| 单词 | limit |
| 例句 | He pursed his lips and shook his head sadly, as if he pitied the poor souls who were unwilling to push their bodies to the limit in search of the feral pig. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But Genie didn’t really understand it this time, because, well, five miles over the speed limit was against the law. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Because of the limited variety of wild starting material suitable for plant domestication, even Africa’s earliest agriculture may have begun several thousand years later than that of the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As though aware of these preparations and their meaning, the three adventurers increased their pace as much as was possible within the limits determined by the old dog’s strength. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Skipping over the complex course of Tisquantum’s life is understandable in a textbook with limited space. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The owl was asleep, or else faking; she was angry with Harry about the limited amount of time she was allowed out of her cage at the moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Despite Howard Fuller’s personal commitment to confrontational politics, Operation Breakthrough was limited in many ways as an organization. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Scientists were putting new technology to work to understand the capacities and limits of the human brain at the very moment that technology was putting those limits into sharp relief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, listened to the same music. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps its only limits were the open space in front of her, metal in the ground below, and Tally’s feet staying on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I remember when I was really small, we used to live in a different house, one that was inside the city limits, even though blacks were not allowed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The trip to the islands would be off limits. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nomadic hunter-gatherers are limited to technology that can be carried. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The president’s proposal for a limited black citizenship and voting rights enraged the racist actor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel tapping and tugging and a vague sense my skin is being stretched beyond the limits of its elasticity. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “There are limits to everything,” she said, and Felix could sense she was staring at him. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z In the nearby fields, the war elephant frolicked with Mrs. O’Leary, and children played tag around the statues of Terminus that lined the city limits. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The terms in the infinite series didn’t have a limit or a destination; they seemed to get smaller and smaller without any particular end in sight. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z All he was aware of was that something stressful and momentous had happened, something beyond the outer limits of his understanding. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But once I hit my limit, I was done. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Though my wardrobe was severely limited, I managed to find a tie to wear to the party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Live feed. Nuclear battery. No time limit. The mike is voice activated.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Some species — those existing at the limits of their natural range — might never be able to re-establish themselves, and the others could do so only with the aid of extensive stocking operations by the state. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That’s how it feels right now, he thinks, kneeling beside her, rinsing her hair: as though his love for his daughter will outstrip the limits of his body. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I even move out onto the front porch and see my own limited view of the world. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Sor Asunci6n called me to her office to deliver it, an unusual precaution since the sisters limited themselves to monitoring our correspondence by asking us what news we had gotten from home. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The speed limit is seventy, but I make myself stay at sixty. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Recognizing the limits of his college boys, Hoover had kept on the rolls a handful of other Cowboys, including White’s brother Doc. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z During the day, he was consumed by concern, and he limited the time he spent on presidential business. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead of limiting the number of animals, cities could make ordinances to keep people from hoarding chickens in living rooms. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z With Mach 1 achieved, engineering imaginations broke free of all previous speed limits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “My clientele, Monsieur, is limited nowadays. I undertake very few cases.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The central plateau was his roots as an epidemiologist and a clinician, and a model of how a committed staff on a limited budget could raise the standard of health in the third world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I have no sisters and my limited experience with comforting women has always been over something a hell of a lot less devastating than this. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sticking up for me, when so much of what we’d done with Styx had pushed him to the limits, and beyond. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Nothing could capture your personality. The English language is too limited.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a limit to the achievements of human courage. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “The next official step is negotiation. And finally, when the eight-hour time limit is about to run out, and if no solution can be reached, a bio-bomb is detonated, contained by the time-field.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There must be a limit to how much cloth you can cram into any one house, but of course it’s disposable. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z With computers in my class, the sky’s the limit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Whatever their real nature is, they’re unique among magical creatures because they aren’t limited to one kind of magic. You can find them anywhere, adapting to anything.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Many parents restrict media viewing, for families with access, limiting the number of films they see as well as the hours spent watching television, listening to radio, and playing video games. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The Bureau, once in charge of the experiment, will now keep order in Chicago’s city limits. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But it was the early fifties, and options for black students were limited. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Jefferson himself thought in this French fashion, Adams claimed, confusing the seductive prospects envisioned in his imagination with the more limited possibilities history permitted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Women with an eye on a management job were limited to heading a section in one of the now-decentralized computing pools or in another division with many female employees, such as personnel. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z 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 This had caused trouble for dozens of places: some had been put off limits by the military; some had lost their state or city licenses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Residues well within the legally permissible limits may interact. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But you could still interact with the environment in a limited way—walking through doors, sitting in chairs, and so forth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I worked at a pace that knew no hours, no limits. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She doubted a doctor would give this morpho a second glance, but it was fun to push the software to its limits. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “We have to look after many children, whereas the money at our disposal is limited, very limited. So if, as in the case of your nephews, we do find out that there are relatives...” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The city seemed to have no regard for the limits of geography. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It is a powerful—if limited—tool that uses statistical techniques to identify otherwise elusive correlations. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I shudder to think what that means. But perhaps it will limit Kronos’s power. For a time, at least, he is confined to a human form. It binds him together. Hopefully it also restricts him.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Today is it a speedway for black-and-yellow taxis taking advantage of limited pedestrian access. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z No amount of money could have purchased the adventures he had in the next few months, exploring the secrets of the outer limits of the house. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We may be grateful to Providence that the Germans got the V-l’s and V-2’s late and in limited quantities and even more grateful that they did not get the atomic bomb at all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z These numbers show why people with limited money to spend on food spend it on the cheapest calories they can find. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Melquíades revealed to him that his opportunities to return to the room were limited. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z My experience with riding horses was most decidedly limited. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I hated to disappoint Quentin, but we had no way to build his design with our limited resources. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But it also delineates a limit, a warning, an outer boundary of sobriety. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Finding the Colonel’s French to be of a severely limited description, Poirot conducted his interrogation in English. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He finds the term “African-American” too limiting, since it doesn’t reflect his white and American Indian heritage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence exploited to the limit the free labor of graduate students, an important key to low-cost operation of the enormous piece of capital equipment he was erecting. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Galileo’s world and their world had different limits, although they understood each other perfectly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Archimedes’ proof by triangles was as close as you could come to the idea of limits—and calculus—without actually discovering them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Besides, he could not bind all that he had in his nature—the rover, the aspirant, the poet, the priest—in the limits of a single passion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind the moustache there lived an inflamed and savage face with a deeply corrugated brow that indicated a very limited intelligence. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There are clear limits to the size of groups that can be formed and maintained in such a way. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Scanning the limit of the land before it curved into the rim of the sky, she tried to imagine what sorts of things lay beyond. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “The city limits. Inside is a sacred ‘safe zone.’ The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Colonel Gerineldo Márquez limited himself then to just listening, burdened by the impression that he was in telegraphic contact with a stranger from another world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Within a few months after joining the club, Bobby, together with Lombardy and Gore, dominated the weekly speed tournaments, which limited players to ten seconds a move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To blacks he promised happier days ahead; to whites he spoke soothingly of limited incremental changes, of the need for racial harmony and the maintenance of “social standards.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “There are no limits to human greed,” says my father. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The theory of relativity limits the maximum difference in the velocities of the matter particles in the star to the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotelian philosophers looked backwards, assuming Aristotle had known everything that needed to be known; the new scientists looked forward, aiming to expand the limited range of topics in which they could make satisfactory predictions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Marina, following in Aleksandr’s footsteps, now began pushing the limits of long-distance flight. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Work today? You’ve got to tell Graham Salter there’s a limit!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I would be on my knees, scrubbing, sweating, pouring out what limited energy my body could wring from my meager diet, and I would hear feet approaching. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, attention is extremely powerful and extremely limited. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I told the prisoner to inform the registrar that he had limited funds and would like the record at no charge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The heart disease that had limited her flying in her later years finally took her life in 1980. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The theories of the time tried to save a fragment of Aristotle’s philosophy by declaring that nature’s horror of the vacuum was “limited”; it could only destroy a finite amount of vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They grew flushed and spotted and thick-tongued and tired and slow-moving near unto the lower limit of what is generally thought to constitute a living human body. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Science was moving from a world of macrophysics, where objects could be seen and held and measured, to one of microphysics, where events transpire with unimaginable swiftness on scales far below the limits of imagining. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Harlem by now was officially off limits to white servicemen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Malthuss essay was about society, and about people, most especially about how poor people succumb in an environment where there are limited resources. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight is the final performance of a very limited engagement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This in its small way is the very stuff of myths—the poor and suffering child who rises to glory, on a limited scale of course. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re a good little pig, and radiant you shall be. I’m in this thing pretty deep now—I might as well go the limit.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Speechless animals cannot do this sort of thing, and they are limited to single-stage transactions. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Between her limited budget and the scant selection of foods available at the company store, it was hard to put a decent meal on the table every night. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In 1945, the Supreme Court upheld a Texas statute that limited the number of black jurors to exactly one per case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Their conclusion was that anything one could know about an event taking place at a quantum scale was limited to what one could observe—and this knowledge depended on the means of observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sex relations were the only relations she had ever had; no others were possible with her, so limited was her intelligence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z By concentrating on this dangerous material, it has been possible not only to get good results, but to keep the cost of the sanitation program within reasonable limits. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And here was the ghost of her childhood, diffused throughout the room, to remind her of the limited arc of existence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Foragers today live mainly in isolated and inhospitable areas such as the Arctic or the Kalahari, where population density is very low and opportunities to fight other people are limited. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re limited by our own sensory equipment. How do you think a fly sees the world?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Until now, they had limited their attacks to unarmed ffeedmen, cutting them down in the streets or breaking into their homes under the cover of darkness to murder them in their beds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At least his master’s limited output meant that only one such trip would be necessary. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He almost loped, not after the six-foot-three-inch bound of a Stew Boswell, but like a man who understood the true stamp and limit of his gait. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Male, he presumed, though with the limited knowledge of the fairy anatomy he supposed it could be female. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The way Papa had always done, telling me the sky was the limit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My saliva would soon boil, since my fury was approaching the Armstrong limit. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She was an extraordinarily clever and gifted person, whose potential was limited because of her family’s meager resources. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Communication between headquarters and the commanders in the field was limited. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The title lettering, the illustrated cover, the pages bound—in that word alone she felt the attraction of the neat, limited and controllable form she had left behind when she decided to write a play. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Your rangers will limit their ranging to this side of the river until the Halfhand reaches us. After that, we'll see. I will not lose more of my men." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This was the limit of her gift as she knew it from long experience. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “The vision was very clear, but it was also quite limited. I only saw the beach, and the ocean...and you. You were important.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ellsberg disregarded that stamp on documents all the time, but in this case, his boss warned, the papers really were off limits. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Investigating Nature is one thing and so is defending yourself against it, within limits, but fooling with it is quite another. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But she learned the limits of geographic distance; she carried with her the ghosts of Danny’s abuse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That was the year that pogroms had spread across the Russian Empire, the year my father and mother had realized our time in Europe was limited. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “The speed limit is fifty,” I said, trying to be helpful. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z That limits her job prospects even in a high-demand field like nursing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Since limits are logically airtight, by defining a derivative in terms of limits, it becomes airtight as well—and puts calculus on a solid foundation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The D score has no upper limit, while the E score tops out at ten points. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I fed Charley, gave him a limited promenade, and hit the road. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a warfare of limited aims between combatants who are unable to destroy one another, have no material cause for fighting, and are not divided by any genuine ideological difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Demetrius’s decade-long tenure, in any case, was marked by relative stability, marred only by his promotion of nanny-state laws that limited citizens’ gods-given right to flaunt their wealth in the faces of the destitute majority. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I have only a limited ability to say no. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At fifty-plus years, with limited English skills, he had few options. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Like many South Siders, my family maintained what was an admittedly dim and limited view of the university, even if my mom had passed a year happily working there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Any minute now, she knew her body would reach its limits. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was generally acknowledged that there was a limited range of possible causes of a change in the relationship between earth and water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As my father’s philosophy expanded, he began to empower, enlighten, and embrace an untold populace extending far beyond the limits of governmental control. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And as soon as I saw the Santa Maria bridge, which marked the entrance to the city limits, I yelled out, “We’re here! We’re here!” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He raved, but the limit had been reached. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Dixon’s window of availability is extremely limited. She’s due to start filming a major motion picture in a couple of weeks.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmer had a grand vision but only limited fundraising experience. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the sky is no longer our limit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She’ll push you to limits that you don’t think you can reach, and yet somehow you do. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Proponents of racial hierarchy found they could install a new racial caste system without violating the law or the new limits of acceptable political discourse by demanding “law and order” rather than “segregation forever.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Had I been physically stronger, had not my new tensions sapped my already limited energy, I might have been able to work mornings and evenings and still carry my studies successfully. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The strikers were consumed with hatred—not limited to strikebreakers but directed at blacks as a race. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Swinging their grocery bags full of clean watery green onions and odorous liver-wurst and red catsup and white bread, they would dare each other on past the limits set by their stern mothers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In an hour they passed a sign marking the limits of a town called Sound View. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The famed Tuskegee Institute was, I learned, out of the city limits. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Going behind the desk was, of course, strictly off- limits, so I confess that I got a thrill when we did just that. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z But on weekends I got to experiment, within limits. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My father had a lot of artist’s prints, limited edition copies approved and signed by the artist of the masterwork they emulated. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The top of Everest, two vertical miles above, seemed so impossibly distant that I tried to limit my thoughts to Camp Two, our destination for the day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The audience whose approval looms so large in artists’ minds is a limited and special one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “My stocks are low right now and we’ve got those darn flour and sugar limits, but I believe we can put you together a kit.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A very limited sense of right and wrong prevailed in Homer’s heaven, and for a long time after. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The last song is the title track and it’s upbeat and makes me feel like I really want to go to outer space, where “there’s no limit to the things that you can do.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was difficult to picture them because, with his limited vocabulary, he described everyone as “very good.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But Teenie knew that Mr. Derby was probably quite capable of murder and would be within the limits of social acceptability to do so for this impropriety. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In the century leading up to Dunstaple’s time, composers layered notes on top of each other but chose only from a very limited number of possible combinations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Our mind, faced with a life-threatening situation, drastically limits the range and amount of information that we have to deal with. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Even Miles had a limit to his suspension of disbelief, and I’d been paranoid long enough to know I was pushing it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We might live inside the city limits, but every night when this town shuts down, it’s hard to forget how secluded we are. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She thought it must be ten times as large as Pentos, a vastness without walls or limits, its broad windswept streets paved in grass and mud and carpeted with Wildfiowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Just returns to the cab, draws all the window shades, slides into the driver’s seat, and reclines it to the limit. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z This equilibrium cannot last forever; the star has only a limited amount of hydrogen fuel to burn. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They might be simple, down-to-earth statements about navigation, or sources of krill, or limits of territory. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You walk into dangerous territory when you make judgments against a person based on limited interaction.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For a moment I thought I had overstepped my limits. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have something else to take care of. But I’ll pick you up from the city limits tomorrow afternoon?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, my limited wardrobe consisted entirely of ill-fitting clothes from thrift stores and donation bins—the social equivalent of having a bull’s-eye painted on my forehead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She would clean her own bowl and a small, limited area; she would have one drawer to sort, one bed to make. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To Blevins, like many other students of limited means, every week of going to classes seemed like another week of losing money—money that might have been made at a job. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When my legs were burning to their limit and my lungs were sucking at the thin mountain air and my knees were shaking and weak, I stopped for my first rest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For instance, the infinite sum of +1 and –1 does not have a limit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I did not want to be limited to that format. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, Jimmy didn’t limit our use of mayonnaise. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The concern isn’t limited to children, but many scholars say they are more vulnerable because their frontal lobes are still developing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But his father died, leaving his mother with limited income. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If language provides only very limited assistance, how are we to know an experiment when we see one? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I had forgotten how close we were to it, because everything is so different just outside its limits. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The total was sixty cents, a sum that limited and blocked escape routes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He set a limit of 130 pounds, choosing that weight because it was the most the racing secretary would be permitted to assign in the 1938 Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Liam was silent as we approached Petersburg’s outer city limits, only nodding once or twice to confirm that the craziest parts of Chubs’s tale were true. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Of course I treated it well in matters of oil changes and greasing, and I did not drive it to its limit or force it to do acrobatics required of sports cars. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientists speak out against the use of certain neonicotinoids, and some countries limit or ban their use on crops, but the rate of collapse remains unchanged. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He was a serial over-committer, I was coming to understand, taking on new projects without much regard for limits of time and energy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z They looked like us, but their cognitive abilities—learning, remembering, communicating—were far more limited. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The limits of your ambition were, thus, expected to be set forever. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It could either react randomly, or in a limited number of predetermined ways, based on a finite number of preprogrammed conditions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Figure 4.41: Although limited by the fact that it can only play one harmonic series, the bugle can still play many well-known tunes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We had to limit our time so that we’d have enough money for future calls. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “The short life span has always been a prime limiting factor in education,” he told George and Julie. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It is unfair of me to do something that limits her choices, that makes up her mind for her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It’s my first New York audition and I already know we’re going over the time limit, that I’ve been in here twice as long as the last girl. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In his words, “One of the great tragedies of man’s long trek along the highway of history has been the limiting of neighborly concern to tribe, race, class or nation.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was finding these detentions particularly irksome because they cut into the already limited time he could have been spending with Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The witness, Kaiserman, said they were going fifty-five miles an hour, the speed limit. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The vent slanted down and limited his view, but at least he was sure nobody would ever be able to see him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Above him the framed rectangle of sky slowly shifted through its limited segment of the spectrum, yellow to orange, as he sifted unfamiliar feelings and returned to certain memories again and again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was evident that he was reaching his limits. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But that attitude severely limits the military options of tribes, compared with state societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the limit of that race—its ultimate destination—is at the two-foot mark. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Piper limited her sales efforts to the seventh-grade class, but probably they had a friend in the seventh grade send their clothes in. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “So there’s an upward limit to . . . what? My compassion? My conscience?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Surely there was a limit to how deep a hole could be. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But how do you prove that two feet is actually the limit of the race? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The mayor had decided to limit dog ownership to two dogs per family, even though the attacking dog hadn’t belonged to anybody at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, everyone has an opinion on why the siphon isn’t working—but our knowledge of this lost art is limited to fifth-grade science labs and movies. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He made clear that the strikes would be limited. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I think now, however, that the activists tragically limited the impact of their movement with the reforms they proposed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The first microscopists thought there was no limit to what they might see. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I'm limited by my oxygen production, but I'm all excited now, so I'm willing to use half my reserves. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither would they limit themselves to the slow and equally uncertain process of seeking justice within the courts. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z My excitement increased exponentially as we actually drove out of the town limits. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In stinging rebukes, Strong questioned William’s loyalty and friendships, and at one point limited his contact with British officers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t be able to control what memories they saw, but they would be limited to recent ones unless the memory was particularly strong. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Managing the multitudes in such a limited space would have been difficult under the best of circumstances, but the convoluted Jim Crow transportation laws turned the commute into a gauntlet for all riders. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Relativity does set limits on what humans can ultimately do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Informed by Bradbury that his role would be limited to “coordinating” with Holloway, an infuriated Teller again threatened to resign. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Deep South would get its way, but only for a limited time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He imagined a future for her as a wife and mother, defined by her sex and limited to her proper place—in the “domestic sphere.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps the most interesting natural limit, however, is what might be called our social channel capacity. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our God is bigger than the facts. He’s not limited by the laws of nature, science, or the almighty dollar.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Better eat that, sonny boy. Supplies are limited and we may be here a long, long time.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Beginning in the Administration Building, with a single wind tunnel, the lab grew until space limits pushed it to expand to the west onto several large properties tracing their provenance to colonial-era plantations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I shrugged my shoulders as a sign that I’d reached my limit in the conversation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My brother-in-law Kaz was foreman of a reservoir maintenance detail, the only crew permitted to work or to leave the camp limits the night of the riot. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Ninety-six seemed to be the limit; seventy-two a good average. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The prevalence of illegal drug activity among all racial and ethnic groups creates a situation in which, due to limited law enforcement resources and political constraints, some people are made criminals while others are not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It will be perfect for our needs, especially considering how severely limited travel has become. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z You know how it feels to want to escape, only to be limited by the dimensions of your personal universe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Pauli’s exclusion principle says that two similar particles cannot exist in the same state; that is, they cannot have both the same position and the same velocity, within the limits given by the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Trade was mostly limited to prestige items such as shells, amber and pigments. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "A child, on the other hand, stays impressionable and eager to learn. Catch one young enough,” Dad insisted, "and there’s no limit to what you can teach.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Ernest seemed unwittingly to be nearing his own relativistic limit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “There are no anomalies present, Susan. The variations in wording and the time reactions are within the limits of ordinary frequency groupings. We need finer methods. They must have computers here. No.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He saw one black cannon spout red fire at the limits of his vision. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally it’s off limits for lunch because there’s no gate, and I guess they think kids would just wander off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Striking to the contemporary eye, the 117 codicils of the Great Law were concerned as much with establishing the limits on the great council’s powers as on granting them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Their purpose, as the name suggests, is to beautify the useful—an important and valued end, but limited in comparison to art pure and simple. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The invasion of schoolgirls had lowered the limits of his patience. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z However, when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1983, it was, at least in part, for his early work on the limiting mass of cold stars. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z An old man belonging to Colonel Lloyd, while thus engaged, happened to get beyond the limits of Colonel Lloyd’s, and on the premises of Mr. Beal Bondly. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z Since he was limited to his record and tape collection, it became his dream that his family might fill the musical void by someday forming a jazz combo. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We have one very limited world, and although death has been defeated as completely as polio, people still must die. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Why do you, or they, or anyone get to determine my limits?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We make decisions based on what we see in that limited world and follow the only models available. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was especially important when other physical markers disappeared—your long hair, dresses and shoes that fit properly, limited access to makeup and soap. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But though Gregg’s testimony offered the clearest indication yet that Hale had ordered the murders, it was of limited legal value. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even if she didn’t have to limit herself to one suitcase full, it would take her decades to collect this many books, let alone read them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Privately, he explained to McMillan that “we considered the existence of a relativistic limit so important that we thought we should communicate it to cyclotronists as quickly as possible, without endeavoring to give accurate figures.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was a time of shortages and limited labor-saving devices, and housework could take hours. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But they lack personality; that is, their functions are extremely limited.—Must be, since they are so specialized. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In it Mantell was characterized as a mediocre anatomist whose modest contributions to paleontology were limited by a "want of exact knowledge." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If he didn’t, she wouldn’t get fed, and now there were no bags of food to fantasize about and only their limited supplies at home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Arletta Paisley had recently become the national spokesperson for SmartMart, and with both of them greeting me at the city limits, I felt double welcomed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z With my meager seniority, the choice of steady posts was limited. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, Jimmy didn’t limit our use of mayonnaise. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z By noon I am groping on the outer limits of reason. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone is limited by language, except for those who write about how everyone is limited by language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Aside from an occasional trip to the flea market, my knowledge of Paris is limited to what I learned in Gigi. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Aileen and I were the kind of girls who pushed it to the limit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Economic man,” that great abstraction of economic science, is supposed to do whatever it takes, within certain limits, to maximize his economic advantage. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Those five stores defined the outer limit of his ambition, the necessary end of what he could conceive for himself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My eye passed all other objects to rest on those most remote, the blue peaks; it was those I longed to surmount; all within their boundary of rock and heath seemed prison-ground, exile limits. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “We have a long, challenging road ahead of us. We’ll be lucky to get past the checkpoint outside the city limits. This guy was the least of our problems.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The music made him think of spaces without limits, of huge crystalline spheres which revolved with unutterable slowness through the vasty halls of the air. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t like scrawny women but there was a limit in the other direction too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Once were back within the city limits, Katherine heads straight for the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The regime of the Voluntary Farms is a fairly recent thing, limited to one country of the planet and literally unknown elsewhere. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Youth believes it has no limits, and shows little patience. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We were limited by lesser facilities but not by what we could read or think or dream. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as the period’s architects designed buildings from the same limited collection of motifs and shapes, Haydn and his contemporaries were designing music from a similarly limited catalogue. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And then last year, she, like, hit her limit, and threw Dad out of the house. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Schmid wouldn’t agree, claiming that there had to be some limits. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were off- limits for now, but Ulbrickson knew he had to factor them into his plans for next year, and next year was what mattered most. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This shows that, indeed, Achilles is getting arbitrarily close to the two-foot mark as the race progresses: two feet is the limit of the race. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the final year of his third term and preparing to retire, he was leaving not because of term limits but because of fatigue. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The growth of the modern city to the ancient municipal limits and beyond, however, has made that prospect a remote dream. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Queens may see further ahead than common men, but there seems to be a limit to their vision. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There are many valleys in the mountains of the mind, convolutions that greatly increase the surface area available in the cerebral cortex for information storage in a skull of limited size. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Did she imagine what her talent might look like if it were pushed to the limit? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Well, I wanted to get a few books — the library here is pretty limited — and maybe look at some clothes.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z This means that there is no limit to the number that can be exchanged, and so they can give rise to a strong force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On Monday, as the fire was burning furiously through the North Division, the Chicago Evening Journal managed to get out a limited edition. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Her brother ignored her for a moment but then, as if he had been judging the limits of his sister’s patience, he loped over and dropped the toy at her paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All she could think about was how in a few months the pregnancy would limit her ability to do construction work. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Most importantly, the power of fire was not limited by the form, structure or strength of the human body. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Each side continually explores the limits of the other’s tolerance, as in flights of nuclear bombers over the Arctic wastes; the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars—a few entries from a long and dolorous list. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And he and Mama have always made it clear that smoking is completely off limits. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Larsen believes in hard work and no handouts and limited government intervention. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The limited uses and users of early writing suggest why writing appeared so late in human evolution. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hopefully, the limit is more than the seventeen in a row I played with mine. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved ocean currents and architecture and Charles Dickens, and his variousness made her feel limited, overspecialized. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Weaver advised his hosts carefully that the foundation might be able to contribute $1 million as an absolute limit, but that was only a guess. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She knew her body’s limits and knew she had no more to give. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The more heroic stuff he did, the more he realized how limited he was. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They seem to be a matter of perspective: the more remote or alien the period, the more clear-cut the period style—and the more limited our knowledge and understanding. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z No civilization can possibly survive to an interstellar space- faring phase unless it limits its numbers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Winnie had no place in which to reside, and she decided to remain in Johannesburg despite the fact that the city was off- limits to her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hovercars could go anywhere, but Tally was limited by her magnetic lifters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z If Ben was in the water, his time was limited. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I guess there was something to be said for limited choices. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In human affairs of danger and delicacy successful conclusion is sharply limited by hurry. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The limit of the sum 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ... is 2. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In 1483 Diogo Cão erected a marble pillar surmounted by a cross at the mouth of what we now call the Congo River to mark the furthest limit of exploration southwards. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And others that could be similar, if what Poole hinted at is true: that the one-day limit is only for newcomers, and can be somehow bypassed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I unleash dust and a mustiness scents the air, but my thread count options are limited, so I unzip the sleeping bag, spread it over the chair, and then inflate the camping pillow. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the adult section had been decimated by looters; my choices seemed limited to hunting gear and industrial jumpsuits. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Naturally there are a few smashups every day. The speed limit is eighteen miles in the city, but everybody goes thirty to thirty five, or forty, even in the down-town section.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Weight limits restricted how much she could actually bring back to Earth, so she was going to collect first, then sort out the most interesting 50 kilograms to take home. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor was he limited in the tones he could sound. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two nights later the city’s unions met with officers of the fair to demand that they limit the workday to eight hours, pay union-scale wages, and hire union workers before all others. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Infinity, zero, and the concept of limits are all tied together in a bundle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Today I will be presenting an example of the laws of sympathy. However, as time is limited I will need help with the preparations.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But on May 24, 1955, the newspapers said the Little Rock school board had adopted a plan to limit integration to Central High School. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in his life, he had limited access to books. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In fact, Bethe declared, thirty-four-inch pole faces were “ample” to reach the relativistic energy limit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Since most villages lived by cultivating a very limited variety of domesticated plants and animals, they were at the mercy of droughts, floods and pestilence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In secular paintings, however, the vanishing point had to be kept under control, for the human world is finite and limited. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This meant that HeLa cells weren’t limited by space in the same way other cells were; they could simply divide until they ran out of culture medium. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “The song said —” “It was only to make sure you got back inside the time limit!” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the end, black North Carolinians were granted only those very limited rights enjoyed by free blacks before the war. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally, pharmaceutical companies have sometimes had limited access to quality ingredients. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Hannah Song was frustrated that Shin sometimes avoided responsibility, expected special treatment, and made little effort to learn English, which limited his usefulness as a spokesman in the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I look at Crystal, but she just shrugs like between letting me know about this and watching Hector, she’s hit her maternal limit. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “You are, I gather, not unintelligent, but painfully limited. Narrow. Close-minded.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The system by which the Food and Drug Administration establishes maximum permissible limits of contamination, called “tolerances,” has obvious defects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Thanks to spell check, now I feel like there are no limits or boundaries enclosing my ideas and feelings. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Will deliver at 11 tonight for immediate removal from city limits. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The government announced their intention to curb the trade union movement and do away with the limited franchises of the Indian, Coloured, and African peoples. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stated the problem that, in mathematics, is called the theory of limits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One experiment after another of his explores how we focus, what takes us away from what we profess to want to focus on, and whether our attention limits might even be expanded. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even a man named Valentine had his limits. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Despite his limited experience with the circus, Bailey is amazed that he has never seen this tent before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They were already going well below the posted limit. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In this lonely world of ice and emptiness, they had achieved at least a limited kind of contentment. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z We get bogged down in traffic for several miles, and even though Radar is desperate to violate the speed limit, he’s lucky when he can go thirty. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe we can talk about setting some kind of a time limit. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But to his credit, Reed let Lazear proceed with his experiments on a limited basis. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The games were played in a small, high-ceilinged room at the end of the hallway, probably to limit the number of spectators, which had grown to several dozen while Bobby was playing the younger men. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In return, my other hand squeezes beyond his limits. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Sure that he was pushing his body beyond its physical limits, he ran on, trying to rid himself of the hopeless feeling that it was only a matter of time before they got him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His life was very limited—he understood that now more than ever. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z In reality, I was much more aware of places that were off- limits by Daddy’s orders than by state mandate. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He recognized that the systemic malaise that caused it was a consequence in part of his own refusal over the years to limit his courtship of the finest wines, foods, and cigars. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’d never tried to push it—to see if there was a limit to how deep I could dive. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Unlike the Kentucky Derby, which was limited to three-year-old horses, the handicap would be open to any mature horse, three years old and up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sightings of the runaway tiger were not limited to the woman at the villa with the fountain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was something to pull me out of my limited mortal ways and thrust me into a state of exalted wonder. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had shouted into silence and only silence answered—and yet, when he cried, his cry had caused a ringing to the outermost limits of the earth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It’s critical that we stay within the weight limit, or our oxen will be overtaxed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Iceland’s climate permitted herding and extremely limited agriculture, and its area was sufficient to support a Norse-derived population that has persisted to this day. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Many world leaders believed that Hitler would limit his aggression after he had reclaimed Germany’s land. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Briar Hollow Lane is a little gravel road just before the bridge that marks the town limits. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z And, because I had limited myself to rendering only what Bigger saw and felt, I gave no more reality to the other characters than that which Bigger himself saw. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The five-year limit on benefits, however, is not the law’s worst feature. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “They’ll be scratching their heads and saying nonsense such as, ‘Is it OK to take seven shots at him or is the limit six?’ The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Very well. But my time is limited. I can’t be late to class.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It became necessary for the Negro community to expand its physical limits. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is limited only by your imagination,” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Selhan was a fine horse, but now that I was in Trebon, he would be little more than a constant drain on my limited resources. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to be seen and to test the limits of my prison. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had never pushed himself to the limit but he felt all this reserve strength inside of him: more than strength actually—determination. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Frog’s experience was limited to practice yard and tourney ground, so he did not think it was his place to dispute the verdict of such a seasoned warrior. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Incidents like the Emmett Till murder were not limited to Mississippi; acts of racial injustice and violence were happening all over the South. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Five miles over the speed limit is against the daggone law.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Amelia Earhart taught us that, for men and women alike, the sky is the limit!” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Yet in the wider world, the war was drawing closer to American shores—and it would push both Elizebeth and William to their limits. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Well, you have gone to the limit, lad. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A person’s online presence was no longer limited to a website or a social-networking profile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Their cruelty had no limit—they preferred to kill their slaves rather than fear them. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z No one else was parked there, so I was sure it was off limits, but I decided I would get directions inside instead of circling around in the rain like an idiot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I was bored, so it again confused me that she would pick this place, since Margo always struck me as a person with a very limited tolerance for boredom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I nodded, wondering where was the limit of her knowing things. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The first resolution was designed to appease the Deep South by confirming that the Constitution prohibited any federal legislation limiting or ending the slave trade until 1808. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He halted my fledgling study of alchemy, limiting me to chemistry instead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was convinced, despite my reprimand from the executive, that the policies of the Nationalists would soon make nonviolence an even more limited and ineffective policy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea lay quiedy, bathed in a shy, light-footed light, a dancing play of black and silver that extended without limits all about me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Options were limited, so I decided to fly solo.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z To the question “But doesn’t the government protect us from such things?” the answer is, “Only to a limited extent.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Curiosity would not be sated until the mechanical finches that were now so abundant around the globe had evolved to fly to the limits of the atmosphere. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t learn to put limits on what I was supposed to like or not like. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Convenient starting points for our discussion are the limited capabilities, uses, and users of early writing systems. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z So if we had to drive at night, we were mindful of the speed limit, lest we get stopped by white police. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At that time—and in many ways it is still true—the public was given at best a very limited and horribly skewed idea of what nuclear war would be like. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Recounted in numberless articles and books, the Maya collapse has become an ecological parable for green activists; along with Pleistocene overkill, it is a favorite cautionary tale about surpassing the limits of Nature. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I turned to sit up, and this time he let me, releasing his hold around my waist and sliding as far from me as he could in the limited space. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Our claims to knowledge, Montaigne said, are generally misconceived because we will not acknowledge our limits as human beings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Emily and Matthew were limited to one suitcase of “nonessentials” and one suitcase of books. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Both players were required to keep a record of their moves to prove, if necessary, that they’d complied with the time limit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The blank portion was limited, for the narrow strip was crowded by lines of text and a tiny picture of a hero and heroine embracing under a eucalyptus tree. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Our limited mind can not grasp or fathom this, for it joins infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Congress had prohibited him from any more bombing in Cambodia and limited his right to wage war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “We have tried our own methods for years with limited success.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I suspect that here, as in Dauntless, there is a limit to her climb through the ranks, and she is reaching it earlier than she would like to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The two Polish Annas surely had clear notions of what they loved and hated, but like the rest of us, they were limited in terms of vocabulary, and this made them appear less than sophisticated. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z To one side of the path, at the limit of his sight, he noticed something abnormal. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She thinks Stephen is going to push me over the limit again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Investigation of Fischer is not to be limited to developing additional data concerning her recent contact of XXXXXX. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Taisin had learned about healing tonics at the Academy, but her knowledge of them was limited to the relatively harmless brew she had made for Shae the night before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The track at Pimlico became a virtual skating rink, and Smith limited Seabiscuit’s outings to walks around the shed rows. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If she were coming in reality he would be limited by reality. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z However, the definition of the limit changes from time to time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, unfortunately, sir, my time is so limited—” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But I was not made to be a resigned man and I had only a limited choice of actions, and I was afraid of all of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cedric had been outside the time limit, he most certainly had been. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was located about fifteen miles outside the city limits. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Stars with masses above the Chandrasekhar limit, on the other hand, have a big problem when they come to the end of their fuel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We had never played outside the city limits. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That’s not limited to black people. Just ’cause it doesn’t have a De- or a La- on the front doesn’t make it okay.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “She needs to limit her activities and excitement.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Just to summarize again: The Apple-PC-Windows flattening phase was about me interacting with my computer and me interacting with my own limited network inside my own company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Below Big Brother comes the Inner Party, its numbers limited to six millions, or something less than two per cent of the population of Oceania. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Walter's freedom was, for some of the white people in town, well beyond what African Americans with limited education were able to achieve through legitimate means. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She had ample food for a journey, and her supplies were limited only by the size of the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This is life lived in cramped limits and expressing itself not in terms of our good and bad, but in terms of its own fulfilment. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As for a swimsuit, my options were limited to my black one-piece and the red and white polka dot one I bought last summer but hadn’t had the balls to wear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z You’re only remembering shadows of them, stories that seem to be limited to the pages or screens you read them from. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The mobile units are by no means limited to the park communities. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. Ha ha. Very amusing. Keep it up, Foaly. I have my limit, you know.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Johnny’s fife with the Laphams had been so limited he knew little of the political strife which was turning Boston into two armed camps. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Since there were no laws limiting genetic engineering, Rifkin regularly sued to stop it using any existing laws that might apply. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Of course, our present-day knowledge will prove to be incomplete and limited in the eyes of future generations; we cannot even begin to guess what will one day be known. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mahisha started pacing to and fro against the limits of his cage. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Our curiosity is supposed to have limits, though these have never been defined exactly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Reminding me that there are no limits to his cruelty. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At last, the car slowed as they reached an exit far outside the city limits. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Before that year, only limited use had been made of organic insecticides for the control of the boll weevil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Howard Fuller knew that if whites considered Operation Breakthrough as an exclusively “black” organization, it would limit the group’s effectiveness. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But Melquíades’ tribe, according to what the wanderers said, had been wiped off the face of the earth because they had gone beyond the limits of human knowledge. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Each day, millions of meteorites fall against the outer limits of the membrane and are burned to nothing by the friction. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His prospects were limited by his race, to be sure, but Caesar had grown up believing he was free to choose his own fate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I pulled a blanket over my head and refused to come out until we were beyond the Muskogee city limits. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As long as he and his black folks did not go beyond certain limits, there was no need to fear that white force. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Back then, most DJs could spin for only a few hours; they were limited by the number of vinyls they could buy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Nel was the first person who had been real to her, whose name she knew, who had seen as she had the slant of life that made it possible to stretch it to its limits. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But what is a person of limited means and no taste for “carousing” to do? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When pushed to his limit, this is a man who shouts, "Fudge," a man who curses drivers with a shake of his fist and a hearty "G.D. you!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z For William, and for the nation, Pearl Harbor was a painful lesson in human error—and the limits of even the most brilliant cryptanalytic machinery. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The authorities know that it is not so, for they have made it plain in their every act that they mean to keep Bigger Thomas and his kind within rigid limits. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The commission sentenced Alfons to restriction to his town limits for a period of two years, six months’ expulsion from college, and one month of hard labor. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s like that song lyric she quoted in one of her videos: “Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z But even with the errors, the machines processed the transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flows and trajectory analyses in a way that surpassed the upper limits of human ability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Although I tried to buy the softest of foods now, they were still beyond Morrie’s limited strength to chew and swallow. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if she didn’t have to limit herself to one suitcase full, it would take her decades to collect this many books, let alone read them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was only the privilege of our youth, but as yet we recognized no limits and saw nowhere an end. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s dressed like her Warcross avatar—in a limited edition suit and webbed glitter cape—and dancing with a bunch of businessmen in bright pink suits. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then they were given another set of equivalent tests, only this time the time limit wasn’t enforced at all, allowing the students to keep on working if they wanted to. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She stuck to the speed limit because she didn’t want the police to pull us over and find my father in the car. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Madness, in my admittedly limited experience, is accompanied by no superpowers; being mentally unwell doesn’t make you loftily intelligent any more than having the flu does. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When I was younger, Mom pasted dozens of words on it, but I was still limited to only a handful of common nouns, verbs, and adjectives, some names, and a bunch of smiley faces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Robert McNamara agreed that the situation was grim, the options limited. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She had set six o’clock as her limit. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I felt now that I knew him, that I could feel the very limits of his narrow life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But he is well aware that describing clouds is at the limit of his linguistic capacities. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Moreover, the idea of a limited set of allowed orbits seemed very arbitrary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Did one let politics, cost-effectiveness, and limited resources determine the global approach to controlling and treating TB? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It is not obvious what the rational basis would be for limiting overt race discrimination by police to immigration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But limiting themselves to a small number of chords did not mean that the composers of the second half of the eighteenth century wrote simple music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It had taken two hours for Dallas and Sairy to hike beyond the limits of the holler, and now they stood on top of a ridge, looking back the way they’d come. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It was nevertheless extremely dangerous flying, at the limit of the aircraft’s range, and one of the Italian machines had crashed on the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z All week before the weights for the New Year’s Handicap were announced, Howard made warning noises about his 130-pound limit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From here on it was clear going, with nothing to restrain the variety of life except the limits of biologic inventiveness. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I know how to play most sports, but I’ve also learned my limits. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The potential enemy is assured that if the limit is transgressed, nuclear war will follow. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Human beings are capable of so many wondrous things, but there’s no limit to the horrible things we do to one another. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z That’s another of the key emerging areas of science: Researchers explored the underlying mechanisms of focus, they also started to look at pushing the limits of attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This was his realm, and there were no limits here. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “And I can also direct it, within certain limits. Irrespective of where it’s aimed.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Soon we would have reached our time limit, and must return to the hotel. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Let me not suppose that she dares go about, Emma Woodhouse-ing me!—But upon my honour, there seems no limits to the licentiousness of that woman’s tongue!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z There is, on the other hand, no limit of time or space on a discovery—it represents a new form of immortality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I saw no limits, it was the one organization in the whole country in which I could reach the very top and I meant to get there. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d never been beyond the city limits at night, had never seen it fit up like this from afar. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I was now logged in as a technician, but my access to the intranet was still pretty limited. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I keep exactly to the speed limit and stay on the back roads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My father operated from a practical place, sensing that resources were limited and maybe so, too, was time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Even though my body would not grow tall, somehow I knew that there was no limit to the growth of my mind. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s when it became clear that the attendants’ entire skill set was limited to opening the spigots and closing them again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Since the movie houses were now off -limits due to lack of funds, he would have had to drift, bored and aimless, around the business district until it seemed safe to return home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Immigrants, like my mom, came to this land looking for endless possibilities, but now those possibilities seem limited. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Only an extremely limited number of nucleic acid molecules are any good for lifeforms as complicated as we. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see the city yet, but for the first time I was within its limits. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z One type recognizes the importance of other proximate variables besides good institutions, such as public health, soil- and climate-imposed limits on agricultural productivity, and environmental fragility. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody has a limit. That’s the bottom line,” Dr. Watson said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even though I had been at Hampden only a few days, I was already accustomed to the official accounts of financial hardship, of limited endowment, of corners cut. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Their long-term existence has not damaged the forest, Meggers told me, a testament to slash-and-burn’s power to keep human groups sustainably within the rigid ecological limits of the tropics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was the one who hatched the idea of limit and solved calculus’s problems with zeros. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The few water wagons available made daily rounds, and people could obtain a limited amount of water at relief areas. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Her forays out of the apartment, while her husband is at work, are limited to the university within which they live, and to the historic district that flanks the campus on one edge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We go to Jerome’s on Main Street—as head of the chamber of commerce, Dad never lets us buy anything at the Shadbush County Mall, which is outside the town limits. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There is still very limited awareness of the nature of the threat. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Who cares? Take us to Mufakose and don’t break any speed limits.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Charles reasoned that if too many individuals of a species are born in the same place and try to live off a limited supply of food, there is a fight for survival. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "My limit is that I will not betray anyone who worked for me," he insisted. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I am terribly limited by the fact that I know only one kind of life, life on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In challenging the status quo, one of the arguments the two men always ran up against was “resources are limited.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Owing to his limited vocabulary, he twice flunked the written driver’s license test. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I trained myself to limit my water intake, understanding there was rarely time for bathroom breaks on the road. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Under pointed advice from several sources, I limited myself to three fields of study in the upcoming term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Confederate states chose to secede from the United States rather than let the federal government, led by Lincoln, limit slavery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Something like that. Anyway, they stage this dance outside the town limits to get around the law.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z With enemy forces advancing, the Joint Chiefs requested permission to broaden the mission from merely guarding the base to engaging in what was described as “limited offensive operations.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The evolutionary point of that is to make the muscles as hard as possible—to turn them into a kind of armor and limit bleeding in the event of injury. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A corresponding example within Eurasia involved the eastern limit of Fertile Crescent crops, which spread rapidly westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indus Valley without encountering a major barrier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He gets a sense of control, yet you prescribe the limits. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Because there were thousands of adventures still to be had, and only a limited number of days left to have them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Its face was empurpled with rage at its limited dominion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It took only a few seconds to peruse my limited options. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My father paused as well, then continued, “The city is your jurisdiction, sir. But we’ll perform either way. It will either be here or just outside the city limits.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One is free to use any three suitable coordinates, although they have only a limited range of validity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For four years his horizon had been absolutely limited to his wife. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It took a year for a senior class to be added to the school, and even then officials deliberately limited classes to vocational training, and not precollege education. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis provided limited amounts of bread but not much else. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “But I have limited myself to five students and I cannot even think of adding another.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He began to campaign for such a return, and published the instruction manual for his compass in a limited edition book, dedicated to Prince Cosimo de’ Medici, in 1606. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z While we can’t get inside a Neanderthal mind to understand how they thought, we have indirect evidence of the limits to their cognition compared with their Sapiens rivals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I want him to finally open up, to call me Craig, to tell me that we came in together, but he’s still Jimmy—his vocabulary is still limited. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Some of my coworkers, in Minneapolis as well as Key West, rode bikes to work, and this clearly limited their geographical range. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For him, being conservative meant supporting extremely limited government and states’ rights. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Each side draws limits on the permissible behavior of the other. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered what Nico had said: Their courage is already stretched to the limit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The vast wasteland of television programming had finally reached its zenith, and the average person was no longer limited to fifteen minutes of fame. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They want to then put that knowledge to work to try to increase the brain’s capacity to broaden the limits of attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They didn’t have the concept of a limit because they didn’t believe in zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But in all my life I’d never gone past the boundary crosses, which marked the limits of our village. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Drought indeed stressed the system, but the societal disintegration in the south was due not to surpassing inherent ecological limits but the political failure to find solutions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We’re told that this too is to be attributed not to any biological shortcomings but to social disadvantages and limited opportunities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The problem was a simple one, and the range of possible answers was limited. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Power has become so subtle and complex a thing in the ways taken by the Ekumen that only a subtle mind can watch it work; here it is still limited, still visible. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She says, “Thinking outside the box is a skill. It means your mind is big and open, Mason. If you can think outside the box, you have no limits! That’s you!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z My idea of space was limited to left, right, front, and behind, but he had a wonderful sense of up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z To his mother’s limited mind the psychiatric ward would seem an attractive alternative. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To those fishermen-villagers who live on the edge of the edge, on the extreme habitable limit of a barely habitable continent, honesty is as essential as food. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 From the moment she learned Sarai had fallen, she had stretched her senses to their limits, waiting, hardly breathing, alert to the telltale skim of passing ghosts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But War Relic had been an angel for exactly one and three quarter races, and he was pushing his limits. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In my humble opinion, the prescribed story structure, the limited length, and the other restrictions inherent to film cause the truth to be treated as a handicap. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z For the first time, I’m aware of the tension in my body, a rubber band stretched to its limit. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And yet, of course, at the same time, I was being spat on and defined and described and limited, and could have been polished off with no effort whatever. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The boy spread his wings to their full limit and soared ' away on the wind. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I paid GSS a monthly fee for unlimited data storage on my account, and I was about to test its limits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And the unyielding demands of Project Mercury and the sprawling, still-forming organization that was being built to manage it stretched everyone to the limit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Most millionaires sincerely believe in the existence of money and limited liability companies. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was reaching his limit, his body still beaten from his encounter with Fedu. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Maybe. But wouldn’t it be dangerous for him to make another one? Didn’t Hermione say he had pushed his soul to the limit already?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Melvin Butler leaned on the US Civil Service Commission and the War Manpower Commission as hard as he could so that the laboratory might get top priority on the limited pool of qualified applicants. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They do the division—perfectly legally, since there are no zeros—then they take the limit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Many of the colleges where lower-income students tend to enroll have limited resources and offer a narrow range of majors, leaving some students disenchanted and unwilling to continue. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I usually don’t like Nana’s fast driving, but today I want her to push the car to its limits. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The 122nd Air Group’s limited military career so far hadn’t done a thing to reduce that thirst for battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “We could go to Denver, Frisco, hell the sky’s the limit!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never stray past the village limits. Do not go beyond the path.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a very firm, consistent basis for the concept of limits. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Many times he would prolong the talks beyond the expected limit and let them drift into comments of a domestic nature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For Nita, who has just accepted that she is somehow limited, or for whoever told her that? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The limits of your ambition were, thus, expected to be set forever. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z In those few European countries that permit limited postprison disqualification, the sanction is very narrowly tailored and the number of people disenfranchised is probably in the dozens or hundreds. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His experience was limited and he knew only at second hand that they need not lie down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The second and critically limiting fact is the small number of inspectors on its staff — fewer than 600 men for all its varied work. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But in 2011, the group liberalized its policy, urging parents to limit and monitor toddler screen time but not calling for such a rigid ban. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Galton must have realized the inherent limits of his pedigree project, for he soon abandoned it for a more powerful empirical approach. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z B-block was refurbished and reopened as a “transit block,” supposedly holding inmates for limited times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no limit to desire but desire’s needs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was apparent right from the start that discovery, priority and originality were ambiguous and, at the limit, incoherent; and that these values conflicted with the obligation to check and check again before publication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Furthermore, they would be sailing day and night, and they needed to get beyond the limit of floating ice: if they rammed a chunk in the dark, their journey would be a short one. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Also, you don't have to choose and limit yourself.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I am hungry with a limited supply of food. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With what he calls “that quick detective intuition amounting almost to inspiration,” he knows that Booth’s escape options are limited. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Can we limit the number of pictures you take of me?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z So now, for once unsure of victory, I might set limits to desire: go to sleep, put off further raids till the Geats go home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “How would you feel about limiting the letters?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In Kenya the students across the country are competing against each other all the time because advancement is limited to the smartest, hardest-working students. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Our destination turned out not to be the town of Ensenada, after all, but about five miles out of the city limits. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Japans technological capabilities appeared to be far inferior to those of Germany, and the Japanese regime’s threat to the world of a much more limited order. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In our house, we lived on a budget but didn’t often discuss its limits. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Didn’t Mednis have a win against you? Why did he accept the draw? He could have made the time limit.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the town a water reservoir had been built for the tannery workers and their families, but now others were allowed a limited quantity as well. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Hemmed in, limited, circumscribed, he sees and feels no way of acting except to hate and kill that which he thinks is crushing him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z To avoid disturbing him, they tried to maintain quiet and to limit the number of people in the room to two or three. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “This is the limit,” she said, her voice firm with finality. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z It is absolutely necessary to their structure that there should be no contact with foreigners except, to a limited extent, with war prisoners and colored slaves. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In all previous Olympic rowing competitions, he pointed out, preliminary heats as well as finals had been limited to four boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Until the 1980s, Mexican immigration was largely seasonal and mostly limited to agricultural workers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I was big and I played ball and I fought, and those qualities meant, to a lot of people, that I must have a very limited intellectual life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He was highly popular, and I found that he took the familiar department of Mr. Jaggers’s business; though something of the state of Mr. Jaggers hung about him too, forbidding approach beyond certain limits. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z As the person responsible for seeking solutions to housing problems, she had reached her limit of tolerance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If the casualties were limited to their own kind there would be no problem, but the slaughter of cows, pigs, farmers, dogs, and highway signs makes autumn a dangerous season in which to travel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace was fairly certain that her mom had hit the limit of her patience for Grace’s stay-under-the-covers-and-binge-watch-bad-TV habit. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Fifteen minutes. Then whoever we shoot wakes up. And remember, we have a limited number of rounds.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And hearing it, I know that what I’m being told is possible is too limiting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, my mom and Aimee had always told me to listen to my instincts and set my own limits. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z People could write new applications that allowed selected systems to work together, but in general this was limited to planned exchanges between PCs within the network of a single company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z These five factors help explain the limited success of experimental science in a medieval context. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the days of his wisdom Denethor would not presume to use it to challenge Sauron, knowing the limits of his own strength. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Here a limited gene pool may have spared Indians great suffering. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Long since, we had exceeded the limits of fatigue. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Even slavery does not conform to this limited understanding of racism and racial caste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And my stunt double Käthe is going to be pushed to her limits in the next few days. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I wish any two states could get together on a speed limit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard had told them that a country born from the ashes of injustice would limit its practice of injustice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z With his activities strictly limited by winter’s harsh winds and bitter cold, Cole noticed his body falling into new natural rhythms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When your options are limited to being miserable in private or being mortified in public, there is no choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If you are looking for ships at sea, the curvature of the globe means that the limit of how far you can see is determined by the horizon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Finally, he was left alone, his head resting on the softest pillow his limited memory could recall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The Freedom Riders fought intolerance by riding a bus and pushing racial limits in the deep South. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Charged down the mountain as fast as we could, given the limits of the treacherous path and Bronwyn’s volatile cargo. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But when she was with Chacko, old limits were pushed back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles watched in silence but he must have found my behavior absurd, especially when I began to pull on my ear, which still ached dully, so I could test the limits of this strange witchcraft. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Condemned inmates have limited opportunity for exercise or visitation and are held in disturbingly close proximity to the electric chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As Martin J. S. Rudwick puts it, "No geologist of any nationality whose work was taken seriously by other geologists advocated a timescale confined within the limits of a literalistic exegesis of Genesis." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In Cathy’s flat I always feel like a guest at the very outer limit of her welcome. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z While each instrument is limited in range to fewer than two octaves, all together, from bass bars to soprano glockenspiel, the ensemble covers six octaves, creating an entire orchestra! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Just as Achilles’ sub-races are each finite, each partial sum in a limit is finite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Butler knocked off his high beams as they entered the city limits. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Their limited range forced firefighters to stand very close to the flames. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z She admired Iorek almost without limit, and she was glad to find confirmation of his nobility. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She had reached her limit previously, and now this was just more of the same. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. I’ll find a way to limit Grace’s involvement on the big night.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I was certain there had to be a Social Cue against that, but my options were limited. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But I decide on a seven-lie limit for this application, and calling myself twenty-one probably counts as four. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was no limit to his power when he played and sang. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As they neared Crisfield, entered the town limits, followed the main street, they all fell silent. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We turn onto a different highway, and the speed limit goes back up incrementally, but Radar is driving slowly anyway. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He was fully liable, without limit, for all obligations incurred by his workshop. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is there a limit to how good we can get?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As for latitude and longitude, my marine knowledge was strictly limited to what lived in the sea and did not extend to what cruised on top of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Institutions—government, religion, school administrations, the music industry, Microsoft—were roadblocks, put on earth to obstruct and torment him, invade his privacy and limit his freedom of movement on the Internet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as our inquiries are limited to one or two evolutionary lines on a single planet, we will remain forever ignorant of the possible range and brilliance of other intelligences and other civilizations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To those who are genuinely concerned, I push a button to say, “I have spastic bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy. It limits my body, but not my mind.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Each map is valid only in a limited region, but different maps will have a region of overlap. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Scholars debate these estimates, but nobody disputes that the Haudenosaunee exemplified the formidable tradition of limited government and personal autonomy shared by many cultures north of the Rio Grande. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The nonparty group declared that this would limit the club’s membership to those who already believed in Communism. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I always thought she was being mean for limiting his favorite salted nuts, but she was trying to keep him healthy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It really inspired the whole class to keep up with our work and gave us the impression that the sky is the limit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Our passage was uneventful, and our conversation limited. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He was allowed out of his cell to make phone calls, and the jailers seemed to put no time limit on them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I finally confessed my fears to him one night, and he gave me a lecture about “being rational” and not letting my fears limit me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It named him dictator for life even though the role of dictator had until then been reserved only for emergencies and only for a limited term. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Thus this observer would think that a spaceship could get from A to B in time if only it could ignore the speed-of-light speed limit. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d never told me something was off limits for the book, and this was a word I would never have included—to me, it didn’t seem relevant. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z All the usual constraints that limit the use of medical care by the general population are absent. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, just for fun—suppose I ask the robots from now on a few questions on gamma rays. Wave length limits, for instance.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles whopping, fifty miles at the very limits of conception. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He pushed himself to his physical limit, running miles each day to stay fit, tag-teaming with fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter to practice water egress from the capsule in the Back River on Langley’s East Side. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The engine whined as Lydia pushed it, going twice the speed limit most of the way. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z We could blame it on our emo-nanites limiting our despair, but it runs far deeper than that. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Each of us are bound by our own thoughts, seeing the edges of our limits, maybe seeing the edges of others. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Give me a tiny distance, no matter how small, and I will tell you when both Achilles and the tortoise are less than that tiny distance away from the limit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She did not limit herself to basketball games. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The war games required them to make decisive, rapid-fire decisions under conditions of high pressure and with limited information, which is, of course, what they did all day at work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I wanted to believe they were all wrong about me, that I was not limited by my genes, that I was no more damaged than any other person. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Lust stirred in the eyes of men when they looked at Deborah, lust that could not be endured because it was so impersonal, limiting communion to the area of her shame. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Daddy also imposed a five-minute limit on the use of the bathroom and the telephone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the world, the carrying capacity for humans is limited. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not a subject on which we can do much experimentation as long as our investigations are limited to a single planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Unless an engineer was given a compelling reason to evaluate a woman as a peer, she remained in his blind spot, her usefulness measured against the limited task at hand, any additional talents undiscovered. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I guess there’s a limit to how many questions she’ll answer,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Hitching up Big Jack to the buggy was about his limit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Bobby, feeling as though he were playing hooky from school, had a good time competing in the matches, usually at the relatively leisurely time limit of sixty moves in two hours. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We were reaching the limit of our endurance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z This was important, because women had limited access to information about sex, pregnancy, and childbearing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then, after all your manipulations are complete, you take the limit: you extrapolate and figure out where the expression is headed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There were limited ways for a white computer to break into management at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All they care about is how much money you got in your pocket or what the limit is on your credit card. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong passed the city limits, passed the last Charge Station, and zipped by the sleepy riverside villages. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “She didn’t feel that the Jamaican context offered enough. And if the opportunity was there to go on, and you were able to take it, then to her the sky was the limit.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes later, they were finishing their first highball in the living room and were talking in the manner peculiar, probably limited, to former college roommates. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I looked around to find the quickest route within the limits of the honesty in which I had been raised, and I realized that success required godparents, advanced studies, or capital. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z However, by putting this limit sign in front of a series, you separate the process from the goal. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It means I don’t have to limit my activities to spinning and trapping and stunts like that.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z We were soon out of the town limits, despite his negativity. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I thought about trying for secretary, but why should I limit myself when I have a shot at president?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z We defined size as a limit—the sum of the carpets as the individual sizes go to zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Within the limits of their nature, they make do with what they have. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z For understandable reasons, Claire did not spend much time observing the burning buildings around her, so her description of what happened is limited. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Human sympathy has its limits and we were content to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Eveillard, balding and with a dirty shirt, had been deflecting the barbs of some of the American-born officers, with limited success. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to Maria’s training, they were both accomplished artists and budding naturalists in their own right, but they had been severely limited in other ways. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Rising at this exponential rate, the craft quickly reached maximum acceleration, a limit defined not by the ship's power, but by the delicate human bodies inside. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Tomard was a solid man,- affable, loyal, tireless, capable in a limited way, but he was near fifty, and even in his youth he had never been energetic. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Each of these partial theories describes and predicts a certain limited class of observations, neglecting the effects of other quantities, or representing them by simple sets of numbers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them would blare their horns because, honestly, driving the speed limit makes you a road hazard. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Just keep quiet, Potter, otherwise you’ll lose what limited popularity you already have. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Our other caveat concerns the limits that locally available wild species set on the rise of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was limited in my wardrobe choices because I was stuck buying in the shops my mother let me go to, and my mother did not believe in spending money on clothes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Montaigne, although his love for his friend knew no limits, was never taken in by it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 There was only the guardhouse, the storage shed, and the loading area—all of which were apparently off limits—and a stone wall that blocked their view of the harbor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Lots of families cut television when the kids are young, hoping to limit screen time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Thus, that which gives us the power to work magic sets the limits of that power. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They were very short, which limited Elizebeth’s chance to spot patterns. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He attended school functions and the girls' sporting events as he could, but his opportunities to mingle were limited, and the presence of his security detail was never subtle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As it happens, there is an instance that comes to mind which I believe illustrates rather well the real limits of whatever truth may be contained in Mr Harry Smith's views. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t be helped. Bed space here is limited. Another boy is coming in, and it’s the only bed available.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Possibly. I hope not. If so, it was done with great subtlety. There are powerful limits to how any outsider can intrude on a preserve. And our preserve is more secret than most.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There's a shooting range, but it's much too limited. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The activities of the Food and Drug Administration in the field of consumer protection against pesticides are severely limited by two facts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 “For now, you are allowed to depart in the company of these people. But let me tell you that if you appear within the town limits again, you will be treated mercilessly.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then, as though some retaining cord had reached its limit, something yanked him back into the cellar beneath the Hotel of Bees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But it also set a chronological limit to this moratorium. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The conclusion was even more blunt this time: “Kenna, as an artist, and his songs lack a core audience and have limited potential to gain significant radio airplay.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But this development was limited by a lack of space. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His actors are young and can draw from only limited life experience, so sometimes he has to reach for an actor who he knows will have some understanding of her character. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Dell Duke didn't know that my experience in this arena was very limited. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I try my best, Papá. Sometimes I just reach my limit.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z However, it seems that gravity may provide a limit to this sequence of “boxes within boxes.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was almost no limit to the number of visits an inmate could have, even if he was keeplocked or in the Box. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Much of history revolves around this question: how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations, or limited liability companies? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was referring to a situation where you have more than one person in need of serious medical attention, but your resources are too limited to treat them both. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They had no way to indicate verbs or adjectives, no way to distinguish subject from object, and only a limited vocabulary. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z An expanding universe does not preclude a creator, but it does place limits on when he might have carried out his job! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was an inexperienced pilot in an unfamiliar aircraft, and she knew her limits. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "Is there any spending limit to this rescue operation?" another reporter asked. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He pursues speed with superlative courage, pushing beyond defeat, beyond exhaustion, sometimes beyond the structural limits of bone and sinew. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives them a glare similar to the one she gives me and my brothers when we’ve pushed her to her limit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In an internal memo, Clyde Tolson, the associate director of the bureau, who had become Hoover’s longtime companion, spawning rumors that they were romantically involved, said, “We should furnish only limited, routine material, if any.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Wildlife was limited to buzzards, raccoons the size of huskies, domestic pets left to run feral, and hordes of cockroaches that had regained the ability to fly like their southern cousins. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Up until Mrs. Henry came along, I’d believed beauty college would be the upper limit of my career. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most passionate nations Texas has its own private history based on, but not limited by, facts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, instead of thinking of the race as a sum of infinite parts, think of it as a limit of finite sub-races. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Depends on what part of his body you look at,” she whispered, and made her eyes get real big like she had seen something off limits. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That is, inventions supposedly arise when a society has an unfulfilled need: some technology is widely recognized to be unsatisfactory or limiting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I am hungry, and there is some food in the boat, some limited food, but I cannot eat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam knew the land well within twenty miles of Hobbiton, but that was the limit of his geography. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We then crossed Suey Road, which marked the end of the city limits and the beginning of hundreds of acres of recently planted lettuce and carrots. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z No physical alterations that are deemed potentially disruptive, including, but not limited to, unnatural hair color, makeup, or piercings. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He indicated the limits of the attack, where the fire should converge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Artemis had warned her to be civil, but there was a limit. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I wondered if there was a limit to how deep I could go, if I could sink straight to the bottom of the Pacific. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Our tolerance for tolerance education has reached its limit. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z This limit means that primordial black holes could make up at most one millionth of the matter in the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mice do not speak Lapine, but there is a very simple, limited lingua franca of the hedgerow and woodland. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The attentional limits we saw with pilots apply to drivers of cars. It was an important first step.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z America might only be rounding up Muslims right now, and the Director might only be focused on us, but bigots don’t generally limit their hate. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid there’s a speed limit while traveling through here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “No, Minya. Unlike you, the rest of us experience a normal range of emotion, including but not limited to distress when forced to endure the disgust of the dead.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Jorge had threatened to kill his son-in-law if he dared show his face in Santa Teresa del Mar. But Celia could see that Hugo was in a mood to test his limits. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were size limits—it couldn’t be too tall—but Anya was never worried about those, because she was certain she wasn’t capable of making one too high. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z By the time Descartes published the Discourse he had decided that the best way to introduce his philosophy was through applying scepticism absolutely to the limit. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He found conditions at Bush Hill “limited, crude and insufficient.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The Truman stage is the one place Courtney does not put limits on herself. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The short-term wins for the United States and United Kingdom included regaining limited access to Iran's oil by having a stake in a holding company called Iranian Oil Participants, or IOP. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Why can’t you just look into Zak’s mind like you do everyone else’s and—” “Our power is not without its limits. We cannot penetrate the minds of those who have learned to shield themselves.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We were rather limited in dinner options, as we were instructed not to venture far from the hotel for safety reasons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Acorn, Hawkbit and Speedwell, decent enough rank-and-filers as long as they were not pushed beyond their limits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My options were limited to perching above a tiger or hovering over sharks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z During this time, the family will be housed in a detention center, unable to work and with limited access to education, health care and decent living conditions. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z More and more people wanted their lawns mowed—on the second day I had eight jobs—and the fact was that I was fast approaching my limit. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Dill sang along with the music as they entered the city limits of Murfreesboro, with its strip malls and chain restaurants. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z On my fifth trip to France I limited myself to the words and phrases that people actually use. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He feels within his rights to set limits. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It felt that it had no limits, yet here was a boy saying that there were other things the wind should be able to do. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her association with other children was always limited to her grandmother’s visits to the Free Cities, and only the visits on which Luna was permitted to come. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Riddle set a limit of 130, ranted at the Hialeah racing secretary when the horse received just that, then balked when another track’s secretary assigned the horse 132 pounds for a later race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was going through a second childhood; a new sense of the limit of the possible was being born in me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have to stretch humanitarianism to the limits of the law, with a stiff punch always in reserve.... Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was to be no curious testing, no stabbing at limits to see if there was a way to push through them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She limited bonsai plants and pampered rare orchids. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was attentive to his surroundings and hardly limited in his physical activity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Alex, finally at his limit, lifts his chin and spits out, “I already am like you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Since the counter space is limited, Jack motions for me to go ahead of him. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “As you are aware, our play is fast approaching. It’s time for us to kick into high gear. We will be limiting our traditional academic endeavors to the forenoon hours.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But he had been wrong, and the record of the subsequent seven years suggested that the limit still remained well over the horizon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “No, I didn’t know. If you won’t say frankly, I must go by your looks. You haven’t recovered your strength, and the going has been hard. I don’t know where your limits lie.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z There is a limit, though, to even the pressure that neutrons can bear. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “And then you will at least know the limit of my purpose. Shall I go on?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was an enclosed arena with limited avenues of escape. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where are we now?” said Will to the captain, whose English was limited. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As an American with limited experience outside the United States, I was dazzled by the age of the buildings and marveled at their ornate architecture. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On those phone calls, my limited vocabulary probably made me sound just like a teenage Siri. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Intimacy grooved our voices in familiar notes; familiarity defined the limits of what could be said. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I never drove him faster than the speed limit. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I studied his flawless features in the limited light, waiting for my breath to return to normal, until it occurred to me that his expression was murderously angry. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They were generous, but there was a limit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In this Interzonal, the time limit was forty moves in two and a half hours and sixteen moves per hour thereafter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Though she still has a dissertation to write, still has an adviser to monitor her progress, she feels unmoored already, somehow beyond the world that has defined and structured and limited her for so long. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Because their dignity was intact, they had no need to be overbearing, and because the Cooper boys had never heard that they were inferior, their minds could grow to their true limits. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When they try to deny their limits, secular institutions only lie. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the states that do authorize some monetary aid severely limit the amount of compensation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But I knew our time was limited, and I needed to talk to the First Lady. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We had made our own very limited efforts to employ the power of print. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "And two hundred and fourteen meters isn't a hard limit, per se." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The shame and stigma are not limited to the individual; they extend to family members and friends—even whole communities are stigmatized by the presence of those caught and thus tainted by the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z You could limit access to your channel so that only your friends could watch, or you could charge viewers by the hour to access your POV. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This particular form of discrimination altered the destinies of generations of African Americans, including many of the men in my family, limiting their income, their opportunity, and, eventually, their aspirations. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Percy,” Grover said weakly, “even immortality has limits. Sometimes . . . sometimes monsters get forgotten and they lose their will to stay immortal.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Lancelot had kept himself away for a whole year, but there was a limit to his endurance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The schools had limited resources, and there were few textbooks. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I had passed my limit of taking in or, like a man who goes on stuffing in food after he is filled, I felt helpless to assimilate what was fed in through my eyes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For both, the sun was just one star among an uncountable multitude, and the universe was, if not infinite, at least without any known limit. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What solely concerned them was that affirmative action limited their chances, their plans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In Protestant countries censorship was less rigorous, although there were still limits as to what could be published. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My mother and Nelson had reached the limits of mutual understanding. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I started back to school again, I tried to limit my reading to two books a week, and I filled my time by writing furiously. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Still, many experts have concluded that Garfield's wound was not necessarily fatal, even given the limits of 1881 medical technology and knowledge. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But it was a subdued agony now, a sore I was somehow able to control and keep within limits. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Although Guiteau visited campaign headquarters frequently, his role in the election of Garfield and Arthur was limited to that single speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off as he reached the limit of his knowledge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is why people began collectively to imagine the existence of limited liability companies. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If he kept pushing himself to the limit for seven more days . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We reached Marlinton’s city limits at seven o’clock in the morning, just as the sun decided to reappear from behind the thick layer of clouds. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Strict controls would limit what visitors could be charged for everything—from rooms at luxury hotels like the Adlon to the bratwurst sold by street vendors all over town. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then as now, pseudoscientific beliefs were not limited to the uneducated, and the belief that various psychological and mental attributes were discernible by examining the bumps and contours of one’s head was widespread. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A federal court order limited the number of marchers to three hundred along the two-lane stretch across Lowndes County, where four out of five residents were black and not one was registered to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But he also found that there were limits to his regret, and beyond a certain point he simply couldn’t feel much of anything for her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His thinking, his strategies, if any, are always limited, at least basically, to only that which is either advised, or approved by the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too bad the Storyteller is a bit limited right now.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This limited them to very short feeding periods at dusk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, the trains were a force of nature to me, something that continued along their path regardless of what we did inside the city limits, something pulsing and alive and powerful. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z For other types of human groups as well, “a few hundred” seems to be an upper limit for group size compatible with everyone’s knowing everybody. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s the first time I’ve seen him at any meet ever, so I tell him, “It’s great to see you out here, too,” but with limited enthusiasm. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z "You are a surpassing clever boy when you work at it, Bran. Have you ever thought that you might wear a maester's chain? There is no limit to what you might learn." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No one had ever really locked her in the trunk before, and she didn’t quite know Grace’s limits well enough to push them yet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There wasn’t any limit, no boundary at all, to the future. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They also verify his blood alcohol level, which is still above the legal limit two hours after the crash. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, the Dream’s parameters were caged by technology and by the limits of horsepower and wind. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But they finally limited themselves to giving them presents and serving as godmothers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “You walk into dangerous territory when you make judgments against a person based on limited interaction.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Music fills the air, and the only sounds I recognize—from my limited experience with the Amity—are plucked guitar strings and drums. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I recognize the characteristic outline of the Dolbenberg, a jagged comb, springing up precipitously from the limits of the forests. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The limits were not set by their language but by their priorities, by their sense of what was negotiable and what was not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Chandrasekhar realized, however, that there is a limit to the repulsion that the exclusion principle can provide. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove through the cold night, well under the speed limit. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I imagined bacterial colonies beginning to creep up, so I used a knife to wiggle it out of the pan and let it flop into the garbage, which had just about reached its limit. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z D’Alembert realized that the Achilles problem vanishes if you consider the limit of the race. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It is not their gastric juices that limit hyenas, but the power of their jaws, which is formidable. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He avoids any anecdote or symbolism that might limit us to a single interpretation. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hot food was limited to once a day; the other meals were cold and comfortless. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z His ego was much too substantial for such limited territory. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ralph needed to know what his limits were, and his impulses, what evil and what good he had it in his soul and hands to fashion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I described it, omitting the detail that my participation had been limited to removing the dirty plates from the refreshments table. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Each side must be quite confident that the other understands the new limits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But here’s something I don’t get. I heard there was a limit of six tickets per customer. How did you manage to buy twelve?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I ran them as strictly as I could but confronted the limits of my ability when the keeplocks returned from their rec. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It upheld the army’s decision to limit the movements of a racially select group of citizens. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z There was certainly enough dirt on the floor to permit a very limited cotton crop; but he saw no cotton. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The husband was a small, timid man, sick with pneumonia caused by an unidentified microbe, and with only limited command of the English language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was familiar with these visits, despite what leases said about limited rights of entry, and she stepped back to let Mrs. Richardson get a better view. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You can’t borrow this many There’s a limit, you know. Do you even have a card?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Since were so busy, were limiting Internet usage to twenty minutes per person.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Second, Jefferson suggested that Adams’s description of aristocratic power was appropriate for Europe, where feudal privileges, family titles, and more limited economic opportunities created conditions that sustained class distinctions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Archimedes’ principle is a limit case, not a universal principle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We can go to the washroom if we put our hands up, though there’s a limit to how many times a day, they mark it down on a chart. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z President Wilson was growing tired of the protests, and he asked the press to limit coverage of the protesting suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But my reactions were limited to the attitude of the people about me, and I did not speculate or generalize. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard Parker’s territorial claims seemed to be limited to the floor of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The street they strolled had sparse, country-lazy traffic that never exceeded the speed limit. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He comes to a promising field, descends, locks up the bike: he is prudent enough within limits. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “But here we are, speeding down the road. And we are speeding, aren’t we, Great-Aunt Tootie? Surely we are exceeding the posted speed limit?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z At least theoretically, there is no upper limit for an earthquake–nor, come to that, a lower limit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Such instruments, however well constructed, could not make sufficiently exact measurements or calculations to test the limits of Ptolemaic astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Yet another misperception people have of mathematics is that it is limiting, and somehow opposed to human freedom. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Over at the Hudsons’, Luke was testing limits more and more. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z None of this has made any sense to me at all, but I limit myself to asking what the product is, assuming there is some kind of product involved. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or there will be consequences. My mercy has limits.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The two of them balanced each other well: Zeitoun’s English had its limits, so when bills had to be negotiated, hearing Kathy’s Louisiana drawl put clients at ease. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His thinking was limited to devising a way to kill a monster which was threatening to kill him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In truth, there was no doubt that a relativistic limit to cyclotron energies existed; the question was where it was. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Modern mathematicians know that the terms have a limit; the numbers 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and so forth are approaching zero as their limit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Slowly the white wings of the boat moved against the blue cool limit of the sky. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But Shawn’s lazy eye has reached its limit, dropping entirely to the bottom of his socket, and he nods off for a second and then pops his head up, disoriented, beginning the whole trick again. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z During the fall the show moved from one vacant lot to another, staying always within the fringes of the city limit, until at last it had encircled the town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Using one signal or another, each form of life announces its proximity to the others around it, setting limits on encroachment or spreading welcome to potential symbionts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Athenian bulk exports to Egypt would have been far more limited than her imports, Alexandrian cargo ships would come home far higher in the water than when they set out. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Maybe land shouldn’t belong to people at all. Or maybe there should be limits on what they can own.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Patterson, meantime, was left to try to make sense of things with very limited materials. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They kept floating out there, suspended, as if the horizon had finally become what it always seemed to be from shore: the sea’s limit, beyond which no man could sail. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Linear B was inherently so ambiguous that it remained restricted to palace accounts, whose context and limited word choices made the interpretation clear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s go! I want to see you push yourselves to the limit here,” Coach Williams yells in our general direction. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z It was a good lesson, I think, but it limits you some.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Her life was limited to these things and this work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe, on hunch, that an inventory of our major disease problems based on this sort of classification would show a limited number of important questions for which the predictable answers carry certainty. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The library at the Worldwide Church’s Ambassador College, to which he had access, was highly limited. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, she’d had a lot of practice pushing demigods beyond their limits. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mattie’s was a combination bar and grocery, the grocery aspect limited to a sparse selection of goods, soft drinks, bread, and canned foods for the most part. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Marshaling forces to fight in the limited way we can fight. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The door, to a limited extent, opened; Pris, no lights on in the room behind her, peered out into the dim hall. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Practical advice should be ‘Spray as little as you possibly can’ rather than ‘Spray to the limit of your capacity.’ Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The blindness of their limited lives—lives truncated and impoverished by the oppression they had suffered long before they had ever heard of Communism—made them think that I was with their enemies. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We spend most of the day together at school, but not in a way that limits our interactions with other people. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We already know that 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and so forth has a limit of zero; thus, as we subtract the terms from 2, we have nothing left. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Those who overstayed their welcome were forcefully reminded of the limited duration of Indian hospitality. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His grandma hadn’t gotten paid yet, and food was limited in their house. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But that position is not a formal office to be filled and carries only limited power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was drawn to it because it was a diverse school with limited financial resources and yet had been deemed academically outstanding. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were a classic bunch of overachievers who had become living proof of all the perceived values of white working-class and middle-class America—desire, self-sacrifice, pushing oneself beyond the expected limit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “That must have been it. They took you for some redneck hillbilly singer. I’ve had some experience with those people. They’re rather limited.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A few paces from the rivers bank, on the village side, stood one of the stone crosses that marked Stromford’s western limit. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Here, on the borders of death, life follows an amazingly simple course, it is limited to what is most necessary, all else lies buried in gloomy sleep;—in that besides our primitiveness and our survival. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Studying data on human structural limits compiled by Finnish mathematicians, famed track coach Brutus Hamilton penned an article for Amateur Athlete magazine stating that a four-minute mile was impossible. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Miss Trixie had stepped on the sign during one of her occasional pointless tours of the office, but the damage was limited to only a small sneaker print on one comer of the cardboard. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But its convenience is limited to the time you need it while you are in that particular town on that particular business; you hope it is comfortable, but prefer, rather, that it be anonymous. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course his horizons are limited, but how wide are mine? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was not,” says Jutta, reaching the limits of her French, “very easy to be good then.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the evening, Salim sits in his hotel room, reading his Qur’an, telling himself that this will pass, that his stay in this strange world is limited and finite. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I spent the night sleeping outside the city limits of Imre in a soft bed of heather. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But three subsequent United States Supreme Court decisions had put strict limits on the sentences that juveniles can receive, eliminating death sentences and many sentences of life without the possibility of parole, sometimes called LWOP. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Archaeologists had been making inferences from limited, indirect data. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Felix knew it was a bad idea—his range was limited. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s marking the limits of where he’s been. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z According to law, the trashman had to dump his baskets outside the city limits, where the river made a wide bend. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Ms. G said we’re not limited to just using them on English assignments. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Officials, recognizing that they were playing host to the most adored visitor ever to cross city limits, rushed to prepare. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole plan was to limit oxygen and keep an explosion from happening. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the strong support of life with his parents and siblings under one roof and chafing under foster parents and teachers imposing limited state policies, Malcolm simply dropped out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides avoiding one another in limited space, they had to dodge the wicked claws of the rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m asking him to limit the damage in Russia.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z If we could get that set up, we'd only be limited by transmission time! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Many argued that nations whose resources weren’t just limited but scarce had to make the best possible use of the little they had. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Only the greenwitches remained, and their magic was limited to saying the old rites for birth and marriage and death. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Peugeot belongs to a particular genre of legal fictions called ‘limited liability companies’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Having reserved his limited cash for the cigarettes and snacks he gave to border guards, he had eaten little in recent days. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “You’re just so ... good at all this. So confident It makes me nervous just being inside city limits.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It even had a limited choice of coffins, hidden away in a back room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Supporters assured them, however, that these partial and limited concessions only reflected the fading gasps of a dying institution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It soon became clear that there were limits beyond which one could not transgress on the Manhattan. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bit by bit, straining my short patience to its utmost limit, the story of Hiram Wallace emerged. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And since the buildings were just pieces of software, their design wasn’t limited by monetary constraints, or even by the laws of physics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, in the subsistence economy of hunting and gathering, there was an obvious limit to such long-term planning. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she’d veer out of her lane for a second or slow down so much, she’d be driving way below the speed limit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Various doctors came down infrequently, pulling a small white partition around the bed to offer my grandmother some limited privacy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is important to remember that the vast majority of people in the Middle Ages were farmers with a limited amount of land. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The company is fined for each metric ton of pollutants over the legal limit. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “We do not operate well when the important facts, the essential conditions, which limit and determine our choices are unknown,” Oppenheimer declared. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As lower minds function, study, or ‘science,’ is concerned with a limited set of various types of things. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I wasn't thinking of Daisy and Gatsby any more but of this clean, hard, limited person who dealt in universal skepticism and who leaned back jauntily just within the circle of my arm. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z After years of disbelief and argument from other scientists, Hay- flick’s paper on cell limits became one of the most widely cited in his field. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The staff noted that he was reserved and quiet and tended to keep to himself, but they commended him for limiting his interactions “so that he is not drawn into too much negativity.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In addition to restricting the overall size of their virtual environments, earlier MMOs had been forced to limit their virtual populations, usually to a few thousand users per server. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was preeminently the smell of the human body after it had been used to the limit, such a smell as has meaning and poignance for any athlete, just as it has for any lover. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And why was there no sign of its initial climb past ecological limits, only of its subsequent collapse before them? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even if the analysis is limited to felonies—thus excluding extremely minor crimes and misdemeanors—nonviolent offenses predominate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This natural limit shows up again and again in simple tests. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because she loved to hear it, and the men loved to hear themselves, they would “woof” and “booger- boo” around the games to the limit. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “In 3000 b.c. your aliens would have had a very limited number of options on the menu. And one of those options would have been the Norte Chico.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mary didn’t have the power to remove the limits that society imposed on her girls, but it was her duty, she felt, to help pry off the restrictions they might place on themselves. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If you listen to everybody who claims to have seen Jeffrey-Maniac Magee that first day, there must have been ten thousand people and a parade of fire trucks waiting for him at the town limits. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote this book because I wanted to chronicle my quest to challenge society’s limited perceptions of what a Muslim woman, a Black woman, or an athlete can be. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Farmers tend to eat a very limited and unbalanced diet. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Publishing an addendum to his initial paper, he conceded that the true relativistic limit might be double what he originally proposed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The velocity was too great, the time for reflection too limited. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The upside was that because she’d been so worried about being late, Dimple had driven ten above the speed limit the entire time, refused to stop for breaks, and made it early. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The hazard is not limited to professional prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Way after a while they arrived at Mrs. Turner’s eating house and found the place full to the limit. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z And when you remember that we evolved from apes, you have to admit how limited human intelligence is mostly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z To that end, he set up a limited liability company. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This sort of careless reasoning is hardly limited to the uneducated. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z What is the limit of something that gets smaller and smaller and smaller without stopping? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z No other prison system I know of limits inmate access to Newjack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were too limited, or too easy, or too obvious. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, Johanna says to him, “Can you promise me that you will, wherever possible, try to limit the destruction we will cause?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Their courage is already stretched to the limit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I came out of it I received the usual lecture about slowing up, losing weight, limiting the cholesterol intake. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And I recognized that I couldn’t force my teammates and coaches to push past their own limited thinking. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He learns how to receive a purely literate education, one using only a small part of the personality and challenging only a limited area of his being. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The local city library’s collection of African-American books was limited to a few dog-eared copies of Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery and a few other equally innocuous works. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I can see alliances forming, lines in the sand being drawn—all within seconds, and all because I announced that I have a limited supply of something that all of them desperately need. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z For the world to be logically consistent, there must be a cosmic speed limit. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rain says there should be no limit on giving,” he lectured serenely. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Composers of the mid- to late-eighteenth century limited themselves to a small choice of chords partly as a reaction to the harmonic style of their predecessors, but also to emphasise the primacy of the melody. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This was a car that sneered at speed limits. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She was a terrible cook, an even more limited housekeeper. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the number of possible questions, on privileging immediate answers. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Ignatius had bought a large, elegant, limited edition of the English translation, and all fifteen dollars of its price hit Patrolman Mancuso in the head with the force of a dictionary. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In compensation, the sculptor has treated the limited free space atmospherically, yet the figures remain imprisoned in stone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z An archaic sociologist living 20,000 years ago, who had no knowledge of events following the Agricultural Revolution, might well have concluded that mythology had a fairly limited scope. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were still adjusting to the limited, gridlike visibility of the burqa, her feet still stumbling over the hem. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much to guide us but the trees themselves and a view I remembered of the blunt, bulky Inyo Range that bounds the eastern limit of the valley. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, our biologists are profoundly limited. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When push came to shove, he transcended his limited human frame with strength no man could have and weapons no man could handle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything in an enclosure must be just right—in other words, within the limits of the animal’s capacity to adapt. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I explained that for the moment MK was limited to sabotage, but that if sabotage did not have the desired effect we would probably move on to guerrilla warfare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy didn’t notice they’d reached the city limits until the senators in front of him started slowing down. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I'd been raised to be confident and see no limits, to believe I could go after and get absolutely anything I wanted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So while teenage emotions have gone into hyperdrive, reason and logic are still obeying the speed limit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z What not to feed chickens: Avoid desserts, citrus peels, coffee grounds, moldy food, and junk food, and limit scraps to a small portion of your chickens’ meals. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z We can connect a limited number of sounds and signs to produce an infinite number of sentences, each with a distinct meaning. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere there are limits, but the thin fattens, the cloudy clears. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was long thought to be a physical limit on the maximum speed of an object moving through the air. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Our class sizes were large—mid-thirties, sometimes close to forty—and many of our teachers were stretched to their limits just trying to keep us all from teetering over into chaos. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Ragtime’s syncopation was drawn from a relatively limited menu of possible variations, and could therefore also be written down and mastered, in time, by any competent pianist. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Emily and Matthew were limited to one suitcase of “nonessentials” and one suitcase of books. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Its jurisdiction was strictly limited to relations among the nations and outside groups; internal affairs were the province of the individual nations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I therefore hit out at him and was going to hit out again, when he said, “Aha! Would you?” and began dancing backwards and forwards in a manner quite unparalleled within my limited experience. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z We stacked the filled supers onto the truck like the cat had our tongues, and neither of us said a word till we were back in the honey truck passing the city- limits sign. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My da used to say it’s good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I just sit there like a fool, making small talk and boring observations about stray animals, hoping I don’t embarrass myself with my limited Spanish vocabulary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Broadway was limited to emergency vehicles, and they were flying down the avenue, their sirens screaming. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “You understand, don’t you, how limited will be your contact with the rest of the faculty and with the school?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a neighborhood that had degenerated from Victorian to nothing in particular, a block that had moved into the twentieth century carelessly and uncaringly—and with very limited funds. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z People who taught me that no accident of birth—not being black or relatively poor, being from Baltimore or the Bronx or fatherless—would ever define or limit me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The weather of Winter is so relentless, so near the limit of tolerability even to them with all their cold-adaptations, that perhaps they use up their fighting spirit fighting the cold. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You have very limited powers of spontaneous thought. I knew you’d thought that up a long time ago. I maul you when it’s just my mind against your mind.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z No one else is telling me to limit myself like this. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So I might set aside Hrothgar’s whole kingdom and all his thanes if I did not, for sweet desire’s sake, set limits to desire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not allowed in there. Convict areas are off limits to you kids,” he says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end I had hoped that a home for the aged would give the old woman the comfort that with my limited means I could not provide for her. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Love knows no limits; it sees no distinctions based on birth or any other characteristic. A prince may love a seamstress as much as any princess.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And the feeling is not limited to me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To the south lay the swamps, covered with an eternal vegetable scum, and the whole vast universe of the great swamp, which, according to what the gypsies said, had no limits. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z After she knocked her head into the roof a dozen times, her body remembered the limits on her movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The future of a young woman in seventeenth-century Germany was rigidly limited. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Caught in a lush, green trap, Indian villages could not possibly have grown as large as he reported—indeed, Meggers once proposed an upper limit of a thousand on their population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like a general who had been stripped of his stars, he limited his smile. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was laved with warm liquids, felt gentle hands move through the indefinite limits of my flesh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They caused no flurry and piled up a limited heap of information. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought they were all safe, I thought there was going to be an age limit!’She was in floods after that Daily Prophet article about him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then, being endowed with many virtues that made him venerable, while he was alive he always held both the one order and the other within their limits, and he was never either hated or despised. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But there was also a limited amount he could do with them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But there would be no limit to what our Lord would want of Patria Mercedes, body and soul and all the etceteras besides. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The people who made their homes within his limits came from some of the hardest, meanest places on earth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked- off. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I knew not only her habits but also her limits. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I want to push boundaries with this one. No time limits, either. I’ll even give you first move.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This process will generate the elements carbon and oxygen and provide additional energy for the Sun to continue shining for a limited time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I withdraw four hundred dollars, the max limit at this ATM. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Like Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson knew that the rest of her career would be defined by her ability to use the electronic computers to transcend human limits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But any food production that did arise indigenously in Australia would have been limited by the lack of domesticable animals, the poverty of domesticable plants, and the difficult soils and climate. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Breakfast conversation is limited to a series of laconic grunts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But I now knew the limits of my caring, the reach of its powers, etched by an enemy old as Virginia. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Under the conditions prevailing it provides mere paper security and promotes a completely unjustified impression that safe limits have been established and are being adhered to. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When we reach the outer limits of the city, it begins to snow again, large, light flakes that swirl in front of the headlights. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Arthur Kinzie had just moved back to Chicago on October 6 and was one of those who had fled with his family to the northernmost limits of the city. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z His heartburn was spreading out to the limits of his chest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But gravity isn’t limited to celestial bodies, it applies to people, too. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Now it stood before him, staring, nevermore to be escaped, and its mouth was enlarged without any limit. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z —Most of my friends were very understandin’, and most of my teachers were cool—as cool as teachers can get—they do have their limits, you know. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t ask, don’t tell only applies to proper Indian Muslim boys. With limits.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “You know,” Kelly continued, “she’ll probably give you the part just to make the point. She’s always going on about how we’re not supposed to let people’s expectations limit our choices.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Usually, we insisted on keeping the press corps at a distance from our kids, limiting them to photos and then only at public campaign events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But there was a legal limit to how much time one could be kept in solitary. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Though his departure for Rio would limit him to only a night’s stay, he liked the idea of meeting the people who did clever biological experiments about DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Besides, there’s a reason a quest is usually limited to three demigods, right?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It made her even more thirsty, but she didn’t want to drink any more of their limited supply. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “It is not a question of trust. I have, as we both know, limited time. It is essential that I give the boy enough information for him to do what he needs to do.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When her activities were limited Jean Louise confined herself to gambling for small sums behind a coal pile in the rear of the school building. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you think that cities have the right to limit the number of pets per household? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Yet these modern efforts have achieved only very limited successes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Jobs were hard to come by, limited at least somewhat by the fact that managers at some of the big factories in Chicago regularly hired European immigrants over African American workers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The clock metaphor is thus used by Descartes to make an epistemological argument about the limits of our understanding, rather than as an analogy as to how the universe actually works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z No car, in a climate where bikes might prove of limited utility. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the hospital cells were off limits to the general population, we had a number of traveling prisoners stay with us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: There must be some limit—the Time-Turner must have some kind of time limit. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I did not intend to allow the white people of this country to tell me who I was, and limit me that way, and polish me off that way. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But this was not the limit of Gilbert’s ambition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In any case there was a limit to what they could take in the cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close but from outside, from the empty meadow, you see its true limits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There were limits, but my body was nevertheless lithe, single, solid, one with me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z After his election to the White House, President Trump limited the influx of refugees, increased immigration arrests, and pressed to build a wall along the United States’ border with Mexico. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z So many people are calling that Junior thinks I should limit those trips. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of allowing each officer to rely on his or her own limited experience and biases in detecting suspicious behavior, a drug-courier profile affords every officer the advantage of the agency’s collective experience and expertise. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The reason they were so big is that they had no one to compare themselves with, so the sky was the limit. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Up to now, my life had been bleak and limited, and it showed no sign of changing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But she had no intention of living a life like her mother’s, in which housework defined and limited the horizon of her worldview. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was a limit to their melting, and they found it, and defied it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The entire executive of the ANC had been invited, but bans limited their attendance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We had a very limited amount of the Cobalt Blue Orchids, Nats, and they’re very delicate—we had to keep all of them in the lab. We couldn’t have given any away.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If June is planning to help me escape, she sure is pushing her luck to the limits. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As new Malthusian limits were imposed—diseases, famines, parasites—new breeds gained a stronghold, and the population shifted again. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z So Christmas Eve with us was Fang’s holiday highlight, and, having limited funds, he never brought over any gifts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Our knowledge of life is limited to death. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Being limited in materials, due to shortages and rationing, she used a gorgeous sunset-colored wool that she had unraveled from a suit tailored for her by Ormaie’s most expensive modiste in 1912. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And tonight he was far too serious— he seemed to have reached some final limit. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z On this Holy Thursday, Father Restrepo had led his audience to the limits of their endurance with his apocalyptic visions, and Nivea was beginning to feel dizzy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And even if every star managed to lose enough mass to avoid collapse, what would happen if you added more mass to a white dwarf or neutron star to take it over the limit? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! ma’am, but there may be a difficulty. Pardon me—but you will be limited as to number—only three at once.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It was warm, it afforded me a limited amount of privacy, and the wireless reception wasn’t too bad. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You kids do beat the limit. Who would have ever thought?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess there’s a limit to how many questions she’ll answer,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “No limit, no questions asked. Just use your palm whenever you need to make a purchase, and the charge will go directly to this. Cancel it by signing your own name against your palm.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At first, I had thought it possible its limited success was due to my not having spoken clearly enough. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But this involved acknowledging the limits of their knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The “finger” nodded its head stiffly, but did not exert its limited brain-power on speech. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We might want to say that these virtues and this limit can be summed up in the word ‘objectivity’; but objectivity is a nineteenth-century concept and implies new ways of observing nature and recording information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Eventually, with the concept of a tacit reserve, a principle from moral philosophy is introduced directly into epistemology, establishing a limit to knowledge claims. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And I won’t have to limit using my crimson and indigo pencils anymore. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “There don’t got to be a limit, because it ain’t nothing but chance.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Many people, Thomas Jefferson and future president James Madison included, felt that Washington could not legally convene Congress anywhere but within the city limits of Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The speed limit drops from fifty-five to forty-five and then to thirty-five. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When they were all rushing around fighting for the limited food supply, Frightful would find them easy to catch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Because there was a limit to just how much you could lie to yourself. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Some of those players could play with anybody, but the white leagues were off- limits to us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For loving him, even if it’s only in the limited way that I can manage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He raged against the system, if only to his own disciples, calling for a day when scythes would have no limits on gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “You simplify everything, being without understanding. Your views are so limited it is impossible to explain to you.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “As interesting as this may be, we have limited time, and you came here to do specific research. What can I help you with?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At this rate, the march would be over and done by the time he reached the city limits. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But expressive abilities of music do not have to be limited. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The catacombs were much larger than the wine cellars, but they too had a limit. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They were running up against the limits of their own brains. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Patrolman Mancuso’s olive skin flushed slightly, except in limited areas scratched by the Peace Party auxiliary. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I, too, had someplace to go and a limited amount of time to get there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The central limit theorem states that under a wide variety of circumstances this will always be the case—averages and sums of nonnormally distributed quantities will nevertheless themselves have a normal distribution. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That each living thing was specially designed, that one species did not become another, were notions perfectly consistent with what our ancestors with their limited historical records knew about life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The new law placed a limit on the number of Jews allowed to attend elementary schools, secondary schools, and universities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Smith had asked him to limit the horse to dry mash, but Ollie had begun sneaking in warm oat-mash snacks when he thought Smith wasn’t looking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The COD, though small and limited mainly to Johannesburg and Cape Town, had an influence disproportionate to its numbers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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