line. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Mutual respect is a sacred value for all fencers, at every level. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
The adults supervise you, but they don’t get down on your level and talk to you. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Every time I spoke to a Muslim audience, someone would always tell me how grateful they were to see a woman of faith succeed at such a high level of sport. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
When he turned 100 on January 17, he was reading on a third-grade level. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
His shoes sank into the soil, which had become black and soupy in an instant, the water level rising. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
The flying was usually straight and level, so airsickness wasn’t a problem. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
This road they followed but they did not ride upon it; for the ground beside it was firm and level, covered for many miles about with short springing turf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Now that he was beside her, he realized how tiny she was; bowed down with age, she came barely level with his chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
I slunk down on the middle of my spine, my nose level with the rim of the window, and watched the houses of outer Boston glide by. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
The day he’d grounded me had probably been a level six, off the charts. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
But if he looked at eye level, it was hell. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
He looks like he’s about to leave, but then he doubles back to my bedside, bends so his face is level with my ear, and whispers into it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
She crouched before the fairy so that their faces were level, and her eyes never left the fairy. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Moss leveled a look at her that made her laugh. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
If my avatar was killed, I would lose my sword, shield, and leather armor, and the three levels I’d managed to gain over the past few years. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
And there was, of course, the Kuomintang and their army officers who thought they were top level to everyone else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Had them leveling the dirt floor with boards when we went back to lessons, something I would’ve had to do with my leg trailing me like a tail. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z
You might think that the sophistication of teachers who cheat would increase along with the level of schooling. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
His pant cuffs were set at flood level. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
There’s a rear door at ground level with a window on each side of it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
A nervousness settled into the pit of my stomach as I took the stairs to the highest level of the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He believed in a child-centered education that promoted understanding the world from the child’s level, taking into account individual development and concrete, tactile experiences such as working directly with plants, minerals for science, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
Life, no matter on what level, must be moist or it will disappear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
To Collins, Bobby represented a second existence—the boy’s career was a vicarious entry to a level of chess mastery he himself would never achieve. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Even there, though, the rents are right up at Key West levels— well over $500 for an efficiency. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
It would take her a long while to get to Sherlock Holmes level, but once Emily did, she’d probably be one of those competitive people. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Mathematics majors who continue their studies will find that graduate education in mathematics, in great contrast to that at lower levels, is the best in the world. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The rate of incarceration in 1972 was at a level so low that it no longer seems in the realm of possibility, but for moratorium supporters, that magnitude of imprisonment was egregiously high. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
When the river level drops, it exposes the lower branches of willows lining the banks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
He could not hope to match the level of luxury and attention to detail that Cleopatra had so flawlessly achieved. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
The banks of the stream sank, as it reached the levels and became broader and shallower, wandering off towards the Marish and the River. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
The Division was forming on level ground, down the road—great square blocks of blue. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The bacteria are beginning to have the aspect of social animals; they should provide nice models for the study of interactions between forms of life at all levels. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The bear sergeant said nothing to her until they were on level ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
I grabbed hold of a rope I’d strung there at waist level to serve as a handhold and began to sidestep along the ledge to the corner of the platform. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
“We are leaving tomorrow. The children and I,” she said, staring straight ahead, above everyone’s eye level. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
And I could always do my A levels later, at 18. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
It was a weapon against her strength and if it turned out of no significance, still it was a hope that she might fall to their level some day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
Hudson and I were on an even playing field, and Arthur is not at my level. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
And I asked Mother if I could do my maths A level the next day. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
When had I leveled up to become the kind of person for whom he’d even offer? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
The fall in temperature would in turn have shut off much of living, and, in a long sigh, the level of oxygen may have dropped by 90 per cent. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
From street level, the antenna is all but invisible. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
“I can’t remember enjoying commentary more! What is this, by the way?” he added, holding the onionlike object up to eye level. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
The vertical rudders allowed the aeroplane to make a level turn to the left or to the right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the mundane, factual level, though, this resonant tale is wrong: Nature has always used fire as a mallet to beat landscapes into other forms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The platform leveled off at the window before a small, stone staircase. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
But his steady eyes were on me, calm and level. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
At home we have no level runs or meadows, but highland, goat land—prettier than plains, though. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
See if maybe there’s some water at that level. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
“If our search degenerates to that level I’ll be sure to call on you,” I said without looking in his direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Each enemy I vanquished dropped a pile of “Zenny coins” that I could later use to purchase armor, weapons, and potions from one of the bearded wise men scattered throughout each level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
When Cole looked up again to check the tide level in the bay, he blinked in disbelief. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
Nothing about it appealed to me, not even on an aesthetic level. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
The light in this level is changing; the ice monuments are lit with golden rays and dragging long shadows across the glaciers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The method of loci isn’t a museum piece on the personal level either. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
“What in seven holy bells happened to you two? You are a level mess.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
As it began to swing around the dial, her eyes followed it, watching, calculating, seeing down the long chains of meaning to the level where the truth lay. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
All the hours I rack up under it don’t count into my leveling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“He’s real young, but he’s on the level. He does drawings.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
In the first phase of Job Corps, students are tested to place them at the right level of GED training. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Indenting the plane’s body inward along that joint reduced the drag dramatically and resulted in an increase of as much as 25 percent in the planes speed for the same level of power. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
The second and third levels were made of smooth bricks with an exposed walkway to give it the look of a palace tower. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
The high levels of tracker jacker venom are working their way out of his body. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
The conduct, no question in Baird’s mind, rose to the level of “criminal negligence.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
And I got the results of my maths A level and I got an A grade, which is the best result, and it made me feel like this And I called the dog Sandy. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Each time he calls, his voice reaches a new level of desperation. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
The Reverend will level his gaze and declare, “You have The Verse.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The descent was laborious, but once they had reached ground level, Taran felt all the more convinced they would save time. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z
The students in classroom A averaged 5.8 on their sixth- grade tests, which is a full grade level below where they should be. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
But the reports raised the panic level all around. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
“Same story. Whoever this Zero person is, he set up this level to report stats to him about every single audience member watching the game.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Where is he? It was your precious football team that tried to put him through the crust of the earth. And don’t forget the punch that leveled him was meant for you.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
The ladder was crude but sturdy, and after twenty feet it opened out onto a piece of level ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
That this was yet another level of the test. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
White thought that Gregg was being “on the level” and that his refusal to kill for hire showed him to be “an outlaw with some honor.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
The scenery was altered in only one regard: the long summer of drought had dramatically lowered the level of the lake, exposing brown earthen banks and leaving the floating dock high, dry, and useless. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
The researchers had treated several homes to varying degrees, then encouraged landlords to rent those homes to families with children so they could then monitor the children’s lead levels. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Nor does “gourmet” or “state-of-the-art,” both of which seem to tell a buyer that a house is, on some level, truly fantastic. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
His brother, Tony, held the siding level as Wes’s steady hand nailed the replacement into place. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Just as Hazel had predicted, it slanted down, then leveled out and went south. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
It never occurred to me how tall he was, but he seemed to tower over me then, leaning down until our faces were level with each other. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
“Use your feet to turn to left or right,” said the tench, “and spread those fins on your tummy to keep level. You are living in two planes now, not one.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
My eyes follow the power-ups as they dot the training level, noting the easy grabs and the hard ones. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
As they drew level the bagpipes fell silent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I had told him Cloud Pond was a level stroll. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
The Greeks had developed a level of practical experience and technical understanding a thousand years more advanced than anyone else nearby. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
At last, just as the sinking sun came level with the crags behind them, he motioned for Wiglaf to go forward. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
What makes it a great deal more difficult to imagine is that everything which human beings would consider to be above the water level was fringed with all the colours of the spectrum. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then we’re out on the soundstage, where I seem to stand for hours while they adjust makeup and lighting and smoke levels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
This is the most serious level of infraction. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
To his enormous relief, when it rattled to a halt at level two, a soaking-wet and wild-eyed Ron got in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
There were about ten of us team members—mostly level eights, nines, and tens—waiting for instructions. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Hudson and I were friends for months before he charmed me into taking it to a different level with him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
She'd think she was a bad mom on so many levels. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
When we rose once to move, we saw instanter a Boat not three hundred Feet off, in which Redcoat Guns were leveled at both Shores — and we sank again for Hours. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
The insult levels me faster than a blow from the Commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
The two levels of reality reminded him of the Titan stronghold on Mount Othrys - a disorienting maze of black marble walls that randomly melted into shadow and solidified again. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t allow him to have this level of influence over me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I’d lost all respect for the intelligence level in this place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
At some unspoken level, Adams knew, which meant that Abigail also knew, that he considered the office his revolutionary right. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Some prominent members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police; they wanted to know what he thought of the situation. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
It did not result from the high-testosterone plasma levels in my blood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The elevator descends ten, twenty, thirty-plus levels, farther down than I even knew District 13 went. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
I was striving for a level of expression that matched those of the novels I read. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
And I started feeling a pain in my chest like I did on the underground because I thought I wasn’t going to be able to go back to Swindon and take my A level. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Split level didn’t seem like anything you'd see in a movie or read about in a book. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
“On a scale of one to ten,” I said to Fig, “rate your current stress level.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
They dip down to street level just before they bend to travel east. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Two thrones made of gold stood on the upper level of a towering stage decorated with silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
In seconds I’m off the slope, moving on the level, closer to the border crossing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
I imagined perps would come to her on their knees to confess if only to be eye level with what I dreamed was her very tanned, inny navel. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
Nowadays, among fields and woods, the noise level by day is high—too high for some kinds of animal to tolerate. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hazel scrambled over to him as Leo brought the ship level. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Instead it had raised its head up high, nearly a foot in the air, and was staring at them, its tongue flicking in and out, its eyes level and staring, straight at them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Antony is first appealing to his crowd on a human level, as friends: establishing a bond of common feeling which he hopes to extend to Caesar. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
I crane my neck to see the windows above street level. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Nearly half of the members of the metropolitan bar earned less than the minimum subsistence level for American families,” Jerold Auerbach writes of the Depression years in New York. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
We were two levels below the main deck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
When we finally leveled out, I struggled back into the carriage and re-looped both reins around one forearm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
Compton specified that the work would have to be done at breakneck speed and that the process would have to be scalable to an industrial level. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
At the domestic level, then, Adams inherited a supercharged political atmosphere every bit as ominous and intractable as the tangle on the international scene. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Ruthanne looked sideways at me, I guess gauging if my level of enthusiasm deserved her tale. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
But it was an inspired threat, mostly because it gave me the idea of leveling my Colt .32 at the driver’s head and making him get out of the car. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
Nearly everyone in town is within a level, easy stroll of the post office, library, and stores. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
One circuit of the cellar at ground level, one on the first gallery, half on the second, and on the two hundred and sixty-seventh morning, daylight in the Decanting Room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was unaffiliated with any street gang, and we are confident he was unarmed and innocent of the charges being leveled against him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“The room isn’t built to block that level of sound, and the whole house shook. They’re going to come down.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
He milled through the three levels of the Eolian, talking with everyone, young and old, musician and not. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I saw the steel come into eyes, the brows lower to a level of suspicion. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
If it is, it isn’t yowling for milk, Matt thought.There was a level of terror and despair in that sound that made the hair stand up on his neck. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I scour the bottom levels trying to help you find your singer, while all the while both of you are up here, thick as thieves.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Perhaps she was right for me at this emotional level. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Reyna got the uncomfortable impression he was seeing much more than her form - her heat signature, her heart rate, her level of fear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He was starting to level out his swing, and he even tried sending one or two down a sideline. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Mentally, knowing I didn’t want to let down my teammates and that no matter what happened they’d have my back eased my stress level. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Like its ancient predecessor, whose red marble halls were now the haunt of bats and spiders, the Meereenese pyramid boasted three-and-thirty levels, that number being somehow sacred to the gods of Ghis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
It maintains cholesterol at its proper level in the blood plasma, and inactivates the male and female hormones when they reach excessive levels. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
“I’ll pause when the bin’s level with the trailer wall so you can climb out. Then you can run along the wall and perch on top of the cab until the dump is finished.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Max leveled a look at Isabelle, who was trying hard not to laugh. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Three years later a Croatian seismologist named Andrija Mohorovičić was studying graphs from an earthquake in Zagreb when he noticed a similar odd deflection, but at a shallower level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Once you reached the level below that, the games all began to look identical. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The weedy fields where the game lived had been leveled and their black soil turned over in neat rows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
Evidendy an A level in English is a sacred trust, like something out of The Lord of the Rings. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z
The fact is, there is a great deal even at quite a fundamental level, that we don’t know–not least what the universe is made of. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
American Correctional Association President Gwendolyn Chunn put the matter more bluntly that same year when lamenting that the unprecedented prison expansion boom of the 1990s seemed to be leveling off. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Why would he want to play for a Division III school when he could play Division I–level ball? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
Even the soundtrack chosen for this level is off-the-charts epic, full of orchestral strings and deep drums, sending my heart soaring. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I know the inner workings of all things biological down to the cellular level. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Because I was a little older and more experienced this time, I had to audition to see what level I’d be in that fall. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was split open and bloody on one side of its head, at the level of the gills. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t know how much of this conversation he understands, but I think on some level he’s aware that this is a turning point for him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
Fingerprint-smudged glass walls and electronic gates separated them from the escalators and stairs that went down to the level where the trains came and went. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I’m sure that on a conscious level we don’t think that we treat tall people any differently from how we treat short people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Kira stood waiting, Frolic suddenly quiet and wary at her feet, while Matty sliced through the vines at eye level ahead of them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
Humans first reached Flores when the sea level was exceptionally low, and the island was easily accessible from the mainland. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Very good,” he says after checking the level again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
At one and a half miles above sea level, the train accelerates to 35 miles per hour. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
“Quincey’s head is level. This burglary business is getting serious; we got off once all right; but we have now a rare job on hand—unless we can find the Count’s key basket.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
But, anyway, the kid is staring at me with a level of intensity that I find very troubling, particularly given that I am holding a copy of Mano a Mano. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
Repeated exposures may lower the cholinesterase level until an individual reaches the brink of acute poisoning, a brink over which he may be pushed by a very small additional exposure. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
I started to walk again, but I was too surprised to maintain the same level of anger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
On its first level were big wooden doors over which had been set an open space, caged in with metal bars. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
I was sitting on the top step of the stairs that led down to the backyard’s lower level, thinking about the situation with Jennifer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
She lowered the aircraft delicately onto the roof, letting its six feet find their own purchase and adjust themselves to keep the cabin level. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
The state, therefore, sent any Smith Islanders who continued school after the elementary level to a boarding school in Crisfield. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
As with all other musical skills, there are many different levels and kinds of proficiency. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
Audiences who attend operas are usually able to afford the price of a ticket and are of an educational level and demographic cohort that supports, understands, and appreciates the form. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
They had drawn level with the only shop in Knockturn Alley that Harry had ever visited, Borgin and Burkes, which sold a wide variety of sinister objects. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
“Needed a quick word with,” Harry hesitated for a fraction of a second, “Arthur Weasley. Someone said he was up on level one.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
My instinct was to say yes, as if, on some deep level, I too wanted to protect Baba’s secret. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Without some kind of breakthrough, the entire experiment with republican government at the national level would “burst and vanish, and the states separate to take care of everyone of itself.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
I backed and filled until I found a level place where I could hear the eager stream rattling; it was almost dark. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
And he stutters, and squints, and passes through all the phases that Mom, Dad, and Alicia have: fear, confusion, disbelief, and then amazement that levels out to a steady curiosity. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Others depend on me now, he exulted as he trudged down the dust-impacted steps to the level beneath. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
When that happened at this level, things deteriorated quickly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
It leveled almost everything that stood, and whatever was left was finished off in the string of secondary tremors that continued to shake the world until the sun came up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The second burst occurred when oxygen rose to 10 per cent of the present level. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
But General MacArthur must be at a whole different level of power. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
It’s being leveled in a way that draws in and superempowers a whole new group of angry, frustrated, and humiliated men and women. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
Along the way, he’d filled households like ours with a new and profound level of hope and excitement, even if in our hearts we understood that he was a long shot’s long shot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
He reasoned that the resulting chaos in TB control would reach catastrophic levels, and finally private foundations would have to step in and deal with the prisons. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
His father’s face flashed into view below dock level. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
He puts his eye to street level, becomes a god looming over the Latin Quarter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Next month I’m going to take my A level in maths and I’m going to get an A grade. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Despite all the discussion about Bobby, including the nicknames and the petty comments leveled at him, he just continued to play and study the game that he loved. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
And what weight should we assign each of the many inputs that affect a child’s outcome: genes, family environment, socioeconomic level, schooling, discrimination, luck, illness, and so on? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
A chiefdom’s one or two levels of administration are greatly multiplied in states, as anyone who has seen an organizational chart of any government knows. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
By now smoke was seeping from the ground all over town, and people were beginning to grow nauseated and faint from the increased levels of carbon dioxide in their homes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
I had options, but they were all just different levels of bad. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
The hotel had been built on the side of a hill, so even though they went down, the cafe was still on ground level, with an outdoor patio overlooking the river. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
It was backbreaking work: digging out a level patch of earth, hauling rocks in wheelbarrows, hammering boards in place. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
This is one of the main fields of study for those who are interested in studying music theory at a more advanced level. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
It still took them the better part of an hour to reach the clearing, but the ground, when they got there, was as level and flat as a playing field. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
“No reef to cross. Nice level sand. Darn fine landing place. Just where the enemy expects us.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
They soon found that it was impossible to make their way along the crest of the Morgai, or anywhere along its higher levels, pathless as they were and scored with deep ghylls. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
After asserting that “the architects of America had covered themselves with glory” through their exposition designs, Burnham rebuked the nation’s civil engineers for failing to rise to the same level of brilliance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Then she sat still, letting her mind hold the three levels of meaning together in focus, and relaxed for the answer, which came almost at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
Ken understood that no level of preparation could eliminate the risk of an operation under such extreme conditions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
At dawn, the tracks straighten and level out. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
She reached level ground and made her way around the base of the hill, crouching low to the ground to duck under the smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
A hose snaked across the bottom of the crater to the middle, where a steel-and-aluminum fountain rose from the bottom to eye level. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
The campaign should be judged on two levels: whether the immediate objective was achieved, and whether it politicized more people and drew them into the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I love you guys,” he said, bending down to our level. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
"When things get rough it kind of helps to know you got support —" His voice broke off and he seemed to stare down at me, although he faced me at eye level acrosis the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
As an Afrikaner whose conscience forced him to reject his own heritage and be ostracized by his own people, he showed a level of courage and sacrifice that was in a class by itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But I think, on some level, we came to an understanding that day. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
And the claypan, as it’s called, has to be carefully engineered so that it will drain properly and also keep the plants submerged at the optimum level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Wherever the black population reached a threshold level, slavery remained the preferred means of assuring the segregation of the races. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The questions are posed to the Contestant, and after the quiz is over, both parties are asked to estimate the level of general knowledge of the other. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The case, on some level, was one that involved character. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
In the smoky distance, I saw Golan in the lighthouse doorway kneel down and take aim, leveling his arm across a railing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
A hundred thousand witches and wizards were taking their places in the seats, which rose in levels around the long oval field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
It had a high kerb by which troop-leaders could guide themselves in black night or fog, and it was banked up some feet above the level of the open land. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Prendergast filled the postcard from top margin to bottom, from edge to edge, with little regard for whether the sentences formed level lines or not. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
True, the passive phrase itself is heavier than the active, with four levels of branching rather than three, but it comes at the end, where there’s nothing else to keep track of. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
At either end of the field stood three goal hoops, fifty feet high; right opposite them, almost at Harry’s eye level, was a gigantic blackboard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
We find a spot on the third level, ride an elevator to the lobby, and sign our names on a sheet at the front desk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
Taking advantage of their brief moment of strife, Mr. Griswold swung his walking stick and whacked Barry on the cheek, then pushed past him toward the entrance to the lower level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Sarah leveled such a glare at the pair of them I thought their hair would catch fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even though I was the only team gymnast training at level ten, I had made some good friends at Bannon’s, including two girls who are my BFFs to this day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
My level has skyrocketed from 28 to 49. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
She petitioned local politicians to provide funds to have a new bathroom block built on the lower level, to no avail. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
He would look them in the eyes, keeping his chin level, and he would issue the new SOPs in a calm, impersonal tone of voice, a lieutenant’s voice, leaving no room for argument or discussion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The four of us walked to the lower level and into a wider hallway, a brightly lit area of what appeared to be a basement corridor leading to the biggest cafeteria I had ever seen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
On a practical level, living on a five-hundred-yard-long mesa was a daunting task. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Across a low cement wall is the upper level of our neighbor’s apartment, whose glass doors also open onto the terrace. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the tiny cell screen, the South Tower, floor by floor, falls, leveling, collapsing like an accordion. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
And there was really more than enough that was lethal on the other four levels to keep a man happy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
For the moment they seemed more entertained than disturbed by the strange goings-on, but Penelope’s sense of foreboding had returned at twice its previous level. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
This might all sound overly dramatic on my part, but everyone in the room is thinking the same thing on some level after seeing what Boy21 can do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nick had grown during the year, and their eyes were almost on the same level. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
On an individual level, they were almost as vulnerable as Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He sandpapered every board, hammered every nail, leveled every edge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
An overwhelming richness of vegetation may have caused the level of oxygen to rise above today’s concentration, with a corresponding depletion of carbon dioxide. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
As we approached the doorman, he leveled his chin and regarded us through narrowed eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
We quickly discover that the Medi-Talker has more than a dozen levels, all easily reached with just one button. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
For every event at the quantum level, the current universe splits into multiple universes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
“Your cancer is not going away, Hazel. But we’ve seen people live with your level of tumor penetration for a long time.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
I think now I must have considered it one big level cow pasture because of the state’s enormous yield of milk products. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stood up and did ten jumping jacks, my go-to method to boost my energy levels. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Even when I wrestled, I don’t know if I loved it on that sort of bone-deep level. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
The high-stakes crack trade brought a new level of competition and organization to the streets. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
He sits on the windowsill, facing me, so we’re at eye level. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
And I said, “I’m meant to be doing my maths A level tomorrow.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
An old couple came out of a door on the building’s street level. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
The two oaks grew close together; there was a gap of only a few inches between the trunks at eye level, an ideal place to see but not be seen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
When it comes to fixing mechanical things, I fell somewhere into the Complete Idiot level. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
He spoke on an emotional level—talking about our current living conditions and the things that needed to change. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Games were played on a grass field that was meticulously leveled and maintained so bowls could roll smoothly. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
It requires effort, an extra level of confidence, to speak in those settings and own your presence in the room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
The bottom of the tube was placed in the water, so when the piston was raised, the water level followed the plunger upward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
He bowed his head and kept his voice level. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
On the first level, he put enemies of speed: wild dogs, cheetahs, hummingbirds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
The moment stretches out between us, bleak and level. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
The first week I was there I was given a series of tests that showed that even though I couldn’t speak English very well, I read and wrote it at the tenth-grade level. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
In theory, goods are shared according to the level of contribution people make to a society, which means that hard work gets rewarded. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Each of the thousand trains that entered and left the city did so at grade level. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Maybe there’s been some secret division of the world’s women into breeders and drones, and those at the maid level are no longer supposed to be reproducing at all. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Well, I don't know what it was, on that level," I say. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Instead, he talked about world population and the task of the world’s scythes, if not to level it, then to wrangle it to a reasonable ratio. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
It was no harder to attack up a mountain than on the level, I argued. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
The government says the levels are low enough that our systems can “tolerate” them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Officially, he was still my personal coach at the foundation, but his work ethic and interest in pushing our training to the next level had slowly dissipated. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
But he was serious about taking the violence to a new level. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
I know a little bit about this game, mostly because Jessie loves it, but the level of detail catches me off guard. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
He seemed relieved to keep the conversation on the level of bee swarms. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“We’ll do X-rays, a diagnostic profile, test his urine and blood for sugar levels, and check his thyroid,” Dr. Spires continued. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
A few have become owners of large corporations, some have risen to top levels in Fortune 500 companies, and larger numbers work as midlevel managers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Clancy leveled me with a look of annoyance that I had only seen him wear once, after realizing one of the remaining Yellows couldn’t zap one of the camp’s few washing machines back to life. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
“Never heard of it,” the girl said, her eyelids lowered to the so what level. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
The Titan leveled his spear at the god. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
He announced that the national threat level, which had been jacked up to orange around the joyless first anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, was being dropped. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
The road here was below the level of the river bank and all along the side of the sunken road there were holes dug in the bank with infantry in them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
The noise level in the Garden was building, like a drumroll. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
About thirty girls were at camp that week, including a few I recognized from level ten and pre-elite meets. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
The sixth level of the marionette range, in a simple reading like this, stood for affirmation: yes, she should. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
At the outset, most of it came from Groves, who committed to supporting Lawrence’s laboratory at the level of more than $3 million a year. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
These numbers were astonishing to me and my staff, but the sad fact is that urban schools around the country were contending with epidemic levels of gun violence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
She kneels to be eye level with me and holds me by the shoulders. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
I'm still thinking about the tying of love and truth—and it makes me want to tell her the truth—the whole, contradictory truth—because otherwise, on some level, am I not that girl? Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
There was a numbness in their crisis, which forced language into conversational levels. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Must be from the part of the third floor that hadn’t relocated to this level. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
By the time we get to level five, we’re at her house. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
In third grade I was reading at a second-grade reading level. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
In fact, there are three quite different levels of technology in medicine, so unlike each other as to seem altogether different undertakings. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The suffrage movement, while having made great progress at the state level, badly needed a dramatic happening at the national level if it was to succeed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
He raised the pistol and leveled it at my head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
Now the fog burned away, the mist level lowered until she was deposited upon the shore of wakening. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
With the new organic chemicals and new methods for their intensive application, resistance began a meteoric rise that reached the alarming level of 137 species in i960. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
“I would like to think that I might have sensed the level of Harold’s despair. But maybe not. Maybe it would have happened anyway.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Mr. Dimblewit had shouted when the Gran leveled the accusations against them just a few days after the final showdown with the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
The front of the new sand-pit was all levelled and made into a large sheltered garden, and new holes were dug in the southward face, back into the Hill, and they were lined with brick. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
I always knew ReelTok was sleazy, but this is a whole new level of sleaze. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
I understood on some dim, detached level that the sweep of earth beneath my feet was a spectacular sight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
“Because if that’s true, it’s terribly kind of you to come down to my level just for the fun of a little bargain.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Dynamic levels don't correspond to a measured decibel level. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
It means you’re at the end of your rope and maybe one level above tinkers, knackers and street beggars in general. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
We explored a few more corridors until we found an empty suite on the ninth level. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Gilly picked up the plate, raised it to the height of her hair, and passed it across to Trotter at that level. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
The sheriff backed up a step and leveled the shotgun from his shoulder. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
It went down and down until he passed the level of packed garbage and came to natural earth and rock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Berkner has suggested that there were two such explosions of new life, like vast embryological transformations, both dependent on threshold levels of oxygen. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Moreover, the world down there was far warmer than anyone had expected, with a temperature at 10,000 meters of 180 degrees centigrade, nearly twice the forecasted level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
I go to the green level—the jokes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
When my mother grew up in the Bronx, despite rising poverty levels, the sense of family and community were strong. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
The last level was the smallest of the three, hardly more than a thin crescent that hugged three walls, high above the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
In other words, on the most basic neurological level, for someone with autism, a face is just another object. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Public defender offices should be funded at the same level as prosecutor offices. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
If we thought Mr. Neely loved dead frogs and magnets, we experienced a whole new level of Neely love today. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Already she had added two more floors, as she thought of them, to the levels of significance reaching down into the invisible depths, and she was on the track of a third. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Tamika and I climbed the stairs to the second level of the Orlando Science Center, headed to the Journey to Space traveling exhibit. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Each evening, at dinner, she allowed herself one glass of wine—red, which the news said was most beneficial for your heart—a faint scratch in the wineglass marking the right level to pour. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Eventually we were sitting at a round table on stumps and rocks, all level to the same height. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
When she sets me on the edge of the bed, I am at eye level with her pale pink bosom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“What’s the next level? Do you get on an elevator and rise up?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
At ground level, a full-sized tree would be ten feet through its bole, more than twenty feet around. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
“You owe me one more thing,” I told Ares, trying to keep my voice level. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
To minimize instability, he told me, the Cahokians kept the slab at a constant moisture level: wet but not too wet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
My knowledge of the original game’s mechanics, levels, and enemies would definitely come in handy, but the game play was going to be completely different, and it would require an entirely different set of skills. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
One day, I hope, her immense contribution to Western music and the courage of her determination to pursue music at the highest level against all odds will be properly recognised. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
It’s how they were treated, on a personal level, by their doctor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Inside the musty hole, Poppy discovered secret shelves and shallow corridors dug into its sides above the water level. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
Elected officials deduced that a strong percentage of kids reading below their grade level by third grade would be needing a secure place to stay when they got older. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Despite what I was feeling inside, I kept a level voice. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Breasts have the same effect on me as on anyone with my testosterone level. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Relocated to a site with low oxygen levels, it willingly releases the bound oxygen. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Ahead in the gloom, the terrain leveled out into a black swamp. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
For that matter, none of the other team members greeted me with high levels of enthusiasm, either. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Not this night or any other, not at any level of the brandy bottle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
She clicked on the profile and was surprised to see that Babbage ranked Sherlock Holmes level, the highest possible level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
It took a long time for me to disengage myself from this excitement, and on the blindest, most visceral level, I never really have, and never will. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
Then, over time, the levels dropped to normal. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
But to be able to operate at a top level with both adults and children was admirable. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
He drove ahead of me in the jeep and helped me find a level place in the pine grove. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Their class always gets out earlier than mine, and they are a level ahead of me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
These sprints require levels of energy production that far exceed the body’s capacity to produce aerobic energy, regardless of oxygen intake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
This can easily be caused by the chlorinated hydrocarbons, which, as we have seen, set up changes in liver cells at very low levels of intake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
The tumors also appeared at lower levels of feeding — in fact, a level that produced no effect was not found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
You wish to know that your grief is happening on a local level, not on a national one. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
There were windows just above the sidewalk at foot level, and more at head level, too. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
She hauled the poles up into the lucky-beans with Crocodile Guts’s rope, and experimented with various configurations until she had a floor that was more or less level. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Five floors, right? Processing area, and four levels of cells. So what’s here? In the basement?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Most important, my mind was in the game—I was determined not to fail level seven a second time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Matthias began edging along the wall, running his hand over the stone at hip level. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
The imperative to raise the general level of technical proficiency had only grown stronger as the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union grew more inflamed. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Soon the level of construction would increase even more, as entrepreneurs prepared to cash in on the expected crush of exposition visitors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I call him Casper because we hardly ever see him at ground level. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
Hideo lifts his glass to toast the crowd, as if this level of insanity were perfectly normal, and then sits back down to watch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Some sort of elevator device lifts the craft slowly up through the levels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
I’d been feeling this low level of excitement/nerves all day, but that was all it was: a low level. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
After what seemed like one thousand and one nights of challenge the mountain began to level off and we started passing scattered lights on either side of the road. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nor is it so surprising, on some level, that a boy named Amcher would end up in family court. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
He dropped his face to the level of my eyes, holding my gaze. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Once they made it to level ground and could run, they’d overtake us in no time. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t so easy, though, to carry the shovelful of coals and keep it level. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
She bends down so that her face is level with his, and extends a hand to his shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
“But one of them jumped,” he said, trying to make his voice as level and calm as Dumbledore’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
I grin at her, dying to know how her scientific brain is going to deal with this epic level of coincidence. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
It wasn't leveled at us but sure did get us moving. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I have to admire this level of enthusiasm, even if I can’t understand it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
“A likely excuse! You’ve been at the machine oil again. Don’t lie to me! I checked the level yesterday.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Slowly, very slowly, it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry’s. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
Now Mama, who had stood by accepting their shrugs for answers, levelled her gaze at each of them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She climbed down the ladder and surveyed the damage from ground level before picking a shovel off the floor. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Downstairs at the Box was the lowest level of hell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Three small children, none as high as the level of the latch, were peering out into the dark. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
They kept talking—apparently, the ideal level of pleat-fatness is a conversational topic to which hours can be devoted—but I stopped listening as I waited in the Pizza Hut line. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
We have the same mass, skill level, patterns of thinking. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Not until I got older did I learn that Flatbush Avenue inspired a lower level of awe than the French Riviera. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
One could see nothing but a grassy slope running up to a level ridge and beyond that the sky with perhaps a few birds in it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
Even past performance is not enough to ensure that, a given artist will continue to produce on the same level. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
But those who have mastered it gain an extraordinary level of insight into the messages we send each other when we look into one another’s eyes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Passing by, you could gauge the progress of the next meal—and Viola’s temper—by the level of pot noise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
The horrors of war had added a new level of distress to an already damaged psyche. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
There was a comfortable distance between my life now and the levels of confusion that had engulfed me just a few years ago. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“Gee, thanks,” I said dryly, half flattered he thought I was capable of that level of scheming. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
I was conscious that she had descended to my own emotional level in her effort to rule me, and my respect for her sank. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You jest hev to keep a level head and use gumption,” he had said confidently the night before. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
After removing the dirt down to the level of the coffin lid, a section was dug around the base of the coffin so several people could stand next to it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
My father looks from the gun, to Jacqui, to me, calculating how this unthinkable thing happened—and perhaps assessing Jacqui’s threat level. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
The Colonel sat on the couch judging whether the poster was level and fielding my endless questions about Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
“He’s forgotten a lot. Most of his complex responses seem to have been wiped out. He’s solving problems on a much more primitive level than I would have expected.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Under these conditions the estrogens build up to abnormally high levels. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
At the same time, housing subsidies for home owners—who tend to be far more affluent than renters—have remained at their usual munificent levels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’d just gained fifty thousand experience points, enough to raise my avatar all the way up to tenth level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He has the musicians tune and do some basic exercises to establish levels of skill. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He sprang up to each level with ease until he reached the top. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Crane-man could stand erect in the pit with his head still below ground level. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
He stepped off in the half-lit deck of the upper level. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hunter-gatherer societies tend to be relatively egalitarian, to lack full-time bureaucrats and hereditary chiefs, and to have small-scale political organization at the level of the band or tribe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Jim Crow laws denied blacks access to the white world at the most basic levels. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
"We must also check your levels. The doctor will be in soon." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Like any classic videogame, the Hunt had simply reached a new, more difficult level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I try to ignore the difference in decibel level between the applause that has greeted the previous candidates and that which greets Addie. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
From there we can crank the microscope one more turn to the level of genes, which is an opportunity to review studies of dyslexia and other inherited language disorders. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Wilkins found an X-ray diffraction machine in the chemistry department and housed it—“in solitary splendor”—in a lead-lined room under the embankment wing, just below the level of the neighboring river Thames. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
And then I head up to the second level. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
The lifters gradually regained purchase on the track, until the hoverboard had brought her level with the broken end of the bridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Maybe that’s why I ended up having to take the level seven test twice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Among the little spherical formations of lint under the desk a piece of cardboard had been wedged under one corner to make the desk level. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
His neck tilts back because the TV is too high for him to see level. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
I stare levelly back, refusing to give him the satisfaction of intimidating me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
This boy in the sixth form was sitting his A levels. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
“Look at that one, Mama,” Karen said, pointing to a large two story mansion with ten columns on each level. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
His attention was firmly fixed on Bob, who had just leveled the point of his spear at Hyperion’s chest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
The level of public concern about crime and drugs was only weakly correlated with actual crime rates, but highly correlated with political initiatives, campaigns, and partisan appeals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
The Tug, Dad said, had the highest level of fecal bacteria of any river in North America. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
“What were you thinking?” he asked, trying to keep his voice steady and level, trying to keep the exasperation and fear and frustration out. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Once this level of training is reached, use of the whistle should be sparing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Pearl is working at the college level already. But I can’t afford private school.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Wielaf said, “He made the debris to the upper level by blasting out some columns and stuff. He climbed it. Then left the way you all came in.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
“You can get a starter for cheap at the Light Market, bottom level,” continued Somkit. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
From a storage room they dragged out beds and fitted them on top of one another to form bunks three levels high. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
And I said, “I have to go back because I have to sit my maths A level.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
A new level of tension crept into our own household, nearly overwhelming me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
All girls were a bit of a mystery, but Alma took it to the next level. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
The third level was for poisoners: spitting cobras, jumping spiders, death bats galore. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Platforms hang at all levels: some low by his knees or his waist, others stretch high above his head, overlapping in irregular patterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
I watched, mostly from the sidelines, and got into one game briefly, only to discover that the players were a whole level better than me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
Or suppose Neil couldn’t find a spot smooth and level enough to put Eagle down? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
She grew up with him, found out how her eye could quickly level on a scene, instantly figure the possibilities, aggressively fight and broker the way they’d want to shoot him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Cook’s love and admiration for the queen and her palate moved the broth that she concocted from the level of mere food to a high art. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
The Special Defense level is situated almost as far down as the dungeons where we found the prep team. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
I knew that performing high-degree-of-difficulty routines was the key to taking my gymnastics to the next level, especially under the revised international Code of Points introduced in 2006. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
The water was waist level, then chest level; he couldn’t see over the banks of the stream, the river. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
What the Negro has discovered, and on an international level, is that power to intimidate which he has always had privately but hitherto could manipulate only privately—for private ends often, for limited ends always. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
Our cottage is on a little hill thirty feet above sea level. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
For my own part, my stage training helped me maintain my composure, I returned his gaze levelly and held out my hand for him to shake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Since artists are politically impotent, they must use this time to develop at deeper emotional levels. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
It felt like guests were really responding to our extra level of service. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Finally it’s worked out that we’ll be moved to the top level, which has the luxury of an eight-inch window aboveground. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
“Wait—there’s more here. He almost disabled the level, didn’t he? This spot—he realized that the code was weak here.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The flight of stairs only descended three levels, though there was no exit until they reached the final one. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
When these sixth-grade students reached seventh grade, they averaged 5.5—more than two grade levels below standard and even worse than they did in sixth grade. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
And also I like the fact that they are filming in a place which is harder to get to than the top of Mount Everest but is only a few miles away from sea level. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
The next level was the wavering or neutral class, which included soldiers, technicians, and teachers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
So many curses have been leveled at you, Percy Jackson. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
"I'm surprised you haven't. Max Attacks has seventeen different levels, and you can only move from one to the next if you kidnap the king and take over his minions." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Another twenty minutes and the road began to level out. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“And it will continue to be,” First Turkey said, bowing her long neck so that her eyes were level with Seed Collector’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
My mom is very smart and certainly engages us on many levels, but when we asked a difficult question, she’d say, ‘Because I said so.’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Which didn’t make any sense at all because if anything, it should have leveled the field. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Show them the next level and let them strive to get there. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
He was aware on some level that the ramp door was almost closed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
He had not raised his eyes to the level of Mr. Dalton’s face once since he had been in the house. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
We are controlled here by our confusion, far more than we know, and the American dream has therefore become something much more closely resembling a nightmare, on the private, domestic, and international levels. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
These were first detected in 1992 by the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite, or COBE, at a level of about one part in a hundred thousand. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
On lower levels, there are large poles driven through multiple platforms, though Bailey cannot tell if they reach all the way to the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
As far as she could see they stretched on either side, a great level sea of green, broken here and there by a solitary graceful elm. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
Low level, and not very scientific, but that's what makes it crazy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
When their squabbles reach a certain mother-annoying level, they are called away by their nursemaids, who sit on stools at the far end of the patio, a phalanx of starched white uniforms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
But bringing a boy to my door is a whole other level. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
The table was so long you couldn’t see that far underneath without getting down on your hands and knees, and Aunt Anne was much too dignified to stoop to any such level. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was aiming that volleyball at one of Vern’s students and she was either congratulating him on his brilliance, or coaxing him to push one of his ideas to the next level. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
An automated announcement drifted up from the level below where the trains and buses arrived. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
After a minute of assessing how level I am, he takes another, thinner block and slips it under my left foot so that it’s on top of the first block. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
Scythe Goddard loved to make it difficult for Rowan in these training sessions and always judged him harshly when he didn’t rise to some imaginary level of perfection. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
To get down on to the level below, Kingshaw had to slither over one of the jutting pieces of wall, and then walk along a ledge until he reached Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
The first level that Hideo’s committee has created for our game looks like a world of glittering ice and towering glaciers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
But it seems to me Ruth believed, at some level, she was doing all this on behalf of us all. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
The third she set to the apple, locking its meaning in her mind onto the level that stood for a general inquiry of any sort. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Halliday had put this Tempest machine on Tournament settings, so I couldn’t start the game any higher than level nine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Even when the oxygen level in water drops, an octopus can still manage to maintain a constant intake of oxygen. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Deborah took her placement tests for school and registered for the classes she’d need to get herself up to tenth-grade level and qualify for the community college classes she wanted to take. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
At least with our level of chemical intuition, there was unlikely to be any single conformation much prettier than the rest. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Being you is not a gratifying experience at the atomic level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Soviet women “were frustrated by contradictory messages: become aviators, but not in the highest levels of the military,” said Adrienne Marie Harris in her PhD thesis about women soldiers in the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
It's only at a local level, and I never meet anyone half as grand as the likes you associate with, sir, but in my own small way I believe I'm doing my part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
The concourse was bustling with workers from the floors above who’d come down for a break, while new waves of commuters poured off the trains from the level below. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
The National Core Standards for music takes the details from each of these anchor areas and breaks them down into specific, individual standards for use by each grade level. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
“This will be a racing level,” he says, picking a piece of date out of his eggs and popping it in his mouth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He also spoke on a spiritual level, telling us what freedom could and should look like in our daily lives. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
They might have called on teachers, might have demanded some kind of national literacy campaign for children of the poor—white and nonwhite—at the earliest levels of learning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
This description of physiology—as the exquisite matching of form and function, down to the molecular level—dates back to Aristotle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
The designers had taken Rishi’s sketches to the next level and made the whole thing come alive. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
The land bridge was flooded and became a strait again most recently when sea level rose after around 14,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Flocks of brilliant butterflies moved through like schools of fish, and the upper levels of the amphitheater were espaliered with jeweled fruit trees. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Already he could see the water level rising. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
And his house was three feet above street level. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Today both sides are aware of the barrier between them and the need to level it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Whenever I reached peak frustration levels, my parents liked to remind me that my grandmother had had a difficult life and that I needed to practice compassion. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Animals that eat grass have high levels of these and other important nutrients. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
I was very close to moving to the next level of athletic ability, a level at which I would be better than most kids my age and ready to play against older kids. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
Through the speakers, the security is reassuring the crowd, saying, “A transistor sparked in the upper levels of the dome, but everything is under control now. Please mind your steps and follow the exit signs.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Slowly, very slowly, bracing my hand against the side of the house for support, I raised my head to the level of the window—straight into a great staring glass eye. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was standing in a vast cube-shaped crater—the space where the foundation and lower basement levels of Castle Anorak had stood. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
“No. Luke, you don’t scare me. I know you and Stan were really close and I figure you were, like, connecting on some other level or something. So somehow, somehow, without even knowing, you knew.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
And you’d say, “But at the molecular level, everything is eventually breakable—even an atom.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
Painted eyes drooped sadly at the water level, as if the boat were about to fall asleep. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
When they combed through the ashes of the house it was impossible to pick his body from those he had harbored, as the fire had eliminated the differences in their skin, leveling them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
But at the individual level, ancient foragers were the most knowledgeable and skilful people in history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile back at ground level, things were also booming. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
“Ah, maybe later,” she says, wandering over to a case at eye level that has a necklace in it with a jewel the size of a Ping-Pong ball. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
Having an advocate on the inside—someone who had gotten to know me and understood my story on a personal level—had obviously helped. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“There is some evidence to suggest that, depending on the extent of his brain damage, he can on some level hear and feel us,” says Cara. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Kaede, who was more accustomed to being followed by servants, still had never experienced this level of interference in her daily life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
The race was set up on Plum Street, the long, level block between Ash and Jackson. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Besides, room 145 was on the lower level of the school in the back comer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
The policeman’s hand was gesturing at his waist level. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
She knew that these classes were enhancing her students’ reading levels, their understanding of the world, their souls. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
The hay came down like a mountain slope to the other end of the barn, and there was a level place as yet unfilled with the new crop. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
With stone walls two levels high and small windows, the manor was to me like a castle, high, mighty, and impenetrable. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Only the change in the level of the ground at his feet told him when he at last came to the top of a ridge or hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
We had to weave our way around people to get to the escalator that led up to the street level. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
In the realm of academics Bobby’s level of achievement was more erratic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
If we were shrunk to the level of the neurons, we might witness elaborate, intricate, evanescent patterns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
My parents told me I should be honored to show the world that a Muslim woman could excel in sports on an international level. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
He sometimes took the train to Manhattan with a different set of friends to shop for music and clothes—an unheard-of level of sophistication in our world. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
“It was a game,” I offered, and I felt myself talking on and on, trying to put things on a lighter level. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
But at level ten, that began to change, because most gymnasts at that level were intending to pursue an elite career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
As subjects got more flags, they progressed to a new game level. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Also, I completely agree with what you are saying with regard to my respect levels and I will maintain my room to a satisfactory standard. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Her eyes were fastened levelly on the magistrate. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
No: they continued to test at about the same levels as before the supposed brain drain. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
I said that on the American racial level, we had to approach the black man’s struggle against the white man’s racism as a human problem, that we had to forget hypocritical politics and propaganda. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
To put it another way, Cheskin believed that most of us don’t make a distinction—on an unconscious level—between the package and the product. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
A trio of Ridgefolk—I couldn’t tell their ages from here—rode across the chasm at breakneck speed a few levels down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Though we are all supposed to be equal, there are nonetheless three levels of citizenship in the village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
After that, the plunger kept on going upward, yet the water level stayed the same. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
At last, weary and feeling finally defeated, he sat on a step below the level of the passage-floor and bowed his head into his hands. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
I tilted the key up to the light and read them aloud: “What you seek lies hidden in the trash on the deepest level of Daggorath.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
His hole was almost up to his shoul-ders, although it was hard to tell exactly where ground level was because his dirt piles completely surrounded the hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
When it came opposite, working and puffing even on the level, and I saw the engineer pass, I stood up and stepped up close to the passing cars. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Tell me, do you suppose the debt situation regarding America is a significant factor in the present low levels of trade? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Once I was properly outfitted, I hopped back on the elevator, and a few seconds later I arrived at the entrance of my hangar, located on the bottom level of my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Bailey and I did arithmetic at a mature level because of our work in the Store, and we read well because in Stamps there wasn’t anything else to do. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
That weapon was unnecessary now, as both Jefferson and Madison understood, because the superior organization of the Republicans at the state level virtually assured their victory in the looming presidential election. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
These were women who, like me, understood the level of intensity and sacrifice required to reach athletic excellence. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
It felt like hopping from stone to stone, picking up tricks of the trade along the way, leveling up on his way to the final battle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
The vault was cavernous, longer than Winterfell itself, and fon had told him once that there were other levels underneath, vaults even deeper and darker where the older kings were buried. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
By the time I reached level eight, I was spending three or four hours at the gym every day after school. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
And I said, “Are we going back to Swindon so I can do my maths A level?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
The bronze giant reached behind her back, pulled out a giant spear with a broad-leaved blade the size of a windshield, and leveled it at us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Fire alarms and the dull thump of explosions at ground level fill the silence between her words. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
Jessica snorted as she got up and went to go find people on her level. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
“I guess you have to be a level six for something like that,” Alex said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
Once again an anonymous accusation was leveled against Scythe Goddard—this time accusing him of handing out immunity too freely. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
The engines rose, the plane leveled out, and it headed straight toward him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
Under the upper level of boards a second level had been constructed, and under that, a third. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
If he couldn’t maintain Uraniborg at the level he wanted, with many assistants, printers, papermakers and all the rest, he wouldn’t maintain it at all. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
The other pool, not much larger than a bathtub, had formed right at the bank of, and on a level with, the river. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the foot of the mile-long slope, there was a stand of the great trees, and nearby a river meandered on the level grassy ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
One end of the tube was wedged between his bars at stomach level, and the other protruded halfway into the narrow gallery space between cell bars and fence, like a miniature bazooka. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
It asks them all kinds of things, such as what their parents’ level of education is, and what their views about math are, and what their friends are like. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
When exposed to high levels of oxygen, hemoglobin binds oxygen. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
It went steadily down for a long while before it became level once again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
I knew at some level that I had mishandled the situation, but Wickersham’s approach made admitting a mistake the last thing I could possibly do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The difference in their stations had never bothered her before; in the Wood, when they were alone, she could imagine that they were at the same level. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the microscopic level, the protein cubes were solid food particles suspended in thick vegetable oil. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the second level just above the park, the entire perimeter is lined with eight lanes separated by white stripes just like a running track. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Truman’s scores rise and fall from year to year—along with the anxiety levels of the administrators and teachers who are held responsible—and usually land just a hair above or below the “acceptable” line. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
She’d lunged through that doorway, assuming there would be a level corridor or another room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
But it wouldn’t necessarily cost that much more money, and it would level the playing field for those who—through no fault of their own—have been dealt a big disadvantage by the educational system. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
He kept his tone level, non- confrontational, but not scared. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“You’ll go to Hillsdale,” he said levelly; perhaps he was afraid of saying too much, perhaps he thought that a kind word, or a sympathetic one, might rebound upon himself and bring her back. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
When Dawn spread out her finger tips of rose I started, by the sea’s wide level ways, praying the gods for help, and took along three lads I counted on in any fight. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
This took work flow to a whole new level. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
We follow him out and to the main level for our daily meal. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
The real entrance was by a giant tree, where a root lifted and revealed a staircase and down you went until you arrived at the fifth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Werner Pfennig sits on a folding chair in front of a workbench, checks his battery level, and puts on headphones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Then, a couple of weeks later, they began training me on level five skills and signed me up for my first competitive season, which ran from August to November. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
As the climate warmed, the glaciers slowly melted and sea levels rose; within three thousand years, Beringia had again disappeared beneath the waves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Even without the extra competitions, fencing was expensive, even at the high school level. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Investigators at the Royal Victoria Hospital at McGill University found two thirds of 150 cases of uterine cancer studied by them gave evidence of abnormally high estrogen levels. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
And at a primal level it suggested the unconscious fear of being swallowed up by a larger creature, the terror of being completely consumed, eaten alive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The goods were taken out of the boats and brought to the top of the bank, where there was a level space. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Twelve levels down he found the Shavepate waiting, his coarse features still hidden by the mask he had worn that morning, the blood bat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Finally, they reached the bottom level of the Light Market. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
And in the space in between, at floor level, were the other honored guests of the evening—the senior football players. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
His mom treats him with a certain level of respect as the dad’s surrogate. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
At the top levels of every government, they know this is a lie. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
At first I didn’t know about the mistakes being made on the business level that were making it hard, so it just felt like a hard situation. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
He raised a hand level with his chin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
From ramblers all on one level to three stories. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
Mr. Keller puts his hands on his knees to get eye level with it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
Mama and Papa Bellini came up the stairs from the lower level of the station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
The king’s apartments were buried in the very heart of the pyramid, on the sixteenth and seventeenth levels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Booth leveled the carbine against his hip, as though preparing to bring it into firing position. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
He raised his voice to a pounding level to compensate, but this only made people cringe. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
My eyes were on a level with his enormous belt buckle adorned with a large Nazi swastika. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
All the gymnasts’ regular coaches also attended the five-day camp, working with Martha’s staff to help push us to the next level. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Globalization had gone to a whole new level. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
The gap is, however, often more apparent than real, for the meaning is usually intelligible to the imagination at some level. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was showing up, she suspected, because on some level he wanted to be on the Fugees, or at least to play soccer with his friends. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
Their levels of cortisol actually went down, as if they were unconsciously trying to defuse their own anger. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
I think this is the only story we have and that it occurs on all levels of feeling and intelligence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
A few feet into the level above, she saw why the equipment had been abandoned by the work gangs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I look at my little sister and think how she has inherited the best qualities our family has to offer: my mother’s healing hands, my father’s level head, and my fight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
If mathematics education communicated this playful aspect of the subject, formally at the elementary, secondary, or college level or informally via popular books, I don’t think innumeracy would be as widespread as it is. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Despite similar crime rates, each government chose to impose different levels of punishment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
SD-03 then rolled out of the bunker and began to climb a series of ramps and staircases the Sixers had built onto the castle’s outer walls to provide access to the upper levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He said to me, “Tom, the playing field is being leveled.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
The first Americans arrived on foot, which they could do because, at the time, sea levels were low enough that a land bridge connected north-eastern Siberia with north-western Alaska. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Perhaps it was because she held Shan responsible, at some level, for the fight with Blaine, for not wielding her power over Blaine to let him know he was overreacting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The actual training rooms are below ground level of our building. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
“Hi,” he says, when he reaches Henry’s eye level. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Jones asked for an example of the next level. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
I leveled my rifle on the branch just in front of my face and put the car in my sight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
The raft bobbed back to level and settled from the roll fast, the flat bottom slapping the water lightly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z
In consequence, every living cell has a consistent, low level of C14—they are all very slightly radioactive, a phenomenon that Libby first observed empirically. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Blood tests revealed that I was anemic, and that my level of sodium was very high and my potassium low. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Eventually, before my father and I degenerated to the “Oh, yeah? YEAH!” level, she stopped us. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the aggregate level, children physically respond to music’s beat, and are able to move more accurately when the tempo of the music more clearly corresponds to the natural tempo of the child. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
My room is on the second floor—one of ten rooms on the upper level, along with an assortment of closets, bathrooms, nooks, and other small windowless rooms that seem to have no purpose. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
He worked on his knees, cutting away the wire at ground level, where it continued under the surface six inches deep to discourage coyotes and wolves from digging under it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
“This is the entrance to the second level,” she said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Inside the OASIS, I closed all the windows on my display and set my account’s security level to maximum. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
My sled was leaning alone on the fence at the street level. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Nothing to worry about except where his next slice of pizza might be coming from and how to make it to the next level of Revenge of the Brain Dead. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
In education, health, income, every aspect of life, blacks were barely at a subsistence level while whites had the highest standards in the world — and aimed to keep it that way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
When they were again on level ground, the rock in the distance seemed no closer than when they’d set out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
He stayed in the laboratory for three months, hoping the radiation level in the air outside would go down, but it did not. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
So I asked if I could still do my A level. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Escalators took you up to the other toy levels. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
Yet at this level of detail, the Earth seems utterly barren. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
In his relations with her he felt that he was riding a seesaw; never were they on a common level; either he or she was up in the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
“My name’s Percy,” I said, trying to keep my voice level. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
They were still my buddies, at least on one level, but once you leave the boonies, the whole comrade business gets turned around. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
When his lab work came back at the end of that day, showing his liver functions at dangerously low levels, Farmer conceded he could no longer tough it out. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Townshend lowered it so that the president's legs were above the level of his head and blood could flow to his brain and other organs. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Because he was more used to wood life than tame, he knew when the eyes watching him were Up in a tree, behind a knoll or, like this, at ground level. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
She clicked on the profile and was surprised to see that Babbage ranked Sherlock Holmes level, the highest possible level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Once you got up into them, he had assured us, it was nearly all level walking, with sumptuous views over the broad valley of the Shenandoah River. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
That seemed more probable than that I really appealed to him on any level. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Captain Prince came on deck and leveled his glass. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Whatever they are watching has to be complex enough to allow, upon repeated exposure, for deeper and deeper levels of comprehension. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I found a place low and level enough to slide onto out of the bushes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
It was as if he was telling me not to just stay at my level and drive a $200 “bucket,” when I could shoot for driving a Mercedes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
In the face of the charge that had been leveled against him he sat with his dark eyes trained straight ahead and did not appear moved at all. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
But really, he was a hobby of Jack’s, living proof of some leveling principle he had pursued through the years. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
June was hard at work on her project for the Resilient Helenwood art show, her excitement at nearly nuclear levels. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
In each subject, the anchor standards are broken down further into individual goals and objectives for each grade level. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
I shut myself in the closet to get eye level with my giant heart. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
Later, she told me that book was for the highest group level, and I would have to study what they had read in the past. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The cap’n said, “What the…” and leveled the shotgun at the men. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
By this time the noise in room 145 had reached a level that would have stunned, or possibly paralyzed, any other teacher at Denton Elementary School. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
Then he walked slowly back to his building, holding the picture in front of him at eye level, seeing nothing ahead but the DNA in his mother’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
What he needed was a way to compare lead levels in the atmosphere now with the levels that existed before 1923, when tetraethyl lead was introduced. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Burnham knew that together he and Root had reached a level of success that neither could have achieved on his own. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
A few more steps and the ground was level again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
But it put us on the familiar friendly level, pals trading stories. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
The second floor of the Idisher Kuryer was all office space, while the ground level was devoted to the printing presses and the supplies associated with the trade. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
They climbed back up the levels of the Light Market to exit the same way they had come in. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
My anxiety level is spiking again, and I pace around the nurses’ station, making Dolly, the morning charge nurse, nervous. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
In contrast, the students with the teachers identified as cheaters scored far worse, by an average of more than a full grade level. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
I get off at the lobby level with a huddle of people. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
The top level or “roof” of the stacks was blanketed with a patchwork array of old solar panels that provided supplemental power to the units below. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He stepped off the porch and leveled his golden spear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Workers use a laser to make sure they are perfectly level. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
I kept my voice level as I called out the first of the letters he pointed to, but I wouldn’t write it down until he blinked. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the moment they were on a very large, level floe, more than a half a mile in diameter. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
As soon as word of the hack broke, the markets bounced back to normal levels. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
Snape seemed to be facing a constant, low level of mutiny from a hard core of students. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
I hadn’t attained that level of status in my career and at my age, I was already considered a has-been. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Ports of call in Africa and Southeast Asia were already forging his beliefs about racial IQ levels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Generous funds have been allotted to level die stripped and faded buildings that clutter the road from Medallion up to the golf course. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Cleopatra’s title also showed the level of loyalty and affection she felt toward her father’s memory. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
I pull away from her—maybe the first time in my life I’ve ended a hug—because a level of eye contact is required. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
The dress was gorgeous alone, but that jewelry adds a whole new level of sparkle and shine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
The course has leveled out, the trees are lovely, and the river looks serene. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
There were different trees, too—more conifers at low levels and many more birches—and scattered through the undergrowth were large, rounded black boulders, like sleeping animals, which lent the still recesses a certain eerieness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe leveling with her would shut her up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
I have heard a good many people say that it is leveling the British class system. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
I didn’t know what my dad had said or not said at work, but from his general level of communication that week, I had a feeling he had been clammed up pretty tight with everyone. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
The great bowl of the Olympic Stadium, its floor forty-two feet below ground level, had been excavated and leveled, its central field sown with grass that was already lush and green. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Was he going to make any show of feeling at all, and if so, at what level? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Even as I wondered if he was alive, I spied some movement by the central doors at the lower level. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
At the individual level, this means that “white” lives are seen as more valuable than those of darker-skinned people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
Soon, however, I abandoned thinking at the molecular level and turned to the much easier job of reading biochemical papers on the interrelations of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
And if he sees such looks in Tokyo, what might he not see in the eyes of those who survived the leveling and the ash heap of Hiroshima? Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
The maid led Nok into the house and up a short flight of steps to the second level. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Pilots and navigators, many of them already experienced flight instructors, were all sure that the famous Marina Raskova might be able to influence the highest levels of government in a way that they could not. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
If the liver begins to sustain damage, the enzyme levels should theoretically give us some warning. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m past the shields that protect the surface level of Warcross and have dived into the sprawling, encrypted, anonymous underground world of virtual reality that has sprung up right under the Warcross platform. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He was kneeling on one knee, looking down from a higher rock which he held with both hands; his other leg stretched down to Ralph's level. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Another level is for numbers and even computation—I’ll be able to do math now. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
We practice in levels from past championships and everything in between. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Getting down to the level of quarks–the particles that make up particles–requires still more: trillions of volts of electricity and the budget of a small Central American nation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
A cell phone had been found in the women’s restroom and could be retrieved on the lower level. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“I say”—the veins on his neck stuck out with the effort of raising his voice to an audible level—“I say, It sure fly good.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
I didn’t see any roads connecting the villages and at the smallest patch of level ground, someone would flag the train down and get on carrying bundles of firewood, lemonade, or tamales for sale. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The stairwell to the upper level was just ahead of them, standing open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
But the fish only continued to swim at a slightly higher level. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
"In case you didn't know it, that's genius level. With a mind like mine, I could be doing something, you know what I mean?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Over the years I had developed a certain comfort level with the painful events in the past. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
At the DNA level, all the major cereals—wheat, rice, maize, millet, barley, and so on—are surprisingly alike. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Vanished states tended to leave visible archaeological hallmarks, such as ruins of temples with standardized designs, at least four levels of settlement sizes, and pottery styles covering tens of thousands of square miles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Even above the ear-shattering levels of conversation that blended into a hodgepodge of unsettling noise, I could hear my attackers’ comments shouted at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people’s educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Bottled oxygen does not make the top of Everest feel like sea level. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
She and her daughter lived barely above the poverty level. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Liam leaned down so his face was level with mine, so close that our foreheads were nearly touching. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Soon she’d be without toes and have a bandage like the leper at the level crossing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thereupon Father Nicanor rose six inches above the level of the ground. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
She stopped and waited for the newspaper to drop beneath eye level. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
“There is no place for the Bantu in the European community above the level of certain forms of labor,” he said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I see her furiously looking at the neat columns and rows that I made into a pretty sick cartoon, imitating a level of Donkey Kong, while Mom and Dr. Hamid chatted. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
I found an unoccupied bunk on the upper level, shook as many fleas and lice as possible from the soiled mattress, and spread out my sleeping bag. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
Holding up my phone, I fit the camera lens in a gap in the books at my eye level. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
This is the entry level for all those playing Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
The ground was fairly level, and there was little undergrowth; but the trees were too close for them to see far ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
And Mother explained that I was upset because I couldn’t do my maths A level so I hadn’t been eating properly or sleeping properly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
“The conflict in Southeast Asia is in the process of moving to a higher level,” General Westmoreland reported. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
But the guard wouldn’t be unconscious long and Alex knew he had to get out of here, not just back up to ground level but out of Sayle Enterprises altogether. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
But the essence of Salesmen is that, on some level, they cannot be resisted. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The answer is that poor kids and wealthy kids would, by the end of elementary school, be doing math and reading at almost the same level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
"Accusations are being leveled both ways," I answer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Later we all started talking—on many levels—and I let him know what was on my mind in general. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once she came up to my level she crept forward, intent on the snare’s knot. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
On a local level, terra preta is valuable enough for locals to dig it up and sell as potting soil, an activity that, alas, has already destroyed countless artifacts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Chester Academy is one of those schools that go from kindergarten all the way up to twelfth grade, but the different levels are broken into three wings of the building. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
“Now come along. Just walk away from this. Don’t sink to his level.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He lowered his chin and sent his dino-bird swooping into a dive, then leveled it out when it was just a few inches above the video ocean’s churning waves. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
The ground became muddy, and by the time the trail leveled out, they had to wade through water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
The Department of Health and Human Services launched an investigation and concluded that the study’s consent forms “failed to provide an adequate description” of the different levels of lead abatement in the homes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
In fact, there is almost no chance that two galactic civilizations will interact at the same level. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
As with most quests in the OASIS, playing as a team made it easier to defeat the various enemies and complete each of the levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Instead we step into an elevator held up by enormous cogs and chains and go up a level, then another, and another. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Even as more people marry across racial and religious lines, often to partners who match them closely in other respects, fewer are choosing partners with a different level of education. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
With levels like hers, he said, she could still have one any minute. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Crucially, the harder you hit the key the harder the hammer hit the string, resulting potentially in different levels of volume for every note. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
To help level the playing field, I plan to take them on college tours and bring in specialists who can help them fill out financial aid forms and prepare for those dreaded standardized tests. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
The windows on the ground level were boarded up, but a few random lights blinked on and off in its uppermost floors. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
A truck, a government truck, stops near the tall office building, beside the hawkers’ shacks, and men spill out, men hitting and destroying and leveling and trampling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
He was looking, as he always was on some level, for hints of the Unseen City—which was how he chose to think of it, since Weep still brought the taste of tears. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Dozens of colorful power-ups pop up around the level, suspended in the air and over the monuments and down on the ground. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The amount of iridium in the Alvarez sample was more than three hundred times normal levels–far beyond anything they might have predicted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Let them try to fly below tree level, though. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Smith saw Masked General level his eye right at War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I see the back of Erudite headquarters, but there are no windows across the alley at street level. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“We’re lucky we don’t go to one of those schools where everything’s, like, enclosed, and the halls are really crowded, and you have to go up and down levels to get to class.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
“Lay the stones level, that’s the first principle in keeping a wall from shifting and falling down. “The second is to lay the stones one on two, two on one. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
He identified numerous social problems plaguing black families, such as high levels of unemployment, discriminatory mortgage practices, and the gutting of early-childhood learning programs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
But I knew that a poor education would probably land me in a “Negro” job, that lower level of employment in which so many of the neighborhood men seemed to be hopelessly stuck. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
Most were armed only with staves and short swords, but one man of imposing stature held a crossbow leveled at us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
Luckily, USA Fencing officials and my management team took the matter seriously right away and took it to the highest levels of law enforcement. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
I stand up again, and even though the leg still feels long, he checks the level and says, “Perfect.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
Root unstrapped his blaster and set it to level three, or medium rare, as the elves in the locker room called it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
While both organizations advocated for voting rights for women, the National favored a federal amendment, while the American worked to pass women’s voting rights at the state level, state by state. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
His teacher made him afraid, on an instinctive level, of trying to seek out new information. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
For both of those reasons, all developments of economically complex, socially stratified, politically centralized societies beyond the level of small nascent chiefdoms were based on food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
I wasn't raised around this level of violence. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
Then they remembered themselves and levelled their pi/a. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Do you see the level of obsession here? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But in order to be truly prepared for the Olympics, there is a level of crazy required. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Even the albino shivered during feeding time on the fourth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Only now that we are about to destroy more than an acceptable level of genetic material are they deciding to intervene. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
A new level often required an entirely new strategy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
And at this level of experience one’s bitterness begins to be palatable, and hatred becomes too heavy a sack to carry. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
“No, Pappa,” Rishi cut in, standing still in the center of his room, looking at the bed where not too long ago he and Dimple took things to another level. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
The Korean language has no fewer than six different levels of conversational address, depending on the relationship between the addressee and the addresser: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
At level flight, the peregrine falcon is unremarkable. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
There’s Jena, all blond hair and lanky limbs in her blue, fitted Warcross armor, its dragon scale texture tailored to match the level. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“There are lower levels. Older. The lowest level is partly collapsed, I hear. I have never been down there.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The volume should be low enough that you could speak at a conversational level without raising your voice. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
It shrunk across the grounds toward the first level of the Zoo of Death, where Count Rugen sat fiddling with some knobs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Then, being eye level with Jinx’s peephole, she peered right at him and giggled. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Where you off to, Malcolm?” he called down as the water gushed out at the far end and the level sank. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
About fifteen minutes later they were down among them, plodding on a level road with white walls on each side and trees bending over the walls. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
I was stronger, and my speed picked up with this new level of training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
On either hand the land dropped more sharply; a broad flat dotted with small cabins whose weathered roofs were on a level with the crown of the road. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though he towered over other jockeys, ultimately leveling off at about five feet seven inches, he hadn’t filled out his frame yet, weighing just 101 pounds, light enough to ride. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had an IQ of above 140, which is near genius level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
The tops of hills are shaved off to make level warrens for the rabbits of the present. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Because it’s why my father chose this spot for the bug-out. It will be way down from its usual level—but there’ll still be some water there.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Instrumental jazz buzzed in my ear, sending my current stress level to a 6.9. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
This stack was almost level with his desktop, and it made a convenient place to rest his coffee cup. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
They banged against the pavement, sending up the dust, and a man with a tonsure, whose legs were still below street level, paused and turned to watch her go by. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
To say that these guys like to build roads barely hints at their level of dedication. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
On descending, I found the kitchen on the brink of pandemonium, and in general, an extremely tense atmosphere amongst all levels of staff. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
I half expected to find an army of security guards waiting for me outside, their guns leveled at my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
When the Leeps’ shouting reached the same approximate decibel level as a B-52, Beatrice lowered her stepbrother out a bathroom window. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
He levels the pistol, curses, and pulls the trigger. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
They took an elevator from the street level to a long, curving tunnel with doors on both sides and other tunnels branching off it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
It was a little crooked, but they didn’t have time to level it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
One of the symbols that popped up looked just like the levels of Q-Bert, one of the best old video games—I didn’t realize Led Zeppelin had invented Q-Bert! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
He imagines two observers in a field pacing out the distance between them, then leveling their eyes on a far-off landmark: a sailing ship or a smokestack. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
The only way to ease the pressure was to boost the total of paid admissions to far higher levels. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
When I reached the bottom level, I jumped off the scaffold and dropped the few remaining feet to the ground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
She knows on some vague level that there is something wrong with her theory about how to draw a vertical line, and she won’t stop until she’s absolutely sure she has it right. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
The door Anya stepped through was on an upper level, near the ceiling. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Mathematics is often taken to be mechanical, the work of low- level technicians who will report to the rest of us anything we absolutely must know. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he stops at eye level with the crowd. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Because rising sea levels continually flooded the shore, marshy Cape Cod did not fully lock into its contemporary configuration until about 1000 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Whether discussing Herod slaughtering infants or Christ rising from the dead, her voice registered the same faint level of disapproval. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
So wand in hand he paced into the air, shot from Pieria down, down to sea level, and veered to skim the swell. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the lower level the trains were running much less often. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
“On level three,” said Marty, who I discovered was still sitting in front of me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Victory was wiping the roasting stick with leaves while Joe leveled the fire. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stood up, finally, on level ground twenty feet to the right of the mouth of the cave. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the penance had reached the appropriate level for a particular sin, the penitent was granted absolution in advance, though he might never be called on to commit the sin. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
The wagon was so low that children who spoke to her standing up were eye level with her, and adults, standing or sitting, had to look down at her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Two small rooms at ground level near the gatehouse served as our new quarters. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
“You are a commoner! You cannot level charges against your betters.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
It takes only three steps for her to stop and level a look at me over her shoulder. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
“You know my stories, Cari,” she said, working hard to keep her voice level. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
The Po-2 pilots flew using visual flight references only—they couldn’t navigate or even fly level if they couldn’t see the horizon. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Bob falls and I quickly level the shotgun at Bill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
“There’s such a thing as principle” was all Fezzik would answer, and he opened the door that led to the fourth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
The tragedy of the war, on so many levels, and the apparent unravelling of the certainties of the previous century, elicited an unprecedented collective response from British composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
Penelope on the higher level of her room had heard the blow, and knew who gave it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
They could let students learn with and compete against other students of the same maturity level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Although I understand the deprivations our people suffer I must make it clear that the level of crime in the township is unhealthy and must be eliminated as a matter of urgency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Matty gestured with his hand, placing it level with the second button of his own shirt. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
Hera from first to last is a goddess on a very low level of humanity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Me . . . me . . . me ...” I beg Ma as she slowly lowers the pot to my level. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m a good student—I have a 9.4 grade level in reading. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was straight-faced and matter-of-fact as she stacked up several of the spotting blocks so that she could stand level with the bar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
He reads: “‘Above certain levels, noise or noise disturbance is detrimental to the health and welfare of the citizenry and the individual’s right to peaceful and quiet enjoyment. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
That’s settler life for you, I spose, not much time for niceties and it’s easy to sink to the level of people who revel in squandering their manners. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
This required speaking in the auditorium to all the students at each grade level. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
I end up sitting at an empty table on the second level. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
This is because, when liver function is disturbed, the cholinesterase level drops below normal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
It was a large timbered structure, three stories high, the second and third levels leaning far over the alley upon which it faced. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
My chest heaves as I wait the customary minute to show the utmost level of respect. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Zakariyya raised the picture to eye level and stared in silence. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
And beyond them, a brick square of a building with small windows—barred on the first two levels, bricked over on the third. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Daddy leans against the car window so he’s eye level with King and gives him one of those guy handshakes with so many movements you wonder how they remember it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
Go through Silverstein & Layne’s Arts Integration checklist below to see how to incorporate an integrated level of understanding to the lesson. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
My heartbeat quickened, my stress levels surpassing total destruction on the Richter scale. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
And the probable result would be the same standoff they had now, just at a much bloodier level. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“I am not the public figure that some other scythes choose to be. Some scythes prefer the spotlight, but to truly do the job right, it requires a level of anonymity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
The suit had been carefully tested in the laboratory, and it was safe against all predictable radiation levels. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
He turned a corner and suddenly the rock on both sides gave way to new brick with metal grills set at intervals just above the level of the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
Then with a planing tool, he carefully smoothed away the surface of the design so that the colored clay was completely level with the body of the vase itself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
Ms. Finn smiles and says, “I’m a psychotherapist, not a psychologist. Many people make that mistake. I assure you the level of care is the same.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
On the level it was all right but not on a hill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mahmood’s laughter was about as convincing as Tanya’s smile, and suddenly I wondered if maybe, on some level, their son frightened them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, Briana’s own texting and phone records had offered them yet another level of indignation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
She read many grades above her level, was steeped in enrichment classes, and watched adults with a hooded gaze, as though privy to the darkness that lurked in their lives. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
When they arrived in the corridor they saw that there were only a dozen people progressing to N.E.W.T. level. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Together with verbal coffins like model and level in which writers entomb their actors and actions, the English language provides them with a dangerous weapon called nominalization: making something into a noun. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
“Well, guests aren’t going to help Mum’s stress levels,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Looking around the abandoned small towns we drove through, glancing at the gas level, fiddling with the turn signal, fingers dancing on the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
As Boxcar leveled his shotgun at White’s chest, only inches away, White lifted his left forearm to shield himself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
I had a reading teacher who made me read picture books instead of chapter books because she said the pictures would help me understand the words that were beyond my reading level. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ma says the ground level is undesirable because dirt gets into the house and nosy people are always peeking in, so of course only poor people live on the ground level. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slowly, the heavy block rose from the hole until it hung two inches above level ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
In short, at the international level, the fundamental conditions essential for resolving the central problem of the Adams presidency did not exist. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Having reached the optimal cultural level for their environment, she explained, Amazon Indian lives changed little, if at all, for at least two thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He had the entire tower to himself, though his chambers occupied only the upper level. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
He leveled off and aimed for the volcano. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
She obediently drew it back up to pier level. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
An investigation of an arts infusion program on creative thinking, academic achievement, affective functioning, and arts appreciation of children at three grade levels. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
He holds me around my hips, with my arms pinned down to my sides, so that my breasts are level with his forehead. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
There is a brief pause, as if everything in the level had suddenly frozen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Such was this new level of cohesion among the architects that Post understood at once. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
And I did Paper 1 of my maths A level sitting in the Art Room. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Methuselah tried his level best to act tough. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Flames crackled as they licked the stairs, getting closer to their level. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
When we finally leveled off, my legs were burning. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
If the composer wants the change from one dynamic level to another to be gradual, different markings are added. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
Republicans and Democrats alike had tackled the problem at state and local levels, investing in healthy living, building more sidewalks and community gardens—a proof point that there was common political ground to be explored. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
She was trying to keep her voice level, but she was shaking so hard. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
I rode down four levels to my armory, a massive vault filled with storage shelves, display cases, and weapon racks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The very next week, my coaches moved me straight to level four. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
A face was now level with mine, looking closely and saying something without meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ulbrickson’s concern ratcheted up another level when he started taking a good look at the British crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“That’s what I asked him. And it turns out that a dog’s blood-sugar level is supposed to be between forty and one hundred. You know what Jordan’s is?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
We had no doubts that men at the highest levels of the police and the security forces were aiding the Third Force. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
For a moment above and below eye level, all four limbs stuck out, and then, just as quickly, all four disappeared. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
Scotty was leveling the legs of the tripod, and I jerked open the metal ammo case. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was no longer just a threat; things had escalated to a horrifying new level. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
The motor inside was buzzing at the exact same level as the fridge in Noodles and Needles's house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
He balanced a wooden yoke across his wide shoulders, and two buckets hung level from either side. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
With great care, I raised my eyes to the level of the windowsill. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
The level did not appear to have risen much as yet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
We were tipping over into the second week of December, and I’d managed to keep some level of distance in place between myself and Ocean for as long as either of us could bear it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
But I knew, in the way I knew Dieter at some level did think about shooting me when he merely joked about it, that he was serious. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fort Hare was characterized by a level of sophistication, both intellectual and social, that was new and strange to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s reached the level of legend around here. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Furthermore, of all workers, the poorest have made the least progress back to their 1973 wage levels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
They passed lovely shops full of lovely people before descending a staircase to the next level, which was bathed in Crimson and Amber light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Carey was offended by the countercharges leveled at him in the Narrative. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
It was petty stuff in a transaction that was already law enforcement at its most utterly trivia! level. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
To develop your economy, you leveled your forests and carpeted the land with strip malls. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Hatred of Jews was entrenched in all levels of the tsarist government, and though Jews also served in the military, promotion was dependent upon conversion. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
It’s at that sort of level—daydream stuff. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s OK. You were right, actually. I’m only tenth level.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The water keeps the leaf wet, and although the top dries up and burns down to the water level, that’s as far as the burning goes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Sure you do. All that aside, this is a distraction on so many levels,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
On all the level spaces there was great concourse of men. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
As we start to level out in altitude, the world disappears altogether into a blanket of clouds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Though on a psychological level his manner was almost painfully intimate, superficially it was businesslike and cold. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
Even if it was still necessary for human beings to do different kinds of work, it was no longer necessary for them to live at different social or economic levels. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
They resented the level of individual power he had achieved, and they could no longer tolerate his reckless behavior with the Egyptian queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
It was the first clear evidence that Chicago might have created something extraordinary after all, and it renewed Burnham’s hopes that the fair at last would achieve the level of attendance he had hoped for. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Every single time I’m frightened in here, I think that I’ve never been so scared; but always, always, I keep finding there’s another level of fear I had no concept of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
Valley seemed to figure as much and leveled her with a look that meant “Yeah, right.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
He shimmied his back down the door, sliding his legs alongside mine until our faces were level. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
By the end of the first week, interest in the project had spiked to such a level that we had to move the meetings out of our small cabin, to the fire pit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
He stopped work for an instant to level the hammer handle and a sharp glance over his shoulder at Ranofer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
Reluctantly, he acquiesced; the test showed that he suffered from elevated levels of serum creatinine with a value way above 1.4, the highest parameter in the normal range. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
She must be dealt with on her own level, and thus I thought of her as I surveyed the sub-standard conditions in the factory. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Obviously, the notion that the height of a mountain could be measured from sea level could establish itself only after this view had been abandoned. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
They walked down through the levels of the city as if nothing was wrong, as if nothing interesting was happening. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
She will make an entrance with me, later, when the noise level is high enough. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
The next day, the discussions in the drawing room appeared to reach a new level of intensity and by lunchtime, the exchanges were becoming rather heated. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Scoob holds it up to eye level, shifting his focus between the hotel in the picture and what’s right in front of him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
And without ten thousand hours under his belt, there is no way he can ever master the skills necessary to play at the top level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
The stillness was broken by Van Helsing’s voice speaking in a low level tone which would not break the current of her thoughts:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
Coin’s voice comes over the district audio system, thanking us all for an exemplary evacuation of the upper levels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
He didn’t mention that he’d already made it to level fifty-three. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
I don’t want to say it—she won’t want to hear it—but we both know we aren’t at that level. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The peach was also just below the level of the cloud, and it was heading directly toward the rainbow, traveling rather fast. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
She texted my mother a picture of herself standing in front of her home, a narrow building with a Dominican restaurant on the ground level and two apartments over it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“He doesn’t know what he wants to be,” Dad said, leveling a steely gaze at me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
After five minutes I had seen all the faces there were to see and moved to the second level. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Later that year, in the fall of 1947, a previously obscure committee of the US House of Representatives took the hunt to a new level. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
The surface was level and solid and firm, and he easily kept his balance in the strange gravitational field where everything weighed only one sixth its earth weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
They ride with springs on their cables, tampions out, as if prepared to open fire and level the town with broadsides. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
The final section of this course does include a few challenges that are generally not considered "beginner level" musicianship, but are very useful in just about every field and genre of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
She was over fiftieth level, so it would remain in existence for the spell’s maximum duration: fifteen minutes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
At that spot, the bank was a good ten feet above the water level. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Good point. My mom said we leveled up in whiteness because of the trip.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
I sat there quietly, trying not to shiver, and eventually Denna’s breathing leveled off. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
What there is in this world, I think, is a tendency for human errors to level themselves like water throughout their sphere of influence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Option two: “Continue at about the present level.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
In Fischer’s and Orasanu’s minds, there were at least six ways to try to persuade the pilot to change course and avoid the bad weather, each with a different level of mitigation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
And I said, “Can I do my maths A level?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
By leveling the entire summit, they created a fifty-five-acre terrace half the size of the Vatican. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Sweeping staircases lead to the upper level, which has a balcony and white wicker chairs. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
My mother had built it, piece by piece, a couple of years ago when she was getting some new level of certification in computer programming. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
School failed to interest him on any level, and the neighbors were greatly relieved when he finally retired his trumpet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
On the street level were shops; above the shops were the apartments where people lived. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Me, I want as many governors as possible to come to my own wedding o. It shows levels, serious levels,” Ranyinudo said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
My head shot above the top of the lobster tank, my shoulders level with the hatch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
They were still in the Forest of Idris, but here the ground had leveled a little. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
The elevator closes on Muhammad’s surprised face as he travels on to the parking level on his own. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
When Stan finally stopped for air, I made another attempt to knock the conversation down to my level. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Their straightforward, even brash demeanor, with its implicit assumption that everyone was on the same social level, enchanted him. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Air Force weather plane flying over the western Pacific detected high levels of radiation in the air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
This phrase, like level playing field, is getting overworked. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Percy, traveling in the Mediterranean is a different level of danger altogether. It’s been off limits to Roman demigods for centuries. No hero in his right mind would go there.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
It’s reassuring to see just how high the overall level of accuracy is in our group. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
So now the polar ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising, and the weather is all messed up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
We reach the fifth level before I realize that we’re going down to the lobby. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
This was suddenly an important moment for him because the playing field was being leveled. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
But the Neolithic Revolution placed us on a level at which we might well have remained indefinitely. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The first level was built of river rocks held together by straw-filled mud. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another floated at chest level, high enough that he would only need to tilt his chin down to see his reflection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
And it is within this Muslim community that I gained my first level of “celebrity” status as an athlete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
“Oh, yes—miners used to bring canaries with them to gauge oxygen levels in the mine. If the canary died, they knew the oxygen was running out and they’d better get out of there.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
To Dell's horror, her level of distress seemed to increase with his every word. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
He was nearly level with the twins before he spoke again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
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