Roli has only had his license for a few weeks and already we’ve lost a mailbox and two recycling bins to his skills behind the wheel. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We probably lost more matches than we should have, but Frank saw them as an opportunity to learn, to stretch my arm. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I followed closely, not wanting to lose Eliza in the confusion of alleys and shortcuts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Etta lost her job they couldn’t pay, and after two installments were past due the store sent a man out to take the wheel away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you lost your rocket stuff,” he told me, truly contrite. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The British won the war, but they lost many battles,” Jaja said, and my eyes skipped over the rows of text on the page. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She worried that Ess would be upset at losing the blue dress, but the girl appeared to be fine. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“If you intend to secure yourself a high rank, I suggest you don’t make a habit of losing to low-ranked opponents,” says Four, his voice cutting through the mutters and grumbles of the other initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Keeping my eye on the temple to be sure I would not be lost, I went by two vendors before I found one with samosas that looked both clean and tasty. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a secret place I had never dared to enter, fearing I might get lost. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Still, we always used the butter, for if my mother sent it back to the kitchen, Yang Sze-Fu would lose face and quit. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But its army was badly equipped and Russia lost nearly two million lives, fighting mainly against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And Maxim beginning to lose his temper, beginning to go white…. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lost sight of her for a second or two, then saw her as she crossed the island, highlighted against the darker mass of trees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You would have to do something eventually. Mrs. Henry is al-ready losing much of her strength. The sooner we operate now the safer.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She is lost inside herself, and the skin around her wound is red and fevered. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If we are mad, then we are safe, but if our fears prove true, we are both lost. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But she lost her balance and fell back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I will take you to Kobe, do not worry, Aki. We will not get lost.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was that same map Joseph was now holding, in the middle of a snowstorm, a couple of days after Christmas, lost in a city he didn’t know. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Its temples and villas, enveloped in thick tropical forest, were as close to a lost city as we would ever be likely to see. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“She’s my sister. I was so afraid when she was lost. I thought she might fall and hurt herself, or be knocked over, or ... Anyway, thank you so much for rescuing her.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And we lost a coupla players already. Two seniors who dropped out yesterday.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Starkey sought to discover this and other lost secrets by careful study of the alchemical texts, which were written, as he acknowledged, in a deliberately impenetrable language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She grasped the idea that nothing was ever lost or destroyed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pops it back in place, but somewhere in the storm, the eye patch was lost. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“If you had not come and fetched us, many more houses would have been lost.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The consequence was what they’d assign to the first guy who lost his way out of the game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I bite my nails, trying to remember all the things I wanted to buy, but the dreams are lost in the roar of gunfight on TV and clanking dishes in the kitchen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

On his first day there, Zannikos, scared and feeling lost, found the building he was looking for, but his mother’s cousin had moved. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Soon we were lost on the back roads somewhere near Bani. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When passers-by stared at him, he pretended he was searching for a lost coin. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But today the platform teemed with hundreds of children, all of whom looked lost and forlorn. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I spent fifty-five years with the love of my life. I lost her last July.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I keep thinking about how he lost his whole family in one night,” Jessie murmured from her burrow beneath the blankets. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“This is your chance. And that is what we both want. Don’t think about what you’ve lost. Think of how much you have to gain. Live, Stella.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I was losing my connection to Islam, and I realized how much I missed my Muslim community back home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He had lost it in his scramble across that open area; and his binoculars were gone too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Urn, well, I painted the slave ship lost at sea to show that the souls of some of the Ibo are still not at rest.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I hesitated a moment, like a diver on the brink, then lost my nerve and my tutored self-possession, saying, “Yes, I believe so—he comes into the restaurant for his meals.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And, worst of all, I had lost respect for Papa. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that had infuriated her about Izzy, even before she’d taken her first breath, had been rooted in that one fear, that she might lose her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, despite acknowledging the validity of certain liberal ideas, Bobby seemed to be hardening toward the world and losing sensitivity to people in need. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was lost in the thunder of screaming voices, voices calling for the kill . . . kill him, kill him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These lines helped me from getting lost in between the spring and my sleeping place. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For several minutes now, she had seemed to be losing color in her face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Holly gave him another treat and lost her train of thought while scratching his head. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Below the Morelos Dam the river turns into a maze of irrigation canals, marshland, and dead-end channels, among which McCandless repeatedly lost his way: Canals break off in a multitude of directions. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were losing the ability to make credible commitments, for we could no longer guarantee congressional approval.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That’s when it hits me: it’s not just Coop's friendship I’m upset about losing. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“And don’t lose it before I get there.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Overcome by the brightness, I bow and clutch Hamlet to me as if he were Christ himself and all my lost loves restored to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had to tell his family—tell them it wasn’t their fault Mariam was lost. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Then I retired to my rooms where I slept like a dead man, lost in the vastness of my new feather bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had lost both ears and a finger to frostbite, and he dressed all in black, the same as a brother of the Night's Watch, except that his furs were ragged and greasy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Because needing him means losing him will hurt so much more. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Just like you missed the shot and lost the baseball game—” “Basketball game,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I went looking for a bucket—you know, to drain the gas into—but I got lost. They found me.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth thought that she must once have been very rich, and had lost her money; and she felt for her, as one fallen woman for another, a certain kinship. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I started running the story down and got about halfway through, just up to when the cop pressed me, when Spoony lost it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The figure had been too far away to see distinctly...yet he had felt sure, for a moment, before hed lost consciousness.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As the singing started and I heard the words, I thought of Dismay, Dismay, Dismay!-—bright and beautiful, great and small, wise and wonderful...and lost to me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If this gets held up for another six months 1 could lose the notes that have already been promised,” Ladd Devine said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My forecast was that after nineteen years, many blows weathered, all his shipmates lost, himself unrecognized by anyone, he would come home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in that case Nikhil will live on, publicly celebrated, unlike Gogol, purposely hidden, legally diminished, now all but lost. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she shoots pictures of any event that’s important to her, knowing that each memory is too important to lose, having lost so many before. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ladd Devine Company had started drawing up plans for the recreation development about the same time people were losing their water rights and beginning a wholesale exodus from the hapless west side. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge, after the fury of losing the chicken subsided, comforted himself with his roomful of golden eggs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Toby knew what it was to lose a child. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He hesitated as if he had lost the thread of his argument—not his own argument, perhaps, in the first place. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The printing press raised questions about whether we’d be overwhelmed with information; the telephone raised questions of whether people would lose face-to-face interaction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was no woman who had not lost a father or a husband, a brother or a son. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past when he walked out like that and sat looking over the country lying in just the faintest visible shape where the lost moon tracked the caustic waste he’d sometimes see a light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I write about lost sisters and the Great Rift Valley and my barefoot mother glaring at the ocean. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Misfortune still pursues us and this morning we lost another canoe and one of the boys was drowned. Today’s misfortune is a tragedy!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But neither did the other men around the table have anything to lose. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Children pulled color from coloring books with crayons, and mothers who had lost children mended their black clothing with scissors. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father began looking for someone to tutor me, to help me make up at least part of what I had lost. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The doctor didn't seem especially overjoyed to have found her lost patient. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a family had just lost someone, this fairy would visit them, knocking on their door after sunset. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew we couldn’t lose and yet we seemed to be going about losing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They would beat the junior varsity on Monday, lose badly on Tuesday, win again on Wednesday, lose on Thursday. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There are spells that would put him completely right, but I daren’t try in case I do them wrong and cause more damage....He’s lost so much blood already....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They had sped up the hill and down its other side, and the opportunity was lost. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the next day, the plotters lost their nerve and the coup fizzled. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My pension was lost to me, and I did not know how far my earrings might take me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to lose control of the oars, and her mouth fell open in shock. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a folder, marked as plainly as the rest, practically lost within a list of a hundred others that were empty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Otto finally lost interest in the smaller bonobo and climbed on my back, wrapping his arms around my neck and barking furiously at the dead sister. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

How could he be lost when he always knew exactly where he was? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In his first encounter with Matulovic, Bobby ignored the Yugoslav’s mischievous disregard of the rules and lost the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes watch the game on TV, but I can’t tell you if the guy from Topeka loses, wins, or dies. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He will carve the name of his now hopelessly lost beloved into the ice with a stone. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Ropes were strung from hall to hall to help men keep from getting lost as they crossed the yards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The zirconia studs weren’t expensive, but they were a birthday gift from Mamá, so I didn’t want to lose them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I guess the promises made by Castro and Che of helping the less fortunate sounded so good at the time that losing some of your freedoms didn’t seem too high a price to pay. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A silver talent, thicker and heavier than the penny I had lost. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You lost me a lot of money tonight. What do you have to say for yourself?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Robin shouted as she plunged down the dune, her legs lost in a cloud of sand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And just what if I don’t let go, bubba,” Red said, aware that he was losing part of the crowd to this newcomer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m proud of you, Lucy. But if you miss another homework assignment, you will lose your computer for a week. And no TV. Or candy.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be done in a minute,” he said, and Moss was lost in the water droplets, the way his brown skin gleamed under the hallway lamp, the ease with which his muscles flexed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Total black; hours lost, never to be retrieved. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweating and aching and climbing and making sure not to slip, not to fall, not to get too lost, but lost enough. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Marcus grunts in surprise, losing his footing, and I untangle myself and try to scramble to my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I opened my stride early to make up for lost time, and it wasn't long before I caught up to the pack, my beads clicking in time with my heartbeat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

No, we had to lose the hollows first. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Now then—there is no time to be lost. Wilbur will soon be put into the crate. Templeton and I must get in the crate right now and hide ourselves.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

One day I will lose him, as I lost my sun-and-stars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Like mendicants imagining fantasy meals, scholars have for centuries imagined the lost contents of the Great Library. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mecca is the place Leftie goes to in his mind, when the memory of losing his arm becomes too much. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was too lost in his own fury and misery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he came close enough to speak, he raised the lantern and held it to show his face: an old man with a broad, lined face, and eyes nearly lost in a thousand wrinkles. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My father and uncle had lost their shops, had their inventories seized by the Nazis, just as Uncle Moshe said they would. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just ’cause he lost his father didn’t mean he had a right to mine. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When they won, they did so handily; when they lost, they fell apart completely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Surely that lady’s husband wouldn’t really lose his job. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For a moment I thought you had lost your job.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to lose out to the Italians or even that one Bulgarian. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You still do not follow what I mean. Suppose he had gone as a merlin last night, and failed in the ordeal, and lost his nerve?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he’s already lost interest and has dispensed with me—but then I realize he’s waiting for me to make a move, although I don’t know what move I should make. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I know I’m going to lose, but this makes it okay. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She loses things, such as combs and also her French homework. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

How about if you lose I cut one lock and if you win I will moon that nerdy group ofsixth-graders that sit near our table at lunch? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

She was not going to lose her dogs, too. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The camera guy almost loses his balance trying to pan the vastness of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He’d had a running fight with a French privateer and had lost three men. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was all lost before he had even begun? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But some people lost their homes, including Missy. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

A car will lose control and ram into our living room, only it won’t be an accident. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"I need to start back to the castle. If you do not come with me, I may lose my way for grief, and all the islands would be poorer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The homeless, the helpless, the sick, the small and lost, all filed past his window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is how you can get lost, in a sea of names. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost a fight for a female Labrador on a farm down the mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

No stranger to violence, he lost his father and two older brothers at Srebrenica. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And don't be getting lost again, or I swear I'll beat you bloody." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With Kathy’s family there, all told there would be eight kids and three sisters living together in a house that would likely lose electricity in the high winds. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There were many people who lost their fortunes when magic vanished. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Zach Oh acts like a baby when he loses a video game. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This makes me think of the time that I almost lost my dad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If Pollard began drinking too heavily, he would lose any chance he had to ride Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth struck the bar table with his fist and regretted a lost opportunity. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half in exultation and half in despair, she resolved to climb her tree and try once again to lose herself in the Dust. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The road had been made in a long lost time, and for perhaps thirty miles below the Morannon it had been newly repaired, but as it went south the wild encroached upon it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So startled was I that I lost my hold on the brush. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was about to lose her, so I said the only thing I thought might make her think twice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“It is the strangest thing,” said Mr. Wopsle, drifting into his lost look again; “and yet I could swear to him.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I swear by heaven, though now I must be shriven for doing so! Therefore come, let us go and together lose our sins.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Nothing had changed: Katrina was still headed their way, and it was losing no power. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s been a month since she stopped eating, and already she’s lost thirty-four pounds. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this pleased my mother, for she would at once laugh, and lose her look of worry. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Mr. Knightley, she is really very sorry to lose poor Miss Taylor, and I am sure she will miss her more than she thinks for.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

While she never seemed on the verge of losing her mind, there were moments when she teetered close to the edge, lost in space. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. King, I cried out silently, I feel like I have lost a member of my own family. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And you, woman, if you go to the Quakers you’ll lose your immortal soul and the souls of your children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now on top of losing everything else, I’ve lost three of my friends, too. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But I’m sick of the way it’s always a hundred of us who wind up paying that measly twenty bucks, and you still lose another cow off the permit.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked at Uncle as if he might possibly be losing his mind. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She will be one of those names, hers will be one of those stories: lost, missing, body never found. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For months. A huge chunk of our lives was taken away. If I lost you again—” Lunch arrived. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had to start at the top and work his way down, and with sympathetic friends in Washington, losing money was no simple matter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He let the helm go and the Frog nosed up into the wind and lost her heel instantly. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lost them to a transport last year but believes with her whole heart that they will all be reunited. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As a result, German schools lost some of the best minds, including physicists and Nobel prizewinners such as Albert Einstein. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was like losing my balance on earth and floating in the air like a balloon. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They all stood for a long, long moment, lost in the beauty of Resthaven. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had a sense of losing control of the car and slammed on the brakes in the middle of the road, then apologized and drove on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dislocated elbow. Not that serious. She needs to lose weight.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She probably thought I was going to fight her for control of the river, and she was worried she would lose. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“There, there, hush now, Missus. Better to lose a house than lose our lives. A good job we got sanctuary here at Redwall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We worked and worked and worked, but no matter how many hours we put in, the business kept losing money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

What interested him in her were other things, which could not be lost in a moment of pleasure at the river’s edge. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There has to be some other way! He is aware of his own prophecy and believes he won’t lose himself to it. She could have a father. We could be a family.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Moch had lost his ability to regulate the pace of his boat, and that spelled certain doom. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tears rolled down her cheeks, and her voice trembled as she said, “If the Illinois women do not take a stand now in this great democratic parade then the colored women are lost.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was bawling like cows do when they’ve lost a calf or when their bags are stretched too tight with milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abra knew she was losing not only the battle but the whole war. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She describes a migrant who lost both legs but cooked for everyone in the shelter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I think we lost them,” Matthew said between gasps. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Still, all he could manage was, “I’m still trying to lose weight.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I know I’m going to lose and Shay will never let me forget it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I failed to ask, when it gets going at a big speed, how do I scramble on without losing an arm or a leg? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would finally be able to restore to my mother the wealth and prestige that she had lost after my father’s death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been lost in thought, thinking about what these sessions with Kamal are actually supposed to achieve: am I really planning to rifle through his desk drawers if he happens to leave the room? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost track of time, but a while after the sun had passed top a man came walking and we exchanged good afternoons. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated it until the inmate told him to get lost. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the meaning of race may evolve over time or lose much of its significance is hardly a reason to be struck blind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled the material aside and he nearly lost his balance, as though what he saw had hit him with a physical force. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the day’s end they came to a stream that wandered down from the hills to lose itself in the stagnant marshland, and they went up along its banks while the light lasted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This I did too, with my musket clutched absurdly in one hand, and clutched in my head, the fevered hope that once crossed, the river should absolve us of scent, and the dogs lose us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He looked at her doubtfully for a minute, but sarcasm was lost on him and he believed her, and was a little disappointed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instantly the like­ness of apes lost its amusing character. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Countless ships have been lost in these waters. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

If he has a losing record, his ranking falls. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure has long since lost count of her strides when they reach a crowd dense enough that she can feel heat spilling off of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The young mouse lost track of time until he became aware of the sun starting to sink in a reddening sky heralding the twilight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And she could hardly stop laughing long enough to tell me about the time some guy named Arthur Kruger got drunk and lost his false teeth at the church picnic. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Selyse has the right of this, Lord Snow. Let them die. You cannot save them. Your ships are lost—” “Six remain. More than half the fleet.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And so we set out to find Heritage together, weaving through the lost souls in the night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I wandered the aisles, getting myself lost, asking people if Dr. von Braun was nearby. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a terrifying moment, I lost ground, my feet slipping in the gravel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t want to lose more of your people, we must try,” I pleaded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Percy,” Grover said weakly, “even immortality has limits. Sometimes . . . sometimes monsters get forgotten and they lose their will to stay immortal.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“No. I slept too heavy last night. Didn’t notice when she woke. She wandered outside. We need to find her. She could be lost, could have taken ill and fallen.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his father and his father’s father had never lost their lands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’d hate to think of what will become of me if I were to lose all my memories.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"I'm a 'prentice smith, and one day might be I'll make a master armorer . . . if I don't run off and lose my feet or get myself killed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then Henry lost interest in stones and wandered off.. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She always said starting a conversation with her might bring me a mess of sorrow for what couldn’t be, for what was lost. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I lost them. I lost your dad and I lost your brother. I couldn’t lose you, too. I just couldn’t.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She lost her necklace in the Mess, sir, and I escorted her there so she could find it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She would never be able to find her place again now—all the stories she had been reading were lost among the infinite pages. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dad said it was because they’d lost some big contract with the military. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Trouble is”—he slid me a sheepish look—“I get lost a lot.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

All day long I see people lost in thought, talking to themselves, grinning, frowning. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tears burned the corners of her eyes, and Anya hurried out of the kitchen before she lost her composure altogether. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

What would Jordie say if his little brother lost their chance at justice because he couldn’t conquer some stupid sickness inside him? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The whole time, doctors had to pump blood into me to replace what I was losing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When they shook their heads, he wailed, “I’ve lost him! He keeps getting away from me!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sure she’s going there that we should go directly to it without losing any more time following pig tracks.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella had never seen her lose her temper or yell at one of her children, not even once. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If this got out, I could lose everything. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rowan quickly lost interest in the game and left with Tyger, who found it all amusing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Much smaller. You won’t get lost there. It’s a small Jesuit Catholic school.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He saw his quest for her in chess terms: “I have been in lost positions before...worse than this, and I won!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost his airplane and had to return on foot, but he had not broken any bones and his adventurous spirit was intact. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had an odd manner of speech, a queer lilt that reminded Cora of the way those on the plantation sounded after they lost their wits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I can lose you like that if I don’t lose you today. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I don’t wear it, his team loses. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sitting near the lake, watching the giant squid waving its tentacles lazily above the water, Harry lost the thread of the conversation as he looked across to the opposite bank. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Fascinating case. Seems he never lost his taste for the fresh stuff, though he’d not been a hollow for many years.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Uncle got lost and refused to stop for directions because, he kept saying, he knew the way, which he obviously didn’t. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I could lose both them and Mr. Ali from out of my life. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Neeley’s thirteenth birthday had been lost somewhere in those last few days. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru glanced across the parking lot to where a stunted tree had lost almost all of its leaves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I lost my husband in the schools. We were taken there together.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got to get going before I lose the light,” she said casually. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She felt a little guilty because she had lied to the huntress, and she wondered if the huntress had known, for Ash had not been lost that day. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Understandably, the sight of Johnny wielding a broom, carrying charcoal, firewood, water, had not quickly lost its fascination for his erstwhile slaves. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet’s astonishment was soon lessened by the strong sisterly partiality which made any admiration of Elizabeth appear perfectly natural; and all surprise was shortly lost in other feelings. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The woman laughs, showing a gap in the back of her mouth where she’s lost a few of her teeth. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He has spent his life traveling, making and then losing friends, and never calling one place home. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But even if nobody had got hurt, the people in Redding were good and angry about losing so many of their guns. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know exactly when I lost track of Katz, but it was in the first couple of hours. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looks around at all of us, as if she hasn’t lost her marbles. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If the mast had fallen during the hurricane, they would have been lost. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

As I stand in the shower, trying to remind myself I have to make it a quick one, I lose myself for a minute in thoughts of Rhiannon. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

No one knew exactly when she had begun to lose her sight. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That’s when Mom chimed in to say the main advantage of being human is the brain, so use it or lose it, young man. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing she can tell me. She can lose herself in the forest, for all I care.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then I lost my grip and my avatar was sucked directly into the Black Tiger game’s monitor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, he moved beyond the scope of the window and they lost sight of him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“My husband. Father has lost all his money. I must marry so he can be rich again.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet skidded ahead of her body and she lost her footing, plummeting to the ground and slamming into it hard enough to knock her breath out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Finally, after nearly half an hour, Winnie was brought onto the stage with me, quite cross that she had been lost. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mia is still here. So I’m not losing it. And if I don’t lose it, you don’t get to!” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause, he said politely, “Er—you lost your tail?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to keep track of the hallways we walk down, but I lose count after a while. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I might have lost everything, but my spirit burned bright. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she woke, later in the night, aware of a lost warmth, she saw him crouched at the open window, looking out over the pale fields and the tall, dark trees below. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figure he's so excited about getting the new computer that he's lost his appetite. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ran as fast as I could to the storage shed, before I lost the last bit of light creeping in through the filmy windows. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Raizel called after me as I merged with the crowd, but her words were lost to the strikers’ roars. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Domingo, Domingo,” he whispered, and then he was, at forty-two minutes after five, lost on his knees.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you lost all the sense in that pretty head of yours? Fighting is suicide. We need to run.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I sure did. I confess I thought you were going to lose a finger or two.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Clearly not, because then maybe you wouldn’t be losing so bad.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And once I lost it, did anybody blame it on the bully? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had come to the town, and I had come to school, and I was very lost and afraid in the nervous, excited swarm of kids. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She said ‘How are we to get orders from Artemis if Artemis is lost?”’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sheed was still in his black suit, though the stovepipe hat had gotten lost somewhere in time. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fool for saying it, but God’s already heard it echoing in my head. I’m so glad he didn’t cut on Gantry land. I can’t lose another son.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The result: over time he lost a number of teeth. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"The wife has lost the husband," he said carefully. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Come now, there is no time to lose!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“America,” he said, “will lose the war. And Italy will win it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I lost twice to the boy whom I had defeated so easily a few years before, I stopped playing chess altogether. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now since they had lost the house they owed money there too. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Since antibiotics hadn’t been discovered yet, if another bacterial infection developed, Roosevelt could end up losing his leg. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Both men lost their swords as they rolled on the hard ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was concerned we were getting too involved and had lost a little bit of perspective about Joseph Brook. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Weeks were lost in bringing him to Elsinore, for the messenger who had been dispatched found him not in Wittenberg but traveling in the direction of Italy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Stupid enough to stand there simply lost in admiration of my hair now looking “white,” reflected in the mirror in Shorty’s room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost track of how many turns we made. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He’s probably eating himself up alive over Freud, I thought, hoping his father wouldn’t lose his temper. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That the sea anchors, miraculously, were not lost—they continued to tug at the lifeboat faith­fully—was a consolation that had no effect. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was on last year’s team, and we lost by only a few points, so it’s real exciting to win this time. I’m very proud of our team.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Other than losing Mary Eleanor as an infant, nothing terrible had happened to the Darwin family. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember an argument, right at the end, when things were about as bad as they could be; he lost his temper with me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was past being human, had lost every ounce of sanity, and that wasn’t his fault. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

You see with utter lucidity all that you are losing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are many words and definitions I have never lost. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mama shakes her head slowly like there’s no hope for me—like I’m lost to her already. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The matter was put to a vote and the reluctant Blair lost, three to one. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone fell quiet, listening, lost in their own thoughts. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had lost a whole night and half a day. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Horses and animals, lost or abandoned by their owners, roamed helpless in the streets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“My mom has had five husbands, and every single time, it was ‘The One,’ and every single time, it was like I lost her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

What if by accepting the reality of the dream, she lost her memories of her actual past? The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed myself for losing control and creating a scene, and I tried not to look at the boy as I paid my check and walked out without touching my food. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I swear I was just sick in the head from the Changing. I never would’ve killed him—just lost my mind for a second. Please, Alby, please.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

The birds appear to have lost their individual intention. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This wouldn’t be surprising—it was as if lately I’d been losing track of myself. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to pray for their souls, but the words had lost all meaning. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And I was afraid of what I would then lose, because Rich Schields adored me in the same way I adored Shoshana. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the one we took in his bedroom where I’m wearing his glasses and he’s squinting and we’re smiling because we won some happiness before I lost him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But it was crazy to be sorrowful over things when I’d lost people, too. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had lost their vagueness now and looked at Hazel with piercing clarity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I felt I could have gotten lost forever as I struggled to find the door that led to the office and safety, opening first one, then another. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They make you feel small and confused and vulnerable, like a small child lost in a crowd of strange legs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So much had been lost, but there was a stillness to the city that was almost hypnotic. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His face was lost in the shadow of a broad hat, the brim wreathed in leafy vines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How do you think she lost those other fingers?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Analogously, the great sachems had to please or bully the lesser, lest by the defection of small communities they lose stature. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Any chance I could use your phone? I lost mine back there somewhere.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Luna hadn’t been walking for long before she was very, very lost and very, very frightened. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Candice stopped talking because she knew if she said one more word, she would lose her battle with the tears. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sarah Collins, Addie’s sister who survived the restroom blast, ended up losing her right eye and retained just 30 percent of the vision in her left eye. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I cant do nothing with him. I just come over here looking for a quarter I lost so I can go to the show tonight. Look like now I aint going to get to go.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I lost it. Me and Benjy hunted all day for that quarter. You can ask him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids know I’ve come from somewhere else, but as time passes, and with careful effort, I lose any trace of an accent. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I sped up, afraid they might lose their footing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

One man named Collins had lost his entire family—his wife, his two daughters, his son, and his son’s wife and child—early in the plague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Here Strider turned aside, and soon they were lost in a sombre country of dark trees winding among the feet of sullen hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Leo had lost sight of Echo again, but now he realized she was kneeling on the other side of Narcissus, waving her hand in front of his face as if trying to break his concentration. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As I walk, I’m surprised that I’m not thinking about the game or losing my starting position. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they had been rich and wealthy, and now all they owned were the clothes on their backs and their lives, and they were in danger of losing those, too. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the three months since the Cultural Revolution had started, changes had been so constant that I often felt lost. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if by a flash of grim light, Indian villages became societies of widows, widowers, and orphans; parents lost their children, and children were suddenly alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavor of our relationship. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We were exhausted, we had lost all strength, all illusion. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” said Jake, “I hate to even bring this up, since I’m not the one who just lost his lab and job...” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could, honey,” he told her, “but I can’t pay you girls more without raising prices and losing customers.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so difficult for her in the end: it was more a confidence thing, and with us there for support, she seemed to lose her fear of the fence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I could cut my way through the jungle and go around, that could take me days out of my way, and without the Congo River to follow, I was likely to lose my bearings. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I was afraid it was lost for good, which would have been unfortunate. I owe you my deepest gratitude, Miss...?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Doors whose thresholds no one crossed, whose keys had been destroyed or lost, or locked away themselves for safety’s sake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He himself, however, was a good deal shaken, and he continued to shed tears for some time after he lost sight of her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the Walton County jail, Luma had lost all track of time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Some say that it’s the ghost of a student who got lost in the building and starved to death.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Every time we shut down the line, we lose money. If it happens again, you’re out. Understand?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s no wonder I lost patience, is it? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost a lot of people I love. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

How that had lost against what type of soap kills the most germs, I’ll never understand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ever since the church bombing, I had lost my enthusiasm for school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope to lose these soon,” she says. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It felt good to talk about it all, but I also felt like I’d lost something. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Men like him, the article would suggest, weren’t supposed to lose their cool—though it was never specified whether “like him” meant lawyers or something else entirely. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Four exposition workers lost their lives, two from fractured skulls, two electrocuted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The layout made it extremely easy to get lost, so I kept a three-dimensional holographic map on my display. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had a head start on the others, and he didn’t intend to lose it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

What if I lost the trail in blizzard or fog, or was nipped by a venomous snake, or lost my footing on moss-slickened rocks crossing a stream and cracked my head a concussive blow? A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Caleb followed me eight years later, after losing three of his fingers to a table saw because he was drinking on the job. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and you go on losing those new friends that you make just like you lose the new house you build. Don’t you want something better, purer, freer in this life?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever nerve I’d worked up to call him I immediately lost. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He’s currently jet-lagged to all hell from trying to keep the press from ruining the presidency, and the irony isn’t lost on him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’d caught him off guard; I was stronger than he’d expected, or maybe just more reckless, and he lost his hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"My lord, the child has lost the use of his legs. He cannot sit a horse." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My stomach heaved, and I lost all the food I’d managed to choke down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was losing his cool now, going red in the face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The ghosts of friends lost in the last months flitted across when I least expected them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In keeping with his love of lost causes, Howard bought only the worst-looking horses at the sale, animals who lingered in the ring, attracting few, if any, bids. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Koly, what can you be thinking of? What woman would wish to wear a sari on which a dog chases a goose? You have lost your senses.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The huge stableboy had a lost and frightened look to his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Malc on the phone now—it’s like seeing her fellow astronaut when she was sure she was lost in space. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In less than five minutes the spot of earth which I identified with the best of all possible worlds was gone, lost within the wild uncultivated countryside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, both me and his brother had lost faith in him, so everything had to be finally starting to get to him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

North Korea would have lost the Korean War and disappeared as a state without the help of the Chinese, who fought the United States and other Western forces to a stalemate. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Soon my headgear lost its nighttime war against the forces of crookedness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I lost weight and couldn’t eat and was near suicide. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the leak became manageable, it only had to trickle new air in slowly to relieve the air lost. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not far from the cliff face, Duchess lost her lift and fell down through leaves and twigs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

If the mutation rate is too high, we lose the inheritance of four billion years of painstaking evolution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’ve lost something, and my coffee’s getting cold. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Probably they had got lost, or wandered off somewhere to amuse themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With unusual awkwardness he grabbed a juice pitcher, lost his grip, and ended up sloshing an entire quart of juice all over Kate’s feet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We run the risk of winning isolated battles but losing the larger war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We don’t need to cry over lost socks, do we?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Otto treated Lies, who had lost her family as well, as an adopted daughter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The weight of her legs pulled at her, threatening to make her lose her grip, which was slick with sweat and probably blood. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I lost some sleep last night thinking about both Hudson and Arthur. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

‘You are abroad late. Or are you perhaps lost?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My brain had momentarily lost its depth perception. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him Danny didn’t look well and had lost a lot of weight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then somewhere around the time his father started slipping, Mike lost that innate confidence in himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost my wife and my daughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas glanced over at Alby, who was staring at the floor, seemingly lost in his own gloomy thoughts. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We would explain that when you lose everything, you can’t afford much of anything. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Even in the cramped space of their twelfth-story apartment, Will managed to get lost at least once an hour. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

For so many years, I was a Lost Girl, but I’m not lost anymore. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta would lose it if he knew I was thinking any of this, so I only say, “So what should we do with our last few days?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused at the gaily lit door and said, I will make a deal with you my little brother, I will wait and not enter until you lose your innocence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to be rich, but wasn’t anymore, having lost everything during the War, including her husband. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then the same girl that lost her wallet three times already lost it again and come on with the same crying voice saying how terrible she felt ’cause it was missing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t my fault she lost her balance and fell on her butt in front of everybody. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And they let me lose a little, but not too much. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Because of her politics, her husband lost his job at Lockheed, a company with government contracts. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Out of consideration for everyone who had tried to spare her this additional suffering, she said nothing that would indicate she knew about the hair-raising affair of the lost head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lost track of time, which was easy to do with the summer sun staying up so long. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“In spite of our troubles and losing sleep the whole party was in good spirits, for, at last, we had exchanged inaction for action,” Worsley remembered. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I squirm away and run, escape out into the fog, and I’m lost. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dad insisted he hadn’t exactly lost his job. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no time to worry about what had been lost, because initially we couldn’t even see the other boats. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The waiter noticed and nearly lost his mind. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t over losing her mother; that would take a long time, but she seemed content enough to be with me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t brothers and never would be until they lost the clamps in their brains. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in all his six years, Willard Asher had never once been lost. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I know that I lost, and the only thing keeping the pain at bay is what is making it difficult to think straight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The lack of food has made her lose so much of her beautiful hair and it is now little more than wispy patches on her head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the world says: love things, lose them, good luck. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The foothills and the smaller peaks were lost in shadow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The water was frozen, and the snow had been falling for so long that Bran had lost count of the days, turning the lake into a vast white wilderness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And a few have lost an uncle or aunt. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost Buck’s Peak, not by leaving but by leaving silently. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I think about the pictures I’ve seen online, of people with vitiligo who have lost all their color, who turn the most delicate shades of pale. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The music of Mozart, Haydn, and the early works of Beethoven are in this style, which we call classical rather than neoclassical, because the original classical music of ancient Greece and Rome is lost. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In addition to the HeLa-mouse hybrid, Harris fused HeLa with chicken cells that had lost their ability to reproduce. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When they hit Jason, he almost lost consciousness—overwhelmed by hatred and fear and shame... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Will leapt up the stairs and, with the ease of somebody who has been losing himself in curious places for six long years, Will—click-click-clackl—slunk his way aboard the train. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Gandalf sat down again and puffed at his pipe, as if lost in thought. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I thought it must be Thern by now, the first month of winter and of a new Year One, but I had lost count in Pulefen. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some two or three days later I noticed a change in Kuti: his eyes lost their dullness and the whimpering that had been so harrowing to listen to lessened and stopped. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered two years before, when a man named Robert, who worked for Dad, had lost a finger. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The two young men were thus somewhat shy with each other, but as for Yarrow she soon lost her awe of Ged, being in her own house and mistress of it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They lost sight of her at the gate to the refugee camp. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She flew along the river walk, past the small kitchen, and through the pig yard, her hurried footsteps lost beneath the squealing of the hogs in their pens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed so small and flared only once, after which he lost sight of it. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you lose,’ he told Lord Eddard, ‘you were never here.’ A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ones that wouldn’t drag and reveal her lost two inches. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Presently we enter a dark woods of very old yellow birches and again lose Crystal. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A feeling came over me, like I was lying on a beach at the edge of a lost world with a wave of hurt washing over my body. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men swapped stories of their lives and remembrances of battles won and lost. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I cry over losing them, I cry because I don’t have any memories of them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Before the Americans could go inside, their only English-speaking guard told them to memorize their simple address, in case they got lost in the big city. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It moaned like a lost spirit in the bones and turned surprisingly cold. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost weight and was as thin as a bean pole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the bed, lost in thought. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked up at him, and here in the ordinary darkness, he seemed to have lost some of his otherworldly glow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost wished she would run out of the stuff and be forced to either catch a fish and cook it, or simply starve, losing her ugly-fat the hard way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called, then lost my grip on the wet stone steps and fell flailing and tumbling into the dark. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That was standard procedure to make sure a dead man’s identification would not get lost. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first when I disappeared, Dr. Luce was desperate, feeling that he had lost his greatest find. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Horrified by what the country had lost, Ellsberg returned home to California. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, she was losing her ability to focus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then Argus honked his horn down at the road, and I lost my chance. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before long, he was thumping around the house, thin as a string bean, swallowing buckets of food to regain the weight he’d lost. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much win or lose but our pride. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve never thought about all the empty spaces at the Moon Festival, all the places where the disappeared, the dead, and the lost should be. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If it was my mother, I had lost her again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

With the cold that’s been settling in on us at night, I’m figuring it’s October, though I’ve lost track of the days. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He hesitated outside the crowded Great Hall, then ran up the marble staircase; whether Gryffindor had won or lost, the team usually celebrated or commiserated in their own common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mom had said raising $1,000 in a month wouldn’t be easy, but losing Sir Fig Newton would be way harder. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“When I was a child, I loved chasing aku. It was just play, though, because if you really wanted to catch them, you waited till evening, when they all lost their wings and fell down.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure I haven’t actually lost an ounce, but I don’t feel encumbered. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have liked him anyway, just for being called Woodrow, but I especially admired him when I read that he weighed 350 pounds and was doing the hike to lose weight. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just a kid, he lost his footing on the slippery dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Anyways, it was a pretty close game, but I made sure I lost in the end. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I even lost touch with Jasón, which was too bad because I learned later that he would have understood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And remember, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. So be sure to read the instructions—so you’ll know how to play the game.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The needle goes in my other earlobe, and small bubbles, like multicolored marbles, enter from the left and zoom in front of my face until I lose sight of them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now my body is accustomed to the extreme environment and weather, but my heart has never come to terms with the absence of those we have lost. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We lost contact with Pathfinder in 1997. If he can get it online again, we can communicate. It might just need the solar cells cleaned. Even if it's got a bigger problem, he's an engineer!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not inspire the South to fight on, prolong the Civil War, or win the battles the Confederate armies had lost. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I hadn’t just lost my mother too! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I try to find her voice, but I am lost. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose we have anything to lose,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I lost, I realize I like fencing. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Briefly, she considered undoing her hair, but she didn’t want to lose her rubber band. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had been in and out of solitary confinement for months and I had lost more than twenty-five pounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to linger there, experiencing the sensation of something precious perilously attained too late and now to be lost forever—a poignancy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if a guest was rude, my dad never lost his temper. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I had lost a battle, but one that I didn’t know I had been fighting. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were losing it, and more than that, I was losing her. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was never spoken of, but there was no love lost between the families. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Especially in the early years of the Movement, one often heard nonwhite students complain of feeling lost on the campus. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she beat your grandmother terrifically, one last time, so that she might remember how easily she could lose her body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Hitler might lose the war, but he wouldn’t be willing to surrender all the art he had stolen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He knows that without Herold he will be lost on the streets of Washington. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the game, I’d been so lost in my head daydreaming about dates with Gregor that I had no idea who won. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s only weird if I get in your way. I know you miss your friends. What if all hope isn’t lost there? You should find out.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I felt myself floating, lost in them, my will no longer my own. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I started up crying out: “Then in God’s name let us come at once, for we are losing time. The Count may come to Piccadilly earlier than we think.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a monster, a horror from a nightmare, but Thomas knew it had to be a Glader, someone who’d completely lost his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t lost on me that he still hadn’t said my name. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Her tray was at the foot of her bed: lull and plums, just like any morning, though usually by this time she’d be deep asleep and lost in Letha’s oblivion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ranofer stopped so abruptly that a little cloud of dust rose from his skidding feet and he almost lost his balance. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I had thought that foresight lost, last year in Erhenrang, and never to be regained. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lost or drew to some of the “smallfry,” including multiple players from Argentina, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But they lost interest and, soon, the watch sat abandoned on the straw mat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the hearing began she had lost the extra fifteen pounds plus ten more. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But after what’s happened today, that would be nothing. Even going to jail would be easy compared to losing you.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Class. I was playing and I lost track of time.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Polar Eskimos lost the bow and arrow and the kayak, while Dorset Eskimos lost the bow and arrow, bow drill, and dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Phineas might begin to curse me with every word he knew, he might lose his head completely, he would certainly be worse off for it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you going to lose out on this amazing opportunity? Almost no one has this opportunity! And for this incredible price.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was losing the struggle to the old, familiar demons. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then she understood that she had lost him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took two or three rights, whatever lefts came along—and in a few minutes I was completely lost. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to not think about losing Frieda and why she went telling everyone about Big Ma knocking on her door crying and Uncle Darnell being sick from drugs. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, I was about to go to the dormitory for you, then saw you heading this way and wondered if you were lost.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if we lose, I’m gonna try to do the right thing.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Worsley had only one compass left, and he lighted a match to check that they were still headed in the right direction: the island itself was lost in the darkness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His mother hugged him as he got lost in the spectacle before him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And it was not lost on C.P. that the demonstrators around the Howard Johnson’s that day in August were wearing clothes better than anything he or his family owned. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed lost, dazed, as if she could not absorb how quickly things were changing around her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Templeton,” said Wilbur in desperation, “if you don’t stop talking and get busy, all will be lost, and I will die of a broken heart. Please climb up!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nina nearly lost her footing, and she saw Kaz brace himself with his walking stick. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ve lost something. I want to try to find it again.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I say, "Okay, when you lost your sight, did the doctors ever talk about other cases—cases like yours?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tough decision, but all you could ever lose was a ball. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had lost my old strictness about sanctity. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew my public sorrow, the lost baby, but none my private one, my loss of faith. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another friend is another person you might lose at any instant. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, on hot days, when she wore low-cut shirts, you could see the baby powder she put down there to stay cool, most of which was lost somewhere deep in her cleavage. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was lost in vague musings about how much money I had actually earned last night when I saw Wilem and Simmon approaching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he lost the view and crashed on top of Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“At least he’s alive,” says Plutarch, as if he’s losing patience with the lot of us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He knew that wherever the trackers lost his path they must circle and lose time before they found it again. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several seconds, Tommy stayed in a sort of trance, for all I know playing over in his mind one of these old fantasies of giving me back my lost tape. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erastis was working on his own Fragments now, copying sections of the Book no one had read before, to preserve the writings in case the Book was lost—or worse, destroyed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The political campaign, of course, lost all other issues, and resembled a campaign only in that it was something filling the hiatus between nomination and election. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be there in a half hour, if I don’t get lost.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He sees her hollow eyes and her protruding stomach as she loses more and more strength each day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My wife and I had lost our baby fat. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only problem with having two pairs of gloves was that if you lost one pair you had to wear the next pair kindergarten-style. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he was kind of happy when I lost my scholarship.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Theon was given a suite of chilly rooms with ceilings so high that they were lost in gloom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The salad master dropped his pan, and the chief cook lost his grip on the cleaver. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or I’ll be a leaf lost in the wind, which is just a fancy Augur way of saying dead. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In this sudden change of heart, Richard Hoggart notes: He longs for the membership he lost, ‘he pines for some Nameless Eden where he never was’. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped, some time ago, feeling for each lost child. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He truly seemed at peace in these moments, able at last to lose himself in something without anguish and ambivalence. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa handed me two one-dollar bills, saying to Rubin, “You hold your money and he can hold his. If you lose, you had better pay off.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this bustling group of aunts and uncles swirled in circles as Sitti, their grandmother, threw her strong arms around each one of them in succession, squeezing so tightly that Liyana lost her breath. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I press through like I am battling a series of strong waves to where the breath is—without wondering how a hallucination/ghost/spirit/lost soul can even have breath. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Who knows how many lost relatives of ours are waiting to be discovered in other caves, on other islands, and in other climes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost weight, as most of them had, and his body was covered with welts and sores. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, after I got mad enough. And then I lost. You’d have thought I lost on purpose the way Dad acted.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The compass was my most valued possession and I’d lost it twice in two days! Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the window, feeling as lost as my present in the pile. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pa is always so much in control of himself that I have never seen him lose his temper. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through no fault of their own, those second graders had lost a year of learning. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By this point I’m accepting the fact that maybe I lost the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Hicks sank back and lost interest at once. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lupin’s retort was lost: Finally succeeding in squeezing through the door, Hagrid staggered to a chair and sat down; it collapsed beneath him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The group hiked quietly, each person lost in thought. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The French he had met were generous, or otherwise lost to their own miseries. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I know you hate us, mam! You lost your daughter. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lost my temper, tackled her to the ground, and sat on her chest, pummel ing her, screaming, “They’re my berries! You stole them! I saw them first! I hate you!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ben writes that the strength of the Night's Watch is down below a thousand. It's not only desertions. They are losing men on rangings as well." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His brain was lost on Valley View Road, prompting the inquiries of his state of mind. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Please! I have to pass this class or I’ll lose my scholarship!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Marcus loses his grip, so I unwrap the belt and grab it by the buckle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Ibtihaj, it’s okay. You win some. You lose some,” he said, wiping my tears. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was easy enough to lose myself in all the school things. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

What never got lost inside all the noise, inside all those nights he spent away from us, was that he cared. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Or were the words that had been lost in my head simply trying to find the proper order? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She’d lost her temper once before—once, when her first overseer chose the wrong day to push her too hard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t only losing the money that enraged Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He looks like a guy lost people might ask for directions from because he seems friendly. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He had nearly lost his balance as he Apparated onto the top step just outside the front door, and thought that the Death Eaters might have caught a glimpse of his momentarily exposed elbow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’m okay. I want to call my mom. I’ve lost the phone number.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Estraven would be a good man to pull with, on a crazy trek like that. He was tough as iron. And never lost his temper. I’m sorry he’s dead.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But we don’t realize how miraculous our senses are until we lose one. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“His son lost everything because he was trying to do his job and protect himself. His life matters too, you know?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Fina tells me about how her grandfather fought in the Vietnam War and lost one of his legs there and how sometimes he swore he could still feel it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I back away from the bakery and bump into something, lose my balance, and find myself sitting on a hunk of sun- heated metal. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After that there was so much bustle and talk and coming and going that Shasta for a few minutes lost sight of Corin and Edmund and Lucy. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Tochi had lost her job at a bank after the last bank crisis, but she had married a wealthy lawyer and had a baby. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

None of us had ever heard of the place and we got lost on the way there. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I lost it because it kept falling off.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how I looked out of the frosted pane and saw the looming great North Star and lost it, as though the sky had shut its eye. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s when I lost him. I didn’t have a grip on him anymore. Danny grabbed him and ran away and threw him in the truck and they drove off.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He kept griping and groaning about losing her cooking—and more important, his ’78 Camaro—for the whole weekend. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not to mention Dasch's lost notebook, which could lead the authorities right to him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If the levees were breached, he knew the battle would be lost. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“No. It isn’t a trap. The best thing you can do is see her. Teresita won’t hurt you. She works only for good. It is her wisdom that finds the lost and turns the wicked.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

What was happening now was like that, but odder, because the edges of things were losing their definition as well and becoming blurred. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’d tried to tell her to get lost when she followed him out of the school after he’d been in detention. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Nobody was saying we were going to lose but that’s what everybody was thinking. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost control of myself and seemed possessed by a sinister force, which made me mindless of my safety, which spurred me toward reckless action, unafraid of death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of his trip, it turned out, Chris had gotten lost in the Mojave Desert and had nearly succumbed to dehydration. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get lost too often and end up walking the halls with kids who are much older than I am. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If nothing grew by the Moon Festival, the king's father thought this chance would be lost and, considering the emperor's ire, perhaps worse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I let myself get deliriously lost in the bliss. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The two fawns were still young enough to have speckled coats, but as the summer went on they would lose their spots and become as brown as their mother. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having shimmied a few more inches up the flagpole, Fatty lost his grip and fell down into the sand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t come, Ma would lose pay. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s gone and we’ll go, too. For goodness’ sake keep close together, because if anyone gets lost in the dark we may not find him again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Crow’s Eye took the fleet to sea Tris had simply lagged behind, changing course only when the other ships were lost to sight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We have lost all sense of other considerations, because they are artificial. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the curator’s directions, we retraced our steps until we came to a grim-looking statue carved from black stone, a memorial called the Waiting Woman dedicated to islanders lost at sea. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Either the team wins or the team loses,” I had said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of our food was gone, either lost overboard or destroyed by the water that had come in. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In short, because Shawn lost his canines, I was able to keep mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“A boy should not lose his baseball jacket. We like baseball very much in Japan. There is no baseball during war. Everybody miss it.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The only fight he’d ever lost before was the War Between the States. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was yelling at Zac, but his words were lost in the excited murmuring of the lunch crowd. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s sitting here all smug, making cute little jokes about iPods and talkin’ ‘bout how scared he is of losing his job, but is he actually helping?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But, of course, it was a lot more than losing a silver bangle that upset her. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And when he lost, he was too much. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I was just angry. Imogen is irresponsible. She loses her phone or forgets to turn it on. She’s not good with calling, texting, any of that.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If the Rebels won the war then we would be a country; but Father was sure they were going to lose, to I decided not to count us. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the rise of recording pushed aside traditional music, some musicians made a point of recording traditional folk songs, so they would not be lost altogether. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the dead land I lost count of the days. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your hinterlands are not precious to me. Your person is. Should any ill befall you, this world would lose its savor.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We are so going to lose, I thought to myself, but I had to try. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Flipping through those might get me a little too far into your head. I don’t want to get lost in there.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Do not stop me, what I say, señor. I say it quick, or I lose the nerve. Two weeks—maybe three—I try to get up the nerve." Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says we are losing money hand over fist. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Even if his team lost this round, they’d all just scored some excellent swag. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

We not only left people behind; we also lost touch with the moral force at the heart of the movement itself. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The garrison numbered no more than a hundred men, so small a troop that they were lost in Harrenhal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, for each degree up or down you go, you gain or lose a certain percentage of the volume. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you see I’m busy here? Man, you made me lose count...three, four, five. There. We can go now.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Tom Bombadil’s house and the valley, and the Forest were lost to view. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Already we were losing the taste for freedom, already we were finding these walls secure. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She announced the death of her godfather, Don Salomon Valdes, a broker at the stock exchange, who, convinced that he had lost everything he owned, hanged himself from the chandelier in his elegant office. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she considered that Dad was hopelessly lost, she’d open a little portable ice box that she kept on the floor of the car under her feet, and hand Jane her bottle. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father. He just lost my sister and now . . .” says Leeg 1. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Replanting through an immediate tree nursery and forestry program is being urged in communities that are losing large numbers of elms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Richard said, “They didn’t have to, it’s just what some people did when they lost all their money.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cully lost the vertical stripes of his first year’s plumage and became greyer, grimmer, madder, and distinguished by smart horizontal ban where the long stripes had been. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I lost the monitor in my suit, they couldn’t track me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Coach looked at us like we had lost our minds. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Castle and camp were soon lost behind them, obscured by the dust of their hooves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve lost track of all the times I’ve thought Oh God, oh God, she’s finally going to let me, only to be hit in the face with Dear God, she wants me to stop NOW? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Once, before she married me, it was Blanca up there, and it still pained her to have lost such a privilege. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I sympathize with people who have lost a parent, or both, for that matter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The new people were looking lost and confused and shy, so many of us came up on ’em and patted ’em on the back and shocked their hands and welcomed ’em to Buxton. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It’s been ages since I’ve heard a good tale, and I long to get lost in one. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In order not to lose himself in such thoughts, Gregor preferred to set himself moving and crawled up and down in his room. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor is the vertue of the Loadstone, being lost, recovered by Goats blood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I looked up the word wrath and thought of the anger I felt when I lost my blue notepad, my librito, in a fire in Orosi. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The size of the room had not been lost in the clutter of boxes and trunks stacked almost to the ceiling beams. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A dream come true,” I grumble, because really, if it took losing a leg to get him to notice me, I’d rather be ignored. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was a way of losing myself in something that was not the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few days there, I lost that Little Rock feeling of being choked and kept in “my place” by white people. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, I was rapidly losing my appetite in the face of what I was hearing from my friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I search her face for a sign of what she has lost—her father, an Abnegation leader, didn’t survive the attack—but I see only the placid determination characteristic of my old faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She telling everybody she lost forty pounds,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The terrier was still utterly exhausted, and in addition had lost a lot of blood from the gashes suffered at the cub’s claws the day before. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cried when Papa said she could bring only one cat, but losing the cats was nothing compared to gaining Queenie, who would help with the baby and do their washing and cook their food. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I see. Now I am being compared to a degenerate old female fraud. Worse, I am losing in the comparison. My own mother daring to malign me so.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without being too hyperbolic: Battles were won and lost, and wars, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Did you check in the lost and found?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Five thousand seven hundred Russians killed, forty-five Germans lost. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I lost sight of it after that truck passed him,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and tried to lose consciousness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The town was decorated for Christmas and I felt lost in the great crowds. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Logic, however, lost out to Navy hierarchies and power games. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Another quick shower of soft dark earth and the moles were lost to view beneath the ground surface. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He realized that all he really cared about was losing his granddaughter, because she was his last link to life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donald Catt, already irritated over having to wait in line, completely loses his cool when the barista doesn’t know how to make the drink the way he likes it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Once, I lost my grip and-I found myself dangling by one hand from a ledge fifty feet above the rocky surf. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

—I lost my shoes, and the gym teacher takes off points if you’re not dressed in proper gym clothes. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last week, Roosevelt lost to Ballard High in the District Championship, so the cross-country season is over. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He only half listened to the fourth case and at the end of the terse testimony of the complaining witness he asked, “How much did you lose?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even care about the cell phone I lost. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve been won to the side of schoolteachers and nurses, and lost all allegiance to plastic explosives. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly lost my revulsion at touching sea life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it will have to find more money, much more—the kind of money that only federal governments possess—without losing any of its own initiative. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was losing his fight—had already lost it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

One can lose oneself in the joy of battle, in fighting for a glorious cause, but there are not a great many glorious causes for which to fight these days.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her house became the refuge of young men puling in puberty, mourning over lost virtue, and aching to lose some more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something about Margo completely losing her temper allows me to regain mine. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when I poke my head into the den, I see her slumped on the loveseat looking like she’s lost her last friend. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’s hard work, but I lose myself in the simple rhythm of digging a hole and planting a seed on repeat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The class made a bunch of noise at this big number—“Ooh,” and “Wow! ” and stuff like that—and Nick lost his concentration. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times they got lost on dead-end streets. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In March, Barack lost the Democratic primary in what ended up being a resounding victory for Bobby Rush. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Amy’s lecture put the matter in a new light, and for the first time it did look weak and selfish to lose heart at the first failure, and shut himself up in moody indifference. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he pounds his fist on the table so hard it makes all of us jump, and the parrot flaps his wings powerfully enough to lose a few feathers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If you ever get lost, Baba used to say, remember that our street is the one with the -pink, house at the end of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They stumbled on, keeping close together so that no one would get lost. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Oho! You don’t want to lose your bargaining weapon,” I crowed. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed past Ucho, trying to stay beneath Sumac’s flight path so I wouldn’t lose him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Macklin, too, lost a mitten, and his hand turned white with frostbite on his oar. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I noticed first the absence of parkland trees, the giant elms lost to disease I supposed, and the remaining oaks cleared to make way for a golf course. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I lost the little strength I had left. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Spartans held Athens and Thebes by establishing oligarchies there; yet they lost them both. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was already a line for new student identification cards for students who had been unable to get them at the end of school last year or had lost them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But Ash reached out and grabbed her arm and asked, “Please, will you show me the way back to the path? I think I’m lost.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In a roundabout way. There’s a reason I stopped organizing. Stopped going to rallies. Just got lost in work and you.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Charles Taylor would come to power in an election in 1997, winning largely because people feared he would restart a civil war if he lost. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

How can I figure out where I’m going if I’m lost all the time? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But before he could pull himself up, he lost his grip on the slime-covered wood. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“They will be here at any moment. I must save Luna. I cannot lose Luna. You must not leave.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He thought of the tens of thousands of Americans who’d lost their lives. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Our harvests had failed again, and it looked as if we were going to lose our lands if we didn’t get some cash quick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter adjusted his bow tie, still looking totally lost. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She might be lost, or captured by the Amazons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

About how much some of the lies people tell about his mother hurt, the fear she’ll lose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sounds of pursuit from behind didn’t relent or fade, but he wasn’t losing ground, either. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And Richard said, but quietly, knowing that he was lost: “But all the same, mister, I wasn’t there.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Scout, you say, ‘Tom, there’s no time to lose. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Can we sit down, at least? You’re squeezing so tight, I’m losing circulation to my lower extremities.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I was just telling Donte losing isn’t disgraceful. It’s how we learn.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Oars flew from their hands; the blades went knocking wild alongside till the ship lost way, with no oarblades to drive her through the water. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some lost two, and brothers and sisters, too. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to lose all of that. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And then I started thinking about the radio, about the people talking about people who talk about animals like they people, and I just...I just...lost my appetite. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Tab handed Bridge a few more gold bangles and said, “Don’t lose these.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise had lost touch with nearly everyone she grew up with and did not wish particularly to rediscover the companions of her adolescence. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I have felt pain and heartache in unexplainable great measures the last few years. But I know my greatest pain cannot compare to the pain they felt after losing a loved one,” Reggie said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At times we nearly lost sight of her, but we kept up, loitering in front of window displays when she went into a shop, squeezing past pushchairs and old people when she came out again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thunderous voice rolled across the field: Death loses its hold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He’d already lost his family twice before. Once in Poland and then again here—his adopted family. So when you and Aunt Susie came along ...” “Once bombed, twice shy?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A few more seconds and he would lose it entirely. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Lancelot mounted his horse, got his bearings by asking several peasants where he was, and rode off toward the forest of fire apple tree where he had lost his cousin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lost their furniture and their dishes and their blankets and never got anything back. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A quiet, remote, very beautiful farming valley that had not changed a great deal in 200 years was lost forever. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If you’ve ever seen a dog bury a bone, or a spotted green chipmunk rooting for a lost acorn, you will know what I’m talking about. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She kept getting so far ahead of them that she had to stop and wait for them to catch up with her, lest they lose their way. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Pa gone, I could see Ma staring into the fire with that lost look that came over her when she thought on Missy. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

My comment got lost in the blizzard of new posts. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But I had to out her, even if that meant losing her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Later in the Depression, an Italian American woman who had lost all her money came to work for them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The expedition was lost in the South Pacific in 1788; La Perouse and all but one of the members of his crew perished.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small vessel was actually a lost cargo container and not small. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d lost their transportation to Fjerda, and if the shots raining down on them were any indication, they were seriously outnumbered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sounds I hear are quieter and clear—nothing is lost or fuzzy, only tamped down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But she said she had seen Heritage and then lost sight of him. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Union lawyers argued to free Fannie and the men, but they lost the case. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I do not take any short cuts, I do not forget to turn at the deli on the corner, I do not get lost, not even on purpose. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Are we? Do you know how many soldiers and supplies I’ve lost thanks to those rebels?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As it was, the only thing I could lose my miserable self in was books. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are loud groans of losing, the cheer of a win. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Permian’s streak over Odessa High had created deep-rooted convictions of inferiority, to the extent that Principal Starnes spent time after each loss telling students and teachers that losing to Permian wasn’t a reflection on anything. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope he doesn’t lose his sense of propriety or they will have to shut him up. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I believe Cato could easily lose his judgment in a fit of temper. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Shocking performance. And Wales lost to Uganda, and Scotland was slaughtered by Luxembourg.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not heat the water, either, because I was afraid that the heating coil would make the rainwater lose the scent of the sky. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes they’d reached the crest, only to find that beyond it lay another one even higher, and beyond that several more, whose tops were lost in the swirling darkness. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The trainer loses it, calling her all kinds of names. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I nodded, wondering if there was something in the quilt she did not like, and I would lose my job and be thrown out of Maa Kamala’s house. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He'd once been a child lost in this jungle; she was too. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron kept losing on purpose, trying to finish the games quickly, but even so, it was well past midnight when Fred, George, and Ginny finally went to bed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to think that now we are the beggars, but instead of asking for alms, we’re asking for help so as not to lose our lives. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

So, King Bull had lost the sword to a giant worm with poison teeth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“That was the best I could do for you. But now, I wish there was another way. I don’t want to lose my sister.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

For the nourishment of his outrage he depended on the memory of her underwear; those round, innocent corset eyes now lost to him forever. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got confused for a minute and lost my place in my notes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, but before she had tested all the bones, she lost interest She threw the last ones down impatiently and tipped the mess out of the window, not caring when it feD. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nose ran—maybe from the cold, possibly from the realization that the challenge was actually over, and they’d lost. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It must be really hard losing forever forever someone you love. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Again, it has lost a dimension; it has neither height nor width, but it has length. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was actually in the shallows, its feet lost in little foaming eddies that curled against the bank. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Anyone who does not follow this procedure will quickly lose what he has taken, and while he holds it, he will find it full of infinite difficulties and troubles. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Was it so insulting for Glenn to lose to a colored player that he would rather fake an injury? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh come on. What do we have to lose?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Why, in brief, did China lose its technological lead to the formerly so backward Europe? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I didn’t see you there. I must have gotten lost in the clouds,” Penelope said. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Past information might be revered, but in successive retellings it would become progressively more muddled and eventually lost. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are wounded,” she told him, “and lost.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to lose Captain Smith as well. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Opposing them were the Half-Breeds, who considered Grant a losing candidate because many voters had become disgusted by the scandals and corruption during his time in office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The elders were trying to keep us from scattering everywhere and losing each other. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only way to know how long you are lost in the darkness is to be saved from it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Richard gave Ophie a patient smile, but she could see that he would lose his patience soon if she didn’t answer him. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“They lost their way but don’t want to get back on the path. All they want is meat.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When the cliffs of Yaros appeared off their larboard bows, he found his three lost ships waiting for him, just as Moqorro had promised. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was as though I had been aroused from sleep and for an instant I stood there looking, listening to the voice almost lost in the clamour of shouts, screams, burglar alarms and sirens. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The questions that drove me here are lost in some crippled synapse between us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Three days, four—I lost count. I never seen anyone. There’s no one here. I looked almost everywhere.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, you guys never gave up, even though you were losing like that?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the coast guardsman gone, Dasch waded back to the sailors, who had been busy looking for their lost paddles and emptying the water from the dinghy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

His speed abandoned him, and he lost race after race. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s lost an awful lot of blood and he’s a mighty sick dog. All we can do now is wait and see.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stalin had a tremendous blow up,” recalled one top official, “losing his temper, banging his fists on the table and stamping his feet.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your mother and I just lost track of time listening to the radio. Did you have fun at the beach?" The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“No, baby. I have something better. My prized possession. I don’t even wear it because I’m afraid I’ll lose it cleaning someone’s room, but that seems like a silly waste, doesn’t it?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But though she hadn’t lost by any means, Celaena couldn’t stand—absolutely could not stand—the feeling that she hadn’t really won anything at all. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

High overhead were wooden rafters black from smoke, and a vaulted ceiling lost in shadow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I pictured my grandfather out there, lost and raving in nothing but his bathrobe, a black feeling welled up in me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If Teresa was right, and they’d been that close to figuring out some kind of clue to get out of there, only to see it literally lost in flames ... The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had forgotten, lost track; he could not now remember whose wands these were; he seemed to remember wrenching them out of someone’s hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Hallway, staircase, cloister, hallway, stair—I was getting dizzy and fearfully afraid that I was lost. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Harry lost the thread of his thoughts for a moment and Hedwig did nothing to help him retrieve it, but continued to sit with her head under her wing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Th-thanks,” I say, and I don’t really know why, but I add, “I’ve been real lost without her. Like, she was this compass I didn’t even know I had.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She is already losing her ability to see us.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What a celebration that was!” he said, lost in the memory. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Doc says that if I talk, I could lose my voice,” he says. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The dragonslayer lost his footing and went tumbling to the sand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to lose you guys, especially when it’s my fault.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“When you start becoming reflective about the process, it undermines your ability. You lose the flow. There are certain kinds of fluid, intuitive, nonverbal kinds of experience that are vulnerable to this process.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I could lose myself for hours arranging typeset, inking and oiling the presses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Papa nodded, but for the first time that I had ever seen, it looked to me like he had lost heart. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever loses takes a drink, laughing along with the rest of the people in the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He would as soon lose his nose as his queue. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Garfield didn't lose much blood, he wouldn't need a transfusion. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They flashed along the open plateau now, and the blades were both invisible, but oh, the Earth trembled, and ohhhh, the skies shook, and Inigo was losing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor little colored boy lost his mother. What a shame.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The community lost Rosemary after five weeks and it was a disaster for them. I don’t know what the community would do if they lost you.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

In all this traffic Milton lost sight of the Gremlin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If, after whatever matter it has lost to space, a star retains two or three times the mass of the Sun, it ends its life cycle in a startlingly different mode than the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marlinton might have lost its people, but it didn’t look as though Slaty Fork had any to begin with. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My 101st guard Danny had said, “When you let yourself lose your focus, you make big mistakes.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that summer, we would have lost it too if we had been able to go to cattle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But while we’re on that topic, do you have parents? You have people you love? Maybe you deserve to feel what it’s like to lose someone important to you!” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Others lose their grips on their wineglasses, which shatter musically against the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you know. Just fending off brush, stuff like that. 1 lost my footing once and landed on some rocks, nothing serious.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton and Anthony were eager to replace the connection to the press that they had lost in the split with Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune, so they accepted his offer. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was so lost in thought I didn’t notice when the truck pulled up beside me and slowed down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If I waited, I’d lose my nerve and change the subject to the cafeteria’s chocolate milk or something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on the wet bark and lifted her leg up over the branch—and lost her balance. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he did. And then he found that sign for a lost ring—oh, that girl was so happy to get it back!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Xan’s black, beady bird eyes did not roll as well as her human eyes rolled, and alas, the gesture was lost on him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It's hard for my parents to lose their heads when my mom is out of the picture and my dad is in a coma. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cane-sucking habit in Kilanga was no doubt connected to the black stumps of teeth most everyone showed off when they smiled at us, and Mother never lost an opportunity to remark upon that connection. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they find I have nothing for them, they lose interest and drift back into their semi-conscious state. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“How many days have we lost so far?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If cheating to lose is sport’s premier sin, and if sumo wrestling is the premier sport of a great nation, cheating to lose couldn’t possibly exist in sumo. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Riddle had been harboring a grudge against Pimlico since 1926, when the track’s racing secretary had assigned his colt Crusader 126 pounds in a major race—Crusader lost to a horse carrying 93 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, her mood seemed to change at that point, and our conversation rapidly lost the rather personal tone it had begun to adopt. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you won!” moaned Mike, who wasn’t used to losing anything. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Milez lost last night, yet that song so catchy, he got even more folks talking ’bout it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bronstein lost a pawn and began to check Fischer’s king over and over again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, not so much because it threatens you as because it shows humans in such an inhuman light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I lost the baby, I felt a strange vacancy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would not do to walk the wrong way and lose her stream. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I have lost mine. I wondered how you had fared.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wonder what kind of wacky games we can lose today.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Stricken, he took in the pages on the wall, their cryptic lines drawn to depict oscillations in the voice, cries and dips lost to both of us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Was he doomed to lose the rest too, to spend all of his years with a weirwood growing in him and through him? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Meantime, the afternoon advanced, while I thus wandered about like a lost and starving dog. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it also means that losing isn’t an option. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Will I make the difference between winning and losing for the middle school’s soccer team? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sight of purple teeth marks on Velia’s forearm, I lost it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His hand lost its grip; the briefcase fell onto the refuse inside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I could feel him begin to pull away, to lose interest in the conversation, and it made me suddenly anxious. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The town relaxed in its new spotlessness and the houses lost only one night of business plus the fines. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m lost. Can you help me please?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You outbid us because you knew we lost?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dead would always be with me, I knew, even when I was surrounded by life again, even if the Americans gave me back all the objects I had lost. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I left the meal early to return to my hotel room in time to prepare, win or lose, for Barack’s speech later that night. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When the whistle blew and the game started, Will’s buddies lost no time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

One young woman lost her footing and nearly fell out of the train in the middle of a toilet break, but fortunately her friends hung on to her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Always Tom came back to the ranch, puzzled, not critical, but feeling that somewhere he had lost track. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Drew couldn’t believe he had lost Erin to a chess nerd. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He thinks about how a year ago, he barely had one family, and now he has three: Maya and Grace and Jess; Mark and Linda; and a family across the border, lost but not gone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A serene expression settled on his face and then he quietly smiled and said, “So, by choosing to give you the line, I do not lose it.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’d lost nearly twenty pounds of muscle mass, largely from my shoulders, back, and legs. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They took turns sitting there for weeks, until the grass under their chair turned brown, until even they got overwhelmed by all the people, the endless stream of lost, brokenhearted, patriotic, curious people. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“We’re lost. Not that we knew where we were going to begin with.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Yolanda begins to worry that they are lost, and then, the way worry sprouts worry, it strikes her that they haven't heard or seen the other boys in quite a while. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wiped my eyes and stood there, lost in the fire. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Besides losing his appetite and his drum, Grandpa always said the War cost him half his left arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But when they saw themselves alone in the house they succumbed to the delirium of lovers who were making up for lost time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was said that these lost girls were sweet as honey and would not hurt a fly. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

If I hadn't lost Falconer by now, I never would. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He fell onto his side, panting in an effort to reclaim his lost breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Absent smallpox, it seems likely that Cortes would have lost. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Like a malefic kitten with a ball of string, she would tangle his emotions until he lost all distinction between love and hate, joy and sorrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I have lost confidence: perhaps all I will ever be is what I am now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You lose the love of your child,” she says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

What was lost, what I could pin on her dress. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small pop, almost lost in the sounds of the jungle around us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her mind she saw herself losing her grip, she saw Jack falling into the dark waters, she saw herself rescuing him from the ice only to lose him to something worse. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“My husband’s aunt is a blithering idiot who has completely lost her wits. You should have told me of her requests at once.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would like to discuss a letter concerning a lost fortune, and the Allen family's role in driving Enoch Washington and his family from Lambert. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the case of a text, the information lost one- quarter of its value in ten minutes and half its value in five hours. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Your foot going crazy, Djo. Is not a good idea to move so. I am scared you will lose the IV, Djo. Oh, somebody! Come quick! We have trouble here!” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If that’s the case,” she said to herself, “I should be buried in food. I’m helpless enough. I cannot fell a caribou or catch a bird. And I’m lost, besides.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None of the people we lost were idiots. They knew what they were doing. They followed you because they believed you really could kill Snow.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’d lose track of time and Jesse, and have to go up and down every aisle because he couldn’t stand to remain in the same place. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

By striking, an African worker stood not only to lose his job but his entire livelihood and his right to stay in the area in which he was living. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost 300 liters to sublimation when the Hab blew up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few hours he gathered a group of well-equipped men, put Amaranta in the hands of a woman who offered to nurse her, and was lost on invisible paths in pursuit of Úrsula. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast without getting lost once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when you’re losing someone, you hang on to whatever tradition you can. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of losing his friend and perhaps never seeing him again was devastating. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shallow moons had been worn into the risers; the bannister, he saw, had lost its luster. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wasn't just losing his sister; he was losing his surrogate mom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Only a few miles out the radio went dead, and they lost all chance of communicating with anyone. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

We would like to discover a lost civilization. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blind for the first time in her life, she lost all sense of time and space. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horses do too much shaking of your insides when you ride ’em and they’re a long way up if you lose your grip and fall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The air was not very cold; the mountains were lost in varying shades of gray mist; the sky was overcast, quiet—everything was immersed in lull. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They felt as if a trap was closing about them; but they did not quite lose heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yet he was as determined as ever not to go down in history as the first American president to lose a war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were so lost in their thoughts that they weren’t even aware of it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His concern for the rural poor came from his childhood in Sabalele, for his roots were deep and true, and he never lost them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blind man’s daughter would be lost to them forever. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“No I’m not. But life isn’t hard to manage when you’ve nothing to lose.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

By the next morning I had lost all fear of death, and I resolved to die. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to lose this crowd I worked so hard to gather. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then, cold, wet, and gasping for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing spectacularly to Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Like if you lost a dollar, you might get in trouble, but it wasn’t a big worry if your father had another dollar to give you. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’d given me the roses to give to Mamá and I had failed to deliver them in time, because somewhere along the line they had lost their magic. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Each week, every member of the crew, including dogs, was weighed and measured, to see that no one was losing weight—or eating too much. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes re­laxed again, insouciant, daring. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remembered that Carmen had lost her mother not too long ago. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Some were lost Henrik and I often went down to Punda to watch them go out hoping that they would be safe. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you said you lost the book.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We agreed to try the glacier between the Volcanoes, though by going west to it we lose at least two days’ mileage towards our goal, one in going west and one in regaining the distance. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

One watch succeeded another through the day, though how the rabbits judged the passing of the time is something that civilized human beings have lost the power to feel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get one that said With Sympathy, for Jimmy’s lost bank, but Annemarie said we should pick something that was blank inside. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s lost his marbles,” Ron muttered in Harry’s ear. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We cannot, somehow, give up the idea that discovery, like a race, is a game in which one person wins and everyone else loses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At first, Tristran thought that he must have made a mistake, and that he had lost his way in the moonlight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to lose, absolutely hated it, and of all the losses, this may well have been the most devastating one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like me to get lost like that. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone called it losing Mother, but she wasn’t lost. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many years later, Bobby indicated that during those speed games Petrosian’s style of play had bored him “to death,” and that was why he’d wound up losing more than he won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I finished typing them before even the first newsboy arrived, eager to lose myself in the repetition of punching down key after key. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Kino had lost his old world and he must clamber on to a new one. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Dad I’d lost my phone in Arizona; that it must have fallen out of my pocket. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then she thought that perhaps she had imagined it all, for suddenly the voices were gone and she was afraid to venture down either path and be lost. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was sure that when her uncle returned he would be furious with her and lose all trust in her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart ached, my feet burned, and something in me still felt confused and lost. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Boy, you better go on and read that book before I lose my temper. Think you can come in here and mix yourself up in grown folks’ business? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nurse was paying out some silver to a pit man on a lost wager when he spied Penny leading Crunch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I look around for Cardan, but he is lost in the crowd. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Newton noted that the matter in the tails of comets is dissipated in interplanetary space, lost to the comet and little by little attracted gravitationally to nearby planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorry I was making him say this, sorry to have brought back memories of what was lost. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Without sunlight, the house’s pink brick lost its color and faded to an ashy gray. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She tole Biddy I was right, and eating my good food would make her lose weight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When the spotlight zeros in on her and the song begins, it only takes one note before the whole bar loses it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had lost Arcadio, not when he had put on his military uniform, but from the beginning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then a submarine slipped to the surface half a mile away, and the day lost part of its brightness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lost her head and shouted, “You brutes!” and went on her way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Many acquired and lost land several times before settling more permanently. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

That night Colonel Aureliano Buendía was finishing the poem about the man who is lost in the rain when the girl came into his room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If he wants to dis me, he’s the one who loses—not me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I lost one escape route because I decided to save you. I’m not going to lose another.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“These others have lost their lords in the fighting. I do not know who leads them now. Crowfood is no lapdog, though. Your Grace would do well to accept his terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson scratched his neck and looked lost. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Of ours? I did not stop to count. We gained more than we lost, though.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That incident took place soon after the chimps had lost their initial terror of me but before they had learned to accept me calmly as part of their forest world. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please: I need some help. I need to know anything you can tell me about the lost diadem.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soon they were lost in the shadows of the trees, but Mark could hear the scraping of the Toad’s body along the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I did not want to lose sight of them, so during the next fast song, I purposely moved closer to them, swung around, and bumped into Roberto. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Before you leave, grab your flash drive out of lost andfound. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mark lost his balance and crashed into a wall, bounced off, then tripped over Alec, who was sprawled on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Before long they lost the course of the brook, slipping across the moonlit patches as fugitives and halting in the bushes with raised ears and staring eyes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and Branch can find our way out of anywheres. You be needing us for certain iffen you get lost.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his cries were lost in the piercing screech of the fire alarm, and he knew it was useless. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Most of his lodge-mates had lost their parents to illness or accident, though one, Tarik, had been abandoned as an infant by an irresponsible couple who had no interest in raising a child. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Georges Melies died sometime after the Great War, and many, if not all, of his films are lost. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Man on earth had a shotglass of time allotted to him, but the pilot approaching the speed of sound was a conqueror of time measured and time lost. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To lose your grip out of terror after such a dangerous and difficult day, to fall at the very end of it—that was what Einar feared. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We’d lost the distiller setup, the tarp, jugs, paddles, tools, rags, everything but the bloodstained sail, which was too worn and torn to hold water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The canal was a flop: some parts ran uphill, apparently because of incompetent engineering, and the rest lost nine-tenths of its water to evaporation and seepage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Along with my split-body drag I lost my ability to read in the old way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I even made some money, but it wasn’t hard to lose some either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face lost all its color, her eyes widened, she bit her lip. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, we may lose him before then if it comes to that,” said Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It held a bundle of dried violets tied with a white ribbon, a toy horse that had lost most of its string mane, and a lock of curling blond hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So I lost almost 300 liters to sublimation. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, that you lived at Manderley and—and that you had lost your wife.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One young soldier lost his mother when his hometown was bombed, and two months later his father was reported missing after another air raid. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Bailey looked at the class itself, in mute appeal, like something wounded, lost, abandoned. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will not lose me. Wait for me while I get my purse. Watch the children.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They had no choice: The moment anyone entered the room and saw the absence of three prisoners, they were lost. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He beat me to the ball but lost to Todd right after me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Olga,” he said, “we love each other. What else matters? Besides, when I travel again, I’ll earn back all I lost and more.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But my better angels lost again, defeated by drink, by the person I am when I drink. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, in the words of historians Robert Korstad and Nelson Lichtenstein, a heartbreaking “opportunity found and lost.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The woman lost no time in running down to the fields. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

If only I had not lost my revolver crawling about, I would shoot him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all of those lost days in Hayward, Minnesota, she has to stay on track now or she won’t get to DC before she has to appear in Seth Greggory’s office. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I have tried never to lose sight of this. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

GINNY: Can we not treat this as if the battle is already lost? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He had never lost a wager, he said, and he never would. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The tragedy is that we are today engaged in two wars and we are losing both,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

All of this means that the amount of food energy lost in the making of a Chicken McNugget could feed a great many more children than just Isaac. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what else we can lose, but if I’m being honest, I’m terrified that we’ll find out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We had lost invaluable family records, photographs, and keepsakes — even the slice of wedding cake Winnie was saving for my release. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister told me that he'd started wandering in the evenings and getting lost. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She lost only one battle—the pronunciation of her name. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If a powerful-enough force went up against Papa, he would lose. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But right now he was struck with the thought that maybe he'd lost them because the blessings had all come true. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Just when I think I’m lost, I come to a fourway intersection that sits surrounded by woods. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On her eighth try using this technique, the naiads apparently lost interest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When your skin loses the pigment, it apparently also loses its ability to protect itself from the sun, which means I can get burned really easily. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was just riding us too hard for not rolling our r's, and one day I just lost it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They’d been tooling through Michigan, headed for New York City, got off the turnpike for gas, got lost on their way back to the highway and had headed into the 7-Eleven for directions. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I hear word,” he said, “that a few miles up that way, they lost some Ethiopian devils.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She screamed in protest against losing the king she had had such a hard time acquiring. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

More, they never lost, even for an instant, their sense of honour and privilege in being members of Animal Farm. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton lost not one mother but two. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Hooper still thought it was all a game, he kept forgetting about the storm and how frightened he’d been, forgetting that they were lost, and why they had come here in the first place. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He rubbed Mimir’s head with certain herbs to prevent it from rotting, and he chanted charms and incantations over it, for he did not wish Mimir’s knowledge to be lost. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Her husband died when a drunk driver rammed into his car. My mother—Mrs. Partridge—was also in the car with Mr. Cadaver. She didn’t die, as you know, but she lost her sight.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It must be excruciating, but I lost all my sympathy for Haymitch when I realized how he had deceived us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He lived around 600 B.C. and is said as a boy when looking for a lost sheep to have been overcome by a slumber which lasted for fifty-seven years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the person who was smiling shyly at her, who had lost husband, son, daughter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And now she says to me in a loud voice, as if I had lost my hearing, “Isn’t that right, Ma? Not too tight?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack who got lost in the woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Over the last two years, practicing together, we had our own little group, and I didn’t want to lose that. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But then I might turn Ayorthaian and trail off into silence, lost in smiling at you. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Lark’s two maids were rushing wildly about the garden, looking under bushes and up in-to the trees as people do who have lost their most valuable possession. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Or was he more or less predisposed than the rest of us to lose his focus, take his eyes from the road, fiddle with his phone? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I thought about jumping out of the car, especially on Fridays, when the sidewalks and streets were busy and one could get lost in a crowd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lost in a reverie, and one can only guess at his thoughts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wrench myself free from the man’s grasp and take off running down the block, turning left, then right, trying to lose anyone who might be following me to the Beverly. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And now rejoice, oh, ye faithful, for Ruth May has risen, but she has the naked stare of a zombie and has lost interest in being first or best at anything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his boots has lost its lace, and its tongue lolls cannibalistically. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tortoise was quick to console him, and told him how sad it must be to lose a mother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It either went into my mouth that instant or was lost to Richard Parker, who was pawing and stamping the ground and huffing impatientiy on the edge of his territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Go on! Go on! No time to lose. I’ll deal with him! Go on!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“No sense in you losing your man too.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t bring himself to tell Katie that he had lost their job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But were he wrecked, the living water would engulf him, helpless; and he would indeed be lost. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Soon they lost sight of the mountain; the tall trees blocked their view. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she was trying to avoid what she would call losing her cool. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Were he to lose, it felt like it would be shame piled on shame in the community. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He has lost his reason and is possessed by his father’s demon,” I said in amazement. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Is she losing everything that makes her Bengali? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nothing to lose for me in it now. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the now-unused battery will lose its ability to retain charge. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither man lost his seat, but Brune's lance was steadier and his blows better placed, and.the king gave him the victory. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I slept on the living room floor that night so I could be there, in the room, when we lost him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m sliding a piece of wood under a giant saw when he does this, and I nearly lose a finger. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I could not bear the thought of losing my son. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I lost my son a week ago,” she said, and she didn’t bother wiping her tears away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Still, in the silence of the night, when the city lost its stage-set normality and operetta peace, she was besieged by the agonizing thoughts she had repressed during the day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I think he’s not ready, or maybe I think he is and I just don’t want to lose my starting position. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d lost all of his poker chips long ago, but since it was his house, Robert and Dub let him continue playing. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every word that falls from the mouth is a coin lost. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think only if he’s cornered. He’s lost his natural ferocity. His claws are covered. If—if I could find him, I think he’d come quietly.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Thus to Ged, who had lost faith in himself, Vetch had given that gift only a friend can give, the proof of unshaken, unshakable trust. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jiichan handed it to her, and though she almost lost her balance, she held tight with one hand, using the other hand to clutch the ladder. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And a man who didn’t feel ridiculous could never lose his dignity. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, the name you gave him after he lost his memory. Steve?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could lose an hour just watching her breathe. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Still, the Smokies seem to be in the process of losing most of their mussels. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In that crush of people, I noticed Auggie looking kind of lost. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve lost every fight since the one with Will. I’m not doing well.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Three days later, there was another young Salvadoran at the hospital who had lost both arms. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nothing had happened except that he had made a friend and lost him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Scythe Chomsky, the largest of them, stepped forward and, without warning, swung his fist, connecting with Rowan’s cheek so hard, he spun around, lost his footing, and fell to the dusty floor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her mommy and daddy were gone, lost forever. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to be the reason everybody else lost, too. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing as Courtney and Jupiter are too lost within their little microcosm to check on measly ol’ me, I thank God for Britain in this moment. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. To weep when Tick has lost time.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d lost my appetite — I bought nothing but a bottle of lemonade. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha became impatient at losses, he lost his patience with slow-paying debtors, he was no longer kindhearted to beggars, he no longer had the desire to give gifts and loans to the poor. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe I still lost a line or two during the riveting fencing match, but no one would miss them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Marines have lost more than ears in their long history. But still they come, always attacking, always forging ahead, driving forward without regard to life or limb.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said a little snappishly, “Could you get lost in Albany or San Francisco?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mention of Mr. Shakespeare brought to mind something that the day's constant activity had pushed aside—the lost script. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on his big slack face was haunted and lost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As I speak, I think of the people she stands to lose—her father and mother, her sister—all those connections, forever altered or discarded, in the name of genetic purity. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There he ate the meals that Visitación brought him twice a day, although in the last days he lost his appetite and fed only on vegetables. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

"I'm sort of glad Sandy didn't go back to the chessboard after my last move. He never knew he lost the game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to remember the name of the boy whose body I was in, but it’s lost to me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. It was Kappel’s class, and he’s not going to report Roamer and risk losing him for practice. I gotta go.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He appears to be lost in thought and whatever has got his brain cells occupied is having a strange effect on his facial muscles. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cristiana frowned at me as if considering whether I had lost my reason. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In war the innocence of a child is lost, and though the soldiers feel theirs is a worthy cause, they behave like children when trying to achieve their goals. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She vanished after that meeting in the bar, lost in the warrens of Mombasa, and by now she has probably died of aids. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather hinge twisted and Bigwig nearly lost his balance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can never lose that. It cuts the feet from under weakness and cowardliness and laziness.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

People who flush easily become even more agitated when they feel themselves getting hot under the collar, and they quickly lose to their opponents. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The old man had lost control for a moment and the pain was there; the exhaustion dulled the eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, you lose your shame quickly in this horrid place. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no bar, no chairs, no inebriated customers lost in neon cocktails. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The woman was upset to have lost her fine husband, but she understood that it would have been impossible for her to continue to live with a lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Billy named him after his lost brother, Marcus, and the child grew up in the theatre, eventually becoming a great actor. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In my dreams of this city I am always lost. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The following day they rowed awkwardly and lost badly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“When your dad lost his job—” Byrd says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Only that she’d been born on a farm, raised on a farm, married to a farmer somewhere far from the sea, and that she had lost it all. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In a blizzard, you can get lost in a matter of yards and wander off course into oblivion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple laughed, wanting to tell him she’d kiss him even without him doing that, but then their lips met again, and she lost her train of thought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I have not lost the mastery of my feelings, there are actually no more feelings. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cobblestones were losing the last of the sun’s heat and the wind was picking up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hanako, surprised, said, “Well, I know Japan lost and the United States won.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I've lost my bearings what with all the wandering around I did yesterday evening, but I try and head back in the general direction of the stream. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The soldiers come after me, but I’ve grown up among the squat, mud-brick houses of the Quarter, and I lose my pursuers quickly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wipes them away, and as she does so something in her expression changes and her face loses all colour. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t forget and don’t lose it, boy” Mrs. Sharpe was eyeing the duct tape on Calder’s backpack. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We knew without anyone having to say it that this was the lost herd of peculiar goats Addison had talked about. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She could not afford for Mark Antony to lose the battle. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

But knowing my high school, they’ll probably find a way to tack any lost days on at the end, delaying our summer vacation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They had booked a cruise of the Caribbean and did not let Bran know about it until all the reservations had been made, and they would have lost their deposit if they canceled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost a lot and learned a lot since this time last year. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Am I wrong? Or have you lost a lot of weight?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, well, the good news is the security people were pot- heads and they just kept the stash. But the bad news is we lost all your money." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I lost my balance and fell headfirst into the water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like she’d lost about twenty pounds just by speaking. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I thought I had taken a wrong direction and lost my way. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I lost my sister, my mother—who believes you and your mom and not me—and my father. And my best friend, who would rather lie about me to save her skin.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Its diseased tongue flicked out like a New Year’s Eve party blower losing air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Best of all, I was too busy most of the time to worry about losing my mother—and now Ms. Sandnes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I lost interest in making small talk with my mom or the friends who’d stopped in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Some just lost straight off from the beginning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nose was bleeding and he had lost a tooth, but he was in better shape than his opponent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was as simple as that we forbade, she insisted, we lost. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they hurt all the same—the dull ache of something lost. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Tending to her bed was necessary maintenance but also a message that she had not lost her resolve since the day of the hatchet. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Thus far he had lost two fingers off his left hand and the pinky off his right, but only the little toe offhis right foot against three from his left. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But then he scooted into my side of the booth and caused me to lose all focus and concentration for several seconds. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Before she could say anything, Misha lost his patience with the goats swarming him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

If they lost it was because of traitors and informers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The characteristics of his speech were more and more uncertain, and they came together and combined to form words that were gradually losing all meaning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

You must understand my real circumstances, how I arrived, how I married, how I lost my Chinese face, why you are the way you are. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me afraid that some day they would look upon me as a traitor and I would be lost. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to talk to them and risk losing her nerve. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She’s lost her dad, and she also has to worry about her daughter’s depression again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He said he could save her life, but she would have to lose her feet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

By losing her fear, she had lost her chance. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lose my grip, scrape myself against the wall, and crash to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They hugged, and she told Joseph about the flu that had kept his father from flying in for the funeral, and she complained about the luggage the airline had almost lost at Heathrow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Now that their mistress was gone, they'd lost their will to fight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He concluded, “Losing my shed skins...It is like I have lost part of who I am.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

If they lose it, or it is stolen by another beetle, they will have none. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was so slippery he lost his balance. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I lost my balance twice and fell into the mud, but I managed to right myself quickly. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is sad,” said Sir Mordred, “how the poor King seems to lose his grip, since all this business started.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” Lena told me, “Cap gave his life—” “He didn't—” But I was fighting a losing battle. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Her gardening gloves, still smudged with the last soil she’d ever lifted; a box of her favorite tea, which had long ago lost its peppermint scent; the thick candy-cane-striped kneesocks she wore in winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Sir, we throw ourselves at your mercy! Our house was hit by a bomb, you see, and our parents are dead, and we’re terribly lost...” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If so, did that mean his team lost another medal? Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

"About seventy-five, I think, sir. I lost count." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you guys going to be okay going into a season and losing most of your games?” she asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so bad, but after my father acted like...my father, I had pretty much lost my appetite. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was sick, no question about it, and lost. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to make enough money to give him back what he lost.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened except that I lost my leave. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

So she flew on, never losing sight of the angels, and gradually as she came closer they took on a clearer shape. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We’re not in decent places. Time’s running short, yes, running fast. No time to lose. We must go. Wake up, Master, wake up!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I said it seven, eight, nine times, so many times I lost track. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I finally decided that I was more afraid of losing Winn-Dixie than I was of having to deal with a dog-eating witch, so I went through the gate and into the yard. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Great. When he comes, you make a sad face, tell him you’re lost and need help. And then we’ll clobber him over the head and take his card key.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Gerald no longer felt fear or pain, only anger over the past—for Aunt Queen’s lost hugs and Angel’s lost innocence, for Monique’s dim weaknesses, Andy’s unbearable guilt, and for Rob’s fiery destruction. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lost his balance and went sliding down a ditch that ran like a tunnel through the thicket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no better words to use, no way to let John know how sorry I was that he’d lost his family. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

If those desirable mutants proceeded to interbreed with normal plants, the mutation would immediately be diluted or lost. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have lost the need for it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was worried that I’d probably lost the best friend a guy ever had. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody can get lost in Minneapolis,” the cook said. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had to do with a name, and the discovery that, in addition to being lost or forgotten, they could also be stolen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Instead of losing your temper, count backward from ten. Let the hotness cool down. That way you won't say things that you will regret.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Marisol and I have definitely lost the bet, but no one cares. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had to see Bessie at once; the kidnap note had to be sent right away; there was no time to lose. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A police officer is interviewed after he has just returned a lost child to his mother. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Even if I knew, we wouldn't play. Figure if Aunt Cecile hit for three hundred, she must have lost about six hundred—as much as she plays and as little as she hits." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She has lost any hope of ever seeing her mother again. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He’d spent most of the last month with Zooey or couch surfing at various friends’ houses, but now that he was back home, he seemed hell-bent on making up for lost time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She thought she had nothing else to lose, but suppose Diana was to go? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two or three times she was on the verge of mentioning it, but each time she lost her nerve. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoky blur of the mountains in the East was lost in a deeper blackness that was already reaching out westwards with long arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“No, nothing's ever lost. We have ways to shake down your clinkers for you.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her friends were looking for a different party and got lost. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She was lost in thought, and the emotions on her face were sort of amusing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was a lost soul, and we connected because I was a bit lost too at the time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, restoring that which was once lost. You have done your part, my tiniest of butterflies,” Tonantzin said, turning to me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Neel wished his father would shout at Headmaster, but Baba never lost his temper. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The lost corner of England,” I said, and looked around me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a lot of time feeling guilty for living after I lost my family, but now I can’t beat this weird Decker guilt for dying, knowing I’m leaving this crew behind. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wished again that he could live someplace where graffiti didn’t decorate every empty corner, where trees grew thick enough to get lost in. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told himself that he needed to hurry, that she was losing a lot of blood. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded of something--an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I had heard somewhere a long time ago. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Seeing how unimpressed I was, he lost passion and sat down heavily. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lightning had found him there, and though the farmer had survived, he had lost all his memory but for the sensation of raw power that had entered him that afternoon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Not very good negotiation techniques, Commander, to lose your cool before we even get to the table.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

In little more than a day, the companions had been scattered like leaves, and there remained only this pitifully small band, itself lost and driven. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

So, when April lost one of her eyelashes that first day in Egypt, Melanie couldn’t help feeling a little relieved, although she wouldn’t have said so. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now all of these 106 cherubs did what babies usually do at birth: they lost three or four ounces and it took them the better part of a week before they got it totally back. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I lost my fun- loving attitude about life. I had to be the man in the family and look out for Mama and Jakob,” he said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The moral of the story is that things are a mess in here. We effectively ‘lost’ almost two hundred thousand books when Tolem burned the Larkin ledgers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d lost some weight and still looked a little pale, but his mouth worked just fine. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked with envy at where he sat, propped against a bulkhead, lost in a bulky brown volume. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

"When he saw that he was lost, he rallied his retain-ers and fought his way up the valley, hoping to reach Lord Robb and cut him down. And almost did." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes people have more will to live. Or you don’t hit them right and they don’t lose their blood fast enough. Sometimes they just don’t stop the way you want them to.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Granger games against Armstead always got the highest fan turnouts, particularly from alumni, even though we usually lost. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to look over my shoulder to know that we are nearing the edge of the circle’s border; a few more steps and I will lose this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew, but knew I didn’t want to lose? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was late in November and the peach trees had lost most of their leaves. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But, of course, it will feel like losing everything. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mother and Ultima dressed in black because so many women of the town had lost sons or husbands in the war and they were in mourning. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

G.G.'s husband died of a heart attack on his sixty-sixth birthday and she started to lose track of things after that. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps another roomer had moved, or lost his job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keeper of lost things, guide us to what we seek. We send this heartfelt request to the universe of granted wishes.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The pain of it was lost in the pain of the fire. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when Mrs. Rouse asked for my reading log, I told her I lost it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You stupid thing. Not a sound. Not a single sound. If anyone hears you, we are lost.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“All the more reason not to worry about writing one. If it’s lost among a gazillion pages, you can write your grocery list and what you ate for breakfast. No one will care.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Each untimely end came draped in its own shroud of dread, like a recurring nightmare that never lost its potency. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I was really lost and out of place when I started.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If she lost, even with two hundred and eight dollars. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“If there’s a vote,” I say, chomping on the sandwich, “I think I lose.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He knew he could get lost within his thoughts too easily, and he wondered if he should talk to his therapist about it next month. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A familiar lens slid over my eyes and Grandma lost whatever strange power she’d had over me an hour before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, like the time I got smacked in dodgeball and lost a tooth.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, Violet and Klaus would speak to each other, but mostly they were silent, lost in their own thoughts. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

They lost her in the thick woods and they separated in order to double the chance of finding her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Abdullah gave me a shove toward the gate, not caring that I had lost my only remaining connection to my mother. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We broke apart, fighting to breathe, holding on to each other like we were drowning, like we’d been lost, left for dead in a very large expanse of sea. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A heartbroken Melville told me, “We lost another link to the past.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Soon it became clear that he had lost serious chunks of his memory. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“There are much worse things, you know. The destroyers: they work to see how much can be lost, how much can be forgotten. They destroy the feeling people have for each other. ” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody was going to make him lose his cool. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There are two ways in which thoughts can lose their moorings in the land of the concrete. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He worked inhumanly, only to lose in effort his crushing impulses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who has the most to lose by not having Spares around to do their dirty work?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The woman seemed to have lost control of herself completely. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, for the first time since we met, I lost my patience with Deborah. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And these things happen—these people leave us, or don’t love us, or don’t get us, or we don’t get them, and we lose and fail and hurt one another. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That must have been so hard for you both. To lose both of your children at once, in a way.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I watched, a man sprang on Supercargo's chest with both feet and he lost consciousness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Buckeye looked around the hall, a little lost, then saw us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The trees along the sidewalk near the school—so recently a burning orange and red and yellow—are losing their last leaves. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ac-cording to members of the extended family, his moods can be dark and mercurial, although they say his famous temper has lost much of its volatility in recent years. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor old man, that rope of his broken by who knows what and him lost in the dark and frightened to death because of it. It’s too much. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And we are about to lose Captain Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But if Moss sat there and concentrated, he could push away the horror and find what he had lost. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Three weeks before I lost my mother, I had left South Carolina bound for Florida with her, her husband, and my brother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I have' the feeling that we could win the real war and still lose the psychological war. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A daughter I could take care of and make happy seemed to heal some of my pain at having lost my own childhood. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, we have lost sight of their range of interests: Brahe and Hailey are well-known as astronomers, but who remembers that they were also cartographers? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mtolo said that while he had never lost faith in the ideals of the ANC, he did lose faith in the organization when he realized that it and MK were instruments of the Communist Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed out of the tunnel, each of us lost in our own anxious thoughts. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then, like a flash, Jinny found herself caught in a fog—pulled into a picture she’d forgotten, lost and tumbled in all the gone years. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Christina will fight Al, which means that Al will lose quickly, like he’s been doing all week. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It isn’t so easy, and if you have waste too you can lose money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was fifteen, starting my junior year at Stuyvesant, and I was lost. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He and I walked on the beach and talked deep into the evenings, and I cried as I told him how lost I felt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

So the first dinosaur bone ever found was also the first to be lost. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Do all scythes lose the ties to everyone they had known—everything they had been before they were chosen? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Second, Jeffrey Richards committed a hostile act of conspiracy against a sitting president, and I am eagerly awaiting the federal investigation that is coming to him once he loses this election. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like knowing his team had lost the poolside pop quiz because he’d blurted out the wrong answer and hadn’t let Sierra say the right one. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a tradition people had on the island, to bring cooked food to people who had lost a family member as a way to ease their burden during a difficult time. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was swallowed, lost in a viscous haze, shrouded in a soup of nothingness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Twelve lire for ten. It’s not worth it. My wife lost twenty lire.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His joy dribbled away, turned into a deep mourning for the twenty people who’d lost their lives. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to lose Will, though,” I say, meaning it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"The usual. Run-in with a demon. That's bad enough"—my chin trembled as I spoke—"but she's also lost her fighting spirit." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was also that people had lost hope. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For Despereaux, the sound was worth everything: his lost tail, his trip to the dungeon, and back out of it and back into it again. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The record of the earliest art is lost to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her job is to go through them and find evidence of lost treasure, based on what was listed as the ship’s cargo. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He had lost his rifle and simply intended to survive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Oh, God, don't let Maxim lose his temper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the rest were lost, six in all. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even Drew didn’t seem to care if we won or lost. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In nuclear physics, it’s the time it takes for unstable atoms to lose energy by emitting radiation. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He took pride in never having lost a faculty member he wished to keep—and among that group, Lawrence stood out. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Had he lost one instant, he had been lost; but he was ready, and lunged to seize and hold the thing which wavered and trembled there within arm's reach. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

For the shortest second, the boys thought Flux had given up and taken the lost race like a good sportsman. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s taken ten years and seems like a miracle, but the Americans are losing in Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was made from a hide, elk or maybe buffalo, heavy and stiff enough to stop stones and arrows; long dry years had shrunk and split the edges, and it had lost the round shape. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, ever since white people showed up and brought along their Christianity and their fears of eccentricity, Indians have gradually lost all of their tolerance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out with her mind, fumbling for the cut tether, as though she might revive the moth and draw it back home, but it was lost to her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he came back out he had a cup of coffee, and he had lost the scowl. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped short and lost color, when she noticed for the first time the broken gods on the ground, but she said nothing. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

How could he ignore the fact that he was about to lose his spot in college? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

My mother who laughs when she says this and shows a large gap in her mouth where she lost three more molars to the dentist last week. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and your parents already have my card, just in case you ‘lose’ yours.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes stumbled, but didn’t lose his grip on me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, we lost study privileges for four years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a second-generation Harvard man, who became a writer only after losing his Unitarian ministry because of allegations of sexual misconduct. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

All sounds of water, wind, wood, sail, were gone, lost in a huge profound silence that might have been unbroken forever. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You do, eh? Admire me—the guy who made us lose all that gear?” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

We got lost three times in New York City because, my father said, no one knew what they were doing when they laid out all the streets. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

How am I going to tell Mae that I lost her dog? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Sister,” she said, “life is never lost, another one always comes up to replace the last. Will you come watch when they burn the body?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“And you hit your head when you passed out, but I heard the doctor say no concussion. You lost a good bit of blood and needed fluids, though.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“If you get a rip in your suit, you have to tape it shut right away or you’ll lose your pressure, and contaminated air could flow inside the suit.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then Felicia lost consciousness, falling into an emptiness without history or future. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One misstep and I might lose my nerve. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There was too much face to be lost. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa lifted her up and said, “You’ve lost a pound since yesterday!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Otherwise the next time I lose what's important to me, I might not have the strength to come up with another plan. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She knew if she ever lost that hold she was gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man might lose his meals for a sidelong glance or be sentenced for failing to stand when a warder entered the room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be lost in my grimy library copy paperback, Maximum Ride, I forget which number in the series. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

That cap in my hand, its rim of crusty salt stain against the dark-blue background, made me almost lose it for a second, but I didn't let myself. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“So...I didn’t talk to her at all before I lost my leg. I ignored her. But now...” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The power cable has been severed and the lead to the aboveground antenna is lost and Werner would not be surprised if the selector panel is broken. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What if they knew it was my fault Mariam was lost? Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He lost his grandma—the one who used to live next door to me—around this time last year. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

They tell you exactly where and how high you are, so you can never get lost. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they lost some of their staple foodstuffs, they could gather or hunt other species, or move to a less affected area. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another blast of hot wind came, so strong I almost lost my balance. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It is surprisingly easy to get lost when you’re deep in the woods with your head down, looking for wild mushrooms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

People who ate their totems lost their teeth or went blind or became sterile or occasionally turned into the forbidden animal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, thinking about all the years I’ve lost makes me feel like I’m on the lip of an enormous chasm, like I could fall in and never come back out. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one had treated us like this since we had lost our parents. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, in a faraway part of her mind, she wanted to lose weight before she saw Obinze again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Every second the airplanes draw closer; every second is a second lost. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Prosecutors, he says, lose cases all the time around childhood abuse, around issues where it is hard for people to acknowledge the reality of the terrible things people can do to one another. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I have no idea who this lady is spinning around in this stranger’s arms, spinning and spinning, like they’re in some lame movie until they lose their footing and fall to the ground. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It is not so far-fetched to suggest that, without his link to the Nazis, most people who were not hardcore opera lovers would by now have lost interest in Wagner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Even more lost than before, feeling every bit an orphan. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everybody fighting to hold on to something precious, at risk of losing it forever. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In the six weeks since the shooting, Garfield had lost nearly 80 pounds and changed from a robust and slightly overweight man weighing 210 pounds to a skeletal figure. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sincerely hoped I was not starting to lose it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

King Pellinore had not only lost his temper but he seemed to have been a bit astonished by the impact He got up facing the wrong way, and could not find Sir Grummore. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually then, because he could not share his inner self with her, he lost the power of being a husband to her and she was unfaithful to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The burning arm was lost over the edge, up to the shoulder. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later, nearly every family lost a father, brother, or son. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Gerald was tough and strong, but the force of that punch almost made him lose his breath. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many men did you lose in the fighting?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last glint of the morning sun on spear and helm twinkled and was lost, and still he remained with bowed head and heavy heart, feeling friendless and alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We are quiet for a moment, both lost in our thoughts. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Already about half the class seemed to have lost enthusiasm for the challenge once they realized how tricky it would be to come up with something unbreakable. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And I lost about a year of my life and much of the comfort and security I had not valued until it was gone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The travelers lost no time in helping themselves to Medwyn’s provisions, or in finding the byre. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“He stands there. He doesn’t look angry. He’s so lost.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker’s fur lost its lustre, and some of it even fell away from his shoulders and haunches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true what they say, it’s a trance state, giving birth or being there, you lose track of the rest of your life, you focus only on that one instant. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hell, Kate, you lose all your contacts in a hundred and eighty days. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know what I'd do if I lost somebody else. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Various birds—pheasants, peacocks, macaws—lost feathers to people greedy for their beauty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hunched and dazed, like all the others who have lost their memories. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Just at the . . . the very end. Because he had lost someone who died, and so had I...” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One day after school he lost control and plowed into a mailhox. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He says don’t come home 7:48 if you lose. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“We have to make up for lost time, travel as fast as we can. Percy’s and Annabeth’s lives might depend on it.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even though we’d saved time by hitching a ride instead of walking, Miss Peregrine had still lost an entire day. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But his pallbearers did not lose a step as they hustled to the Dempster-Dumpster, opened the steel door, and hurled the man toward the fetid dark interior where cans rattled and a bottle broke. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few more words and the chance would be lost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To read these ancient episodes is to be returned, as ’twere, to myself; in lost antiquity, I seek my restoration. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I massage a spasm from my hamstring as I march past the twelfth floor, and try to recover some of my lost air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt alone for a few seconds, like I did that time I lost Mom in the mall when I was five. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I haven’t lost any weight, which is fine by me, because my body is tighter and healthier, and I like the way it looks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The water rose and rose; and he began to fear that he would lose the tide altogether. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One and another arose to compliment her, but the discreet lady answered she knew very well that she had lost all her looks by now, what with her grieving and her many cares. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tinselly points up into a tree in Henry’s yard and snaps, “Look at that! I think he’s lost his mind for real this time. Why would anyone do such a crazy thing?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I lost it when we were visiting with Sitto last month.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The king’s men succeeded only in getting lost in the dungeon’s tortuous mazes. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The line about the “lost one” had completely energized him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The eyes shrink back as the hand comes, then they lose their stare, the eyelids droop lower, the tension is past. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have lost the innocence of it, of those days before we knew the extent of the aunts’ rage, before Gran’s death and Granddad’s deterioration. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he said, finally, “if they lost you, with all the training you’ve had now, they’d have all those memories again themselves.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

From that time till this moment we lost the contact with him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It already represented something lost, something I had never had, would never have. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It fell through the night spinning until it was lost to sight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I thought about Mom and Grandma Millie, and Dad losing his friend. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ivy held prior place in this lost garden, the long strands crept across the lawns, and soon would encroach upon the house itself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The message communicated by felon disenfranchisement laws, policies, and bureaucratic procedures is not lost on those, such as Clinton Drake, who are effectively barred from voting for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That was quite the performance you gave earlier. I particularly enjoyed the fainting. I’m sure the theater lost a fine actor when you chose to devote yourself instead to murder and cannibalism.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He kept the package in his hands, lost in thought. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And poor, poor Arthur, to have lost such sweetness out of his life! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He told her how he had lost his sight, and he had never told anyone else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In many places the non-European locals never got a chance to acquire guns and ended up losing their lives or their freedom. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that underneath the aspect of the Rumpled Porcupine, a tortured Marxist was at war with an impossible, incurable Romantic—who forgot the candles, who broke the wineglasses, who lost the ring. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up he went and sat upon the ancient chair, feeling like a lost child that had clambered upon the throne of mountain-kings. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A giant black-complected man walked up to Bloom and in perfect House of Lords English said, “I suggest you be more civil. Otherwise I may lose my temper and throw you into the water.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Prim makes a sound—such a lost, irretrievable sound—that I can’t even imagine what they have done to evoke it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Christy's down in London and he's always calling to ask for money and dad tells him he's not a Bottomless Pit and to get lost. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a secretive, watchful forest, though hard to get lost in, so close to the shore. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Percy changed seats so many times, he lost track of his dinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had lost a lot of blood and had a big scar, but eventually was recovered enough to report back for duty. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ended up being hospitalized for two months, losing one eye completely and retaining only partial vision in the other. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she landed in the pit she lost a sandal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Then you feel it and don’t lose your teeth.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The runaways lost their balance and stumbled to the nest of hay bales that was to serve as seating. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My family had not been personally hurt by Trujillo, just as before losing my baby, Jesus had not taken anything away from me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Scipio had stolen his father's sea chart, they still lost their way twice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked into a hallway he only set foot in when he was lost. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He knew he was being stupid, knew that the Nimbus was beyond repair, but Harry couldn’t help it; he felt as though he’d lost one of his best friends. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Or would he be lost without his mother coming in to make sure he’s awake? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’d rather die first, which I did do in a way, because I lost my mother and sister when I left home. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Boobie lost to the team, Permian, if it was blessed, might have one player sign a scholarship with a Division I school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He resigned himself to losing whatever he had invested in these schemes and locked himself in his room to plan new ways to make money and amuse himself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn’t it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The failure of his death brought back his lost prestige in a few hours. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was like the whistling of a piccolo many times magnified—shrill and shriller till it keened with the terror of a lost soul and filled the room with the piercingness of itself. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Many of her other duties had remained the same, but as she went about them she stumbled over furnishings, walked into walls, dropped trays, got hopelessly helplessly lost inside the temple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It fell to Gerald Ford to inform the American people that the country had just lost its first war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And it is true that there were some people who, when their sorrow was beginning to lose its savor, gently edged it toward pride and felt increasingly important because of their loss. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walked until I lost the light from the fire pit, clawing at my T-shirt, trying to pull it away from my skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The lengths to which lost love drove men and women never surprised them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Have you lost your mind? A Volvo in the interior with the way things are!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He has a cup of coffee clutched in both hands, and is staring at the wall before him, apparently lost in thought. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I said, “I wish Dad never loses his hair like Grandpa did before he died.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was so old and his face was very wrinkled, so that a smile used so many lines that all gradations were lost. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby ultimately did go to court but lost, the judge throwing the case out because it was so poorly presented and without sufficient evidence. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before, I used to walk around as if I were lost, looking for her everywhere. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t go to the staff club because I don’t want to see him. I’ve lost my interest in tennis. He betrayed and hurt me, and yet it seems as if he’s running my life.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they lost their keys. Or Uncle Basil came back and couldn’t get in.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ain’t nothing good going to come from losing my head over the tinkerer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Hanako was so busy watching him that she lost focus, so when he pulled on the twine, her peg slipped loose. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was called the finger dance because it usually ended when one of the dancers lost one ... or two, or five. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Besides, she had seen too many women lose their rights after marriage, including her mother. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I seized it with sudden panic, as though something infinitely precious had almost been lost to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would he do something foolish now that he had lost everything? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to allow time for me to fall on my face and show that the former prisoner hailed as a savior was a highly fallible man who had lost touch with the present situation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m willing to lose some sleep. I’ll be off in the morning and out of your hair.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He lost his temper and challenged nearly everybody to have a fight, and in those few cases where he did actually have the fight he was invariable beaten. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Lost. Totally lost. On the beach. In the clubs. On the streets. Heroin gateway to America, you know?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“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 didn’t want to lose my good will anymore than I wanted to lose his. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you let your daughter search for Never-Ending Mountain? You are just as lost as her!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay together and don’t get lost,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is a shame that we will have to lose the Weed, but I fear there really is no way to warn him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When I was with him, the time and the place were such a muddled blur that I completely lost track of both. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Our feet flew and our hands clapped in time to the music, and for a few shining minutes we lost ourselves in it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never lost a crew member, thank God, but I have lost a fishing boat to a storm. The Inafundável. Was a shame, it was. Haven’t forgiven myself. Never will, I imagine.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Well you make a hot poultice of epsom salts and put it on there. She’s weak, you know, from the pups. Be a shame if she got sick now. You’d lose the pups too.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No island lives were lost in the storm of ’42. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest had been pushed into the water and lost. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off....We cannot be free until they are free. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This is the cost of losing a dimension in the geometrical projection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I live quite pleasantly there; at least—” It appeared to me that I was losing a chance. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lost his privileges that way but he felt a whole man again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might kill a few of us, but they were going to lose some or all of their own avatars in the process. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was sure I had lost nearly ten pounds already. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Despite having to deal with my anxiety issues, in the two years since making the US National Women’s Saber Team, I was doing more winning than losing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The ship’s speaker system buzzed with announcements, calls for lost and found children, and misplaced belongings. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"You secured the princess. You did what was needed. Plus, it seems our favorite knows just where to go when lost. She ended up in the right hands." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At the same time, that breeding has made it lose a lot of its earthy corn flavor. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then she got clumsy or cocky and fell onto the tracks, losing both the broom and any desire beyond huddling on the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

About New Mexico and losing the egg competition and how I needed to find another Cobalt Blue Orchid. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I lose this battle with myself, and a tear falls down my cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

If a player didn’t respond after more than a few seconds, the opponent—or a designated timekeeper—would shout “Move!” and if the demand wasn’t complied with, that player would lose the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That he walked in every week to Vincent’s bank to deposit money into his account was something Vincent would not risk losing entirely. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, everyone has an opinion on why the siphon isn’t working—but our knowledge of this lost art is limited to fifth-grade science labs and movies. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We lost the flare of excitement and we had not yet put on the doggedness of a long war. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Word got around and Monterey lost five conventions for the following year. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his own business and he never told: certainly not one pie was ever lost. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “Mr. Hamilton, let me take care of that. You could lose an arm.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We won’t practice with the Snitch yet,” said Wood, carefully shutting it back inside the crate, “it’s too dark, we might lose it. Let’s try you out with a few of these.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You don’t get any second chances if you lose it,” she says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But he made it without incident to Harvey’s, and he was pleased to see Harvey hadn’t lost any more teeth during the week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The thought never occurred to me that my own appearance was noticed, since my hair was beginning to lose its American identity. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

How could I get a free day without losing my job? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he won and so went double or nothing the next, and lost. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She would get upset if he told her he got lost in the desert. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I lay awake thinking about my mother’s story, realizing how much I have never known about her, grieving that my sisters and I had both lost her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you lost the fish. I’ll split my money with you.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He took his parents’ savings and lost it all. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some would slowly lose their power to hurt me and would fall into disuse. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Shawn called it a death machine and said Dad had lost what little sense he’d ever had. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This was a disturbing development, and while he still had some trace of determination left—before he lost himself entirely—Reynie decided he must learn something if he could. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people want a thing so much that they lose their common sense. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she broke away from me and picked up the hat she’d lost in our tussle. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey decided that if she was going to get anywhere with these people she must not lose her temper. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were more mounds of rubble where some houses had been; others had lost their fronts or sides, revealing their insides like gutted animals. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if he couldn’t visit those concrete steps and remember what he had lost? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Near a pool she lost all sight of her steps and then with relief recognized an empty lemming nest, a round ball of grass that she had kicked open. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were dead, but you weren’t. You’re going to lose your leg, though. And your hopping days are over. I’m sorry for that.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t Baba’s fault that Neel was going to lose the scholarship. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“At least,” said Nathan, “I shall be where I was born and bred. This city is no place for me, I am lost in it. And I am too old to learn to like it.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried taking it to lost and found. Couldn’t move the blessed thing an inch.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of hesitation, and then her mouth opened against his, and her tongue slid into his mouth, and he was, under the strange stars, utterly, irrevocably, lost. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As it happened the break came when the river straightened out, so he didn’t lose any time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost all the bones from his right arm once and had them painfully regrown in a night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Already you lose too much work,” says the central boss. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, “me too. I fought and lost the same fingers, the badge of the bearer. And I did not know either, in advance.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Prince Gallant kills the dragon but loses the treasure and the girl.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If they lost again, it would be a blow to the chances of blacks in the major leagues, they said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Rome will be overrun, its legacy lost forever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I turn at every corner, hoping to confuse Officer Khan and lose him along the way. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I say, “Been wondering something...What did you see? Like, when you said you lost the pygmy. Yesterday. Part of that chase.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The Democrats are not eager to find flaws in the period of “unprecedented prosperity” they take credit for; the Republicans have lost interest in the poor now that “welfare-as-we-know-it” has ended. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a common reaction to losing your skin: cold, clammy fear. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We’re above a waterfall in the Dead Land. A bunch of rats are trying to scale the wall. A lot of us are hurt and we’re totally lost,” he said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the way Chaol said “used to” with a tinge of sadness, she assumed much had been lost. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was losing everyone, my family, my friends. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Destroying the fourolds was a new battle, and an important one: It would keep China from losing her Communist ideals. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lost the shoe, clawed back to the bank and knew there was only one way to chase the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I just went for a walk and I got lost,” she said, trying to sound unruffled. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought they were lost for good, so when it got light, I was still scared. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one can lose that much blood and live. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the end we didn’t go, and that summer Ben lost control of his motorbike on the A10, and he and I never got to go sailing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already a hand short, and entering on the Bay of Biscay with wild weather ahead, and yet last night another man lost—disappeared. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

You simply tell yourself that you must not lose. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

This time when I try to stand back up to catch my breath, I lose my lunch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was getting tired of being the young One and losing every game except when we felt sorry for him and let him win. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost everything he had in this world. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His officers wrote of their regret that they had lost “such an excellent Commander, such a sincere Friend, and so affable a Companion.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first ghost girl was saying something in that lost little whisper. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But Mother said it was a shame to lose her shoes, even though they were old ones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He, too, had lost patience with the Shakespeare project. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had lost it all at Stoney Sept, in his arrogance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After losing one major race on a highly regarded runner, he flatly told the national press, surely to the horror of the owner, that the horse just wasn’t any good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lost their father when they were young, and I suspect Zeke began to walk the line between parent and sibling after that. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Man is often lost in a technological, physiological, astrological lack of logical existence that can best be described as a whole lot of nothing lightly dashed with an obvious hint of Scotch,” Hal says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Early on, Mom got lost and had to write down her address to show people, so they could point her home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And things had been righted with James, so she hadn’t lost everything. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The time I’ve lost from setting up the dynamite is now made up as I rapidly get higher and higher, until I reach the wall of the building. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But when I thought it over I began to lose my first fear of Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That took time, but not much, because the Captain was skilled and, more than that, the Prince was quick to lose patience and no one dared risk that. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, it’s kind of like a lost cat ad, except the cat’s actually a cute boy you met at the post office. But a human cute boy. Not a literal cat.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Or what if it was a couple kids lost at sea. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, some bet was made before supper, and just after supper Aron lost the bet and paid off. What were we talking about?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

From young manhood onward, however, the prospect of ending his life had more and more lost its fantastic quality. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ele was sitting on a bag of flour high atop a shelf in the pantry, crying for what he had lost. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a long time. If you’ve lost your skill you might simply bruise me. How long has it been since you swung a killing hammer in the stockyards? Thirty years? Forty?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She was too worried about losing Jason to his old life. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was standing in front of the synagogue entrance, staring up at the doorway from the sidewalk, lost in thought, the rain billowing into puddles around her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that both of our teams had lost in the semifinals and now would fence off for bronze, but they looked as if they struggled to move past their loss. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“If it’s just a little bit lost, that’s okay, I guess.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

If she had lost some magical powers in our world, she had not lost her strength; she could break an iron bar as if it were a stick of barley-sugar. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

As he shuffled back, those freckles got lost in the red rising in his cheeks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Ruiz has lost some weight since we saw her last,” Caroline said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The captain spoke pidgin Italian for my doubtful benefit, in order that I might understand perfectly, that nothing should be lost. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Move on. When did we lose her?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Downstairs he could hear Dad stomping around, muttering every now and then about the time and topsoil being lost with every raindrop. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She held tightly to Saleem’s cap so she wouldn’t lose it. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rider who lost one of Washington’s important messages was Tallmadge himself. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bribes perhaps, or a rumor that any inn employing a certain red-haired musician would be losing the business of a large number of wealthy noble customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Many of those trees were my friends, creatures I had known from nut and acorn; many had voices of their own that are lost for ever now. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dad said they lost contact when the final ping came as they approached Alpha Centauri. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We don’t stop playing until the sky grows dark and loses all its blueness. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I could see them now and then, leaping over old logs, tearing through the underbrash, sniffing and searching for the lost trad. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

War Admiral, straining with all he had, was losing ground. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of nowhere I felt incredibly alone and lost on the bus, and I had no idea what I was doing or why or which way was which. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s because of me. Yesterday when they made me wear that gross sweatshirt from the lost and found? I told them I had never even heard of their stupid dress code.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pet him some more, and I lose count of the number of times my hand moves back and forth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard too many women bragging, “I told that chump ‘Get lost!’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took two long steps, almost lost his balance, but somehow stayed on his feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a lost and lonely kind of feeling, To wake up wearing a disguise. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, at the end of all our wanderings, we return to our tiny, fragile, blue-white world, lost in a cosmic ocean vast beyond our most courageous imaginings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sauntered on, slowly, across the bridge and into the maze of alleys in which every visitor to Venice gets lost at least once. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was bawling like a lost calf as I grabbed her thick leather collar. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Win or lose, everyone knew the vote would make history. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The main thing is not to lose our bearings.’ One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He loves the feeling of losing himself in the action, the same way he feels when he reads his brother's Karl May adventure novels, which are also set in America. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

My dad pays for everything around here, and Pop hasn’t worked a day since he lost his legs. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were always expressing concern that he spent too much time lost inside of stories, and now it seemed as if that’s what actually had happened. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I think Max has finally lost control up there. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Soon it began to slow, losing energy with every ounce of blood—or fuel—it lost. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“No, I couldn’t get lost. The tunnel came straight here,” said Gregor, kicking his legs free happily. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The reply he made was lost to Briony. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then one of them lost his patience with the man. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I think about standing in center field during the last inning of the third game—a game we lost 5–0—with tears streaming down my cheeks. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know enough about life or even about the ideals I was chasing to know what I was lost from. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If I lost I wouldn't have any money until next Saturday. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was as if my sister lost two fathers that day. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t mind losing my sit-stand routine or not worrying about germs. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Because,” she said, “I’m not going to lose someone I love again.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Losing it will be like losing a safety net. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We’d lost so much already, who was he to tell us how to risk what was left? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej’s mother and father might still shed tears for the daughter they’d lost, but if Inej died tonight, there would be no one to grieve for the girl she was now. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I am OK, but, like Alice, I’m just trying not to get lost. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Up the hill we went, on and on, until our arms and legs hurt so much that we kept losing our footing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ivy let herself imagine they were at home, sitting on the worn brown leather couch in their living room, and there was no such thing as tornados and lost notebooks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dusty’s second mistake had been losing track of those two nitwits while he celebrated. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the day that Seabiscuit lost the Stars and Stripes, the “Argentine Jumping Bean” had broken the track record in the American Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when he thought about it, Sergio wondered if Paul had actually been trying to come up with some kind of lie about how he had lost it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Come on, I know how we can lose them.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The boys kept rowing at thirty-five, losing their battle with the wind, and nearly every other boat on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Had the ghost lost touch with the world around her? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A man pushes in front of him, another woman blocks his way to the side, and he loses sight of the girl completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But chronic muscle disease pinned him down and he lost it all. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In order for us to begin talks, they said, the ANC must make some compromise so that the government would not lose face with its own people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who would stand between them and the raised hand when their father lost his temper? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A worker at the mill lost both his mother and father. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid of being lost, so he repeated trail marks to himself: this is my mouth tasting the salt of her brown breasts; this is my voice calling out to her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now, my mother and father had lost two kids to the outside world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t climb, not with this wound, not with the amount of blood she’d lost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The thought is so disturbing to me that I lose my train of thought for a few seconds, and instead stand with my finger in the air in silence. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped his stretchy arm toward his lost camera, reclaiming it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They’d lose weight too quickly, and some would get stuck and would keep losing weight until they wound up like this “model.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was the minorities who had lost their neighborhood high school, Ector High, not the whites. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How eloquent he had been that night, how sweet the rhythm of his words as he went to the very edge of emotional outrage but never crossed over into it, never lost control. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drummer said, “What, you lost one fight and quit?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Confused, lost, I let my laugh fade away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But it also meant the stories could be lost. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We had thousands of thumb wars, and I won every single one, even the ones I was trying to lose. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the children who had lost the right to sit on the benches resigned themselves to sitting on the cold cement floor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't stand to lose the only heroes I had left. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I lost my job at Arby’s in January because I had become so part-time, I was useless. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

You were always afraid that you would lose the dude in front of you, that you would suddenly find yourself walking through the woods alone. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lost in wonder and admiration, even though he knew that he was the prey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby don’t get lost, boy. She just decides to go somewhere different sometimes.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mother is even more amazed by the generosity of the American government until Brother Quang says it’s to ease the guilt of losing the war. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Otherwise Mom, Dad, and Trey might lose it. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If those classrooms held their gains while the classrooms with a suspected cheater lost ground, the cheating teachers could hardly argue that their students did worse only because the scores wouldn’t count. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“When I lost my left eye, I also damaged the right one; I can see little close-up without the glass—indeed, not very much even with it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As Job from the Bible was tested and lost everything, Theo will be tested. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

With Jackson gone he was the rock of the army, and Lee felt a new clutching in his chest, looking at him, thinking that this was one man you could not afford to lose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman came to the door of the cabin and stood, half lost in the shadows, as she looked out at the passing wagon. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the presence of his certainty, his notion that he could make some sort of difference in the world, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit lost by comparison. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she’d try to pick things up where she left off, but all that lost momentum made a big difference. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he was lost, for as I looked down the platform I saw him approach several people and turn away without speaking. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they headed for the bridges they would only lose time if they cut away across country again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘Mind yourself! Don’t get lost, and don’t forget that it is safer indoors!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Moving to this quiet New Jersey neighborhood—owning a bit of land after his family lost the ancestral property during the war—restored him. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z