| 单词 | literally |
| 例句 | It was so good, in fact, that it became—and remains—the operating system on which literally millions of computers around the world run. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “The idea of San Francisco being a cultural mosaic—literally a collage of different cuisines—is very clever. Technically it’s beautiful, and it’s executed perfectly.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z As if hands were inside the trunk, a force began to rattle Seven and literally push her off the branches. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z While intended as a libelous description, Adams’s choice of words was literally correct. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She was a part of the image somehow, and she knew that when it was finished, the bond between her and the colorful, towering figure would literally be sealed by spirit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In the last two centuries, people have literally carted away many of its buildings, using the stones for churches, homes, bridges, public buildings, and even landfill. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The lucky ones are excluded, the unfortunates are harassed, humiliated, sometimes assaulted literally as well as socially. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Islander, in fact, divided the fog, the bow literally peeling it open. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In retrospect I’m sure he meant this literally, that he was asking how he could help, but my ears, solitary and suspicious, heard something else: What do you expect me to do? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you literally just ask me to make a ‘Soojin Is Awesome’ song?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “We’re literally standing five feet away from your boyfriend, and I'm asking you to prom.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The words stenciled on the box mean “Fragile,” but literally say, “Use a little heart.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Victoria tried to rope me into staying late, but I literally felt like my entire body was numb. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “They literally swam around with the dinosaurs four hundred fifty million years ago.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It’s just, quite literally, a matter of life or death. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z That pursuit itself is nothing novel, of course, but now, a new generation of powerful technology lets researchers see the inside of the brain, watch it work, literally, and observe when it fails to work. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Newton’s modern biographer, Richard Westfall, concludes that we should regard Newton’s claim to have been surprised by the oblong image cast by the prism ‘as a rhetorical device which is not to be understood literally’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But hey, I smell more blog post fodder. Dill? You seem like you’ve thought about it. Kick us off. The conversation, I mean. Don’t literally kick us off the Column.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She sprinkled fairy dust on the room, literally. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z This was an idea that had literally never occurred to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “No, I asked first, and since you are literally chilling here behind these trees, and no one does that at Red Witch Bridge at night, your answer is infinitely more important than mine.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Mark couldn’t believe how quickly she’d gone from totally fine to literally on the ground, too weak to stand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Basically, what happens is that your breath literally smells like a rotting corpse. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “But you could interpret it literally,” I say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The upshot is that by the turn of the twentieth century, paleontologists had literally tons of old bones to pick over. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It didn’t really occur to me that he would carry out his commitment so literally. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But now it was here, literally around the corner. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Standing outside Rosebank Union, I was literally falling asleep on my feet. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “And then you died and left Mama and me to pay for it, literally. All my life, I’ve been paying for your risks, and your mistakes.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The people around us were hard-working, boisterous, a little proud of their nickname, yo-go-re, which meant literally uncouth one, or roughneck, or dead-end kid. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “This sheet says his favorite food is mutton pie. I literally cannot think of a more boring food. He’s like a cardboard cutout of a person.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have surprised him if one day Beatrice literally chewed Lonna’s head off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In a vivid recounting, Terryl says she didn’t see Danny until it was too late: He was standing right next to them, wearing the familiar blue work pants and shirt, literally stinking drunk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z So Sylva sylvarum is literally ‘the wood of woods’, but, effectively, The Lumber Yard. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rufus let out a whoop and swung down literally on top of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Only one thing followed type: Afterward, when I had my face resting against Augustus’s chest, listening to his heart pound, Augustus said, “Hazel Grace, I literally cannot keep my eyes open.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “I tried to know as little as possible. I literally did,” Elizebeth later said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was attached to the kitchen—like literally attached, without a door. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z In Xhosa, Rolihlahla literally means “pulling the branch of a tree,” but its colloquial meaning more accurately would be “troublemaker.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Digges was not a conventional reader of Copernicus, for he understood that Copernicus really did intend to be taken literally when he described the Earth as moving and the sun as stationary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Would there literally be a line, a wall, guards? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I watch her for a moment, and then I wander over to the prop table, where literally everything is out of place. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Not literally, but their voices as I heard them in my head hurt just as much as if I’d really heard them all around me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The words literally poured out of his mouth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an unsettling current in his voice, a genuinely conspiratorial note, as though he believed literally everything that had been said. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z This comes as almost more of a surprise than anything else Phil has told me because he’s literally the poster boy for Batavia High School football. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The air turned electric—literally, as Jason started throwing off sparks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For one thing, outside of high fives at the guys’ basketball games, we literally never touch. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Your Honor, literally I shrink from the mere recital of this dastardly crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The really interesting thing is that I might actually have another primary source literally under my pillow. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Which would normally be great, but right now he’s literally lying on pieces of G’ma’s greatest treasures. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Whereupon suddenly, gnashing his teeth so hard little pieces of porcelain literally spewed from his mouth, the sheriff jumped up and grabbed an armload of her saints and threw them into the holocaust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I know you don’t want to talk about it, but I’m thinking the worst. God, if it’s the worst, please tell me, because I will literally kill him.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I had made him believe that I had taken his words literally. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a fact of my life—a cute, burbling, impossible-to-ignore fact—and something compelled me almost literally to put her on the table for this discussion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “No. I mean I am literally stuck. I can’t move my feet.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “They know when the crowds are with them, literally in synchrony with them, in movements and nods and stillness in moments of attention.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Radiation, of course, went on and on, literally and in ways nobody expected. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “At my friend’s house. Her parents are away this weekend. You can drive, okay? My car is literally falling apart.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z ‘It could have been a figure of speech: very little time before the wolves arrive. Perhaps Hades didn’t literally mean wolves. At any rate, we should leave as soon as it’s dark enough for shadows.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There’s a string quartet on this track that makes my hair stand on end, and some of the melodies and harmonies are so rich, my eyes literally prickle with tears. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The whole surface of the cloud was literally swarming with them, and there were hundreds more up above, climbing about on that monstrous crazy arch. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Not literally, Agent. I meant turn them off.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I would tell Him myself,” Augustus said, “but unfortunately I am literally stuck inside of His heart, so He won’t be able to hear me.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Mama was kneeling down, literally holding her own eyes open with her fingertips. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a gray coat with a fur collar that had literally been chewed up by somebody. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no way she doesn’t realize I’m in here....She smiles at something on her phone, tap-tap-tap-tap-taps around, and after literally two seconds, there’s the ping of an incoming text. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I can literally walk up to any nopal in town and cut off a paddle. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I suck it up, literally suck it up by taking a deep breath, and put the boots on the table. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She literally wrung her hands together in front of her as she said it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was no more than a literally heated imagination, but the ground suddenly seemed distinctly spongy and resilient, as if I were walking across a mattress. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As if on cue, there’s a series of bumps from the other side of the closet door, and Henry, halfway into Alex’s boxers, comes literally tumbling out of the closet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Instantly, all of it is gone: the clapping, the laughing, the host who smiles literally every second of the show. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I was literally carrying on my back the history, culture, and heritage of my people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It overtakes you literally by degrees as your body temperature falls and your natural responses grow sluggish and disordered. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I had never before seen a man literally trembling with anger. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In 1605 three laughing Indians in a canoe literally paddled circles round the lumbering dory rowed by traveler George Weymouth and seven other men. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The boy was literally growing up as I watched—growing up because I watched and because I helped to keep him safe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It is literally impossible to see her as anything other than beautiful. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s just. I’m kind of freaking out. This is literally why Nick and Abby broke up, you know?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Elizabeth is literally hanging on my arm, eyes wide. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Okay, you’ve literally been dating him for a shorter time than Simon and Bram. I know people who had longer relationships than that in middle school. Simon and Anna dated longer than that.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z God, now there are two of them and I have literally nowhere to run. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His grandma was going to kill him, maybe actually, literally kill him— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Stephanie’s lagging behind, not because she doesn’t want to get in but because she is literally putting on every piece of swim gear imaginable. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We eat firsts and seconds and thirds until I literally can’t have another bite. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I don’t have to look at my parents to know that they’re angry; I can literally feel it in the air. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The next Wednesday, I ran into Lara after religion class—literally. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I have a theory that Taylor literally gets off on the sound of her own voice. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t working on an article,” Bloom said, his voice literally dripping with false disappointment, phony gloom. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the Middle East, where oil almost literally flowed out of a spigot, finding it here was getting harder and more expensive. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, literally overjoyed, I undressed myself with thick fingers and fell into bed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The theory held that Emeline had stepped in the acid, then placed her feet against the door, thus literally etching the print into the enamel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But there was another problem quite literally brewing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I am most definitely literally exhausted and overworked,” he writes to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I decided during government that I would actually, literally suck donkey balls if it meant I could skip that class for the rest of the semester,” he said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I hear the creak of the stairs as she starts down them, and I literally run out of the house. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Everyone knew everyone, proverbially, and, in the case of the Shaws, it was probably closer to literally. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His voice was cracking, and I could tell he was holding back his tears, literally shaking, trying not to cry. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I could literally smell his sweat, hear every ragged breath, every cry, every cut of the whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He lived, though I still don’t quite know how; his flying body literally knocked the boards from the wall. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Anya brandished the other horseshoe in her hand, planting her feet in the dirt, certain the monster of a man was moments away from literally ripping her head off her shoulders. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Almost literally ripped from his mother’s arms and dumped in more austere surroundings at such a tender age, this scarred him mentally for life, although no unkindness was intended. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Indeed, on several occasions, a seminary student going to give his talk on the parable of the Good Samaritan literally stepped over the victim as he hurried on his way.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could literally see down into a canyon before us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “It is not often,” Buckley continued, “that a representative of the people finds the masses of the citizens who elected him to office standing literally at his back, waiting for him to enforce the law. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around my body, literally trying to hold myself still because my fight-or-flight adrenaline is in overdrive and I don’t know which way it’s going to lead me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Sadly, during the wee hours of this morning, literally none of that mattered. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I head out of the stall and literally run into Mr. Garfield. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The playing field was clearly uneven, both figuratively and literally. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She glanced at her brothers, at her mother, still in her bathrobe on their tree lawn, and thought, They have literally nothing but the clothes on their backs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I threw myself against the man— literally threw my whole body, as if it were only an object, against him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One touch between two CFers can literally kill the both of them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He literally sprang away and Milkman did the same. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer the interview goes on, the more my fury seems to rise to the surface, until I'm literally spitting out answers at him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She pushed me away from her just as she’d pushed my elder siblings away when we lived in New York, literally shoving them out the front door when they left for college. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted her head a little and literally looked down her nose at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He watched me for a while, urging me on, literally cracking the whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I was literally at the edge of my seat watching that episode. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Tally couldn’t believe how much they had salvaged, literally tearing the track from the forest’s grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Both words, at today’s stage of their evolution, can be taken together to mean, literally, everything in the universe. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We were headed east, out of Detroit, literally floating on air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Yiddish phrase he used was, literally translated, “an iron head.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Landscape,” in this case, is meant exactly—Amazonian Indians literally created the ground beneath their feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We were literally now putting our family in front of the American people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As I glance around, I notice a lot of the other tributes are shooting us dirty looks, which confirms what I've suspected, we've literally outshone them all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We were literally only a few hours into middle school, but people had already started calling him the Zombie Kid and Freak. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Now it was all over, and he had literally nothing to do, no Party work of any description, until tomorrow morning. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I ran up to her and said “Hey!” and she literally turned her back to me and continued her conversation as if I wasn't there. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Noodles had literally redrawn the whole thing perfectly, every muscle, every hair. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Like, I literally can’t tell if he wants me to go away or if he wants me to bust into his car with a bear hug. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z One of his field trips was literally a trip to a field where the class watched a wrinkled man fill his mouth with rotten goat meat and feed it to a pack of waiting hyenas. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘The lack of ghosts is eerie. Back in ancient times, Delos was sacred ground. No mortal was allowed to be born here or die here. There are literally no mortal spirits on this whole island.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The admissions office was in a literally ivy-covered hall, a Gothic-looking building that practically screamed Major University! Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She put a hand down to her thigh where a dog had literally torn away a mouthful. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z This was my first really big step toward self-degradation: when I endured all of that pain, literally burning my flesh to have it look like a white man’s hair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The lock clicks, and suddenly Jamie is there in his shorts and shirt, and his hair is everywhere—literally everywhere—and his blue eyes look as panicked as my heart feels. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He ordered his men to never fight back even if they were under attack—even if it killed them, literally. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The resulting jangling, sparklingly dissonant sound, which is brittle, full of edgy attack and a kind of out-of-tune resonance, would have been - literally - unimaginable, even terrifying to audiences of the day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mama literally dragged me to this detestable cooking club because she thinks I’m not old enough to stay home alone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z To him, he couldn’t have landed any closer to his original dream, because now, as a power plant manager, he gets to create electricity out of thin air—literally—using natural gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The plane, which was flying along in otherwise unremarkable fashion, literally fell out of the clear blue sky and crashed to the ground. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I mean he literally turned to solid ice. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He was the first to admit there was no justification for what he had done, except that he had gone literally mad in Midland. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "And Ishtar was literally a goddess, so forgive me if I'm not impressed." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A deep cut from Celestial bronze or Imperial gold could literally dissolve a demigod’s essence from the inside out. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Labor owns one of Washington’s largest non-govemment buildings—situated where they can literally watch the White House—and no political move is made that doesn’t involve how Labor feels about it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps literally, as I had no idea how Devi might have encouraged me to pay my debt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z You could literally see her downshifting from the fastest to the slowest. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z They have a tendency to take expressions literally, and this literal interpretation is often incongruous with the standard one and therefore comical. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood away from the eggs for a moment, literally stood and turned away so that he could not see them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Cohn, I believe, took every word of "The Purple Land" as literally as though it had been an R. G. Dun report. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There is literally no one in the world he can talk to. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Too bad not literally, because that would have helped me disappear from Gregor’s questioning gaze. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I hate shopping, but now I have no choice because I have absolutely nothing to wear—the only three dresses I have are literally falling apart. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Of England. It’s literally on every cover I just showed you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m literally just trying to impress a girl.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Half turning to leave—literally as an afterthought —he pushed the door and it swung open with a sigh. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Can we then expect them to bite the hand that literally feeds them? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I nodded, but she wasn’t a gastroenterologist, and anyway, I literally knew more about C. diff than she did. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z One year, a girl dropped her token, a small wooden ball, while she was at her plate, and they literally had to scrape bits of her off the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He could remember the toughest calculus formulas and had nearly perfect pitch as a musician, but he literally could not remember to put his pants on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, we literally lived above the shop. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The ability to read the calendar in the skies was literally a matter of life and death. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But a chef could make you a sandwich at literally any time of the day. Like you could wake up at three in the morning and ask it for a snack.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Northern abolitionists like Ralph Waldo Emerson made Brown a martyr, and Southern loyalists got up in arms, quite literally, at the idea that this might be the start of a trend. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Booth literally bought their loyalty, giving them food, clothing, and drink. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z These were the very Orthodox, and they obeyed literally the Biblical commandment And ye shall look upon it, which pertains to the fringes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She was literally itching to get away from me, clawing her elbows with well-manicured fingernails. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so much drowning in the earth or the sea, but the feeling that he was sinking into too many expectations, literally getting in over his head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I bet they literally have a tree in the back that just grows waffles all day long. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The whirlpool was literally making her head spin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One’s magnetic and directional subsenses are all wrong on other planets; when the intellect won’t or can’t compensate for that wrongness, the result is a profound bewilderment, a feeling that everything, literally, has come loose. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The answer appeared out of the fog—literally. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “There is literally no such thing,” she answered. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He's literally on my case all the time about stupid stuff. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z This is literally an hour and a half on the train. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She didn’t stop, and pretty soon she’d forced me to the far end of the strip until I literally fell backward to the floor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I’ll be out of this place in a heartbeat—literally a heartbeat. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got no vertical. Like literally, the coach told me I’d be warming the bench a lot, but I had a good arm and was kinda fast, so he suggested football.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Former slaves literally walked away from their plantations, causing panic and outrage among plantation owners. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z While it was wonderfully satisfying to see a sturdy structure arise from the ashes, literally, what had lifted my spirits most was seeing all the Vida folks come out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It literally means “apartness” and it represented the codification in one oppressive system of all the laws and regulations that had kept Africans in an inferior position to whites for centuries. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a surprisingly resonant voice, which had literally moved her, quite against her will, to the door. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As we make our way through the halls, it’s literally everywhere. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The idea being that if you call out the name long enough and regularly enough and literally from the heart, sooner or later you’ll get an answer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z They were understood, quite literally, to be slaves of the state. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I mean, you’ve had a thing for him forever. Like, literally, forever.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He stops with literally six inches between us and looks down at me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He literally didn't recognize the place, and not just because Pattie was asleep on the new Salvation Army couch and Quang-ha was sprawled out on the carpet nearby under a red blanket. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The entire momentum of her body went into a sharp twist, literally forcing Stubble Chin into trying a backflip. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It's a desert so old it's literally rusting. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish Maria were here, I’d ask her how she dealt with having to lie about being a magician literally all the time.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A quantity is something or nothing; if it is something, it has not yet vanished; if it is nothing, it has literally vanished. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Today we say hello to a pair of twins nicknamed Gorduras and Mantecas—literally, “Fats” and “Lards”—in front of the supermarket. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The three or four stone toilets in the village were literally overflowing with excrement. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He pressed the razor to the bone and guided it through the hair, describing an arc across the top of the deceased’s skull literally from ear to ear. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A man waiting at the next bus stop is literally on fire, but he doesn’t seem bothered by it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I stood there, trying to figure out how to tell Brij that I have literally never had a sleepless night about school, period, let alone about...all the stuff he said, when Maddie walked up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not to mention I keep getting distracted by the fact that Moreau is literally in the same place as I am. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “People appreciate him all over the country. He literally has fans all over the place.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Forks was literally my personal hell on Earth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But Mom was expecting that I’d literally watch my little sister, not hand her over to the E Motions owner, so maybe I should check. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Roads literally stopped at the border of many black neighborhoods, shifting from pavement to dirt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Like Tycho before him, he saw the supernova as undermining the Aristotelian notion of literally fixed and eternal stars. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I recognize it from that time she literally got caught with her hand in the cookie jar. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “This literally just came in,” the salesperson said of a sparkly dress, as though divulging a big secret, and Ginika said, “Oh my God, really?” with a great excitement. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The spirit of Beryl Grace literally glowed with need. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The whole thing, literally out of my hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The master went back to Kentucky and told about this strange disappearance, how his slave, Tice, had literally vanished before his eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially as spring came and the insects began their chains of reproduction; radiators became literally packed with insects, and birds flocked to the moving harvest. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Chris literally jumped up, and when he saw me look at him like he was crazy, he tried to play it off and walk all smooth to the kitchen to get his food. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then he literally marched them all up to bed, installed Maddie in his fox’s den of a library on the way, and came back to her twenty minutes later carrying a steaming silver coffee pot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Everyone laughed their heads off, which is not what literally happened but I like the idea of laughing heads becoming detached from bodies through extreme hilarity, so it is a good way to describe things. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z By all the winged lions in Venice, Victor thought, now he's got honey literally dripping from his mouth, the little flatterer. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "Remember, Iris is a tumbler; he might have to drive a few days to get it. And I'm guessing it's hard to control a rover when you're literally starving to death." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were literally hanging out so we could talk about you!” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The next morning Piper woke to a different ship’s horn—a blast so loud it literally shook her out of bed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Pilgrims had literally built their village on top of it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Malcolm saw now that she didn’t mean it literally, but the poor old lady was easily startled, and now she sat down and breathed quickly, her face pale. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I also found on Google the next day that Popocatepetl is really a volcano, and the name is literally Nahuatl for “smoking mountain.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At Duke, I was literally the only hijabi on campus, and I found myself mostly practicing my faith alone. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Imagine that the wires in your brain are crossed, not literally of course. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “This is literally junior and senior prom,” says Simon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I was literally counting down the days until Akhi’s return, but I would never give Sam the satisfaction of seeing my pain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The cyclotron ran, “but it was held together with string and sealing wax, literally.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I marveled that people could live so close—that you could literally be surrounded by thousands who were only inches away—and yet be completely isolated. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They’re literally like birds’ nests for humans, with windows and doors. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was literally overwhelmed when, in reading the works of Russian revolutionists, I came across descriptions of the “holiday energies of the masses,” “the locomotives of history,” “the conditions prerequisite for revolution,” and so Forth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And this is literally the best day of my life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The crowd literally goes wild after lunch; we’re shouting, “ENCORE, ENCORE!” and they play it three more times before they can get us to head to practice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A couple of drunks and wild teenagers had drowned there, and people at the Owl Club said when their bodies floated back to the surface, they’d been literally boiled. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z So I literally didn’t even know where to start. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And I feel sick, literally nauseated by the smell of bourbon on his breath. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We cannot take the metaphor of a footrace literally. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are literally hundreds of boys at this school, and even more at the University of Georgia. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z When the courts overturned this method of discrimination in 1948, real estate brokers employed a variety of methods to keep blacks literally in their place. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In China, families lived in compounds; a splintering in the family was called dividing the kitchen, and often meant that, literally. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z By the 1980s, catastrophism had been out of fashion for so long that it had become literally unthinkable. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “So this whole relationship is literally a thing because of your lifelong Prince William fetish?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z That any of them could be true— literally true—seemed unthinkable. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But she had left her past so far behind that she literally did not know how to drive. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As he scrubbed his hands clean, the thunder hit two more times, back to back, like the sky was literally cracking open. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Wright’s attack is so well choreographed that many of his soldiers are literally miles in front of the main Union force. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer and Dr. Gazzaley hit it off, even though they seem cut from entirely different cloth, both figuratively, with respect to personality, and literally, in terms of their sartorial choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Everyone—literally every kid in attendance, twenty or thirty of them—was gathered around, shouting and bidding on the goods inside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 “Seattle is so annoying. I can’t wait until I graduate from high school and I can move literally anywhere else in the world.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I mean, my palms would literally start to sweat and my heart would start to race, and I’d start to cry and scream before going to bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z After all, the necessary materials were literally at their feet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She says, “Science is literally the joy of my life. I am literally embracing it right now.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The back door is flung open and someone grabs me, roughly, and pulls me out—literally pulls me out of the car. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Our reporter proposed to say that spectators “were literally turned inside out and shot backward in time.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am different. I mean, literally; we’re the only Indian Muslim family in town.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Her love for her daughter now literally made it hard to breathe. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He imagined being in Frank’s position, his life so fragile, it literally could burn up at any time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’d gone into that situation smug and confident, only to have his feet swept out from under him, literally and emotionally. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The fantastic thing about war was that it was fought about nothing—literally nothing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Hermes will have their EVA specialist, Dr. Chris Beck, suited up and ready the whole time. If necessary, he will literally grab the probe with his hands and drag it to the docking port." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm literally the only one of Fagin’s boys played by an actual guy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She understood everyone’s frenzy—those bags contained literally all they owned in the world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Well, not literally. Come on. We have French.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Like this one I had four weeks ago where I was literally melting away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I burst into my house like my body is literally on fire. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The impact of this feat on the Dufarges was so acute that their hearts literally burst, and they dropped dead at the Laughing Man’s feet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z This is what he used to call his trach tube, a little plastic thingy that was literally inserted into his neck below his Adam’s apple. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z So decorum is, literally, speaking your audience’s language. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He adored her beyond measure and her sudden death left him literally speechless for days afterwards. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When she and Abby see each other, they shriek and hug in the doorway, even though I’m pretty sure they’ve met literally once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I’m speaking literally. He was vacuumed. It changed him.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I felt such pain, literally a physical pain, as if someone had torn off both my arms without anesthesia, without sewing me back up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It's one of those weekends where I don't leave the house at all—literally—except briefly with Mom to go to the White Hen. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z But when war becomes literally continuous, it also ceases to be dangerous. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday’s hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I made the discovery that Bigger Thomas was not black all the time; he was white, too, and there were literally millions of him, everywhere. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “No, he literally meant grind my own beans. Basic-training coffee sucked.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I designed for both of them literally dozens of insulting, sub-normal, but quite constructive, drawing exercises. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The Englishman agreed to send it to him, and what he received was literally dregs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They all take off, leaving me literally holding the bag. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “No, I’m literally opposite-of-sitting. I’m looking for a bathroom and avoiding muggers.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z De la O literally couldn’t see his hand in front of his face. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Seven flew through the woods and out into the road like the Cursed Forest had literally spit her out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Taken literally, this assertion seems implausible, and historians’ skepticism seems merited. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For those of us who were born here, America is literally the only home we’ve ever known. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He had the disturbing realization that each time he put down his boot he might literally step on an enemy soldier. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, a material that can literally fry an egg with radiation is kind of dangerous. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of people—literally thousands—had left condolence messages for her. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She was just a regular kid, not some painted-into-life creature whose entire purpose was literally to catch monsters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Now so dizzy he could barely stand, he was about to ask the first person he encountered for help when he literally bumped into his superior, the lieutenant in charge of the firehouse. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And literally, by the time I stood back up, he was already sleep, slumped in the chair, snoring. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His name suited him, for Jongintaba literally means “One who looks at the mountain,” and he was a man with a sturdy presence toward whom all eyes gazed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank had heard about people’s lives flashing before their eyes, but now he experienced it literally. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I can’t think about that right now. I’m sorry. It’s literally the only way I can deal with this. I’m not walking out of this place unless everyone walks out with me.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” she went on, “there are people who look alike all over the world. Like, literally identical. But when they were DNA-tested, they found out they weren’t related at all. Just totally random.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was so glad we took a break, because it felt like my arms were literally going to fall off. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Most teachers used a Smart Board, but as Mrs. Friedman liked to joke, she was “old-school—literally.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Almost literally. That’s why I haven’t been able to write, Harry; sending letters to you would have been something of a giveaway.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I’m not exaggerating when I say this, but my heart literally started beating like I’d just run the longest race in the world. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z It’s literally one stop from Grand Central to Times Square, but the train never starts moving. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “We’re literally driving to Waffle House. Right now,” Simon says, but he stretches his hand back to take some. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "Then he gained Abubu, the Sky Cutter. A weapon so devastating it could literally slice the heavens." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Manned spaceflight was literally to be just that—for men only. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, the sustained and coordinated effort they required could be compelled only by the authority of religious faith—a faith that almost literally demanded the moving of mountains. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone rattled the gates and the block literally shook. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Aurum leaped at the nearest one and literally bit the creature’s head off with his metal fangs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We can literally drive up tomorrow if we want.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In Haudenosaunee lore, the birds represented nature’s generosity, a species literally selected by the spirit world to nourish humankind. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Another thing that caused a stir among teachers and students was my peculiar way of writing: I wrote upside down, literally. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Latin for “slave” — servus — as rendered in English literally is “the spared one”; slaves being those taken prisoner in battle, who should, therefore, by all the rules of engagement, have been slain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not literally all over her—just staring and accidentally bumping into her in the halls. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “For her, yes, she is. Is she literally, physically growing wings and soaring? Not that we would notice. But for her? Absolutely.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z That white crinkly paper underneath my body means that I literally can't shift a muscle without making the same noise as eating potato chips. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When I was little, I used to think the bridge was literally made from gold. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z At the library I would literally tremble as I came upon whole shelves of books I hadn’t read. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His reaction had caught me so completely by surprise that I had quite literally stopped breathing, and now I found myself gasping for breath. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And likewise, I assumed that my mom and dad would always look for Gabriel, both literally and figuratively speaking. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, the pressure to belong was literally a matter of life and death. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Alec was working about twenty feet farther outside the camp, actually on his hands and knees and literally sniffing along like a dog. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Zero was, quite literally, at the center of Brunelleschi’s painting. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He also firmly defended the idea that atoms moved about in a void and that there was literally nothing in the gaps between atoms. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He literally flung himself around in his seat, yanked the operating handle of the door, and a girl in a beaver coat climbed into the bus. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There are meanings in my book of which I was not aware until they literally spilled out upon the paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally in the heart ofjesus.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I am literally throwing myself in harm's way so he will talk to me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It’s not that I don’t want to tell you. I just literally can’t. Can I tell you something else? A different truth?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I mean, I’m literally writing my name on the list when she asks me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Especially during the summer, the streets so dog mad with heat, untempered, literally steaming with possibilities, none of them good. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe it was this that saved my life that morning, that I was quite literally dying of thirst. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As Karl Johnson explained to me, “I’ve seen young physicians run from these hemorrhagic viruses, literally. They’re unable to work in the middle of an outbreak. They refuse to get off the plane.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I’m going to arrive at my first audition literally changed for the better. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “We were literally there to protest against them using deadly force, so they responded with...deadly force. Incredible.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He looked as if he might literally burst at any second. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When I say I saw her, I don’t quite mean it literally, though she did have body and colour. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When once you were in the grip of the Party, what you felt or did not feel, what you did or refrained from doing, made literally no difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She doesn't have an actual shell, of course, but whatever hard casing that protects her from life literally shifts before my eyes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m exaggerating it, but my memory is that for a whole class to fit into that room, students literally had to pile on top of each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang for me, literally, like this”—and here Kallman gestures with his hand to indicate a space of no more than two feet—“face-to-face.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She who is usual so alert, have done literally nothing all the day; she even have lost her appetite. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z If we cannot literally talk to a work of art, we can learn how to respond to it and question it in order to fathom its meaning. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, about five minutes after I got there, Henry and Savanna were standing next to me, literally hovering over me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe three seconds later she started to heave, literally almost regurgitated into my mouth. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z If Teresa was right, and they’d been that close to figuring out some kind of clue to get out of there, only to see it literally lost in flames ... The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I can feel the anger literally radiating off her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “How do you find time to take literally three hundred and sixteen selfies with Bieber?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In towns further west that did not get the news until morning, farmers were in such haste to join the battle in Lexington that they literally left their plows in the fields. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "The air,” Audubon wrote later, "was literally filled with Pigeons; the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Taken literally, the ban included Elizebeth herself, since she worked for the Navy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There were literally thousands of worlds in the OASIS, and Halliday could have hidden his re-creation of the Tomb of Horrors on any one of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Atacama Desert, just south of Peru on the Chilean shore, is the driest place on earth—in some places rain has literally never been recorded. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When Bobby’s plane touched down at Reykjavik Airport, and he stepped on the tarmac, he didn’t kneel down and kiss the ground—at least, not literally. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If you want to be absolutely correct, use literally to mean “to the letter” or “word for word.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean literally. The less you remember it, the less important it will seem, and the less important it seems, the less anxious you’ll be.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I literally cannot get her to move. It drives me crazy, but it works. So if you’re being physically attacked, try making yourself low to the ground. Flat and heavy.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She said this more than once, and then suddenly she had a hold of his right elbow as she literally led him outside. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z By diverting snowmelt from the ever-present Andes icecaps to high farm terraces, Wari was able literally to rise above the drought and flooding of lower elevations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "We're going to have to literally blow up one of the doors," Lewis explained. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he takes off at a sprint and runs literally six feet up the front wall. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth pulls out a graphic novel and almost literally sticks her nose in it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running inside his head, literally for years. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mopane worms are literally the cheapest thing that only the poorest of poor people eat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the realm of numbers, multiplication is a stretch—literally. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Alex imagines he demanded an explanation when Henry literally made them flee the country under the cover of night after putting his tongue in Alex’s mouth in the Kennedy Garden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And the answer to that question—“because it literally has never occurred to me”—was so outrageously dumb that Colin just picked up the phone without another word and dialed 773.555.1212. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Nate put the dog down on the rug then, and she literally turned over onto her back so that we would all scratch her tummy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And of course, Garrett, who ordered scattered, smothered, and covered waffles with sausage and hash browns, leaves literally a dollar. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “We are literally in the heart of Jesus,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z As much of a warning as that was, it still didn’t sink in as deeply as it should have—because the official responses were, well, literally, a drop in the bucket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes, he’d sit in the theater seats after a game, and literally hundreds of people would hand their programs to him for his reluctantly scrawled signature. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z From around the far side of the Homestead, three of the bigger boys appeared, literally dragging Ben along the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z ‘Doctor Warren, you’ve a young family. You know quite well, if you get killed they may literally starve.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A maple at the edge of the meadow had literally blown up. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t mean it literally,’ Mum said, whisking my empty cereal bowl away from me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn to the side, right here on the centered x, and point at my mouth: “Usually it’s the underbite. My most memorable feature is my underbite, and it goes down from there, literally.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Their mouths literally fell open when they saw us. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His violet eyes literally twinkled, and Gregor found himself liking the man in spite of himself. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Beauty sleep hardly seems important for someone who filters the holy hell out of her photos, but what Harriett does for the ’gram is her business—literally. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He made me so nervous, that I would get sick, literally sick. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, I see. You literally lost your friend? Here?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And then literally, he draws me to him, so close I can feel the hardness at his groin pressing against my dress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All at once, as if they had literally caught the light, the gold spheres blaze bright as glass: the sun is breaking through. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The little rabbit shivered violently, as if she was seconds from falling apart—literally. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I literally thought somebody had collected rainwater in a boot. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I mean literally throwing, not carefully placing, the way she usually did. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She literally stopped the concert midsong and dragged me offstage to go get a checkup. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It was quite literally a tightening and a shrinking of the skin all over my body from the top of my head to the tips of my fingers to the ends of my toes! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z As I continued to read, I got more and more upset: There were riots in the street because people were literally starving. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They were either barefoot or their shoes were literally worn out from walking, the soles flapping, the uppers held on by string. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Parts of Maplewood literally looked like a stand-in for a 1950s movie set, particularly the downtown area with its restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and bookstores. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z With the sea literally at their backs, on a cliffy tongue of land, they had built their tingle wail across the root of the tongue. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a boy walking toward the entrance, holding a cardboard box, and he literally stops in his tracks when the twins walk by. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I am cringing, literally, my entire body folding into itself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wolverine is wild. Invincible. Victory is in his bones, literally,” Styx insisted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “No. I . . .” “Speak up, sir. Why are you so strangely suspicious? Your eves are literally flickering with paranoia.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You will stay in Evora forever, because, sadly for you, my figurative wolves are literally wolves.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Those who held that Copernicanism was literally true, however, insisted that in this case the truth of the hypothesis mattered. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had even convinced a girl to splat with him once, just so he could say, “Girls fall for me—literally.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I have literally just dragged myself into the tangle of hushes at the base of the trees when there's Cato, barreling onto the plain, soon followed by his companions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Daddy literally pulled me away from the veranda, so we could leave you alone with the good cabinet minister,” Kainene said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wept as he told us that he literally had to reach down into the graves, lift out and carry the decomposing bodies to the burning pyres. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The reason they can’t stop thinking about each other is that they are literally obsessed. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I was so scared someone might hear it that I literally begged Father to take me back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I literally just spent two nights with her, and I had no idea she wore glasses. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I mean, it’s literally going to kill us, unless...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He’s right about that—literally—because I sense the blushing coming on, of course. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z For two days before leaving, I literally couldn’t eat—not a thing—I was so nervous. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “It couldn’t literally have been the same suit.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was destined to be misunderstood, or taken too literally because your ideas are opposed to conventionalism. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I was literally shaking with embarrassment, like my insides had turned into ice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I would literally spend the entire weekend with a house full of strangers if it meant not having to see him again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This was literally true, as he was the only student at Fort Hare taller than I was. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my God, this is so gross. I’m literally going to vomit.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Unfazed, Liam pressed his mouth into a tight line, raised his hand, and literally pulled the ground out from under his friend’s feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She would become someone I trusted—as I do still, to this day—with literally every part of my life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As she rode, I realized she was literally glowing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She literally clapped when I agreed to hang it on my wall. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Atoms would literally be crushed together, their electrons forced into the nucleus, forming neutrons. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They got all mixed up in her head, and finally she could not literally believe her eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Norman Bates went to the back, grabbed him, dragged him to the front, and literally chucked him off the bus. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Porky snapped—literally, since he clicked his fingers to his thumbs like crab claws. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z You learn to stuff your pockets with napkins before going in there, and too bad about the customers, who must eat, although they don’t realize it, almost literally out of our hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was literally folded in half, trying to catch my breath. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Terror seized me so strongly that I was literally trapped by it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was a powerful thing to literally hold someone’s fate in your hand, and Joaquin hadn’t had that sort of power in a long time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Not knowing the word, she translated “sister” literally. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it’s happening. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “As the galvanometer spot swung across the scale, indicating that protons of 1-MeV energy were reaching the collector,” Livingston recalled, “Lawrence literally danced around the room with glee.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was literally the dust of the meat, the bits that fell off the cuts being packaged for the shop, the bits of fat and whatever’s left. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “We’re taking that literally. The simulation will teach you to control your emotions in the midst of a frightening situation.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was, he saw after a moment, literally packed with life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Your mouth bleeds, and you bleed around your teeth, and you may have hemorrhages from the salivary glands— literally every opening in the body bleeds, no matter how small. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I shifted uncomfortably, like I was literally sitting on top of all of the secrets I was keeping from Abuela. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I made a quick scan of the screen and my eyes literally started blurring. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z There was the prospect of fighting ahead; but immediately it was winter, and there was, literally, nothing for a soldier to do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She did not believe that every part of the Bible was literally true either. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They used to play soccer with you and Coby till they got kicked out of the league for literally tackling opponents and then, get this, biting them. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z One of them looked at me, and even though she didn’t say anything, my life literally flashed before my eyes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I look around, but no one is paying any attention to me or Mr. Black, our teacher, who is literally the largest man I have ever seen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Anyway, nothing’s coming up on Google or Facebook or Instagram or Tumblr or Snapchat or Twitter or literally anywhere, and I hate this.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It meant “don’t let it make you crazy” but it translated literally as: “don’t put a spoon in your eye over it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Now the horse-pulled machine cut a swathe—literally—through the wheat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z ME: You will literally cause the next ice age. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As food historian Michael Pollan has written, “Virtually every homestead in America had an orchard from which literally thousands of gallons of cider were made every year.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I know he didn’t mean the question literally, but this is as much as I can honestly give. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It looked like she was literally jumping into a disaster, wearing a black scuba suit and a red jacket that a piano teacher would wear for a holiday recital. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z An electronic river of true pain had sprung up in that period of national soul-searching, far deeper than I’d imagined, and it was wrenching to have so much of it run literally through my fingers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think he needed to hear that his words were literally feeding my soul at that moment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “It literally cut everything down,” said Oshiro, “even all the trees.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He banked alarmingly, and for a moment Mrs. Frisby thought he meant it literally. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was so dark now we literally couldn’t see ten steps ahead of us as we walked toward the woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Since about that time, war had been literally continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That was not, of course, an ironclad promise, but he would accomplish it literally. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z My hair’s loose and rumpled, and I’m literally yawning, but all three of us look soft-eyed and sleepy and happy. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She got really nervous and turned pale and literally broke into a sweat within a minute, and then she came up with some lame excuse about really having to go to the bathroom. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Not with everything closing in on me because there are literally people everywhere who I don’t know and they are having such a good time and, oh my God, what am I doing here? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And if those deals fell through he was dead, figuratively and probably literally, too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is literally always the drunkest person at every party. Just ignore him.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I know full well that the thing I can’t stop thinking about is literally down the hall, through two doors, and up a flight of stairs. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Poor? Did I hear poor? When the dollars are literally flowing into this home from my labors? And flowing out even more rapidly.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, she literally turned her head to the side and looked me up and down, as if seeing me from the sideways angle would help her better see the lie. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But nope, I’m literally standing here on the subway, kicking the back of my heel with my foot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya was shaking, literally trembling with the force of her anger. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She literally chopped down a tree once while watching Princesse, who was a baby at the time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z From the time we got into the car to the time we came home, my mom literally did not stop talking. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a ticking time bomb, and even if you’re not blowing up when I do, you might get burned—maybe literally.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She would literally show up, begin talking, hand us the money without even acknowledging it, and start the dance class! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “It literally scared me. I was getting twenty out of twenty right, and we’re talking about guys who almost never double-fault.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He is literally all I think about, even when I’m painting, and usually painting is how I shut out the rest of the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Feo I took to mean not literally ugly so much as ruggedly handsome. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Dylan takes the empty cider bottle and tries to get a game of spin the bottle going, and literally no one else wants to play. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z We can imagine it was rendered literally accessible from the palaces, as Cosimo Medici made Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio accessible through a special aboveground corridor from his private residence. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Its gray stone buildings almost literally had their backs turned to the streets surrounding campus. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Thanks to auxiliary fuel tanks and slender, ultraefficient Davis wings, it could fly literally all day, a decisive asset in the sprawling World War II theaters. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Miss Teen Dreamers. It is time to get ahold of ourselves. Miss Alabama, I did not mean that literally. That is gross. Stop it.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Today it takes a few months to cross the ocean of the inner solar system and make planet-fall on Mars or Venus, which are truly and literally new worlds awaiting us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m on my stomach on this too-small bed in Ben’s too-small room with its warm, gooey air and index cards everywhere, and I’m literally reading a chemistry textbook. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z And the army never learned to bunch its troops into tight formations, as the Greeks did at Marathon, forming human masses that can literally stand up to cavalry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One literally never saw them except in the guise of prisoners, and even as prisoners one never got more than a momentary glimpse of them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He doesn’t know how to ask without revealing that he literally climbed into a bush to eavesdrop on them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I mean it literally: There is at least one species of jellyfish that can grow younger, which is something that pretty much no other creature on Earth can do. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Whether it was true or not, most people said they had first come out here during a sandstorm, meaning their first taste of Odessa had literally been a mouthful of gritty sand. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My hair is literally sticking straight up in the air. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Percy had begun to suspect what might be down in that shrine...literally, the mother of all spiders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was easier to imagine a world of possibilities, a world where literally anyone could be related to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There is literally nothing I can do but hold on until, with no deceleration, we slam to a stop. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Lyles, I cannot thank you enough. You’ve literally saved the boy’s life. Your compassion will inspire him to be a better man. He truly is sorry.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z In fact, accepted literally, perhaps the phrase was accurate, even if to each, the other were merely the light and dark pattern of a bank of photocells. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, not literally murder me, but they'd go mental. It's like...my greatest fear.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “We’ll be able to talk about them. Or we could talk about literally anything else that’s more interesting, which is probably everything.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “My poncho that I had spread on the ground beneath my hammock was literally alive with them,” Cherrie wrote in his diary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “My dad couldn’t come. My mom’s at the England stall. Maddy and Steph are selling scones and jam, and I think my mother is literally going to polish them off singlehandedly.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You literally named me after the Greek root of the word rock,” I say. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For normal potato farmers, it's not worth doing because they're working with literally millions of potato plants. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Goose Fair's literally magic, I thought, sitting there. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I had by that time lived with dogs, run with dogs, camped with dogs, for literally thousands and thousands of joyous and not a little educational miles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He found it hard to believe anything in the Bible was literally true—including the Gospels. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the dinitros, it interferes, often fatally, with the body’s source of energy, so that the affected organism almost literally burns itself up. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Jimmy's hand reached over and touched his wife's arm and at the exact moment that he made this connection, the world literally came apart. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Miss Spider, who was literally squealing with excitement, grabbed the Centipede by the waist and the two of them started dancing around and around the peach stem together. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, you know, not literally. I just wouldn’t do nothing.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It literally fell, as if he’d lost the use of his lower jaw. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I am literally a few yards from the door of the cement house when I pull up short. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They literally stole Athena, so she could no longer be the symbol of Greek military power. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "You know prophecies always have double meanings. It might not literally mean you die." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "I'm literally on my way," I answer, opening the door to the garage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z But it had never occurred to me that anyone could make such a threat and mean it literally as Weylin meant it now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "Nergal is being devoured by the very plagues he spreads. He is literally rotting away. He's dying." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And hanging to his tail for dear life—literally for dear life—were Chase and Mattie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I smiled—it was an inside joke that literally no one else would get. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Then literally an hour later in those same woods, Scoob fell into a creek, and she had to save him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z For one thing, I’m totally up for being a Spier, because that family is literally perfect. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I am literally in there with my ex, Dylan.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I don’t mean I literally saw the color blue. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Look, I know we haven’t started off on the best foot...literally,” I say to Max as he glares at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘I mean . . . literally, you couldn’t be moved. You had almost no substance. If it weren’t for Coach Hedge ‘No biggie,’ the coach assured him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My dad’s dialysis prevented them from coming to the Vineyard, but they were literally harassing me.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Linda draped an arm around her daughter, softly shook her head: “But they won’t hurt you, honey. They don’t bite—” The house was literally crawling with daddy longlegs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond what the answer literally stated, two things were thus communicated. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to slide around her, but she shifts her position so the only way I could exit would be by literally pushing her aside. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “You are quite literally Queen Victoria’s worst nightmare.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You hate parties and people and loud music. But literally everyone is going. You can’t honestly miss the last real high school party of our lives.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I literally wrestled my bread ration out of her hand on several occasions. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She pictured the way Old Chao’s ears rose when he grinned — they literally perked up, she’d never seen anything like it on a human; Old Chao hadn’t believed it when she told him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I made friends with him during our fight at the Wolf House. He’s a free spirit, literally, but once in a while he agrees to help me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He saw the world through glasses literally dense with dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The waste turns to raw ammonia, which blinds you and almost literally rips your nose off your face. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The “topics”—topoi in the Greek— are, literally, places. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The guy had literally been through hell and back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At the end, I asked if I could travel to Amsterdam, and Dr. Simons actually and literally laughed, but then Dr. Maria said, “Why not?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z What if by “know the provenance,” Orlagh literally just meant that she knew where particular blusher mushrooms had come from? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Have they literally wiped awkward from our memories too? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I pointed to the application that I had literally only filled out my name on, so far. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They literally live in bathwater—dirty as it may be—yet refuse to bathe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In fact, Jesse and many geeks consider themselves liberators of ideas and culture, using the Net to literally pry them from what they see as greedy corporations and powerful, censorious institutions. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She understands that when push comes to shove, literally or otherwise, that she must rely on other people being good and doing the right thing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When the lawyer realized what was happening he grabbed an ax, lunged outside bellowing dementedly, trapped one attacking dog inside the chicken pen, and literally hacked the squealing mongrel to pieces. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But for years—literally years—Phil was neither real nor virtual; he was a faraway dream. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I’m going to walk into Henka Games tomorrow looking like a kid literally plucked from the streets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Meaning, literally: a state of displacement, of being driven out of one’s senses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Matt knew he’d been, quite literally, an underdog, and Maria couldn’t resist a crusade. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t take your father’s jokes too literally, Ari. All he’s saying is that he thinks President Reagan is too heavy-handed.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z At breakfast and lunch and dinner my father and I called her “Ah-juh-ma,” literally aunt, but more akin to “ma’am,” the customary address to an unrelated Korean woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Rex Rollins the casting director does a curtsy, something wildly girly, and that makes the bearded boys hoot so hard that I think one of their beards is going to pop off, like, literally. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And he wears so much cologne I literally gag whenever I’m near him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z J. T. thought Venkatesh was crazy, literally—a university student wanting to cozy up to a crack gang? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Movement,” here, was not literally motion, but instruction, or information-code, to use a modern formulation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And I bought a house at the end of a road that terminated on the very edge of a wilderness that stretched for literally thousands of miles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I literally can’t remember if I’m supposed to be mad at her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to Olaf’s evil in loco parentis ways. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The following information was being gathered, quite literally, while the debate over the Quaker petitions raged... Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s literally the type that every little kid draws, a square with a triangle roof. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Charlie kicks me in the butt, literally, and I officially wake up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z There were times when she literally ate dirt. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My face is burning—literally burning—and I think I'm going to pass out when I watch Jamie and Hiroshi shake hands. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As a result, he was a man of action who didn’t mind getting his hands dirty—literally. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z One aspect of the deity, Nishkala Shiva, was literally the Shiva “without parts.’ Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Tally had planned to take the note literally and wait on the hilltop, but at the sight of her friend, she grabbed her board and dashed down to meet them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His face was literally buried in his book. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We literally had to hold on to each other’s shirts and walk in single file so we wouldn’t trip over one another. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “There are literally a thousand other places in the city where it’s easier to get money.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I'll be spreading the resin pretty thin, but it's literally the strongest adhesive known to man. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But in centuries past, pulpit preachers, rabble-rousers at political rallies, parliamentarians, and lawyers would be expected to thunder on—sometimes literally for hours—without a shred of a note. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Her shoulders literally sag when she doesn’t find it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Whitepeople literally threw money at you—just for being neighborly: opening a taxi door, picking up a package. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a high calling in the Church, one of the elders, figuratively and literally, who would travel to teach congregations. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z People in prison are literally erased from the nation’s economic picture, leading standard estimates to underestimate the true jobless rate by as much as 24 percentage points for less-educated black men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The person I needed help from was literally on the other side of the world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I shrieked the word so loud Mom literally put her hands over her ears. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Martha sprayed a dried bouquet with metallic paint, literally gilding the lily. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Harriett texted me and Hudson separately because she literally couldn’t stand the idea of her text bubble even being near Dylan’s, so the three of us grabbed breakfast. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Specimens of Anglo-Saxon, and the same literally translated into Modern English. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z They strengthened throughout the night, literally dampening the spirits of the mob, putting an end to the Washington Riots of 1919. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z For many years Keith Waterhouse operated an Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe in the Daily Mirror and then the Daily Mail, cheered on by literally millions of readers. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I know that doesn't sound crazy, but you have to realize that my mom almost never leaves work early, and my dad has literally never driven up here with no advance notice before. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z To decimate once meant “to slaughter every tenth one,” although it’s rarely used literally these days. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This woman’s back, for weeks, was kept literally raw, made so by the lash of this merciless, religious wretch. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z On the way to the station I can’t stop looking over my shoulder; the sudden scream of a police siren has me literally leaping into the air in fright. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Their platform rested on the term baasskap, literally boss-ship, a freighted word that stood for white supremacy in all its harshness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The old primordial gods like Gaea and Tartarus...How could you leave home and ever be independent of your parents, when they literally encompassed the entire world? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One morning on the way to work, Katherine literally fell asleep at the wheel, waking up shaken but unhurt by the side of the road. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When her uncle fumed, he literally exhaled fumes. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z ‘She’d want one side or the other to win so she could declare a victor. She’d literally be fighting with herself.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Academy had taught us about rules the way a fundamentalist teaches the Bible in church, taking literally the injunctions about moneylenders and Armageddon and wives who existed to serve husbands. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no interest in those shorts, and I could never wear them anyway: My dad would literally chop both my legs off if he saw me wearing them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They were literally, in every way, inside his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They literally covered the walls, each one turned to December. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He literally jumps and yelps like a scared toddler. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z It literally just came out of me, this stupid string of words hurling from my mouth like vomit! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Of course! I can’t let you roll down into the middle of a war without me. I was literally born for this.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Gregor noticed for the first time that Temp and Tick were literally standing over the sleeping Boots, shielding her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s an awesome soccer player and he has a severe Brazil nut allergy. Do you have any Brazil nuts in your lunch? Because they could literally kill him.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “What I meant quite literally,” she says/grinds, “is that the inimitable Grandma Sweetwine, dead and gone, was in the car, sitting next to me, plain as day.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At age seven I’d taken this statement literally, but the headmistress in the picture was smoking a pipe, and her name was Peregrine, a kind of hawk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The boat is the size of a school bus and looks like someone literally dropped a small log cabin on the back of it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The whole time, my heart was high-fiving my brain, and I literally felt like at any second I could sprout wings. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between “literally” and “figuratively.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Maybe because there was something about having this moment in my life, literally hovering above my head, that served as some kind of weird inspiration for the picture I was making. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The beating is so savage that the pistol literally falls to pieces in his hands. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I literally glance at them just long enough to see the name before Mom appears behind me and starts rolling them up. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “You’re literally the worst,” Alex says, and undercuts it by leaning up to kiss him once more, gently, then deeply, long and slow and heated. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He tosses his fork over his shoulder and literally licks his plate clean with his tongue making loud, satisfied sounds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed literally to wound other boys, and sometimes quite severely. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not be sure of the kind of whale because he didn’t know enough to identify them, but he thought they might be blues, and they literally almost filled the bay. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In a space of a few short weeks, he had shrunk, literally collapsing around his lungs as they became the entire focus of his being. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I pull my face away from Jamie and it literally hurts so much I have to grip the desk to keep from falling over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He’s literally leaning into Bram’s shoulder, head buried in the folds of his jacket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z This goddess was literally saying two different things at once. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It only took its meaning from the digits to its left; the symbol for zero literally meant nothing if it was by itself. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “It literally means,” María says, answering for her dad, “‘Stone without water doesn’t sharpen in the forge.’” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z But Monod stumbled on a kink in his results—literally so. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Dimple was sipping her water, trying not to look like she was eavesdropping, but it was hard to do when the conversation was taking place literally two feet from where she sat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Why the Colonel, who literally couldn’t afford to get in serious trouble? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “And when she says ‘during,’” Kaisha added, “she literally means that in the middle of it, he stopped and told her it was disrespectful to wear anything on your head during the Pledge.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It got so bad that I literally got scared to hold Jazz at all. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I’m sort of convinced that time has literally, and not just metaphorically, slowed down, but that’s the kind of thing that would make headlines. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In Bengali the word for pet name is daknam, meaning, literally, the name by which one is called, by friends, family, and other intimates, at home and in other private, unguarded moments. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The food’s boring. There’s no music. We’ve invented eight thousand games and outgrown them all, some of them literally. Why not grow into something?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At the same time, I felt as if something had literally been placed on my head, heavier than I could ever imagine, and my neck was beginning to ache. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He was only the second porter, and his English was still literally translated. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “It’s literally just a title. How do you know it looks dumb?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It might very well be that literally every word in the history books, even the things that one accepted without question, was pure fantasy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “That is quite literally the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He meant this literally, and Brownie knew it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been literally stomped to death, dying of internal injuries. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It looked as if someone had literally used a blade to cut the flesh under my feet from the heel to the toes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I really hoped she meant this metaphorically, not literally, but with Twig, it was a toss-up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 If the wind blew this deadly fallout into rain clouds, it could literally rain down on nearby towns. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The man behind the counter would literally ask, ‘What can I do for you?’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No we don’t. We literally lost because we stopped playing midway.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t want him to take that too literally. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Hiking packs leave you with no recognizable center of gravity at the best of times; here we were literally being blown over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The savaged population of Europe stood helpless as plowshares and pruning hooks were literally beaten into swords and spears.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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