“I shall have to get ready. But you can stay a little longer. The men have to bring the thing down two flights of stairs. Marie-Claude will see they don’t damage it.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or if we did manage to keep up a conversation, the longer we went on, the more stilted and guarded it became. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan’s legs no longer seemed as though they were on fire, and he felt well rested but very hungry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Seven knew they no longer had to simply defeat the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The main rope tensed, while the security rope, which I had de­liberately measured out longer, hung limply. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ethiopia had been too good, too funny: he had listened to them longer than he thought, because it was way past noon when he got there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained a face in the crowd until one sweltering day in July when he was no longer keeplocked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They no longer had the glue of Gran keeping them together, and they fought over their memories, her jewelry, the clothes in her closet, her shoes, even. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Now the shell was no longer a thing seen but not to be touched, Ralph too became excited. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It takes longer for the actual therapeutic effects to vanish, just as it took a longer time for them to begin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Amari pondered this for a moment while she nibbled at the bread to make it last longer. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sonny’s phone buzzes, and suddenly Malik no longer exists. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sound was soul-splitting, and this apocalypse was calm no longer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the sweet calm, surrounded by everything I loved—moonlight, air, grass, animals, earth, people—I wondered, with a pang, how much longer I would be able to savor such moments. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Which meant that however big a mess he was making, at least he was no longer chanting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It looked as if we might lose the house because my parents still owed money on Lynn’s medical bills and my mother wouldn’t work as many hours any longer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t be a silent onlooker any longer. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Before he could think about it any longer, he heard himself speaking. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But the boy was deeply depressed and spoke constantly of the meaninglessness of life now that he had lost Blanca and could no longer play the guitar, which had been his one consolation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he became aware that the machines had started again and he could no longer hear the men. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t make sense, because my avatar no longer had a comlink. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I no longer drove a car or carried things like cash or house keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But lately, she had begun to wonder how much longer she could keep the place open. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Although percussion specializes in "noise"-type sounds, even instruments like snare drums follow the basic physics rule of "bigger instrument makes longer wavelengths and lower sounds." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Alex told himself it wasn’t because she was no longer strong, but because there were so many candles on her cake. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He calls me this even though I’m no longer British. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I told the members of the reception committee that my people had been waiting for me for twenty-seven years and I did not want to keep them waiting any longer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something else that displeases them: I no longer feel like giving them little kisses morning, noon and night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even with the water no longer rising, he knew he could do nothing at home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At last they could stand it no longer. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She could feel her mind reaching for the right pictures even before the hands were pointing at them, and she sensed the longer needle twitching to respond. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my father died, Bill no longer called, wrote, or bothered to check up on her. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She believed that once I was back in the Transkei, in the bosom of my family, acting as counselor to Sabata, I would no longer miss politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay quietly for a few minutes, until I couldn’t stand it any longer. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She worried about other things: how her periods were sparse and no longer red but a muddy brown, how Baby’s hair was falling out, how hunger was stealing the memories of the children. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he could not endure the voice any longer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Every August, on the last day of summer session, you get a bead for surviving another year. I’ve been here longer than most of the counselors, and they’re all in college.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Four-and-fifty ships is too few,” he told the dusky woman, “but I can wait no longer. The only way”—He grunted as she peeled the bandage off, tearing a crust of scab as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The storerooms, people said, were no longer a pleasure to look at. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt so much frightened that he could no longer collect his wits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors on the long walk to and from home were no longer friendly; they no longer offered me a drink of water on a hot afternoon or a dry porch when it rained. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

You may notice your fangs getting longer and you may have a sudden desire to devour human beings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I waited for longer than was entirely sensible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if Aphrodite no longer found Piper interesting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For one moment longer, stupor held court; his scepter was absolute and we all were subjected unto him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“But finding the egg is no longer my goal. Now, I have a new quest. A far more important one.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But there are group pictures, too—I pause longer on those, carefully scanning the faces. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And then, there was no longer any reason for me to fast. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is no longer a battle, it’s your funeral, boo. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He went for his regular swim at the YMCA, but found he could no longer undress himself. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I stay with Scott and Makalu one hour, maybe longer,” says Lopsang. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t wait any longer, even without test results. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly the stress of Lord Fredrick’s absence was wearing on her; for everyone’s sake Penelope hoped the tenth chair did not remain vacant much longer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A part of me that would no longer sit still and do as I was told. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Telling him, she was no longer embarrassed, but proud, and she wanted him to be proud, too. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Jordan would be in a place where he could no longer threaten them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people didn’t have fingers and some of the arms were longer than the legs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Three days ago — it felt like much longer, but it had only been three days — he had awoken with his scar burning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The way the principal pronounces his new name is different from the way his parents say it, the second part of it longer, sounding like “heel.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It turns out he doesn’t hate you as much as he let on. It’s a miracle he didn’t make you wait longer.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was a disagreeable little woman, no longer young, who had quarreled with almost everyone, owing to a temper which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he, no longer of a mind to answer my endless questions, strode on silently. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At least her sister was no longer derisive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was no longer a wife or a bahus, a daughter-in-law. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

President Wilson responded by changing strategy and no longer arresting the protesters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are no longer in good condition. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suitors who held their feet, no longer under bowshot, could see a window high in a recess of the wall, a vent, lighting the passage to the storeroom. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just that you have a little longer to wait, okay?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Jason smiles, his hair curling along his forehead and above his ears, no longer dangling past his eyebrows. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

August stares for a moment longer, his eyes shiny and hard. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Suppose the environment was changing so fast that the precoded genetic encyclopaedia, which served perfectly well before, was no longer entirely adequate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left, and old Ku’oosh waited until the voices of the women could no longer be heard before he moved the chair closer to the bed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I only got as far as step 1.1 checked Pathfinder's connections and the negative lead was no longer attached. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monkeys screamed and pulled; and Minli and the dragon no longer pretended to be asleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The world pressed on her strangely, like a coat that no longer fit. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t keep my mouth shut any longer. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two women go back and forth for a little while longer until the information lady refuses to say anything more, just keeps pointing to the other window. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The longer he walks, the more it all comes together. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the longer she spent in America, the better she had become at distinguishing, sometimes from looks and gait, but mostly from bearing and demeanor, that fine-grained mark that culture stamps on people. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But everyone pretends this is no longer so. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I spent another sleepless, shivering night in the dead boy’s room—it was not my room any longer—and I was so frightened that I sweated. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Death Mist no longer shrouded his face, but he still had the complexion of a corpse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She only stared at him for a moment longer before she burst into a run, up toward the hill—where the first rays of sunshine began to peek through. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stayed no longer, but took his heartache home, and found the robust suitors there at work, skinning goats and roasting pigs in the courtyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sensible of a growing revolt of the spirit that suffused the whole of my frame, which would no longer be stifled or mollified. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His voice softens when he talks about her—he is no longer the toughened leader of this compound, but an old man, reflecting on some fonder past. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We looked for a while longer, then Denna got to her feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I figured maybe she had ended up staying in the camp longer, now that she was a counselor. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t want to do that any longer.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The longer it lingered over any region, the more destruction it would bring. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t go on with the electric sheep any longer; it sapped my morale. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I turned the corner, and it took me longer than it should have to realize there was a commotion in the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her curls brushed his cheeks, and he felt that if he could just hold her a little longer, every wound, every hurt, every bad thing would melt away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Why, with a car like that, he would no longer have to hang onto his tail to keep it from tangling in the spokes. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Coalwood tipple would no longer lift coal out of the mine, and no more trains would go chugging through town or spewing dust off the coal cars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she could not run any harder, any longer, she’d fallen from the thick jungle of corn plants onto a bare, grassy field, trees all around. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’d been disappointed in her for longer than she probably knew. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In a few more months, he might no longer speak at all. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not interrupt her until late in the afternoon, when he could no longer bear the echo of the bass drum that was tormenting his head. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Buphead has officially been a juvenile delinquent even longer than Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is no longer as though shells roared; it is the earth itself raging. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is because . . . because if you ask it ... it is no longer a wish but a selfish desire,” said Amah. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his knife and began to saw at the thick, stiff fabric, cutting out a piece a bit longer than the split in the hull. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The blade itself was a good half foot longer than those Jon was used to, tapered to thrust as well as slash, with three fullers deeply incised in the metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It takes longer but that person is destroyed gradually, by his or her own conscience. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“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

No longer thirsty, I slowly walk up to my room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I will no longer write to you, mi amor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except, like the mask, it's no longer separate from her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bigger wondered how much longer it would last; he felt that he could not stand much more. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The longer you’re in there, the longer my fingers get a break.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He now found himself trapped in a demanding relationship at an age when he no longer saw himself capable of tumultuous love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fruitless Mountain is no longer fruitless! And the Jade River is clear and fresh too!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father was disappointed that you weren’t with Lucky Girl. He wanted to keep the ship waiting while he hunted for you longer. The man has plans for you, Nailer.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were tubes and organs and the redness of working parts that no longer worked. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his arms grew longer and came down in front of him till his hands were resting on the ground: only they weren't hands, now, they were hoofs. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

And so they drifted for a little longer. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a time, as the stars grew thicker and brighter, the feeling of disquiet left them, and they no longer listened for the sound of hoofs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boat moved ahead slowly and he watched the airplane until he could no longer see it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t think the batteries will last much longer.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like other runaway slaves, Harriet Tubman was no longer safe in Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet as weird as these singularities behave, they were no longer mysterious to mathematicians, who were learning to dissect the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They snail-mailed the actual diploma to my address in the stacks, which no longer existed, so I don’t know what became of it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was irritable and no longer content to spend the evenings quietly in their home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t think anybody hugged my sister longer than my dad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how much longer I had left. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As he approached the doorway, he could no longer remember which way to go. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does anyone else see a giant bird coming closer that kind of looks like a dragon?—though of course that’s impossible. Dragons no longer exist. Right?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If it took you a lot longer to complete part two, we’d say that when it comes to the workforce, you have a strong automatic male association. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

From start to finish, it lasted no longer than five minutes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The Club House sits in tired dilapidation, its roof no longer safe for telescopes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bell no longer sparked, but it was too loud, and whenever she needed to go to the toilet and rang it, the echo reverberated all over the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I answered that I could not because without that crown 1 could no longer eat. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a typical Bach fugue, such as the ‘Gigue Fugue’, the tune to be imitated would be much longer than the four notes that begin 'London’s Burning’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He looked at me a moment longer, then inched backward out of the driveway, leaving me with the smell of truck oil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard about the family dogs they missed, parents who were ill, fiancées they figured would no longer want them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now that the artifact’s sole power had been used, it no longer possessed any magical properties. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It is no longer growing in a city sidewalk, but instead sprouts up from a field near our pueblito. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had been trying his hardest for a long time not to think of ghouls: but he couldn't keep it up any longer. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The assistant director resumes looking at his manuscript, though it is clear to von Rumpel that he is no longer reading. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I have a husband who no longer carries the weight of the nation on his shoulders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They emptied the wastebaskets, last thing, and Katie salvaged the longer bits of discarded chalk and the pencils that were not too stubby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The longer you wait,” the beard says, “the more you look like spies.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

According to Boo, their proximity to the lamp when it was lit meant that they were going to be stuck in place for just a little bit longer than everyone else. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She said she’d arranged to stay at camp a little longer. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because he no longer trusted himself to drive, Lefty started taking me on walks instead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, patting the tips of the longer strands we stood in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

By April I was no longer living off my storehouse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I took a longer look at the two statues on either side of the throne. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At three A.M., the scene is so horrible that Mary is no longer admitted. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Addison had crashed in flames, the trout no longer ringed the pool, and a cloud covered the sun and put a chill in the air. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the truth is it is scary to look down at your foot that is no longer yours and see attached a long long leg. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he had borrowed from more friends than he let on, that the money from the shop alone was no longer enough to sustain the five of them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Civil rights leaders are quick to assure the public that when we reach a colorblind nirvana, race consciousness will no longer be necessary or appropriate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was no longer the opulent woman he had left years ago. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel my lungs on fire as they fight for oxygen that’s no longer there. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“But I can no longer afford to keep Beatrice on here, so you will be required to take over her duties.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is no longer leading me—I am leading him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They were one of the few families that still had daily white rice, but just like everyone else, Doha’s mother mixed it with barley, millet, and beans to make it last longer. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Short, jolly Caverin was replaced with a tall, thin man who informed me that my services were no longer required. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But every time I started over, it took a little longer. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

When I couldn’t stand the wait any longer, I popped the ball into my mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was just a fifteen-year-old kid, and "eternity" didn't seem much longer than a week from Tuesday. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I can no longer count the number of mothers with whom I’ve cried, their distress so acute that all we could do was lace our hands together and pray silently through tears. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Annie was no longer a baby; she was a real little person. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now they back off, no longer laughing, just watching, watching the back door of the house, the windows, the dark green shades. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alby’s chest, rose and fell with struggled breaths, but his skin was drenched in sweat; he looked like he wouldn’t last much longer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The most submissive, most appealing lambs were allowed to live longer and procreate. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The longer you wear it,” he said, “the more it also becomes yours.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was no longer on the lounge chair in the backyard. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Once again she felt the surge of power as the crow’s broad wings beat down against the air; this time it lasted longer for they were going higher than before. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“About the dress,” Tommie said after a moment longer, “maybe we could go look at some styles in person, like you said might help.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took longer than I thought to walk here from school. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the crowd grew so thick that Chess could no longer see where they were going. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

One rib alone was longer than a cow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nazario must have been at the 23rd a lot longer than I thought. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Without you, I no longer dream of a beautiful future. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distance between him and the horses grew longer and longer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But I told her I no longer cared. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a preschooler’s pause, several beats longer than any adult would ever wait for an answer. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was so intense, so all-consuming, that he no longer knew where he was. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A much longer list of contraband items applied to inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned away, hardly daring to look at it any longer. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If I come back, it will be a place, but it won’t be home any longer.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was skewered by the eyes of strangers no longer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were still narrow and slippery, but no longer darkly threatening. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a new species to arise, organisms must no longer be able to reproduce viably with each other. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I may not be queen for much longer.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment or two longer in the dark, and then went back to my own room and to bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Nailer returned to the con, the captain said, “They kept their high sails up longer than we did. They’ve got a more stable ship.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

For Wotton, to say an argument is an hypothesis is to reject it, for if it really explained all the phenomena it would no longer be an hypothesis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He no longer looked buoyant and rosy-faced; there was no more spring in his step. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She could no longer supervise me all day, every day. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Here the smell is no longer of furniture polish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled against the weight of their bodies, until it was no longer hands that held me, but wings of blood-gummed feathers studded with a thousand eyes and writhing tongues. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He drew a deep breath and said, “You are not ready. Do not return here until you are, but do not delay for too long. I will not wait much longer.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It seems now,” said Archimedes, "feat it b no longer a question of what we eat but also what we drink or bear.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much longer could he hold his breath? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He is two feet longer than the skiff,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounded like a favorite song from the radio they no longer play, so when you hear it, you remember how things were. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

For the first time in her life she took charge of material things, without any help, for she could no longer rely on her husband, on Ferula, or on Nana. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Betsy, when I was no longer worried about competition over my caviar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had grown quite fond of the toothless Señora, who no longer bothered with the formality of dentures at all during their lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This diverse education continued for six years, when his father refused to support him any longer, until he “found” himself. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is the keeper of all these names and numbers now, numbers she once knew by heart, numbers and addresses her children no longer remember. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went because I know I used to like Stravinsky but somehow I no longer have the patience for it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mother is sad, because she still loves me, but I’m not at all unhappy, because she no longer means anything to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was no longer the scrawny kid he had left behind in Sequim. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I held back the urge to get into the water a minute longer, but finally I said to Masson, “Shall we?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“It was no longer yours—it belonged to the pawnshop owner.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The next evening Mr. Pirzada arrived, as usual, at six o’clock Though they were no longer strangers, upon first greeting each other, he and my father maintained the habit of shaking hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Papa looked at my report card for a while longer; then he said, “Come down for dinner.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no longer communication between us, no longer the glance that said everything. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will come when we don’t need them, like the bank offering money when you’re no longer in debt. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Correctional officers had the power to punish young inmates by adding time to their sentences, with the result that California juveniles were locked up almost three times longer than the national average. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The hope is that one day we will no longer see race because race will lose all of its significance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They would dig for as long as it seemed safe, and not a sec-ond longer. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I cannot endure the thought of letting my people suffer any longer,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vigil light no longer contained oil but was an electric bulb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By Friday I was perfectly comfortable entering my Biology class, no longer worried that Edward would be there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was no longer smoking, thankfully, though he’d often chew a piece of nicotine gum. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The thousands of people who died daily in Auschwitz and Birkenau, in the crematoria, no longer troubled me. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least, as well as can be expected for equipment being used ten times longer than intended. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stand up its middle section and then stick on the branches, longer pieces at the bottom and shorter as we build up, tier by tier. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A universe in which there were two earths within one sphere of water was no longer an Aristotelian universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The man gestures to poor, dumb Othello who hasn’t left his spot near the cage, and I can’t hold my tongue any longer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He no longer wore his jacket and tie. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

These restrictions amount to a form of “civic death” and send the unequivocal message that “they” are no longer part of “us.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

No one on the mainland had ever invited me to talk about home before, and the longer I talked, the more I wanted to talk, churning with happiness and homesickness at the same time. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the call at 4:43 a.m., he told Caroline Mackenzie, our Base Camp doctor, that his legs no longer worked, and that he was “too clumsy to move.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

With a hyphenated surname, she would no longer fit into the window of a business envelope. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost like seeing him reminded me of a part of me I'd shed and no longer wanted but that still clung to me, not completely shakable, too close to be forgotten. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

So while he was no longer hungry, he still wasn't happy. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Alas, I’m no longer the dreamy boy you’d wave to at the edge of the schoolyard. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This is none of my business any longer, I can leave the hairpins to his iron-clad wife. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Blaze Tower had stood a little longer than her Freedom Tower, neither one of us had reached ten feet high. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I no longer care if my heart pounds in my chest or if my lungs move. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Employers were eliminating jobs no longer needed now that the war was over. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He did not awake in prison with a feeling of dread; he was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I no longer thought of my father, or my mother. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, not because you're not fast, but because my legs are longer," he said, opening his stride. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It would have taken me longer except that the rock made one end of the fence and part of a side. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can he live much longer on this foul food and salty water? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I double-check his laptop to see how much longer for the download to be complete from the link I sent him, trying not to breathe more than I have to in this B. cepacia-laden room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Collins’s return into Hertfordshire was no longer a matter of pleasure to Mrs. Bennet. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

This explained the motion of the planets in the heavens with incredible accuracy; no longer could astronomers object that the heliocentric system was inferior to the geocentric one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The federal government no longer made any effort to enforce federal civil rights legislation, and funding for the Freedmen’s Bureau was slashed to such a degree that the agency became virtually defunct. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anderson and other prominent performers were urged to announce publicly that they would no longer appear before segregated audiences. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe some wishes just take longer than others. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We’d heard rumors that service in the military was no longer voluntary, that everyone between the ages of twenty-two and forty had to serve—most of them in the army’s new Psi branch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After a few runs, the longer breaths she needed came naturally, and it was as if she had always carried it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It is no longer possible to stockpile materials well in advance; what today may be the most promising of insecticidal chemicals may be the dismal failure of tomorrow. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn't hide the fact that I was no longer like them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

So Paul Singh explained to Nick Farthing just how and why he wouldn’t be paying him any longer, and walked away while Nick Farthing just stood and didn’t say anything, clenching and unclenching his fists. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

No, Oppenheimer said: “I have known him longer and closer than you; his fears that he was being, or might be, undermined in his position were a terror for him.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Your grandfather is no longer himself, and the store sells less and less. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d moved beyond a childhood relationship with Allah, and my faith no longer required my parents’ supervision or interpretation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be swallowed up by the house where she and Warren had grown up and played and argued and planned, where he no longer waited for her, which he would never enter again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You just have to hold on a little longer, Erin.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to stay much longer in Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The state had allocated the house to Evelyn and me because we were no longer just two, but three. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer worked the ferryboat; his eyes were becoming weak, also his arms and hands, but unchanged and radiant were the happiness and the serene well-being in his face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning Mr. Dussel took our soon-forgotten clashes very seriously, but now he’s grown used to them and no longer tries to mediate. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was no longer perpendicu­lar to the waves but broadside to them and was beginning to roll from side to side, that rolling that was so unsettling for the stomach. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But most important of all, the Whisperer was no longer broadcasting Mr. Curtain’s messages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to ignore her gloomy presence any longer, he finally asked, “What’s the matter with you? We been getting more calls? You can’t let them get to you.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moss kissed him back for just a little bit longer, pushing back against the awkwardness that tried to conquer him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For real, if I had to wait any longer, I’d die. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Morrie, who could no longer dance, swim, bathe, or walk; Morrie, who could no longer answer his own door, dry himself after a shower, or even roll over in bed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tinning, she thrust her face, steaming and wet, into the bend of her arm, and she went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t imagine how she manages to afford them all or even where she gets them—women are no longer allowed to buy cigarettes in Ormaie. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I look at the closed door, at the doorknob, at my own hand moving up, as if it’s no longer a part of me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good, good,” he said, sliding back into the chair until his short legs no longer touched the worn rug. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But, by this time, I began to want to live upon free land as well as with Freeland; and I was no longer content, therefore, to live with him or any other slaveholder. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, trampling the fallen, he rode forth, heeding no longer any dart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The longer I stare at the black smears on the knife hilt, the more convinced I am that they’re remnants of rifle grease. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His flesh is very pale in the sunlight and he no longer looks strong and stocky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She no longer carried it with her because she feared losing it during her long walks through the woods and her long days hard at work with the dyer. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he no longer trusted me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maya was no longer slumped against the window and was instead sitting straight as a jackrabbit, her sunglasses pushed up onto her forehead. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The doctor no longer visited because there was no petrol and there were too many dying soldiers to treat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her little brother’s body no longer warmed her with its heat, they were the same temperature and then he was colder. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But in this moment, I no longer look like an Architect. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d started to turn away to carry the bowl to the table when she added, quietly, “They took him longer than anyone, you know.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered how much longer Emma had continued writing to my grandfather without receiving a reply, and what he’d done with her letters. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were no longer waiting for some arbitrary grade. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His stomach was not going to tolerate this ride much longer. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at the egg and pickle spears, but he looked longer at me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Backbiter was a foot longer than my own sword. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Mr. Washington only found the reference to it. The licensing file also says that Mrs. Moss stated that she no longer allowed the children to taste her home-cooked hot sauce.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look alien any longer, but that only made it more dangerous, made me more likely to relax and make a mistake. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But the longer we ignore these adventurers, the stronger they grow. We have had a map prepared, a map of the incursions. Grand Maester?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m reading Macbeth for AP English—a class I am no longer taking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then I thought with astonishment, Why, Ruth May is no longer with us! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air’s cool, but not cold, and with the days growing longer, there’s still plenty of sunlight and lots of spring color everywhere. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But it went on much longer than when he was talking about my crime—so long, in fact, that finally all I was aware of was how hot a morning it was. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the saddle, he rode unbowed, as though he had gained new strength and the weariness of the journey could no longer touch him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had regained her composure; her chin no longer quivered. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though she could no longer rely on her sister-in-law’s impeccable skills for ordering the chaos of the big house on the corner, she still paid no attention to domestic matters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira could see that there was another, longer row of chairs on the opposite side, and she recognized the Council of Guardians members who were already seated there. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the ceiling again and again—perhaps the lights have blinded me so much that I can no longer see him—but he’s nowhere to be seen now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Again and again he repeated this movement until they no longer turned to look back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The drive took longer this time as well, and she felt as though the magic were draining out of this night far too quickly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were wasplike, thorax and abdomen joined in narrow waists, wings like blades, and stingers longer than a child’s arm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The rate of incarceration in 1972 was at a level so low that it no longer seems in the realm of possibility, but for moratorium supporters, that magnitude of imprisonment was egregiously high. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

All through the day and the night, I would imagine my moves and his countermoves until, when we sat down, we were no longer playing the original game. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Take Carter’s district record of four wins and a tie and change it to two wins and three losses, a record that would no longer be good enough to make the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she first got Jake, an albino corn snake, he was no longer than a pencil, but I still refused to come over to her house. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was no longer an object of mockery. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a newborn, she could wrap me up and take me anywhere, but very quickly that was no longer an option. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Virginia’s resistance to the ruling would, over time, be more intransigent and longer lasting than that of any other state. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Professional historians still disagree about the solution; most are no longer even asking the question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was no longer a cozy, tunnel-of-love sweetness, but a chilling isolation. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But it was not heartfelt this time, not loving this time, for he no longer cared whether he helped them or not. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I believed in Papa’s stories a lot longer than I should have. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were now energized: no longer was anyone doing crossword puzzles to pass the time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think,” I said aloud, “that we should stick with the exploring part a little while longer.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was always the possibility, of course, that his suggestion of a fortnight ago may have been a whim of the moment, and he would no longer be approving of the idea. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I can hold on any longer!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They no longer knew what to say to each other. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A model called the Nylon 66, no longer in production, it was a favorite of Alaska trappers because of its light weight and reliability. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also sensitive to the secretive nature of Katherine’s work and the longer hours her job now demanded of her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I no longer wanted the Captain to be a Nazi spy or an interloper. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was time to get ready for bed, Calista told me she’d help me take the cardboard TV to the recycling, but I said I wanted to keep it up a little longer. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The result was that the wives stayed in the villages, seeing their husbands every five years or so if they were lucky—though sometimes there were longer separations, as with Mother and Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The color line no longer bothered C.P., but there remained the far less visible but just as substantial line of class separating himself from people like Howard Clement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Road is much faster. More chance of food. Countryside prettier, but takes longer. You don’t want to be seen?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Those who broke the rules to go to Mr. P’s no longer bothered with her. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

New York was no longer a ghost town, but there were few signs of life. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her scarred abdomen had become tight and smooth, and she no longer breathed hard at the effort. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Out of the four of them, only Monsoon held Aru’s eye for a moment longer than necessary. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She seemed to relax, content, no longer curious. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We both know your schedule isn’t the reason she’s not staying with you. Or is Danielle no longer living at your apartment?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But I’m no longer concerned about the health risks. And I think it would calm my nerves. There’s a machine in the lobby.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If she wants this date to last longer than an hour, there is no way we’re about to walk up those stairs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

West Computing no longer existed as a physical space, but its alumni pushed their minds and hands in the service of the space program— though in Dorothy Vaughans case, it was an indirect effort. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I reached down and took the hairpin, and as I did, it grew longer and heavier in my hand, until I held a familiar bronze sword. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’m no longer invisible, but now I wish I was. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I am no longer the daughter my parents knew. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was still a teacher, a heralded one, but she was no longer a teacher’s wife. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lisa had written a much longer note addressed to 'the Housekeeper', and it was this letter Miss Kenton brought into my pantry on the morning following their disappearance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By noon it is a clock again, and no longer a dream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At last I can bear it no longer, and pretend I have just wakened up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The more I sit, the longer the journey will take us.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In the light coming through the side window, die pale green fight from the water, he saw die pilot’s head only it wasn’t the pilot’s head any longer. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the following years, even after she was no longer in touch with him, she would sometimes remember his mother s words—make sure you and Obinze have a plan—and feel comforted. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was entirely Billy’s fault that this fighting organization no longer existed, Weary felt, and Billy was going to pay. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer have the strength to move. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Introducing my friends to my employees was going to be a seriously weird moment that I’d just as soon avoid for a while longer. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those two weeks felt longer than the eight months I had spent at Benin Home. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It no longer wanted to know about things of the past or future; it was content simply to contemplate the desert, and to drink with the boy from the Soul of the World. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Room H-5 always gets the big old leftover computers that the other classrooms no longer want. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Part of my deep contentment was due, I’m sure, to being with my father, but part, too, was that I was no longer fighting. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you know it’s going to bum when I comb it in—it bums bad. But the longer you can stand it, the straighter the hair.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if it’s no longer anything like that Earth, I still smile at the memory. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ahead of us was a hill much bigger and longer than the others. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He waited a moment longer, hoping I'd begin a conversation, but I was too absorbed to be responsive, so he went unwillingly home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She wiped food from my chin and said firmly, “Katie, you know you’re not going to be able to act like that much longer.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer trust that our regular rendezvous spot offers privacy, and I'll need that and more to spill my guts to Gale today. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know this sound funny, Nettie, but even the sun seemed to stand a little longer over our heads. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’ve got a circle that goes through the north pole of the ball, the shadow is no longer a circle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

No longer would Tree-ear go by the name of an orphan. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I get his initial resistance, rules are rules, but I’m happy when he doesn’t drag this out any longer by asking me for proof. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He said he didn’t know why he even bothered to come home anymore, since he no longer got the slightest bit of appreciation for his ideas. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had never wanted to share the tree with the twins, but they wouldn’t be here much longer now. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she could no longer feel it, I stroked Mattie’s forehead. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Although he no longer ran a freighting business full-time, he still moved some goods and welcomed my assistance. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could drink down the whole bowl and it wouldn’t even give me indigestion. Alas, we can no longer turn water into worm.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"If you don't, it will take even longer for Ali to get his green card." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We’re not going to be able to stay up on the foils much longer. Not with the ocean running like this.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watch for the dimple that I’m no longer supposed to be paying attention to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had become public property—no longer the mother of seven children, but a woman desired by many. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But it is also bad, at least a little, because this change means that Axel can no longer see Maxwell. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wind, no longer fierce, still blows hard. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was no longer distracted by the sky and was, instead, staring intensely at the king. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

No longer obscured by grass, the tracks were even easier to follow. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“The queen has been troubled with sleepless nights of late. She wakens and cannot return to sleep, and her pulse beats fast. The barley water with crushed poppy no longer brings her ease.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Because even though it was only a couple months later that Gramps left me, when I tried to call back that night it no longer felt like life. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even Momma hugs me longer and tighter with more sympathy than “just because” in it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"I guess it should be fine for them to stay here a while longer," the policeman says. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The Wilkinsons’ son was grown by then, living somewhere in Maryland, and no longer needed toys. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

However, they would not in any case have lived much longer, for at their next stopping place, the Island of the Sun, the men acted with incredible folly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer had my own bedroom, nor did my parents. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were going on to Manila, he told her, so they’d be a little longer getting home. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things that he’d no longer any way to think about at all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When my mother returns, I will no longer be her baby girl. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

If she stopped for longer than a minute or two, Kekrops and his guards started hissing and looking angry. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Pippin suddenly felt that he could not bear it any longer, and without warning let out a shout. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I can no longer wait for you to get here to tell you. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frantically, I try to peel them off, my fingers grabbing their cold squishy bodies.The leeches stretch with my pull, become longer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced up at the sky and could tell the sun wasn’t going to be up much longer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But if you perform so well that a rival company comes calling, you become a vice president and no longer have to work for your father. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the smoke entered Nathan’s nose, and in an instant, he was no longer tired. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Our commanders no longer thought that any small island held by the Japanese would be easy to conquer. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Muokelu was gaunt; her body was built for thickness and now, with so much weight loss, she drooped, as though she could no longer stand straight. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The BFG gazed at her for a while longer, then he bent his head again to his slow laborious writing. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems so long, so much longer than ten days.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They resented the level of individual power he had achieved, and they could no longer tolerate his reckless behavior with the Egyptian queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Persuasive communication is no longer the preserve of professionals—be they politicians, broadcasters, or advertisers. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Already he is no longer able to move his leg, and we both wonder how we managed to get this far. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid that you'll have to stay with us just a little bit longer,” he said to Tyler, and began checking his cuts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Take a picture, it’ll last longer,” I say, pulling down my shirt as she rolls her eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When people reach out to me to lead, it is no longer a story on paper. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Around my neck, the penny is now cool against my skin, no longer icy. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As I was watching the Handsome One soaring in the sky world, it was as if I was no longer lying on the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It took longer to get back, because the load was clumsy, the bucket was heavy, and she didn’t want to spill. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And the longer they looked for these kids the more he wondered if maybe the backpack had been black or green. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Looking into the faces of my siblings, I no longer fear I will die alone. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She presses the doorbell again, letting it ring longer this time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to give a longer speech, but he must have forgotten it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Warbeak, I can no longer keep you collared. You are a free sparrow and a very good friend.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The hike is supposed to be longer than the first one I took with Farmer to Morne Michel, though not as steep, but after we set out I’m imagining a very long day. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hooper took a chair and listened while my mother tried to explain that Luke was not going to be my brother any longer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Today a word from Slant, delivered by Pomp, as Slant will no longer approach the flock-bed of sickness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The dying animal has collapsed on the ground, its legs no longer able to carry the weight of the body, its head lowered in defense. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you are cold and hungry and smell so bad that you can no longer smell yourself. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is longer now, not a pageboy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he grew into his uncommonly clever mind, mere feats of daring were no longer satisfying. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were no longer any people inside the building, but perhaps someone was standing guard outside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Our final tie-breaking game lasted longer than the first two combined. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His chest heaved and he knew from the pain that throbbed in him that he would not be able to hold on much longer with water pounding at his body like this. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just about to ask if Fina can stay longer—another night, even—when Ms. Ramirez drains her cup and stands to go. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We should use the gas cooker for everything now, anyway. There’s no point saving the gas, since we won’t be needing it for much longer.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you were wonderingI said with every bit of venom my troupe-sharpened tongue could muster. “Well maybe you can wonder a while longer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boat is so full, it no longer rises and falls with the waves. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They would no longer have a daughter who could rise to something more than a harvester, a daughter to be proud of. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But when you no longer want to listen, what can you do? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At their head was a man stick-thin and very tall, with a drawn emaciated face made even longer by the ropy black beard that grew from his pointed chin nearly to his waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He then lamented that the law no longer authorized the execution of children because he just couldn't wait to put this fourteen-year-old boy in the electric chair and kill him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He searched for him, but he was no longer in sight. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amma grew up in an orphanage and had been getting too old to stay there much longer, so she was happy to get a job that came with a room in the servants' quarters. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She stood among my other relations mocking me when I no longer spoke Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer the silence the more certain it is that she’s been caught. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Each segment was supposed to be no longer than five minutes, and Dimple and Rishi didn’t come on till the middle, so they probably had close to two hours of waiting left. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She is sixty-seven and has been on the job longer than anyone—two years—enough to rate her a mention in the newsletter published by corporate headquarters. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are still bullet holes in her shirt; through them I can see her wounded skin, red but no longer bleeding, like she’s frozen in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It took a long time to admit that I could no longer feel his presence and sometimes I lay awake until dawn listening desperately to the silence and trying to remember his face. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched the fingers of his hand and was surprised that he could no longer feel Lizzie’s hand in his own. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Now I no longer have to pretend to be an orphan. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my father no longer in the picture, the pressure was off. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I am not sure I can live this life of obligation any longer. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was even used to sex, which he no longer wanted twice a day. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She decided to take a chance that her father would live awhile longer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fled the house and was headed for the south marsh before I remembered it was no longer there. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks for a moment longer and adds, “Maybe approve is the right word. I don’t know. It was the unknown.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We dance a little while longer, until Suesetta switches the record again, puts on something slow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Plots too were like rusted machinery whose wheels would no longer turn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“She is a great deal too ill to be moved. Mr. Jones says we must not think of moving her. We must trespass a little longer on your kindness.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The room was deserted, save for the owl, and the security klaxons were no longer wailing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Twenty seconds clicked by, each one feeling longer than the last. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I no longer have the ability to travel as freely as I would like.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The idea, then, that Big Bird no longer wants to be called Big Bird but instead wants to be called Roy is almost guaranteed to befuddle a preschooler. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no time now to ponder the poster any longer. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you do something all the time, it loses its appeal. It’s no longer special,” Ms. Friendly said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer read newspapers because each one he opened seemed to have the advertisement that Kainene’s parents had placed, with the photo of Kainene taken by the pool, under the heading MISSING. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the big doors creak closed we no longer hear the noise of the street. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Francis wanted no time lost in seeing whether a satisfactory three-dimensional model could be built, since the geneticists and nucleic-acid biochemists should not misuse their time and facilities any longer than necessary. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her hair, shorn only a little longer than her husband’s, was parted far to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

No longer is the congregation moved to a contemplation of the timeless. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay much longer up here on these sunny rocks and you’ll pass out from heatstroke. It’s time to go. But I bet you’ll like the next part almost as much.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes were no longer round and dark like in the vision from the Pool of the Past. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I think of my own city, how I have a job as a bounty hunter because the police can no longer keep up with the rising crime in New York. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every time I start writing something I just assume you no longer care and then I feel stupid and say nothing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Now that Kalinda is no longer here, everything goes back to the way it was. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s tough living and not everyone finds it relaxing. We have a long summer, and if you keep that attitude, it’s going to be even longer. Be patient. Give it time. For me?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That what did happen—those nights I only kept my sanity because his arms were around me—no longer matters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I can’t keep it inside any longer, but you have to promise not to tell and to never, ever bring it up again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be there any longer; I didn’t want to go to Scott and Megan’s front door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was summarized in the sense of irony I’d feel at hearing myself called a minority student: The reason I was no longer a minority was because I had become a student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer did she seem big and barbarian to him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the most elite of Miss Preston's girls get to train with the short swords, no longer than a woman’s forearm, and my hands itch to pick them up and test their weight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“He was going to East Africa, sir, and did not require my services any longer. But I am sure he will speak for me, sir. I was with him some years.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can try, but I won’t be stuck in this stinking pit any longer!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They do not have to eat, they no longer speak, and they cannot think or miss us like we miss them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not having Sam’s company makes the ride seem longer. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If I waited much longer, it would be wet and useless. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She no longer hovered over me as I practiced different chess games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today only tertiary remains as a common designation everywhere, even though it no longer represents a third period of anything. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the door, I gave him a friendly hug, but he held on for longer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But when she came to visit him for the first and only time, in June 1939, he couldn't hide it from her any longer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Their new, higher rents meant that they'd have to cut back on their spending, to work longer hours, or try to wean themselves off their costly psychiatrists. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A group of men in baseball caps in line behind us had grumbled, “There should be a separate line for immigrants,” and “It’s not right Americans gotta wait longer because of these people.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was no longer here to protect us, and neither was she. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Joseph realized the leather case was no longer in his hands. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was a longer flight than would ordinarily lead to a basement—more than twenty steep stairs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer permissible to hate blacks, but we can hate criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is longer than Bailey expected from watching her knit, with intricate patterns of knotted cables at each end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She argued that because Graff had not embraced Labadist beliefs, her marriage to him was no longer valid in the eyes of God. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The grounds, in places, bore signs of the geometric Victorian trimness which had been their original form: drained fish-pools; the long white colonnades of skeleton pergolas; rock-bordered parterres where flowers no longer grew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If she had doubted his feelings for Shae before, she no longer did. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It crossed my mind that he was no longer talking to me but to Deborah. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go on with this trial any longer.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We could no longer keep him in his safe cage. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He or his disciples discovered the Pythagorean theorem: the sum of the squares of the shorter sides of a right triangle equals the square of the longer side. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pilar, her first grandchild, writes to her from Brooklyn in a Spanish that is no longer hers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The changes have awarded me a rapture that comes only when you can no longer be lied to, when you have rejected the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been acting like a jerk for a lot longer than just that day,” she said, her eyes flashing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In 1967, their campaign against southern segregation laws successful at last, black civil rights leaders were turning their attention to the North, a North they no longer saw in contrast to the South. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair had gone from close-cropped Roman style to longer and shaggier. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As the old man quietly wept, the boy was yelling: “If you don’t stop cry ing instantly, I will no longer bring you bread. Understood?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the boys grew tired, the girls carried them on their backs until they could no longer take another step. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The whole process took even longer because I kept stopping to check my phone in between steps, to make sure my ringtone notification was still on and the volume was still up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I realize there is no longer an “I” anymore. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe how much easier it is to get through the day now that I’m no longer in a constant state of fury. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though, without his mother, he no longer had the will to live. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was a big help in telling who was a Jew, as they no longer wore beards. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I was no longer at a safe distance, staring at my frozen parents at the black hole’s edge. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye folds of silk are glossy black feathers, large beating wings, and it is impossible to pinpoint the moment when it is fully raven and no longer cloth. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The scythe was no longer a scythe: it had stretched into ribbons of iron, anchored to the ground with the handle the scythe had once been fastened to. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Just a bit longer,” my father would say, his body covered in mud from head to toe. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The outer fall was indeed no longer sheer, but sloped outwards a little. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Johanssen watched until he was no longer in view, then returned to the lighting panel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not really going to live at the Gardens of Glenwood for much longer. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I realized these women had known each other longer, but I couldn’t help but wonder if their behavior was intentional. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about how strange it is that we haven’t even known each other for two weeks, but it feels like I’ve known you for much longer than that,” he said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The longer I listen to these tapes, the more I feel I know her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We said forty hours didn't seem like that much; we'd expected it to be longer. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He wore a wide belt for support, and when he could no longer stoop over, he worked on his knees until his back gave out completely. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Later, though, he started to take Dickon and leave me at home, and he no longer cared whether I sat through his audiences, so long as Dickon was there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Once you arrive in the city of Valletta,” Notus said, “you will no longer need these horses.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The pilau there, such a lovely smell, and it has roasted nuts in it—or no, I think the fritters will last longer....” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here the sun mellowed, took on the cast of late afternoon, and the shadows seemed to fall a bit longer; the forest had sunk into a deeper silence, magnifying what sounds did arise. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mala no longer drapes the end of her sari over her head, or weeps at night for her parents, but occasionally she weeps for our son. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have been able to survive much longer under these conditions, Alex thought. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The two of them crouched by the hold a moment longer in a shared hiatus from their work. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His breathing became sleep-heavy while his body no longer fought to stay upright and alert. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Her lip was no longer trembling, but she was blushing. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Madame Padva wished not to be involved any longer, but she is confident that Miss Burgess can handle her responsibilities.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He tells me in some camps, there are more than a hundred thousand refugees living there, so the wait is much longer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What an idea! The longer the beard, the holier the prophet.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It needs to be longer,” I translated again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It grew heavier and heavier, and just when I thought I couldn’t take it any longer, Uncle C sighed and the weight disappeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As I sift through this stuff, a realization hits: I no longer have to keep the box a secret from my parents. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sick, poor, and battered by her alcoholic husband, she decided she could not raise her kids any longer and turned them over to a Baptist children’s home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This time they would stoop over each pile, and taking up a handful of the stalks in each hand they would knot them together to make a longer strand. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of playing for another six weeks in the playoffs no longer filled him with questions. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t have needed to stretch more than I did through those nine hundred miles—although Vonetta’s legs were growing longer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I lay on my mattress as the list of things I was going to miss kept getting longer. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I stood in the deserted street until I could no longer hear the sound of the motor, only the hiss of the powdery snow that the wind kicked up in little eddies on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I watch until the ship is no longer visible. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We still share the care and feeding of Camel, but the three of us no longer exchange stories during the long nights spent on the rails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Pylos will counsel me henceforth. Already he works with the ravens, since you can no longer climb to the rookery. I will not have you kill yourself in my service." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In less serious moments Dev said he liked that her legs were longer than her torso, something he’d observed the first time she walked across a room naked. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Now that you are among us, Cristiana is no longer the lowliest, and with her little authority, she must torment you,” Elnora explained with a weary patience. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Lighting the gas stove no longer took much thought, and she knew how to handle the oil- and mud-stained laundry Henry left in heaps for her to wash. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled back from the mirror so I was no longer within zit-squeezing distance, but I didn’t turn around. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I found I could no longer talk to Sassur, I looked about for something to care for. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stood outside the flat, waving, until I could no longer see her through the rear windscreen. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She interviewed each of us, the interviews taking no longer than ten minutes, asking what we were currently reading, what we had read the previous year, and what we thought of the books. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The mosquitos will eat you two alive if you stay out here much longer.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That night, when I went to bed, I was no longer worried about eighth-grade love triangles or whether it was possible that Clearasil was just an elaborate scam that gave insecure teens false hope. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He began to walk faster on feet that he could no longer feel. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was a child, I could no longer feel as a child, could no longer react as a child. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face is no longer flaming and my eyes aren’t stinging. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They tried to explain to him that things had changed and that he was no longer the patron, but he refused to listen. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And without waiting an instant longer, the scythe pressed the paddle to Kohl’s chest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There must be dozens of temples in the mountains surrounding Songdo; even if Tree-ear could find that monk, it was likely that he would no longer remember. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He explained that many of the countries, like Siam and Italian Somaliland, no longer existed in the same way; the names had changed by now. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It broke like a mournful lullaby upon the night The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier’s eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Charles was certain that the earth was formed much longer ago than that and was still being formed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you see those names?'' he asked, pointing up at the chiseled letters listing people no longer alive. “There's a family behind every name—a mother or father, brothers and sisters, perhaps a wife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then he went to the chestnut tree, thinking about the circus, and while he urinated he tried to keep on thinking about the circus, but he could no longer find the memory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There could no longer be any doubt: Germany would be defeated. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There is another reason, a reason more important, more passionate and, yes, even more sacred than all the others," he said, no longer seeming to see me, but speaking to himself alone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maine is just as long coming down as it is going up, maybe longer. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact is that I no longer want to leave, escape, cross the border to freedom. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let the other man have the triumph a moment longer; life allowed so few. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I would listen, listen, listen, with my head in my hands—till finally, unable to stand it any longer, I would reach down into Mme. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There were still pillars of mangled cars but they no longer dominated the landscape. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He draws a blade, clearly no longer interested in playing politics. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The longer she incubated, the more deeply she went into the trance of incubation. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just telling the story of a gun battle makes what happened seem to have taken much longer than it did. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The longer he knew us, the more of a kid he became. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once he was no longer called an elephant, then he would be able to hold his head up again among the other animals. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Yet when she had to travel, it was still hard for her to “pack my bag and hug my children a good-by which is to last a week or month or longer.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It took longer to get to his other grandparents’ house, his mom’s parents, who lived in the Bronx, than it did to get to Jersey. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t any longer a gifted, powerful minister leading a community in a struggle for social change. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then after a second, “Caroline is no longer suffering from personhood.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

More people crowded onto the train, so I was pushed into a corner where I could no longer look out or feel the slight breeze from the open window. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he meant we—he could no longer draw a line where he ended and the Frog began. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were evidently several opinions about how he actually killed his victims, but the suggestions Meggie overheard grew more and more horrible the closer evening came, until she could bear it no longer. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They wore matching suits of traditional samurai armor, and each had both a short wakizashi and a longer katana strapped to his belt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Koffi looked at him a second longer, as though she wanted to say something else, then seemed to think better of it and kept walking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the second squirrel did, the first one would set up an excited chatter and make a run for a longer leap. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in a couple of hours, that lifelong fact about me, the one that always seemed to surprise people, would no longer be true. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The ghost had disappeared when Richard sat in the chair, and now that she was no longer distracted she was better able to focus on the matter at hand: Richard and his mysterious conversation. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Had I been able to hold him longer, I could have taught him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the year when computational power became infinite—or so close to infinite that it could no longer be measured. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He could no longer recall what the sky looked like through hexagons of cage wire. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was no reason to wait any longer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We fasted for three days, longer than we ever had before. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The longer an isotope’s half-life, the more muted its radioactivity, and, therefore, the more difficult it was to detect. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And the longer they looked for these kids the more he wondered if maybe the backpack had been black or green. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The boy was no longer at the oasis, and the oasis would never again have the same meaning it had had only yesterday. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She endeavoured to persuade herself that she did not regret it; but she could no longer be blind to Miss Bingley’s inattention. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

"Good. The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We no longer had milk in the house, except for the youngest child; curds and butter were beyond our means except on rare occasions. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

No man can ever know what it is to be a mother that has lost a child, not if the man lived longer than two Methuselems. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But there were certain of them who took a bit longer to awaken. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was no longer charged with the old bitterness or distrust. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Clarkebury, plenty of the boys had distinguished lineages, and I was no longer unique. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be less awkward for Charles when he ran into Mr. Horner, or the “Mother-in-law,” if they had time to get used to the idea that he was no longer available. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m no longer sure that I will survive initiation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Aditya looked reproachful in these later sketches, his eyes beckoning the artist to stay with him for just a while longer, to not forget, to not relegate him to these empty pages. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He mixed them together with a long spoon until the mixture was no longer the pale amber color of the whiskey and looked like water instead. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be awake any moment. He seldom sleeps longer than a minute or two.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hold on, baby, just a little bit longer And then I’ll be on my way. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see . . . five to ten business days. Or maybe a little longer.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They have rolls of stickers in the back, different sizes because some people's names are longer than others'. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The problem is, it is normal. At least for a little longer. And then...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He no longer had a reason to visit the White House and State Department. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And it incapacitated you? So that you felt you could no longer run your farm?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was one belonging of his that need no longer concern him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer she thought of it, the more vividly Koffi recalled it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Many joints of harness, no longer under the necessity of precaution, clanked on the stone stair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why they later undertook the hard and perilous crossing of the mountains into Eriador is no longer certain. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they got to Lily’s car—a beat-up Ford Ranger—Toby couldn’t wait any longer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I didn't think I could handle the risk of bleeding out of every orifice in public, even if it meant no longer cursing my reflection. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Met Bong, our parents died a long time ago. We are orphans and have been living with different families, but they no longer want us.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she leans into my shoulder and I let her stay there and sleep for a little longer, dream for a little longer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He stretched out in one of the armchairs, so that Lyra could no longer see his face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But in the meantime two scientists had developed a theory about HeLa that sounded far more like science fiction than anything Rifkin had come up with: HeLa, they said, was no longer human. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Olanna slapped at the crickets; their faintly moist bodies felt slimy against her fingers, and even when they were no longer perched on her, she still slapped her arms and legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last, in the late afternoon, he could bear it no longer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But Riddle’s hunger was now apparent; his expression was greedy, he could no longer hide his longing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In real life, Brennar will know right away when he’s no longer able to control his avatar. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of these was that he’s no longer allowed to go downstairs in the evenings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my knees the moment he was gone from sight, unable to hold my own weight any longer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

‘We boys are no longer allowed to pass the Gate without an elder. Now we shall see better.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Max stays longer than he had intended, in case Officer Berdecki or his friend is watching the house. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I grew tougher, my older limbs less pliable, my shadow longer. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The treatment could take up to two years—much longer than the treatment for regular TB—and the side effects were often painful for patients. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The longer he stared at the girl moving away from him, the less familiar she became. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Gilly knew in the marrow of her bones that if she stayed much longer, this place would mess her up. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had to pull the front seat all the way forward to reach the clutch; his legs had always been longer than hers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or was he the dutiful and respected spy chief of a country that no longer existed? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The statue unsettles me the longer I stare at it, and I waste no more time leaving the corridor to head to the sky garden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The longer I sat motionless, breathing deeply, trying to inhale the last scent of the fallen world, the more I resented its continuing solidity. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Of course, since we no longer count the years numerically, aside from children and adolescents, no one knows how old anyone is anymore—sometimes not even themselves. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I did not want to stop any longer in the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s generally among these poor fools that you’ll see a black kerchief over the man’s head, like Aunt Jemima; he’s trying to make his conk last longer, between trips to the baibershop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many monstrous events were occurring that he was no longer positive which events were monstrous and which were really taking place. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t go that Friday, but after that, he no longer doubted Kathy’s resolve. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

For I had no illusions left now, I no longer made any effort to pretend. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not on the train any longer, I’m in the street. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was darker than she would have thought under the black trees, and the way was longer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had been a Negro more than three weeks and it no longer shocked me to see the stranger in the mirror. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my daze, I realized that Artemis was no longer with me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Such a movement is impossible, though, if those most committed to abolishing racial hierarchy continue to talk and behave as if a state-sponsored racial caste system no longer exists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Without being connected to the rover, it no longer had my C02 production to deal with. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might have gone on that way for a while longer, except we were interrupted. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As in longer works, modulation, with its new set of chords, is a good way to keep a piece interesting. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But when the three-quarters chime sounded, she knew she could wait no longer. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It grew longer and longer—three feet, five feet, ten!—and my jaw dropped as John Henry’s hammer hummed with energy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Enrique allows himself to doze only on trains farther north, where the gangsters no longer control the tops of the trains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But I was still afraid that my parents would be angry or ashamed of me if they found out I was no longer a virgin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As always, I worked a little longer and was the last one at the wagon. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just have to write the truck off as a short-term loss leader, because when it comes down to it, I’m no longer in a position to negotiate. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Oxscini’s always been a problem for us. But not for much longer.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I feel the familiar rattle and jolt, the train slows and I look up, because I have to, because I cannot bear not to, but there is never anything to see any longer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked bad, all right. . . but the longer Riddle stood there, the more life was dwindling out of Ginny . . . and in the meantime, Harry noticed suddenly, Riddle’s outline was becoming clearer, more solid. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But after a few hours you were shaking, filled with a desperate hunger for more, and that hunger grew worse the longer you used it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was a knight now, no longer a smuggler, and he had never been an assassin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Men lost were no longer counted by the thousands but by the hundred thousands; there had been blundering, betrayal, and corruption during the entire progress of the war. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poor mother and father—I wanted to tell them that they no longer wonder what they’re doing in the world while I stand here going out of my mind. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The feeling started in her cheeks and prickled down her neck as she lay on the jungle floor, pretending to be asleep just a few minutes longer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t take much longer with the car. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The father who named them is no longer alive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He no longer served pepper soup or drinks, but he could listen to the regular rise and fall of their voices, the laughter, the singing, Master’s shouting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After an hour or so, the muscles in my legs relaxed to the point where walking was no longer painful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even if it was still necessary for human beings to do different kinds of work, it was no longer necessary for them to live at different social or economic levels. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“First offense!” he finally yelled, unable to take the lousy play of the second-team offense any longer. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be scared. Trust in the Holy Beings. They wouldn’t put your naliyazhi in danger without the tools and means to protect himself. He’s no longer a baby. He’s growing into a man.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self—the great secret! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, Elizabeth heard the rhythmic gasping, the silence growing longer between each lungful of air, until, finally, the breathing stopped. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The longer we live, the quicker the days seem to pass. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t keep them bottled inside me any longer. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Just the fleeting thought makes my heart soar for what will no longer happen. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And slowly what was there is no longer there. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He looks up again for a longer moment, then goes back to hammering the fence post. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer did they try to fit themselves, like paper-doll figures, behind trappings so foreign to their actual lives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth couldn’t see far in the hazy air, but the longer they walked, the more certain she became that the entire landscape was a downward curve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was no longer a beautiful rhythm and flow; the longer Koffi stayed in it, the more overwhelmed she felt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Natural philosophy was no longer an enterprise to be conducted simply with pen and paper. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t realize it takes me longer to get a question wrong than it does to get it right. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra came out of the focused calm she shared with the alethiometer and drifted back to the present moment to find herself no longer alone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenzi's name, though only five letters, was longer than he was. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Although Mr. Achebe writes about life in Nigeria, I find this book tells a Zambian story. And the longer I stay in this country, I find this book tells an American story.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The jungle was no longer something he could just distance himself from—he was within it, entirely consumed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But then you too will no longer have a team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the end, he could not wait any longer for the blaming to begin. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was no longer looking for clues in the poem so much as I was looking for Margo herself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then my eyes blurred for a while, and the pressure in my chest lifted just enough that I could swallow down the rest of the words and keep them to myself a little longer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was as though she had spoken words that were forbidden, words that she had hidden within herself for a long time and now would be repressed no longer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had a bad time on December 3, and it took even longer for her to gain her strength. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he was no longer on the team, Prince hadn’t exactly gone away. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not full, but no longer hungry, the Tillermans sat by the water and stared. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s gotten a haircut since the last selfie he posted—sort of longer on top, but it’s subtle. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Conserving power and fuel no longer meant a thing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But my memories of him were so strong that I had to admit to myself that the only reason I no longer liked him was that I was jealous of the other girls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He waited awhile longer before moving through the house again to see that the pressure was strong everywhere, and then he shut down the taps. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rich and the poor, who are generally thought to live in a state of harmonious interdependence—the one providing cheap labor, the other providing low-wage jobs—can no longer coexist. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost enough to make her forget that she and Moody were no longer friends. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was no longer so easy for me to talk that one into anything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the trees had run wild, and the ground was covered with fruit that was no longer harvested, for the people who once lived here had long since left to find an easier life elsewhere. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each day, too, Robin grew stronger, and could work longer before resting. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t hold back her news any longer. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long ride in boxcars with soldiers jammed shoulder to shoulder, we had an even longer march in the pouring rain. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe soldiers will no longer patrol our neighborhood, maybe I can jump rope after dark, maybe the whistles that tell Mother to push us under the bed will stop screeching. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, an error message pops up, telling me that the file no longer exists. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They grumbled and dawdled a while longer, but pretty soon we were on our way, this time with Worm tagging along. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Never mind that Dries told him he should wait longer; he doesn’t think the timing is quite right. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Maids were expected to clean fifteen to sixteen rooms a day by themselves, and though the shifts were supposed to be eight hours long, in reality it took much longer to clean so many rooms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Nazi government had told them they were no longer welcome, that they were unworthy to live on German soil. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It’s as if he’s no longer our dog. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Valentine no longer kept count of how many families lived on his land. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had got used to the noise and the smell of the tannery; they no longer affected me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the details of her experience were so painful that we could no longer look past the violence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The mole at the comer of my mouth is no longer a mole; now it’s a beauty mark, just like a movie star’s. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are no longer in need of your services, Tantalus,” Mr. D announced. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I passed the washing machine and furnace and entered the old coal bin which was no longer used. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was no longer any need to be on his guard, or afraid of being attacked. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she couldn’t face chores any longer, she explored—cautiously. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true—the mural looked as though it had been around much longer than either Sierra or Robbie had been alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He stared at me a moment longer, then slowly, slowly turned his head away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The marchers down south didn't just up and start their marching—it was part of a longer, bigger plan, that maybe belonged to God. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

That’s when my mother decided I no longer had to do the dishes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up, unable to bear it any longer, and looked around my room distractedly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think everyone sensed that she was no longer with us, but no one could bear to say that she was gone. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, because there were no longer any eyes to perceive it, the color was gone, and the fifth April had become, like her four older sisters, a time of grief and desolation. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right at the end he was no longer thinking about me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It took a while for the doctor to revive her husband and even longer to elicit, through the man’s broken English, what he’d said that so enraged his wife. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Mother spoke very slowly and she said, “We are going back to Swindon because if we stay in London any longer... someone was going to get hurt. And I don’t necessarily mean you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The trees drew close again on either side, and they could no longer see far ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That is no longer a true statement,” Maya said primly. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When a man has seen so many dead he cannot understand any longer why there should be so much anguish over a single individual. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think Gilgamesh himself would have a hard time beating what you just did. Just be a hero for a little while longer, okay?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He it is still and yet it is not he any longer. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their chain links were no longer than my thumb. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He found himself stiffening, as if for a final spring; he no longer felt limp like a helpless prey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was still recognizable, but he was not the same person any longer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I spoke to witches from a world like ours, but profoundly different, for those witches live no longer than our short-lifes, and there are men among them, too, men-witches who fly as we do....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couples were no longer just smiling, they were laughing out loud. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Their owners had simply no longer been able to afford fuel for them, so they’d just parked them and walked away. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Bind up Black Dog’s wound and gather his things. He is no longer a member of this brotherhood. I have had enough of his disobedience. He’s already been warned of the penalty.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body had betrayed him and most of the things he once took for granted were no longer even possible. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The longer we waited, the more anxious I got. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning Coraline said to her mother, “I’m going to have a picnic with my dolls today. Can I borrow a sheet—an old one, one you don’t need any longer—as a tablecloth?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Now that Miss Cream’s gaze is no longer distracting me from a full view of him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can no longer wallow in what happened in the past. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So, we need Bogrod to control the cart; I no longer have the authority. But there will not be room for the wizard.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Without them my stay would have been much longer, and my life much different. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But an even longer, harder flight lay ahead of us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was no longer used to the rocking motions of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Oh well, at least I no longer had to stare at Tamika’s annoyingly smug grin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, no longer. Me and Jules, were no longer a thing.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The walk to the river is only ten minutes, but in the February sun it always feels much longer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing that my thoughts are no longer nagging anxieties, I finally take a moment to breathe. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His broom was vibrating so hard, it was almost impossible for him to hang on much longer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But her replies eventually got longer and we began to correspond. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He continued to read Beetle Bailey and to cut out the strips, but he no longer mounted them in his collection. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Race you!” she says, and sprints down the hall into the activity lounge, with me following, trying to keep up—how can I not, when my legs are so much longer? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The more juice I can give the oxygenator, the more oxygen it'll liberate, and the longer I can go between those "air sols." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer needed to pick cotton in the fields or labor in factories, lower-class black men were hauled off to prison in droves. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaw encouraged Father for a bit longer, until he and Robin began naming constellations and then rearranged the stars into other shapes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

William no longer controlled his throat or his tongue or any other organ used for speaking. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Many longer works of music, such as symphony movements, have more than one melodic theme. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But the government’s transgressions could no longer be ignored. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

No longer a tall eastern white pine, instead a slanted one with all branches hanging like sad arms toward the ground. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So it took a little longer for me to wake up this morning, and I quickly developed a splitting headache. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So my uncle started a bank account to help fund our gatherings and pay for air travel for those of us who no longer lived near the Bay Area. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We sit for a minute, ignoring the obvious till it can’t be ignored no longer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We are no longer temporary; only our feelings are. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that the hair of the girls was left a little longer than the boys. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as they were concerned, going to high school meant I’d no longer be pursuing an elite career—in my dad’s words, I’d be giving up “all this gymnastics business”—but I didn’t agree. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lightning flashed across the dark blue clouds, but for Tayo, the bolt zigzagged slowly up the dark mountain peaks of cloud, taking longer than Robert’s words had taken to reach him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can no longer pray to God so I will pray to the Virgin Mary instead. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The presence of the seminarian inhibited Tessie, who no longer wandered upstairs for private swing sessions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It took him some time to quiet his breathing, longer to stop trembling, and longer still to remember some fleeting familiarity about that gliding shape he had seen. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And like she was delivering the weather, Mother said, “Constantine is no longer employed here. Now let’s get all these trunks unpacked before you ruin your clothes.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The vault was cavernous, longer than Winterfell itself, and fon had told him once that there were other levels underneath, vaults even deeper and darker where the older kings were buried. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally she couldn’t bear it any longer and got up and crept softly down the stairs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone down and it was so dark I could no longer see clearly. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The perpetrators of all this, as Mrs. Heine has taken pains to point out, are no longer among us, so their culpability is not at issue. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I read for a little while longer, then try to go to sleep, but I can’t. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fact that she hadn’t was a small miracle, but he knew she wouldn’t make it much longer without treatment, and they were out of supplies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was true, she no longer thought so often about Fourth Cousin, once her best friend. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The small bird stuck its neck out for more, and I fed it in this manner two more dried pieces, until it didn’t lift its head any longer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I sat there, dazed, thinking we might be away from home longer than usual this time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Since Saturn moves around the sun once every thirty years, the length of the seasons on Saturn and its moons is much longer than on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She no longer threw her head back and laughed with all her teeth showing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that these things were left on purpose, but stuff simply got forgotten because they were no longer on the radar of critical possessions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As to whether or not I should reveal this, there’s no longer any need for any question in my mind—for now the public knows. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she knew that if she kept going much longer, she would no longer care. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But it was clear that we were no longer welcome in the palace. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"I don't spend a minute longer in there than I must." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The proper line, the one leading to the office responsible for issuing birth certificates and other documents, turned out to be longer than the other one, so we waited another hour. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that they might live a little longer. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The white man’s brains that today explore space should have told the slavemaster that any slave, if he is educated, will no longer fear his master. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lingered only for this, and he knew it, even though she no longer exhorted him as she had in days but shortly gone by. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then Joe cut the water back into the river and sat for a moment longer while the sun rose higher and water seeped into the ground around his bean plants. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer would he have to share a room with Levy who, after a troubled start, was completing his GED requirements and starting his vocational classes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was silent and chilly indoors, and it no longer felt like home. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, my colors and shapes may not be around much longer if I can actually find a doctor to cure me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When he could no longer see Joe Cassini’s car for the rain, Sam crawled out from under the bush and ran to the bowed arch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. Yossarian. He’s in a very bad way, sir. I’m afraid he won’t be able to suffer much longer without doing something desperate.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

From this moment on, I knew I could no longer avoid actually understanding the helical theory. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I had been older, or had had my mother longer, or understood Dolores’ frustration more deeply, my response would not have been so violent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked, someone said, like “a man who temporarily had visited Olympus and still was no longer for this world.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe you need to buy longer shirts, he thought. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was no longer a given that I'd be home for dinner, as though Gramps and I were practicing for our near futures without each other. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We can no longer afford to eat plain rice but have to mix it with mushrooms, banana stocks, and other leaves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some worlds will look out onto a vast gaseous nebula, the remains of an ordinary star that once was and is no longer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sun can no longer warm God’s creatures,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

My growing hate of the preacher finally became more important than God or religion and I could no longer contain myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most Eskimo wives were left home these days; with the advent of gussak frozen foods, cooks were no longer needed for the hunt. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer even had the strength to fly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At sixty, said Confucius, I was no longer argumentative. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The minute I became somebody, I risked no longer being welcomed as nobody. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She thought about our waxing appointments at the Golden Fleece and my husky alto—everything, really: the way I never filled out dresses right, the way women’s gloves no longer fit me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Although I doubt he can hang on much longer without medicine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Could we not wait longer and save more money? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She carefully avoided the street in Victoria Island where his club was, and she no longer shopped at the Palms and she imagined him, too, avoiding her part of Ikoyi, keeping away from Jazzhole. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Besides, last I heard, Luke no longer has a telephone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had food enough in the cave for a couple of weeks, maybe longer if I did not eat much. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I would have rested longer except for the indescribably rank smell and loud snuffling coming from a few feet away. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Catholic church should no longer have a special status in our country. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the snow was melting, there was no longer any danger of being buried. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we’d better start having a look along the banks soon, although I must say I’m in no particular hurry. But I’ve got an idea it may be going to rain before much longer.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just let us know if you don’t want to do this any longer. We’ll find someone else.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“No, not today, Jez. I only wanted to walk with you a little longer.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was something of the brute about him with that broken nose, but Sarai found herself lingering longer in the appraisal of him than she had over any of the others, save the golden one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then there’s time stretching, where you insert new frames in post-production between the ones already filmed but linger longer on each one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

John Henry frowned but was no longer arguing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

By the second or third day, my insides were running normally, and I no longer had that bloated feeling from my greens-only diet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could not speak any longer; nor could she swallow without pain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"We need to find the wolves. Can you stand to go a bit longer?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had longer hair, more spring in his step, and a lot more anger in his eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I fear you won’t be seeing her much longer. It sounds as if her time is running out.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I did feel different: larger, fuller, more complete, no longer divided against myself—compulsion to comply against wish to refuse. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was different, no longer dreamy and tired. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The process of appealing his guilty verdict took a lot longer than I expected—years instead of months. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

If Jason no longer gave off the right sort of vibe, or the aura of a Roman leader... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It took longer than they thought to get the minigun set up inside the concertina wire surrounding the camp. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel Blackwood stopped by unexpectedly one day to announce he would no longer be Cole’s lawyer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

By common consent they were using the spears as sabers now, no longer daring the lethal points. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Still trusts me, even if I no longer deserve it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He told me that his more liberated views of the Negro were in such contradiction to those of his elders, his parents and uncles, that he no longer went home to visit them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we didn’t need Lourdes after we moved to Bridgeport, because Mom had sold her floral shop and no longer worked full-time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But now, no longer surrounded, Thomas had a clear shot away, back down the path. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But she understood why they could no longer be friends. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to sit at home any longer.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She huddled up, looking no longer like the noisy, boisterous girl I knew. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wavy hair was longer than mine and pulled back in a ponytail. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Macon and Pilate stayed there two weeks, not a day longer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Playing here, working in the Fishery, and with a wealthy patron on the horizon, I’d no longer be forced to live like a pauper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saved the two of us from slavery, you would think some gratitude might be in order “If you sleep any longer, you’re like to miss the war.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I thought she’d finally managed to get it into her head that I wasn’t interested any longer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Food had become so scarce that I was no longer stopping to collect it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and we can time which hand you can keep in the cold water longer,” Eliza said. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

For millions of young Americans, and their families and friends, Vietnam was no longer a distant conflict. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was dressed now: he still looked pale, but he was no longer gory and sullied. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

That was two weeks ago, and yet it seemed so much longer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But I remember clearly when all that comfort became no longer comfortable. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t sit here any longer and let Mama suffer like she is.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It had taken her longer than she thought it would to walk here. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But then Mom says, “I don’t know how much longer I can...” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Vonetta was discovering her longer legs, dodging and dashing off, avoiding Fern’s blows. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Lourdes can no longer envision Pilar, only floating parts of her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, . . .” He folded his small hands across his chest, his voice no longer pinched and polite, but soft and warm. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“All day and all night, might be even longer,” insisted one big, black-bearded archer with a Cerwyn axe sewn on his breast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At a time when many middle-class children and parents grow distant, apart, no longer speak, romantic solutions appeal. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I couldn’t bear it a moment longer and my eyes filled with tears. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The new posts were thicker and longer than the old ones, so Finn and Miguel took turns with the posthole digger to widen and deepen the hole. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Armed conflict between communism and democracy was no longer a frightening possibility but a terrifying reality. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

The bus ride became increasingly bumpy because the road was no longer paved. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But she could no longer harm Ruth, and she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I had an even longer time alone with the card—91 seconds, 83 seconds, 123 seconds. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His hair is longer than it used to be too, and he either lets it go wild or slicks it back. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I no longer see the life in them.The fire that made men go to war for them is gone.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth is still a sphere, but it is no longer at the centre of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This was the backbone of the island, the slightly higher land that lay beneath the mountain where the forest was no longer deep Jungle. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her fingers are slightly longer than mine and feel good in my hands. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer felt that the world about me was hostile, killing; I knew it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the girl was frightened when the strange animal came out of the hole, but when he spoke to her and reassured her, she was no longer afraid. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a little longer, okay? We’ll probably be there by tomorrow.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the Company cared no longer for watchers or unfriendly eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The longer he’s gone, the worse it will look. I don’t want a big ruckus, people asking questions.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even as I say this, I realize it is no longer true. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I can see that you won’t be here too much longer.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how much longer I can hold on to her memory. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, you’ve literally been dating him for a shorter time than Simon and Bram. I know people who had longer relationships than that in middle school. Simon and Anna dated longer than that.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Having a successful career and a comfortable salary were no longer my ultimate goals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy and I stayed in the hall for a while longer, not sure what to do. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, but...can’t we stay? Please help me ignore reality a little longer.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I relax, and I no longer feel like some kind of Divergent soldier, defying serums and government leaders alike. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“That makes it last longer. Children these days would bust out of sheet-metal clothes. They so rough.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was not shuffling the extra deck of cards, she sat squinting into a tiny pocket mirror, brushing mascara on her curling reddish eyelashes in a birdbrained effort to make them longer permanently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I mistrusted her no longer, I was afraid of her no more, but the sight of her sobbing there, dry-eyed, made me shudder, made me ill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But he was no longer there; he was standing next to a sand-covered sentinel, on the far side of the camp. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Siddhartha knew that the game was finished, that he could play it no longer. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked for a little while longer, and then I decided I ought to head for the ferry dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He no longer reads Edgar Allan Poe at night. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

To someone high up, it would appear that everything down below was taking longer to happen. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must apologize: this letter has gotten much longer than I expected it to be. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She no longer needed to win Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics for the scholarship money. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He set his bag on the floor and looked around in silence, no longer smiling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The concept of stairs in the traditional sense was also something the world no longer needed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I watch Rosie for a few seconds longer and then turn to face him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adèle and Pilot—ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had been unmasked only that morning by Jay Cee herself, and I felt now that all the uncomfortable suspicions I had about myself were coming true, and I couldn't hide the truth much longer. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But once the threshold of 150 individuals is crossed, things can no longer work that way. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

About six cages down from me, on the same shelf, I saw them put a collar on Jenner; but once he was back in his cage, I could see him no longer. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you suppose we were homesick that day? We’ve been gone much longer than that now.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thanked them for their help, adding that their assistance was no longer needed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The longer she thought about her encounter with the mother bear, the more Omakayas was convinced that something she did not understand had passed between the two of them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He did not argue any longer, but got up, very shaky on his legs, and walked a few steps toward the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Second by second, their fins altered, their bodies grew longer or shorter, and they mutated from species to species. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had been absent from our lives far longer than the twelve days we’d been gone, and I was thankful for the comfort of her love. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I will no longer live among men,” he told her, “if I do not make Hector pay with his death for Patroclus dead.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now that I no longer live as a Catholic in a Catholic world, I cannot expect the liturgy—which reflects and cultivates my faith—to remain what it was. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack’s uncle had a small factory that produced spools of thread, but he could no longer go to a large city for necessary supplies. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of playing Duke a little longer was terrifying. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By being on the spot, troubles are seen at their birth and can be quickly remedied; not being there, they are heard about after they have grown up and there is no longer any remedy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t going to say embarrassing,” he says, brushing a hand through his bushel of hair, only to find that it’s no longer there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“That, eh, may well have been a misunderstanding. He received some new information yesterday, Brand new. Mr. Getz now believes that the boys are no longer here, I mean, in Venice. Hello?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It no longer sounds like the championship of Canadian junior hockey. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

After English became my primary language, I no longer knew what words to use in addressing my parents. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cholera epidemics come at longer intervals, the 1991 Peruvian epidemic being the first one to reach the New World during the 20th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My scalp must've been numb, because I could no longer feel her tugging on the hair. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Some of them were simply abbreviated versions of longer commands he sometimes called out in the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to get roped into staying longer than I had to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, years ago, she had stepped off the path of life and could no longer find her way back to the family of people. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She stared at him a second longer, and then, almost imperceptibly, she leaned forward slightly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an emptied heart, to experience pure thought—that was his goal. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer you watched that man doing things, the younger he looked. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered how much longer he was going to have to serve—another year? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The mead of the giants was cold and salty, but he drank it down, draining the horn, drinking until his breath gave out and he could drink no longer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

How much longer will this increasingly oppressive, unbearable weight press down on us? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Soon it will not matter, Your Ladyship. Gaea will rise, and we all will be rewarded. You will no longer have to guard this place, or keep your works hidden.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But at least you two don’t have to worry about Millie for much longer,” Ms. Jones continued, filling the silence. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“How much longer do you have to stay in bed?” she asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to go ashore to build a fire, if this journey takes much longer,” she whispered to herself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hare replied with a lie, but continued to sing about the doings of the clever hare, who was no longer thirsty and had clean fur. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But thanks to what was happening, money no longer counted for anything. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

No longer holding back, she fell for William, body and soul. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As to the art of pitching, of course, the old man could show and tell, but he could no longer do. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day one of our teachers went to my father and said he would no longer teach girls. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And there are much longer time scales still. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears flowing down my cheeks, I egged myself on until I heard a cracking sound and I no longer felt any life fighting in my hands. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They no longer sounded like strangers trying to hook up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The moment I began searching for the egg, the future no longer seemed so bleak. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It would take him longer to get to Tulsa by car. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was no longer there, which made life easier since there were no more raised voices or slammed doors. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“The clouds roll in. Already it grows darker, colder. Your Wall no longer weeps. Look.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It has been longer than that, further removed in time, I told myself, and yet I knew that it hadn't been. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the invasion of the Smoke, Tally hadn’t been separated from David for longer than that hour in the storm, and now she wouldn’t see him for a whole day. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

These differences stemmed ultimately from Eurasia’s much longer history of densely populated, economically specialized, politically centralized, interacting and competing societies dependent on food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She must stay here in Wales for a while longer, where she knew people who could help and advise her, especially her husband’s great friend and partner, Mr Aadnesen. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds longer, I wipe my wet face on his shirt, let go, and put a little space between us. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Benji pulled open the door to the shop, no longer put off by dress shopping. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had just turned off the DS and put it back into his pocket when he heard the scrunch of gravel behind him that told him he was no longer alone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Soon it wasn’t possible for him to walk longer than five minutes at a time without pausing to lean against a sweet gum tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, Anderson and other black performers began to appear regularly in the hall, and segregation was no longer an issue. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He hoped they’d reached the right place, because he couldn’t keep the horses together any longer. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He extends his hand, and Kim shakes it, a bit longer than necessary. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the longer she stared at it, the more clearly she heard Adiah’s voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ignatius bellowed, unable to remain silent any longer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came less often, and flew, when they did come, less slowly, as if the search had become haphazard and no longer hopeful. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Money worries were ever constant, and she was no longer young. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When it was no longer satisfied with the reach it had from behind the zebra, the hyena climbed onto its haunches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of something to say so she’d stay longer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Almost as if she could no longer see him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And what she knew for certain was that the weight of the world no longer felt like it rested entirely on her shoulders. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now that I had reached the city, though, I was no longer so eager for it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But if the animal then emerges and stands there plainly in view, there is no longer any question of collecting evidence; its coming into view doesn’t provide me with more evidence that it’s a pig. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he could no longer see the dead. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“My belief is that this situation should no longer be handled by the Circle,” one member finally said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When I finally got up with sharp grains imbedded in my knees I found, to my surprise, that I no longer believed in God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She no longer hopes to live by seeking the truth—if women ever do hope this—but continues henceforth under the guidance of a seventh sense. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Tamika was a permanent element in my life and we were no longer brutal competitors. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

By the time he reached the backstage exit, he could no longer resist smiling at the well-wishers waiting there. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Halloween feast seemed to take much longer than usual. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Anyhow he was no longer sinking; he had begun to ascend, along with the others. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was no longer in the same block as my father. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was no longer sure, he had in fact never been sure, whether he liked his life because he really did or whether he liked it because he was supposed to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"I am an observer," I told myself, as I watched Doreen being handed into the room by the blond boy to another man, who was also tall, but dark, with slightly longer hair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He could no longer hear the water—not the rain or the charging of fins through the sea—only the snapping of flames as they gobbled the ancient trees and tender saplings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The longer I waited, the greater the odds that Lange would discover my betrayal. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Leale realizes that he is no longer needed in that cramped bedroom. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even big things like when my dad, a cop, started working longer hours and could barely stand to look at me when he finally did come home. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Angie has long eyelashes that she makes even longer with mascara. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“A crawler can live a month with no food if it has water. And don’t bother feeding Gox. Treflex will hold her for longer than our journey will last.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate he scored a bed-cover out of it; for when we returned a few hours later to look for it, it was no longer to be found. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could just keep the monster distracted a little longer .. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, she reached to rub the bracelet that was no longer there. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The street outside being so narrow, we couldn’t talk properly for a while longer, and I think we were all grateful for that. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His visit home suddenly seemed much longer than a week, perhaps because of the endless gassy churning in his stomach from eating only fruit and nuts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Madame Antoine’s step was no longer to be heard in the adjoining room. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how much longer I sat with my face in my hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When a favorite teacher shaved off his beard, Wesley no longer recognized him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not only did we stop eating at home, there was no longer a home to eat in. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer could I see the Conflict through the Smoke & Evening — who fired, &c. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pa works harder and longer than anyone else in the village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drive was only about ten minutes, but it felt ten times longer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

No longer a lanky sapling, I was solid and strong, but not anchored to the earth the way I am now. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Cassiopeia cried, no longer able to contain her excitement. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But as he struggled to lift the paper, he realized he no longer had hands! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the two of them were no longer alone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Holiday’s performance and the disturbing images of the poetic text mark the moment in the development of popular song when it could no longer be dismissed as mere frivolity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Nick swung a vicious fist at Bod, who was no longer there, and Nick's fist slammed into the side of the gravestone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The longer we stayed in Hope Springs, the closer I got to needing another hand. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He would have to remember that he was no longer in Winterfell, where only the king stood higher; here, he Was but first among equals. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He somehow makes a fragile peace, somehow convinces the gentlemen to wait just a little longer for an east wind. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Take a picture. It’ll last longer,” she said as she walked away. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.83: The performance of an accent depends on the style of music, but in general, sforzando and fortepiano accents involve a loud beginning to a longer note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

You’ll no longer have extra help for science but instead will be required to attend the debate club I’m running in the library during that time. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I will no longer study Yoga-Veda, Atharva-Veda, or asceticism, or any other teachings. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved through her, then: ghost hands lent her strength that she no longer possessed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

In the sunlight, their skin was no longer deathly pale; it was like new-fallen snow, bright and pristine. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He no longer believed in the chupacabras or vampires, but the dark, dead stillness of night brought them back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once you go through puberty, you will no longer be able to see us or interact with us in this fashion. Devin is also a human, like you.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We played for a while longer, until Ben just curled onto the floor, holding the controller up to his chest, and went to sleep. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The primary fact now is that the element of gamble in the overall picture no longer exists,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to be able to hunt androids any longer,” she said calmly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is like realizing someone in a photograph is no longer the same age as they were when it was taken, and they seem farther away because of it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I tried waking up the girls, but they were dazed and disorientated and wanted only to be left alone, to linger in bed a little longer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

On one hand, they didn’t want to live with the Poes any longer. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lazlo’s dream was spilled out into the air, the color and storm of it no longer a future to be reached, but a cyclone here and now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve tried all over the place. They don’t exist any longer.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

With him heading the charge, they now had the courage to say to those white folks who ran Odessa that they were no longer going to accept the crumbs of their paternalism. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the longer he stared at that water, that foaming green water, rising higher every second, the more certain he became: The Titanic was in trouble. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished, nobody in the room was cold any longer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We were no longer marching, we were running. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy helped her stretch longer clotheslines from the cabin to the cottonwood trees at the edge of the fields. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happens when the Negro is no longer a part of this economy? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I discovered that Uncle Lee had been in jail longer than I had been alive. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I am afraid they might then become gigantic and I be no longer able to master them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just had to hold on for a little while longer. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I waited a little longer, giving him a chance to talk me into going home, but he didn’t appear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

We must no longer be ashamed of being black. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He let die alchemist wait a little longer while he read what the ravens had brought him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I check the calendar hanging in the kitchen to confirm it, because it felt like so much longer. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

That short walk to Margaret’s started feeling longer and longer, and all Henrietta wanted to do when she got there was sleep. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Staring at the computer, I felt my vision narrow, no longer seeing all the faces in the photos, just a blur of glowing color. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The process of life had ceased to be intolerable, he had no longer any impulse to make faces at the telescreen or shout curses at the top of his voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He stayed there a little longer, still squatting, watching the animal as it cooled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if to emphasize his thoughts the mosquitos—with die fire gone and protective smoke no longer saving him—came back in thick, nostril-clogging swarms. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Behind Gregor the sound was at this point no longer like the voice of only a single father. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew what Fern had said, even though it took Vonetta and me a little longer to really understand what Fern had said and seen. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the houses look as big as our school and the front lawns are longer and wider than football fields. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Siddhartha had spent the night at his house with dancers and wine, had pretended to be superior to his companions, which he no longer was. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so far—happen three mile. He had been called away by the sudden death of his father: he was at Marsh End now, and would very likely stay there a fortnight longer.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the rate he was going, he would no longer be eligible for football once he received his grade for the six-week period. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer saw my parents or our living room. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We sit on the porch awhile longer, and I look down at Audrey’s legs and her lap. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She stood in the fading daylight a little longer and then admitted, “I’m going to Rûm.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

No longer pale and stricken, her eyes were bright. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could feel his heartbeat now as if it were beating in her own chest...and she realized she wanted to feel that a little longer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The color had faded from Mr. Curtain’s face so that it no longer looked like an eggplant with glasses; only the tip of his lumpy nose retained a crimson hue. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s your dog; and the longer we keep him, the harder it’ll be for us to give him up. Take him along. I can make the boys understand.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even I’d only glimpsed a little of who he truly was, but I worried that, the longer he wore it, the easier it would be to forget that the mask wasn’t the truth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Just hold your horses, young lady. You’ve held on for this long. You can last a little longer.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t move, not until the shadows grew longer across my bedroom and the bright morning light began to dim. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I pick it up and stare at the doorknob a moment longer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

How we balance the tension between the short-term demands of our reptilian senses—run!—and our longer- term desires, goals, and commitments that we try to set with the more evolved parts of our brains. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’d worked out a theory about what fighting was for, and now he no longer fought with his six closest neighbors. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been longer in Karhide now than the Investigators had, and I doubted that there was anything to the stories of Foretellers and their prophecies. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, you see, days were much longer then,” said the good sister. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I stared at the name above the return address for a few moments longer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

All these little simple, foolish, but tremendously strong, vital, passionate urges and desires no longer seemed trivial to Siddhartha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered what he said about not leaving the lobsters in their traps longer than we had to. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The doctors were no longer concerned about the pressure inside her skull. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a tiny jump and hang in the air just a bit longer than I’m used to. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

All of the little ones, too young to run errands, were placed under the care of a woman, so old she could no longer work. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understand sheep; they’re no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer the statue stood in Pompeii, the more anger it seemed to radiate, making Reyna’s skin itchy and her nerves raw. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This could turn out to be such a deadly place for me if I had to stay in it much longer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His waist kept getting longer, rising above his belt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t stay here much longer,” he says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t an ounce of color left in his cheeks, and his lips began to smack against one another, trying to form the word, trying to call up a memory that was no longer there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By the old library, which is no longer in business—there was a murder in there last year and they closed it down. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were certain things they could no longer share. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had probably won our contest because mine had stood a few minutes longer, but hers had been taller than mines before that air vent blew it down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way—I was no longer a child, afraid of the threat my terrifying father posed to my safety. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And she was no longer smiling, no longer cheery. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

JT considered that, and the longer he considered it, the more nervous I got. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would no longer need any reminding that we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and that what we’re eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Rufus had told me his short cut, and that there was another longer way by road. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But to me, what you experience every day is no longer news. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Besides, I feel like I’ve waited long enough—if I leave my thoughts in a corner any longer, I might start to forget them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Foundation of ancient power that no longer mattered. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We have caught it in buckets and barrels to drink, and the river is no longer so salty. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And in that moment, I suddenly felt unable to stand up any longer. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was a longer pause as Stanchion circulated this time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No longer did they store their teacups on the windowsill. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We look round—but we are no longer alone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were quickly realizing that building a state-of-the-art facility was going to take a lot longer than they’d imagined. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I felt around it but the rope was no longer tied to it He'd cut the raft loose! The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had just entered the grounds when he spoke, unable to keep his thoughts to himself any longer. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And they might help her live longer, and better. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Let’s get this show on the road. Guess I can’t stall any longer.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By the time he was born, in 1887, they weren’t warriors any longer. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Henek says he doesn’t know how much longer they will stay on the farm.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We continued to crack chestnuts open, until I could no longer remain quiet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that I was no longer arguing with him but with Death itself, with Death that he had already chosen. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys and I lie on the kitchen floor and stare at the ceiling for a while longer, until I realize, with some embarrassment, that they have both fallen asleep. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He is no longer a boy trying to be the man of the house, trying to be brave, wanting to take care of his family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our shadows grow longer as the sun sinks toward the horizon. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Germans stationed in France fill their duffels with items rationed or no longer available at home due to wartime restrictions. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

During the game, over and over again, he had proven that Bull was no longer fast enough to drive around him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Oppenheimer chatted at lunch, then Oppenheimer invited Groves back to his office for a longer talk. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little of his voice came back, so that he no longer had to whisper but could bring out his words in a slightly reedy whine. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to look at the beautiful sword for a bit longer, until he summoned the courage to turn around. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is fairly remarkable to think that Ford has been building cars and baseball has been playing World Series for longer than we have known that the Earth has a core. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

With this admission, the wilderness that would swallow me forever became no longer impassable. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But the luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

These have been his lifelong enemies; thanks to them he no longer holds office. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that now suddenly struck Winston was that his mother’s death, nearly thirty years ago, had been tragic and sorrowful in a way that was no longer possible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sarah had realized I was no longer with her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The folds of the hills and the symmetry of the trees no longer had the power to please them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause longer than usual, and Gandalf and Gimli were whispering together; the others were crowded behind, waiting anxiously. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

No grief or sorrow lived longer than a day in their little heads—and, who knows, perhaps the mild night air had already made them forget that this was not their own story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Roseland itself is no longer a thing of magic once the dancing’s done. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to stay longer, but Aunty Ifeoma said we had to leave, because it would be impossible to drive out if we waited until most people were leaving. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It took a lot longer than usual, and while it was going on a few members of the crowd began to leave. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sneaked out of the stable—Uri no longer tied me to himself—and into the curfew. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that though the glasses still slanted down, the eyes were no longer focused on the page, but on my face and lighting with a slow smile. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She always complains, though, when I give her a tight hug: ‘If you love me, stop squeezing my old bones so I can be alive longer.’ A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “if Mr. Hoodhood will agree, then I see nothing wrong with your presentation going slightly longer. Mr. Hoodhood?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They could no longer see the palms of the oasis—only the gigantic moon above them, and its silver reflections from the stones of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if you don’t like it? What if you don’t like it so much that you no longer like me?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The problem was that Wagner felt that writing symphonies was no longer a worthwhile pursuit. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe come the end of the year, when I’m no longer a carer, I’ll be able to listen to it more often. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked a bit longer, enjoying the warm afternoon, and I realized we were heading toward the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The days had become longer and more noticeable. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he had to look for what he was looking for, and realize it no longer existed, or never existed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s no longer wearing the mask over his eyes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If that was so, our journey was going to be longer and more worrisome than I’d been led to believe. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I no longer had to worry about who saw me or about what was proper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This way, at least, Bri would have food, and what little remained at home would last that much longer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His bird collection grew even bigger and his observations in his notebook grew longer, especially the following summer when his family took a trip down the Nile River. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I noticed that his mech’s eyes were no longer glowing blue. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They stood a moment longer in the growing dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much longer do we have to be there?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to see my mom a little longer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then the shopkeeper could hold her tongue no longer. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the memory of his old home no longer had the power to heal him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The image shows the two of us talking in the courtyard about some matter that I can no longer remember. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We closed that entrance entirely and dug another, longer and narrower—our back door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you: that contents me for to-night. Now you had better go; for if you stay longer, you will perhaps irritate me afresh by some mistrustful scruple.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t gonna be able to do this much longer—it was cold! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There's no longer any need to guard us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I also think speed is no longer his desire. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

This environment gives us more material resources and longer lives than those enjoyed by any previous generation, but it often makes us feel alienated, depressed and pressured. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers moved to the river scar on my cheek, and I was surprised to find that my hand was no longer covering it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I could not hold the hot words in my mouth any longer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Dallas and Florida had lived in the Boxton Creek Home longer than any of the other children there, they knew all the rules. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that they were no longer laughing. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And by the time his surroundings came into focus, there was no longer a youngish white lady staring at him, but a little old brown-skinned dude. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Baachan gazed at it, her eyes going so far away that she did not even seem to really be in this room any longer. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He squinted through the window a moment longer. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’d stopped using the word fascinated to describe the way he engaged with me and my life, because the pejorative iteration of the word no longer seemed fair. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, if I may impose on your hospitality a little longer. I’ll be off first thing in the morning, I promise.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You are the strongest person I have ever known. You can hold on for a while longer, I know you can.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life, I was no longer the new girl. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I hang outside with Sherlock a little longer because I’m still upset with my father, but when I go back inside, I discover that he’s upset with me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been able to talk for several days. And to listen for much longer. I had to think about what to do.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet were a bit longer but a lot wider. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She cried for a while longer, then wiped her cheeks with the heel of her hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The house took longer to build than the fence because it rained many days and because the wood which I needed was scarce. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By late 1944, their ships could no longer get into or out of Japan without being attacked by our submarines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were no longer out in front of him, but hovering over my hips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu knew the air conditioner had not broken yesterday, it had been broken for much longer, perhaps it had always been broken; still she nodded and said that perhaps it had packed up from overuse. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They no longer routinely go out to dinner on Saturday night or grocery shopping on Sunday. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She gazed at him for a few moments longer, then dropped her hand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He grins at me and his face is no longer stark, no longer severe. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many seconds had passed, and it was no longer plausible to be staring fixedly at the sheet of paper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She goes on for quite a while longer, but again I focus on the Ace of Diamonds. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She had learned to wash her feet at night without being told, so Jinny no longer had to shake the sand from her blankets in the morning. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If you took longer than that, an SS guard would go in and beat you with a club until you left. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The longer she stands there, the more unsure she becomes that she has ever even heard the smudged name on the card pronounced. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could have accepted it if he had told her that her light brown belly no longer excited him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was so frightened we’d get caught because Grandma no longer worked for her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To him I’m no longer merely a usable body. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed out to listen for a little while longer before Aunty Ifeoma said we had to go in and sleep. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Ignatius could stand it no longer, he would billow out of his room in search of a Dr. Nut. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face swam up before her; a boy's face, though he was a boy no longer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A wild animal that feels that it no longer has any reason to live reaches in the end a point when its remaining energies may actually be directed toward dying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stephens described his realization that he could no longer take the punishment of reducing as “the biggest disappointment of my life.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon we were approaching the first bridge, and already I could see that the lake was no longer there. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He sighs and explains that Devon is no longer with us and is in Heaven with my mother and the two of them are looking down on us and will always love us. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky, with the sun no longer overhead but sending shadows now into the Field of Leaving from the trees and thorn bushes at its edge, told her that it was long past midday. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These blessings were so much longer than what Babulya and Mama said at home. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Its arms were long, even longer than Jam’s. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But nah, he had us waiting for confirmation from Death-Cast servers, which can take longer than waiting for an express train, so we just bounced. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And here comes Matthew, coming on in slow steps, like he no longer has to hurry, his Noise reaching forward in a wave that don’t brook no argument. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once we grew older and drifted off to different cities, the notion of a "family reunion" no longer seemed ridiculous. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The muscles of the body also find their job easier, especially the leg muscles, which no longer have to hold a heavy body “up. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej had been with the Dregs longer than Nina and yet no tattoo. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And the stones surrounding the window’s opening were no longer stones—just damp clumps of pulp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was no longer chasing rainbows; I was looking at my pot of gold and everyone at the foundation had witnessed my fight. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Pitipiti was pleased that she no longer had to suffer the taunts of the new wife. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

If I looked at him any longer, I was going to start crying, so I pushed myself up and crawled over him to dig my school uniform out of the mess on the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The ship, no longer visible to the naked eye, pressed onward toward orbit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they remained together a short while longer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The other two nodded; it had not been a fun trip and the weather was getting worse the longer they stayed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And the scar’s red, but it’s no longer tender or swollen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Because of income inequality—the widening gap between rich and poor—large swaths of America that had once been solidly middle class no longer were. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The telephone in the home in East Elmhurst rang considerably longer than usual, and Sister Betty, when she answered, sounded strained, choked up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for everything. I won’t impose on you any longer.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was no longer looking at Lane’s plate but over his shoulder. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Since Volta was no longer throwing things and wasn’t chasing him out, Rowan grabbed a chair and sat down, far enough away to give Volta some space. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Confederate flag is stuck to the wound now, so I no longer need to hold it there. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was no longer singing when he came home, if he came home at all. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

John Mark Metzker has been around longer than the other six guys Mom sorta dated, whose names I choose not to remember. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The more Thomas and I were apart from each other, the longer it took for me to remember how much I missed him. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The shock ebbed from Crane-man’s eyes now that Tree- ear was no longer shouting. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

This he would have done but he was ashamed lest men see him, who was no longer held a farmer within the gates of the town, but a landowner and a rich man. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There was no doubting any longer that the girl was spying on him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“The victor is the one left standing after the other can no longer endure,” Celia says, the scope of it finally making devastating sense. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It seems like so much longer, doesn’t it?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mollie noted that she was no longer so sick. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

These people, of course, were not ready for a revolution; they had not abandoned their past lives by choice, but because they simply could not live the old way any longer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he has a brilliant editor, Ade Coker, although I wonder how much longer before they lock him up for good. Even Eugene’s money will not buy everything.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’d seen him square off against Cain before; he’d never won, but he always managed to hold out longer than she would have thought possible. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After a while, Samuel wasn’t sure which would last longer: himself or his dreams. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After three years of being Nikhil the vast majority of the time, he no longer minds. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sit in the back seat—my brother no longer gets carsick—and talk in pig Latin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I correct in assuming that you will no longer be spending evenings in my employ?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

—I think if you had said that you no longer felt guilty, I’d be worried. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not for a while. Last time we saw each other was a few years ago. Maybe longer. He wanted to talk to Darma, but she became very upset at him.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I realize she no longer means just my mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jinjoo’s arms and legs were sore, and she didn’t know how much longer she could continue. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was a rocky sandbar a mile wide at its widest and a little longer than that, fringed all about with shoals and rocks. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he became a father, he no longer even thought much about his predicament as a gay man living a life that was in part a pretense. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

By 1875, when Roosevelt was seventeen years old, he was no longer a timid and sickly child. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He’s still smiling, but there’s no longer any conviction there, and I don’t know whether I’m imagining it, but he looks a little paler to me now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Pope, hero of Island No. 10, was no longer a hero in Virginia. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the baker’s son tried to woo her, she was no longer interested. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer he looked, the more there was to see. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He decided that he could no longer live beneath the same roof as his father. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We packed our purchases on the porch and realized, together in the same instant, with joy and amazement, that Mary Ellen was no longer part of our retinue. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He offered $15 an installment, “preferably monthly,” until my claim was proved up and I was no longer a homesteader. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As they walked further into the field, I climbed onto the roof of the car, stood on tiptoes, and watched them until I could no longer tell them apart from the other pickers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she could no longer see the top of it, pink flowers and branches began to blossom out of it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was no longer a forward motion: now it was a sequence of movements, up and along, up and along. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They were no longer suffrage sisters; Stone and Anthony were outright rivals. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When we don’t talk, it feels like we’re no longer a part of each other’s life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The firm of Lord, Day & Lord would no longer be representing the New York Times. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Each fairy had its own cache, but not for much longer if Artemis had his way. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

No longer buzzing, she rushed to my side and we linked pinkie fingers, her chin trembling. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This has gone on longer than I planned, so I’m going to repeat the Morgenstern paragraph I interrupted; it’ll read better. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Very likely the confessions had been rewritten and rewritten until the original facts and dates no longer had the smallest significance. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She may no longer be thin, but she would still be tall. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he were to be a man, that someone could no longer be his mother. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They literally stole Athena, so she could no longer be the symbol of Greek military power. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then I turned round and saw that she wasn’t standing in her hall any longer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They sat together for a good while longer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some of the notices consisted of only one sentence, others were longer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was vaguely aware for an instant that the planes in his formation were no longer there, and then he was aware of only himself. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

With these problems patched over, the two theories are no longer incompatible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The ground beneath me no longer feels the solid ground I walked on all my life. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yuko, who had been fielding calls for days, no longer knew what to do. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The fact that he said “when” rather than “if” stays with me far longer than I want it to. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Though Francis could not help dominating the lunchtime conversation, his mood was no longer that of a confident master lecturing hapless colonial children who until then had never experienced a first-rate intellect. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was pretty obvious he was no longer amused, but, surprise, surprise, he didn’t fight back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I was a new person because I no longer had family to remind me of what I had been.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could no longer hear the voices of my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she couldn’t contain herself any longer and squealed, “Isn’t it beautiful?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if they were all asleep or if they didn’t hear me or if they didn’t want to talk of the stranger any longer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then he realized that Woundwort was no longer looking at him, but staring over his head at something beyond, something that he himself could not see. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he wore a necktie around his neck, which was as seldom as possible, he sometimes evened up the ends by trimming the longer with a pair of scissors. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The scars last longer than the game, you see,” Tsukiko says, straightening her kimono around her shoulders. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sit down at my desk and stare at my hands, ashamed of judging her, of holding on to petty competitions that no longer exist. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I pressed myself to him just a moment longer, gently, holding my breath because of the strong, unpleasant smell of cassava that clung to him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped I no longer looked like the monster who’d frightened her. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now our major concern is no longer with the disease organisms that once were omnipresent; sanitation, better living conditions, and new drugs have given us a high degree of control over infectious disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I am no longer grasping great handfuls of time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The Clearasil needs time to work. Killing pimples requires patience. By the way, Ben, since women live seven years longer than men on the average, I imagine I’ll be attending your funeral one day.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black people weren’t going to take segregation much longer. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The creature behind them whimpered, but Harry no longer looked around. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She moved over a fraction so he was no longer touching her. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the second line, and the blood was no longer running down my face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They no longer come into the church to hunt down migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Church leaders became focused on how far back a person’s ancestors had been Christian, believing that the longer a person’s Christian bloodline, the purer and cleaner it must be. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was no longer in Emma’s power to superintend his happiness or quicken his measures. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She had gone past hunger to real starvation, where the body no longer struggled against its fate. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat next to him, watching him; I no longer dared to believe that he could still elude Death. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sack was slung across his shoulder, and he held a stick that was much sturdier and longer than Muthu’s. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now, it no longer mattered that the work was hard. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they talked about wanderers and gypsies and vagabonds longer than they talked about anything else. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer needed a cane, but Beatrix still worried whenever he was out of her sight. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew whatever reasons I’d had for dragging Fang out there no longer applied. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“And you cannot interrupt these proceedings any longer! If you persist in this attitude, you’ll be removed from this room! I have the legal right to determine what evidence is necessary. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I will just a little more of it from the earth, and the light-sword starts to change form, the blade growing longer and longer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Can Melody stay a little longer to study? I’ll give her dinner and bring her home in a couple of hours. That will give you some one-on-one time with Penny.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At times, I proposed contrary ideas; consistent always was the admission that I was no longer like socially disadvantaged Hispanic-Americans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folks are beginning to wonder just how much longer Uncle Sam is going to foot the bill for this misadventure. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have to give a moment’s thought to all this suffering if it weren’t for the fact that we’re so worried about those we hold dear, whom we can no longer help. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Material things are no longer a top priority in my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Infinity was no longer mystical; it became an ordinary number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tonight, a child no longer, Sarai did as she had done four thousand nights before. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bushra and I gather the bags, no longer in fear of being shot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared to ask him how much longer we had before Harmonee came down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

His breathing grew less and less heavy and rapid until he could no longer hear it, then so slow and steady that the consciousness of breathing left him entirely. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The inn was at a higher altitude than the town of Cucaracha, and the snow lasted longer. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The children gave her this need; she herself was no longer a child. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also plays with to be, the quintessential^ existential verb, to engage our existential puzzlement: Would I then be someone else or would I just no longer be?... The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Meandering ’long the river would take lots longer, but it was the only way I could be sure we was gonna be heading south. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I have been waitin’ many years and now the time has come when ’tis no longer disrespect to the dead to speak out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could no longer think that the tides of economics were not my concern. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t be here any longer. I’m going down to the sea.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But it’s no longer possible to fly off to France for the year, now that she has a husband, a marriage, to consider. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was being charged as an adult, which meant he no longer had the protections given to juveniles, one of which is anonymity. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There’s no longer any doubt about the weirdness between us, not that there was any doubt, but now I know beyond a reasonable one that Zoey feels it, too. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Behind her glasses, Fina’s eyes grow wider and wider the longer I speak. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You have been cold much longer than me. You should have this coat.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The noise around me muffles, and the image in my mind of the five thousand dollars starts to waver until it finally blurs into something I no longer recognize. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“See ya,” said Seven, wanting nothing more than to make tonight last just a little bit longer. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Though no longer pregnant, she continues, at times, to mix Rice Krispies and peanuts and onions in a bowl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blurry image shows a girl with long hair—longer than the bobbed cut I remember. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You are no longer slaves, doomed to die at a master’s whim. I freed you. Why should you wish to end your lives upon the scarlet sands?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had forced his way through holes in walls, crawled through cellars, and ducked down behind the parapets of balconies that were no longer used. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The Mahabharata is one of two ancient poems. It was written in Sanskrit, an ancient Indic language that is no longer spoken.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This one I couldn’t see, but it took longer than the others and had the officers shouting, “Stop resisting! Stop resisting!” partway through. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already he had lost the long-leggedness of the colt; his mane was getting longer and blacker. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They explain the puzzle that we still cannot make a fistful bigger than a fist, or a stride longer than our legs can stretch, but that we can now know more than Montaigne could know. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

After a while he would no longer come out from under the veranda, even for the bit of food I could spare him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If Gus stayed away much longer, it would be too late. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through no fault of her own, she was no longer his equal with codes and ciphers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She wished they could have stayed there longer. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one of the partners is already in full kemmer, the phase for the newer partner is liable to be quite short; if the two are entering kemmer together, it is likely to take longer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was longer than Harry had ever seen it: He appeared to have suffered several gashes to his face and his clothes were ripped and torn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was an ordinary day, if at least ten times longer than it ought to have been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For the first time since I started school—no, even longer than that—for the first time ever, I was looking forward to a party. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t think your brother is going to be awake much longer. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were no longer showing up only to zip away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

How much longer would it take us to get there? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Slant, lain back down beside him, was in an excess of horror, but I was not at liberty to remain longer, and so, with anxious blessings, I made my exit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

No longer did I have to watch my step for the feet that would trip or kick me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I can no longer even feign being cool and detached. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She could no longer see her friends, and her father wasn’t much help. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Since they could no longer put goodies in the lockers of the players, they just handed the stuff to them instead or dropped it off at their houses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alas, she no longer has the vision of suckling the Christ child,” whispers Angelina. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I can endure this a little longer, a few more days. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pause a few seconds longer, and then take his hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If I can achieve that somehow, I might see a longer version of what he looks like and how he feels. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It meant that I was no longer able to get someone to pay for my fees at school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Pax felt a strange sensation—as if his chest were no longer large enough for his heart. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

With the march only a few days away, he would only have to put them off a little while longer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It is too soon to say that all the Viking microbiology results can be explained by inorganic chemistry, but such a result would no longer be surprising. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's gone, sir, dean vanished. I was going round drawing all the curtains and the one in the lav—bathroom wasn't there any longer." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Malcolm checked the canoe over from end to end, taking his time, letting his hands rest on it for longer than he needed to; it calmed his unease. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The conjurer waved his cape again and called out, “You are no longer a chicken, you are a boy again! But wait, the weather has changed! It’s positively freezing in here!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Baruch and Balthamos told me that they used openings like that to travel between the worlds. Will angels no longer be able to do that? Will you be confined to one world as we are?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The cleft was longer and deeper than it seemed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Like most drakons, it was wingless, longer, and more snakelike than a dragon, and it looked hungry. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Gone, all gone, she thought again wildly, no longer even sure what was gone, what she was mourning. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I lost, I was filled with growing dread, and then terror that I was no longer a prodigy, that I had lost the gift and had turned into someone quite ordinary. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch a second longer before I rush back to the car. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The silence was inside, in his belly; there was no longer any hurry. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor replied that they were, but that the case was over, court was no longer in session, and the only authority in the room was that of the warrant officer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe could no longer stand the strain of waiting for shipping orders and crumbled promptly into ruin every time he finished another tour of duty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The boys looked longer in the leg, but otherwise everything was the same. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was driving myself, pounding out the miles because I was no longer hearing or seeing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed the waste in time will be waste no longer, and there will be people and fields where once there was wilderness.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Next day new steps were to be taken; my plans could no longer be confined to my own breast; I must impart them in order to achieve their success. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing I’d figured out about having a family crisis like ours, it’s that the old rules no longer applied — for example, I had probably gone four months without eating a single vegetable. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Buckminster and Mrs. Hurd would try to keep them talking through the meal but would finally give up when the boys’ yawns got longer than their sentences. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The manager, a man Mrs. Diamant had known since he was in diapers, said that the Diamants no longer had an account there. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He no longer had to seek out food and water for the sheep; he could go in search of his treasure, instead. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the threads of his past spun around her, faster and faster the longer she looked, but that one gleamed more brightly than the others. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But I feel virtuous, because I’m no longer hiding anything from him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man, no longer the focus of their fury, scrambles away, not caring about his BMW or his water; he just wants to get out of this alive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sea salt caramel pint is no longer sealed or in the freezer—it’s empty at the bottom of the garbage can under the sink. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

First, that he can no longer see where the entrance had been. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

You are no longer eligible for food stamps; you may be discriminated against in employment; you cannot vote for at least twelve years; and you are about to be evicted from public housing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He could no longer see her as he cupped his hands around his mouth and bellowed Briony’s name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We grip each other’s hands, we are no longer single. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is young and can find work now, but women over the age of twenty-five or twenty- eight are no longer considered for many jobs in Honduras, something made clear in newspaper employment ads. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“And when they talk to each other, they look at each other a little longer than they have to. It’s like they’re trying to see into each other’s souls.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why Richard Parker had not killed the zebra: he was no longer aboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

One thing was certainly true: Something did paralyze your sense of smell in this place, because Matt no longer noticed the foul air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say bye or anything, he just looks at me for a little longer, likely sizing me up, or maybe questioning whether or not I’m actually luring him into a trap. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I began to tune it so I would have an excuse to hold it a while longer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took them even longer to notice that he never spoke. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now you say I am no longer welcome. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It no longer seemed very dark to him in the tunnel, rather it was as if he had stepped out of a thin mist into a heavier fog. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The bombing, the fiery plane crashes, the faces of the wounded who no longer exist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If it isn’t, if she’s no longer at the rest home, where has she gone? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bargh wanted to learn whether the people who were primed with the polite words would take longer to interrupt the conversation between the experimenter and the confederate than those primed with the rude words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Realizing that the longer she hesitated, the more attention she would draw, she turned around quickly and descended the ladder, trying to avoid eye contact with the people waiting in line at the bottom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She choose-s He refuses I’m getting better at hissing, no longer spitting on my forearms. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They took up what others could no longer bear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus did not lose his life, but if he did not suffer as much as some of the Greeks, he suffered longer than them all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would Dad even believe Grampa, or would he think it was some kind of trick to keep me in Greenwood longer? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

You snored super loudly and cracked your gum and took showers that lasted way longer than the ten-minute rule. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mandy lifted the hems of her skirt and five petticoats to reveal feet that were no longer than mine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We'd changed the brand once, but customers had complained that Mo's no longer smelled as friendly, so we'd gone back to the lemon stuff. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She wondered how much longer she would have to include Weese in her prayer, and drifted off to sleep dreaming that on the morrow, when she woke, he'd be dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The longer Dad stared at me, struggling with how to respond, the more my tough exterior withered. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But I made myself take my time getting back into the car, so that Tommy and Ruth could have a little longer to themselves. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In nature, without human intervention, the changes took longer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow and green fire shone against the white of his armor, and his lobstered gauntlet was sticky with Mood, but Tyrion reached for it all the same, wishing his arms were longer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was no longer a girl, yet I made it anyway, using the blue clay and some white clay for the dots. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he got back to Washington on June 20, the Watergate story no longer seemed funny. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was no longer capable of functioning in the outside world. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

With all the polls and opinion posts, with newspapers more opinion than news so that we no longer know one from the other, I want to be very clear about one thing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach fell headlong into Snapfinger Creek which was no longer a creek—it had become a lake. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would be out at least a month before he could come back, and there were some, like Trapper, who believed the road back might take much longer than that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tingling had built to a furious itch that needed to be scratched, and I was too upset to hold back any longer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Ah. This is why you need to be in here longer, to talk about these things,” Dr. Mahmoud says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Going up and down hills on rough terrain was taking a lot longer than I’d anticipated, which meant we still had about seven or eight more miles to go before reaching Abuelita’s house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He wants me to tell him about the front; he is curious in a way that I find stupid and distressing; I no longer have any real contact with him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer want to be in this empty, echoing room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She kept making more and more, as if the longer they were gone the hungrier they were sure to be. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he stole glances at her in the rearview mirror, wrapping elastic bands around Tina’s hair, he wondered how he might make the tour last a little longer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After investigating his record, the Justice Department found no reason to detain him any longer. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Coach Hedge promised he could guard Reyna for a little longer and, on the off chance the spirit had something useful to say, Nico decided it was worth the risk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

How was it possible to miss something you no longer wanted? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The longer you wait, the better it feels,” he says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was only then, when all other forms of resistance were no longer open to us, that we turned to armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem that the war could really go on much longer. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were left in doubt barely a second longer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t go on hearing about it much longer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo took the phial, and for a moment as it shone between them, he saw her again standing like a queen, great and beautiful, but no longer terrible. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The longer I stared up at it and the blue sky and fleecy clouds beyond, the more it seemed like a bridge across the world. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The only person who was not particularly pleased to see Katie Bell back at school was Dean Thomas, because he would no longer be required to fill her place as Chaser. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unable to stay still a moment longer, George Kistiakowsky jumped up and ran to the top of the bomb shelter. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I can stand it much longer.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was full-on gaping at me now, obviously no longer concerned with the time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

What if bargains were no longer needed to steal mortals away? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We, he, him—my mind and I—were no longer getting around in the same circles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam stumbled back a few steps at impact, his wet hair clinging to his cheeks, longer than I remembered. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"Well, he won't any longer," Mr. Armin said, "for his boat's gone to the bottom." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first I wasn’t sure, but as I stared a little longer, I definitely knew I knew her. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With each attempt he floated a little higher and a little longer, and finally Brightbill really did soar. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And he kept his eyes open longer, looking at things in the room. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how much longer they beat me, but when I came to, I was in the middle of the street. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of course he was still upset, but I didn’t want to drag this out any longer. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His father would hold out longer, donkey that he was, but not much. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Thus, while the bearer is no longer a member of our scholastic family, it is highly important that his severance with the college be executed as painlessly as possible. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that he no longer needed to run away, at least as far as Hooper was concerned. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was hungry, overstrained, and often anxious, and it all got worse the longer it went on. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we pulled up in front of it, Connor no longer looked relaxed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This time a longer pause, and then, “Yes, sir.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, from the point of view of the new groups who were on the point of seizing power, human equality was no longer an ideal to be striven after, but a danger to be averted. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When they forced their way at last into more open ground, they were hot and tired and very scratched, and they were also no longer certain of the direction in which they were going. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

No longer was the earth comfortably ensconced in the center of the universe; there was no shell containing the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Would seagulls land on him and peck bits of warm meat from his body when he could no longer fight back? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Too bad you didn’t hold out a little longer. Grandpa and God might of give you a ridin’ horse, too.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If you're wondering how bacteria on Earth survive longer periods of cold, the answer is they don't. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my time unpacking, until I felt like I couldn’t delay it any longer, then joined Gran in the living room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Now, of course, Josh Trammell’s fire would no longer be the most famous fire in Shaker Heights. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I am no longer just a girl on the train, going back and forth without point or purpose. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I’d been away longer than I had. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was quite a sight because the kayak was longer than the car. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mong stands there a couple seconds longer and then he turns and walks out of my room. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He will recover well; there is no longer any danger. Not, at least, while he is here.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The temperature was rising, the sun was shining longer and longer each day, but Endurance wasn’t free yet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, there had been an operator; no longer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There will come a day when I can no longer face these steps, he thought, and that day will be here sooner than I would like. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But by next morning I can keep it to myself no longer. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready for the war, now that I no longer had any hatred to contribute to it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family prayer binds him to his parents, but what if a person no longer believes in prayer? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were still a moment longer; then she rose. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His scars were like pale lines that someone had drawn on his cheeks: two slightly curved marks on the left cheek, a third and longer line on the right cheek running from ear to nostril. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No longer will there be any secrecy to Seabiscuit’s moves,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you want to succeed in this task, you must no longer think about your mother. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I no longer kill or catch anything I cannot get into a frying pan; I am too old for sport killing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam were plodding along with heavy hearts, no longer able to care greatly about their peril. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Please stop it. I don’t want you to get Scotch and crazy tonight. We won’t be together much longer.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The journey she’d been on was long and taxing, and the journey she was about to begin was longer. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I did not even quarrel with Nick, for he no longer took lessons with us mere prentices. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then she saw—the Besa she had known no longer existed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, she spun a long one for the Centipede, and an even longer one for the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You are useful and thus too valuable to put yourself at risk for one who no longer is.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was the nest of dirty old blankets in which the house-elf had once slept, but they were no longer glittering with the trinkets Kreacher had salvaged. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We talked a while longer, and presently fell silent. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In a week, Queens would no longer exist. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

This time, his pause is longer, heavy with the taint of a memory better forgotten. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Here, you try it” I put the viewer to my eyes and almost gasped, for it seemed as if I were suddenly in another world and no longer in the kitchen. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he left the room and the double doors closed, Pinkie whispered, “If those prayers get any longer, I’m gonna quit believin’ in God.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the silences between the trains coming and going got longer and longer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now let’s get going. I just found out Mrs. Droogie will no longer be sharing air with us on this planet.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I'm lonely enough to let myself believe that for one second, but I'm not hopeful enough to let myself believe it for any longer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The reflection’s hair is longer, though it is a similar shade of grey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And in his work, there was a relationship between effort and reward: the longer he and Regina stayed up at night sewing aprons, the more money they made the next day on the streets. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He squints at me a while longer and then nods. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In a way, the most morally troubling thing about killing chickens is that after a while it is no longer morally troubling. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As we stood in the dark a while longer, calming ourselves, I had this eerie feeling that we were already dead and looking longingly at the house where our children were growing up without us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed out of my stepfamily’s way as much as possible, and the longer I worked as a scullery maid, and the filthier I got, the less Hattie and Mum Olga tormented me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like they erased him, just because he no longer lived in the house next door. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Its horns thinned, stretching longer to coil spiral at the ends, as sinuously as ink poured into water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Once inside the temple, he was surprised to discover that his weaponized jars of Lady ’Stache Off were no longer there. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He could hang on for a little longer, getting weaker and weaker, but eventually his fingers would fail and he’d slip off. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This requirement would have seemed to doom the enterprise, because the Botocudo no longer exist. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“So what if your maternity leave went on for thirteen years longer than planned?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He gazed at us for a bit longer, then waved us on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There were no longer just the three of us in the house. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you marry this girl, you are no longer my son; you are no longer our brother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him, especially as they could no longer remember very clearly what conditions had been like before the Rebellion. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun would be sad to see him go, but he was happy to know that his friend would be safe, and that, even better, Zeitoun would no longer have to share his tent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In order to know that he still had the gun in his hand he had to look at it, for his hand no longer had any feeling. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We heard him singing when we could no longer see the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He got up to put on his raincoat but I asked him to stay a little longer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond those canvas walls, each man got a heel of bread and a chunk of black sausage no longer than a finger, washed down with the last of Galbart Glover’s ale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He held on to his kid self until Otto buried his face in the time traveler’s chest and cried some more, no longer embarrassed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, when Miss Kenton and I questioned her, it became clear that she had never remained in any position for longer than a few weeks. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then we came out of the tunnel and onto the platform, and I understood why: we were no longer in the nineteenth century, nor even the twentieth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But his father’s Face—which no longer looked as if it were facing only the seraphim—was convincing enough. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They no longer spread their hands to compare chilblains. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Every animal stirred and lifted its head and became excited to know that one of his friends had got free and was no longer penned up or tied fast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Capricorn Anderson is no longer a registered student here.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Intelligent beings can solve problems better, live longer and leave more offspring; until the invention of nuclear weapons, intelligence powerfully aided survival. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody stopped me, so I walked round the corner of my wing of the hall and down another, longer hall, past an open dining room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The children were facing one another across the pillar where the bell hung, still trembling, though it no longer gave out any note. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

All my studying, reading, thinking, traveling, had it transformed me into someone who no longer belonged anywhere? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The blood was not pulsing out any longer and there was something black and bubbly in her mouth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother is no longer with us,” his father said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His temper would not remain in check much longer: He stood up and walked around, trying to work some of it off. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I no longer go to the meetings of women, because they make me feel worse. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would have stayed mad at him longer, but then he told me about something bad that had happened to him on Halloween and I couldn’t stay mad at him anymore. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m no longer the baby and spoiled little darling whose every deed can be laughed at. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was too juicy a bit of drama for the scythes to cancel just because they were no longer apprentices of Scythe Faraday. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Seats twenty A, B, and C. Marcus, you take the aisle because your legs are longer. And take off your coat!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Baba...I’m sorry about today,” Neel said finally, when he could no longer stand the silence. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were no longer a man, but truly a dragon again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stride was still enormous, but no longer did his feet strike thunder from the earth. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Maybe a little longer. But don’t tell your mom.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Aunty Onenu’s weave was longer and more incongruous than the last, high and coiffed in front, with waves of hair floating to her back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tomás held all the cards in one pudgy hand while he stared at Lupita out of eyes that were no longer merry. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony clearly could no longer live without her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Nice one,” said Ron appreciatively, lifting Dobby into the air so that his flailing limbs no longer made contact with Kreacher. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Granny could no longer help us because what she had given us had been her “last money.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would no longer be the small thing it was before, but the most important thing in the world, the thing that would save my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer have to document it all from the perimeter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I was no longer in danger of being forced out of the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The one on its left is being devoured by ivy, and the one to the right...no longer exists. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She runs another mile or so away from that awful place, and when it is no longer visible behind her, she slows, and then stops. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I lied. Everything I said at McMillian's trial was a lie. I’ve lost a lot of sleep and have been in a lot of pain over this. I can’t be quiet any longer.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We all still lived together, and we were all miserable, and by this time I was home a few weeks, a lot longer than I had planned, and I wanted to leave. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By day six, I could no longer sleep at night. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You look like you could sleep longer,” she said. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was even a place on the quilt for Mala, though I had heard she was no longer at Mr. Gupta’s. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many patrons only glance at them before moving on, but the longer you watch, the more you can detect the subtlest of motions. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If it’s still raw, it will take longer to work its way into your system. Which is good, as the effects will be spread out over a longer period of time.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They seemed no longer the bright arms that Odysseus left at home when he went off to Troy. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn’t know how much longer she can what? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The wait was much longer this time, and I was learning about the strange summer hibernation of Susquinian when I felt a light touch on my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Popped out of his stupor by relief that his mother was no longer an evil pinching stranger, Otto leaped and put his arms around my neck, pulling close and staring intensely back at Bouain. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The shouting and ordering no longer appealed to me,” said Karl. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The green grass all dried up till Jumper was no longer satisfied to eat it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could no longer use only my eyes to guess heights and widths and all that. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m exhausted, Papa. I cannot do this any longer. It’s not as though you can gloat over a bottle of whiskey once a winner is declared.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her tail quills were no longer soft to the touch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He looks at his hand, opening and closing his fingers, trying to grasp something that is no longer there, though he cannot remember what it was. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I asked, because I couldn’t hold my question any longer. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I know that the house has been sold, that my parents are no longer there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Birmingham grew increasingly violent in the 1960s, Daddy’s list of nonnegotiable rules grew longer from year to year. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If I stay much longer, I’ll need to get a pair of those neon stretch pants all the Cuban women wear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavy and old, and had belonged in Mr. Samowitz’s family for a whole lot longer than two hundred years. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She stared at him a second longer before inclining her head, gaze full of question. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I sat by the glowing coals in the kitchen hearth and read until I could hold my eyes open no longer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, Manman would wake up to look after the child when the mother was so tired that she no longer heard her son’s cries. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I could no longer see the bull’s eye, only its exposed neck. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun no longer harbored any expectations of being granted a phone call from any of the guards he had seen thus far. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brill and Ellen were glad because they could drink strong cups of tea all day in the kitchen and no longer needed to preside at nursery suppers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He might have stayed in Pulvermühle much longer, or at least as long as his money held out, but he was spotted by a journalist from the German magazine Stern, who’d tracked him down. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Please come this way, Mr. Ai,” said a hurried person in red, and I was no longer a refugee. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he thought breathing deeply, I will no longer try to escape from Siddhartha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature no longer hissed, and it made no attempt to bite him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I can live with it a while longer, though. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That kept me stable and allowed me to stay upside down longer. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The longer I looked, the more unbearable was the expectation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed downstairs with my parents for far longer than I normally would. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take too much time before I figured out that twenty-four hours’ worth of walking was a lot longer than I thought it would be. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

As Shin and his classmates grew older, their work details, called “rallies of endeavor,” grew longer and more difficult. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z