| 单词 | arrangement |
| 例句 | This meant that we were no longer prevented from attending or speaking at gatherings, and arrangements were quickly made for me to speak at the theater. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nya knew from listening to the grownups that the crew leader had made many arrangements concerning the well. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If he made arrangements for our luggage to be taken to the boat before we went, he said, we could probably avoid trouble. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull turned his attention toward the closet, inspecting the arrangement of shoes, the hanging clothes, and the shelves. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some days I would check into homeroom; other days I’d head directly back to the train and return to the neighborhood, where I’d meet up with one of the guys who had a similar arrangement. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Carol and I busily began making arrangements for Mr. Caston's and Mr. Carter's releases, which would take place that evening. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Still, there was nothing to do but go forward and hope that Rik had made arrangements to sell the hash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The earnings potential is uncertain, and she has no health benefits under this new part-time arrangement, relying instead on her husband’s. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A song arrangement typically means adding voices such as making a choral arrangement or adding instruments to the melody such as a piano accompaniment or Orff accompaniment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And there were only two flower arrangements in his hospital room, one from Ms. Newberry and one from Snow Hill School. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z We made the arrangements, and I was glad to get out of the filthy apartment again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They are more like perfectly tooled but crazy little machines, and we violate science when we try to read human meanings in their arrangements. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These figures reflected in the mirror are slightly askew, as if a different law of gravity, a different arrangement of space, exists inside, locked in, sealed up in the glass as if in a paperweight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s bringing in floral arrangements to decorate the synagogue on the big day, and he’s paying for the congregational Kiddush, which is like a mini lunch after the service is over. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The fact that we have met here now for years is no reason in itself why we should not seek a more convenient arrangement from here on.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A tablet might contain, say, two hash marks, a box, a circle with a cross in the middle, an asterisk-like shape, and an arrangement of three triangles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A typical choral arrangement divides women into higher and lower voices and men into higher or lower voices. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I will always be grateful to the parish priest who forced a mortician to remove an elaborate arrangement of flowers from a coffin: ‘Don’t hide it!’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In this new seating arrangement, the first thing he did was to pull his shirt ends out of his trousers. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t you want to know what I’ll get out of this arrangement?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was still about three weeks ahead of the inauguration, which meant that we had to make temporary arrangements, renting rooms on the top floor of the Hay-Adams hotel in the center of the city. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At some point that afternoon, Booth made the final arrangements. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, soldiers were called on to provide the raw material, but such an arrangement was hardly conducive to industrial-scale production. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Afterwards Squealer was sent round the farm to explain the new arrangement to the others. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A flower arrangement with gladioli sits on a polished table beside it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Toomer, bless your sweet little heart for thinking of me. I’ll put them in water right now and make an arrangement for my dining room table. Are you sure I can’t pay you something?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I attempted to convey to her what a genial employer Mr Farraday is; and I described the changes to the house itself, the alterations and the dust- sheetings, as well as the present staffing arrangements. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I tried to tell him that I didn’t know the deejay or the pizza company—that other students had made the arrangements. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z At the moment it is mostly an arrangement of packed soil and stacks of stone forming tall but rudimentary walls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The arrangement suited Mammachi, because in her mind, a fee clarified things. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Agent Burger told headquarters, “This arrangement is strictly confidential and not to be divulged outside of this Bureau to anyone, under any circumstances.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Frank’s tone made it obvious he didn’t approve of those arrangements. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He looked but happened not to be athletic, being too busy with politics, arrangements, and offices. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z This was an inherently unstable arrangement, given the self-regard of the two scientists. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Nature and the woodlands took care of their own funeral arrangements. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He reminds me that our arrangement is not at all unusual; he’s known many men to take even ten-year-olds as brides. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’ll have to be adequate. The water monster song is of higher importance right now. Make arrangements to ensure you are prepared for the journey,” Darkness said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z So I make the toast and slice up an apple and listen with half an ear as the morning-show people chat about something to do with floral arrangements. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We all sat in the same arrangement in Macroeconomics, too:Megan in front of me, Joey on my right. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There is a tendency for living things to join up, establish linkages, live inside each other, return to earlier arrangements, get along, whenever possible. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d already gone to Dallas to make sure all the arrangements had been taken care of at their next hotel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Suppose the pieces of the jigsaw start off in a box in the ordered arrangement in which they form a picture. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Having direct knowledge of the Lyceum, he probably helped design arrangements in the Museum; he is credited with urging Ptolemy I to purchase and/or copy books in vast numbers for the Library. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Aileen was the person in charge of coordinating all the travel arrangements for the tour. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We found concrete slabs where the latrines and shower rooms stood, and irrigation ditches, and here and there, the small rock arrangements that once decorated many of the entranceways. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have made arrangements for us to move into a house in Conakry,” he said. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But on hurrying back to Prague to make arrangements for the move, he found his wife seriously ill once again. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They are playing Mozart, but with a weird, dissonant arrangement of mandolins, accordions and a snare drum. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Madam was not pleased with the arrangement but said nothing, for a change. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Justin’s master often hired him out for masonry work and a sympathetic employer made arrangements with the railroad on his behalf. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It might have been the smells, or the colors of the wood on the doorposts, or the arrangement of the stones on the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “These arrangements are supposed to be with virgin brides, you know. That certainly didn’t seem to be the case.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As Kathy was driving to Houston, Yuko was making arrangements for the family to spend the night with a longtime friend of theirs she called Miss Mary. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There was nothing new in the arrangements and she was not distressed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was beginning to realize that this was not an overnight camping trip, but a permanent arrangement. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had to make the arrangements,” apologized Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Like their contemporaries in Greece, the Han Chinese saw virtue in the relationship between musical pitch in music - the relative distance between notes - and the arrangement of the stars and planets they observed above them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The confidence and assurance with which the first arrangements had been carried out made him feel good. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Hayden fought the arrangement in her quiet, stubborn way until she could take it no longer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ethnic masks lined the walls and artificial floral arrangements filled the shadows. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Some students may be gifted or already familiar with the material, while others are challenged simply by the arrangement of the room. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Two strands had escaped from their immaculate arrangement and lay pasted against her frozen cheek. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the sight of Napoleon, on all fours, delivering orders to Whymper, who stood on two legs, roused their pride and partly reconciled them to the new arrangement. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z So, we haven't exactly laid out the terms of this blackmail arrangement, but clearly it goes something like this: Martin asks for whatever the hell he wants. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z By prior arrangement Washington went to stay at the elegant and comfortable home of David Deshler. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I’m not sure how my mother persuaded Miss Hazel to go along with the arrangement. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z John had called the Pigman and made arrangements for us to meet him in front of the zoo at ten o’clock in the morning. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z To make arrangements, as they say in funeral parlors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They made arrangements to meet again and agreed to a few basic rules. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Reader, do you know the definition of the word “chiaroscuro”? If you look in your dictionary, you will find that it means the arrangement of light and dark, darkness and light together. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Kingshaw followed, no longer running, suddenly very aware of this new place, of the different shape and colour and arrangement of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But the arrangement is about the work, and Vincent still hopes Gauguin’s influence will improve his painting. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “We made arrangements months ago, but of course she hoped to go back to her family. Since she can’t, I’m sure she’ll be happy with the Hus.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked like jagged rows of rectangles, and a zigzag line that meandered through the mazelike arrangement. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At this abbey they were to wait until King Bagdemagus could be brought over, and then the arrangements to the tournament were to be made. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who lived too far had made arrangements to stay in town. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She reminded herself that Mariam was the only innocent party in this arrangement. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The arrangement with Teller, York reflected, was “peculiar,” but it did the job: “None of the strained relationships that had surrounded Teller at Los Alamos developed at Livermore.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There is one, and only one, arrangement in which the pieces make a complete picture. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus if the crux of the problem was to deduce an unusually clever arrangement of inorganic ions and phosphate groups, we were clearly at a disadvantage. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Before taking their seats, a particularly elaborate and beautiful flower arrangement caught Lydia’s eye. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She was standing tall over the berries and she wasn’t the least bit fooled by Pinch’s berry arrangement. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As Lillian wandered about the empty rooms of the house carefully making mental notes about furniture placement and room arrangement, Colonel Meecham herded his children to the front porch for a morale check. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no formal arrangement for dividing the money,” Mr. McDowell answered. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z First off, I suggested that she might think of finding an arrangement like mine: a room in someone’s nice apartment in exchange for taking care of children or the elderly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But by some old, standing arrangement with her psyche, she elected to feel guilty for having seen it, caught it, and sentenced herself to listen to Lane’s ensuing conversation with a special semblance of absorption. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The letter explained that Charles Parker had made arrangements for his cousin to be taken to the state insane asylum two hundred miles away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She realized that there was a commercial arrangement between the French count and her father in which she had no say. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a small waiting area—just two chairs and a table with a big flower arrangement. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The king speaks into a voice-trumpet, and his words echo from a sound-box peeking out of the flower arrangement on our table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z John’s mother arrived within several days, along with Ti Fifi, who had made the arrangements for the mom. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The business side of the arrangement included the settling of a piece of land on young Isaac by the Rector, on condition that he lived away from the new matrimonial home. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Leaving the Medical Examiner’s office at about noon to go and complete funeral arrangements, Sister Betty told reporters, ‘ ‘No one believed what he said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, there are a very large number of arrangements in which the pieces are disordered and don’t make a picture. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If not, it would be better for him to forget their whole arrangement. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z If you shake the box, the pieces will take up another arrangement. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you girls are happy with the arrangement, I’m glad to have Quincy cook instead of Biddy.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Now, while she was listening for the doorbell, she made a final tour, pausing to dispose of a speck of lint or alter an arrangement of Christmas poinsettias. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Accordingly, I respectfully request that you publish no further information of this character and advise me that you have made arrangements for the return of these documents to the Department of Defense.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Uncle Edward left to make arrangements for a room and a nurse. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The massive scale of these domestic arrangements seems not to have impeded his imperial progress. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The arrangement came to be known as the Pennsylvania—or “separate”—system, and it attracted much attention, both abroad and at home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the arrangements for our move north were completed, she broke the shattering news that she was going back to Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt nervous about the sleeping arrangements, though, and doing things such as dressing and undressing, or going to the bathroom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We held hands, and I led her over to the sofa, where I found the Seanie-gap-Isabel arrangement had not changed since I left. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Fischer writes: When Boston imported its first streetlights in 1774, Paul Revere was asked to serve on the committee that made the arrangement. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Wart watched the arrangements with a surprise which turned into vexation and then into dislike. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Lee had no date—had made no arrangements to meet again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There is one feature of this anomalous arrangement that might have adaptive value. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z If you disturb the arrangement of a part of the Hill, hundreds of ants will set it vibrating, shifting, until it is put right again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Our commitment to colorblindness extends beyond individuals to institutions and social arrangements. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You will be coming to study with me. I assure you I have a great many books. I will make the necessary arrangements, and then we shall be on our way.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Gebu sold her at the common slave market to pay for funerary arrangements. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Loo, however, was not pleased with the arrangement. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The arrangements were soon settled: in exchange for three hundred dollars a month, Mia would vacuum, dust, and tidy the Richardson house three times a week and prepare dinner nightly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She’d been so in her head, his voice was a surprise, his concerned face a foreign arrangement of skin and muscle. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Look, Stephen, I’m sorry to spoil your festive arrangements, but we didn’t come all the way down here to drink pop and watch TV.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This system turned out to be more reliable than working out complicated arrangements with the nervous ambassadors of the foreign democracies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an ideal arrangement for everyone but the dead man in Yossarian’s tent, who was killed over the target the day he arrived. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” she said, and marched off to Linden Chapel Funeral Home to make the fastest arrangements possible. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A withered daffodil, not one from the dried arrangement. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The wedding was to be in a week, as soon as arrangements could be made, and as soon as Hattie and Olive returned from finishing school. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z New students were admitted all the time, and Mr. Benedict had made every arrangement, had followed every proper procedure, but still.... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z By choice, the seating arrangement on the bus was integrated: Blacks sat by whites, and vice versa. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My parents were so exhausted, I wasn’t sure they even realized what arrangements we were making each day. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As long as we could be sure it was a helix, the assignment of the positions for only a couple of nucleotides automatically generated the arrangement of all the other components. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not trying to blame you, Gilly. It’s just that I need, we all need, your cooperation if any kind of arrangement is to work out.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z There were furs of every kind, including a handsome arrangement of black and white lambs’ wool, sewn in contrasting diamonds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrangement worked, Dean recalled a few years later, “because of Teller getting along very well with Dr. Lawrence.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I knew if—” “Let’s go back to the arrangement where you keep your mouth closed.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “My assistant at the front desk will take care of all the financial arrangements. Thank you.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z "As it chances, I own this particular establishment, so arrangements were easily made. I am most anxious to keep the Lannisters from learning that Cat is here in King's Landing." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The iron must have had a tiny gasoline arrangement inside it to keep it hot. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning the remains of a small settlement emerged around a hill, an arrangement of scorched timber and black stonework. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I’m off to make some arrangements, and then I’ll be back. How soon could I have it?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z And most whites believed that blacks were just as satisfied with the arrangement as they were. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z At this hour, only a few members of the burial society remained in the building to take care of administrative duties and funeral arrangements. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “But are you forgetting our financial arrangement? Thirty bucks, please.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z This arrangement, however, is not perfect, for dry land emerges from the water, and on the land all four elements interact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In being man-made — by ingenious laboratory manipulation of the molecules, substituting atoms, altering their arrangement — they differ sharply from the simpler insecticides of prewar days. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “We are making arrangements for a series of simultaneous exhibitions and matches for early next year. We are also considering an exhibition match where Bobby would play the entire Dutch Olympic team simultaneously.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But Olive had made arrangements, on pain of not going up, for the plane to try to fly as far as the sugar factory before it crashed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So I was just walking through, here and there, looking at things, at the arrangement we had made together, for our life. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In a matter of days, Kubat was back in California with the money, and Bobby made arrangements to abandon his tiny room. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She almost blends in with the room's trappings, like a flower arrangement. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In fact, if you look at the arrangement of the two constellations a little differently, it’s almost like Mama Bear sent Baby Bear spinning with a good swift head butt. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The nightingale has twenty-four basic songs, but gains wild variety by varying the internal arrangement of phrases and the length of pauses. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With not a scrap of physical evidence to go on, little can be said about the physical arrangement of the scrolls in the Library. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Neither species regarded the arrangement as novel; they had lived together in Europe for millennia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A majority of the National Guardsmen, Lima said, chewed tobacco and smoked Marlboros, so this arrangement kept both sides well supplied. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She’d recently gone into a business arrangement to run several nursing homes, and she and her partners had already purchased and renovated six of them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A molecule is simply two or more atoms working together in a more or less stable arrangement: add two atoms of hydrogen to one of oxygen and you have a molecule of water. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z What a marvelous cooperative arrangement—plants and animals each inhaling the other’s exhalations, a kind of planet-wide mutual mouth-to-stoma resuscitation, the entire elegant cycle powered by a star 150 million kilometers away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have more pressing matters to discuss. I have sent the Green Grace to die Yunkishmen to make arrangements for the release of our hostages. I expect her back by midday with their answer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We considered that maybe the flowers were some kind of memorial to herself—like a funeral arrangement or something. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Is the arrangement typical for the culture or not? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I was ready enough to stick to this arrangement. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Not only was this arrangement bad for the astronaut’s circadian rhythm, but the astronaut who was on duty made enough noise as he went about his work to keep his partner awake. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’d get in a room and swap notes on flower arrangements and who married who.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Finally Napoleon raised his trotter for silence and announced that he had already made all the arrangements. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z This arrangement was acceptable to all until Neville Alexander complained that the High Organ was neither democratic nor truly representative, and that some other body ought to be created. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy to make my further arrangements; for I was troubled with no inquiries—no surmises. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But here, for starters, is Quintilian: “The whole art of oratory, as the most and greatest writers have taught, consists of five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “We discussed last-minute arrangements for the transfer of information once I got back from Santa Fe,” Gold said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrangement was certainly awkward for Bobby, however. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We made arrangements to keep the boat there. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Obviously she hadn't told Mr. Monk about our arrangement. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I refused to think that I might be shopping alone in Seattle this weekend, no longer interested in the earlier arrangement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We do not know if they were content with this arrangement or if they felt exploited. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Great-great-aunt Florentine’s grave was mounded with fresh dirt and flower arrangements from the funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence when Japan sent troops to Korea and annexed it in 1910, Japanese military leaders celebrated the annexation as “the restoration of the legitimate arrangement of antiquity.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In accordance with his arrangements there was no music, no fireworks, no pealing bells, no shouts of victory, or any other manifestation that might alter the mournful character of the armistice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Celia is quite pleased with the arrangement, and spends most of her time reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The living arrangement was very popular with the public. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s flower arrangements tumbled into the mourners or crashed to the floor as people tried to get out of the way of the moving casket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At first I wanted Methuselah to come back and live in his cage, until Father explained to me that this whole arrangement was wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he felt quite warm again and scampered off to the emergency kennels, to watch the King’s huntsman making his last arrangements. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was easterly Rock, not Dragonstone, and those arrangements were made after the Hand's death, without my sister's consent." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This arrangement had the virtue of keeping banned individuals active as well as keeping the membership in touch with these leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You do not seem to realize that one may have friends awaiting one’s arrival in London, and that a day’s delay upsets arrangements and causes a lot of annoyance.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been up most of the night, sorting all the arrangements, and I was in the front reception getting ready to leave when I saw Harry coming in. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When we’re finished we walk up the hill, leaving these arrangements behind us, half wreath, half lunch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Their repertoire included arrangements of spirituals, interest in which subsequently spread rapidly. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Folks came from all over, plantations that had favored this or that arrangement of quarters, so the cabins came in various shapes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes he thought that the next time the door opened he would take over the family arrangements just as he had earlier. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a message for the Alderking’s son. The new High King wishes to come to an arrangement with him.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The new arrangement wasn’t okay with Uncle Sam, however. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not pretending anything. No one told me! Why would our parents make such a horrid arrangement?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Fortunately for us such an extreme situation is only theoretical, but the dire results of upsetting nature’s own arrangements are well known to students of animal populations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I saw all around this forest hundreds of evenly scattered, identically sized ponds with trees sparsely distributed in a uniform way between them, the whole arrangement giving the unmistakable impression of following a design. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He helped Bob Timmons scrape paint from his shed and weeded flower beds with Mrs. Herbert Crow, a woman who concerned herself with flower arrangements and treated Ishmael’s mother formally. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The big bone in the man’s thigh stuck out of his trousers and his other leg bent in a gruesome arrangement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Finally she got Miss Lizzie to agree that time was time, and arrangements were made. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She mirrored his fears with descriptions of contingency arrangements at the hospital—more beds, special courses, emergency drills. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was still doing nothing, yet somehow, the arrangements were being made. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z There was no need for any arrangement by word: they knew that they must not sleep for a moment. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Or perhaps some other arrangement is made between the two wrestlers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was on our last visit home together that she bought the building and made the first arrangements.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Various other questions concerning arrangements here in the house during my absence will need to be settled. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He even made arrangements for a place for Williams to live in Hampton. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They’d left manure and hoofprints on graves, crushed flower arrangements into piles of stems, ribbon, and Styrofoam, and knocked over several tombstones, which now lay flat on the ground next to their bases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Or perhaps Mr. Donner had made some special arrangement for this one customer who regularly bought cream cakes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The general arrangements, though not the details, are familiar to us, though we’ve never seen so many mice in one place before and are awed by their numbers and stench. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “All right, Frank, you will have to go ahead with the arrangements. Better get Mrs. Danvers to help you. She will remember the form.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The living arrangement of my mother, brother, and Aunt Maggie—now that I had no promise of being a postal clerk—quickly deteriorated. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Rad Lab, the arrangement was known, after its ovoid configuration, as the racetrack. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The only consolation in such an arrangement was that joyous mo-merits were shared as well. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Jupiter’s moons made this arrangement rather less implausible than it had seemed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Oakley Street had heard that Lyra was in danger, and he wanted to make sure of the arrangements for her safety. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I finally had to make alternative arrangements and Kathy managed to locate someone to drive me to Bechuanaland, where I would charter a plane. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmsted had begun to think in terms of fallback arrangements. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When I glanced back, Rachel and Chiron were walking together in earnest conversation, like they were discussing funeral arrangements. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Richardson, too, found the new arrangements awkward. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They didn’t want to grieve then, so they made arrangements fast and tried to forget. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Gray asked if she had had “difficulty... in connection with the seating arrangements.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “I’m, um, still working out those arrangements, too. Like I said, this just came up. You know I’ll cancel the trip if I can’t be sure the three of you are all right.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You can stay with us as long as you want, and you can give us advice on the arrangement of our new apartment.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z This will probably be a disordered arrangement in which the pieces don’t form a proper picture, simply because there are so many more disordered arrangements. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I said this even though I wasn’t sure Mom had actually made those arrangements. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Then she picked up her stick and walked a bit around the fire to test the arrangement. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The idea that certain arrangements of facial features are automatically superior. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z That’s when my mom decided that this perfect arrangement was not all that perfect. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Apparently Holmes had made prior arrangements with an express agent to pick up the box and load it on a train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We sat down at a table covered with a cheery red- checkered tablecloth in a cold, abstract arrangement of squares—the kind of pattern the demons favored. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My father took care of all the arrangements that required dealing with the outer world, all the arrangements with the funeral home, and so on. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When I informed her of this arrangement, she made a little face and said, “Well, hurry up, then.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My mother directed the arrangement of the buckets and burners into orderly rows and divided the fuel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mai puts on a good front, but even she seems tired of the whole arrangement. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There hadn’t been time to think or feel much of anything except disbelief while we were making all the arrangements. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It worked almost like the logical arrangements of five squares that made up each piece of his set of pentominoes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z To enhance the drama of the proceedings, the state had made arrangements for a live broadcast of Yutar’s speech on the South African Broadcasting System. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I dialed the Admissions Office and listened to the zombie voice leave a message that Miss Esther Greenwood was canceling all arrangements to come to summer school Then I opened Buddy Willard's letter. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Gardeners came by arrangement, and removed in wheel-barrows those that had inadvertently remained behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His competitors soon had their own rolling machines—although Duke had worked out a special arrangement with the machine's makers guaranteeing him a rate 25 percent under the best price charged any other manufacturer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z "Taking you from the castle, that will be the hardest. Once you're out, there are ships that would take you home. I'd need to find the coin and make the arrangements, that's all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He made arrangements for the sale of his office equipment, broke his lease, and settled the matter of refunds to clients very simply by saying, “Let ’em sue me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Their first item of business involved Arthur Devlin, hat in hand, negotiating new working codes and payment arrangements for the mine workers in exchange for access to the vein running under the town’s land. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well, Milo, if you really feel that way, I’m sure we can make whatever arrangements you want. How long have you been overseas now?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She had found an arrangement that kept her things secure and within easy reach, and she was very particular about it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “All right. Rain. I’m admitting you now. We’ll operate in the morning. And I’ll call social services to see what arrangements can be made for your grandson.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Spain saw this arrangement as a buffer to its North American holdings, which at the time included the lower Mississippi and the city of New Orleans. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “I asked specifically that only floral arrangements and house plants be sent here. These wreaths should all be down at the funeral home.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Whenever she moved, the huge arrangement of hair moved with her, as if made of stiff black paper. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “We have the upper two floors. It’s a fine arrangement. Come on. They’re beginning to come in.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z That meant walkers and car-poolers were all going by bus so that our usual seating arrangement was not in order. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Eighty percent of its leasing arrangements lost money, often vast amounts. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That she, a Texas schoolmarm, soon would be walking the streets of London and Paris still seemed an impossibility, yet Harry had promised it and made all the arrangements. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My mom wasn’t interested in any such arrangement, but thanks to her job she did have money to pay rent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The choir was summoned and sang a modern arrangement of “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” with new words pertaining to graduates seeking their place in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing else happens, but our arrangement quickly becomes a subject of gossip on the train. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The closets form the same odd tunneling arrangement as mine does. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The cards and letters are collected, placed in bags, and brought by messenger to the Bowens’ private residence, a town house that is already overflowing with appropriately somber floral arrangements. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I made arrangements for them to interview Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That's what is called transposition, because we have merely rearranged or transposed the letters from their original arrangement or order.... The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He also made arrangements with his gentile friend Wojek to sell a few of his fine suits on the black market. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z We always tried to sit apart in the mess hall, but sometimes seating arrangements were out of our hands, and one night we found ourselves across the table from each other. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no way of knowing whether or not the house in the hills was legal, either, since Colonel Korn had made all the arrangements. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The city made no arrangements to help less fortunate citizens procure loans necessary for the actual work. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Her travel arrangements were made by her manager and his staff, who tried to shield her from embarrassment and discomfort. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He’d said that when it was time to take care of the funeral arrangements and the repast three years ago, Ma Charles had to step in and handle everything because Miss Trotter wasn’t able. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “We come next, to mere details of arrangement. You must know that, although I have used the term ‘expectations’ more than once, you are not endowed with expectations only. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The real beauty of the arrangement was that it allowed whites to maintain their dominant social and economic position without feeling guilty. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The conductor displayed to Poirot with a dramatic gesture the beauty of his sleeping compartment and the neat arrangement of his luggage. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z His attack was on those who wrote history to ratify and glorify the present, particularly present political arrangements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He goes over to Amsterdam to-night, but says he returns to-morrow night; that he only wants to make some arrangements which can only be made personally. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But the arrangements weren’t made until my sophomore year in high school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z For this, by arrangement with the Dutch Government, he went to the island of Curasao in the Caribbean, cut off from the mainland by at least 50 miles of sea. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She had no time, and certainly no inclination, to explain that plunging vase and flowers into the water would help with the natural look she wanted in the arrangement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It is a set of structural arrangements that locks a racially distinct group into a subordinate political, social, and economic position, effectively creating a second-class citizenship. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s not the first such arrangement in history, though the shape it’s taken is not the usual one. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z This master-slave arrangement is the common view of full-grown biologists, eukaryotes all. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle D and Mr. Lucas had worked out an arrangement to share the truck even though Mr. Lucas hardly drove it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Angel was happy with Tiger the kitten and the safe sleeping arrangements. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not know what arrangements had been made for them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Briony did not wish to cancel the whole arrangement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Did she expect general joy about this arrangement? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the termite ecosystem, an arrangement of Byzantine complexity, he stands at the epicenter. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If it were just me, I would be very happy with the arrangement. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She intended to lift off the porcelain lid and fiddle with the arrangement of bulb and plug inside. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He makes adjustments to the flood of Prussian blue paper himself, responding to her arrangements, surrounding replicas of ancient Egyptian temples with columns of curving bookshelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Real big spender, huh?” my grandfather says, looking around at the linoleum floor, the plastic flower arrangements. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “That is not what I wanted from this arrangement,” Chandresh says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He makes sure he does not disturb the arrangement of her shoes on the floor, but steps over them and disengages the back panel. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z What kind of parties, what kind of food, who did the decorations, how did the seating arrangements get settled, all that kind of thing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not working for him. I have an arrangement with him. He’s not my boss. He’s my manager and sponsor. It’s different. I’m no one’s grunt. You know that.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They worked twelve-hour days six days a week for $200 cash and meals and all the fruit and vegetables we couldn’t or wouldn’t sell; it was the typical arrangement. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Annoyed at die arrangement, I gave the boy sitting on my right a poke in the ribs with my elbow, then faced around and watched the Chief cross over Fifth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z 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 I found that I liked this class arrangement very much; it divided my work neatly and made it easy for me to concentrate separately upon Talmud and college subjects. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In jazz, the shift in emphasis meant bigger bands comprising more structured families of instruments playing well-honed, written-out arrangements, with occasional well-defined solos emerging from the texture. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She envisioned several arrangements that would combine grace and obscenity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Who provisioned the island and made all the necessary arrangements?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Unlike Gale, she has no problem with our hunting arrangement. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z That would be much simpler and more just than this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In one northern city, Anderson was able to stay at the best hotel when she was in town for a performance, but only because her manager had made special arrangements. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They’d spoken in the kitchen of the arrangements they would make together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But he looks so thrilled with everything about this new arrangement that I don't bring it up. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If she had to buy something store-bought, it might as well be beer, and at least one player was able to negotiate such an arrangement with his Pepette during the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z An arrangement was made to build an impromptu prison on high ground in New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The arrangement lasted five years during which the boat went three times around the continent. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This arrangement went on for seven years, with Bobby sending greeting cards to the young girl signed “Daddy,” and having mother and child visit him later on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Persephone was magically changing the flower arrangement on the table, turning the blossoms from red to yellow to polka-dotted. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Smeath seems pleased about this arrangement, but she is pleased with herself, for going out of her way, for displaying charity. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It appears to me the most desirable arrangement in the world.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She knew that Stewart was pleased with the new arrangement for shortly afterward he allowed her to “hire her time.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z An orderly mind, Tyrion reflected, and indeed, once you puzzled out the arrangement, it was easy to see that every potion had its place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They used to joke that it was the perfect arrangement. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Muriel? Why would she...oh, that’s what that was! Ruth, the agreement was for a single piece of information. But no, I didn’t catch sight of her. I believe this concludes our arrangement.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In connection with the new arrangement, Lawrence received approval for his expanded Alpha II plant, which would supplement the feed from the diffusion process in a final push to produce uranium enriched to weapon-grade. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You provide the kerosene and I’ve got the sleeping arrangements all worked out.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z For one thing, our whole seating arrangement is different. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Cooksey’s new tank compiled everything the lab had learned about how to build a cyclotron into a rugged, gleaming, machined tank with glass insulators and arrangements for air and water cooling. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His mother was satisfied with the arrangement, and in a sense, she confessed to Eliot as they drove home, she was relieved. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I pick out a single yellow rose in a plastic vase because I know Erin likes yellow and the arrangement is the cheapest they have. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Early upon the morning following those hours passed in Arobin’s society, Edna set about securing her new abode and hurrying her arrangements for occupying it. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Had he made an arrangement with the guard back at the pass? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me that they were working on some kind of arrangement. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I suppose you could consider it a temporary—very temporary—foster arrangement,” Mrs. Trepid said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe for the sake of business arrangements she restrained a spontaneous reaction. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the full facts would never be known of just how several of the White Sox’s best players arranged with gangsters to “throw” the series, the arrangements had been made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z For the first time in its history, the organization permitted a concert to be held in Constitution Hall with no segregation of any kind in the seating arrangements. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z All these arrangements were only just completed when the Queen, now fully dressed in a trim skirt and cashmere cardigan, entered the Ballroom holding Sophie by the hand. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “There has not been any change made about your own arrangements? You will not be summoned to leave England sooner than you expected?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Early in their marriage, Daddy and Mama created a special arrangement involving family responsibilities. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I realize this isn’t a very clear description of our seating arrangements, but it doesn’t matter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Third, he refused to sign any contracts, making it impossible for most corporations or individuals to proceed with any kind of legally binding arrangement. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She tells him this is the house she’s grown up in, mentioning casually that she’d moved back six months ago after living with a man in Boston, an arrangement that had not worked out. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She stopped for a moment, her eyes on the big flower arrangement that sat on the table. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It is not a simple thing to decide where we fit, for at one time or another in our lives we manage to organize in every imaginable social arrangement. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if it was a modified arrangement that involved three months of clandestine dating. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I have no doubt that we can come to an arrangement, great Thrym,” said Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Although organic chemists in Alexander Todd’s nearby lab thought this the basic arrangement, they were still a long way from chemically establishing that all the internucleotide bonds were identical. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The arrangement was that Mac would secretly communicate when the manuscript was safely out of the country; only then would we destroy the original. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My then boyfriend stayed to make arrangements, and I ran outside to blubber beside the parked and, unfortunately, locked car. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then she took out the money she had accumulated over long years of hard labor, made some arrangements with her customers, and undertook the enlargement of the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Had the arrangement been otherwise, we would use base eight or base twelve arithmetic and relegate base ten to the New Math. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I was threatened with not being allowed to go to Bible school, which I loved, but eventually an arrangement was worked out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When Dad moved back, and he and Mom went to court so a new custody arrangement could be worked out, I was not allowed to go. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z True, we had yet to deal with the irregular sequence of the bases that faced the outside—but this difficulty might vanish in the wash when the correct internal arrangement was located. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z So he made arrangements for her to attend a course of study at the University of Rochester in America. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Their arrangement among the crates prevented her from seeing his face but she knew his expression. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I snapped out of my depression and began making arrangements to visit Guguletu and Nyanga and conduct some tennis clinics there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked the woman about the arrangement of doors and windows in the kitchen, and anything else he could think of. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “That was part of the arrangement!” cried Squealer. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The arrangement had been that Kehaar would find him whenever he might come above ground on the second day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, behind me, I heard Baba and Karim discussing the arrangement in Jalalabad over a smoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z English visitors did not find this arrangement peculiar; chimneys were just coming into use in Britain, and most homes there, including those of the wealthy, were still heated by fires beneath central roof holes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The arrangement saved him “making two back-and- forth trips to town.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam drove runaways to Boston and New York, hunkered over the latest surveys to devise escape routes, and took care of the final arrangements that would save a fugitive’s life. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z By the time Fischer was notified of the new arrangement, he’d already made reservations on all three flights going back to New York on the day of the third game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The realization of our work arrangement sends chills down my spine. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The meter of a piece of music is the arrangement of its rhythms in a repetitive pattern of strong and weak beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The melodies are good, but the arrangements are not really meant for the piano, but for singing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He doesn’t know what to make of the whole arrangement with Maxine, but as odd as the terms of the invitation seem he’d been unable to refuse. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was right next to Malfoy who, Harry was pleased to see, didn’t look too pleased with the seating arrangements. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Her hair was still done up Persian Casual, all curls and falls, though several locks had managed to escape their careful arrangement. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They were about the size of deer or antelopes, and similarly colored, but what made her stop still and rub her eyes was the arrangement of their legs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “What do you make of this arrangement we are negotiating?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There’s a dried flower arrangement on either end of the mantelpiece, and a vase of real daffodils on the polished marquetry end table beside the sofa. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He works on little else, though the sum of money involved makes that arrangement more than manageable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And yet sometimes she couldn’t help but be infected with a bit of Ralph and Theresa’s enormous enthusiasm for their new arrangement. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Green Grace will accomplish nothing. She may be conspiring with the Yunkai’i even as we sit here. Arrangements, did you say? Make arrangements? What sort of arrangements?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I have picked your roommates for you, so don’t worry your pretty little heads about making arrangements with your buddies.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “The dining room is full too, but Theo’s not happy with the arrangement yet, and every Sunday morning is spent rehanging and arranging everything.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And I know for a fact that five minutes after I had left Charley he had found new friends and had made his arrangements for his comfort. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z That the Count’s arrangements were well made, has been proved. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He felt so curious to visit it that he did not stop to make any detailed arrangements about the order in which they should go down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "You have made suitable arrangements for him, should the battle be lost?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It featured a flower arrangement sent by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “You may want this,” he says, and reaching over the nurses’ station, he pulls a rose from a flower arrangement. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z This arrangement supposedly supplied light and air to the bedrooms. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s for the best this way, he tells himself; nobody will get any wrong ideas about what exactly this arrangement is. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I have made arrangements,” he said finally, “for you to be raised by a distant relative of yours who lives on the other side of town. His name is Count Olaf.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Cal made arrangements in school, by doing extra and excellent work, to make up for his absences on Monday afternoons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I helped him to a bedroom upstairs; while he took off his coat and vest I told him that all arrangements had been deferred until he came. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I’d been gone two slim hours, and our whole living arrangement had been overturned. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A Child of Our Time intersperses quasi-operatic narrative passages with arrangements of African-American spirituals, as Bach had done with Lutheran hymn-chorales in his oratorios on the passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was just a bit of decoration, part of a lavish flower arrangement, but the panic inside her didn’t care. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z By sundown the peregrine family was fed if not full, but more importantly the family had a new housing arrangement. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In the middle of the cell was an arrangement of sand and pebbles in the shape of a cross for my mother. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They made arrangements for a notice to be published the following day in the local newspaper, the Seneca County Courier. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The centerpieces are elaborate floral arrangements with only the brightest of blooms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I am here, as I told you in my letter, to discuss Tom Riddle and arrangements for his future,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The ubiquity of the geoglyphs may indicate that some type of cultural movement swept over earlier social arrangements. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although my parents were unhappy about the arrangement, they didn't dare question it for fear of retaliation by those in charge. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Why not make an arrangement with a manager who actually respects you?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The majority of my students were reluctant to share their experiences, so arrangements were made with the audiovisual department. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She could not find a reliable concert manager who was willing to take on a young black singer, so she and Billy had to make all booking and travel arrangements themselves. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z We had to go to England, and my grandmother started making arrangements at once. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Kendra said.“We must. If we fail to reach an arrangement, Nero will not let us leave unscathed.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The temporary arrangement means I must go to Jamison once a week. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The “social pathologies” of the poor, particularly street crime, illegal drug use, and delinquency, were redefined by conservatives as having their cause in overly generous relief arrangements. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In the end, most people suspected the marriage had been an arrangement of sorts between Ali and his uncle, Sanaubar’s father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She had always had to settle for Miss Trixie at a distance, an unsatisfactory arrangement for carrying out the program outlined in the psychology correspondence course, the final examination of which she had failed resoundingly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the end of the third week Fossie began making arrangements to send her home. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrangement with the family works well for me since I am used to long hours of labor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But that night, the first since the beginning of whatever this new' arrangement was between us — I had no name for it — I felt shy of him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Francis never really took a liking to me, but I got a home out of this arrangement and that’s more than others get. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We were too busy scanning the room and silently making important partner arrangements for our first lab of the school year. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She gave her into the charge of Argus, an excellent arrangement for Hera’s purpose, since Argus had a hundred eyes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen an arrangement of driftwood and dried seaweed in the homemakers section of the newspaper. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z After a lot of persuading, he finally relented and my mom started making arrangements to move to Europe. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I suspect there is some wiggle room in this arrangement. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “There are a lot of arrangements to be made, Sunshine, but you’ll be living with us soon.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Me, mostly. I pick the arrangements, and some of the teachers volunteer for shows,” Ms. Holly explains. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Whiskers sounded pretty insulted at this step down in his living arrangements. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In an unusual arrangement, he said, T. americana plays host to colonies of tiny red ants—indeed, it has trouble surviving without them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "Get the Aurochs on his feet, he has funeral arrangements to make." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Many of Wolfgang’s childhood compositions, such as the first seven of his concertos for piano and orchestra, are largely arrangements of works by other composers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He set up a trust account for Nick, and the bank manager said he could make arrangements with Mr. Lawrence so any other money would be deposited automatically. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is an excellent arrangement, I think. It gets Mrs. Dudley well away from here before dark and enables us to have our dinners without her uninviting company.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Madame Carre, the florist, tucks great fistfuls of it into an arrangement headed for the chateau. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For example, I discovered that the Illia Cloud had a windshield that was kind of the wrong height for me, and 1 didn’t like the dashboard arrangement of the Dodge Cormorant. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s mothers, not fathers, who give away daughters these days and help with the arrangement of the marriages. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a month, Shin’s arrangement with the farmer turned sour. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There’s one part of the post-royal wedding arrangement left to fulfill: Henry’s presence at a state dinner at the end of January. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Next Thursday afternoon, you’ll make arrangements to be free. Afternoon, evening, all night, if necessary.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every speck of anything that might become a wedding memory, she tosses in there—stuff like jewelry designs and invitation ideas and flower arrangement choices and photos of gowns. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I could become a drunk, or use an arrangement that has been around for as long as there have been taverns and musicians. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Many cultures have their own styles of arrangement, but adding piano chords or vocal harmony particularly for Asian music, is not typical. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The contrast with their own arrangements did not set well with the Washington boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This lack of artifice owes as much to the rousing arrangement of songs, which blend seamlessly together, as it does to Echevarri’s poignant narrative. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The warder was taking great risks, and he warned me that he was only prepared to deal directly with me, or the arrangement was off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma learned that the boys lived in all kinds of improvised family arrangements, often not with parents but with uncles, aunts, and cousins. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The living arrangements on board were uncomfortable and cramped. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z M. Dupont tapped my shoulder and said: 'Butler, have you seen to my arrangements?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The prison had made arrangements for me to go back to the death chamber in about an hour to be with Herbert before the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Whatever your purpose, I’m sure we could reach some sort of arrangement. You do know who I am, don’t you?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Well, it looks like we’ve got another big, big, big day ahead of us. So why don’t you start your prep and I’ll just pop over and check on the arrangements.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But with the war still raging, it was very difficult to make the arrangements. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There are many examples of animals coming to surprising living arrangements. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Piliso knew about Justice, as the regent had sent a letter months before making arrangements for him to receive a clerical job, the most coveted and respected job in the mine compound. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But what of the Castle in the Air?” the bug objected, not very pleased with the arrangement. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite the obvious benefits to some individuals from this arrangement, most blacks suffered under it, as black landlords, like their white counterparts, had an economic incentive in maintaining the status quo. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I had canceled the arrangements with the funeral parlor and told them instead to prepare the casket for transport. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Kate could make pretty floral arrangements using only the blossoms from weeds she picked in the fields. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It means we will have to continue the current housing arrangements for several more weeks, but at least it’s a solution. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z To line things up in rows—jars on shelves at canning, peach pits on the step, sticks, stones, leaves—and the members of her family let these arrangements be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z But our sleeping arrangement told us that he expected discretion—or we assumed it did. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Technically today was a school day, but Mrs. Williams helped us make arrangements to be here. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The next song that comes on is the orchestra arrangement of Beauty and the Beast, and it’s mainly piano and strings. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She'd seen the mother on TV, being ushered out of the city mortuary where she'd gone to make arrangements for the burial of her son. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “And he made arrangements for your brother to be appointed for his wife’s estate?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My old friend Hosteen Mitchell made all the arrangements and the ceremony was done for me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "The burial arrangements. Will you be needing a traditional plot or...or a special one?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z However, in American tournaments, where hotel ballrooms are rented and contracted for a specified period and players have made arrangements for flights home, it’s necessary to apply a tie-breaking system to determine the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She asks about Shoji and the twins like nothing is weird about our arrangement or relationship at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "Mainly commercials, but not for any banks or car dealerships, because those are usually choral arrangements." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘I think I could probably make some arrangements by then.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The Fall had partly disrupted this perfect arrangement, forcing human beings to labour to survive; but the original architecture of the universe was still visible for all to see. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You are now thirteen,” the man said, “and I have in my hies an agreement for this arrangement signed by Kapugen and Naka.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, we would need to keep our arrangement private.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She handed it to Roy’s father, who read it and said, “I think the tone is exactly right. But you’d better look up ‘arrangement’ in the dictionary.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our plan was to disembark in Queenstown, make our way to the house of a relative, and then make arrangements for the necessary documents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The first record of this unusual arrangement was when Virgil Butler had been contracted as servant, bodyguard, and cook to Lord Hugo de Fole for one of the first great Norman crusades. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I thought him letting us use his building was an arrangement of love. He’s floundering in gold, he doesn’t need our rent!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad we did not have the same seating arrangement for English! The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Your Imperial Majesty, I will make the arrangements. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z By an arrangement of Úrsula’s, her marriage was to be celebrated on the same day, but that Friday Pietro Crespi received a letter with the news of his mother’s imminent death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It strikes me, in my middle-class solipsism, that there is gross improvidence in some of these arrangements. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked if I had made arrangements for a place to stay. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Schmid made the arrangements for Bobby to stay in Pulvermühle and, to keep journalists at bay, had him register under an assumed name. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was an open-and-shut case, a fixed arrangement, a tacit agreement that there was no question of going back on. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “I had my doubts as well, but you all saw how Ser Balon balked when I suggested that we go by sea. A ship would have disturbed all the queen’s arrangements.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A wilting arrangement of flowers rested on a low table in a white ceramic vase. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Jack hasn’t told her about Molly’s new living arrangements; apparently he was hoping the situation would somehow magically resolve itself before his mother found out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The interior of the nests are like a three-dimensional maze, intricate arrangements of spiraling galleries, corridors, and arched vaults, ventilated and air-conditioned. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Five of us moved into apartment 4S, and Mama was thrilled with the spaciousness of the arrangements. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The graying hair on the back of his head was swept forward, a comical arrangement to disguise his bald spot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A head appeared from behind a massive flower arrangement. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Startled, I noticed that one of the arrangements, quite near the altar, was wired in the shape of the number 27. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Momly and Uncle Tony never went to church, but when my mother made the arrangements for me and Maddy to live with them, it was under the condition that we wouldn't miss a service. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He makes arrangements with his clients, finishes his clocks in progress in record time, and secures a short-term flat rental in Dresden. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I watched him, burning with shame at my complicity; but there was no way out of this arrangement, should I wish to continue my education. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I was pleased by the familiarity of the arrangement: me, pressed into the corner, away from the other children, a precise reproduction of every Sunday school lesson from my childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “All right, you can sit down and wait while we make arrangements for your housing.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Acting on Ben’s instructions, she came back for the transcript of her grades a week later and met him by arrangement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There’s a big heart made out of red and white roses, a “K” made out of calla lilies, and an arrangement of flowers in orange and green, his favorite colors. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Merry napped and Mama worked in the flower shop, making a Thanksgiving arrangement for our dinner table. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I say nothing to the federal prosecutors and nothing to the reporters who call and send exotic flower arrangements, hoping I’ll grant an interview or release a statement. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z This arrangement, it will be perceived, was decidedly in my master’s favor. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z Although the style of each varied in crudity, the subjects of the paintings were relatively similar: camellias floating in bowls of water, azaleas tortured into ambitious flower arrangements, magnolias that looked like white windmills. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That it was time for every body to go, concluded the subject; and with a short final arrangement for the next day’s scheme, they parted. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, arrangements?” the mayor asked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrangement is that of an ecosystem, with the operation of each part being governed by the state and function of all the other parts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “How is this arrangement working out for you? If you are doing the cooking for Biddy, what does she do for you in return?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When Lorena realizes that Bailey has no red, she surreptitiously removes a rose from a nearby floral arrangement to tuck in his lapel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Had they been repeatedly domesticated independently, they would exhibit legacies of those multiple origins in the form of varied chromosomal arrangements or varied mutations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Now all four of our names appeared on the "list" of those who were to stay and help with arrangements for the transition. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was an awkward arrangement, but it would allow Riefenstahl to do what she was always driven to do—to capture the perfect shot, the ideal shot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Stanton had made her funeral arrangements in advance. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The young man had been the first admirer, but she trusted there was no other hold, and that there would be no serious difficulty, on Harriet’s side, to oppose any friendly arrangement of her own. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The black eyes and purple jaw were accentuated by an arrangement of scratch marks on her forehead. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It’s an arrangement so specialized and particular that it has never been tried before and will only exist this once. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘By arrangement. Then Marcus went back to Manchester on his own. Salim didn’t go. But he was supposed to, wasn’t he, Marcus?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls are adorned with prints of roosters and herbs and an arrangement of copper skillets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This was to be the day from which all other days would take their arrangement. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d regularly got cars this way in the past, but this particular time, the arrangement broke down the day before we were due to set off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They line the walls like sentries and clump in tight arrangements on stones, lighting up the hill. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Humans socialize in the largest groups of all primates because we are the only animals with brains large enough to handle the complexities of that social arrangement. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess a part of me forgot this was a temporary arrangement. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Slightly unwisely, for this was an idea whose time had not quite yet come, Newlands called it the Law of Octaves and likened the arrangement to the octaves on a piano keyboard. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Nossik's face reddened, which, in the aesthetic arrangement of things, matched the color scheme of his outfit perfectly. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Her hair soon came loose from its arrangement, and a sheen of sweat appeared against her collarbones. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "I command the council to make all the necessary arrangements for my coronation," the boy proclaimed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Those who lived too far had made arrangements to stay in town. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith is handcuffed, and the handcuffs are attached to a security belt by a short length of chain—an arrangement so restricting his movements that he cannot smoke unaided. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had planned this arrangement, and no rules enforced it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Printed in our textbooks was a list of major holidays accompanied by a scattered arrangement of photographs depicting French people in the act of celebration. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It has, to be sure, linkages of various kinds, arrangements with outside universities for certain graduate programs, and it adheres delicately, somewhat ambiguously, to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute just up the street. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill played trumpet and took vocals on Glenn Miller arrangements of such tunes as In the Mood, String of Pearls, and Don’t Fence Me In. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed Gramps his car key and asked Gramps if he needed help making any arrangements. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “More practical arrangements. Have you got a safe at your house?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z After convincing myself the brackets wouldn't break at the first sign of use, I tested the new arrangement. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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