“Milo,” Yossarian bleated faintly with a sinking heart, sensing at once that all was lost. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the twenty-player tournament, he won only three games, drew eleven, and lost the rest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Loading up my heart with prayer, I aimed it at the lost soul before me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The original key had been lost in the fire, and all the other keys he found around the station and in the windup toys from the booth didn’t fit. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I did not know the game and I lost three balls in as many minutes; it seemed that my eyes could not trace the flight of the balls. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the boy wanted to learn how to achieve the Master Work, he became completely lost. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the war came, and afterward there was too much competition, and everything was lost. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Their eyes closed, the choir members were chanting compulsively, lost in their melody. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I lost I wouldn't have any money until next Saturday. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But just before the men lost all hope, the native islanders tracked them down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have lost the ability to talk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I heard you, smart meat, now get lost. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie, trying to hold on to the struggling dog, lost his footing and fell backwards in the slippery snow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But her warning was lost in the uproar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mary and Gay had lost it and were laughing behind cupped hands. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

If I lost control, two things were certain to happen. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came up from North Carolina and cared for y’all after Dennis died, because I was grieving and lost and I couldn’t move. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got lost in Brooklyn only Saturday. Now where is it you were wanting to go?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And probably now lost even to that,” said the man. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We had lost our three acres of strawberries, and I felt sad for Papá. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I mean, originally it was so we’d always know where each other was, or be able to find a phone if any of us lost one. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The two questions are identical, of course, and the differing responses are a function of how the question is framed, whether in terms of lives saved or of lives lost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He would never get them back now—they were lost, lost, lost forever. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, how I longed for everything I had lost! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when Anthony walked out of the courtroom, she was approached by Van Voorhis, who told her, “You’ve lost your chance to get your case before the Supreme Court.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“If God don’t think no mo’ ’bout ’em then Ah do, they’s a lost ball in de high grass.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her voice lost all expression, became the hard mechanical voice of every day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Deah, who had lost two husbands to the fighting, and whose face and mouth and heart were hard and cold as stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mingo advocated staying in Indiana, but with a severe reduction in those they sheltered: the runaways, the lost. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Make sure to treat their feet or all is lost.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Whether it was Luke’s unchecked momentum, or Ricky’s diminutive stature, Luke lost leverage almost immediately. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The man had large hands; a few generous handfuls from the tray and all was lost. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The girl who lost her big toe in the mines at the age of eleven, Moon Sung Sim, was assigned to the textile factory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“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

“One day I lost my pants. I took them off in the bathroom and forgot where I left them.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was also clear that without solid black support, he would have lost. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’s more into himself, more lost in his charts than ever before. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Some of us have actually lost people we love, you know. Sandy is just missing. He could turn up any second now.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

One morning, for something to do, I lost my agent in the subway system and went to Lucas's apartment. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The language she speaks is lost to them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pecola lost her balance and was about to careen to the floor. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Nashville we temporarily lost our parents because Uncle turned down a side street when he spotted a pawnshop. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Last game he had brought her out too soon and lost her to a trebuchet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Already he had lost the long-leggedness of the colt; his mane was getting longer and blacker. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The guy on the radio doesn't know I lost my parents. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The proof is in this comparison: the students who won the lottery and went to a “better” school did no better than equivalent students who lost the lottery and were left behind. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

During the taking of Iwo Jima, I lost some of my white buddies, too. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had lost cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

Carmen and Uncle Frank had been working on a blog for kids who had lost a parent to sickness. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I strained to watch and finally lost it in the rising sun. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They never dream about a lost beautiful island. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She was as happy as she had been when Masvita’s face lost the deathly gray pallor of cholera. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was three years ago when my dad lost it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she searches the room, like a lost child in a crowd of strangers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh, Pa, I been so mean to him....I fussed so about the faucet….” She sounded like somebody lost. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They’d lost their drawstring eons ago and were baggy in all the wrong places, but whatever. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They said we could have lost that boy in there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It tipped slowly, still buoyed on the magnetic field of the east, west, and south anchors, but it had lost its balance, like a table with one leg cut away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And once I began retrieving the lost pleasures of my childhood, I began to write stories for children. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

“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

“But this story is played out, don’t you think? The lost dog, looking for a home. A million of these movies already exist.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pictured Rasheed coming home to find her still searching this way, her knee bleeding, lost on her own street. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I lost my sister, I lost my family. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I beg your servants to help us find him. Then, too, our provisions and weapons have been lost...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

His equipment had been battered—and he had lost a valuable Captain. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

What would Franklin D. Roosevelt say about a spy who lost his shoe in the salt marsh and worried aloud that his grandma would beat him? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I limp through the streets along the rim of Alta and Winter sector, along the lake and out in the open, lost in the crowded shuffle of other people. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I was walking to school, lost in feeling sorry for myself—my dad was dead, my mom in rehab, my girlfriend missing—when I saw the Bat Lady for the first time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

I had money to spare for luxuries such as soap and a second shirt to replace the one I’d lost. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the twenty-ninth day, Liyana’s papers had proper headings, and her navy blue uniform had lost its bright gleam, its sharp pleat. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He did say he lost his ATM card. Maybe he’s having trouble getting the cash together.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Liam offered to trade seats as soon as his face lost that familiar pinched look, and a healthy color began to return to his cheeks. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was crazy, but somehow Papa could tell whenever she or Akira had lost or gained even a single pound. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had lost track of the date; they had not seen a newspaper for weeks. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It says the third step to finding a lost dog is to advertise. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You would have had a good life. You lost all that.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

"Was it not you who told me warlocks were no more than old soldiers, vainly boasting of forgotten deeds and lost prowess?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was sort of lost in all this, probably even had a smile lighting up my gob, when a loud voice slapped at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“The Allens. I heard their company had filed for bankruptcy. They lost out on a lot of contracts. One of their businesses had been bought out.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mind was hand-lettering a variety of get lost messages, but my mouth said, “Come on in.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I missed being able to talk to you. Especially after I lost Ziggy.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had lost an entire kinship, and for what? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My head was broke and my sister was stole and I was lost. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The Duke of Berry had lost a kingdom through the unpopularity which he earned by feeling sorry for eight hundred foot soldiers who had been killed in a battle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had probably given me up for lost to the Devil the first day we met. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

He had lost his rifle and simply intended to survive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The last thing I need him to know is that I’ve told off another white lady and lost another job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You think he has lost a tiger’s nature?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She said, “It looks so lonely and lost, maybe you shouldn’t shave it. And maybe you should name it ‘Ryan Dean.’” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Shortly after that, she lost her eyesight and couldn’t leave home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

But then she thought of Nestor falling lifeless in the snow, of the cells full of Grisha lost in their own misery, all because of this drug. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I asked once, suddenly suspecting that he had lost our joint seventy-five cents during the night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she moves quietly through the hallways, and I suspect has completely lost her edge on the soccer field. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Occasionally the sophomores won, but usually they lost. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

‘Your cause is lost, Zeus. Even if you defeat me, the Earth Mother shall simply raise me again!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She’d been waging a battle against tears, but now, in a sudden break, she lost it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then it crawled completely out of the green and onto the khaki and lost itself among dozens and dozens of other worms that were wriggling or just lolling about between the sea and the sky. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She almost lost her nerve, she told us, but had barged on. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

And just when he thought he might be lost entirely, the snow stopped, Lizzie said, “Oh,” and the waves began to sound again with their frothy roars. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He knew it reminded her of the son she’d lost, and that she resented the other lives he helped, in his own small way, to save. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Otto recalled a similar cry from the mailman, Mr. Reynolds, when Dr. Medina’s hospital lost track of its one and only vampire bat and it bit him on the neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"And lost to her, in any case. She let the Imp slip through her fingers. I expect he is dead by now, somewhere in the Mountains of die Moon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. My parents got divorced in the middle of season two and we lost our TiVo.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tve been working like a machine, and feeling like a lost soul. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach is now gurgling, and I’ve completely lost my appetite. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Brian had seen searches on the news, seen movies about lost planes. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put it back, realizing it had lost some of its luster. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Looked like Mr. Ray hadn’t lost all his cool yet, and that lady was getting a healthy dose three times a week. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages: bottles, pills, cubicles where we settled to move around papers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Even through my sickness, the impact of what he’s said isn’t lost on me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The stumps of his lost fingers tingled as he drew the girl to her feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Barry and Clyde had jumped on a streetcar and hightailed it to Pier 39, where they could get lost in the crowds. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I can make out only the first two letters before the remaining letters get lost in curves that look like a sales chart for a business that is rising and failing regularly. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now Sauron knows all this, and he knows that this precious thing which he lost has been found again; but he does not yet know where it is, or so we hope. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I told him about how we lived and about the drought and how we had lost a lot of cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all tan, and her day in the sun yesterday had caught her up in brownness for what she’d lost during hours inside at Bridgeport. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were sure to get lost at least once, so they left the hotel at seven in the morning and arrived at Ground Zero in plenty of time. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Boy, you know you need to go to a barbershop. Got more hair than a white man who done got lost on a hike.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One aircrew, lost in bad weather, landed in a field and couldn’t leave until the next morning when the ground had frozen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

This was the part where the giant was going to ask if Will was lost, if it might be a good idea to try to find his parents. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What took you so long? Get lost on your way home?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought I had lost everything, except these two things,” she murmured. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the nazis, normal life became impossible for young people and their families as they lost their basic freedoms. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a long time since hed lost control and made something explode. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You stuck your finger in a pencil sharpener. You swallowed a key. You lost it at the field trip. Joey, you make very bad decisions for yourself.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Blood poisoning blew all his lymph nodes up to the size, of golf balls, stuck around for a month, and lost the battle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When they got to the edge of the crowd, Chess thought maybe Emma had lost the man completely. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

I could tell by my dogs’ voices that they had lost the trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she flew out from a hidden doorway the instant Kelton lost his grip on the gun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t hear an apology. You’ve already lost five minutes from your screen time today. The longer it takes, the more you’ll lose.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

It would kind of make up for that bucket of blackberries she lost. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Now she has lost all her color; her face is sunken and hollow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Now he would truly leave and I would be lost in this horrible place, and there was no telling what Madam Lockton might do to Ruth in my absence. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is the third horse we have lost—" "We will lose more than horses if we're overtaken by the Lannisters," she reminded them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

He’d lost much of his hair since turning fifty, and his belly, always undernourished in appearance, now suggested a shriveled emaciation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he drew his sword as well, and followed the others through a gated archway that the Tonists always left open for lost souls seeking tonal solace. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Dust motes floated through the sunset-red light and disappeared into dark shadows like lost, lonely phantoms. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Here is forty cents. Now don’t get lost! And be back at our regular meeting place by the pigpen very soon!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But would they always move about the house as if in a department store, trying to make sure that no one got lost? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been many days, perhaps weeks, since they had been in this area of the ship—Amari had lost all count of days and time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late in November and the peach trees had lost most of their leaves. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Grunt, who had lost his tongue for speaking carelessly in Lord Roose’s hearing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They decided either one of us would work for ballast, but feared Adah’s handicap would prevent her holding on, and if she fell in the river the precious battery would also be lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been in her head, deep in memories, lost in a pain universe, and the world seemed like a faraway thing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

The sky god looked up, his eyes brimming with the sorrows of a thousand lost happy endings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

His mother beamed admiration at him, and she nearly lost control of the conversation once again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His teeth were yellowed and widely spaced because of the many he had lost. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Over the last shelf of rotting stone the stream gurgled and fell down into a brown bog and was lost. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It even has instructions on how to find Polaris and navigate your way by stars in case you get lost. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve lost so much of what we did together summer fifteen. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Slowly, with great care, Jennifer explained about the storm, how she lost the others, that she didn’t know if they had survived. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But here in all the hubbub we would have lost track of each other, with how we were just getting swept along on a big dark river of people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Every time she turned to scream, she lost some of the distance between herself and Knife. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the day my mother lost her faith in God. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom worked from home, designing websites, and sometimes she lost track of time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He thanked God for the Church, without which he would be lost. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

McKibben often got calls from nearby drugstores that began, “There is a party here who is lost.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there looking at him like a team that had just lost their big game. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

We’ve followed trolls making their way across Europe, giants starting to cross the seas, and the werewolves— well, I’m distressed to say we lost sight of them some weeks ago. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

They lost their innocence due to uncontrollable circumstances. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Could she have become so enmeshed in the competition that she’d lost track of time? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I lost that one, but got the next one. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes; Circe,” she said, but she seemed to have lost all interest in him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the place has entirely lost its magic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"Are they still there, Onion Knight? You have not lost them?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Loki had lost his appetite, which his friends attributed to his flight in the air. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Stanchion mentioned if I lost them or gave them away, I’d have to earn another set.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We re not demons! You people have lost your minds!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

Like he felt hazy, lost in a dream. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

‘I suppose we haven’t lost more than two days by my short cut through the Forest! But perhaps the delay will prove useful — it may have put them off our trail.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He was fine during the ascent, but as soon as he started down he lost it mentally and physically; he turned into a zombie, like he’d used everything up.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His whole academic life had come to an end because he’d lost his power of concentration. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Walking up the street, I nearly lost heart. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long ago he had lost sight of them. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were stories...the homeless man in the alley...a little boy who’d lost two fingers...they were too horrible to think about. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not being allowed a phone at school was bad enough but here, in the middle of Sayle’s compound, he felt lost without it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Eratosthenes, in a lost work quoted by the Roman-era geographer Strabo, wrote that of the kingdom of the pharaohs “there was a common saying: ‘The way to Egypt is long and vexatious.’.. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Each piece told its own tale of discovery, of being lost and found in a time of hardship and fear. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

At his touch I lost all hope of controlling myself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The cat listened carefully, although sometimes he lost patience with the tutoring and began to bite at the tantalizingly moving pen. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone or not, lost or not, I was thirsty and hungry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The way the night stars help us when we're lost and tell all sorts of different stories?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

They lost the deposit they’d paid to Shah Jahan caterers, as well as to their honeymoon destination, Palace on Wheels. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything was destroyed in the fire! I lost all my papers!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day, heading back to land, the Warden got lost, the hull grazed a rock, and the Lady Gin limped into port. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

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

Both of the other conductors also declared that they had not lost a button. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t understand the words, most of them at any rate, but created equal was not lost on her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Once I would have replied with something equally disgusting, but I have lost interest in such things as eating snot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked it toward her and almost lost her balance again when it snagged on a bent desk leg. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s a gift. I almost lost my arm—and more important parts—trying to put that bow on, and then she howled all the way up here!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As the mouse said this, he shuddered, thinking of Gregory and his broken rope, dying, lost in the darkness. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I lost hope when I saw the horses’ teeth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘I thought that I was lost,’ said Frodo; ‘but I don’t want to speak of it. Let us think of what we are to do now! Let us go on!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry had not lost hope of finding and saving Hagrid; he ran so fast that they were halfway toward the forest before they were brought up short again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

The few trees on the street are scrawny and have already lost most of their leaves. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I would have lost my job if I had attended the conference and I could not afford to do that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once more the three sat staring into the flames, each lost in thought. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

"I lost my wife when she was forty-six. I lost my daughter when she was twenty-four. And you remind me to remember them?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“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

The baggage train suffered the worst: dead horses, lost men, wayns overturned and broken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In all its history, I think it was Coalwood’s best moment, even though my dad lost to the union, and my mom was forced to stay a little longer in the hills. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those legs of light suddenly lengthened and seemed to feel their way down the ridge, their lower ends lost in the whirl of sleet and rain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

I realized I was in the forest and lost. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can go toward whoever is coming and convince them I just got lost. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

How I sometimes lost the sense of her words in the sweet fluting of her voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Okay, so we lost a day yesterday. And y'all know we gotta make up for it today," Coach said, spinning his car keys on his index finger. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of people lost their homes, everything they owned. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled her into a quiet nook and told her about Mariam, but left out the part about how it was his fault she was lost. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“It lost an awful lot of juice when all those hailstones hit it in the night. Cut away two more seagulls, Centipede!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But respect is often altered or lost in translation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his own agent’s intervention, the seller lost at least $20,000. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They had kept it too long and it had gone to pieces and lost its quality and color. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had only one, though, after much effort; they lost a second at birth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Attached to her head are two ears, of a rabbit or deer, it’s not easy to tell; one of the ears has lost its starch or wiring and is flopping halfway down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she worried for fear the book would be lost in the library and she’d never be able to read it again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

That home was lost and gone—and I was the one who’d ruined it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lost an arm on my last trip home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It did them no good—Halifax’s party as a whole lost the election, as did Newton as an individual, and Newton, now in his sixties, never stood again. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dr. Gazzaley looks up to see the others lost in their own space. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In minutes, Gregor' was hopelessly lost, and the mental picture of their path that he’d been making in his head resembled one of Boots’s squiggly drawings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I can find the Sears Tower, I know I can’t get lost. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Our column had lost all appearance of discipline. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to keep my focus because I can't afford to get lost on this winding trail. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Old Wormtail has lost a paw. Some of the others are really hurt.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But who will find him if he’s lost? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“No good! Ever since I lost my right python, I haven’t been able to spread the word about farming—at least not in person. Now I have to resort to giving online courses.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

I suppose I should have been amused, but I was too lost in worry that the uncle would be as unpleasant as the niece. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of people gave up hope, and we lost some of our group. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember being lost among a sea of small heads and matching green-and-blue-and-gray uniforms. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The intricacies were lost to him, the urgency had died. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So she asked what she should use for new heads, since the old ones were lost, and all the geese opened their hundred mouths and screamed...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather was lost and wandering in that white jungle of cane. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guilt consumes me, that I should live while all are lost That I could not divert the fated course. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We cannot be absolutely sure, because the records of the trial have been lost; but rather than being a martyr for science, as he is occasionally represented, Bruno was actually a martyr for magic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

"I wonder how many KGB officers lost their jobs," she mused to herself, "when they found no continuous record of what I had done since arriving in Moscow on November 5, 1975." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lost track of how many desperate hours went by. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Once our walls are breached, we are lost, I've known that from the start." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“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

And he’d lost one of his close friends, a young scientist who had been near the mountain when it exploded. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Having inherited a fortune in 1875, he invested unwisely in silver and lost everything. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We have lost all feeling for one another. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I ran into Ayesha—the girl I met at the train station. We were walking around and didn’t realize how big this place is, and we got a little lost.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I have some friends before me gone,” he sang quietly, but the sound seemed so lonely and lost that he stopped before the chorus. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Neither do I, but you’ve lost something you had before. You had a smile...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra knew that was that—the conversation was over, the battle lost. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The farmers ended up losing as much, or more, of their crop to rodents as they had lost to the rabbits. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lost his wife and son to an epidemic carried by the soldiery, his royal patron was deposed, and he was excommunicated by the Lutheran Church for his uncompromising individualism on matters of doctrine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost my balance and toppled backwards to the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” she says, “Yucatecos believe obsidian holds magic. A doorway to bring lost ones together.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Had the cats made more of an effort, I might have felt like I had lost something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and it’s walking very slowly, putting its head over every gate and looking round as though it had lost something.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Archimedes wrote this, describing his construction methods, but all the copies were lost in ancient times. If I can translate this...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And if so, would it grieve as the child who has lost a parent, or as the parent who could not save a petulant child from its own poor choices? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After the Neikirch game, he won one, lost one, and drew one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“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

The rope jerked tight and bent the railing, and we lost our footing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Pollard, he seemed to have lost the need to belong to any place in particular. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

For the first time in his life, he thought he just might be lost. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A hand clamped around her wrist like a vise and yanked her through the doorway with such force that she lost her balance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

John Eye had lost a foot in the mine, and the company looked the other way when he supplemented his tiny pension dealing out fruit jars filled with the clear, fiery liquid. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She lost all interest in the lusty thrashing in the wrought-iron bed, her waist swelled rapidly, and her breasts drooped with the weight of the new life that was growing inside her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it did not matter because Briony was about to cut her off and the opportunity would be lost. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you lost your friend, too,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nathan crept alongside one of the trucks and lost sight of the people. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I used to know a nephew of his, but I've rather lost touch. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Mini made a little swirling sign of He’s lost it next to her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Neither ever lost his or her temper; and, terrified of blowing their lives again, each begging the other for some kind of emotional security, theirs became a kid-gloved marriage of major proportions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a former officer looking back into Sing Sing’s history, I was struck by lost institutions of the old prison, such as the bands that played as prisoners marched to chow. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room and all the stories Ben tried to preserve will be lost. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lion lost no time in seeking out Hyena. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Once, lost in thought while brushing his teeth, he put moisturizer on his toothbrush, not toothpaste. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When they brought him out, his eyes seemed as small as those of a mole and there was a lost look on his face. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally she lost her temper and beat one of us, but for the most part we were not mistreated so much as neglected. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t so lost to the soreness or the fog of medication that I didn’t respond to his touch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was a lone figure standing in the moonlight, lost, unarmed, and wearing a coat stained with blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me then and says, “How sad for you to have lost your mother so young.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She'd lost the sting in her voice, and I could see her eyes, red rimmed and watery—like she was dehydrated or had just cried it all out for too long. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chronically ill, having recently lost two young children, his wife was described as “stupid, sulking, lonely, melancholy.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the pictures of towels on benches, deserted cars, and lost jackets. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She never gave up hope no matter how many times she lost out with Frank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sick, no question about it, and lost. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew we’d end up being lost. I could have told you that.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“So,” Jacqui says to me, “is this part of the urban river experience, or are we lost?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had won something and lost something in the same instant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d lost Kiowa and his weapon and his flashlight and his girlfriend’s picture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, these princes of ours who have ruled their principalities for many years and who have subsequently lost them should not blame Fortune, but rather their own indolence. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she hadn’t lost out on everything, after all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

And in the picture frame, like some kind of lost relative, was a photo of a lemur. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“So I searched the other stuff. That line about a childhood lost for children.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She thought just to sweep away, but the shock of his addressing her directly was lost in that intriguing question. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was like a circular cathedral, with a ceiling so high it was lost in the gloom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I preferred to stay lost in the darkness of my dismal thoughts. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was so lost in what she was doing, it took a while for her to realise I was there. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

But I hesitated, and the opportunity was lost, for Hamlet threw the helmet to the ground with a curse. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“But couldn’t you go to the bank and tell them you’d lost the key?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And most of the other sixth graders never lost part of their pay since they had full-time maids to do the chores instead of a cleaning lady only twice a week. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I feel this white rush of panic, which leaves me shaky, because what if I’ve lost it? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He lost his birth mother. He learned how to ride horses, use and make weapons, be a hunter and a warrior. Had his first girlfriend.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He somehow lost or abandoned his surest and quickest means of escape from the city: the one-eyed horse Booth had bought. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When men in dark suits come to take you away under the cover of night, a dread settles into your bones, a fear that you’ll be lost forever. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He looked around like he was lost in thought. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Soon I no longer lost any games or Life Savers, but I lost my adversaries. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I feel myself lost in the world, like a feather floating floating. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the reading room was quietly lost in the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Hanako had lost things, but she had also gained things, and she was ready to chase her future. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The noise attracted Trash- man’s attention, and the moment was lost. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

How many times had he come in here and completely lost himself? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe parents think their kids have lost their values, that they’ve become too Americanized. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

“One platoon lost one man, got six wounded. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tess is down there with them, her delicate frame nearly lost in the shuffle, with a pouch of our money and a smile on her face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I lost my anger and my concentration all at once. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He goes quiet, focused, lost in the piece for long minutes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he was a lost young man, he would walk for miles and miles without money or food, the rain pouring down on him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A week later, Old Yeller helped me catch a wild gobbler that I’d have lost without him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others deal with “inbound” calls—everything from tracing lost luggage for U.S. and European airline passengers to solving computer problems for confused American consumers. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

As he shuffled back, those freckles got lost in the red rising in his cheeks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He lost that one and dropped the third beetle, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no point in wandering like a lost puppy. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled with all my might and lost my footing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes! He always finds what is lost! He has found piggies, and now he finds a great cauldron of wicked doings and brewings! Kind master will honor humble Gurgi!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the early 1900s, it had often become impossible to know whether an asteroid that popped into view was new or simply one that had been noted earlier and then lost track of. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But he had lost Cully, or he would not have lost himself, and probably the sticks would not have lighted in any case. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if the Sapiens lost the first round, they could quickly invent new stratagems that would enable them to win the next time. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Ever since his family lost their apartment, Bucky'd been living on the street. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked like a woman who has lost her baby, like a man who has lost his son. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t have let you get lost, you know.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I understand the fear that overcomes someone when a loved one is lost. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Your Boy King lost ten thousand men taking the place, and another fifty trying to hold it. Someone should have told him that war isn't a game." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was curious, but when you said it to yourself you had the illusion of actually hearing bells, the bells of a lost London that still existed somewhere or other, disguised and forgotten. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The hallway swarmed with so many students that I almost lost sight of my guide. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A slight pause followed — and then Wormtail spoke, the words tumbling from him in a rush, as though he was forcing himself to say this before he lost his nerve. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be in total control of the outcome of the game, so when I lost I was the only one to blame, and I could train harder to do better the next time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Dad held back at first and lost some money to Robbie, then started upping the stakes and beating him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit had delivered what many of them thought was the greatest performance in racing history, and had lost simply because of a fluke in the weight system, and a foul from another horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more lost than before, feeling every bit an orphan. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The lady at the counter had given me one that had never been picked up from lost and found. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Javier pulled away, and Moss lost himself briefly in those eyes, those eyes that were so dark that in dimmer light, they could have been black. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The number of demons steadily decreased as people lost their masks or tired of the game. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

August didn’t like her honey to sit around waiting too long, because the flavor got lost. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s for giving something back to me, something I lost before I was able to really have it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I thought I’d lost the world when my house went up in flames, but Lord have mercy, that didn’t mean anything compared to when I thought I’d lost my sweet baby girl!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The police officer had lost her hat; her pants leg was dusty and torn. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry spun on the spot, lost balance, and nearly fell over. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

“Though by all rights you should have lost a piece of your ear. Were they wounded like the one that attacked Carter?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For me our reunion has been a rediscovery of a part of myself that was lost—a part that I longed to be in touch with. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the beauty would be lost, but would it make me feel better inside? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I suppose exploring games. Discovering lost civilizations and stuff like that.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was as simple as that we forbade, she insisted, we lost. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles leaned against the side of the truck, scratching his head, gazing down at the ground like he’d lost something. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

He has been gone for so many decades I have lost count. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

I thought they were lost for good, so when it got light, I was still scared. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was my best friend as well as my gran, and I’d lost both. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Newcomers always got lost, to the delight of the muggers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just before he lost sight of the Spaniard he turned and hollered, “Catch up quickly.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It is I, Pip. Mr. Jaggers gave me your note yesterday, and I have lost no time.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him how I’ve lost all my friends because I refused to join their activist crusade. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I thought I’d lost you,” she says when she reaches him, her voice a tremulous whisper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the water, the lost animals paddled their little paws and searched for land, but one by one, they went under. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

“He has lost all else, even his steed.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. See you later, Billy,” I called, still lost in thought. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Francie was a poor marble player and quickly lost her tickets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Smack in the middle of the season, star linebackers and star quarterbacks were suddenly lost to the team because of a grade below 70 in algebra or English or biology. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some poor lost soul had arrived on these terrible shores before me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan tried to hear more individual conversations, but they were lost in the din. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had lost one world and had not gained another. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She wanted to do whatever her family was doing without her, even if it was just looking at all they had lost. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care if they won or lost. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “I forgot who you are, Mason. Franklin too. We are sorry. We got lost in our pain. And lost in this horrible, confused story. And missing our boy.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The woman gathered it to her chest like a lost child and sighed with deep satisfaction. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘Yea,’ he said; ‘for though the Stones be lost, they say, still the lords of Gondor have keener sight than lesser men, and many messages come to them. But sit now!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She looked cold, skinny, out of place, lost. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Some say they lost little ones, too, and there’s nothing worse in the world, you could live as long as Methuselem’s wife but you never get over it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And if finally he lost dominion over a few cities, his kingdom nevertheless remained. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Divide thirty-five dollars by, say, three weeks, minus Boseman’s share, and the lost bounty was a very small price to pay for silence and a restful mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had somehow lost my innocence and let sin enter into my soul, and the knowledge of God, the saving grace, was far away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her garden was supposed to be so big, you could get lost in it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turns around and is lost in the dark. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

My eye is starting to swell some and I notice a gap on the side of my mouth where I lost a few teeth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Lina told her that the lights had gone out for a few minutes, but she didn’t mention anything about Poppy getting lost. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘He didn’t get lost here. He got lost two days ago. At the London Eye.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Well, not at the time of her death. I was insufferable long before we lost her. Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

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 looked over at my mother, but she was lost in thought. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I could see a flea clinging to a hawk’s feathers. My mother never lost anything.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"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

I know where I’m going, but I still feel lost. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in another world, another Will had not seen the window in Sunderland Avenue, and had wandered on tired and lost toward the Midlands until he was caught. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the world’s a storm, I guess, and we all get lost sometimes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was as if she knew he had lost a social life, and she insistently invited him to the arts theater, to public lectures, to play squash. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Redheaded Gawaine lost his temper when sent on an embassy and killed a man in the middle of the negotiations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was pretty clear that her deputies had simply lost patience. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She found the wall again and followed, blind and lost, pretending that Nymeria was padding along beside her in the darkness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then every wind roared into hurricane; the ships went pitching west with many cries; our land was lost. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he was lost in capturing images of carefree children playing on the jungle gym or pumping their legs on the swings. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They were talking though, and I had lost the thread of conversation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, his eyes lost the glazey numb look from the wine or the coffee or the fact that he had stayed up the night before. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She watched Ser Rodrik set off, striding briskly through the busy streets until he was lost in the crowds, then decided to take his advice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then she turned and her hoverboard climbed away toward the river, and Tally’s next words were lost on the roar of the water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

Natalie might have grunted again, and this time the sound could have gotten lost in the noise of the engine starting up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

Sam looked lost in the shuffle, still standing in his cabin doorway alone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“People lost everything,” she mutters, gripping the back of Mary’s chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Generations of black men will continue to be lost—rounded up for crimes that go ignored on the other side of town and ushered into a permanent second-class status. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed lost in their thoughts and memories for a few moments. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Giannini saw Howard rekindling his lost love of horses and thought he should stop dabbling and commit himself fully to Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at what I’m wearing. I lost all my good suits.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He lost the track on the better ground beyond the bracken and then picked it up again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday Shirley could forget everything, except that the Dodgers had lost and the Yankees were the World Champs. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The boys looked at it briefly, quickly lost interest in it and started up a four-man baseball game of their own devising. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And my mom lost her job, so we can’t afford it after that.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what child is lost because we’re all here, one two three four of us, not a lost child anywhere and why can’t they tell me what’s wrong with my mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The big house was always open and full of people, but she had lost her ability to laugh easily and was often to be seen staring straight ahead, lost in thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laurie and she were always making signs to one another, and talking about ‘Spread Eagles’ till the girls declared they had both lost their wits. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

But then, before I knew it was happening, he threw his arms around my chest and squeezed so hard that for a second I lost my breath. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gathering from the slopes were tiny moving figures, now in the open, now lost in shadow. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

After we lost Amanda, my mother couldn’t sleep in the house and went to stay with my grandmother in Connecticut. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Nut was established directly after the Dark Days, when the Capitol had lost 13 and was desperate for a new underground stronghold. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Just because they knew it was lost didn’t mean they knew how to let it go. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re a fool. You’ve nearly killed yourself and you haven’t lost your baby. I suppose you took things too, poisoned yourself, inserted camphor, kerosene, red pepper. My God! Some of the things you women do!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Flora Baumbach lost her timidity; the judge let her chat away. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for this tiny museum of lost history we citizens of Norvelt thank her.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I remember in third grade when you first wore it. I thought you had lost all your hair, like you were sick or something. Isn’t that crazy?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It got to the point finally where he lost control. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three weeks later, Harriet heard news from one of the other cabinet wives: Dr. Edson was admitting that she had lost hope. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mommy’s house was orchestrated chaos and as the eighth of twelve children, I was lost in the sauce, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Have I lost my wits, or did my sister just kiss me?" he asked Bronn when she was gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Toby! until my throat knotted and I lost consciousness. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It lost its way in the fog and crash- landed, killing several of the crew. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our fellows have probably given me up for lost long ago. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vacant, lost look in his eyes increased the tempo of her heart. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Beneath that is lost life that no one will ever find. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I studied the clouds’ dark shapes—flocks of lost sheep straying across a desolate wasteland, blown to rags and tatters by the wind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Oft- times the birds are lost, child," the maester had told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hate that I’ve lost my looks and failed school and quit sports and am cruel to my mother. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“What? Not take it? You lost your mind?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lost weight on her face and shoulders, which had turned her from being a round person into a conical person. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Few of the lower-middle class and poor families that lost their homes had fire insurance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

While in a refugee camp in Mozambique, Generose had lost a daughter to a domestic accident. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

“And that she lost her eye when an East Side gang attacked their clubhouse,” said Zheegwon. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t go more than twenty-five miles an hour, so Jedda-Boy’s truck lost us in the first ten minutes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And behind them, almost lost in the sunset glare, the little dots of the zeppelins grew larger and firmer. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the Muslim men have lost their topis. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

You can get lost in you own mind, like you gone to another country. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

How could I have lost my backpack already? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He became a huge colossus; his head touched the skies, his feet were lost in the abyss, and his arms stretched from one pole to the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But he had no trouble finding his way, not like Phoebe, who got lost walking from the dining room to the washroom. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was after he had changed pajamas that I realized he had still not quite lost his illusion. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I clasped my mirror to my chest so it wouldn’t get lost or broken. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega was a lost relic from a time when all things seemed possible. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As an ambulance raced him to a hospital, he lost consciousness, and nurses, thinking him dead on arrival, placed a sheet over him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She said, “You be careful and hurry back. I hear Leroy done lost his mind and is wandering ’bout. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Years later, he would shiver at the thought of how easily he could have lost the colt in the driving rain that Howard let Mills know that the offer was still on the table. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a day lost in a nightmare, the car takes me away from the movie theatre, the drugstore and the motel that grinds up girls into bite-sized pieces. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Root’s complexion lost any final traces of pallor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

What I meant was I’m feeling a little lost. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you fellows lost your shirts,” Zack gloated, “when the John went down!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Barely lost a roof shingle,” he liked to say as he patted the wall like you’d pat the back of a loyal friend. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Wilcox's lost his wallet, right, with hundreds of quid in it!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Well...if you know what was in your librito, then it’s not all lost.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had lost an eye, her left, let's see, or was it her right? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Patron saint of lost causes. The saint to call on when all hope is gone. The one in charge of miracles.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She had nearly caught up with the wages lost by her illness, and even though Rachel made only a pittance, it paid her room and board. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The mothers of the lost children of the Protectorate found themselves beset by visions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know the ship well yet. I’m constantly getting lost.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

To get lost among endless tents and makeshift shelters as you try to find your way home. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But chronic muscle disease pinned him down and he lost it all. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She concluded that Amaroq tolerated her because she was young, had no gun, and was sad—a lost child. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They all went back to Japan after they lost to the Americans.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“The aunts. The littles. Granddad. He’s lost his mind, you know.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

That would be only normal, except that the beauty and the quiet made me slow to respond with resentment, and in my hesitation I lost it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Cabot Searcy lost his job, would not get out of bed, and called Alma Ember fifty-seven times over the span of three days. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Judith’s voice has lost a little of its harshness. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“She has lost her family, but we are not taking her in as an orphan. She will help us with the younger children.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we could have gotten lost from one another in all those people, too. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

California voters also came very close to banning the death penalty; the ballot initiative lost by only a couple of percentage points. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The mother says it’s still her babe, but the father came through here just yesterday. Looked as though he’d lost everything. He said the child is a monster, and his wife has gone mad.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cristiana frowned at me as if considering whether I had lost my reason. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But it was a tree, and a tree is a bless­edly good thing to behold when you’ve been lost at sea for a long, long time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mira, you know things have been...different since I lost my job.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

To atone for that Tyrion made an attempt to teach her cyvasse, though he soon realized that was a lost cause. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon as he was carrying a load up the Lhotse Face he lost his purchase on the rock-hard ice and fell more than 2,000 feet to the bottom of the wall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It has been treasured by his heirs when all other heirlooms were lost; for it was spoken of old among us that it should be made again when the Ring, Isildur’s Bane, was found. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was said that these lost boys had just received a GED and had begun to turn their lives around. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It’s time-consuming to get there, but the waterfowl are such easy pickings you can make up for lost hunting time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the tassel from Eddie’s journal into my palm, and I lost the ability to speak for a second. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a lost trap comes up clicking with lobster. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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 completely lost all sense of time. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d lost my appetite, but Mother insisted I get a burger, fries and a chocolate shake. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adults had lost the wisdom from the surface of their faces. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached New York, it was Joe who lost his courage. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has lost much weight and I wish he would eat a little of the shorwa and rice that Farzana jan cooks for him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

“Not after you lost all that oil,” Moon Girl said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know too much, vixen. You and your son played a dangerous game. Nobody outsmarts Cluny. I’ve won, and you have both lost.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In those two years he had had time to regret his decision and to learn that without Blanca he had lost his taste for the young girls who had previously attracted him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saved hundreds of lives, I know I did. But that is very cold comfort. It is the ones I lost that I remember. In my nightmares I see the faces of people who died.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It happened so fast that the deer stumbled and was lost in a sea of wool and trampling hooves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We thought you lost,” said Mareth, who was bleeding freely from his thigh. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was not sure why he was crying, for the betrayal or because they were lost. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day Sam sent two girls home from practice, telling them they had gained weight and not to come back until they lost ten pounds. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Miles stared at him like he’d lost the will to speak. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I’m so lost in thought that I nearly bump into Professor Swann, out for his morning walk. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They can pump whatever they want into my arm, but it takes more than that to keep a person going once she’s lost the will to live. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bird somewhere, lonely and lost, called for its friends. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt so bad that he walked to Monterey and picked a fight with a soldier and lost it on purpose. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then Felicia lost consciousness, falling into an emptiness without history or future. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to take care not to get lost. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s stuck in a cellblock, lost in the labyrinth of Serra’s prisons. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The man lost his balance and nearly fell over. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what is more, the words of the song also came back—words, I am certain, which were sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for generations. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Halfway there, he lost his footing and skidded the rest of the way. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Throughout Pakistan, more than two thousand people drowned, millions lost their homes, and seven thousand schools were destroyed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lost in my thoughts, lost in the sight of her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I made my way through the bazaars and along the ghats of the Yamuna River, lost among all the pilgrims to the city. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said Milkman, and struggled against and lost to a long belch. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I seized it with sudden panic, as though something infinitely precious had almost been lost to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We grew up in this house together when we were children, even though we lost touch some years ago. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not her. It’s my dad’s camera. I just can’t believe I lost it. My mom is going to be so upset.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Every member of Phippsburg’s First Congregational—as well as lost reprobates from other denominations—had gathered to greet the new minister and his family. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He lost his wife for a time, but after the fall of Troy he got her back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lost all sense of how long she had been imprisoned in this cell, high up in one of the seven towers of the Great Sept of Baelor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Nobody can get lost in Minneapolis,” the cook said. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grenn lost his footing and sat down hard in the snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

I’m supposed to walk east from the station once I get there—toward the lake—but I still get lost for almost twenty minutes, going in circles and ending up in a cul-de-sac. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now, lost in the holler, Florida said to Dallas, “You don’t think there’s any rats out here, do you?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

During that time he had lost seventeen percent of his body weight. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched the crowd ripple, then part to spit out the lost girl. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Salim thinks of the desert then: red sands blow a dust-storm through his thoughts, and the scarlet silks of the tents that surrounded the lost city of Ubar flap and billow through his mind. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

That had been the only time in her life she had lost control of a situation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By two noses in two runnings of the race he and his wife most wanted to win, Howard had lost $182,150, and Seabiscuit had been denied the title of history’s greatest money winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also lost a parent at an early 9 99 age . Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

“You’re forgetting what it costs for bait and lost traps and gas for the outboard. And sometime the lobster don’t cooperate, you know that.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then the story started to spread: Harry Potter, the famous Harry Potter, their hero of two Quidditch matches, had lost them all those points, him and a couple of other stupid first years. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

When they started in on me like this, I usually lost. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A few years later, an older cousin told him what a miscarriage was, and confided that Roy’s mother had lost a baby girl. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay there’s no love lost between Violet and me, but I take her part, not yours, you old dog.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, a boatload of quiet but strong introverts may never find the common core of fiery resolve that causes the boat to explode past its competitors when all seems lost. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Although some had seen slight improvement in recent times, there was no love lost between the two sides. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A lost key could fall into inmates’ hands. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I lost her and this morning I got to have breakfast with her.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I lost track after a while, happy to be home, weeping for my father, and thinking about what was next. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I want mama and you don’t care about mama, and I gave mama to you and you lost her and everything is bad now.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I let Johanna lead because it’s a pretty straight shot up to the tree, and I figure she can’t get us too lost. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she had lost her love because she had not, in the end, believed in it enough. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Obie had been involved in so many Vigil assignments that he’d lost count of them and he was continually amazed at how they got away with it all the time. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if she was agreeing with me or thinking of a polite way to tell me I’d lost my mind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There is no effective way for this heat, accumulated over billions of years, to reach the surface and be lost to space, and the radioactivity inside Ganymede and Callisto must therefore melt their icy interiors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So we both lost our moms to fire.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She could not sleep and she lost her appetite and sank so deeply into solitude that even her father became an annoyance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had lost Cat once, and mourned her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The child went in front with the torch in hand, her cloak of leaves whispering behind her, but the passage turned so much that Bran soon lost sight of her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Odin watched it with his one eye until it was lost on the horizon, and he wondered if he had done the right thing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

For the police there were warnings of a different sort—letters from parents, visits from detectives hired by parents—but these were lost in the chaos. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

“You all have lost your minds. And I don’t know what you’re talking about with that ‘abuser’ talk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You know, like they have in big churches. An angel like that is probably quite valuable, but only if it has both its wings. And he has probably somehow lost one of them.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I wouldn’t have lost it anywhere near the hardware store because I haven’t been anywhere near the hardware store since I don’t even know when.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I want to make enough money to give him back what he lost.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

"Roses are red, violets are blue," he recited, instead of counting to ten so as not to have two lost tempers in one room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I shuddered as I bent over to touch him, and every sense in me revolted at the contact; but I had to search, or I was lost. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had lost my beloved walking stick—I suddenly remembered propping it against a tree when I had stopped to tie a lace—and was filled with despair. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin is lost for a moment, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You lost two friends. You may have blocked it out.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They clamped a bike lock around his neck and claimed to have lost the key. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once, the city had a number of spiritualists, real and pretend, but the capital had lost its penchant for séances and the paranormal. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She could see why her grandma lost her job. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The record of the earliest art is lost to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That invisible ball of twine was right there in her hand, and she had to hold it tight, because if she let go of it, she and Dallas would be lost out here. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

And they had not lost money before the war because they had not owned much that they had needed to sell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We decided that it was about Mother Africa losing her children like Cecile had lost us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his close friends, she often felt vaguely lost. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

Could he have been here since the night he was lost? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The sound of her whistle was lost in the roar from the crowd as fourteen brooms rose into the air. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cain had touched a nerve in her today—when he had mentioned her parents, she’d lost control entirely. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

You have given him up for lost, he thought. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Everybody could remember those days when, even though they had lost much communal land, they had still been allowed permits to run cattle and sheep and goats galore in the National Forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turns his head, I know he's looking at me, even though his expression is lost in the shadows. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen, according to Rule 5 of the regulations, Robert Fischer has lost the game. He has not turned up within the stipulated hour of time.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were talking about the family lost at sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this was the thing that was lost. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I wanted a dog more than anything in the world, and because of it I lost my dad. You know what that does to you?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wanted to go to Godric’s Hollow, even if Bathilda was in no fit state to talk to him; he wanted to visit the place where he and Dumbledore had both lost loved ones. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

The significance of this was not lost on me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now they’re just floating around out there, lost at sea, stranded. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

“Every time I eat grits, it becomes perfectly clear to me why the South lost the war.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas lost sight of the body as he struggled with Newt, thankful for the distraction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was quiet again for a minute, lost in a little reverie for a lifetime’s drinking. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

If he had lost his temper it would have been easier to bear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a little bad for him; he was lost and Miami was far away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The police photographed applicants standing in the courthouse line, and when local newspapers published the photos, some people lost their jobs. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind swirled around him, gravel crunched beneath his boots, while ahead the white ribbon followed the lines of the hills, rising higher and higher, until it was lost beyond the western horizon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Out of respect he tries to speak as much Korean as he can, and I don’t let him know his rapid speech is variously lost on me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d be lost without it once he got out of Regalia. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was so close that I had to stop, even if the sinew broke and I lost him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a time when we, too, had benefited—those days seemed very remote now, almost belonging to another life—but we had lost more than we had gained or could ever regain. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Anatsou wanted to play a little game. He wanted to know if the humans would follow his funny trail to come find their lost treasures. Did the humans like Anatsou’s game?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“No, it wasn’t that,” said Frank, “he’d lost his front teeth trying out a new mare, don’t you remember, and he was so shy about it he wouldn’t open his mouth.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But with a monotone voice and that far-off look she’d taken on since Dad had left with the lost Council, it was hard to take in the message. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I’d have to turn back to it until the dungeon was Mother herself she and Father upward into weak light holding hands and us lost somewhere below even them without even a ray of light. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But if you would take my counsel,’ said Éomer in a low voice, ‘you would then return hither, until the war is over, lost or won.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Is it my fault that your fool brother lost his battle before we could march?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sound of the wind was awful, like it was crying and lost and scared and not sure what to do except to wail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Booth was often lost in the confusion of the chaotic household. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He also took long rides in the darkness until the day he got lost and had to be rescued. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s the first time in our history that we ever ran, and when we ran we lost. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I had lost count—I woke up and I was sure I couldn’t go on any farther. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As much as Antairis irrational resistance to the Day of Sacrifice had irritated Gherland to no end, he felt they had lost something when Antain resigned, though he couldn’t say exactly what. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

This is all so discouraging that I think we’ll leave it here and return to our two lonely heroes trudging through the lost world of the Chattahoochee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chasing after their lost ball, a pair of teenage boys ran to the base of the centaur, followed by a young girl. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even Drew didn’t seem to care if we won or lost. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“No,” Papa said, “it’d be easy to get lost in this storm.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soul was lost, unsafe, unsure, suffering—why couldn’t there be a god who would never punish his people, a god who would be forgiving all of the time? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking briskly, she lost the belt of her raincoat. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cried for lost boys like Colin and for all the dead who still waited for someone to help them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His frame had withered, wrinkled skin hung off his face, his hair stuck out in brittle clumps, and he'd lost his top front teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was glad she’d dropped off to sleep in it the night before the Specials had invaded, so it hadn’t been lost that day like everything else. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He’d read about the great volcanoes, the lost city of Pompeii destroyed by fire that poured out of mountains from deep below. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Anatole lost no time arranging to get us out of the city. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I mean lost. A mouse in a trap. He saw dead people passing through the walls. Terrible things in the corners of the streets. Now your great- uncle does not go outdoors.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

As for my lost pendant, well ... for an instant I'm glad that my mother can't find out about this, because it would break her heart. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Finnegan only got two words out before he apparently lost the ability to speak. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean lost? Like she needs directions?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The news of these deaths never gets lost in the mail as other letters do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He has lost his reason and is possessed by his father’s demon,” I said in amazement. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she didn’t even have ten cents, for she lost a nickel every time she broke one of the household rules like forgetting to make her bed in the morning. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get very far before she lost her grip and fell back down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My brother lost his fight against type 2 diabetes and passed away last year. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Alex and Kevin walked back to West End, then down the few blocks in silence, lost in thoughts about their families and their needs. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Aberforth seemed lost in contemplation of his own knotted and veined hands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was a much faster picker than I was, so I lost every time, except when Papá helped me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“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

He closed his eyes, not to get lost in thought, but to quell the rising anger within him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Battles happened, innocent lives were lost in the cross fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Halsey went on, seemingly oblivious, and for a few moments, Magdalys lost herself in the tumbling speech, its highs and lows and wishes and fears. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He lost his balance, terror on his face, and then he fell. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Both sat for a moment, lost in thought and speculation as to who the mole might be. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We cannot think of giving it up, even when living loses its zest—even when we have lost the zest for zest. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these years, while they waited to be found, I had lived with my mother and then had lost her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before she can vocalize her surprise, his lips close over hers and she is lost in wordless bliss. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was there the dogs lost the scent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I have a few quarters in my pocket and a key to our house tucked into a pocket my mother has sewn into the inside of my jeans after I lost my third key. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Somewhere on the gym floor, doing the dance from Zambia, I lost my red paper heart. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I end up circling the racks in the lingerie area, probably looking like a little lost turtle. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The horizon is lost in a grey mist. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Almost everyone enjoyed these manic moments, especially when we had the time to listen attentively and to tell him bluntly when we lost the train of his argument. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Nineteenth- century writers attributed the mound complexes to, among others, the Chinese, the Welsh, the Phoenicians, the lost nation of Atlantis, and various biblical personages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m so lost in thought that I almost don’t notice the old well, and I always notice it, because it’s one of my favorite things. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Chronicler lost all of his needles but one, both extra pairs of socks, a bundle of dried fruit, a loaf of sugar, half a bottle of alcohol, and a pair of ivory dice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But his friends keep commenting that he’s lost in space. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I thought for a minute it was that quarter I lost.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone’s been lost,” the blind man had said with a worried look, pausing while unbuckling his shoes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

We lost interest in Mom and plopped back down in our seats. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She would get upset if he told her he got lost in the desert. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

Because at Hailsham, we had our own “Lost Corner” up on the third floor, where the lost property was kept; if you lost or found anything, that’s where you went. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leper, luckless in his last year as all the others, had been moved to a room lost in an old building off somewhere in the trees toward the gym. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent many hours every day going over in my mind what I had lost. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so lost, I even thought about the Preamble to the Constitution. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

She knew if she ever lost that hold she was gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

No island lives were lost in the storm of ’42. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I lost my grandmother’s antique bracelet in the trash! The clasp broke, and the whole thing slipped off!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It was strange how lost of luster everything was without Ifemelu; even the taste of his favorite beer was different. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“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

They even lost their cattle to disease borne by tsetse flies in the forest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She was just a little nervous around me at first because she knew I’d lost my dad, you know?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

“I going tonight. If I can find where I lost that quarter.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire could picture the fisherman arriving home in weather just like this to find a squalling infant and a wife turned blue and lost. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mama told us children a story about a big giant that lived in the mountains and ate little children that were lost. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I cried out once more, but my voice was lost in the howling wind. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father's war was long done, and lost. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For such a large building, it was strangely quiet, as if even sounds got lost inside. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

According to current estimates, within that short interval, North America lost thirty-four out of its forty-seven genera of large mammals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

They, the men, were saving with the mind what they lost with the eye. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“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

He knew as well as anyone the promise lost with those twenty young lives. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Over the weeks that followed, however, she found that her appetite had vanished, and she lost ten pounds, leading her friends to worry that she was becoming anorectic. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war then passed away from me, and dreams of enlistment and escape and a clean start lost their meaning for me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without any apparent volition by Cortes, the great city lost at least a third of its population to the epidemic, including Cuitlahuac. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We cannot be human without it; if we were to be separated from it our minds would die, as surely as bees lost from the hive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

At one point, they lost sight of all land altogether and might have been out on the ocean. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I also got lost in Ellsworth, which I am told is impossible. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last week Abuela made a fuss because Lolo lost his wallet again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Matt looked at the ground and wondered whether he had the nerve to jump off if Tam Lin really lost his temper. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But as soon as he felt the first chinks in his faith, he lost all incentive to fight and opened the door to death. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do remember that morning, I lost my tooth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” Maya kept saying, and Joaquin’s hand was both strong and soft against her hair, and Grace pressed her face against both of them and quietly, steadily, lost her mind. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

While wars could be won or lost, no ruling class could be completely irresponsible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

He still warned her of all approaching animals or strangers, but he was wary of her ever after she lost her temper, and kept his distance, which made her sad. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"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

I’ve seen them on TV before, the trailers the government puts up for people who’ve lost their homes in natural disasters. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

Fading, they sighed that sunlight and birds, bright mornings, warm fires, food and drink, friendship, and all good things had been lost beyond recovery. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She could hear her Dad saying how much he had lost by not keeping up his accident insurance until the time he broke his hip. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as she realized that they were lost Katharine became very uneasy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I lost my grip on the bag and felt myself slip on the wet earth. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Last night we had a candlelight vigil for our family and friends we’ve lost to senseless violence. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But they would probably just end up getting lost and stumbling upon a hoard of treasure or something. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Parvathi Teacher’s gift felt like a piece of my dream that I could hold on to, a sign that though we’d lost so much, we’d find a way to go on. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had eaten only half a box of old Red Hots that had lost their zing, and a pack of stale and crumbly peanut butter crackers nearly forgotten in his book bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She prayed for a long time, until the terrible moan of a lost freighter was heard throughout the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, reader, we must not forget that King Phillip loved the queen and that without her, he was 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

Now Brooke stood up and nearly lost her balance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

She looked at my father and he lost his smile for a second. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"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

Perhaps the Irish too had once lost their bodies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

This blizzard lasted two days; there were five days lost, and there would be more. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His parents had looked so lost and confused and sad. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she saw your face,” says Bo, “and she knew the day was a lost cause.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had not seen him since I lost everything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In a second that kick of his wings had lost its effect, and the ground was welling up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred steps, two hundred steps, he lost count as he climbed, watching his feet.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

Word got around and Monterey lost five conventions for the following year. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that crush of people, I noticed Auggie looking kind of lost. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He smoked cigarettes continually, and complained that he couldn’t taste his food, that he had lost his appetite. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than anything, she wished she had known Joaquin back then, wished she had known him her whole life so that he would have been a little less lost. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She knew as I did that when your best friend draws a gun on you, he usually has lost all control of his emotions, and he intends to shoot. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had lost a great deal of weight, which concerned me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I found out the accordion-man was gone, I kind of lost it! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There are still Madonnas, but their bodies have lost their previous quality of suffused light and are more likely to be seen at night. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost his lifelong pleasure of walking, but he spent many happy hours sitting in the orchard with Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rued the hours that would be lost from their studies; now all her efforts would have to focus on preparations for the party. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It became more and more apparent that the state was gathering — often fabricating — evidence as it went along, to help in what seemed to be a lost cause. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s lost some blood, but the head wound isn’t deep,” a calm voice informed me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lucas Cader looked for his lost brother in everyone he met, but in Gabriel and me in particular. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“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

She drew her veil closer so that more of her face was obscured, then lost herself in the crowd. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

He had never regained the weight he had lost during the weeks he had spent in the hospital after his heart attack, and he was always tired, his face pale and gaunt, his eyes watery. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he was one year old, I remembered something: At some point since he had been born, I had lost Bera-Bera and never even noticed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Though his mental faculties remained intact, that morning, as I let out my first cry at Women’s Hospital, my papou lost the ability to speak. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

Shortly after Bull Connor lost his job as commissioner of public safety, the Jim Crow signs came down in my city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

The hills to my left made it impossible to get lost, and the terrain was smooth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d built the frame from long beams, the roof and walls from decking, the chimney from a vent pipe off a lost steamer, one window from a porthole. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

After I lost two ’cuz of the holes in my pants pockets, Daddy said I lose another, I just wait outside till he gets home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He spun in circles and lost his sense of direction. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tentacle lost the battle and disappeared down the drain with a horrible sucking sound. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the car changing gear as it turned the corner, and then even that sound merging into the common traffic, and being lost, and so absorbed forever. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

By middle school, I lost the will to be charming and self-deprecating about my faulty pores. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was the saddest duty he had ever performed, Wood said, and he had never lost his respect for the fighting qualities of the Nez Perces. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half tangled in the remnants of his dream, Lazlo was still seeing the wide blue eyes of the beautiful blue girl, and he was frustrated to have wakened and lost her so abruptly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I have not lost the mastery of my feelings, there are actually no more feelings. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And if that was lost on the citizens who became Peacekeepers or worked in the Nut, it was not lost on the stonecutters who formed the backbone of the resistance here. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I lost track of time talking to Juanita across the street. What have you been up to?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This one guy got lost in a winter storm and couldn’t find the schooner. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As lost to me as my sister, oh, sweet Jesus, Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere between one day and the next, he supposed; but even of the days he had quite lost count. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was about an artist, a lost lottery ticket, a criminal, a borrowed coat, and an opera singer, and it had one of the most amazing chase sequences that Hugo could ever imagine. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He was silent for a moment; then he went on quietly, “I remember when I lost my wife. Work helped.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I have lost that position, I can feel the tug toward resentment, as strong and sure as a hand around my arm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“He chased us. I got turned around and lost. I was scared.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"The war is lost. King Robb must be made to see that." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

How much time had they lost, standing here arguing? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The years she lost with her father had Terryl thinking about being ,~ victim from a different perspective. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Anger keeps you lost,” he said, as he started back toward the shelter. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Peewee had been in there to get extra clips earlier and thought he might have lost his comb there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He heard a shriek as he passed by, a throat-scorching wail that could only mean the Glader had lost the fight, met a horrific end. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had never lost an election, and he didn't lose this one—the most important of his life. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What did they do to you when you lost?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He used to make daily visits to play with the babe, long after he had lost interest in the mother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“If it’s just a little bit lost, that’s okay, I guess.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was free, but inside me I felt strange, like I’d lost something but couldn’t remember what it was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yet when they called his name to the transfer office, he lost no time gathering his things and getting in the van to leave. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“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

At university, he had been brilliant with electronics, he fixed CD players that were considered lost causes, and his was the first personal computer Obinze had ever seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There's an ache in my chest from thinking about my momma for too long, and I curse myself for getting lost in the past. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The rest had been pushed into the water and lost. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Oh, strawberries don’t taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please let me say this, honey. I’m sorry I haven’t been better. I think I got a little lost. Like for a decade.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He lost an eye in a knife fight, but his remaining good eye magically sees what everyone else misses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because yesterday we were chasing a broken enemy. They’ve been heavily reinforced. They’ve had all night to entrench. And my boys . . . lost many friends yesterday.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the hill the man Jack lost the girl’s scent. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She felt bad for whoever had lost whatever it was. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Barack had lost his mother at the very genesis of his political career, two months after announcing his run for state senate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

My voice got lost in a rumble of thunder. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Immediately he ran to a man who lived nearby who knew all about finding people who had been lost. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

‘We’re lost. We did what he wanted us to! We should have bided our time, talked to the enemy, figured out a plan. That always works!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Soon after Harris’s HeLa-chicken study, a pair of researchers at New York University discovered that human-mouse hybrids lost their human chromosomes over time, leaving only the mouse chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My connection to my sisters and the Goddess of Beauty is lost. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Yet, when he was deprived of it, and could hear the other children reciting and singing in the schoolhouse, he felt woefully lost. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But ever since I lost my baby thirteen years ago, my deepest fear is that I will have to put another one in the ground. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I temporarily lost control of my own mouth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moss knew she was much better at organizing this sort of thing; he’d lost track of how many different clubs she had joined and/or been in charge of over at Piedmont High. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

I knew that if I left the contour of the river that I could save a mile or two, but I was afraid to get lost in the hills. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lost Sibylline books that outlined the entire destiny of Rome. If Ella actually read a copy somehow, and memorized it—” “Then she’s the most valuable harpy in the world,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The telescreen—perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate—crashed into “Oceania, ’tis for thee.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The women beat out their sisal mats and replant their fields while grieving for lost children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost the illusion that I would find some Rosetta stone that would unlock the secrets of the past. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When the Haitians defeated the French armies, Napoleon lost control of the world’s most productive sugar islands and with it his dream of great sugar profits. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Albert said something else, but the words were lost to Joseph as a ghostly voice called to him from the attic, and the angel reappeared with outspread wings above an ocean made of fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

One day there was a squabble in which Grover’s nose got clawed; Ken lost a star-shaped patch of fur. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Of course, we had a gift prepared for the Evil One—and what a gift!—the cursed gemstone—but it has been lost. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I got off to a rough start and lost a life before I even cleared the first boss. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

But when she kept talking, I got lost. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he wanted to shoot a game of pool, and I just barely lost. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were both staring at him, lost for words. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

The pain of it was lost in the pain of the fire. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She's still clinging to the side of her mountain, just like I'm still wandering lost in my battlefield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The last wisps of vapor blew away, and Gregor lost speed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad, I loved that helmet! It meant a lot to me! I was bummed beyond belief when it got lost—don’t you remember?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

This made me nervous, because if she suddenly lost control and appeared in her fully divine form, we would disintegrate by looking at her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Which meant they lost a month planting their own cotton...which meant their crop didn’t have enough time to mature before it was time to harvest. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What was lost, what I could pin on her dress. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Built themselves a home right here on Birdsong Creek and fought off the Indians and cleared a corn patch and raised me and Little Arliss and lost a little sister who died of a fever. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why, the realm, my good lord, how ever could you doubt that? I swear it by my lost manhood. I serve the realm, and the realm needs peace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had just turned away from Peeta Mellark's bruised face when I saw the dandelion and I knew hope wasn't lost. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Victor had lost all idea of courtesy, or else he thought his hostess was not in earnest, for he laughed and went on: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I mean, she was in high school going through the things high school girls go through, playing tennis and learning piano, and when Tateh was divorcing Mameh she got lost in all that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were townies who disliked the countryside and were lost in it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had abandoned Mr. Sheep Sheep in a field, lost my kite in Dubai, and forgotten Ali Shekari’s hat in an Italian plane. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Camilla played well—this was her game, her favorite—but I wasn’t a good partner and we lost trick after trick to the others. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

She lost concentration for a moment, and the back of the board dipped low, sending a sheet of water up behind them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“For now, I think we need to let your sister rest. Come. Let us go to the kitchen and get you all fed. You look like scarecrows who’ve lost their stuffing.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The experimenter lost 10 weeks from his work, and at the end of a year, when his case was reported in a British medical journal, recovery was not complete. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

Ser Gregor himself had lost his horse - and staggered back across file Red Fork bleeding from a dozen wounds while a rain of arrows and stones fell all around him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My luggage was lost in your foul lake. Do you have a hat I could borrow?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Kat has lost all his fun since we have been here, which is bad, for Kat is an old front-hog, and can smell what is coming. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 2010 another lost sibling was rescued from oblivion, when scientists excavating the Denisova Cave in Siberia discovered a fossilised finger bone. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d find something. I mean I have three years of lost time to make up for,” I said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday at the meeting they mentioned his name. He’s stubborn, you know. He wouldn’t talk about radio or establishing ties, so they lost patience. He— I’ve got to go. ’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But recollecting how nearly he had lost her, he held her close, saying tenderly, with her cheek against his own, “I’ve got you safe, my Beth, and I’ll keep you so, please God.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Six horses lost, one of them mine own.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Full of fear, he paddled and struggled, got his head up and took a breath, scrabbled his claws against rough bricks underwater and lost them again as he was dragged on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And then, to her horror, the air turned and rushed at her; it swirled around her throat like a thousand scarves, tightening until she had lost all her breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lazlo wondered about it, and what precious texts had been lost in it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When Permian lost, it became the biggest disappointment in his life. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something I never forget, not for a minute. I lost my whole family.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny is like some gigantic sponge soaking up the pain of lost love everywhere he goes. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s lost!” wailed Maria.“He gets so scared when he’s lost. Oh, please help me find him!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one visit to New York City, where Woolner’s mother lives in the winter, Woolner lost her debit card and felt anxious about being disconnected, even briefly, from her money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I told Eddie to get out of my face and he lost it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Still, he seized the chance to regain some lost ground. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Not so ironically, the one game Bobby lost was to his mentor Jack Collins. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered that I had lost the camera. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

One person, Edward, had already lost his life because of the suit, and I knew that Mr. Loomis would not hesitate to kill me for it if necessary. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Uncle!” the boy cried as he lost his grip. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The cats lost interest in me, just like that. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

While in Venice Monteverdi composed at least half a dozen other operas, all but two of which are now lost. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Ruiz has lost some weight since we saw her last,” Caroline said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Since his imprisonment, Noris had moped horribly, as if Nelson were a lost love instead of “the monster” who had tortured her all her childhood. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Useless to me in any case, an ancient hieroglyph to which the key’s been lost. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

By the time she lost the trail it was midmorning, and she had gone farther than she expected. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been different with Fred’s death because we both felt lost. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His sister had never lost her composure before. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m sorry, that’s gotta be really hard for you. I wish I had better news, but he already appealed his verdict and lost.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She knew what Ivan had told everyone: that they had been playing in the woods, and Sigurd had come stomping at them, and Anya had gotten lost in the woods running away from him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He lost his fear, and forgot about his need to go back to the oasis, because, one afternoon, his heart told him that it was happy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His son, however, whom the dottore had also reported missing, was still lost without trace. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring into the flickering flames, lost in some vision. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She was planning to dump it on Dylan, and I sort of lost my temper.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He looks almost sorry for me, as if he knows how lost I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Just because those people had lost their heads at the party, just because they’d gotten mad at each other, didn’t mean I should air their secrets and grudges publicly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, like a little flea. Now get lost before someone slaps you!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

If my mom is trying to convince us that this building that looks like it’s about to crumble is going to be “super fun,” she’s officially lost her mind. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Had he ever lost his heart to anybody so completely, had he ever loved anybody so much, so blindly, so painfully, so hopelessly and yet so happily? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meera, some part of him whispered, some wisp of the sleeping boy lost in the wolf dream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lustig said, “But suppose, by accident, in space, in time, we got lost in the dimensions and landed on an Earth that is thirty or forty years ago.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes unsavories actually broke the law in minor ways, although most lost interest eventually, because they were always caught by the Thunderhead and reprimanded by peace officers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Told him in words about lost sheep and duty. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stone kings looked down on her from their thrones, their faces chipped and stained, even their names lost in the mists of time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A perfectionist, he often lost his temper and patience. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Daddy lost the back fields to the rain last month, but the majority bloomed unharmed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Having lost all hope of escaping the Khmer Rouge, many went to the infirmary to die. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He might have filled the place at the center of himself with the answer to who he was, but he had lost so much more. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She never answered and I was sorry because I was the same as her at times when I lost it. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got a little lost downtown and made it to the concert hall with only a few minutes to spare. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This close to the outside world, the access ducts were a graveyard for all sorts of lost creatures. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“One shall be lost. One shall perish. That sounds rather nasty, doesn’t it? What if you fail because you try to cooperate?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The day after her fight with James was the first time in the weeks since starting Booker that Emily felt lost in the big school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was explained that tampons, although not recommended for young girls, which we knew meant virgins, could not get lost inside you and end up in your lung. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

But the ones I hated are winning, and if she clings to me, she’ll be lost as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The feeble shouts of the men on the Docker were lost in the pounding of the waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But the speeches of the less forceful players were still lost. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed—was lost a minute in thought. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost Sounder’s ear under the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You outbid us because you knew we lost?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hands me the certificate, and for a second I am lost in the reflection of the shiny gold stamp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“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

Her body under the red dress looks very thin, skinny almost, and she’s lost that pregnant glow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fog was so thick, they were selling it by the slice. Genuine State of Maine Fog. Very popular with the tourists, if you could find one. Many got so lost, they ended up in Pennsylvania.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

He wonders what Santa Chiara would think of them, a lost David and Jonathan, turning slowly on the spot. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom presses buttons and says, “I lost some important tapes your dad and Grandpa Ted made a long time ago. I’m hoping the ones from the shed might be them.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He lost his privileges that way but he felt a whole man again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The wind was blowing steadily and the old man’s voice was almost lost in it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since she lost her job there, she’s only worked for a month or a few weeks at a time. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The money would be left to a friend who didn’t have much, a friend who was an orphan and had lost her college scholarship: Julietta West Williams. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I could never test it, because through my own efforts I am lost most of the time without any help from anyone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he informed me, he was a lost sheep and the Lord had saved him, gracias a Dios, and who knew, I was probably a lost sheep too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

What did the Dursleys care if Harry lost his place on the House Quidditch team because he hadn’t practiced all summer? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He had lost his tin helm with its antlers and bells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The deck tilted abruptly as one of the foils lost its grip in the foam. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It flipped me out, knowing I lost control of myself with the entire school watching. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I had lost sight of Emilia on the stairs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he never completely lost his balance, not even a decade had taken that away, and in fifteen minutes he arrived at the Rio Grande. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is too late,” I say bitterly, “unless he will raise the dead who are lost to me.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She had lost a lot of weight, the dress hung in loose folds on her frail body, her eyes were dead. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rhythm was very tricky and it took the cricket a few minutes to catch on to it, but once he had it, he never lost the beat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her enemies said of her that if she had lost her head during her lifetime there was no reason why she should find it in death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was two years before we both lost our dad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

That’s why most of my friends thought I had lost my mind when in 2014—one year away from Olympic trials—I decided to start a business. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“No. A storm drove me on a lee shore, and I lost my anchor to windward.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

That’s God, I think, the rising sun, and the light is too bright and her eyes are losing but they aren’t lost. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

From the look of it, he'd lost his belt, his cloak, his mail shirt, and his right boot so far, while the girl had been forced to unbutton her shift to the waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

About what our final days at the restaurant would be like if we lost it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’d lost her mother and her daughter in just a few months. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray turned back toward me, his eyes lost, his mouth frowning. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And when I lost my high school diploma, my father found it as it was about to be thrown out with the trash. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the next two nights, the family received only sporadic, contradictory reports about the disaster: some said all hands had been lost; others, that hundreds of passengers had been saved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Where would you go if you wanted to get lost?” she asked. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As near as he could figure, he’d lost seven months of his life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They pressed on south and southwest, until the wooden towers of Deepwood Motte were lost to sight and the sounds of trumpets had been swallowed by the woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“A million things. Maybe Charles lost his head or something.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

I figure Mr. Gore will take care of the situation, so I return to my seat and try to get lost in the movie, but I can’t. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I had made a huge mistake and you were lost,” he says. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For a second, I lost my balance and nearly went in headfirst myself. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

Percy changed seats so many times, he lost track of his dinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was lost; but he would not cringe; he would not lie, not in the presence of that white mountain looming behind him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced down, irritated by his touch, surprised to see how it jutted out; she did not know she had lost so much weight. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Park said he lost his position as head of taekwondo training in Pyongyang in 2002, after squabbling with a midlevel apparatchik who apparently snitched on him to higher-ups in the government. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought it lost, but it appeared again, beneath a fallen tree perhaps or struggling on the other side of a muddied ditch created by the winter rains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“D’you know how much we lost by?” he asked Ron through clenched teeth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had my chance and I’ve lost and I deserve this and I’m fighting but I’m not nearly as strong as I was before and I can feel the end coming. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But the rest were lost, six in all. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She’d give up both her legs to give me back the one I lost. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Once somebody told Granny what their name was, she never lost a chance to use it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think I nearly was lost,” I say. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On one occasion she lost her fountain pen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to. I lost my way. And I was attacked.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Miss Kenton cannot hope by returning at this stage ever to retrieve those lost years, and it will be my first duty to impress this upon her when we meet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would like to ask what exactly is happening in the fringe, but Uriah and Christina sit in the seats next to me, and the moment is lost. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But it is foreboded that that will only be when we have both lost all that we now have. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps somehow she would learn her own lost life. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“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

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

“You’re the new girl gone for the water. Lord help us. Did you get lost?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of her having lost her charms and the splendor of her laugh, he sought her out and found her by the trail of her smell of smoke. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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 was still breathing hard, but his eyes had lost that glazed look they’d had in the kitchen. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa lifted her up and said, “You’ve lost a pound since yesterday!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A soul with no money to pay for passage was doomed to walk the earth as a lost spirit for all eternity. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had the strangest urge to take it, and try to find out who’d lost it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Death had given back part of her beauty, for her brow and cheeks had recovered some of their flowing lines; even the lips had lost their deadly pallor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had perhaps lost consciousness for a few seconds. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She said, in a similar tone, “The devil is a liar. He wants to start blocking our blessing, he will not succeed,” when Ifemelu's father lost his job at the federal agency. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Something had to be done and done quickly or my little dog was lost. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

While they waited, they pulled weeds around the chili plants and shoveled dirt around the low places in the rows of corn where the water might be lost. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had Reggie not had his complete focus on the road, had he been lost for a millisecond, we’d certainly have crashed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He settled on a documentary about a lost tribe found living deep in the Amazon, a tribe that had never before had contact with the outside world. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The story went like this: Two kids got lost in a forest. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

Swallows fly to and fro, looking for lost nests, and someone very far away might be screaming, or it might be the wind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her words made him hesitate, but he said, “I had thought you were lost to me; where is this place I have come to?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“O fairest of maidens, you are lost to me,” he mourned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have realized her father had lost brothers and friends to the dictator Trujillo. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My last doubts about the marriage flew from me like a flock of birds starting up from a field to be lost in the distance. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the suffocating cabin, maddened by the vibration of the metal plates and the unbearable stench of the mud stirred up by the paddle wheel, Meme lost track of the days. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now I'm lost in space again, like that first trip down to the kitchen at breakfast this morning. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then you might have saved yourself the trouble and the committee this lost time," Brother Jack said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd lost the bottle he'd been holding when he was up on the rock, and he held out his empty cup. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then after a week or two the women usually begin to talk, very softly but without cease, until they’ve finished the accounting of places and people they’ve lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I lost, I would bring shame on my family. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But I see I have become somewhat lost in these old memories. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Army forked over the death record of Sergeant Sam Shilsky, who died in February 1944, but the details of his service record were gone forever, lost in a fire of army personnel records. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is my identity and must not be lost.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yet a chance traveller might pass by; and I wish no eye to see me now: strangers would wonder what I am doing, lingering here at the sign-post, evidently objectless and lost. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But starting to enter I lost my nerve and backed away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But during that terrible first week of his life I was racked with the miseries of a weak, sore body and a lost soul. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a statue of a famous general who lost an arm, And this is me with my head cut off. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his six years as freshman coach, Bolles had never coached a crew that had lost a race to California, or anyone else, on Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All her anxiety about being lost vanished, and her heart hopped in her chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She never lost her feeling that he was young and helpless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We lost no opportunity to educate, and I had failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very lucky. I got enough grief for a broken nose. I’d never have heard the end of a lost head.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He don’t even whimper, like he’s lost his bark. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought this quite a nice gesture, but the romance was lost on Ruby. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

The purple-haired giant toppled backward and Otis lost his grip on the mountain, which promptly collapsed on top of his brother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I also discovered what I had lost years ago in that village in Southern Sudan: a parent’s love. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta now gave himself up for lost and began to wonder whether lions killed you quickly or played with you as a cat plays with a mouse and how much it would hurt. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

So that was what he had come to; he was so lost, so confused, so devoid of all reason, that he had sought death. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient crown of the Kings of Winter had been lost three centuries ago, yielded up to Aegon the Conqueror when Torrhen Stark knelt in submission. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After spending so much time living with the proletariat in the hospital where he worked, he had lost his reason. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought, hell, he's gone off on his own, or something, he'll get lost, I shall have to start looking for him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“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

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

When he lost his feet, Godry dragged him the rest of the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I lost both my knives," I mutter, so that the man doesn't hear me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Along with my split-body drag I lost my ability to read in the old way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Except when you lost,” said Andrew, nervously fidgeting with his glasses. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

But much trust had been lost, and the negotiations were now in a state of disarray. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

All I know, in fact, is that my legs have lost interest in the current venture and have announced their intention to fold. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost and I drank and I drank and I lost. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Get lost just means 'go away.' Where did you come from, the moon?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I say, “No. Just a chase. And then I lost him.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

To deepen the weight on my back was the disapproval of my teammates, who were less than forgiving when I lost a point or didn’t measure up to their expectations. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Some Deckers sing along and I’m sure if they were allowed to have lighters in here, they’d whip them out; some are crying, others are smiling with closed eyes, hopefully lost in good memories. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Standing in our giant supermarkets, we feel more lost than someone standing in a forest ten thousand years ago. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The cavalcade, following the sweep of the drive, quickly turned the angle of the house, and I lost sight of it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I got lost when I went to find the bathroom. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Granny was right; when Mother died, Father lost his anchor to windward.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke gasping, lost in darkness, and saw a vast shadow looming over him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, Louie took a half step to cut inside, lost his balance, and dropped one hand to the ground. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could get lost in someone else’s misfortunes for a change. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

The boy shifted hesitantly beside her, still looking around like a lost child. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then they lost their edges altogether and became blurry blankety things that she had a great deal of trouble making any sense out of at all. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

I gave up distraction as a lost cause. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stared out through the rain, lost in thought. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

In the rush and panic, a number of people either lost their footing or were accidentally pushed from the sidewalk and into the busy street. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She started to sniffle, and I patted her back like she was a lost puppy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lost a lot of blood, though—you can tell by the pallor of his skin—and it’s still oozing out of the wound. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The gold is yours. All of it. You have lost nothing.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we worked together I lost track of time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We received so many other awards in so many cities that I lost count after a while. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how many things I am going to lose to CF? That I already have lost? The lungs won’t change that.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Marshall had lost his octopus, Security, and there was reason to believe that it had been left in Egypt the night before. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least half the families had lost someone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Poor Miss Whitlaw had lost her house in the fire, and so had lost her chief financial support. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within six months their physical attraction for each other suddenly waned; they lost a sexual rhythm together, becoming clumsy in bed, self-conscious, and then abruptly withdrawn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have been one of Mrs. Caruthers’s lost sons Cook had mentioned. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had lost twenty-six pounds over the previous few months and had a chronic cough accompanied by chest pain. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

My father, who had seemed lost in his own thoughts, jerked his head and looked at me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they were silent, lost to dreaming. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And I whispered gently, ‘The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.’ Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a red-faced Chinese man, wobbling down the sidewalk as if he were lost. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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 women in your family have never lost touch with one another. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I had only lost a pair of glasses, and we had at least two more good pitchers on the team. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I lost Crenshaw all of a sudden, after things got back to normal. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Or am I lost in my vast credulity?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She could be lost, scraping her fingers along walls at the edge of town, drifting farther away every second. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was glad that their days in the forest were now over, and there was now a chance to make up for what had been lost. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Theresa explained how the Yankees had lost the Series to the Dodgers the year before; they rooted for a comeback. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the radiation at high frequencies would be reduced, and so the rate at which the body lost energy would be finite. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the black night, we tried to sleep but were kept awake by Davis mother, who wailed like a she-wolf who had lost her cub. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man lost both his teeth, and there was no more talk that night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Long as I can get a copy of your report for the insurance company. Least we’ll be covered for lost time and expenses.” 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

Maybe Momma’s ghost was lost and wandering because I didn’t send her home the right way. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I come from the inside of the lost stone.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t at all how I had planned our night to end, but I figured all hope wasn’t lost. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s when I lost part of my tail and cracked my fin. Not a big deal when I’m in fish form, but it’s a bit inconvenient here at Sea Bottom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Now, you say you want to give back the money your father lost. Why?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She is lost, but I can find her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I managed to get to my feet, but I knew I had lost. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even in classes with some of the brightest students in the world, “Oppie,” as friends called him, never lost his know-it-all style. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seaborg never lost his respect for the substance that would make his career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“She has thrown her face into the eastward-flowing stream. Her ancestral spirit is lost forever. The person you see is just decayed flesh, evil, rotted to the bone.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Fugees were tired, and without their coach, they were lost. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sentiment: Expresses the living conditions of Confederate soldiers and the public, as the war was lost. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

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

His face lost all appearance of life and set itself into an expressionless mask, with the eyeballs fixed, paralytic, and staring. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every football game rubbed a healthy dose of salt in the communal wound—and since all of those games were lost, it doubled the pain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The engine screamed and the boat lost way, and in a few seconds was wallowing helplessly behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Your mom and I met in a group for people that have lost family. That’s where we became friends.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I bet she just left this letter on her laptop as a backup, in case the letter got lost in the mail. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the other, Dad had lost his job nearly six months earlier, when the restaurant he’d been managing went out of business. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She worked part time in a laboratory on campus to support herself too, but she had a hard time doing that when she lost him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

He turned to the rest of the men and asked, “Who here lost a child?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clara had lost her angelic distraction and was helping to remove the stones with the strength of a man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not going to be the president who lost the war and let that happen. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We’d only spoken for a few minutes and lost the connection. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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 mortals and your short lives. Eight months is nothing, my dear. I lost eight centuries once, missed most of the Byzantine Empire.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast lunged and Seven lost her footing at the edge of the river. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

For example, there were even the present-day accounts of how a man named Onofre Martinez lost his arm, and of how a tiny woman called Ruby Archuleta killed a deer with her bare hands. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loved to watch Besa stare into space, smiling as he drummed, lost in the rhythms he created. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the Biafran Organization of Freedom Fighters, had lost his entire family in the massacres, and often infiltrated enemy camps. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Those were the first two ships he’d lost from his own third of the fleet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kempsey informs me"—Nixon laced his fingers into a mace—“that your father recently lost his job." Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In a double swirl of black and gold, they rounded a corner and were lost to sight. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I got my appetite back and began to regain the weight I’d lost in prison. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl seemed tired and somewhat lost, but she smiled. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of panic that I’d lost my friend, I was suddenly beset by worries about my reputation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Seattle is a big city — you could get lost,” he fretted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt had had polio as a young man and had lost the use of his legs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

So .. . get on your way!—and end in a heap on the floor, candlelight dancing across us, laughing like we’ve lost our minds. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Breakdancing had been my only constant through everything this year, and I was so grateful for the space it gave me to just be, to breathe, and to get lost in the music. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So now I lost me a week and a half and time’s pressing on me hard. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I got home much later than usual during that week because I had to make up for lost time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Bold talk,” Kelli said, “for two demigods lost in Tartarus. Lower your sword, Percy Jackson, and I’ll kill you quickly. Believe me, there are worse ways to die down here.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Millions of lives, Japanese and American, would be lost in a full-scale invasion. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never lost hope that this great transformation would occur. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever we really mean to one another feels so lost and far away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I lost many games and many Life Savers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Settled with a cup of Perilee’s coffee and a slice of apple heaven on the plate in front of me, I nearly lost my nerve to tell her my story. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I cried, falling to my knees and pawing the floor in vain for the lost bottle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Of course, it didn’t make things any easier that they had lost their home as well, and all their possessions. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I have just learned that one of our Collective was lost to research on the planet,” she says, matter-of-factly talking about Len. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

What she wanted was to be lost to the unfolding of an irresistible idea, to see the black thread spooling out from the end of her scratchy silver nib and coiling into words. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They rode all day to make up for lost time, in a state of shock, amazed that the world could still exist after the storm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The very same one he’d lost on that bus ride fifty-three years ago. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

She never was what I thought her, so I've lost nothing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The job is unpleasant and forbidding in at least two significant ways: the likelihood of violence and the lost opportunity of having a stable family life. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then the road curved around a lake and got lost among low, forested hills. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He had heard that my mom had lost some of her children. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My father’s family went back to the village and moved into a big old house there, but they lost all the things inside their Jerusalem house. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The girl impatiently waved them up the steps, and hurried them past the stone angels with the lost faces. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Curious, the cubs jumped forward, lost their nerve. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Renaissance was the time when Western Europeans lost their awe of the Ancients and realized that they had as much to contribute to civilization and society as the Greeks and Romans had contributed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sorry about your daughter. Another of my sexers lost a child once, and he didn’t wreck my car. You won’t be returning to work in my hatchery.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought we’d lost the spider until Tyson heard a faint pinging sound. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I guess she couldn't see very well in the dark or she lost her balance, because she fell all the way down the steps. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I lost the shield,” I told him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As they bounced off each other they lost their grips on the rope, and it was sucked into the Mr. Flux cyclone, which spun in such a blur he was more like wind than man. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

The child scampered off into the bushes and was lost to sight. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Lawrence both made his reputation with some people and lost it with others at that meeting,” Livingston reflected later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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

I pretend I’m a scientist, on the outside looking in, the way Ms. Keen describes her days watching rats get lost in mazes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And have you lost that fight, Mrs. Granger?” asked the reporter. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every meaningful detail about his real life remained hidden away, like the contents of a safety-deposit box that even he had lost the key to. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I must have lost it in the fight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The other I had lost when the ship sank. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He is writing each a binder. If their ships are lost in a storm or taken by pirates, he promises to pay them for the value of the vessel and all its contents.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Small men who looked lost and sad. Not monsters at all.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, almost when she’d lost interest in them, the Gobblers appeared in Oxford. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

You needn't think I care if you get lost.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Her pain lost in her fury, she swung at his blade with the remnant of the staff. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She seemed lost in herself for a moment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I walk a little closer to the gate and look up suddenly, like I’ve lost my way. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

Perhaps they were lost in France, or perhaps she later destroyed them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The whole group ran in silence now, as if everyone had lost words, or lost the breath to speak words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dad feels kind of lost here in Brooklyn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then and there I lost my desire to ride the beautiful horses. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

All is not lost; the unconquerable Will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I feel lost, waiting for her to finish, wanting only to get back to Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the survivors made camp and mourned for their lost companions two strange objects entered the Bay. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weylin’s reply was lost to me as I drifted into unconsciousness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Just when she thought she had lost it and Jason would tell her so, the river spoke: Forgive me. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded as though he had long since lost the habit of using it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It came now as a startling and painful realization that he’d had something and lost it without fully understanding that he’d had it in the first place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t much like the idea of getting lost deliberately in a hedge maze, but I smile as though nothing could ever delight me more. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We walk down a black-marble hallway—it must be easy to get lost in Candor headquarters, since everything looks the same. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He took clothes from the lost and found and scavenged the garbage for day-old bread. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Nyles said sadly, “But they lost that little girl. She got sick with a disease called cholera. She died from it, and she was only four years old.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

Nick lost the ball twice bringing it down, and missed two easy jumpers. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered that lost look on her mother’s face: I must return home. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Likewise, the merpeople sank slowly back into the green water and were lost from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She lost her enthusiasm for the school, the infirmary, and even her ceramic creches. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was lost in thoughts that were as dark as the clouds that hid the mountain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Many men, women, and children had lost limbs to land mines across the country. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And the rain poured down and I wondered, Are we lost right now without knowing it? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following year, in July 1955, a return match in Moscow was even more distorted in favor of the Soviets: The Americans lost again, this time 25–7. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you lost your senses? You wait till you’re spoken to. What will you do, anyway?” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I lost a friend crossing the ice just yesterday. And you?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, she wouldn’t dream of taking the boy’s food—not while he was lost in the forest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I lost sight of it for a second, but the fifty-foot wave that raced toward the invading ship, dousing fire spouts and drowning fetterlings, let me know he had landed in the marina. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I pause, and then blurt out, “I’m sorry about lying to you. I hadn’t dropped off Ziggy that night. He was already lost, but I panicked when you asked me about him.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge had lost interest in the conversation—probably because it was no longer about him—and wandered toward the bow of the ship, practicing his roundhouse kicks and complimenting himself on his technique. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Jesse and I visited the bookstore together, I’d disappear into the science section, lost in books about quantum mechanics and space travel and theories I hardly understood but that fascinated me anyway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Clara had lost count of the number of mouths she fed and the expenses of the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amos lost his son because of me— GINNY: That doesn’t seem particularly fair on yourself. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

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 tell you, it’s good to know that the message hasn’t been entirely lost in your generation.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our SOS flashes were lost either in the sun or moon glint apparently. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The secret police would not be happy that he had lost his elf. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I kept fairly close to the shore because I was afraid of getting lost on the lake and losing time. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I am the lost child of the night.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Why had I lost my head and spat upon the doll, I wondered. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I lost sense of all of it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bearded head leaned forward; the eyes lost their sternness and looked wonderingly into the fire; the big lean fingers laced themselves on the black knees. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Huxleys had just lost their oldest child, a little boy, Noel, at age four. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because seamstresses were paid by the number of garments they sewed each day, the lost hour was precious. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

For the first time since Harry had known him, Fred seemed to be lost for words. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Because I didn’t know what he had done or what was wrong with him or whether he had lost his mind. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get lost several times, but eventually I make my way down to Special Defense. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When she lost the first coin she banged on the machine with her fists and kept opening the receiver to be sure that nothing had come down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The stage seemed vast and the roof of the theater house seemed lost—so far away it was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that Narciso turned to drink and lost everything, but he remained forever grateful to Ultima who worked so hard to try to save his young wife. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost Worm and Dylan for a moment and then the path flattened and I came upon them just standing, waiting for me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I kept telling my manager. I'm a nice guy, I kept telling him. Is it my fault I got clopped? But he lost faith. Lousy manager.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They seem lost in their ordinary civilian clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He lost the urge to be riotous and felt calm again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know when and where he had lost his glasses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Just then the flock of gulls appeared again overhead, calling and calling, as if searching for lost souls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost— good manners, ease and beauty? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked her why I need to keep out of trouble if I’ve never been in trouble, she started talking about purity and how many middle school girls have lost touch with God. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One day Don Julio, who already looked like a boxer who had taken too many hits, came home bloodied and bruised, his eyes lost behind swollen cheeks and nose. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, I do think of them as my children in most ways. I never could get over my mothering instincts — did Edward tell you I had lost a child?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Never once, in six years, had Dumbledore told Harry that they had both lived and lost loved ones in Godric’s Hollow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

These editorials linked C.P. to the world of racial politics and gave him hope that the battle for the soul of the South—and for his own soul—was not yet lost. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe not a bad end for a flying horse, but Reyna had lost a loyal friend. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I have tried not to think of that moment, when I thought he was lost to me and that I would soon be dead, when all I wanted was to feel his heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

With all of the excitement over the mountain, Jess had managed to keep her mind off the fact that she’d lost Dad’s prized possession. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lost in it, drinking and spitting and molding, drinking arid spitting and molding, sculpting like he’s trying to pull something he needs out of the clay, needs badly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Beyond it was a deep fosse lost in soft shadow, but the grass upon its brink was green, as if it glowed still in memory of the sun that had gone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That was the last that was ever heard from the forbidden city, the unseen city, the lost city, and this was the mystery that had opened Lazlo’s mind like a door. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

“And I don’t care what the rules are. I am not about to let word get out that we lost to a bunch of colored boys.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“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

He still looks like he lost a battle with a sandcastle. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

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

Then there was a crash behind him, and the deck tilted so suddenly that he almost lost his feet and went pitching over the side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eye lost his grip, and Knife wriggled free. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Which actually does me a favor: now Rae’s looking at him like he’s lost it instead of me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In my dreams of this city I am always lost. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing wrong with city life. But I always felt lost.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As if there were nothing more to be lost. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had been a full year since they lost their dad, about the time people start to get past their grief, but no one, it seemed, had bothered to tell that to Will’s family. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He dashed up the rest of the stairs and burst through the door at the top crying out, “Hello? I’m lost! Whoever lives here, can you tell me where we are?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But soon he’d be singing again, to his lost family, to his god, to everyone they passed on the trail. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

JPs head snapped back, and purple blood sprayed from beneath my knuckles as he lost his balance and fell backward—right into the muddy shallows of the lake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Looks like your friend lost an ear in battle. Might have to send him to the infirmary.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

The houses they passed were many-tiered, exquisitely simple, and superbly crafted remnants of a lost society. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A guy sold it to Carl for a dime and he remembered you saying you lost it. He gave it to me but you got to drop by his place with the dime.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’s standing frozen in the middle of the revel, looking lost, as faeries swarm around her, swinging their partners in dizzying spirals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My name had lost its ring of familiarity and I had to be nudged to go and receive my diploma. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boss ran up the street toward Westchester Avenue because he had lost track in the shouting and the shooting of where they were. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It fell through the night spinning until it was lost to sight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Quickly, before she lost her nerve, she shoved the door open and reached for the light switch on the wall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He realized he had lost Temp and Tick somewhere and turned back to see the entire tunnel, floor to ceiling, filling up with roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, Boo was hurt, and Aru had earned and lost a sister in a matter of days. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So when Moqorro said, “Your lost lambs will return to the flock off the isle called Yaros,” the captain said, “Pray that they do, priest. Or you may be the next to taste the whip.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“All this stuff really come from lost luggage?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

His attention suddenly withdrew, his eyes lost focus for an instant, and then snapped back to the moment with an extra charge of intensity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I suppose now that my mother was locked in some dark world of sadness, but at the time, all I knew was that I had lost not only a father, but a mother as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

“I'm sorry,” I said, but it was nothing more than a whisper of dust, lost in the air between us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You poor lost chicken, why didn’t you say so in the first place? Tell me, how is dear little Dallben?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of them hit the machine as if it was its fault he had lost his turn. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I had lost weight as I got older and I didn’t have an ounce of fat on me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no doubt that in everyday speech, whom has lost the battle. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tal persisted in his provocation, though, and Fischer lost their third game as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Liam muttered something under his breath, which was lost in the sudden onslaught of heavy rain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“They must not catch you here. If they do—all will be lost. Wear this.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As the dry season progressed, the grass shriveled and many trees lost their leaves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Nathan lost track of time, and before he realized it, he had chopped a large mound of firewood that needed to be stacked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

Robert rather lost his head, and kept forgetting things, napkins at lunch and handing vegetables. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

After all the other drawings that she’d lost, Ivy didn’t think she could take losing June’s whale too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to enter the cemetery to see the rest of the graves and memorials for the lost soldiers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was drifting into the great slipstream in which many promising jockeys are lost, their talents never tried for lack of the skilled trainer, the wise owner, the “big horse.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost the life jacket, except for the whistle, which stayed in my hand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

But even when I only ate dessert once a month, I never lost any weight. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’d lost his tail and a front hoof in the fire. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You are responsible,” said my mother, which meant I was in trouble if anything was spilled, burned, lost, broken, or dirty. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched Turnip and Little Walder struggle for the stick until Turnip lost his footing and went in with a huge splash, arms waving. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Korea was divided before the war. I’ve told you about when Korea was occupied by Japan and we almost lost our culture and our language.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Have you lost your mind?” he said, without looking up. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I loved fantasy, loved to get lost in worlds that didn’t exist. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

“Here! You spilled that tea on purpose!” cried the woman who had lost the horse. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“To tell you the truth,” Lourdes says, “on the one hand it was worth it—at first. But on the other hand—no. I lost their childhood. Sometimes, you feel bad.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I lost my temper. You shouldn’t have to hear me and your momma argue.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She leaned across and kissed her on the cheek with such candor that Ferula lost control and began to cry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In shorts and rubber-soled shoes he looked vulnerable and misplaced, like a Cro-Magnon man lost in the centuries. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You leaped up as he lost his balance and fell. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Miguel’s disappointment and rage at Alba’s being the granddaughter of Senator Trueba vanished the second time he saw her wandering like a lost soul down the corridors near the cafeteria where they had met. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Half blinded after the successive flashes, I lost my bearings amongst hummocks, bumping shins against all points and stumbling into deep snowdrifts,” said Hurley. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The mountain could not be lost to them, because it was in their bones; Josiah and Rocky were not far away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

—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

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

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

I watched her carefully and imitated her walk, and when I did I found that I was no longer lost in the enormous landscape of hills and sky. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was sure there was a proper ceremony that could help gifted mediums find lost items or people; she just didn’t know what it was. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A front wheel dipped over the side of the canyon and Frankie lost control. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my mother’s expression was what devastated me: a quiet, blank look that said she had lost everything. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa comforted her as best he could by saying that it was only a few stacks of the Ladies’ Home Journal that had been lost. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I was still wrapped up in The Deed, lost in The Moment. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He lost his balance and fell backward into the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In anything less than a perfectly literal environment, the autistic person is lost. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"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

As a result the community lost the blue and golden beauty of its autumn roads, where asters and goldenrod would have made a display worth traveling far to see. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Only one child, poor Charlie Johnson, was ever thus abandoned, and not a single child was lost, although anxiety invested the closing moments of each day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

I ask her when I stop laughing, and she just looks at me, blank, lost for words. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was underfed, so skinny his bones protruded under his skin, and he looked so lost, standing there, clutching his own elbows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I had lost contact with Laura in New York for more than five months. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“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

The screamer was a boy whose name is lost to us, for after this day he disappears from the pages of history. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seeing you with all those tubes in your body was probably the lowest moment of my life, Jus. To think I spent all that time being stupid, then almost lost you?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mawien Dut sprinkled water on his son’s head, the Dinka way of blessing someone who was lost and is found again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now, Tally understood that nothing in the Smoke ever lost its value. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Everything I thought I lost my shot at. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And we’re not from here. I’m afraid he might get lost.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unfairly, both Cassie’s and Carlotta’s last names have been lost to history. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Stubbs said, “Now, now, Mrs. Stubbs is upset and off her feed about our boy, Junior. He’s lost all his judgment and wants to marry a Eubanks.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He, too, had lost patience with the Shakespeare project. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“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

He darted in one direction, I in another, and I lost sight of him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Andbutso little does my dad know, but all his explanation of this future is lost on me; I'm already fine with it. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I was born in Nicaragua, a country where a communist regime was implanted, after Somoza lost his presidency. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But if she lost her job, she won’t have a payday. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had written that “my feeling of longing after our lost treasure makes me feel painfully indifferent to the other children, but I shall get right in my feelings to them before long.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not lost on me that the fork has magically transformed into a spoon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Slower for sure, and maybe he’d lost the teeth that made the smile that made the sisters forgive him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His wounds had healed, though his golden skin had lost some of its luster. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I almost lost the courage to refuse again, but I thought of my landlord grandfather, of Dad detained at the theater. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the sandstorm damaged it, I'll have lost my connection to NASA. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've nothing to pay a fine with. I lost it all at dice." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was very pleased to see how handsome and strong he was and the father lost no time in telling the young man that he should marry his daughter. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Paul will take great care of you. And he’ll do everything he can to find your missing agent—that will be a matter of pride for him. He’s never lost any of his circuit before.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

‘But at the western edge of Mirkwood the trail turned away. It wandered off southwards and passed out of the Wood-elves’ ken, and was lost. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After all, like you say, Britain lost a lot in that war too.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“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

"One is drunk on seawater, after all, and the other is a great grey bullock so dim he'll probably get lost." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yes, she had changed the locks because she had lost her key. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had gotten so lost in telling the story she had forgotten people were listening. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why he wanted us gone so quickly, before we lost the will and instinct to keep moving altogether. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then everything went amiss when he discovered that his memorabilia had been auctioned off; it was as if he’d lost not just old letters and score sheets, but a part of his inner being. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If I’d lost an arm, this wouldn’t be a problem—I could step right over this curb! The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

At 10 p.m. on the evening of the same day the baby also vomited, went into convulsions, and lost consciousness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

My feet sank into the slimy mess, and I lost sight of my toes. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to ponder this one overnight,” she said, lost in thought. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When she was about to finish, when my interest was keenest, when I was lost to the world around me, Granny stepped briskly onto the porch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the words get stuck, and by the time we're back and he's taken his stance outside the doors, the moment seems lost. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

Bangladesh—not India—is where Baba was born, on that jute farm the Das family lost during the war. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We have lost a good many men, mostly recruits. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost track of June then, and every time I caught her eye for the rest of the night, she looked away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Salva almost lost his footing as the ground underneath him seemed to move. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing she had learned to cover and control was lost. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mrs. Walton lost not one mother but two. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even the guards lost their minds at that. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not like I planned it or anything. I just kinda lost it last night.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She perched now on the stern of our boat, watching the sanctuary she’d created slip away, more lost with every oar stroke. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kit and Judith, each lost in her own thoughts, stood together near the wall, unable to join in the merrymaking. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I was very confused about why the window was set up in such a way that the human connection was lost between the interviewer and the interviewee. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Rather, they said, she lost the will to live after the death of her sister, Margot. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And each generation, of course, owned somebody who had lost an eye to a BB gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In the dark? Stupid. If you didn't fall off your horse and break your neck, you'd get lost and wind up back at the Wall when the sun came up." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Any wolf that left the pack lost the protection of the other wolves and became weaker, no longer sharing the pack’s food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He’d lost some weight and his stomach was nearly flat again. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

‘Who was Gil-galad?’ asked Merry; but Strider did not answer, and seemed to be lost in thought. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was the disappearance of the name Gogol’s great-grandmother had chosen for him, lost in the mail somewhere between Calcutta and Cambridge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His uncle loved him; without his uncle, he is lost. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to get into this when you’ve just lost . . . Anyway, I apologize. To you. Nobody else.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was streaming across the field so one half of her was lost to the low, blinding sunshine, the other half to shade. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I'm fine. I got lost in all the chaos after what happened with Sophia," I lie. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Your mother and sisters need you! They are lost in despair.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His mother looped her fingers between his and squeezed once, but he was lost in the news broadcast. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like a ghost heart—a heart you can see right through, right into some other world where everything you ever lost has gone to hide. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

Even three massive interstellar colonization ships meant for the exodus off Earth could get lost out here. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

He has lost the field of his heart. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she hadn’t lost out on everything, after all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

“Our troops have lost all the captured territory in the midwest and the march to Lagos is over. Nigeria now says this is war, no longer a police action.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had finished shouting the whole of Mark Antony’s speech and most of Lochinvar before he realized that he had lost his audience. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, that you lived at Manderley and—and that you had lost your wife.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Because if there’s one thing scares me more than being lost in the dark, it’s being lost in the fog. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“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

If not for Aunt Tuti, I would have been lost in a vortex of jealousy and despair over a guy who had been dead for over a hundred years! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

I lost my balance and fell headfirst into the water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was far too lost in my own frenzy of anticipation to notice much of what she said. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Settler life is hard and it’s short and lotsa New World people have lost the battle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

At night, we listened to them weep for us, their lost children. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The driver lost control, and drove off the side of the road, slamming into a tree before coming to rest in a river. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What’s been happening, Uncle Jack? What is the matter with Atticus? I think Hank and Aunty have lost their minds and I know I’m losing mine.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And now with so many immigrant men at war, no longer needing a place to stay in Chicago, immigrant wives lost the extra money the family had taken in from boarders. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We lost a minute,” Ben says from the passenger seat. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It means air, that lizard thing! I saw that, but I couldn’t see why, so I tried to work it out and I lost it.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Maybe I could tell them I lost it on the T...But, no. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I think of what the Schatzmans said about my mother after the fire— that she’d gone crazy, lost her mind after losing all those children. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You know that’s not right. You say, ‘Mr. Damon, you’re lost in the Belgian Congo where you have been put under a spell. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

So it was no surprise that after he left, we lost interest in playing the game altogether. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten himself certified to fix air conditioners and work on trucks, but he still wrestled with anger and drinking, and on the rare occasions when he found jobs, he lost them quickly. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It peered at the boy with one hand up—like a lost mariner searching for land—and exclaimed, “Ah-hah! Whom have we here, what?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They opened their parachutes, but they lost each other in the sky as they fell. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She had lost weight, and her skinny calves invited his pity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camp got him a job at the tannery, working for Wildcat Lindsey, but soon lost it, and then worked a while at the gin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They are . uncovering part of an animal that’s been lost for a hundred million years or more! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

His words were lost in the sudden roar of the engine. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm convinced it was the product of a subtle magic, the alchemy of moonlight; the school a flower-studded wasteland, the rocks sunken, the dry winds hidden, the lost crickets chirping to yellow butterflies. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not now,” Reg whispered, and his voice sounded so lost, so young, that Moss deflated, the rage rushing out of him, the river of anger gone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lost myself in the rhythm of the strokes, my arms tracing long ellipses in the air as if pulling something toward me that refused to come. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She got on like she was lost and ended up there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Silence fell between them, each of them lost in their own thoughts, but Harry was sure that they, like him, were thinking about the following morning, when Dumbledore’s body would be laid to rest. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He believes witches can summon up storms that sink ships at sea—James had almost lost his life in such a storm. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I designed a Nature Hike Anklet, which leaves a trail of bright yellow dye when you walk, so in case you get lost, you can find your way back. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re desperately lost! What on bird’s green earth are you thinking?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

No one really cared who won or lost; we were just having fun to help people in need. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now I’ve lost everything: the companionship of his ideals, and the secret escape I held in reserve, if my own failed completely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He got lost on the streets of Rome that same afternoon and never did find the eligible Red Cross girl from Smith with the important milk-of-magnesia plant. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But the letter he wrote to her afterward is lost. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My entire stay there might have been time lost if it hadn’t been for the unique personality of a brilliant teacher. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the low swiftly running form was lost among the shadows. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the intervening layers slipped away, and I lost myself in the game within the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Far as he was concerned he was lost in the fog and intended to stay that way—leastwise ’til his net was up, then he’d think about matters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I took Sizwe over to the car, and the second he saw her he lost it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Two from our group tumble into the waves and are lost. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel his fingers sticking, and when he pulled them back he lost a bit of skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He gathered the nerve to tell his father something else...tell him about his role in Mariam’s loss, but the teakettle whistled, and as Habib turned away, Fadi lost his nerve. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I lost the bet on a technicality because examples were produced of solutions with a singularity that was visible from a long way away. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our stores are still intact, save for the Anacin tablets taken by our mother and the thimble lost down the latrine hole by Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking for Dante and I was yelling because he was lost, “Dante! Come back! Come back!” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I think Mr. Benedict has a long lost brother.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

The woman seemed to have lost control of herself completely. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was also that people had lost hope. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lost track of how long we had been traveling. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

About the other people who had once owned these treasures before they’d lost them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

There's a fine line between encouraging someone and telling them to get lost. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He knew that Pinch had something to do with the bad day Mama had lost her temper. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She lost hold of Brooke, and with her left arm hanging lame, locked her right arm and slammed it up under Brooke’s forearms, making Brooke let go of the railing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The guy who had lost the ball to me was the only one coming after me as I went downcourt. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

And, somewhere in the darkness ahead, a mountain lost in storm. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But Kino had lost his old world and he must clamber on to a new one. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been hard to abandon it, but Jon was not so lost to honor as to take it with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She tried to follow me, but I rode into the shoulder of oncoming traffic and lost her in the side streets. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A lost great blue heron took shelter on a limb below her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

By the next morning I had lost all fear of death, and I resolved to die. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We lost the feed just after Katniss’s beautiful speech, and then Haymitch said he thought he heard a gun fire, and I said it was ridiculous, but who knows? There are lunatics everywhere!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask him more about our former home, but Meng is quiet now, lost in his own thoughts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he’d been holding it together the whole morning and then everything broke loose at once and he lost it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z