| 单词 | long ago |
| 例句 | He is so speedy, so wily, that mall workers long ago gave up trying to catch him. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She’d mentioned her interest in going there long ago, in the first weeks of their courtship, when the spring of junior year had felt like a remote speck on the horizon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I had long ago hardened myself to criticism. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He could handle a basketball with remarkable dexterity for one who had abandoned the court so long ago. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The great cat had marked Rumpy as his prey long ago. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This all happened long, long ago, in time out of mind, in the days when the gods still walked the earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I suddenly remembered that Carmen had lost her mother not too long ago. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Kevin had learned long ago to translate whatever she was saying into gibberish. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, in a garden in springtime, Ulysses had seen a squirrel made of stone: gray, hollow eyed, frozen. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Then all listened while Elrond in his clear voice spoke of Sauron and the Rings of Power, and their forging in the Second Age of the world long ago. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His mother or aunt or teacher long ago carefully prepared him, explaining that he as an individual can live in dignity, even though he as a Negro cannot. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps I could see her because I have a drop or two of magic running in my veins, leftover from long, long ago.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, he had sawed golf balls in half, trying to find out what was inside; but at some point in his life my brother had become fascinated with the interior of the mind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His expulsion from Ayemenem had been so sudden and unceremonious, and so very long ago. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The lumber had probably once been a staircase, long ago collapsed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That he was outnumbered did not matter because the whole world had outnumbered him long ago, and what do numbers matter? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “That is a good question. As you know, Luna is a bit of a mystery. As was Xan, ever so long ago.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Had I married and led a proper life, I would have sent for you long ago. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Caesar fought like he had struck many a white man, an impossible occurrence or else he would have been in the grave long ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Frey will die missing and regretting the loss of the sword he gave to Skirnir so long ago, for love of Gerd. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His wife, too, came from old island people—the Varigs, Art remembered, hay farmers and shake cutters with a few stump acres on Cattle Point—and her father had passed away not so long ago. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z To-day, over all our land, the unburied bones of our fathers and sons and brothers tell the sad mistake that those men made when long ago they left this one great wrong. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I had long ago recognised the necessity, and begun to take off my coat, but he stopped me with a warning hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The truth is,” I said, “it doesn’t matter what size you are, Bongo. We grow as we must grow, as our seeds decided long ago.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The ornate church building stood on land that long ago saw services held in a rude brush arbor and led by a former slave. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Not so long ago H. Wayne Huizenga, the billionaire founder of Blockbuster and owner of the Miami Dolphins, wanted more elbow room and bought a neighboring house for $2.5 million. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “This day I’m going to give you the whipping some man ought to have given you long ago,” he vowed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I had it settled long ago, you see. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had forgotten Bombadil, if indeed this is still the same that walked the woods and hills long ago, and even then was older than the old. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Their first candles had long ago burned down to the last inch, as had their second candles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And if truth be told, he had perished long ago, back in King’s Landing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They walked still further and the girl said, “Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Destroyed by your kind long ago, in a great war. I am Rowan Goldgale, king of the sand efrits. I will claim your souls as mine.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “B. cepacia? That is rough. How long ago did you contract it?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Yet a part of him was prepared to forgive it if that would bring back those evenings of long ago, when she argued with Master in a living room that smelled of brandy and beer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You and your friends stole it long ago!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The comfortable bungalow was just blocks from the dictator’s huge wedding cake palace that the mobs had long ago burned down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way to win this game playing by the rules that had been set up so long ago. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She crouched down—and remembered the zango, the charm against witchcraft that Masvita had tied around her arm so long ago. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just wanted to check in about the truth you were seeking not too long ago. You make any progress?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “According to it,” Rick said, “the bunch of them came to Earth together. And that wasn’t as long ago as three years; it’s only been a matter of months.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She wore a thick-ribbed woolen sweater, a pair of navy dungarees, and a pair of calf-high fisherman’s boots, and she stood now looking at the portrait of Arthur from long ago, in his logging days. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z If not for Eliza’s fine victuals, and the hungry customers who paid to eat them, we’d have been in the streets long ago. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof had fallen in long ago, and an enormous sycamore had grown on the spot where the sacristy had once stood. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey thought that was a lame excuse and had decided long ago she would never look for him, let alone forgive him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “That he was coming back? No great news, ma foi. I wonder he did not come long ago.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d have long ago digested Violet’s tail and be looking for something more substantial. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s my mother from long ago. She doesn’t mean harm. Most of the time, she sleeps like now. Or just sits and stares.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Is what happened like the mutinies that happened on ships long ago? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He sat for a while shuddering with horror at what he had seen, hardly believing that the still body had been a warm, living, breathing creature not long ago. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Candice picked up the letter, thinking it was an old piece of mail that had been used as a bookmark long ago. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “How long ago did they leave? I could catch up. I could—” What? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He never forgets the long ago, which is so weird about him lately. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, he forbade me to say out loud that I loved him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “How long ago was it?” he said, speaking more to himself than to Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z One night long ago, he had kept Manolo and me, as well as Elsa, in stitches with tales of his journalistic escapades. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Jonas to whom Gabriel had come not long ago, looking for books with diagrams and instructions, so that he could learn to build a boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My mother had long ago grown weary of trying to get Daddy to finish up his university courses. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He came to a tangle of iron and wire: some sort of machine, long ago buried and forgotten. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Inej could never be his, not really, but he would find a way to give her the freedom he’d promised her so long ago. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I thought about how long ago it had been—since Julia Bishop grabbed my arm, spun me around, and kissed me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It had been built so long ago that it held up its own weight, without any support from hoverstruts. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Once long ago she had explained to me that she had disgraced her family when she had run away from her husband and they would never want to see her again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In a pantry they came upon part of a sack of cornmeal that rats had been at in the long ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Rab had been eating bread and cheese all through their first meeting—and that was long ago. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, unions had a place in American society, but they “no longer have much to offer workers,” which is why people are leaving them “by the droves.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Take the housefly. If it hadn’t developed all those split- second reflexes it would have become extinct long ago.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She had had a dream once, not very long ago. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It happened so long ago, sometimes it feels like I’m just telling someone else’s story. Another person’s life that I've memorized.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He thought of the old woman he’d seen not so long ago, the way she’d seemed to know the jungle called to him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They were young creatines—the same creatures whose eyes had met with the almost forgotten click of magnets in the smoky Hall of Camelot so long ago. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon had disappeared long ago, and there was nothing but darkness to be seen through the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z How long ago, an angel who kept the herd of cows in the sky married an earth girl, the Spinning Maid, and took her to live with him in Heaven. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z On a cold, windy day long ago, when I was out in the woods with my father. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This held tea—not true tea, which they’d run out of long ago, but an herbal infusion to help shake off the lull—and biscuits, since Sarai always slept through lunch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z How long ago it seemed that she had worn these things! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On a brisk spring evening not long ago, two dozen men and women gathered in the back room of a Manhattan bar to engage in a peculiar ritual known as speed-dating. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that the story had begun, because kathakali discovered long ago that the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I smile, thinking of Bedi Ma'am's words, which feel so long ago now. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Huh. No more foolish than you were when you were saying the same thing to me not so long ago,” Matthias retorted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She even talked about the leopard that had appeared to her by the water so long ago—if it was a leopard and not a trick of the light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It darted into his mind that he had heard long ago that there were giants in these Northern countries. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I saw them as I remembered them before they went away to war, which seemed so very long ago. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not think of the men who would die; he had learned long ago not to do that. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Where he’d stood once with his own father in a winter long ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “You were in New York not long ago,” he said unexpectedly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “They made their choice long ago. What’s important is that there’s a grand plan in motion, Jacob, and you’ll be part of it.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "Every poor person in England used to wash that way until not so very long ago. And they didn't have a Primus. They had to heat the water over the fire in the hearth." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Hard to believe, he thought, that this wouldn’t have happened long ago. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Not long ago it was proved that Dwight D. Eisenhower was descended from the royal line of Britain, a proof if one were needed that everyone is descended from everyone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Thursday, his birthday morning, dawned as fair and clear as it had long ago for Bilbo’s great party. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If he were not here with us he would have shot himself long ago. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed so long ago now, yet he remembered it with absolute clarity. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Tommy and I talked about all this not so long ago, and his own account of how his troubles began confirmed what I was thinking that night. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The first I clicked on, the Danag, was a Filipino vampire supposedly responsible for planting taro on the islands long ago. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Of course not! I made up me mind not to, long ago! Well, some time ago, anyway." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She also knew where certain marks had been placed upon lake rocks long ago. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z One Saturday evening not long ago, an improvisation comedy group called Mother took the stage in a small theater in the basement of a supermarket on Manhattan’s West Side. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They once stormed the island, I knew, long ago. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In Eregion long ago many Elven-rings were made, magic rings as you call them, and they were, of course, of various kinds: some more potent and some less. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, he had cared what Pilate and Hagar thought of him, but having conquered Hagar and having disregarded Pilate enough to steal from her, all that was gone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It hadn’t been very long ago, I reminded myself, that I had been in their shoes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If we did that, we should have been destroyed long ago. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, it couldn’t have been that long ago. Maisie, help me out here.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He could tell from the whole feel of the place, which simply seemed to sag, as if all hope had been given up long ago—if there had ever been any to begin with. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The young man took a deep breath, and for a moment he looked just like the boy he had been, not so long ago. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Having so long ago exited his life as a father, he had now, at long last, entered it again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She had spawned one son, Francis, who in Jean Louise’s opinion looked and behaved like a horse, and who long ago left Maycomb for the glories of selling insurance in Birmingham. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The first day of school seems so long ago. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Long ago, when his mind had been a nimble boy’s called Wart—long ago he had been taught by an aged benevolence, wagging a white beard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “As I mentioned not too long ago, this is my house. Ain’t no bum knee can stop me from going wherever I wanna go inside it.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Here was an oaken sill, cut long ago and sanded clean and bedded true. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago in a large university town in California, on a street called Orchard Avenue, a strange old man ran a dusty shabby store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered that he played during the summers at Tres Marias, but it was all so long ago that memory had almost erased it, and he did not recognize the place. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled timidly, as if the joke was a pair of old boots that had worn out long ago, but were too comfortable to give up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How long ago now, a month, two months? The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago Mrs. van D. was entertaining us with some bit of nonsense or another. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One can only hope she will go mad like the other one did so long ago. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Since they seemed to take such care, they had undoubtedly got rid of the boots long ago. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been a wife once, long, long ago, beautiful and wretched. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mam says the pig’s head isn’t right for Christmas and he says ’tis more than the Holy Family had in that cold stable in Bethlehem long ago. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her class ended at eight, but I wanted to see the room where—not so long ago—I had struggled over simple reading and writing and learned to count change of a dollar. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “She ain’t up to no visitors, sir. My pap died not long ago.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Maybe they used some of the underground cisterns that had been laid down long ago but had been ignored, or maybe they used saltwater from the bay. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We believed that man should live by hard facts alone, and we had so long ago put God out of our minds that we did not even discuss Him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course they had recognized him instantly—Basta had long ago made that a certainty. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The dried corsages were thrown out long ago, the diplomas and class pins and photos must be down in my mother’s cellar, in the steamer trunk along with the tarnishing silver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Every night she would set out the same kind of snare, a simple loop knot that someone had taught her long ago. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Nailer absorbed this, studying how the island used to be connected before the sea rose and isolated it, comparing his memories of Bright Sands Beach mapped against this paper version from long ago. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I remembered a story my mother read to me long, long ago. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Despite his math background, he had long ago stopped thinking in numbers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It had already enjoyed two days of freedom, and even on foot it would have easily made Brooklyn long ago. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Station agent told me. How long ago did he die?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was because she reminded me so much of another little girl from another time long ago. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It seemed like so long ago that he’d stood here with Hazel, getting his first good view of camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But that did not matter because it had been so long ago. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever affliction he might be hiding, she could see no sign of it, only slender lock-pick’s fingers, and a shiny rope of scar tissue from some long ago street fight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She understood now dearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adde Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Our fellows have probably given me up for lost long ago. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z How long ago the Greeks tried to destroy everything Jewish. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t that long ago, then. How’d the story get around so fast?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long ago I was completely alone here. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “You came from the East not very long ago, didn’t you, Mr. Trask?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t be what they want,” she whispered, and it seemed to her that those words had come to her from long ago. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He long ago learned that if he speaks a truth unpleasing to the white, the white will make life miserable for him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had long ago given up the idea of running away to see new pictures, new faces, as Sammy had so often done. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She could live a long time on the edible berries and fruit that she had long ago learned to recognize. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A white man in a car had called out those words to him not long ago. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z On that day, long ago last summer, she had freed him from the tight bonds of his tikinagun, let him tumble and play. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The word ‘Mother’ suggested other maternal counsels given long ago, and received with unbelieving protests. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And tonight, on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, I also remember what I asked the Moon Lady so long ago. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘For, my friend,’ he said, ‘you and I should have ridden to the fields long ago, but other matters delay me. Yet come swiftly if I call!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Are they under the sun’s rays, living still, or gone down long ago to lodge with Death?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I really do think I owe the secret of my success to that little book I read long ago called How to Survive 101 Calamities. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She is a happier Allys than the one I met so long ago. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Not long ago a group of does had come before the Council and asked to leave the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The click of her high heels reminded Gerald of that day long ago, and he suddenly felt a little dizzy. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The lembas had a virtue without which they would long ago have lain down to die. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z All her misery was in the words, her terror and her pain of long ago, her grief for her child, the burden of the secret she had carried through the years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And not too long ago, at least in Anastasia’s case, if that infant was alive without a nursing mother around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Long, long ago, even the Holy People suffered from this. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But Xan remembered enough from the magicians who raised her long ago that rearing a magic baby is no easy matter. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I’d had years of staring at ceilings from my bedroom to the ICU, and so I’d long ago found the most hurtful ways to imagine my own illness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z And I added a pointed beard and lace at the throat, as the painter had done, long ago in a different time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There were songs and dancing on the Brooklyn streets in those long ago summers and the days should have been joyous. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "They were in the Lounge not long ago," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Yishan grinned and took his handkerchief out of his sleeve, holding it out to her as he had to Lady Meng so long ago. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The battle of living things against cancer began so long ago that its origin is lost in time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He felt it fall, like the one long ago that had shattered his nose, only this one shattered his life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Not long ago I was standing in an airport retrieving a bag from a conveyor belt. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “How long ago was that? I ask you—how long ago was that?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He is the only one of the three who is still alive, although he retired long ago. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Finn, maybe the Google pictures of the other street were taken so long ago, those fences weren’t built yet,” Natalie said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z ‘It is a lie that comes from the Enemy. I know the Men of Rohan, true and valiant, our allies, dwelling still in the lands that we gave them long ago.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I remembered the salmon lady standing by the drawing-room door with her plate of chicken, and it seemed to me a thing I must have fancied, as something that had happened very long ago. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The second samosa had been eaten long ago. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew that wild sea from long ago was much on Timothy’s mind all afternoon. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I did seem to have a vague knowledge that Jews had been killed somewhere, long ago. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When I returned downstairs, I discovered Mr Cardinal moving rather restlessly around the drawing room examining objects he must long ago have become familiar with. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, Clarisse had walked here, where he was walking now. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa hadn’t left the house muttering too long ago when the doorbell rang. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘My people came out of the North long ago,’ said Théoden. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Don’t I know how it is on a fine May night? Wasn’t I young, meself, once and not so long ago as you might think?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “No more for me. I learned long ago that the most important and valuable of acting techniques is the exit.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's all so long ago," she added, stuffing more crisps into her mouth. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “I took you to the doctor’s house...not so long ago either...and you promised to pay.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She pats her hand and tells her that the things she does remember, things from long ago, are as real as what happened yesterday. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Others got sick, but it had happened long ago. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The clocks were supposed to be lit from the inside, but the wiring had long ago stopped working. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z And projects like Pena’s, which not long ago would have seemed marginal, even nutty, now might have to be taken seriously. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It is still your choice, whether you will bargain with it. Yes, we know the brooch well. Menwy Son of Teirgwaedd, first of the bards, fashioned it long ago.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The men of long ago wondered why this should be, and they told stories to explain the reason. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They were done long ago, but a new pain and a new awareness were bom inside me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost all the furniture in his own house had been around as long as he could remember, and whatever patterns and designs it originally carried had long ago been worn away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d had the stitches out long ago and it was nearly gone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On that day so long ago, in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, in the Massacre River, my mother did fly. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It seemed very strange now to think of morality, or that minister long ago, or the poor runaway black. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, I had a lot of fear. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It was odd to think: not that long ago, bombs were dropping here. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “If it wasn't for your stupid, harebrained ‘project’ this woman would have been retired long ago,” Mr. Levy said to his wife. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z About how, long ago, the New World was attached to Europe and Africa? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave up long ago trying to pass the white-glove test. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet there was truth in it; this was the real chaos which he thought he was describing—so long ago it seemed now . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes berates herself for not dating an American who asked her out long ago. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Nokomis snored and often talked in her sleep, calling out to people from long ago. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z All the real doctors and nurses were killed by the Angkar long ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face became the face that he gave her in his dreams, the face that had been hers in a photograph he had seen once, long ago, a photograph taken before he was born. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And this leads, imperceptibly but inevitably, to a state of mind in which, having long ago learned to expect the worst, one finds it very easy to believe the worst. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Someone had lived here long ago, and the vine had grown so heavy, part of the arbor had collapsed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong remembered the lovely Gold orb he’d held in his palm once, long ago. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I was just wondering why you’re here,” I mused aloud, remembering the conversation that seemed so long ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She looked at them sadly, remembering when she had gathered them up long ago after her aunt had thrown them away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I was alone, leaving the smaller cities that had winked out long ago like Christmas lights on a faulty wire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But often Ged would end by murmuring words which Ogion had said to him on the shoulder of Gont Mountain in an autumn long ago: “To hear, one must be silent...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Is this the king’s road or isn’t it? You’d think we were the only people on it. How long ago was that storm? Two span?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Not long ago, I met Lio at a reception in honor of the girls. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She probably didn’t remember playing there among the flowers the last time Papá brought us to see his mother so long ago. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He knew many histories and legends of long ago, of Elves and Men and the good and evil deeds of the Elder Days. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I don’t blame you for crying, but it happened long ago. Try to think of it as a story you read in a book.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The cursed blade was the knife he’d given Annabeth long ago—cursed because Luke had broken his promise and betrayed his friends. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Even after all this time, my mom was still ostracized for something that happened long ago. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “If it warn’t for me you’d have been to the churchyard long ago, and stayed there. Who brought you up by hand?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Wasn’t that long ago folks didn’t have any sugar. No coffee or tea, either.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all been worked out long ago. At least a year.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I understand what you mean. There was a girl once, long ago. I was younger than you, Matty, but I was at the age when such things begin.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “It happened so long ago. I didn’t want to upset you.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Chiron had told me long ago: Immortals arc constrained by ancient rules. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Someone had initiated her long ago; some mysterious shadowshaper had brought her into the fold, even against the wishes of her own grandfather. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The temple walls are decorated with magnificent detailed carvings of people, cows, wagons, daily life, and battle scenes from long ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is long and white,” he explains, “cross-hatched where long ago stitches stabbed in. Like railroad tracks.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But still it could be seen that once long ago a great paved way had wound upwards from the lowlands of the Dwarf-kingdom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In dothe one does not worry much, and what anxiety I had was for the Envoy, who should have waked long ago from the light dose of sonic I had given him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Horace Quinn remembered questioning Adam so very long ago, remembered him as a man in agony. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Men that saw them whispered saying: ‘Belike the old tales speak well; there is Elvish blood in the veins of that folk, for the people of Nimrodel dwelt in that land once long ago.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Bod wondered just how long ago you had to go back before the deepest tomb inside the hill was on a plain, and he knew it must have been an extremely long time ago. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I feared the crows and jays who wait on my mother would have long ago pitched you from their nest, but you are safely fledged, I see,” he said teasingly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Linda had come from the Other Place long ago, before he was born, with a man who was his father. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems so long ago that we lived there now, I’m not even sure I want to anymore. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, when I was caring for Tommy, and I brought up our Norfolk trip, he told me he’d felt exactly the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the imprisoned moonlight welling through the marble walls of Minas Ithil long ago, Tower of the Moon, fair and radiant in the hollow of the hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She opened the door for me but closed it for herself long ago, and for her to crack it open and peek inside was like eating fire. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And anyway, it wasn’t so long ago that slavery was common practice throughout all the United States. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Brick himself was inside for a year not that long ago. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I walk head down, scanning the sidewalk, the gutters, for silver cigarette papers, although I no longer collect them as I did long ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Having a steward fetch and serve for him still felt strange; not long ago, it would have been him fetching breakfast for Lord Commander Mormont. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It wasn't that long ago that I slipped notes into your locker, marked with bff and for your eyes only and our nicknames—mizz frizz and strawberry girl. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was the same eighth grader who had named me Mars long ago, those many weeks ago. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped lightly to the base of Fruitless Mountain, where so long ago Minli had taken some stone to make her compass. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like so long ago, but I did have a fuzzy memory of there being another Latin teacher my first week at Yancy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted to leave long ago! Before the North Koreans arrived!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It was Victorian, redbrick topped with copper domes and spires that had long ago turned green. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Her gardening gloves, still smudged with the last soil she’d ever lifted; a box of her favorite tea, which had long ago lost its peppermint scent; the thick candy-cane-striped kneesocks she wore in winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then: I kneel beside the stack of clothes and lay my hand on them, as if by doing so I can learn where he is and how long ago he came. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No doubt it helped, but Penelope had long ago accepted that a thick mane of glossy, bouncy ringlets was not destined to be hers. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The dark, narrow strips of ground between the stacks were clogged with the skeletons of abandoned cars and trucks, their gas tanks emptied and their exit routes blocked off long ago. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I seen two women carrying a basket down the alley not long ago. They’ll know what to do with the child, and they’ll send one to care for the mother.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, I reviewed a fascinating book for The New Yorker magazine. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Not long ago, young, unskilled men could find decent, well-paying jobs at large factories in most major Northern cities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “That’s not unusual, considering we ripped it out of the ground not so long ago. Give it some water from the canteen. Isn’t it a grand day for a drive?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z One day at that time, not so very long ago, three things happened and at first there appeared to be no connection between them. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z How long ago had his hair turned from sunlight into snow? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I knew this plant from long ago because my mother, who was surely not a curandera, often used it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the food filled my plate and the soldiers and former prisoners around me began to eat, I remembered that day in Kraków so long ago, the day the war had begun. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And not long ago, at a party, we made out. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Przemyśl taught me long ago not to divide people by their country, their religion, or even their preferences in politics. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was so strong that it overcame his fear: he could almost have run out there and then down the road without his hat, as Bilbo had done on a similar morning long ago. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But Father, not very long ago, I was in great danger. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cleaned it not long ago. I wasn’t expecting to have it turned into a stable. But go ahead, it doesn’t make any difference.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The blast knocks him off his feet, drives him sideways, like the other blizzard long ago. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Back in the United States, Liyana’s classes had oral history assignments where they were supposed to go home and ask their oldest relatives or neighbors what the world was like long ago. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After Hermione had gone to bed that night, Harry quietly extracted his rucksack from Hermione’s beaded bag, and from inside it, the photograph album Hagrid had given him so long ago. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even though it’s only been less than four months, it seems so long ago. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Annabeth suspected that without those webs, the statue Would have fallen through the weakened floor long ago. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was a time, not very long ago, in the desperately poor New York City neighborhoods of Brownsville and East New York, when the streets would turn into ghost towns at dusk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t you think if getting afeared and wishing something to happen would make it true, that these here chains would’ve turned to dust long ago? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Billy thought hard about the effect the quartet had had on him, and then found an association with an experience he had had long ago. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It infuriated me to remember that not too long ago I—like this boy—had foolishly played the clown. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, a group of psychologists reworked the divorce prediction test that I found so overwhelming. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He had a natural mistrust of the inhabitants of other parts of the Shire; and also he was not disposed to be quick friends with anyone who had beaten his master, however long ago. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The thought pleased her, so much so that she wondered if it might be some obscure saying of Agatha Swanburne’s that she had heard in passing long ago and then forgotten. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Then she glided and shifted her weight, gracefully executing a combination of steps which the bent woman had danced long ago at seal camp. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because you’re my child. You and Jem were the children I never had. You two gave me something long ago, and I’m trying to pay my debts. You two helped me a—” “How, sir?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The electric company had turned off the streetlamps long ago when the city couldn’t pay its bills. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The three climbed into His Flying Machine, which was composed of wide boards they had long ago nailed across the chinaberry tree’s heaviest branches. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “How long ago were these harvested? And don’t you dare lie to me!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Is he, by God! Hi? They should have forced his resignation long ago. Duplicitous plagiarist! Coxcomb!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been afraid of this. Zella brought me a copy of the Endangered Species Act not long ago. I should have told you about it, but I thought the conservation officer understood your needs.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The world in which she now found herself was not unlike the world from which she had, so long ago, been rescued. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She knelt before the goddess and began the words I remembered from Bianca’s oath, what seemed like so long ago. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The paramedic whom Moss had seen...how long ago had that been? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not long ago archaeologists with new techniques unraveled the tragedy of Cahokia, near modern St. Louis, which was once the greatest population center north of the Rio Grande. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like yours, Djo, my father left long ago, looking for work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Once long ago visitors in the dead of winter a preacher preaching hell-fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Faint cries I heard, and dim horns blowing, and a murmur as of countless far voices: it was like the echo of some forgotten battle in the Dark Years long ago. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This padding to and fro in my room with bare feet, the little furtive bursts of laughter, the stifled exclamations, reminded me of hanging up my stocking long ago. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “It is of the English. I so heard our lord of the land tell his young son who was setting out for the great university of Heidelberg long ago.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What was her name? What years did she attend? And how long ago did she die?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Clearly the passing down had stopped long ago. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I had this vision long ago,” she said. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We had finished Robinson Crusoe long ago, and Kevin had chosen a couple of other familiar books from the library. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I thought they likely were rushing to the place where Cade Hernandez and I had jumped into the Little Buffalo River, and how long ago was that, anyway? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z His brother came sliding through the trees, moving almost as quiet as another brother he remembered dimly from long ago, the white one with the eyes -of blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We were completely off the grid, which worked out perfectly since the power to remote areas had been cut long ago. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Reverend had entrusted me with adult-size jobs, and my grandfather had instilled within me long ago a deep sense of sacred honor in doing God’s work. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Judge Ford did not remember a mole; she remembered copper- colored hair and thin lips, but it was so long ago, and well—Mrs. Westing was white. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that here some memories slipped around my life at the campus and went far back to things I had long ago shut out of my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Eight women came, thrilled that a female pilot was finally getting the chance they had been denied so long ago and perhaps a little sad that they weren't flying along with her. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z There was Battersea Power Station, standing proud with its four great chimneys still intact, even though much of its roof had long ago been eaten away. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “How long ago did she consume the fruit?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In November he decides to learn the art of lithography, Theo’s suggestion long ago, so that he can become an illustrator. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “That’s why I didn’t marry Harvey—long ago when he asked me. I was afraid of that. So afraid.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’d have hauled it out long ago; she loves jewelry, you know, though it doesn’t become her one bit.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “But it doesn’t matter. I can’t find anything. I guess maybe eight years was too long ago.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The dress vanished long ago, but miraculously a few small pieces—five treasured swatches—survived. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not know that the Negro long ago learned he must tell them what they want to hear, not what is. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She makes the night noise from long ago, a grumbly purr from deep within her chest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It came in brown bottles, like the beer Joao had given Grandmother long ago. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack stood by the stage entrance, peering at the book as though he'd lost his place long ago. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “How long ago was your meeting with her?” he said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the memory of this post-card, lost long ago in some forgotten book, that made me sympathise with his defensive attitude. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was in this imagining of him that I’d grown to love that boy from long ago. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Not long ago, Louie’s aspirations had ended at whose kitchen he might burgle. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Miss Josie said that long ago he used to listen to jazz all the time,” Laney answered. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z That was how I met that troublesome rabbi of long ago: with disbelief and annoyance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Why, I knew some good old willows down the Entwash, gone long ago, alas! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Same tent where he told me his secret not so long ago. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “How long ago was your friend injured?” the man asked as he urged her to lead the way. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I did though on one occasion not long ago pluck up the courage to attempt the required sort of reply. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The picture blew away like the ashes that had been beaten in the mortar so long ago in the village, the day Vatete died. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Remembered On a bright December morning long ago . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He could remember Father’s hand holding it out long ago. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I was all prepared to pat myself on the back, because I’d mastered Black Tiger long ago, during the first year of the Hunt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Which is how she knew that there had been a battle long ago over the nectar of immortality. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Now what connection under heaven can there be between the golden man hanged so long ago and the sweet little bearing mother? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The only thing hard about it was the fact that he had me read the book so long ago, and it was difficult to remember. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z There had been times — oh, such long ago times — when people’s lives had been golden and green. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The windows had been shut against sea breezes long ago, and they let in only a little sunlight. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z So long ago that the mountains of those days have worn away and the deepest lakes have become dry land. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Not long ago, my mom asked me who I am. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Fourth grade wasn’t that long ago. Now, that’s weird. Admit it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “No. They killed him long ago. Come now. It is warmer down deep, and no one will hurt you there. He is waiting for you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then I remembered something I heard long ago that I hope is true. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The dogs had long ago given him up and gone into the brush to do things in their own way. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Either, he thought the boy had long ago left the wood and reached the town, or if he were still on the way, he would hide from the pursuer. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Mo had gone to bed long ago, and Elinor had disappeared into her own bedroom. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “A long time ago, the people who—” “How long ago?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was a stray through and through, so far off the path it was like she’d already run from the place long ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I had been told stories of terrible days long ago when widows were thrown on the burning funeral pyres of their husbands. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The magicians long ago had been studying boots just like these. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I noticed not too long ago that even though people were getting used to me, no one would actually touch me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I thought back to what Annabeth had said at the Denver diner, so long ago: Ares has strength. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Once—God knows how long ago—I had worried that I was keeping too much distance between myself and this alien time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “She thought I should be something, and I went to Sunday School long ago in San Francisco. People like you to be something, preferably what they are.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom smirks at him with the confidence of a lady who long ago figured out how to do things without a knight in shining armor to save her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t trying to be difficult before. I haven’t thought of myself as Devan in years. I left that name behind me long ago.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that long ago that I’d referred to my nemesis as an annoying evil scientist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I knew about it long ago,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If Father weren’t so patient, I’d have long ago given up hope of ever meeting my parents’ quite moderate expectations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “If you ever lied to me, it was long ago, and in another country.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He came to a path, the dwindling ruins of a road of long ago. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She wanted to know how long ago, so I said, “Yesterday.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Your father? You think I look stupid? Everyone knows that stories in books are as old as the hills and were written by people dead and buried long ago.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I thought of Grandma getting married so long ago, bringing the four beautiful trunks full of gifts her mother had sent from Tianjin to Shanghai. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, in case you’re wondering Mr. Edgar Street boarded a train to some old mining town not long ago. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Had she been at home she would have finished her breakfast long ago. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had long ago been trained in judo. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His robe was tattered and dirty, but it might have been the proper grey long ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was curled up, as though she had long ago decided to take a nap tucked into the space and never awoke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It had been started by Quakers long ago and had a sunny campus with pots of geraniums lining the front steps. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Celia was fussing with the suit Matt had worn to the birthday party long ago. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d given up long ago trying to act brave for the old army vet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It boots us nothing to feel rage for things that long ago transpired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The sweet days of his life time were running out in anguish over his exile, for long ago the nymph had ceased to please. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Only for it we should have overtaken the boat long ago; and by now my dear Mina would have been free. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Dr.Troy came and said that child died of pneumonia and why wasn’t he in the hospital long ago? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The real calisthenics fell by the wayside long ago. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I suddenly have déjà vu; I know I came to this town with Mamá Jacinta once, long ago, but I don’t remember why exactly. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Hazel and the farmyard were long, long ago. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The beginnings of an idea that could honor Siobhan’s family, force the city to face its dark past, and acknowledge what had happened so long ago. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So let me start here, with a small thing that happened not long ago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Auntie Meiya had requested that story; now it seemed so long ago. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Inside, there was a concrete slab with a hole in it and a plastic toilet seat on top; there had been a lid at some point, but it had broken and disappeared long ago. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As little children Milton and Tessie had shared the same bedroom and bathtub, but that was long ago. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Had not his father died long ago, alone, without having seen his son again? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As I waited for his reply, my mind flashed back to a winter day from long ago, Hassan and I sitting on the snow beneath a leafless sour cherry tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I think he may have bought the gifts long ago but wanted desperately for us still to like them, still to like him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “They strayed long ago from God’s path,” said the imam. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Putting on a hat that seemed to have long ago lost its shape, he stepped outside and peered into the cloudless sky. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He’d been here with his boy long ago, as a kit. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The streets are dark and I have to keep an eye out in case I might be lucky like Malachy long ago and find fish and chips dropped by drunken soldiers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The stairs had long ago rotted away, but I was able to press a foot into a divot in the lacey concrete wall and leap upward, my arms just clearing the second floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I am your boss and that is a direct order. Anyway, why shouldn’t you accept that from me? I seem to remember you gave one up for a friend not too long ago.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “This work is not for a married female. You are either going to neglect your work or neglect your family” were the words of a superior officer long ago. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I found a cooked fly in my soup not long ago. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And only these few are left—a stunning memory of what the world was like once long ago. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper had long ago decided to change that rule. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It’s the same face from so long ago. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Sam had long ago made up his mind that, though boats were maybe not as dangerous as he had been brought up to believe, they were far more uncomfortable than even he had imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I saw long ago the whole universe as not-my-mother, and I glimpsed my place in it, a hole. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Mac sat on his porch stoop, nursing a mug of coffee that had long ago gone cold. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “You have grown fast since the day we were married, and that not so long ago.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And for a moment I wanted it to happen, the way Fred had so long ago. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z A huge padlock on the door protected the contents of the hut, but Bod had long ago discovered the loose wooden board in the back. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “It is still a death sentence, just one a little longer in the making. We discovered long ago that the Grisha could prove a useful resource.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Not long ago, one of the world’s top tennis coaches, a man named Vic Braden, began to notice something strange whenever he watched a tennis match. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But God—and I felt this even then, so long ago, on that tremendous floor, unwillingly—is white. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Well, not too long ago crying in public would have had out you out the window.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘There is more about you than meets the eye, as I said of him long ago.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He’d gone beyond Mr. Ortega’s skill level long ago, but Matt had covered for him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the same eyes that Pinmei had seen through the crack in the gang so long ago. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Once, not long ago, he had ridden on her shoulder, his tail coiled round her arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We were lucky to get our uncle back from there and luckier to have him almost back to his old self, although Uncle D had long ago stopped telling us make-believe stories. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z In old times, which were not so very long ago, I would have enjoyed—even been excited about—digging out a turtle nest. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The first part was missing and he had never finished it. ... as Lovelace said so long ago, ‘I could not love thee, dear, so much loved I not honour more.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not so long ago, the woods must have extended further, because you could see here and there ghostly dead trunks poking out of the soil, most of them broken off only a few feet up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Morning, it was morning, and it was the very same song she remembered from that other island, so long ago. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “It is time to reveal secrets of future and past. I see a boy from long ago,” she began. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Don’t say “Oh, racism is over, slavery was so long ago.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Laboriously scratching letters in the earth with a stick—it seemed so long ago. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Alex long ago made up his mind that when he got a dog, this would be his vet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He kept saying, Rasheen, Rasheen, mavourneen mean, and the song made no sense because his father dropped him on his head long ago and every time he sang that song he had different words. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She thought it rather wonderful that he remembered something she had done so long ago. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Hell, if it hadn’t been for me and my grandfather, those farmers would have had to migrate out of there long ago.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere he looked, he saw a world made of stories, the long ago, time immemorial stories, as old Grandma called them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “When you came into the Temple last night—” said I, pausing to wonder whether that could really have been last night, which seemed so long ago. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Xan turned her back on the swamp and followed the trail up the slope, toward the crater where the volcano had opened its face to the sky so long ago. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z These were the beings who had fallen in love with human women, with the daughters of men, so long ago. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “That long ago? He knew already that long ago?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It is that same game that the ancient animals of the night played long ago against the ancient creatures of the day. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “The city of Ember was made for us long ago by the Builders,” the book said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One day long ago Snuffy was fishing toward the hot springs from downriver when he heard voices at the bigger pool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not have explained either, and for us It is all too long ago. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The beginning is that my great-grandfather was a magician, and long, long ago he set into motion a most terrible curse. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then she opened the window and jumped out, falling onto the hydrangea bushes that her Aunt Ferula had planted long ago. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Not so long ago he let himself dream of Berlin and its great scientists: Fritz Haber, inventor of fertilizer; Hermann Staudinger, inventor of plastics. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had died long ago in Virginia, but his bondage had carried on into his death, so that his spirit was forced to follow the mistress of the manor when she moved north. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Someone long ago—someone skilled in the art—had made the stream appear to flow by stitching white curving lines that gave a sense of foam. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Where long ago, on the day that Sophie Mol came, Ambassador E. Pelvis stirred a pot of scarlet jam and thought Two Thoughts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What had she done that she must spend the rest of her years reaching out with yearning for them, making secret trips to long ago, making no journey to the present? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Matt remembered something El Patron had said long ago about Tam Lin and Daft Donald: I picked up this lot in Scotland, breaking heads outside a soccer field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had gone down long ago to Death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had left this possibility behind long ago. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “The police probably stopped looking for you long ago. You could give people a false name. You could grow a beard and shave your head.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z People have been gathering morels in burned forests forever; Ben mentioned that in Germany long ago people would set forest fires just so they could harvest morels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With sudden sadness, he remembered the fledgling gwythaint he had befriended—long ago, it seemed—and wondered how the bird had fared. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “If I know it was like this. I’d been in here long ago.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Back on Overlook Road—so long ago, Mom still lived with us. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Cats there were, many of them, but they were so bloated with fish heads and guts from the canneries that they had long ago given up hunting. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I think Sing Sing used to have one of those, long ago, up by Wallpost fifteen.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not so long ago, he’d fought for his life in the Roman Colosseum before a cheering ghostly audience. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They’d taken some bottles of water from the pharmacy—it seemed very long ago now—and he refilled those as well. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Yet it couldn’t be that long ago . . . the Dumbledore sitting next to him now was silver-haired, just like the present-day Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It would be a far cry from the solemn and fearful birthdays I had spent in Pakistan not long ago. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Johnny told his children how Hendrick Hudson had sailed up that same river so long ago. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered what Annabeth had said so long ago on our quest: The real world is where the monsters are. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She referred softly to the fact that her uncles had long ago stolen the deed to the estate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Antain had noticed long ago that his hiding himself made people more comfortable and minimized the staring. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It had been built long ago when the traffic on the roads had been far greater. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It felt almost like a dream from long ago. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I see him do the same thing he did so long ago on the ship the day Master Wingfield ordered him arrested. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It had died not long ago, and lay cold and still right in his path. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Only when he said it did he realize that he had made up his mind—long ago. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘It was so long ago I couldn’t count.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The older generation had mostly been wiped out in the great purges of the Fifties and Sixties, and the few who survived had long ago been ter-rified into complete intellectual surrender. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "I'd no idea they had boards so long ago," Mr. Armin said. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Caldwell is forty miles west, in the center of a flat plain known, for reasons that may have made sense long ago, as Treasure Valley. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard some story of her too, a critical, unpleasant story, but what it was I had forgotten long ago. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z El Patron’s voice filled with wonder as he described the hacienda where he had attended fiestas so long ago. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z How long ago was it since she had stood in Elinor’s library looking at the same page? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Gathering the spotted cattle was only one color of sand falling from the fingertips; the design was still growing, but already long ago it had encircled him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I hear words, words from long ago that were snarled inside me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Celia had told him long ago that she wasn’t his real mother. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And again I’d hear Bigger Thomas, far away and long ago, telling some white man who was trying to impose upon him: “I’ll kill you and go to hell and pay for it.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She folded the red velvet embroidered dress that her faraway relatives had stitched for her long ago. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s dying. He should have died long ago. This ... this is more like a memory.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Middleweight? What, this was so long ago gravity wasn’t as strong as it is now, or did a pound just weigh less back then?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Ron and Hermione seemed a long way away, in a far-off country; he felt as though he had parted from them long ago. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Why, instead, did I feel this odd sense of completion and reconciliation, as if everything between us had been settled long ago? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They were staring at me, jaws dropped, eyes wide, as frozen as Flash had been not long ago. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He remembered how once, long ago, sniffing over a farm rubbish heap with Fiver, he had come upon a similar object—large, smooth and flat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “They burned a Catholic church up your way not long ago. With some nuns in it.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He seems to have no opinion about the captain, but of the parrot he says, “That bird sees everything. I gave up keeping secrets from him long ago.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Screw body-slamming my heart, this girl ripped her own out mad long ago. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z All the grass had gone brown, long ago, but he was looking at the roots. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way to find where his body was to bury because the water would have taken him away long ago. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “How do you know? What do you know about this man? If there was anything that could be done, the doctors would have told us long ago.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The colored one was far away and was rusty and looked as though it had long ago been abandoned on some junk pile. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “She hit a new student with a baseball not too long ago and really hurt him.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Not long ago, I found an old clip of his injury on YouTube. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Nothing could shake her confidence, even though there had been no word of her cat since he had left the Nurmis’ so long ago and so many miles away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, my mind flew backward to a night in our house long ago. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Who could have imagined that when we first moved here so long ago? The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We hear it, shrill and silver, an echo from a volleyball game of long ago. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t done this since he was a little, little kid, so long ago it had been his father who’d punished him for it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It seemed so long ago that he had said it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Then she recalled her first motive, from so long ago that she’d almost forgotten it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z This was a skill he had taught himself long ago, being unable to perform more vigorous work because of his bad leg. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Fourth grade, sixth grade, and seventh. Crushes from long ago.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Defenders of the overkill hypothesis reply: you would hardly expect to find kill sites if the extermination was completed very quickly and long ago, such as within a few millennia some 40,000 years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, Mr Hooper had been talking about the moths. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If it had been for a pet, that animal had died long ago. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z With friends like these, he would triumph, as El Patron had triumphed over poverty and death so long ago. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A memory tugged at Chess’s brain, one that was so painful and from so long ago that he could only reassemble bits and pieces of it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She reached up and kissed him, as she had often done long ago, when they were young. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Once I saw you, long ago,” he said. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “The main thing is that the war is going to happen because the Teutons or the Galls or whatever you call them upset the Gaels long ago.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The F.B.I. not long ago released a report of a shocking rise in crime each successive year since the end of World War II—ten to twelve per cent each year. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Robbie held the man's eye and answered pleasantly that his father had walked out long ago and that his mother was a charlady who supplemented her income as an occasional clairvoyant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All would long ago have been spent, if they had not dared to follow the orc-road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Once, long ago, Zimbabwe was attacked by spirits from Mozambique,” Mother explained. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He rummaged among the jumble of stuff they’d taken from the pharmacy so long ago, and found a piece of candle about as long as his thumb. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Pay attention. One night, long ago, as we looked at the stars, I gathered starlight on my fingertips, and fed it to you like honey from the comb.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z None of the three tall windows would open because their frames had warped long ago, and an aroma of warmed dust from the Persian carpet rose to meet the diners as they entered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That shot destroyed the quiet, moonlit peace of the hill, and it shattered my childhood into a thousand fragments that long ago stopped falling and are now dusty relics gathered in distant memories. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The nights when sleep felt like a distant cousin they’d met long ago but didn’t know well enough to talk to. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z With voice and hand he made the Opening spell which his aunt had taught him long ago; it was the prize among all her stock of spells, and he wove it well now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “It may have happened long ago, but that doesn’t alter the fact that Arthur is my father, and that he turned me adrift in a boat as a baby.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z What Mia was thinking about, however, was her own teenage years, memories she’d packed away long ago for safekeeping but now unfolded and dusted clean. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was hoping to find a ball inside, but they’d been lost long ago. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was some time before he went on, as if he were recalling the words to mind from long ago. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Happy they kept the lid closed on her coffin, because she had long ago stopped looking like herself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I realized suddenly that it might have been me huddled there, feeling too that I had seen him there before, in the bright light of noon, long ago . . . how long? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And Vera Sebastian who was so Russian she dressed the way Russian girls did long ago before the Revolution when her family had to run away to keep from being killed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yes. The obvious thing to do, of course, if one could. I tried long ago; but I have managed it at last.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The fire had gone out, but not long ago, since there was still smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Else we would long ago have wiped out guilt, and the world would not be filled with sad, punished people.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “My friend killed herself not that long ago. We argued and she died angry at me.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Which is probably when he proved his loyalty to Cara—he had some kind of friendship with her before she left Erudite headquarters not long ago. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Like I’d told Bongo: “We grow as we must grow, as our seeds decided long ago.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The first day of summer seems so long ago. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They rowed on past the mouth of the Sea of Éa where long ago Elfarran was drowned, and past the Enlades. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Things abandoned long ago by pilgrims enroute to their several and collective deaths. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was intent on keeping the secret of azoth, it would seem, even in this city whence, long ago, the secret had come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes he speaks his words very clear like my teacher long ago at the school. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z In the space between dreaming and wakefulness, I think of a real argument, long ago—four years ago—after our first and only round of IVF failed, when I wanted to try again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But Frau Elena watches the boys with wary eyes: not so long ago they were feral toddlers skulking in their cots and crying for their mothers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But that was so long ago he had forgotten the pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Regular bronze would have corroded and become unusable long ago, but these were Celestial bronze—the handiwork of a demigod. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If there were ants on Winter, Gethenians might have tried to imitate them long ago. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The Apprentice Administrator, who was almost as old as her dying Master, had been chosen long ago for her aptitude for poisons and torture. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Frightful had once been so well trained, she came to the lure even when she was not hungry, but that was long ago. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The Prophecy of Gray’ trapped you, as it trapped us, long ago.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One possibility is that the Reston strain originated in Africa and flew to the Philippines on an airplane not long ago. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I got some inkling of this from Anatole long ago, I suppose, when he explained why he translated Father’s sermons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can also tell by its, err, freshness, how long ago the animal was at that spot. Anything else?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “My dad died not long ago, and when I come here, I think of him. I think of him when I see you with your kids, throwing them in the air and over your shoulder. . . .” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You long ago lost the right to tell me what to do,” he says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, a prince had named him Barristan the Bold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Would she even remember me, the awkward boy she had known for a few days so long ago? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I told you. She died. It’s so long ago. She wasn’t your Mother.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I knew another curious girl. So long ago. So many infernal questions. I wasn’t sad when the volcano swallowed her up.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The light that long ago had struck me into syncope, recalled in this vision, seemed glidingly to mount the wall, and tremblingly to pause in the centre of the obscured ceiling. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Nearly did for his keeper not long ago. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The line he had read not long ago. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Which made Aru think of the words Urvashi had said so long ago when they had visited the Court of the Sky: You must awaken the weapons...go to the Kingdom of Death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Our itinerary is full—we are going to stay in Incheon for a few days so Grandma can see how much it has changed since she left so long ago. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z ‘My grandfather died in this room. Not very long ago, either. He lay and died in that bed. Now it's your bed.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Jinny looked at her, remembering what stay had felt like in her own mouth, not so long ago. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The only thing left was the extra key I had made for my wife as an anniversary present long ago, and even that disappeared eventually. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Not so long ago, the thought of Robb calling the banners and riding off to war would have filled him with excitement, but now he felt only diead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Only when agriculture came into practice—and that’s not very long ago in terms of the whole history—did a place achieve meaning and value and permanence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Noble Odysseus, expert in adversity, battened the lid down with a lightning knot learned, once, long ago, from the Lady Kirke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, night had fallen long ago, and when she pushed the window shutters open a cool breeze blew on her face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She had sensed the truth of it long ago, Dany thought as she took a step closer to the conflagration, but the brazier had not been hot enough. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was no idea that he had ever had, or could have, that O’Brien had not long ago known, examined, and rejected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ambassador Adlai Stevenson complained not long ago that in the United Nations “a skin game” was being played. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Pappa,” Rishi cut in, standing still in the center of his room, looking at the bed where not too long ago he and Dimple took things to another level. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her daughters had long ago married and moved away and died. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Maybe, but it was so long ago. I don’t know.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “But in New York we gave up those old habits long ago. Harry is my oldest friend. He lives with me over in the drain pipe. So how was scrounging tonight, Harry?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes the hammer and chisel out of my hands, which have long ago stopped carving. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If the “slavery was so long ago” thing comes up, have your white friend say that lots of white folks are still inheriting money that their families made a hundred years ago. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Miracles, which you wanted to do so long ago, can only be done by the pure in heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered a time when they’d been of equal skill—though that had been long ago. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She told us how, long ago, paper was scarce so women cut up old letters and newspaper articles to make patterns, then stuffed the paper between the quilt layers for extra insulation. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Had it not been exposed long ago as a fallacy? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The topmost flat had once been the attic of the house, but that was long ago. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Gratefully, I leaned against him and thought of Saturday nights long ago when once my father carried me up the stairs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever decisions the Collective made long ago were made in our best interest. What we are now was what they were striving for. Unity demands sacrifice. Sacrifice comes with a price.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “No, I haven’t. You see he’s an old dog. He was vaccinated long ago.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lady, you did right. Now I’m going to do right, something I should have done long ago. Get behind the curtains, love.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s only that one picture of me, standing in front of the motel door with 9 on it, long ago, a month ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She understood now clearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adèle Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z “Not long ago, in fact. Maybe half an hour.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She was a French mouse who had arrived at the castle long ago in the luggage of a visiting French diplomat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It was so long ago when I was small and a part of a happy family. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There was Charlie—whose last letter had been too long ago—sticking his sweet neck out on my behalf. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Not so hard I would die, and not so little I would be punished, as Moshe had told me so long ago. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I still think of this flag as new, although they changed it long ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In its wake it leaves the sort of rich volcanic plains that are ideal for growing potatoes, as Idaho’s farmers long ago discovered. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There had been a time, not too long ago, when he would have been excited to be boxing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My daughter does not know that I was married to this man so long ago, twenty years before she was even born. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z These were poor men, who could no longer afford to live by the ocean, who had long ago sold their one-story homes for the valuable sand beneath them. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He used Emmett Till as an example, and despite the fact that it happened so long ago, the story shook Scoob down to his bones. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Then we will all pay for not having cried for justice long ago. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was the same one I had heard from my window on those nights so long ago. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her look was one of painful denial, reminding me of a time long ago when she took my brothers and me down to a clinic to get our polio booster shots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A frozen banana tree, brow'n and stricken, languished against the front of the porch, the tree preparing to collapse as the iron fence had done long ago. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she thought the glory days of this country had long ago passed, and even those glory days were sullied: They had been built on the bodies of others. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Are you one of the angels who rebelled so long ago?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We should have written long ago, but we knew nothing of his friends, and there was on him nothing that any one could understand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And so does his laugh, and the passenger seat of his car, and his favorite hoodie, with the string lost in the laundry long ago. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The farm that once stood there had burned long ago, but the vegetable pit remained. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Not so very long ago, I had wanted nothing more than what I already had and, beyond that, only to know where I had come from. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As for how long ago they died, I couldn’t tell. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the evidence to refute this myth was printed as long ago as 1880. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But at the moment it doesn’t seem like that long ago. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bandits long ago intimidated any La Arrocera residents who considered testifying. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Lazlo wondered if his own long ago “thank you” was the only one Nero had ever spoken. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Ecology was a sober, industrious science here long ago, decades before the rest of us discovered the term. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One time he told her about Alaric’s treasure, that disappeared long ago when Rome ruled the world and America wasn’t even discovered. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z If it were not so, the wickedness of the powerful or the folly of the wise would long ago have sought to change what cannot be changed, and Equilibrium would fail. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘You’re a mania', Jason decided, the word coming to him from his studies at Camp Jupiter long ago. ‘A spirit of insanity. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It was all so long ago, I barely remember. Now—when do you want to begin?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Once more I looked at the sword carved into the top long ago by some naughty boy. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it seemed so long ago, he well remembered their conversation about the chess problem. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z That seemed so long ago, but it had only been six weeks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They had long ago left the well-maintained paths behind and were now picking their way down a tiny deer trail. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Here she slept, and not too long ago.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The spoils of a conquest that the country had long ago forgotten, and that some conquistador had failed to tell his children about. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z All airports, he had long ago decided, look very much the same. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I am that is! Martin, Matthias, call me what you will. It was long ago written that you and I would meet, rat.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z ‘I saw my grandfather dead. That wasn’t long ago.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Nhamo was now knowledgeable about the food she had seen in magazines so long ago. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if it’s a teacher from long ago. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z It’s been eight years since Loma gave me that book, and not long ago I read through all I wrote down on its blank pages. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z For the Howards, the jockey had long ago ceased being a mere employee. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The check rein had been abandoned long ago. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nobody likes change, not even my parents, with their treasured memory of how things were done in the villages of Pakistan long ago. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Not long ago Matt would have been afraid to go out so late. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you heard his name? They used to call him Lord Murderer. Not all that long ago either.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And in the very same way the Spirit long ago became manifest in the Body of Christ, the first cabbage rose began to materialize on my tablecloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can’t expect other people to side with us when everything is complicated, and happened so long ago.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re a part of an ancient religion that died long ago.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Lina stared miserably down at a letter B someone had scratched into her desktop long ago. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It floats back to me from long ago. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the things that matter were decided long ago—who you are, whom you married, what kind of life you lead. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “The Witch prowls the woods on padded paws. She ate the heart of a sorrowing tiger long ago, and that heart still beats inside her.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He won’t admit I knew all about the state of grace a year ago, so long ago I’m starting to forget it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Hazel remembered what Pluto told her long ago: A descendant of Neptune will wash away your curse and give you peace. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Despite the dry suit, he had long ago felt the chill of the water and knew that he had to find his way onto dry land soon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z They, who knew the steps I took, long ago, to guard myself against mortal death? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It’s like the song of a bird I recall from long ago, a tiny yellow bird with a voice like dancing water. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He comes over and fixes my back porch with his own saw and hammer, as in the women’s magazines of long ago, and has a beer afterward, on the lawn, as in ads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, an is should have been gone long, long ago, and needs to be—immediately and forcefully and with not a minute to lose—changed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Even knowing how much he suffered, I can’t help but be angry at the betrayal that happened so long ago. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z There had been a fair somewhere near here once, long ago, with motorcycle races; the signs still carried fragments of words. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he was reliving a scene from long ago. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know she is dead,” she said, and at last, it felt like something that had happened long ago. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I recalled the day so long ago when I was swimming in the brook, free as a fish, and Hamlet came upon me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z How long ago that was, they couldn’t say. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In his imagination he was leaving another prison, long ago. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z "It wasn't so long ago the government paid two hundred dollars bounty for every Indian killed by settlers." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Then he picked up the phone and dialed the number of his father’s house in that long ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Mother long ago had shoved all the trunks and boxes as far as they could go under the eaves, leaving prime space for Luke’s brass bed and circular rag rug and books and toys. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Begin when all the rest who left behind them headlong death in battle or at sea had long ago returned, while he alone still hungered for home and wife. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The high sun and the steaming heat reminded Roy of another bright afternoon not so long ago, in a place not so far off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you hear?”—until most souls in town were swearing they had known long ago that Mr. Stonecrop was a scoundrel, and wasn’t it too bad about the Hurds? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z My mom knew he had moved on to another life long ago. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z There at the bend it was cut deep through a crag of old weathered stone once long ago vomited from the Mountain’s furnaces. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I’d stolen the trailer's battery long ago; it had no ability to move under its own power. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a vendor had bumped it with his cart long ago. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It's so long ago and far away that here in my invisibility I wonder if it happened at all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered long ago in collecting and classifying marine animals that what I found was closely intermeshed with how I felt at the moment. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Julius had long ago learned to feed Boots at appropriate times so that there would be no “accidents” in front of the princess. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Otherwise I have no doubt you would have done so long ago and at some length. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I was still the spoiled child of long ago. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she was long ago inured to shocks, and insisted on having P. D. rescue me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The steps and porch had rotted long ago. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z By this late stage in the expedition we had all been subjected to levels of misery and peril that would have sent more balanced individuals packing for home long ago. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a filing clerk, or a telephone operator, perhaps from a headquarters long ago dispersed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps it had been made long ago, handed down to some rich noble from his father. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z What happens is I remember a true story Mr. Woodwell told me once, that happened long ago. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, I had been gliding through the crowded center of New York City, wanting nothing more than to make enough money to keep myself off the streets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z How long ago had the man been bitten? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Long, long ago, there lived a most honorable man who owed much of his good fortune to the kindness of his friend. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I run my fingers over the tiny valleys made by the pen that pressed against these pages so long ago, and I remember the only thing Gram ever told me about her childhood. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z First: The very matter of which we are composed, the atoms that make life possible, were generated long ago and far away in giant red stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should have killed you long ago! “You tried,” I reminded him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “You’re not going. There was a shooting over there not too long ago. It was on the news, remember? Some kids were fighting.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z El Patron must have been the person who had lived there long ago. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there’s blankness Where once your eyes held the light But that was so long ago That was last night Well, what was that? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Y’all have only lived with him since September. How long ago could it be?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That house was, as Bilbo had long ago reported, ‘a perfect house, whether you like food or sleep or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all’. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I don’t want to reveal that my team lost to her daughter’s not too long ago, so I make something up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z They had not listened to the conversation between Father and the martial arts instructor in the library so long ago. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z That butchery business was long ago; surely by now the sharks would be out of the habit of congregating here. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “All-father. You and I mixed our blood long, long ago, did we not?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Jacobi was practicing windmills, a classic power move he’d long ago perfected; he was trying now to turn his windmills into flares in the same routine. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “It was long ago. Your Grace would not know them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not long ago I had a piece of glass work out of my head. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago they had seemed like the greatest enemy in the world. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Behind him the broken tower stood, its summit as jagged as a crown where fire had collapsed the upper stories long ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Capricorn's sure to have stolen them long ago! He stole all the copies—you saw that!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The city they call Ghulheim is something they found, long ago, but did not make. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Had I been anyone worthy of any respect at all, I dare say I would have left Darlington Hall long ago.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘But no! That came in his tale, long long ago. This is my tale, and it is ended now. Good-bye!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The way he spoke, the confidence, the firmness, even the kindness of it, reminded Sergio of something long ago. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z And what is more, the words of the song also came back—words, I am certain, which were sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for generations. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They resembled most closely the Riddle that had escaped from the diary so long ago, and he had been memory made nearly solid. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Just a tall tale from long ago that didn’t have anything to do with me? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mitochondria are widely believed to descend from bacteria that long ago somehow became incorporated into one of our evolutionary ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was there that El Patron had introduced him to the family so long ago. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All the old fears I had long ago put to rest, which I thought were well buried and forgotten, rose up again to haunt me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Not that long ago, I went to the wishing well downtown. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Aerys had been king before Robert, that wasn't so long ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I have to. It’s not so terribly long ago that I grew up and I wasn’t a little girl any more. Do you know what I mean?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to remember, because those games seemed so long ago—maybe even before Emma started school. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he brought up the fist of his free hand to punch me once, and again as the patroller had done so long ago. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The morning haze had long ago burned off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nok had realized long ago that she was not her mother's daughter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z To be more specific: She was lost in a dream of long ago, a dream filled with laughter and Black Forest cake and sun-dappled meadows that rang with the singing of adorable birds— “Miss? Miss?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It seemed so long ago, but I still recalled the different names of the dance nights: “Back to School,” “Pens Down,” “Bob Marley Night,” and many more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She recognized one of them as the soldier in green from so long ago—the same soldier she knew was not a soldier, any more than he was a guard now. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Frodo stood still, hearing far off great seas upon beaches that had long ago been washed away, and sea-birds crying whose race had perished from the earth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It felt like the narrowest of escapes, being sent to the library that day so long ago. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The teacher was startled but not unbelieving, for she had long ago given up trying to fathom the ways of the colored people in town. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Abuelo was a quiet man who walked with his head down, as if he had lost something long ago and was still trying to find it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Not long ago, when Tommy and I were reminiscing about all of this, he thought we’d never really believed in the notion, that it was a joke right from the start. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d forgotten all language long ago, or maybe had never known any. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better, now that you are here,” she said, remembering sadly that day that seemed so long ago. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They had long ago said what mattered to each other. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “When you and me stopped for gas not too long ago, I noticed an old poster for this Six Flags on one of the walls. Had a mine train ride on it and everything.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Bekhir asked, raising an eyebrow at Hugh, who had long ago dropped his act and was now gulping down stew with abandon, bees buzzing happily around his head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, not too long ago,” said Kojo, pointing to the marble cornerstone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And this Son appears only once, long ago, far away? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He, remembered Rhaegar's infant son, the red ruin of his skull, and the way the king had turned away, as he had turned away in Darry's audience hall not so long ago. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As they used to do long ago at night in Indian country. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, all these half-dead creatures around me had been people, I realized. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Construction of a new tower there had long ago been okayed, the union president explained, but no funds were available to build it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid, his father had told him once, long ago, on the day they found the direwolf pups in the summer snows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Because it’s a roof. And not too long ago, this was the only place I ever wanted to be.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When it comes to my feelings, Mother and Margot ceased to count long ago. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Audrey told Dad that she had accepted the power of the Atonement long ago, and had forgiven her brother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Instead of answering, I ran my finger around the initials I’d carved long ago on the picnic table. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a context he could imagine where Njemile’s moms would be uncomfortable with Moss talking about a guy who flirted with him; Wanda had long ago been accepting of him being gay. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not too long ago, racism and discrimination against women was accepted by a lot of people. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z No, that’s not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Not so long ago, they’d been lean and strong, able to crack a nut with a pinch, able to press a seed deep into the earth with one stab of a finger. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It seems so long ago, although barely a week has passed since that day. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z ‘A hobbit waded out into the water and back; but I cannot say how long ago.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Jason had learned long ago that the best way to control a crowd of bullies was to pick the meanest, biggest kid and force him into submission. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother. Might I have a closer look at your wolf?" fon hesitated, then nodded slowly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was as if he had given up; he had accepted the radioactive dirt and it had begun its job, long ago, of burying him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The museum had been a courthouse long ago and was now home to a vast and extraordinary collection of Mardi Gras artifacts and memorabilia. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In front of almost all of them was a dory or two, some overturned, some pulled up long ago for caulking or patching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He struggles but fails to recall her presence at Pemberton Road; still, he is secretly pleased that she has seen those rooms, tasted his mother’s cooking, washed her hands in the bathroom, however long ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Formed long ago by the collapse of two rock pillars, the rubble had created a little enclosure, barely big enough for two people, hidden by a tree perched at its entrance. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Molly learned long ago that a lot of the heartbreak and betrayal that other people fear their entire lives, she has already faced. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He did not see how he could possibly explain to Hermione that what she had done to offend Ron was kiss Viktor Krum, not when the offense had occurred so long ago. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But was what happened so long ago to my great-great-grandparents going to define me? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Suitcases stood open in the seats where they’d been lifted down from the overhead racks and rifled long ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Shusgis was in his fifties, therefore his “long ago of course,” and it certainly was difficult to imagine him as a young mother. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When I was remembering them with Tommy not so long ago, he thought they were pretty decent people. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it was a boarding school in D.C. It seems like so long ago.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The delay was maddening, absurd, the hourglass long ago upended. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As though long ago someone—a man with rings—had hit her across it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Chronicler guessed he had been a low ranking officer not long ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z What was it his mother had said so long ago? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z With T there was this one time—we were maybe thirteen or fourteen, so it wasn't even all that long ago—when we scored a bag of small orange balloons from somewhere. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The water was very cold, but long ago she had ceased to notice its iciness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Abra had long ago given up having any private thing in her room, even any personal thing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Was this the mother with angry eyes he had met in the woods long ago? Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z And I remembered Ares s warning, spoken on the beach in Los Angeles so long ago: When you need it most, your sword will fail you. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As they fight, they will remember a time they battled long ago, when the world was simpler. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She had been pretty herself not long ago. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, right, the story. It’s just that, I’m afraid—a story, inspired long ago by that curious rock down below and Miss Wren’s peculiar menagerie.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Every once in a while an inexperienced potter would try his hand at painting his pieces, but the more accomplished potters, Min and Kang among them, had long ago given up trying the technique. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Some lucky chance in our worlds long ago must have meant that creatures with backbones had it a bit easier, so all kinds of other shapes developed, all based on the central spine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Not long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Yes. It fell from somewhere long ago. Maybe mortal world. Maybe Olympus. Anyway, monsters steer clear. Mostly.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We, who were oudaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a time not too long ago when a man put out to sea and ceased to exist for two or three years or forever. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d lost all of his poker chips long ago, but since it was his house, Robert and Dub let him continue playing. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that long ago when spending my summer with Hudson was all I could think about. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I studied, Djo, and learned about things that hap-pened long ago and far away: the Roman Empire, the crowning of Charlemagne, the siege of Paris. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago Gabe would have wanted it very much indeed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Every belonging that could be carried or unscrewed had been stolen long ago, so for the first few nights we camped on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I straightened myself up in the glass of a shop window and went to the dressmaker’s, where I had asked about work before, but that position had been filled long ago. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A piece of sackcloth covered the bottom half of the window where several panes were missing, the result of a rock hurled from the street one night long ago. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Independence seemed to have passed over our village, just as the plague did on that long ago night in Egypt, sparing those who had the right symbol marked over their doorsills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I met Ekman, he sat in his office and began running through the action-unit configurations he had learned so long ago. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I thought this man had long ago drained everything from my heart. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Gerald walked over to him and placed his hand on the older man’s shoulder, just as Rob’s dad had done for him on that day that now seemed so long ago. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He says that long ago, in his green years, he and his friends were in a car, rattling along fast fast when in the distance came the long mourn of a train. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, nobody usually ventured into the mountains because long ago one of them had been opened up and used as a burying place for princes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa had told her this long ago when discussing how much his parents had doted on him when he was a child. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But this scene was long ago, long before her father, long before any of their people. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarai remembered laughing with her, long ago, when they had all properly been children, and she didn’t think she had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I had said good-bye to all of them long, long ago. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Your sister got a cat not long ago. Did I tell you? Two of them, actually.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s time. I always knew the time would come. I told my father that long ago.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem all that long ago since Meggie herself had been able to hide unnoticed under a table. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Had a re-creation of the Tomb of Horrors been hidden on one of them, it would have been found and logged long ago. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He had lived every one of his days intensely since he had left home so long ago. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago, the black man in America was fed a dose of another form of the weakening, lulling and deluding effects of so-called “integration.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And how long ago that fateful day seemed! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Still, he had remembered Scarlett, had missed her for years after she went away, had long ago faced the fact he would never see her again. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “The incident has been forgotten long ago, of course; I only mentioned it because that is why I wanted you in Hill House.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “This one should be dead, yet she’s not. The monsters you fight no longer return to Tartarus when they are slain. Some mortals who died long ago are now walking the earth again.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She explained that Hale had sent the letter from prison to a member of the tribe and that not long ago a descendant had donated it to the museum. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The words he sings from that song long ago. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Not too long ago we used to run together,” he said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, well...one day long long ago, two girls were walking from Kasungu to Wimbe when they became too tired to continue.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m the odd one out, I’m afraid. My mom’s family is German, and I think my dad's family was Scottish or something, but it was so long ago nobody knows for sure.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The oldest had long ago rusted away to nothing, leaving only a few red stains where the metal had rested on stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You are Odin, who was sacrificed by himself to himself so long ago.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton no longer had any brain waves, so it was understandable why, hovering in the Cadillac, he might have forgotten that the Zebra Room had burned down long ago. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was not so different from the sensation he’d felt once long ago, in that tiny village in Africa, when he’d been a very different man. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Here was one of those old images brought to life, or maybe a creature descended in true line through endless years from the models used by the forgotten craftsmen long ago. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Almost as though Abigail were speaking to her, only her, from long ago and far away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And not that long ago, maybe they could have been guards in her camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Esteban allowed this invasion of grotesqueries because he had long ago realized that it was pointless to interfere in his wife’s life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not made by Saruman, but by the Men of Númenor long ago; and it is very tall and has many secrets; yet it looks not to be a work of craft. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I saw the truck go by not long ago. It is a new black one. Is anybody in the alley now?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z ‘I thought they had all vanished long ago. I thought he was only a Ranger.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "Robert will never keep to one bed," Lyanna had told him at Winterfell, on the night long ago when their father had promised her hand .to the young Lord of Storm's End. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They had long ago turned brown, and above them, the sky was incredibly blue. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I went back to the Devon School not long ago, and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She learned long ago that white folks could not be trusted. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long ago that she would stand at the shore as we headed in, calling those same words about me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The sun set early in winter, but a little light still filtered in through the lace curtains Aunt Rose had crocheted long ago when she and her husband had first been married. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She remembered those eyes from that afternoon so long ago when she’d been only five. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I even enjoy the feel of it down there, on that shriveled pink snake that fathered five children so long ago. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Now, you might think that those days are long ago. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Back then—which was not so long ago—she made me feel weak, but now her strength makes me feel like I could be stronger too. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I could have brought the thing here myself long ago without so much trouble. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His reasons were his own, and to protest brought only beatings, as Ranofer had found out long ago. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A slab of concrete, three feet wide and ten feet long, with blue plastic chairs stolen long ago from some classroom. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A large, middle-aged man, he long ago won my admiration by offering equal job opportunities to members of any race, choosing according to their qualifications and future potentialities. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Until not so very long ago, there was no great need for the two to communicate with each other. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Rekh was an unimpressive figure, similar in build and feature to a hundred other men, with a suggestion of paunch and a foot maimed long ago by spilled molten metal. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Not long ago, it would have seemed like all the money in the world to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was as if I’d made some incredible discovery, like my discovery long ago of the moonlit world beyond the mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The people stood and thought about rain, which they had almost forgotten, so long ago had the last rains fallen. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z You see, long ago they had agreed not to hunt or harm one another during that hour. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。