People think it’s such a hard read, but it’s really just a soap opera with lots of characters, people falling in love, fighting for love, dying for love. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Here was the perfect excuse for me to spend a lot of time with the boy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ti Jean allows that Farmer travels a lot. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He’s dealing with a lot of stuff right now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a lot of saliva,” he pointed out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That made me feel kind of bad, but I followed her down to the parking lot anyway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He searches the audience for someone he knows, but it isn’t his crowd—lots of lit majors with leather satchels and gold- rimmed glasses and fountain pens, lots of people Ruth would have waved to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had a lot of pine forests in East Texas then and the coffins were made of pine. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had time to crouch behind one of the little islands of green that decorated the parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a lot of rain this month, but cloudy, cold, and gray, always. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I notice today that Marge has a lot of wrinkles. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“And you can spend a lot of time in the fresh air.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shanti's on a full scholarship, and she has a lot of clout around here. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a new mall, with lots of spotlights swinging through the sky and rainbows going up a giant pyramid. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow stood in the lot, chewing at us. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly had a lot of unanswered questions going through my mind, but none of them mattered if Mr. Terupt didn’t make it through the surgery. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s all money in the end. And you’re worth a lot more of it than I thought.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He led his friends out of the parking lot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A lot of the workers were from the States and one of the perks of the job was that they were given hotel rooms to live in. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It’s this activity where a group of friends draw names out of a hat, and they are supposed to buy a lot of Christmas presents for whatever person they choose. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

While I was in the shower I thought about it a lot. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing Gregory had to make lots of stops to deliver mail, because I had a hard time keeping up. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of difference, Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It had not escaped his notice that, despite Fudge’s assurances at their first meeting, they were now seeing rather a lot of each other, nor that Fudge was becoming more flustered with each visit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They make fun of Eastsiders for having lots of money and for driving everywhere. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was the only one I had and I was wearing it a lot now because of this new job, which, come to think of it, was really more like a weird new hobby. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And before he could bite it back, he heard himself say, “I can tell stories. I know a lot of stories,” before faltering into a painful silence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ma shakes her snowy head and says, “She could’ve been. Had a lot of potential, your mama. Alicia was a very bright girl—and curious, like you. But she wanted an ordinary life.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Marx took this to mean that the recently single Ellsberg was dating a lot of women. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Anyway, what the scientists found out was that the rat or mouse would put up with a lot more voltage for the pleasure. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Western Biological was right across the street and facing the vacant lot. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bothering him, killing him: He knew the story’s terrible ending, of course, but a lot of the details were missing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Since tennis shoes don’t have a lot of grip on the ice, Larry would go into the fence hard and couldn’t control what part of him hit first. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They said you were gone a year. A lot’s happened in that time.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Shut your mouths, or I'll be shutting them for you. Any more o' this, I'll tie you lot behind the wagons and drag you to the Wall." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, if you took the brown chunky chili and poured it over rice instead of bread, it would look a lot like fesenjoon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But to take Father’s gun was pretty bad; Father was right here and he seemed a lot more real to me than the British did. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa told Big Ma Uncle D spent a lot of time in Fulton Park with the other soldiers who were home from Vietnam. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You should. My friends and I would totally come. Your video had a lot of good comments on it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, a lot of people spoke in Spanish. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I’m almost at the doors to school when someone beeps from the parking lot. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to come down and watch. Bet a lot of people would.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Caitlin, we know he means a lot to you,” my mother started to say, but I cut her off. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“My SUV’s over there,” Ms. Morales said, pointing out into the parking lot. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That war has a lot to answer for, Alan,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another bought canned goods directly from a manufacturer, in truckload lots. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I left lots of pages blank in the back,” I tell him, “so we can add more this year. It’s to help you remember when it gets hard.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They have a lot of nerve to come into my room while I’m sleeping. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He loved joining all the colors at the vacant lot and playing the summer days away. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicole pulled into the lot at 3:38, when everybody was at practice or in chess club or whatever and she would have the lowest chance of running into anybody. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It is ever the lot of children to accept their circumstances as universal, and their particularities as general. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of guys in the world that would have killed to have what I had. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere, because I get answers to a lot of questions, but not to the most important question of all: How does Algernon’s regression affect the basic hypothesis of the experiment? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite a lot to observe and think about. Remember, make your own minds up.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She knew she stood up a lot during games, but it wasn’t through selfishness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

HotCock007 was a hulking bald barbarian with studded black leather armor and lots of demon tattoos covering his arms and face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I guess he told her once he had lots left over from a project a long time ago. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Before Toby knew what was happening, Lily jumped off the picnic table and walked out from under the canopy of trees and into the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The day after Louis and Regina Borgenicht sold out their first lot of forty aprons, Louis made his way to H. B. Claflin and Company. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Garfield is a cat who has a lot to say, but all his words are written in little circles above his head. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He, moreover, was convinced that he could tell a lot about any person by listening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know that a lot of time must have passed because later on, when I opened my eyes again, I could see that it was dark outside the window. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any money, but I bet if you go to Miss Volker’s house she’ll buy a lot of them,” I advised. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what a lot is,” Matt explained. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget the peach is a lot lighter now than when we started out,” James told them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Gemini 10 flight was going to be a lot different from Gemini 7. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I don’t know who she likes or doesn’t. It was just a guess...isn’t Justin really popular? A lot of girls like him,” I say with growing desperation. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That way he wouldn’t have to pay more than the law should allow to sit his car in an airport lot. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And if a little is good, then a lot is better, right? Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I knew what it was I should learn, because I know that I should know a lot more than I do. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Ask a lot of questions. Stalk him online. Call him out for not liking pie or having facial hair or something.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And beneath those...a very long fall through a lot of empty sky. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are lots of lawyers on my list! Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe her grandparents are scared to let her come over here. There are a lot of white people who live over here. Don’t they know that?” she asks. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She took up a hoe instead, and began to put every square inch of her sandy two-acre rented lot under cultivation: peanuts, sweet potatoes, and four dozen kinds of flowers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to be careful because I could withstand a lot more pressure than Annabeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kristina nods and starts walking toward the street entrance, and I run across the parking lot and in the side door by the industrial arts wing. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The girls, they drink all this milk with cow hormones,” I say between bites, “and they develop a lot younger.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He jumped to his feet—he’d already lost a lot of time. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Don't know. But if they're offering to replace it, a lot of people must have had trouble with it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them looked around the parking lot. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s still a lot of corn hiding in this supermarket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like this boy bringing the vacant lot into her kitchen, and she didn’t like how it fit his mouth. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve made my life a whole lot easier. I just got off the horn with Councilman Grandy, and he’s one happy camper.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Baba, I read Dr. Schneider’s biography in the waiting room. He was born in Michigan. Michigan! He’s American, a lot more American than you and I will ever be.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me remind you,” Ben said, his voice muffled under the pillow, “that I can kick the hell out of you because I’m a lot stronger.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the cameraman was ready, I sat on my bed with lots of my Legos behind me, and me and the reporter, Connie, basically had a convo about what I had been doing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I've done a lot of work for him. He's been good to me. He's a very interesting guy.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Something ’bout being in the back of the buckboard makes children forget the growned folks are a couple feet away from ’em and lots of things that shouldn’t be told get said. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of luck in this life. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since about half of the guys in prison were in for bank robbery, I heard a lot of their stories. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A lot of the time she spent curled up on the bed with Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks a lot. Since it’s your idea, you got any sug-gestions?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he just nodded to the guard in the parking lot Elinor simply refused to believe the worst. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That meant a lot of negotiating began back in Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But along the way were they guessing lots of different things?” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe because their crimes were a lot worse than stealing shoes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She promises to build him a one-room house in the corner of her cramped lot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Hale had always insisted that Roan, one of his closest friends, had made him the beneficiary because he had lent Roan a lot of money over the years. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Parking lot is on the other side of the school yard. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a glass counter at the side with lots of different piercings for sale, and some rubber models of blank mannequin faces with silver studs in the ears, nostrils, eyebrows, and lips. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then she got in her car and pulled out of the parking lot, and Finn, she even squealed her tires! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

To their right, the visitors’ lot was crammed with tour buses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Agent Fiona, I think we’d all feel a lot better if you could put that ability of yours to use and reveal the girl’s intentions.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

That amounted to a lot of work for little glory. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

That is, they lived in the pipes when it was damp but in fine weather they lived in the shadow of the black cypress tree at the top of the lot. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt pulsing vibrations, like she was standing in front of a powerful stereo speaker during a song with lots of bass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I made a lot of Mood Slingshot Maneuvers that afternoon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I gazed across the parking lot to the dark highway. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the differences between male and female are biological, but if you look at the biology as a matter of percentage, there aren’t a whole lot of things that are different. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Anyway, we all have a lot to learn." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The landing capsule was still in the planning stages, but there was a lot of backdrop to be painted: midnight blue with silver stars and Earth glowing in the distance. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were fed and sheltered and questioned kindly by good people there—then given a little money and a lot of advice and sent back home. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She meditates a lot so during her class break it ain’t unusual to see her sitting on the desk with her legs folded and her arms crossed. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He says, “This is a whole lot like what you told me about Benny Kilmartin, Mason. You realize this.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I'd always heard that the Polish men were tough steelworkers and that the women cooked lots of cabbage. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did I see anybody defining a real man as somebody who paid a lot of attention to books. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The first thing I noticed about Mr. Clifton was that he smiled a lot. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“A poor lot, I’d say—skulking underground, and some of them running away in the night. I don’t fancy we’ll have much trouble.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I get that comment a lot,’ Percy said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We pulled into the parking lot of the funeral home. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was right after he got out of prison, when he didn’t have a lot of money. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

That very afternoon, while Adria and I were moping in the church parking lot, my mom called some brokers and arranged to see a few plots of land for sale nearby. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You could have saved me a lot of pain.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She spends a lot of time in the library these days and I think she's really enjoying herself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They also put up lots of signs that you didn’t even have to know how to read to know what they was saying. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The other they wrapped around their shoulders, the food and wine on the bench at their feet, and they watched the empty parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope you have made a lot of money,” says Salim. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Once inside, it's a lot easier to decipher what the voices are saying. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“She was a lot of fun,” said Tidings. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The business suit guy was walking with us across the parking lot. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No houses had been built, but the lots were marked with surveying stakes, and the grass was freshly mown. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He picked a spot at the very edge of the lot, surveying the line of rooms in front of us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Then I must be telling you a whole lot all the time, because there’s a whole lot I know that you don’t know.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

After the bus bounced back onto the road, Maribel just stood in the middle of the parking lot in the drizzling rain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Those rabbits we left—Cowslip and the rest—a lot of the things they did weren’t natural to rabbits—pushing stones into the earth and carrying food underground and Frith knows what.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That came to almost eight dollars an hour—which my dad said was a lot more than I’d make minimum wage at McDonald’s. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He could watch the feet of Mack and the boys as they crossed the lot to the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Them was a lot of cheering, a noise like a hurdy-gurdy which went on and on. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as much as she told me not to, I do worry a lot about her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jude and I play a lot of games. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"He wants to make the rover do long trips. It uses a lot of energy keeping warm. The RTG can heat up the interior without soaking battery power. It's a good idea, really." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very, very quick and had a lot of power; but when I suggested he work on the gaps in his game, he refused to listen. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure those two monkeys we let out back are fine. Like I’m sure yours will be fine. There’s lots of nice trees around here.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed it at a lot of tombstones, looking for Dad’s. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have midterms and papers due and dirty clothes I never picked up from my bedroom floor, and I have friends, lots of friends.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Good-bye,” he said, holding out his hand, “it’s been a lot of fun meeting you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We get a lot of Andersons here,” she added to Hazel, by way of explanation. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is just one word, but it sounds a whole lot like defeat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He took another deep breath of the pleasant air and pulled himself out of his thoughts—there was a lot more he wanted to see. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The clearing up certainly needed a lot of work, but it took less time than Sam had feared. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You’ve had a lot to drink. I’m calling you a cab.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"I like to do a lot of things." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of effort to lift that finger only to have it drop again. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just getting her into the parking lot had been a major challenge, but now she started backing away, muttering, “‘Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"I know I told you this a lot of times," Ty'ree said. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Besides, I had a feeling we might look a lot better to the lion than those turnips. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted the movie to be about Uncle Billy because he drank a lot and was fat and lost the money in the first place. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Those three, they were always asking me lots of questions. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s it. There’s lots more they can do. It’s normal. Don’t worry.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I asked a lot of questions, made a lot of mental notes. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“This is a wonderful gift, Dad. Thanks a lot,” Ben said looking at his father, feeling somehow transfigured and invulnerable as he zipped up the jacket that was much too large for him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Like you being completely lame—is that what came up? Because that comes up a lot lately." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Like I said, a catcher has to do a lot of thinking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His life had been a whole lot of nothing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And I’d planned to “fill in the blanks” during the explanation, like a lot of people do...but there’s no getting away with that now. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I watched him sometimes, unable to stop myself — from a distance, though, in the cafeteria or parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A chain-link fence circled the lot, hung with “No Trespassing” signs every five feet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t really thought before about the fact that it mattered to him that those two fellows were in the boat with him, but it turned out that it did matter, a lot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Big Tony plucked the room key off the counter and strutted back to the parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s been a lot of tea about lately. They’ve captured India, or something,” she said vaguely. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We pulled him away, but he was still shouting, “I have a lot of anger right now! I was enjoying punching the guy! I want to go back to punching him!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I want to put a lot of distance between me and that water before the lightning hits. Just in case Volts miscalculated something.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We should have reported it, saved ourselves and Mamá a lot of trouble.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That sounded a lot worse than missing out on college. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Tied around the base of each blade were lots of bead necklaces. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“A lot. And nothing feels normal. At home, even here. It’s like nothing is different except me and now I don’t feel like I fit into any of the places I fit into before.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They laughed a lot, and their voices sounded excited. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They got out of the truck, and they all stood in the parking lot for a moment, staring up at the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s actually got a lot of other acquaintances, too, for a few reasons. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Some sort of test, I think. Fred said it hurts a lot, but I think he was joking.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson said that a lot of it was Cong artillery. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “I see a lot I like. It’s the cost that bothers me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“A lot,” Lily said, running her hands through her hair. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that it was a lot of work to put the costume on, and Dad was waiting and would get super impatient if I made him late. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My stomach is fragile enough that even though the lot is well beyond the stockyards, I stay inside the stock car until everything’s been set up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A few cars were there, probably night-duty police or county jail guards, and except for those, the lot was empty, quiet, and dark. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You might want to sing that protection song. I see a lot of hungry eyes looking at you,” Mother Water Monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When Amil and I walk the mile to our schools, we pass lots of things. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even as she said this, Pearl wasn’t sure it was true—there had been a lot of vodka in that cup. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At dinner that night my father said he thought maybe Lynn just took after our mother, who also used to get tired a lot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the city had shut it down, or sold the lot. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Thanks, Jazz. They look a lot better than they feel! These things are killing me!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If each of them carried a Roman demigod...that was a lot of enemies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn't have to be a lot, either. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And my Mom said: “Maybe he calls all the new students to welcome them,” and my dad said: “That’s a lot of kids he’d be calling.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I learned a lot,” I said, and left it at that. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Christina and I just finished explaining our plan, which sounded a lot dumber with more than a dozen Erudite staring us down as we talked. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they have lots of videos of old Westerns. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

From this, and a lot of arithmetic, we could figure out how to change the size and shape of our orbit to reach our Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the time I’d get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a kid in his class who used to bother him a lot. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just last week, the lot of them were celebrating—with cigars and sparkling cider—the murder of a journalist in Miami who advocated reestablishing ties with Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a science test this week that I’ve been studying for a lot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

What a lot of people don't realize, though, is there are a lot of fantastic things about not having arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I always think these traditional stories retain a lot of charm,” said another of the rabbits, “especially when they’re told in the real, old-fashioned spirit.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You certainly have a lot of stamina,” she said. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when the boy’s father helped butcher hogs down at the big house, he would bring home spareribs and sowbelly—lots of sowbelly, but not much spareribs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she says no to me, my mom spends a lot of Saturday morning in her bedroom mirror, picking her own hair into a huge black and beautiful dome. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“They were just better. Like a lot of things.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Apparently there are a lot of confused Muslim farmers out there. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Brrr. You two have got a lot of warming up to do before showtime.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t had a lot of practice having to defend my humanity,” I replied. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They both had dark silky hair and olive skin, and they used their hands a lot as they talked. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The police have been hanging around the school a lot, interviewing kids and keeping their eyes open. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When he looked up at me, I recognized Matt—stocky, red-cheeked, a lot older and nearly bald with a fringe of gray hair bordering the sides of his head—but still Matt. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Until the past year, my father and I had done a lot of things together. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t break into SeaWorld,” I said, and then I pulled over into an empty furniture store parking lot and turned off the car. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Liam went on to say something else, with a lot less disgust, but I couldn’t hear him over the roar in my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The things I had heard always made it sound like a big, noisy place with a lot of pollution and mobs of people in suits elbowing one another on the sidewalks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no. He’s not Russell,” Grandma said, heading for the parking lot. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say a whole lot to anyone—mostly just gazes out the window at the passing landscape—but the handful of times she and Scoob make eye contact, she smiles at him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was short and to the point: she really didn’t like Mount Vernon and missed Gran, though her grandma visited her a lot. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Still, there was a lot of chaos as the parents of the flayers rushed to their sons on the floor in an effort to protect them from whatever this onslaught was. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was not a lot of wind where we lived with buildings in the way. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“There’s been a lot of rumors that all government workers and their families are being arrested.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Emmett enjoyed having me around — he thought my bizarre human reactions were hilarious ... or maybe it was just the fact that I fell down a lot that he found so funny. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She pushes through the doors, and outside it is spring again, and there is Grandpa and the RV, waiting in the lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Although it’s for a sad reason, and there are a lot of angry faces, it feels good to be part of something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The Headmaster, while I was at Repton, struck me as being a rather shoddy bandy-legged little fellow with a big bald head and lots of energy but not much charm. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because in Poland now is terrible; very little bit money. Here, I don’t have a lot of, but I live normal. I have enough, not for rich life but for normal life.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

"It would take a lot to send me off my head." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Grover and I crashed on the leather couches in Geryon’s living room, which was a lot more comfortable than a bedroll in the maze; but it didn’t make my nightmares any better. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“But a lot of good it does you,” Annabeth pointed out. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I can control a lot, but I cannot control this. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of big sycamores in the bottoms but the one in which my dogs had treed was the giant of them all. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more he thinks about it—and he’s been thinking about it a lot lately—it wasn’t the house that felt like a second home to him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Momma used to say there were lots of ways to survive. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, the guy becomes a lot more helpful now. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Did chrome miners make a lot of money? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had taken a lot of care in carving it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

We knew there was a lot of water inside a prickly pear, even if Stormy didn’t have a clue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is close enough to me that I can see her, because even now there is the outward sign of the invisible light, even at night in this parking lot on the outskirts of Agloe. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of interesting things to learn about her, I could tell. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot to believe in those right now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has caused a lot of pain to people and I think it is insulting to bleep it out.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The children scattered across the lot in four directions. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's still a lot I don't know about Lev—or about how to do this "grown-up" business. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Silently, I collect my things and follow Ms. Rochambeau through the halls and out to the parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Yes it can, and so can lots of other seemingly complex situations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For instance, lots of fishing captains won’t let you bring a ripe banana on board because they believe it’s bad luck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He came by a lot less and then hardly at all. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks a lot,” Tally said as she stepped on, leaning forward as the sun began to set. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A lot of people were so terrified that they just ran to the river, jumped in, and lost the strength to swim. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Still, quite a lot of the original impulse behind MacKaye’s vision survives. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a lot at all. In fact, we’ve finished all those.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is around sixty years old and looks a lot like my last memory of Grams. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that I care a whoop what becomes of you, but for the dogs’ sakes I just want to tell you, you can help them a mighty lot by breaking out that sled. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote these stories down in my prison journal, and it gave me a lot of pleasure to recall my childhood. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was a wide, two-story building, one lot away from the corner. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Can they get on with it?” says something that looks a lot like the boy version of Tinkerbell, his small wings buzzing in my ear. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even if I make a run for it and manage to dodge the lot of them, I still won't get out because the doors are chained and locked! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Riding is something my dad and I did a lot of together,” Richard says. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a lot of the history books I read, I learned about dates and people and events, but I wasn’t always sure why people did what they did. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After they’ve exhausted the topic of the Quarter Quell, my prep team launches into a whole lot of stuff about their incomprehensibly silly lives. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s lots of things you can do with a knife,” he says, “without killing a man.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I am. I have a lot to talk about.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our mill houses were a long sight better than in lots of places, but they looked more like repeating blobs of white than homes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Basically you’re looking for a sturdy frame on which to hang a lot of meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And now that she was here, she had twelve weeks to find a rich boyfriend who would buy her lots of jewelry. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tell her there are other kids out there just like me, lots of other kids out there just like me. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She blinked a lot, and Felix knew that meant she was not happy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A video of a woman in orange hijab with plump hennaed hands and lots of jewelry fills the screen. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“That happens quite a lot, one family member taking a loss very hard. Dropping out of contact.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She was Hailsham, maybe a few years before you lot. Apparently she’s working in this clothes shop right now. A really smart one.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed a lot of pretty women, but I also had a girlfriend named Nora. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jorge came over the border and shot them. He got into a lot of trouble for it, too. He, uh, he saved my life, and I owe him everything.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d lately been complaining a lot about his allergies, even though in the fall you’d think there wouldn’t be much pollen in the air. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought a lot about my grandfather during the years we lived in Atlanta. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I take the letter back and tear it up into lots of little pieces. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see where he was hit, but I saw all the blood on the bed and it didn’t take a whole lot of figuring to see he wasn’t breathing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, not really. I had the boy pegged as a train wreck. But considering how odd he is, and how sheltered his life has been, things could be a lot worse.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The smoke hath cleared from the ruins of the city; we can perceive small people to be touring the empty lots and shells. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Mo put his arm around Meggie’s shoulders as he looked around, but apart from a few stray cats he could see nothing moving in the parking lot or among the houses. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the back was a square with lots of little squares in it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled into a grocery store parking lot and killed the engine. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s because he expects so much out of everybody, himself included. And when you set your standards so high, you get let down a lot.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“This is how our life is. It can be cool in a lot of ways, you have to admit.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But we didn’t need a lot of material things to amuse ourselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The thing about Allen is that although he reads a lot, he hardly ever speaks. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed boats crowded as closely together as the cars in a parking lot, motor boats, sailboats and old, worn fishing boats. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a lot of dimes and planned to use each one. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s a thunderstorm or fireworks or a lot of sirens Devon lets me sit in the hidey-hole in the corner between the foot of his bed and his dresser. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the panicky type, which I do a lot. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I remember hearing the sudden barking of the dogs and a lot of queer sounds, like praying on a very tumultuous scale, from Mr. Renfield’s room, which is somewhere under this. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of information about the Heart in thirty- two books and I read it all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, it will take a lot of forgetting. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I started the car and pulled out of the parking lot, but all her teamwork stuff aside, I still felt like I was getting badgered into something, and I wanted the last word. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“On the other hand," he said slowly, “you always were a crafty dog. And there are a lot of letters there just for a bottle of wine. What about it, sweetheart?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine him at the age of thirteen, and I realized he had probably looked a lot like I had when he found me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In Ocean Park I had taken tap- dancing lessons; my older brothers would coax me to perform for visitors, and it gained me a lot of attention. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with some tension at home and a lot of long-distance tension with Theo, he’s been working well. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And so she passes over the crowded parking lot, but not before saying a silent prayer for the souls below. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Soon the only thing we had any fun doing together was getting high, which seemed a lot less dangerous than hurling yourself off a building in the middle of some mental breakdown. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, everything in particle physics was about to get a whole lot more complicated. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I parked in the student parking lot, parted ways with Mom, and then lined up to walk through the metal detectors. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You’ve already outgrown a lot of your fall clothes from seventh grade. Once school starts you’ll be too busy to get anything.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Like a colossal junkyard, the swamps and back lots of Connecticut flashed past, one broken-down fragment bearing no relation to another. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And Pa likes you a powerful lot, sir, but if he thinks you kidnapped me he’s gonna come ripping out after us like his hair’s afire. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I guess there’s a lot I don’t know.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And Victor probably has a lot to tell us.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looks a lot like her father when she does that. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then it got so bad, a lot of Portuguese immigrants packed up and left. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a whole lot of Preliminary Agenda stuff, and Old Business, and procedural decisions, and all that. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now that I am bringing in a lot of the family’s money, my mom can’t really complain. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it affected me in a lot of ways, what he did to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of talk from his friends. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"What is it? Are you in a lot of pain?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Just a roomful of men sitting at control panels, crowds of people waiting for something to happen, and a tall space rocket with a lot of white smoke surrounding it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He told her that after all it was nothing; that he had learned that a lot of husbands had been “through the mill.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zoe shot across two lanes of traffic and into a mall parking lot on the south bank of the river. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’ll be out pretty late at night, and I’ll probably have to do a lot of sleeping in the daytime.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia’s apartment is a lot nicer than ours, but I’m pretty sure there’s no phone in the closet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“So what is this place?” asked Shadow, as they walked through the parking lot toward a low, unimpressive wooden building. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When I was a baby, I had upset stomachs a lot. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the book they do a lot of laughing, having so much bad luck. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It’s when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A lot of people have gone away, but not us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"It's very funny. And it's a lot of fun, too, to be in love." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Girls love a guy with lots of pockets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She brought back a wild-food cookbook from the library last week and mentioned that one of the recipes called for lots of nuts. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This giant was smaller than a lot of monsters he had faced, but something about him made Percy’s skin crawl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A lot of people are going to read it and be upset, I thought, and just at that moment I heard something that sounded like a swarm of angry bees. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“More light, lots of colors—this is a bit off-putting, don’t you think?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She’d come to Buxton with lots of pieces of gold sewed up in her dress and bought fifty acres of land in the south of the Settlement. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A lot of the stories were about animals and being brave around animals, or things like why hyena is called hyena or why an animal acts the way it does. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ninety pounds is a lot of money to me,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

More of them feel that the rich have too much power and that there is “a lot” of tension between rich and poor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled his taxi into an empty spot in the parking lot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to be honest, Marcus. What you said, it hurt. A lot.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Just before the entrance to the parking lot, hidden from the street, is a small guard hut. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You sound a whole lot like your parents.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like Tina, a lot of them go into the field of science.’” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might as well leave my car in the gentlemen’s club parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Then you’ll probably have a lot more time when you take math over the summer,” Mr. Greene said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When they pulled into the parking lot, Candice unfastened her seat belt and snuck a peek behind her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bill and Grady are dragging Camel across the lot to the Flying Squadron. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That he couldn’t outright dismiss Mr. Flux’s “opportunity,” in spite of the consequences for Fry, Logan County, and beyond, said a lot. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even when he wasn’t talking, he made a lot of noise, clearing his throat and sniffing and tapping his fingers. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

That Wednesday and for a whole lot of Wednesdays after that, Aunt Cecile would take me to Dr. Vernon—an old man with a nice office in Harlem. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

So, yeah, I spent a lot of my time at home studying math and memorizing French vocab, just like I had before Culver Creek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nine months was a whole lot better than hearing “until you’re twenty-one.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

My electric chair is a lot heavier than my manual chair, and it’s almost impossible for Mom and Dad to lift anywhere. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It must take a lot of courage to die like that. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“They’re going to taste a lot worse with a broken jaw,” the manager called out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know, I suit up a lot these days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least at Emerson, there are a lot more Black kids. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There were costumes and boas and lots of dancers crowded in front of one mirror. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What? You’ve been spending a lot of time together,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bacteria have a lot more to do than viruses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of excitement about these buttons. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d think that a redheaded boy with glasses who was named Howard and had an up-down walk would have a lot more to wish for than being friends with me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He picked on a lot of people, and didn't nobody ever do nothing about it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh — right — thanks a lot,” said Harry, who could not think what else to say. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The horses whinnied and made me a whole lot of promises that they would be good flesh-eating horses from now on, but I didn’t stick around to chat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When they had a lot of cups made, Sissy drew a heart on the box cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eventually find the BMW parked in an abandoned back lot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We knew that our minority students, a lot of them, were doing well,” says Richard Lempert, one of the authors of the Michigan study. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“She makes a lot of money,” he said, “and she should buy her own darn comic book.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I paint it early in the morning, when the ice in the parking lot is an electric blue, and in the sky up above, the rendering sails burn red. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They say it’s a lot different upstate,” he said wistfully. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was quite a lot of space there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dadi and Papa are having lots of whispering conversations at night, too. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Getting shot, I’d always thought, would hurt a lot more than this. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I was a lot better than she was at mental visualizations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But one great thing about Ace Period debate is that everyone else likes to talk a whole lot, and none of the kids seem to care when I sit here totally mute. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“There are none in our grade. The only ones I know are my cousins and they’re...a lot.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So there’s a lot of time spent shattering things that don’t matter, to throw them off the scent. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Carlos would say Bri was brave because she was the sister of a Marine, but Alex was learning there were a lot of different ways of being a fighter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was also defined as someone who had a lot of money or at least the trappings of money: a big car, an expensive watch, or expensive clothes. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m not concentrating on anything in particular, just reading a lot of fiction now—Dostoevski, Flaubert, Dickens, Hemingway, Faulkner—everything I can get my hands on—feeding a hunger that can’t be satisfied. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Historical accounts of Odessa do not accurately indicate how many settlers bought lots. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved into the tree house when school ended and spent a lot of his time leafing through motorcycle magazines. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty disturbing to see war machines traverse the neighborhood you grew up in—and if that’s not troubling enough, the truck turns left, directly into the high school parking lot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Back home, we don’t even walk across parking lots in the summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Wednesday parked the car in the supermarket lot across the street from the bank. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Just go beat those guys in San Jose,” the woman said, shaking her fist and wheeling her stroller down into the parking lot, toward her car. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s by this guy Charles Fort, who spent a lot of his life looking for newspaper articles about unexplained stuff,” Petra said. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been really supportive with this whole talent show thing. You’ve really helped Dimple—and me—a lot. And I appreciate it. I’m sorry I didn’t say anything before.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And a lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for another year. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Writing him off as a jerk was a lot easier. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She bought dozens of big loose-leaf binders and lots of packs of lined paper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had lots of time to cook and try mixing different plants with different meats to make things taste better— and I must say I originated some excellent meals. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the flashback had complicated his feelings a lot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But then there are lots of things she should have taken with her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It’s a lot neater than his beds used to be, and a great deal cleaner. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s been a lot of stuff about Tom in the papers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe his mother was a lot more religious than he previously thought. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But if I say that to Isabella, it would feel a whole lot like talking about Julia behind her back, and any friendship manual you check would tell you friends don’t do that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was a bedroom—much neater than the rest of the house—and it had a lot of drawers and things to go through. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got a lot of work to do. No time for a sit down.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hear lots of shouting and screaming—seems like it’s coming from a tunnel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

On the way he pointed to the outhouse that sat at the end of the dirt lot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s my newest story. I was born like this. The truth is totally boring so I make up stories for fun. I have lots of them if you’d like to hear.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My brother doesn’t usually act like he cares a whole lot about me or what I’m doing. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We all met my sister in the parking lot, and the first one to hug her was my grandfather. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I was reading on the Internet, and there are lots of people like you. Did you know you can take hormones so that your body, you know, doesn’t go all manlike?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mom said I should have bought Erlan a chess set for his birthday, but I told her he likes lots of things besides just chess. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a lot easier with long arms,” he said. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Then I can meet up with everybody at the Superfine parking lot.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then the dream got a lot better, I turned away from where Herman E. Calloway was and there stood Deza Malone. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Women such as Carrie Buck weren’t genetic imbeciles; they were poor, illiterate, unhealthy, and powerless—victims of their social lot, not of the genetic lottery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Shayleen has done the fine work of filling up my old room with a whole lot of merchandise. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

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

To our left was a lot in which a few bold pioneers had planted gardens. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To me, not voting is not right; it led to a lot of frustration, a lot of anger. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Cheap-framed sketches, ranging from really good to great, all pencil, mostly people, lots of self-portraits, snippets of her trying to grin her way through the everyday. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And if you let those Reds put a lot of fool ideas into your head, then you’re gambling with your own life.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One sweltering summer afternoon, I attended a Harlem street rally which contained a lot of these teen-agers in the crowd. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave it a lot more gas and we flopped back into our seats. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Leave him alone, Hermione, he’s earned a bit of a break,” said Ron, and he placed the last two cards on top of the castle and the whole lot blew up, singeing his eyebrows. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the quirkiness of the machinery produced a lot of downtime. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He watches a lot of Chinese martial arts movies and annoys us with his imitations of the movies’ monkey style. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow thought there was a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I still had a lot of details to work out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe now you can start to work on Grandma—she’s going to be a lot tougher to persuade. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There was no need to grab the sign with a lot of letters, since it would be just the two of us coloring. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All in all, I was feeling a lot more comfortable than I had thought I would feel by this point. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One morning as I sat at my desk daydreaming out the window, I saw dots in the air like the ones Sister Zoe had drawn—random at first, then lots and lots. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As usual, I giggled a lot but held on to my mouthful of water. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When our bus pulled into the high school parking lot, we were greeted by some rabid elementary school kids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “You and your mama were a single lot. See? The girls, they’re cheaper when they’re pregnant. Masters lose some months with her coming to bed, and the baby suckling....” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, my opinion may be better than theirs, because as a layman I react to art in a direct, straightforward fashion, without having my view obstructed by a lot of complicated theories. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There should be a lot of hungry catfish waiting for us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indiscriminate in taste, the mariposas flittered over cultivated gardens as happily as they danced over thorn-ridden lots and neglected fields. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kids in the school parking lot, American flag fluttering atop a metal pole, cornfields in the distance, blue skies. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She liked it a lot more when I was digging the bomb shelter in the sun. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of people in the water.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“That is a lot of pills,” I remarked, not knowing what else to say but the obvious. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He asked a lot of questions, which I responded to with one-word answers, partly because I wanted him to stop smiling at me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Your readers know a lot less about your subject than you think they do, and unless you keep track of what you know that they don’t, you are guaranteed to confuse them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I think a lot of people will connect to your words.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My friendship with Sacred has a lot to do with the fact that I bring him food, but it’s not the only reason he likes me. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The saddle’s leather was cracked and dry, so probably not a lot there. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When morning comes and the parking lot glimmers with dew, I see the billboard on the highway. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Though it was true there was no one left alive whom I could talk to about my grandfather, there was still the house, a lot of it unexplored. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to be a volunteer at this hospital, because that's what all the Junior League women wanted to do, but luckily for me, a lot of them were away on vacation. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was glad to know this fact because being from New York City where everyone’s born knowing uptown is north but not a whole lot else, I didn’t know anything about NNE vs. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing was, Sookie had offered me the chips twice, but I didn’t have anything to drink and I knew I couldn’t swallow them without a lot of liquid nearby. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Did you have lots of friends when you lived on the streets?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Which made me feel a whole lot guiltier. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ernest grunted and groaned and made a lot of noises for a while,” Alvarez recalled, “and eventually calmed down and agreed that I was right.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Chicken looked at the tree Sula was pointing to—a big double beech with low branches and lots of bends for sitting. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another time he tried a new variety—Rainiers—that wouldn’t take because he used too much nitrogen: lots of green, plants high and fluffy, but small hard fruit, a piddling harvest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A lot had happened to Cara in the last ten days. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

After that, I didn’t have a whole lot to say to Holly Paine. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Sure, you have. There are lots of mules.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before that, she said, they were called “flutter-bys,” which, when I think about it, made a lot of sense. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That had hurt a lot, but he’d only cursed through the pain waiting with the coach for X-rays. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

What a lot of people don’t know is that the president sees almost everything, or is at least privy to basically any available information related to the country’s well-being. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Not long after I return the cab to base, Audrey pulls into the lot. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Which was fine with me because it made running a whole lot easier. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you lose a lot of things?” she asked. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop right in front of him, and before I can even catch my breath I blurt out, “You didn’t have anything to do with that shooting in the parking lot.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And then we were out of Jesus’s heart and in the parking lot, the spring air just on the cold side of perfect, the late-afternoon light heavenly in its hurtfulness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, a lot of times, depending on his shift, he’d come out with me after school to haul in my catch and toss the keepers into the baskets on my skiff. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We get to stay in a hotel with the crew. A lot of them order beefy burgers from room service!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I took lots of notes because I didn’t want to forget a thing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And if that’s true, the supernatural world is in a lot of trouble. We can only hope that’s not the case.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s hard to believe considering everything I’ve done, but you really do mean a lot to me, Rae. Coop’s lucky to have you.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It aroused a lot of opposition initially because it upset the existing viewpoint: “How can a black hole emit anything?” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, Blue Eyes knew a lot more than the scientific classifications of plants and animals. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Making it all the way to the end of the movie wound up being a lot harder than I anticipated. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been that keen on visiting, but lately I been talking a lot about my days in Marshall with this man that be coming to see me now. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of stray carts wandered across the parking lot aimlessly, carried this and that way depending on each moody gust of wind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of people who wanted to speak. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stood at Old Main’s junction with the narrow, single-lane Route 17, and one dull, squash-colored light hummed atop a pole in the parking lot. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the school year started, Brad avoided Patrick a lot. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If that happens, things get a lot more difficult. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That picture had been taken out a lot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I think we’re going to have a lot of fun together. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He’s in his room most nights by eleven o’clock, and from what you say, he’s not using a lot of his time to do homework, so that doesn’t seem to be a problem. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, he probably used up a lot of resources helping me knock you out," I say mischievously. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she pulls out of the parking lot, I turn to her. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

What Hudson is saying is that IQ is a lot like height in basketball. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“So did you see a lot of fine boys at Howard?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He goes on toward the barn, entering the lot, wooden- backed. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you got to get a whole lot faster. You can’t waste time! ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu shrugged as if to say there was a lot that was wrong but he had no choice. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lots with Hudson, lots with various girls, and a whole series of a guy with a beard and shimmery unicorn eye makeup. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A ripple ran through the girls, and then lots of cheering and clapping and Britney squealed and stood and made a little bow. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I walked over to the back door, which had a window at the top that faced the parking lot behind the tennis courts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don't know how the original sounds, but this guy's howler-monkey a cappella rendition of it leaves a lot to be desired. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“To sell a lot of lotion that nobody needs.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I crept back to the colored side and hunched over the water fountain as the girl in white relayed all this to him, using a lot of hand gestures. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I work for the Republic. We know a lot of things, some that might surprise you.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Liyana thought, “If I were his wife, I would say Thanks a lot and not mean it.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The house was big, but not enormous, with lots of gables and even a turret. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“He says that he has an honorable war wound that requires a lot of food and rest, the old rogue.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I also remember watching lots of television in a room covered with really thick brownish gold carpeting.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was something she’d taught Jam—that a lot of things were manageable as long as they were honest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Running away from home would be anticlimactic after Mexico, and a dull story after my month in the car lot. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad said, “Fifteen. But things were a lot different then.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a whole lot, but it was enough to get through the night. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t it be a whole lot more likely to find one in, say, a zoo?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

ALBUS: Listen, I’ve got quite a lot of packing to do, and you undoubtedly have Ministry work coming out of your ears, so . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I used to think of this as standard Greek behavior until I realized that ours was the only car in the church parking lot consistently swarmed by bees. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It took a lot longer than usual, and while it was going on a few members of the crowd began to leave. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Walking out from the main entrance, through the VIP Auto Parts parking lot, you reach the Texaco station with a Clipper Mart attached. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom did the thing where she only said one word but put a lot of tone into it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And that got me thinking that lots of what the Preacher did waren’t right. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I guess that trial just took a lot out of him,” I said without looking up from my plate. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She would pull at her jaw and go through a lot of chin exercises she had read in a movie book. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"My dear, I am sure Mr. Barnes has seen a lot. Don't think I don't think so, sir. I have seen a lot, too." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

This time I knew exactly what was out there—a lot of long, taxing miles, steep rocky mountains, hard shelter floors, hot days without showers, unsatisfying meals cooked on a temperamental stove. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"We have a lot of people to save." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But Pilate did not want a steady job in a town where a lot of colored people lived. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t find the factory, at least not before 5:00 P.M., and pull into a shopping center parking lot to find a way to get turned around. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warriors were coming, lots of them, chanting songs, asking our warriors to wait for them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a lot cuter without it, but I promised to wear it this way when Mama agreed to let me get the dress. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t think a lot of people know it’s even there because it’s tiny and squished between two other stores, both of which have been closed since we moved here. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The first night I’d slept outside there was a lot of outside and not much sleeping. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was putting a lot of sudden pressure on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That brought on a whole lot of shoving and scrambling and coffee got spilt on Sop. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He’d eaten a lot of barbecue in his life, but this might have been the very best. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The police had come by the building the day I ran off and asked her lots of questions. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Grandma had started speaking only in Spanish, her first language, as she became weaker, so I didn’t understand a lot of what she was saying. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Cat food costs a lot of money,” I said, trying to remember if Auntie Braxton had ever been known to buy fish from a local waterman to feed to her cats. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re sitting on the low brick wall by the bushes next to the faculty parking lot, which is where we wait for Grace to pick us up every Monday after school. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I’m impressed with the team that shows up—most of the art club, a lot of kids from the meeting, and about twenty sixth graders. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of Tentacles,” I admit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell that it would be a lot better if I just went outside and dug the shelter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mong even ate a lot for the first time since we left the Lighthouse. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“There are many good places in the world. I should know. I traveled around a lot, before I came here.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused—thinking, I believed, about this handicap—and then said abruptly: “Tell me. You and Henry spent a lot of time together last month, huh?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The station was located in Sophiatown, or rather, what was left of it, for the once bustling township was now a ruin of bulldozed buildings and vacant lots. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the parking lot could hold fifteen thousand automobiles, officials knew that that wouldn’t be nearly enough. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My last two weeks downtown zipped by quickly, and when I was ready to leave it seemed that not much time had passed but I had changed a lot. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed at an empty lot full of sugar sand. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made a lot of noise, but it would get them back in ten minutes tops. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Every day, I have to battle a lot of problems here. But I feel at peace,” Hernandez says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I really don’t know how she did all that, but I guess I’m glad she did, cause that mean she helpin lots of people. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like they just knew I was going to need a lot of extra help. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Personally, I think I’m something a lot closer to indifference or ineptitude or, I don’t know...slime mold. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He spent a lot of time just watching them and writing down all the different things they did. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I had lots of practice scrubbing up after Granny. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Annie roared out of the parking lot, oblivious to Ms. Hoffman’s finger wagging. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Also it will look a lot like me, only enlarged and improved." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before I was born, when there were lots of young children growing up in the community, all those diapers used to be fastened by squares of duct tape. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A teacher doesn’t make a lot of money, but I always saved what I could. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm so thrilled I don't care if I break the lot!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had probably danced with a lot of pretty girls in his day. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It records a lot more data than I thought it did. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m sure. I’m sure David Marcel got suspended because he hates me now. And so do a lot of his friends.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard some soft plashing and a sniffing noise, a while back; but you hear a lot of such queer sounds by a river at night.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“For some reason, cream puff, I’ve been thinking a lot about torture recently.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It said they like sunflower seeds, and you sure have a lot of those in that trash can in the barn. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Mom was dying to have a little girl, so when she and husband number two got together, she went and paid some doctor lots of money so she could get pregnant.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed from her expression she didn’t meet a lot of his friends. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She could think of a lot of horrible reasons to explain why no one had come back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I was spending lots of time in Central Park instead of going to school, I would read three or four books a week. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, of course. Anyway, he wrote about a lot of things that don’t even have to do with the Washingtons.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We were at the school now; Rosalie’s red convertible was conspicuous in the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had many fields and there were lots of people who lived on his lands. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Vehicles lined the parking lot outside, and crossed iron bars secured the windows. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hula hoops, stuffed animals, ruler of the world—high school sounded a lot more fun than the fourth grade. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We watched him scurry across the parking lot, glancing around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“There is a lot going on you don’t know about—even if you are her puny boyfriend.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Why do I need TV when I have forty-eight apartment windows to watch across the vacant lot, and a sliver of Lake Erie? Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have noticed that quite a lot of times. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“You have a lot to learn about work.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mom has helped a lot, too, although I know it was really hard for her, because of my sister. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If he refused, he was going to get a lot more pain now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was crying a lot by now, and the second Mom put her arms around me, I started to bawl. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley felt right into the corners before sweeping the whole lot into her bag. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She took the pins out and said to him, “Well, here in Africa that temple has to do a hateful lot of work in a day.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are men mingled with them, a lot of men, but in their dark uniforms or suits, so similar to one another, they form only a kind of background. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked him, all right, but I didn’t have a lot of use for him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than the three minutes I spent running through it looking for someone who spoke Pedi, I spent the whole night in the parking lot. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“After I eat and you feed the animals, we’ll take them down to Savannah. I’m going to make me some money on this motley lot one way or another.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are there a lot of notes or very few? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a lot—not compared to Bunker Nine, or even to his supplies aboard the Argo II. But it was more than sand and rocks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Me neither. But you know deep down it means a lot to him, even though he doesn’t show it.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was the worst and I guess even army guys like to spend lots of time in the kitchen and the big table was covered with heaps of paper. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in middle school a lot of people didn’t know about August. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Claudio and Hero—Shakespeare wasn’t all that good about his names—Claudio and Hero would have a whole lot to do just to get up to where Romeo and Juliet were. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t need to go more than a few feet into the parking lot to see the El Camino sitting just where they’d left it that morning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve started doing what Kyla does—writing lots of stuff down—and it seems like people do take you more seriously when you do that. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A lot of Grandma stuck up above the plane. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go be helpful! There’s a lot of work to get done.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had thought there might be some solidarity between Grandma and the other gender-benders until the day I heard him being hectored by a new queen, who was getting lots of attention in the block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I guess people are a lot more open in Canada, because in Bakersfield it was just Margaret and me against the world. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself like Dad in his air force days, whupping the entire lot of them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"And I'm just saying, you know, that if it's easier to be over here, then you should just be here. That would make Mindy and me feel a lot better, okay?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lot for one person to deal with,” said Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“They don’t? No wonder I didn’t catch a lot today.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But inside the bar not a lot has changed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The second hole's a lot harder. You're hurting before you even get started. If you think you're sore now, just wait and see how you feel tomorrow morning, right?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In the parking lot, Zeitoun looked to the sky for signs of the coming weather. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If we want to understand the likelihood of his becoming a true outlier, we have to know a lot more about him than that. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Can be made to rhyme with a lot of things. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We had a lot of dates where we visited the virtual castle. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m wanting a lot of things, tinker, but I don’t think you’ve got any of them in your packs.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma India was preparing more stews and casseroles with less meat and lots of rice and potatoes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of men—in their thirties, I presumed—some women, and a few families with children five years of age and older. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Welcome to the company, Widge. It's a lot of work, but it's fun as well." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What a confounded nuisance,” said Maxim, “that cupid is worth a hell of a lot. How I loathe servants’ rows too. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Resting one foot on the low windowsill, he gazed grumpily down at the parking lot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Fig had lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time, he couldn’t afford to gain it all back again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"You must of read a lot of books then," said Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tank is around the same height as Ziggy, but a lot leaner. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I said, “Papa, please go. We’ll have a lot of fun and besides the winner receives a big golden cup.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that reality is a whole lot better. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the word a lot of the kids in the videos use to describe themselves.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

They contained a lot of the same things he’d been hearing over his cockpit radio. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She had long blond hair, but she couldn’t have been the woman I saw in the Civic hauling out of my parking lot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It would cost a lot of money, he said—about twenty signs had been made, not to mention all the business cards and stationery—and besides, all the new clients were paying their bills. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was the closest account to my house, and it was an enormous corner lot that I figured would give Kenny and Allen a better sense of the work involved. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guest bathroom has to be perfect, and Hana and I are forced to be Momma’s prep cooks with lots of dicing and measuring and cleaning up after. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s been awful, Mary Anne. But I try to accept my lot.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did get a lot of ribbing for skipping third base and heading straight to home, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our balcony—called a lanai—overlooks a small garden and a parking lot. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a lot of blood,” Nina said on a low breath. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“She needs a lot more than you,” he said in a wise- guy sort of way. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Outside of three new faces, not a whole lot had changed since Mrs. Peterson’s class. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Where I came from, fifty thousand dollars was a lot of money. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a horrible world,” he told me, putting a Cambodian mask on his face, “but it’s filled with a lot of horrible people!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And do you think your dad would’ve done a lot of writing here?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Crazy’s just a word. Nina was a lot of things.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I think probably most miracles are a lot smaller, and sort of still, and so quiet, you could miss them. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was a lot to say but nothing that needed to be said. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Their views on sex and drugs are worthy of their own chapter, but there were a lot of other things we didn't agree on. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Over the next two months, a lot more people signed Armpit’s cast, most of them females who decorated their names with hearts and flowers. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It might take a while, and there might be a lot • - of politicking involved, but eventually New York bounced back from any misfortune. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I owe you a lot more than I do her. You really opened my eyes to something.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I thought she looked a lot nicer when she smiled. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

That put a lot of anger in me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

"It's a lot easier to be scared together." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I even read Ivanhoe halfway through before I gave up, since I started The Call of the Wild and it was a whole lot better. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There isn’t a lot of time for practice tonight because it’s tenant-meeting night. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I have seen a lot of crazy stuff. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mother asked a lot of questions: “Are you afraid? Will you come back? Is America close to Nairobi?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. So, like, a lot slower than planned. But.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Big Meadows had a campground, a lodge, a restaurant, a gift shop/general store, and lots and lots of people spread around a big sunny grassy space. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was no point chasing it, no matter how worried I was about hawk-chickens and people who know a lot about chickens trying to catch it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

There are a lot of interesting theories about yawning. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that I had thought a lot about that ride on the Ferris wheel. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

There are a lot of Protestants on this boat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I did a lot of thinking about foot number six. And, to be honest, I got mad.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Like today, she had shown me a lot of respect by not interfering with my talk with Morris. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She met lots of young people, many attending college at nearby USC. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, too, a lot depends upon what judge we have. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had a lot of argumants like that Because I often thought I couldn’t take any more. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten that life, like a crab pot, catches a lot of trash you haven’t bargained for. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd is a quiet young man in school who could do a lot more things if he would believe in himself. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have lots of friends. Any, really.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They had no huge parking lots, just a row of parking places right up against the sidewalk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot to be said about the boys, or maybe not so much after all. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“And I didn’t mean for you to have to pay all this money for a lawyer either. I’ll bet he’s cost a lot, too.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They got to the parking lot and formed a circle behind Lydia’s car. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then, what the hell, there was a lot more page, so I added the maybes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of things I could relate to about her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I blink a lot to keep my eyes from getting too wet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As far as authority is concerned, calm people quietly dying is a lot easier to deal with than angry people fighting for their lives. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They remained silent, both of them, even as they pulled into the parking lot in front of the Lost Luggage Emporium. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

That was just as peculiar as a whole lot of the things the Preacher did that night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t cut you as deep, but once javelinas got after you, they’d keep after you for a lot longer time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

This guy named Fritz something was eating a lot of Twinkies. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor had never thought about killing herself—ever—but she thought a lot about stopping. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was doing business in the back parking lot at school, eyes red, lids heavy, lost in a cloud of sweet smoke. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She muttered to herself a lot, like she was praying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I have learned a lot more since my first foray into Hollow Hall, enough to make me understand better the risks I was taking. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

These people look a lot like the kid at the beach. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Crazy Horse sure was in a lot of places. Way in Nebraska, Fort Laramie, and now here.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was a lot taller than I was, with dark brown hair and big dark brown eyes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The woods outside looked like a whole lot better bathroom. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time this way. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same dusty parking lot greeted them at the travel museum. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After some grunting and a lot of profanities, I was able to reach the toolbox. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of things could happen,” she said, and heard how half her voice was carved away by uncertainty, and how utterly weak she sounded. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When they reached the shattered window, Fred saw a van parked outside in the shallow lake that was the shelter’s parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“There would be a lot of glory, I suppose,” he said. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I grow up I think I'll be a dancer, but it is an awful lot of work. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There must be a lot of intermarriage in this place, he thought. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“But I would feel a lot better if you had my back. I’ll give you some more time to think about it.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A lot of Harlem hustlers actually had reached that state—as I would later. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the First Arrivers are in the habitable zone, it might take years—and gagging down a lot of lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A lot of the old régime followers died that night. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I see a lot of familiar faces tonight,” Reverend Okonjo continued. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There are two girls holding beers and sort of dancing, and a group of guys laughing, and lots of people holding drinks or holding hands. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A lot of times they sit in the chairs in an uncomfortable way. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was clinging to my arm and searching my face as if she might find an answer there, and it took a lot to keep my head up and my eyes on her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The boy looked like he got a lot of fresh air and exercise. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In gardening, in cooking, in naval architecture there are lots of culturally specific choices that we can make, but there are plenty of other things that simply cannot be done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It could have been like when somebody lost a lot of weight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was other stuff, too: tomatoes, lettuce, peas, a lot more that Thomas didn’t recognize. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At other times there were merely lots of people eating and drinking — continuously from elevenses until six-thirty, when the fireworks started. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Three a.m. would get a whole lot lonelier the next time she saw it against the backs of her eyelids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think that I would want to at first, but I really did ice-skate a lot. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And so it was a lot of fairly short and meaningless relationships. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It took a lot of courage just to be outside in such intense cold. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You know how I had a lot of problems with starting and stopping my sentences before?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It would take a lot of work to keep the place clean, but I was willing to make the sacrifice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I took his hand, but he pulled me through the trash and into the lot. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second I walked out of the store Byron was next to me and he was in a lot better mood. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline was going to say something, like sorry or wasn’t it a lot shorter walk last time? when the candle went out as suddenly as if it had been snuffed by someone’s hand. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

A lot of good times, and in our case, just as many bad times. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was lots of food and lots of talking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up in back of the vacant lot is the railroad track and. the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used my hands a lot and made big, whooshing noises. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon we pulled out of the parking lot and turned the corner down Main Street, I could feel Dante’s shoulder bump against mine. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Eat the lot, or Madam Pomfrey will be after my blood. Same time next week?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sounds like a lot, but that means each trap has only got to catch about thirteen lobster and we’re home free. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He took several sips, refilled it, turned around, and headed out to the parking lot. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

The favored word, bákala, covers quite a lot of ground, including a hot pepper, a bumpy sort of potato, and the male sexual organ. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked around the corner, past the Aguileras’ house, and cut across two empty lots, where I got the left leg of my jeans tangled up on some bramble weeds. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just be a regular wife who shows up only at the big events and smiles. Maybe that’d be a lot easier on everybody.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“One hundred and thirty-four is a lot of weight,” said Howard, “but Biscuit is a lot of horse.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of people talking after he said that, and he felt that charge run through him again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That sugar maple sat on the lot for months. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“You have a lot of time yet for that,” I said, tense and uneasy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gunman opens fire in the parking lot of an Arizona supermarket, killing six people and maiming a U.S. congresswoman. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Dog and pig included in lot,” the auctioneer announced. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A black woman had her leg shattered and a white man had his head injured in a fight at the Sears, Roebuck parking lot. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Justyce has a lot on his mind as he steps into his Societal Evolution class on Tuesday. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I read a lot of mystery stories now and books about kings and queens from old times. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After writing up a series of stories, the staff locked the documents in the trunk of a car in an unlit parking lot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad told me that foreclosures happen to a lot of families. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Still, Venice had lots of nooks and crannies, like an old rabbit warren. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I can look forward to jail without any remorse or fear,” Kehler continued, “and that’s because I know that everyone here, and lots of people around the world like you, will carry on.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She told that one a lot, but I never minded hearing it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I know a lot about living inside my head—and to keep going, I need to keep hoping I can find my father and free Amma. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“My mom used to tell me that death is like a parking lot,” whispered Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A lot of it had to do with my brother or family or children or God. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What about friends? You have lots of them?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There’s been a lot of people that got killed, girls and boys, and that’s a shame. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew a lot of draft dodgers who had spent time hiding out in Canada. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There has been a lot of conjecture about what caused such a precipitous decline. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank was beaten up a lot by neighborhood kids who taunted him because he was black. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Our cabin is always smoky—it doesn’t even have any windows—and it has begun to leak in heavy rains, but it is still a lot better than a rotting tent. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Crown Derby, the beds, the dogs, the fleas on the dogs, the lot. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I had to deal with it a lot when I was growing up, but only for a day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He stood in a gas station parking lot, surrounded by black SUVs and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“A mixture. The Dutch settled most of the land up and down the Hudson. There are a lot of them still here and they don’t much care for the English crown.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a short walk and stumble from the back of the Infirmary to the pebbled parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For that I works for many famblies as a maid and raise up lots of white children for their mamas. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot I don’t know and may never know. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of empty houses that could be homes to young couples.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A lot of the Blacks that I had met in those twelve weekends were there. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We barely make it to the parking lot when I can’t hold it in any longer. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He was very skinny indeed, but apparently a lot tougher than he looked, because he climbed up onto the side of the ship, stretched out his arms, and dived, right into the lake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And lots of notebooks and paper for writing up my notes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes time to decide who gets the bottom bunk, I think anyone would agree that there's a lot to be said for doing things the hard way. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A lot of things could happen,” Sarai had told Ruby, not believing it herself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

To that end, I dashed into an alley behind two rows of cottages, where it seemed there would be lots of hiding places, and made for the edge of town. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I always illustrate my lecture with a lot of technical examples. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got the lot here — another young man being fitted up just now, in fact.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Alabama fish were a lot friendlier, and a lot trickier, than Michigan ones. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It got a whole lot better once you stopped singing,” she said, and skipped out the yard and was gone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

After he’s made it across the parking lot, he drops his phone into his back pocket and kisses her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was getting a lot of hugs around that time. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A whole lot about the women that used to be but nothing that makes any sense, cuz drunk Noise is like a drunk man: blurry and boring and dangerous. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You two seem, to have talked a lot. Did you tell the detective anything else? About our hideout, for example?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Due to an ongoing investigation, I am unable to go into a lot of details at the moment,” Superintendent Cook says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It stands there in the center while the rest of the vast, empty plate looks though it's been leased out as a possible parking lot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s just about right It’s been good having the boy around again; he makes getting out a heck of a lot more fun.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hang a left onto the main road, walk up a block and turn right, and the old house is the fifth lot up on the right. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And to tease her, Dewey added, “But how about you P You must have a lot of beaus.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that why people are afraid of me? Because I get sick a lot?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A lot of families in this country raised their children and used this book for advice or for directions on what to do.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy...the wheelchair...the potting soil...there’s a lot to explain! The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A thorough search of the floor uncovered a lot of dust bunnies and one leathery thing the size of a golf ball. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They had come to this country before she had reached puberty in Spanish, so a lot of the key words she would have been picking up in the last year, she had missed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He had a bad feeling that if those monsters made direct eye contact, he might get a lot worse than nauseous. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She comes back with a Sharpie and a postcard mailer for a Christmas tree lot. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The mall was really busy, there were a lot of crowds there. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the easiest place to get a lot of food in a hurry. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lines must be massive, and getting back might take a lot longer than going.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There will be lots of disputing among the experts over what is certain and what not; perhaps the heat and duration of dispute could be adapted for the measurement of uncertainty. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tree was thought to be a magic one, which was the reason why such a lot of traffic went on round it “Lady,” said he, “do you know of any adventures in this forest?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that kind of a lot? I don’t know how to do any of this.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, she reached out and patted his shoulder, which made him feel slightly better and a lot weirder, all at once. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Really. Only I'd a hell of a lot rather not talk about it." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

For a lot of folks all over the country, those roads pass through places like this. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The city had dug up a lot of the old trees to make room for a pavilion and the tennis courts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each crab had two larger chunks of meat in it, and an awful lot of stringy little pieces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lot like one of her mother’s sighs, and she bit her lip remembering. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still wondering about that when the tractor sputtered to a stop in the library parking lot, hunkering over three spaces. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was hard as a rock and it didn’t take long before the Jewish congregations figured him out and sent him on his way, so we traveled a lot when I was a young girl. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You guys must know a lot about what goes on around here,” I said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It seems like a miracle, but it’s just what happens a lot of times when you let go. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He has to write down facts not a lot of bloody poetry, which is all you hear in Limerick with men in pubs going on about our great sufferings under the English. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

These days they look a lot like businessmen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered how we’d act like we were sneaking up on a plantation to kill the lot of slave masters and make a run for Canada with some happy, smiling, free slaves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I shout as he sprints across the parking lot. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Each delivery was fifty pounds or more, so a lot of money was changing hands. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s a whole lot of Jesus here,” Lily said, pulling a carton of eggs from the refrigerator. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A lot of veterans were seen sobbing on the Welch streets as it went by. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of rabbits said there was nothing in it, but some thought that Fiver might have foreseen men with guns and ferrets. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm going to hop from one country to another, and try to learn lots of new words along the way. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So, it occurred to me that I've been spending a lot of time thinking about you and rereading your emails and trying to make you laugh. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t care that I couldn’t give her a lot of things. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

From where I stood, I could only see one man’s profile, but he looked a lot like Papa’s boss at the bank, Senor Betafil. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the parking lot, she saw the same shopgirl who had been smoking before. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And even though obviously a lot of nine-year-olds have had a lot of dead fathers and most of the time the kids don’t go crazy, I guess this kid was an exception. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He walked up the stairs to look around, and saw a boy about his age standing in the parking lot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“A lot of folks have been focusing on the violent nature of the lyrics. Do you think they encouraged those students at that school to act out violently?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You might be surprised, but I don’t get a lot of requests for sex in the back of pickup trucks. Or anywhere, really.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but it’s not just Communists. There are Socialists, radicals, and lots of other splinter groups. They’re all pretty much the same,” Trueba replied. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look. I didn’t want to get all loud and mad. I’ve just—just been under a lot of pressure from everyone, and I need a break.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was no big deal, and maybe the guy really needed to cross the street, but that kind of thing happened a lot to Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mr. Keegan said, wiping his forehead with a handkerchief as he stood up from his chair, “Oskar has certainly given us a lot to think about.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It stings a lot, though, doesn’t it?” he asked. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Enos says it’s a place with no wall and no lice and lots of potatoes.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Arthur had traded in his Ford Model A plus five hundred dollars cash for it in 1939 at a lot in Bellingham. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We start to cut across the parking lot toward our ragwort stalks when a guy about our age touches my arm, warm fingers closing just above my wrist. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the bull came, he was worse, and a lot more dangerous. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles’s blue truck sat in the driveway, next to an aging Mustang that looked like it might be worth a lot of money if anyone tried to take care of it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why grown folks can’t say someone is dead, they think it’s a lot easier to say “gone.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Up close I could see there wasn’t a whole lot left of the pretty, nervous mother who’d picked her son up at my place after work ten years back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I could have saved myself a lot of trouble if I’d looked earlier, he thought. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I had an IQ like you have; then I could pass the test, I wouldn’t be a chickenhead. I think you’re very superior; I could learn a lot from you.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“So what? You have lots of female friends. Why not add her to the stable?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot might a been myth too. You never know. But one thing we do know, them cells about my mother ain’t no myth.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know where they moved the couches, but I do know they did a lot of heavy lifting to set this up for me, and that I should be more appreciative than I am. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“They’ll want to because it makes their work a hell of a lot easier. Be firm.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I guess maybe I had some sand in my eyes, because I was blinking a lot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The parking lot was nearly full of sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks, and even a few motorcycles. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Not only did they have a lot of walking to do the next day, she had the added burden of looking after little Deedee. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was a lot of pressure to be at the center of so much attention, especially when the stakes were so high for Muslims in the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“These people certainly have a lot of reading to do,” Kate observed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I was catching, I made sure to mix up the pitches a lot. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were still quite a lot of them, plenty for my purposes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“They used to worry about this stuff a lot.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he adds, “Or a whole lot worse.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Patrick and I have been spending a lot of time together. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But I gotta get a new job. And it won’t be easy. Come Monday morning, a lot of us will be out looking.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You have a lot of accidents,” Frank noted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A lot of people were licking ice cream cones. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, a garbage truck pulls into the lot. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Billy didn’t spoon syrup on his first day at work, but lots of other Americans did. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In one comer of the lot there’s a construction trailer. That’s where the cigarettes are stashed.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waves goodbye as we pull out of the parking lot. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You say that a lot,” I noted, trying to ignore the sudden trembling in my stomach and keep my voice even. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sixteen hens were a lot of chickens to account for. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A lot of what she says is about Stephen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The automotive industry loves people like my father, because it means they can make lots of money from repairs that the car may or may not need. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Somehow I can tell he smiles a lot. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

You know a lot about horses, Nick, she says. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He liked them and understood them, which meant a lot to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“There’s not a lot to do up here. There’s nothing to read.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I fought with lots of mans in my life,” she said in explanation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the two of them talk, but I know that a lot of people still don’t understand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he was so strong, he could move a lot of dirt quickly. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

After I’d learned quite a lot, Mother once said to me, “Anne, let me give you some good advice. Never discuss this with boys, and if they bring it up, don’t answer them.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I bet he’s going to get a lot of business after his brother’s election,” he added wistfully. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Only there was a whole lot more to it than any game. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I practiced a lot beforehand, and I must say, I didn’t wobble once on my way to the altar. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t think four inches is a lot, go get a ruler and measure your own forehead. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone was upset and Nonna cried a lot and Dad was still trying to get you and her to take a trip back to Italy, like maybe that would remind you who you were. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘A little. But I’ll be going back and forth between the camps a lot. I have some shrines to build.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Shoes and boots muddy from the unpaved parking lot stomp and make the floor quake. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There were only two other cars in the parking lot today, a beat-up Toyota and a white pickup. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not a lot, but enough to make me feel like I fit. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Tad walked to one of the narrow windows and studied the parking lot below, looking for Frankie’s white Mustang. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Carla has grown up a lot since last year when we were best friends back home. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The opposite of shame is respect, and Margaret had shown me a lot of respect. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the career guys drank heavily. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Fugees forward struggled free of traffic to take a shot that flew a good twenty feet over the crossbar and into the parking lot behind the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She did do that a lot. 9TH JUROR: This woman was about forty-five years old. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, all the consequences had to be performed in the middle of the night since just playing the poker game after lights-out would get the guys into a lot of trouble. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He thought about different possibilities a lot in his head, but they rarely mentioned his dad at home. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"What does that mean, anyway? Hyphens, for better or worse, are everywhere now. And the good ole U.S.A. makes space for lots of identities." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tell him that hospital food is not my idea of lunch, and besides, I have a lot of homework. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They looked at the other American bodies now, pointed out a lot more that were nearly as bad as Billy’s. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is something you hear a lot, and it is certainly true that more people are hiking than ever before. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s water out here from the storm. I can’t get it to you, but you can come to it. It’ll make you feel a lot better. Please, Chacho! Don’t give up!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had assured her that they were indeed supporting Ireland, they set off again, though, as Ron said, “Like we’d say anything else surrounded by that lot.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I know, it's a stupid thing to think about, but I have a lot of free time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was growing up, my mom spent a lot of time trying to teach me about women. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I think that, too. So what if pockets were a lot bigger? Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have lots of things you want.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ptolemaeus’s epochal influence has had the effect of making ancient astronomy seem, to us, a lot less diverse than it was. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Official propaganda films like He May Be a Communist warned Americans that their neighbors might have thrown in their lot with the Reds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Jesse didn’t have to imagine this fate: Such people were all around him, ticked-off employees in their late thirties and forties, lots of them pleasant and adequately compensated, but few of them happy or stimulated. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hiding down there like a lot of cowards.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Nice costume, Jules,” Isabella says, and even though Isabella doesn’t say it in a mean way, I think all three of us know there’s a lot being said right there. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Uglies did kiss each other, and a lot more, but it always felt as if nothing counted until you were a pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“How are we supposed to cross this lot?” he asked. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“How ridiculous I You mean a lot of geese all scuffling at the same time. It would be fun to watch.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of speculation about underwear, especially the underwear of the teachers; but only that of the female teachers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is—I love you, Hermione Granger, and whatever time says—I’d like the opportunity to say so in front of lots of other people. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She knew a lot of people because of Jimmy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sea of spilled kibble bits spreading across the asphalt parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She wore a navy blue dress and lots of perfume. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His grandmother didn’t want to acknowledge it, but Reggie really did have it worse than a lot of his classmates. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If I can get a good night’s sleep,” I said, “and a couple of meals under my belt, I can do a lot of chopping.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the animals in this country get lots of choices. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Home is a house in a photograph, a pink house, pink as hollyhocks with lots of startled light. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the Russian woman doctors spoke up: “We have lots of TB and no labs.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Actually, Patrick said that Brad was pretending to be a lot drunker than he really was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of emotion running around his face, but I don’t know what kind it is. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But a lot goes into the shaggy rug. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We watched a lot of videos that showed piles of snow. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The asphalt in the parking lot is dark and gleaming, its white paint strips faded almost to the point of nonexistence. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Others are fighting too, even in the Garden, where sometimes it feels like there’s not a lot worth fighting for. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

‘A lot of miles to cover before we get to Athens.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She guessed that dating a girl was a lot less threatening to her parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Annie pulled into the parking lot, shooting him a sideways glance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Even though the bell already rang, lots of kids are up talking. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was like she was saying that I was the jerk of the world, which I had been hearing a lot lately. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’d even talked her brother into coming along; he was a miser and had a lot of money. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Luke was still smiling when they pulled into the parking lot of his apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A lot of it is dirty or stained or broken. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Armies need a lot more than weapons and bullets to fight a war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

My parents didn’t own a lot of stuff, but they still managed to fill our minivan. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“My mother tells me that years ago her sister went out with a lot of guys, but that the guy she supposedly was in love with, Julio ... his name wasn’t William Irizarry.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He explained that a lot of people wanted to say something to me, or act like everything was cool, but they were scared because they didn’t want to make me upset. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I look in the distance, at the chain-link fence bordering the parking lot. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He turns into his usual spot, reaches into the back for his backpack, gets out, and starts walking across the desolate lot. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

"The castle won't grow no smaller, I promise you that, only now there'll be fewer hands to tend to it. You lot of slugabeds are going to learn what work is now, yes you are." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He knew a lot about trees and fish and birds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole lot of’m went, and never wrote one word back to Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If the “slavery was so long ago” thing comes up, have your white friend say that lots of white folks are still inheriting money that their families made a hundred years ago. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I got a lot on the line, too!” she says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I know. Mom works a lot and hasn’t had a whole lot of time to decorate or anything. Plus we hope we aren’t going to be here forever.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A lot of things were done with no reason or explanation. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His mother sells houses—a lot of them in The Farm—and for reasons too complicated to tell, Noah Gershom was best man at my grandmother Draper's wedding early last summer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A school parking lot isn’t the time or place to talk about these things,” Mami says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But today, I’m meeting my family in the parking lot out front. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knew from Susan and Bill that a lot of what looked positive was actually negative. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As the crowd surrounded us in the bakery parking lot, everyone munching on free day-old doughnuts, I relished my relaxed state. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She washed her hair with lots of shampoo so that the suds would cover the surface of the water. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Mack and the boys had taken the crepe paper, the masks, the broomsticks and paper pumpkins, the red, white, and blue bunting, and moved over the lot and across the street to the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me lots of space around the arc. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Tata’s brother Chico didn’t live with us, but he spent a lot of time in our apartment. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But Mom says no, don't bother, she'll be happy to stop in at the office, because Bobby is still tired a lot. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went without a lot of sleep trying to merit his increasing evidences of trust and confidence in my efforts to help build our Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked out to the edge of the parking lot, to the end of where the light from the windows reached. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mama’s doing a lot better by the time Sunday comes around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her parents seem nice but I don’t think she sees a whole lot of them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A man’s plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand...well, God put a lot of thought into making you.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody. There’s a lot of weather disturbance up there. Nobody’s been able to get in touch with him since around noon, I guess.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Owns lots of property besides our building, and does other business too.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia was really excited because she has a lot of family living in Hawaii. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Blakeslee bragged a lot about my daddy being such a dandy worker. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She’d never felt more confused—and since she had spent her whole life confused, that was saying a lot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Oh," I said, "I like to do a lot of things. Don't you want a dessert?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

This house has seen a whole lot of quiet in the past months, but tonight, the silence is different. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He had me agree to a lot of obvious things, such as that I knew my situation was serious, and that I was aware that I wouldn’t be given many more chances. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We have a lot of problems we don’t want to get into this table,” she reiterated. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music is very funky, not like the straight-up gangsta rap music I usually hear in the neighborhood, although there is a lot of cursing. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too old for the sen ice in World War II, but the war did make for a lot of work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of pictures had been ruined that afternoon when eager club members had opened the door, exposing undeveloped prints to light. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A lot of people from Jerome had been “no-nos,” though, more than at any other camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even if that were the thing I wanted to talk about, there are lots of possible answers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The three of them have been through a lot together. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, lots of fun,” I reply, to be polite, even though I am frightened by the siren’s mournful wail. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“They had to keep you sedated for a while, honey — you’ve got a lot of injuries.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Although there are admittedly not a lot of pools in Chicago. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Shamika used to help a lot when the two of us got scheduled to work at the same time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They had journeyed together in a truck expedition across central Africa, looking for Ebola virus, and a lot of tension had built up between the two men by the end of the trip. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of conflicting information, so hard to know what to believe. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Because it has a lot of moving parts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he couldn’t speak to me, he bounced me a lot and hummed to me, and touched his big, arching nose to my little, latent one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It can’t hurt to ask. He knew a lot about Poe last week.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I have a lot on my mind. But tell me, how are you fitting in at school?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know that I do, but you can learn a lot in four thousand nights.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Honey, your dad moves around a lot. And I only have an email for him. The chances of him responding are zero to none.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When we turned into the parking lot of my new giant school, I thought my heart might just pound right out of my chest. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“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

In one, full of thick paint and lots of color, he is wearing a grey felt hat. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Fears of criticism or disapproval—a lot, a 3. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We’ve seen microscopes before, but not at such length; we can spend a lot of time with them before getting tired of them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"He thinks a lot of you, too," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know a lot about when I was a little girl, because my sister used to keep a diary. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He must have eaten a lot of people.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

"There's a lot of war in Afghanistan too." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He wears glasses but spends a lot of time looking under them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At least a hundred of us stood by the parking lot that day, watching her learn the cheers, watching her jump around in her long pioneer dress. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They all had porches, it seemed, and a lot of people were sitting out on them, even though it was hotter than hell in summertime. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

For many young men accustomed to a civilian life with freedom and personal privacy, military life was tough and there was a lot of grumbling. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with sophisticates and intellectuals. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

All this talk about Minerva and the schools must have brought up a lot of unresolved feelings for him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The tires squealed as we turned onto the Norvelt road and about thirty seconds later I hit the brakes and we swerved crazily into the parking lot at the Huffer Funeral Parlor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve walked past this stone many times over the past three years, but not once with the parking lot this full. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Lots of hymns, and the Catholic priest saying Hail Marys, and the first-class salon which had really looked a lot like this: dark wood, potted palms, rose silk lampshades with their swaying fringe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walked us to the edge of the parking lot, so the house wouldn't block our view. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs the front doors slammed, and my older brother, Tidings, who had been painting the fence by the front parking lot, yelled, “Attention, all personnel! Where are the big umbrellas! I need rain cover!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d give me no more clues, but of course I did give it a lot of thought between then and Christmas. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her classmates congregated at the gazebo at its center and used the square as a turnabout when they cruised the main drag, ending up at the Walmart parking lot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I pretend to understand, but in the dictionary it says “go” and “going” mean action, moving, and lots of other things like business transactions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A wrought-iron fence surrounds the parking lot, and Supreme has to let security know who we are before they let us through the gate. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We did a lot of research before we got Aven so we could give her the best care,” Mom said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her hand pointed toward the world outside the car they sat in: the row upon row of automobiles in the hot drive-in movie lot. m Porter traced her cheek line with his knuckle. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My feelings toward your girlfriend are mixed, yes, but for the most part I have a lot of respect for her.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But as I walked away from the district headquarters parking lot, I decided I would come back and see him again. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Dad says you can go to community college for two years and then transfer, which saves a lot of money in the end. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day for the last week, he scouted the route, noting when the mail arrived, by what hour the parking lot filled, when the guards went on break and took lunch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After the sergeant hung up, there was a lot of flap as everybody gasped in dismay and concern and disappointment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But it’s also true that most people spend a lot more time in cars than in airplanes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose,” Chrissie went on, her voice wobbling slightly, “you lot would know about it. The rules, all that sort of thing.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt it was good for kids to do what they wanted because they learned a lot from their mistakes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I was scared or anything, but it was an awful lot of money. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when I pulled into the parking lot, I deliberately parked as far as possible from the silver Volvo. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

While some gymnastics skills came fairly easily to me, it was clear from the start I’d have to put in a lot of extra effort on bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There are a lot of tables though—maybe a hundred of them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He turned to me, with that smile, and said something like “I’ve got a lot to say to you, but we’ll wait until we sit down.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Maribel and I ducked under the lowered parking gates and walked across the empty lot, our sneakers making prints in the snow, our breath heavy in the air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Was it possible for lots of people to have their feelings controlled all at once? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sounded a lot calmer than I would have if I’d been insulted like that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Some of our lot are suggesting a story from somebody. We’re hoping one of your people would like to tell one, but we can begin ourselves, if you’d prefer.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think the moon’s all there is? There’s a whole lot more for us to see. Haven’t you ever heard of New Zealand?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Just send them down the passage when they get here, will you? Thanks a lot.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“There was a lot to do. How are you? I told her about my papers and the leave. “That’s lovely,” she said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of control not to give away what I'm thinking. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe she really was sleeping at Janet's, whoever that was—which would mean a lot of hiking for naught. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She does a lot more reading while Suesetta and I do the mixing and the placing of cookie dough on the baking trays and into the oven. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A person could learn a lot just by listening. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to trick our bellies into thinking we were full by drinking a lot of water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He probably killed lots of innocent people. All these guys probably did.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see your mistress doing much work, but by the looks of her, she does a whole lot of eating!” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, a whole lot of nothing happened. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She said I was having a whole lot of fun then I smiled real big and, without no kind of warning atall, the accident happened. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Like a lot of what he learned in economics, it didn’t make sense in the real world. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The black sedan pulled into the parking lot and stopped beside us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we pull into the bar parking lot, it’s 10:42. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A lot of his time was spent denying it, convincing himself he misread Hunter’s words and most of all his look. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, it’s going to seem like a whole lot longer if we all have to pretend to be perfect the entire time. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But the greatest scheme ever would involve a lot of work. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My Sen set of grandparents are a lot easier to manage than Didu. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wish I hadn’t done a lot of things I did back then. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And which people have mad faces or cry a lot because that means they’re sad. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was with a lot of fear in my heart when, after hours in the fields, a gentle knock at the door caught me just afore I was ’bout asleep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I make a lot of money,” the bishop said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Harry has a lot of ideas about changes to this and that, but really, no one in the village wants upheaval, even if it might benefit them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Calypso High winter carnival was held in the school’s senior parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Janae’s not crying, but she’s taking up a whole lot of space with her heavy sighs, and moping around as if she doesn’t have her whole life ahead of her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The school buses were lined up in the side parking lot of the school, waiting to be filled with kids who lived too far out in the county to walk home. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dad and I took a lot of buses,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked clumsily down the stairs and crossed over and walked up the lot and up the chicken walk to the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was good being back at school with friends and lots of work to occupy my mind. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It always causes a lot of excitement and generates talk about how the odds are not in that family’s favor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Actually I’m dealing with a lot of stuff right now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mumbled sorry and then walked out to the senior parking lot. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the mirror I see all the details: the vines, the flowers, the butterflies, and the hummingbirds in lots of colors. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She brushed past the others and streaked across the flooded parking lot, churning up a wake like a fleeing speedboat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had pulled into the parking lot of our local pharmacy to run an errand, and checked my skin in the rearview mirror like I often did before getting out of the car. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time now writing obscure words in the dark. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I got in a lot of practice after what happened with Will. I have several choice things to say about her nose.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Back in first grade, Kelly and George had decided that saying one-tivo-three-zoot was a lot more fun than saying good-bye. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I may not be able to make clear sounds, but I can make a lot of noise. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It would have been better for them to have had more girls, as there was a lot of work for women to do there. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"Woot! The second half's a lot darker, though. It's the romantic part. Okay okay okay okay, see you after!" he says, and then races off to congratulate, and probably chastise, his cast. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were an obstinate lot, it would take a long time to persuade one of them to go with him, and very likely it would disturb Silvertongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We swung around back to the parking lot and—yes— there was a car, and another car. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I do tend to get straight to business sometimes, don’t I? Though I have a lot of wiggle room before I get as grumpy as Alec.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A commotion drew my attention across the lot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sergeant, annoyed to have been called up for nothing, advised the inmate, “Next time, cut the long way. It works a lot better.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it's both of us, because there's a lot less yelling. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cross the lot, making a wide arc around scattered piles of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My feet hurt after four hours of work, and I wear my comfortable old Reeboks, but a lot of women run around all day in thin-soled moccasins. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing except the roots of the old peach tree...and a whole lot of earthworms and centipedes and insects living in the soil. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot a colored womens got to give they children up, Miss Skeeter. Send they kids off cause they have to tend to a white family.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He knew a lot of the faces in this room: People who had been to rallies and marches over the years. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone goes to someone’s house, and they play a lot of music and dance. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"Your mentor has a lot to learn about presentation. A lot about televised behavior." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I would be spending brief periods on a gallery but would also have a lot of time off, accompanying inmates to the mess hall and, later, to the commissary or package room or school building. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of air activity, and we actually saw a jet go down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if they don’t like you, then the unfortunate fact is that you’re related to idiots. I’m sorry. A lot of us are, though. You’re in good company.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, boy. You need to remember two things: One, Lana is as tough as I am and a whole lot smarter. And two, you’re forgetting the details.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Both of us were working a lot, and Charlie dated a few more girls. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I agree with the lot of ya. He should be punished, but then we need to figure out a way to use him. I’m reservin’ my recommendation until I hear everyone out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The teachers were serious and smart and a lot of them went by “Dr.,” and so when the time came for my last class before lunch, World Religions, I felt tremendous relief. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Why not raise the bounty on pests? Give us something to spend, at least while we wait things out. A lot of us are down to our last coppers.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“We sold a lot of these at lunch today.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He read books a lot,” Lucas said uncomfortably, looking over at my mother for a silent approval of his participation. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I make sure to be honest and use lots of exclamation points. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was starting to go away, like a humongous wave that crashes with a lot of noise and spray but then slowly fizzles away into nothing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Do a lot of people cross into China?” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Getting away from them feels suddenly a lot more pressing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her paranoia made a lot more sense now. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Adam said, “Let me tell you. The proofs that God does not exist are very strong, but in lots of people they are not as strong as the feeling that He does.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"So, do you come and study here a lot?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Never seen anyone go in or come out. Just a lot of deliveries and a lot of trash.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was when I decided to answer lots of questions in my mind and not to think bad things about her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As the parade of school buses continues to pour in, the soldiers make room for them in the lot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’s got lots of firepower, even without the onagers.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

My friends stand outside in the parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The side streets were like parking lots, and so were West End and Amsterdam Avenues, where the traffic went uptown. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The day that a car is driven off the lot is the worst day in its life, for it instantly loses as much as a quarter of its value. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it looked like he put a lot of effort into it, so that was kind of nice. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Closer in, we would have been pegged instantly as rich kids from up on the hill, kids likely to make a lot of noise and leave a bad tip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Although, truth be told, it had probably been an awful lot worse. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You’re a lot older than they are. Too old to upset them like this.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Would you rather have two-thirds of nothing and a big problem on your hands, or would you rather have fifty percent of a whole lot, problem-free?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That's why I worry about Eden, because even though he's easily the smartest of us three boys, he thinks a lot like I do. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When Gauguin drinks, he drinks a lot, and now so does Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was a lot early, she was a little late. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it amused me a lot and sometimes it didn't. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of other senators seemed to be having trouble with their togas, too—hiking up their hems, trying to keep the cloth from slipping off their shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

By Tuesday afternoon the line snaked almost the length of the parking lot and 366 fans were in it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re crazy about him. They really love him a lot. They even bought him a car!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And anyway, five hundred years was an awful lot to remember. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At Mercy, I began to understand a lot of things about America—and about being black in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And then, as we pulled into our apartment complex parking lot, Mom’s laughing died out and she got this different look on her face as she stared straight ahead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Thanks a lot. No kidding. I appreciate it. I really do." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My goodness, it was a lot of books. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

So much so that a lot of the students that live in what they call the “’hood” take two or three buses just to get to school every day. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was still a long way from being finished—had a lot of work to do. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean...a lot of things. Kind of all at once.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I have a lot to learn,” he murmured. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya knew that she didn’t have a lot of room to complain, that she still had it way better than most kids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I spun around like a victim of amnesia, desperately searching the parking lot for a glimpse of something—anything—that made sense. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“A PhD lasts a lot longer than love,” he replies. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“I have a lot of legs,” the Centipede answered proudly. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their first conclusion is, unsurprisingly, that lots of cheating goes on. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy sure had a lot of bulging veins in his neck. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s my lab. I’m responsible for a lot of the technology you’ll see around Summerland. Electric lights,” he says, pointing to the ceiling. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t figure out why a lot of the stuff was important. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was talking to Vern, he got confused and thought I was my mom. Does that happen a lot?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The landlord coming over and saying “I’m sorry” and shaking his head a lot. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The kid winces as she presses the gun harder against his forehead, a lot more terrified of her than he was of me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But lately he wants to do lots of things for himself. He’s even doing his hand exercises again.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like the art lessons because you learn a lot. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Kid, you have a lot of days to live,” Uncle said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, dropping his voice an octave or two so he sounded all serious, “like a lot of people, you’re afraid of being in a vehicle when someone’s driving with their eyes shut.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

For a while he’d only had to suffer during art lessons—though that was often enough, because we did a lot of art in the Juniors. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waiting in the airport parking lot was our mother’s car, the “Florida Special.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Another car drove into the lot and parked near me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was not the kind of girl who could make you forget about Margo Roth Spiegelman, but she was the kind of girl who could make you forget about a lot of things. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It appears we have a lot to learn about each other.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She helped them organize car washes in the parking lot of the YMCA, but the boys had come up $130 short of their goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He lets me say a lot of things to him that he’d never accept from his mother. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“And they live toward the coast. There’s a lot of fruit there, mangoes and pineapples and bananas.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally pulled into the parking lot, my body had to adjust to sub-light speeds before I could pour myself out of the Smokemobile’s backseat and follow Sohrab to the ticket office. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I fall down a lot when I run,” I admitted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see how keeping time was going to help a whole lot, but I was touched that Tyson was concerned. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“At school? Actually, the thing is, I think he did give me that number too, but I’ve lost it—” “You sure lose a lot of things,” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of desperate people waiting to get that water, including kids my age and mothers with babies. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What he said was like a lot of things about prison: brutal, but reasonable under the circumstances. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was such a lot, nearly all of it technologically unfamiliar to me, which made it both exciting and daunting, but mostly daunting. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what my mom calls the hairpieces we use. Princess hair. They cost a lot, about five or six hundred dollars.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Slovo: “Do you agree that your notes are a lot of rubbish?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by the way, Otis made the coffee for us that night, and for the record, it was a whole lot stronger than Mrs. Windermere’s. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The heroines in books seemed to faint a lot, swaying genteelly onto a handy padded couch or into the convenient arms of some concerned suitor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There are a lot of people looking for her, he thought. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It’s been a lot of pretending since the most ridiculous divorce of all time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know what he was doing exactly, but I could see that he was spending a lot of energy searching for support to make the next step.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

You miss a little in this house, you miss a lot. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're one of the biggest outfits in the business. Make a lot of paint for the government." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you leave the grocery, if you walk catty-cornered across the grass-grown lot, threading your way among the great rusty pipes thrown out of the canneries, you will see a path worn in the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a lot more like me now, a good-time gid. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six and a half hours later I found out the lot was owned by the city. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a hundred miles we passed two oases, the first at Olancha, the second around Lone Pine, a small, tree-filled town where a lot of mountain buffs turn off for the Mount Whitney Portal. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It means a lot in my world, too,” I tell her. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“She has no idea what she’s talking about. There was no such man. We see lots of silly things when we dream.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Mom had to call a lot of theaters until she found one that was willing to let us have the whole theater to ourselves.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I guess a lot of parents do that, stick around for their kids. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But her words make me feel a lot better. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talk to myself a lot, but everyone does. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got a lot on my mind,” he said as he climbed into a seat behind Njemile and next to Kaisha, who barely looked up from her phone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good place for them as there are lots of crawfish and minnows in those potholes. If a hound jumps one there, he has a good chance to tree him.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I care about a lot of them. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw her at the start of lunch, carrying her suitcase out to the parking lot, I imagined myself throwing my body in front of Kevin’s car, kicking and screaming, to stop her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I end up seeing lots of spiderwebs, but thankfully no actual spiders. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now that we were hanging with Styx Malone, that look came around a lot more often. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Moss had a lot of memories to save. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“A lot of autistic people have a special talent. James is great with numbers. But he has his problems, too.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I got no vertical. Like literally, the coach told me I’d be warming the bench a lot, but I had a good arm and was kinda fast, so he suggested football.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of good Island of the Blue Dolphins did me snug inside my pillowcase. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of love to hate you like this. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Arabs and Jews shook hands again, at the White House and in lots of other places, too. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said he learned a lot from it, which Mr. Terupt was happy to hear. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The document, which alleged that Walter McMillian was unfairly tried, wrongly convicted, and illegally sentenced, drew a lot of attention in Monroeville. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Only a couple of cars sat in the parking lot when they arrived at the bank. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It reminded her that she had lots to do to get ready for me, and there was no room for tears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t have a lot to compare it to. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A lot of kids probably had him pegged as suspect number one for the swastikas. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had on a housedress that looked a lot too big for her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The main course was essence of brandied pig, and you need a lot of it to serve five hundred people. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You get a lot of birds around here?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As the father of three children who are now all the way through high school—thirty-nine years of combined K-12 schooling—I’ve gotten to know lots of teachers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Verna had met Suzanne a couple of times while we were at Harvard and by sheer coincidence was now living in Silver Spring, in a building just across the parking lot from Suzanne’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then, from across the open lot, came another. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have a lot of money with me,” I say, which is true enough, but an evasion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn’t help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Bore has a seat on the Coffee Exchange, and if he sells more than two hundred lots in a day, he’s in a good mood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The lawn was overgrown, not in that neglected way that makes a place look shabby, but with nice abandon, as if to say, there’s room in this house for everything, even a lot of grass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked and struggled like a madman even as Earl dragged him across the lot and up the stairs into the privilege car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I might not have a lot of good friends, but I have a lot of contacts.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But Dad, they found turquoise! It’s worth a lot now.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it sounds like my dad has a lot of tíos and tías to turn to, I wonder if he’s lonely. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later Grandma wheeled the Buick into the hospital parking lot. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You go. Poison will hurt Cyclopes. A lot of pain. But it won’t kill.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I sit in the back row, where I can keep my eye on everyone, as well as whatever is going on in the parking lot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I drank lots of yogurt smoothies and ate lots of low-salt no-frills tortilla chips. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She stays outdoors a lot, I think to escape it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot has happened this summer. And we were a little afraid to tell you about any of it.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My sister was a lot braver than me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

About two inches of it were missing and it was bleeding quite a lot. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You mean properly broken, in lots of pieces?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of questions I would have asked him if I hadn’t been afraid of him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A lot of hard thinking and talking goes on in this place. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was a very nice kid, and I liked him, but I could never see eye to eye with him on a lot of stuff in the Bible, especially the Disciples. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

An inmate who was known to read a lot could check out more than the permitted maximum number of books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I lied. Everything I said at McMillian's trial was a lie. I’ve lost a lot of sleep and have been in a lot of pain over this. I can’t be quiet any longer.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And some years there are lots of frogs in the pond, and some years there are very few. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The two getaway cars had long since screeched out of the parking lot. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Otto said, “Thank you for your concern, Mr. Flux. Indeed, we could do a lot more good for the county if we had more time.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t paid much, but as I’d never been paid anything before, it felt like a lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After brief introductions the Hudson family steered Luke to a picnic bench near the parking lot. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They were almost to the parking lot when they heard Mr. Rowan shouting for them. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How does that make me a snob? You can’t force friendship. We just don’t have a lot in common.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a second, chuckled, and added, “You have a lot of work to do!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We link arms too; a lot of people are linked, and there's strength in that, there's a river of hope in that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had thought about it a lot, I said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was a cabinet next to me with a lot of neat stuff inside. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why a lot of my clothes are too big for me, ’cause they belonged to someone else first. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lot of giggling and talking going on up there,” she says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Because he wasn’t adopted. Like, ever? He’s been living with this family about an hour away from here, but he’s been in a lot of different homes since before then.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I guess he’s been thinking about this a lot because he hadn’t given me a new book to read since The Stranger. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, there are a lot of wounded. So I’ve sent a wire to Koch’s office for confirmation, but thought you might be able to solve the matter more quickly. Did you see him?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that Margaret was saying nappy a lot. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped in the middle of the lot and stomped his foot against the tail of the board, flipping it up into his hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As Lucky searched for a spot in the brightly lit parking lot, Lupita sat up and let the shawl fall onto her shoulders. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She was probably in her early thirties but the lines around her eyes made her look a lot older. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I knew I’d have a lot of e-mail. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But in any case, remember, you have already learned a lot. More than many of the neighborhood girls. You can read and write. What more do you need to know?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“But we sure made a lot out of it, and the boys were dumber than we were.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I learned a lot in the first few days that I was enrolled in the class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He announced in a very cheerful voice, “I do feel a hell of a lot better now, though.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They were on the news a lot lately. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pored over the bookshelves, found lots of biology and physiology and animal science books, some agriculture, only one little book on myths, which she pulled out; she had this book, too. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t a lie exactly, and it was a lot easier than the truth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

We sat in his jeep in the dark, empty parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I noticed that a lot of the campers had similar features: sharp noses, upturned eyebrows, mischievous smiles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s dealing with a whole lot of problems of his own.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hearing Junaid brag is a lot better than his begging me to feed him drama about my life. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Argus unloaded our bags, made sure we got our bus tickets, then drove away, the eye on the back of his hand opening to watch us as he pulled out of the parking lot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The “let out” in the parking lot is already happening. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The doctor got all the glass out. He said when the swelling and redness go down, I’ll look basically the same as I used to. Just with a lot of scars.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She is thinking a lot about this tonight. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Because I hear you like to move around a lot.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Not really. I’ve just been dragged to a lot of antiques stores.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There’ll be a lot of anger when that day comes, and strikes and disruption. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie pointed to a picture on the cover of the book of a birthday cake with lots of candles. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I had a lot of girlfriends in college, Cal,” Presto said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It turned out there were a lot of things I had yet to learn about life, or at least life on the Princeton campus in the early 1980s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It isn’t warm and welcoming, but it’s a lot nicer than what I have planned. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I knew it would be you to take it the hardest. It's a lot, Zuri. First Madrina. And now this. But you gotta grow up. It's a big world out there.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“So the first part is that when I was a kid, I worried a lot.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yep, she called to me from the parking lot of abandoned cars. The sun was shining through her windows like a beacon of hope.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“And you meant for Mr. Hickock to believe that Mr. Clutter had a lot of money, didn’t you?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father and her mother were both lawyers, so she spent a lot of time by herself in that big house when she wasn’t away at her prep school. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was going to take a lot of Pong to make him feel better. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Actually, there are a lot of bright spots.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of talk about it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a lot to do with thinking through things and making smart decisions and not taking dumb risks for no reason at all and in fact not taking dumb risks period. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten the question a lot since then: “What are you? Where are you from?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So expect a lot of concrete and graffiti.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Junie, can you get me a glass of water with lots of ice?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lot easier to pretend the world will go on spinnin’.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

X-Ray yelled an obscenity out his window, then lurched out of the parking lot and into traffic. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The parking lot of King Middle is packed when we pull up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And yet lots of discussions in my household were about how to cross that line, when to cross that line, and who could cross that invisible line without getting hurt. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran a lot slower with Dante along, but that was okay. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Peewee told me about it and for the first time he didn’t make a lot of jokes about it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I suggested it to the teacher, the boys in class agreed—and were convinced that everyone would have died a lot sooner. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I filled in potholes and shoveled up trash from vacant lots. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of dew, his jeans were very wet, now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Nine out of the lot of twenty-five began with the sentence, ‘I do not want to be a servant.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Ms. Morales came to pick up the three Greystone kids at the end of the school day, she was wearing a lot of makeup and hairspray. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of people here like that,” Alaska went on, still fuming. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Matilda is a very lucky girl. She has wonderful parents who have already taught her to multiply lots of numbers. Was it your mother, Matilda, who taught you?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were lying behind a wooden stringer in the lot before he even got near the door. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said: “You like him a lot, don’t you?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her big breasts drooped a lot, and her belly had gotten pretty plump, but her legs were strong and lovely. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about her a lot like that, as something’s meal. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I get a lot of weird looks as people file out of the library. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Devon’s hair is brown and people say his eyes are big and beautiful and brown but really there’s a lot of black and white in his eyes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the wheelchair to face the parking lot. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a hot day and lots of beer, they let the umpire hear it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of circles, for all the buttons she stole. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Looked like a lot in your pocket yesterday.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Well, I don't like a lot of bickering and confusion myself," he said, avoiding my eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

During library period, which came next, a lot of people got stuff to read about oracles, and that afternoon there was another discussion in class. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They traded for lots of corn, but by the time their boats were loaded up, the tide was out and the boats couldn’t move. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our school is gated too, and the campus has new, modern buildings with lots of windows and marigolds blooming along the walkways. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They wanted to hear about the gal lots of times and they gimme somethin' to eat and drink and some tobacco. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once this would have drawn blood, but he must have accepted his lot in life by now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Frank stood just out of earshot, having an argument that involved lots of arm waving and head shaking. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mom said there’s a lot to do when you move, and I should let our new neighbors get unpacked, anyway. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, Kevin and I had a lot of fun riding bikes, playing video games, shooting baskets, skateboarding. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Andy, in his wheelchair, came to visit a lot because he didn’t have much else to do. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She glanced at his box and realized it held a lot more rocks than hers did. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of talk about basketball scholarships, and I thought about trying to get up my interest in ball again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the back of the lot she dug a small hole with a pointed stick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cas looked out the window as her mother pulled into the student parking lot that had looked so far away from the second-story classroom window more than a month ago. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They wore identical uniforms with lots of pockets and buttons and belts. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A lot of times I eat things I don’t really favor,” she told him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes time. Grief takes a lot of forms, and it stays with you until the end of your days. Isn’t that right?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They knew that since the museum opened late on Sunday, they would accumulate a lot of hunger before they got out. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It just means he has a lot of free time on his hands,” Fina says with a roll of her eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We stored them in the musty shed across the parking lot from Scanlan, stacked atop one another from September through May, nesting grounds for spiders and the occasional rat or garter snake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve come to help you to silflay. It’ll do you good and we can clean you up a lot better outside. Come on: it’s a lovely afternoon, all sun and leaves.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I didn’t know, but I was doing a lot of reading in philosophy and theology, and some good might come of that. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We went up to the 5th floor to another room with lots of cages and animils they had monkys and some mouses. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once I received my certificate, I hurried through the parking lot to get back to work, but it took nearly an hour to find my car among the massive and indistinguishable rows of vehicles. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the trees around the parking lot, the other harpies finally overcame their shock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He got a lot better last year,” Adam said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It knows Redemption means a lot to you,” her mother said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her bubble letters were a lot better than mine. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Keller asks as we pull into the parking lot. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

One of Brave Orchid’s children brought the car from the parking lot, and the other heaved the luggage into the trunk. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some looked serious, but there was a lot of laughing and joking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made lots of noise, fussing with the plants, shifting pots around, turning the volume up, ever so slightly, on the outdoor sounds from the cassette player to cover for the one missing chirp. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

While I lay there in bed, waiting for the time to come, I did a lot of inventing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We know a whole lot more now than we did before.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had done a lot of drinking and raising hell with Emo and some of the other veterans. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I have school? And homework? This is going to take up a lot of my time,” Mustafa argues. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He talks about his father a lot, which is weird, since the two of them can barely stand each other. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What I’m asking is, how did you find each other in the parking lot? How did you know he was the one selling the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We crossed a courtyard where there were lots of old people chatting in little groups. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I need to remember a lot of things,” she muttered to herself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Better than a lot of us, even though he was older." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve thought about this a lot,” said the second mummy, sounding serious, “and I really think... if I looked like him, seriously, I think that I’d kill myself.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

This bit of news was really surprising to me, for a lot of reasons. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Sure, anyone can name fourteen dead people. But we’re disorganized mourners, so a lot of people end up remembering Shakespeare, and no one ends up remembering the person he wrote Sonnet Fifty-five about.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She started the car, put it in gear, and pulled out of the library parking lot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Not a lot of floor space, but still lots of vertical area. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Tally spent a lot of time wondering what Shay was going to look like pretty, her skin-and-bones body all filled out, her already full Ups perfected, and the ragged fingernails gone forever. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You are busy, but after you get the hang of it, it is great fun—a lot more fun than rubbing your stomach while patting your head. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A raid is actually quite a lot like a battle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The church had at last thrown in its lot with the people! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how will you know which one to pick? There’s a lot of dogs at the shelter. And they all want to be saved.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You did the right thing,” she says, “A lot of people get off their medication and get into big trouble.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lloyd and I spent a lot of time in 3833 trying to find out what we could about life in the building and the death of Eric Morse. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Th e next morning there was a lot of excitement at breakfast. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Pa said there was lots of honey left for the bees, and there was another large, hollow tree near by, into which they could move. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s not a lot of good news on the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Our apartment isn’t super high, only the eighth floor, but from my window, you sure can see a lot. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were a lot better than Hillside East. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t easy, but it would have been a lot harder alone. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My father gave me twenty dollars and the keys to his car, saying, “Thanks for sticking around. It meant a lot to me and the family.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of work has gone into this face, this body. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dad and I prefer Althea Park, but we’ve spent a lot of time in Central Park too. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pointed out a high iron gate and beyond it a big mansion with lots of flowers and the hedges all cut to look like animals. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, you may not know this about me, but as someone who’s gone to a lot of different new schools over the years, trust hasn’t always been easy for me to give people. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s all a brutal business. There are going to be a lot of letters—worse than this one.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Well, yes, I suppose I do know a lot of things. That’s why people started calling me Sticky, because everything I read sticks in my head.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lucinda looks at me as if I’m a lot dumber than she thought I was. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Remember, there are bacteria in the animal’s rumen and they produce a lot of gas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

That's a lot scarier than going to New York City, so maybe I'm not brave. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We got a lot to talk about and not much time, as usual, so gather round and keep the heckling to a minimum.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I felt scared a lot, though, which feels kind of like jail too. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Colin would hear this a lot, and yet—somehow—he could never hear it enough. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The rain really started coming down as the bus skidded out of the gravel parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast’s fur blended almost exactly with the color of the fog around them except for red markings along its face and mouth that looked a lot like blood. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You sure you’re on board with this?” he asks as he pulls out of the parking lot. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“If you hold it like this, your thumb is safe. The down side is that you lose a lot of the mobility in your wrist.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, Florida Carter is a lot better than Florida Produce.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This is about a lot more than just our family,” I told Carmen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Me and Ma have a pretty good disagreement ’bout them clothes ’cause to me they look a powerful lot like a girl’s dress and bonnet. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But ever since Mom told me we were moving, a lot of my zines had become about that. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And a lot of it will be wrong, but just enough of it will be right. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

You need a ton of talent and lots of lucky breaks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly happy cruising in second gear: he guessed it must have spent a lot of its time at that speed, holding up traffic. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Carrying it down the stairs, I worry that Jason will see me in the parking lot with the guitar, so I race to our car and quickly put it in the backseat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one thing about being outside the city: It made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem a lot more useful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her body conveyed anger like a second language; she must have had a lot of practice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I had a lot on my mind with the whole money thing. But I promise I’ll look at them this time.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You’d best begin. There are a lot of people here. This could take a while. Maybe forever.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

That night after dinner, Quintus had us suit up in combat armor like we were getting ready for capture the flag, but the mood among the campers was a lot more serious. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of excitement in the camp. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down and looked at the parking lot for a while. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Almost a thousand townspeople follow us back to the lot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think Raven actually hid this book. She’s probably one of those know-it-alls who likes to flaunt every fact in her head. Yippee for you, you know a lot about Edgar Allan Poe.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled the needle out, and a lot of blood squirted out of the puncture wound. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only by fightin' for everythin’ he loved, see, me, my mum, his family, our home, the lot, only then could Dad take the pain. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop warns him that we can only work on the pageant when Daddy’s not home, which is easy enough since he’s been doing a lot of overtime lately. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Although that sounds like a lot, it was only enough to permit a single attempt for three guides, eight clients, and four Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anecdotes can be told, advice given, opinions opined, all with a lot fewer first-person pronouns than you think. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Classes were over for the day, of course, but that was the time when a lot of other action got started. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me a lot about what he called Präsentivmitteln in German. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they’re waiting at the other end of the parking lot,” he suggested. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

That dog and I had a lot in common. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He looked out through the window at the lot and up at the Palace but no one was moving. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People. Suddenly, Bone Gap is full of concerned, chivalrous types with lots of extra toilet paper. Who knew?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t understand why she was so unhappy, this park looked like the kind of place where you could have a lot of fun. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He misses it. He says that a lot. I think he wants to go back to it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Tony puts the car in gear and drives through the empty parking lot, heading for the street. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Papi is waiting for us in the maintenance parking lot on Friday like I told him to. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He used to help me out a lot.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I decided I would spend the summer writing a novel That would fix a lot of people. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It has cost us a lot of money to trace the boys this far, Mr. Getz,” he said, “and I can assure you that they are here. Somewhere..." “...in this filth!" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel considered this lot briefly, but it beat him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lovely setting and there sure are a lot of pots on the stove for you not to be expecting anyone.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We barely made it out of the parking lot before Marcus started in on me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I bet lots of them have had terrible stuff happen to them.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I remember when we saw him on TV and you liked him a lot.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Minimalist, lots of clean lines, good for my state of mind. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He said, “I want to make a lot of money. I want you to tell me how.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having a father who was a tavern-keeper was a lot better than being a farmer’s son, like most boys. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it’s worth a lot of money?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

All three of us were dead asleep before the bus was even out of the parking lot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then lots of people started coming into the little station. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Noses bleed a lot Noses... just... bleed a lot Now get going! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the parking lot of the last shop, Mother pursed her lips, then said, “There’s one more place we can try.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She'd never met Allie or anything, because that was her first summer in Maine--before that, she went to Cape Cod- -but I told her quite a lot about him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of it is pretty boring, especially the songs and the poetry parts. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You ask quite a lot. I wouldn’t do this for anyone else, you know.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You mean. . . . You talking about what I said that night, when I said I wanted to do a lot of things?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Papa had become rich, he got invited to a lot of official parties and functions. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been friends with Colton Griggs my whole life, and I have never heard him talk that much. But we mostly go fishing, and I don’t like a lot of chitchat.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The months of exercise and dance practice had made Angel a lot stronger than Jordan expected, but he still managed to have her under his power with little difficulty. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe a lot of it was true.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They say those things a lot in nature films. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The world contains a lot of dead people. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The pantry contained canned fruits and vegetables, unbroken jars of preserves, bread, oatmeal, cream of wheat, crackers, tuna, and lots of other stuff. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her classes were often full of young men, who were a lot more interested in the teacher than they were in getting an education. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In those days we had a fine yard that lots of other children would have given their right arms to play in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jimmy said, “How do you say bone in French? French always makes things sound a lot classier.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to say a lot of nonsense. I said I was sorry. We do get along.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Things would be a whole lot simpler if I could just build a wall around me like he does. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I want to spend a lot of time with everyone before they leave. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He will have lots of stories to tell his people. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They make me stay with him quite a lot.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They’re making me see one, too, and even though I protest a lot, it’s not so bad. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But I used to cry a lot, late at night. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She had felt it in the Tag and Bag parking lot with Mr. Staphopoulos when he was telling her good-bye. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

As the minister of several temples, conducting the Muslim ceremony had occasionally fallen to my lot. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever told Abbey or me exactly how much was there, but it must have been a lot. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Don't look so inconsolable. Falconer will take good care of you, and you can learn a lot from him. Besides, looking on the bright side, this time you'll have a horse of your own." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So quickly that he made a lot of noise. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He spent a lot of time imagining what other people were thinking and feeling that might mitigate their behavior. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As a matter of feet, a lot of the photos were the ones that ended up in the funeral program. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Negro Digest is smaller, but it has a lot of neat articles. I like it,” Suesetta says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You know, there are an awful lot of people headin’ this way.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’m being dumb, but the thought of having that kind of power over people scares me a lot more than another magician does. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A lot of Japanese civilians gave us the once-over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape I wanted to memorize has ribboned away behind me, and I now find myself sitting in a parking lot that I don’t remember driving to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I told Charlie I had a lot of homework to do, and that I didn’t want anything to eat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s not a lot of life in either of them. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drop the price per ounce, but sell a lot more ounces. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

One thing I like about Gregory is that he puts a lot of thought in before he answers you. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She has the advantage of freedom, but I am a lot more imaginative. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Giles and Beatrice were coming for the night, but nobody else, thank heaven, although a lot of people were expected to dinner first. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the time, I can’t believe that was me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we put a lot of time into this,” Joe added. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A lot of people had been as sad as I was. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of truth in what my dad was saying. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He had covered a lot of conflicts—including the Iran-Iraq war and the crises in Cambodia, Rwanda, and the Congo—and he had followed the plight of refugees in Sudan, Iran, India, and Pakistan. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of places to live around the Fillmore,” he said carefully. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The houses were “better,” though not by a lot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of angry people out there.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of sorry for Byron because Momma hadn’t let go of his neck and, even though he was a lot older, we could tell he was just as scared as me and Joetta. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She bought a lot of art there. We had a guide, an art specialist.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The house itself sat on a corner lot on Lincoln Avenue in the Southside. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded like he was thinking of something, or thinking about a lot of things, or thinking about everything, if that’s even possible. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of parents came to the house then to pick up their kids, and a lot of the girls were crying and throwing up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot to set me off; I’ve been thoroughly trained to control my emotions. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

You don’t get a whole lot for a hundred-dollar down payment, I guess. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘It’ll be a lot of work getting the legion back in shape, repairing the damage Octavian did. Dating regulations will be the least of my worries.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Suppose, like a lot of things, it’s all how you look at it.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the butcher returns, he hears a lot of Vietnamese in a voice stern and steady, from eyes even more so. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“She gets that from these hair videos she watches on YouTube. A lot of the girls are British. Now she runs around saying everything is either ‘brilliant’ or ‘mental.’ Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But, honestly, it wasn’t all that organized, or civilized, and we continued to fight a lot of wars with each other. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“What a lot of togetherness you are planning. And what a lot of solitude awaits you. Ah, here are your friends now.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Against nothing, Captain. It’s a good, quiet green town, a lot like the old- fashioned one I was born in. I like the looks of it.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You could twist it a lot and make them similar, but...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yo, man, you got a lot on the cap,” Sweet Jimmy said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick’s family did a lot of reading, so book-shelves covered three of the four walls in the family room. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There sure are lots of ’em,” I said. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I give Uncle Paul a hug in the parking lot. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Z spotted Mr. Casey walking from the faculty parking lot toward the school, and he gripped the edge of the window frame. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of dirt, mud, grime—much of it from Todd moving things upstairs and rushing in and out of the house—but the damage could have been far worse. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie had already decided that he liked the couch a lot. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She said that you said the kid had a lot of scars and stuff. Like he’d been in a fire.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Inside her head, she was trying to say a lot of things to Taryn, things she didn’t know how to say with words. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ve seen a lot of people around here with sick brains and they don’t look right or act right.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A Hogsmeade branch, you know, but a fat lot of good it’ll do us if you lot aren’t allowed out at weekends to buy our stuff anymore… But never mind that now.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Billy’s son Robert had a lot of trouble in high school, but then he joined the famous Green Berets. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughs a lot, loves to sing, blushes a lot, is a little overweight, and I’ve never seen him in a bad mood. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We pull into the parking lot—it’s packed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We have a parking lot’s length of time left with each other. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people would like to live there, but they’re as fussy as cats.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As it went the rounds, it left a lot of startled faces behind it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Him, a lot of Clock Watchers, and a bunch of Time Sucks.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I recognize a lot of them because they work shifts for Papi when he can hire them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was actually just hoping to get a good solid stick, but it lodges in the seam between two panels, making me look a lot better than I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He got hit a lot, too, but he was a superhero and the snow just fueled his powers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But after I stayed in the class and toughed it out, a lot more white students transferred in, just like more people joined the Freedom Rider movement after Jim’s first step. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was standing in the 7-Eleven parking lot with the van behind him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,” RFK had said. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You got a lot of books,” he said as she came back. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Her name is Love. Her real name. And it’s nothing yet, but I like her a lot.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t help thinking about you quite a lot these days.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I know there is a lot to say, though I’m not sure exactly what it is, but we can’t say it here, or now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa says the history of the world is a lot of people fighting for power, within each country, plus between countries.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Because our code was used for top-secret messages, I knew about a lot of things. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has a lot of problems with her typewriter too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sherm’s grandmother turned, and Bridge could see the woman in the picture upstairs, along with a lot of years. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had a lot of books, which I spent about a half an hour asking them about. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur said: “We shall have to tell him what has been happening since he went away. What a lot of filings to tell. Where can we begin?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I smile a lot when I’m nervous. I can’t help it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The same lady appeared in a lot of them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“There was a lot more to it than that.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He smiled a lot, as if the world were a secret joke that only he was clever enough to understand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And mad a lot He say, Don’t say slaving, Mama. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You come in here a lot, don’t you?” he asked me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The whole lot of us were in this together now, even my mother. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s not something I done a whole lot with my bosses or they friends. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Which means we end up with someone and there’s lots of choosing to do. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The people who come here have a lot of money to spend, so they can afford to travel,” his father said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our bus doesn't leave till tomorrow. There’s a lot of time to kill.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what a lot of the items are, but I’m going to try them all until I feel sick to my stomach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a lot of climbing up and down stairs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ultraviolet light is light with a lot of energy, so scientists naturally concluded that it took quite a bit of energy to kick an electron out of an atom. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

That evening after practice, Grace came home to Willow Ridge to find Bien and his older brother, Alex, in the parking lot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As we wound our way through the round tables full of teachers, other parents, and a lot of grown-ups we didn’t know, people congratulated us and complimented our dancing. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But it was a lot more unusual for a wife to have more than one husband. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We make a lot of detours, but we’re always heading for the same destination.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she says, "What do you mean, about being on your own a lot?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not in good shape at all. A lot of fluid around his heart. Where did you find him?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tired of embarrassing myself in front of two-year-olds, I've started referring to everything in the plural, which can get expensive but has solved a lot of my problems. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, he conceded, there had been “lots of cutting lately.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew its flaws, its many flaws, but believed that with a lot of deft dredging and sculpting, the park could be transformed into a landscape unlike any that had ever seated an exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It looked like I had a lot of people finding to do. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Laura grabbed the biggest chip, and Mary said: “I don’t care. Aunt Lotty likes my hair best, anyway. Golden hair is lots prettier than brown.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me to ignore my stepfather, says I’ve got a lot to work with, that I can make myself over with hair and makeup. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wait until next Friday when there would be a lot of money in the register.... The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Ms. Tannenbaum brought in temporary tattoos of the Eye of Horns to use as prizes, so lots of people stop at our booth to get one. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Folks were parking on the grass, and Tidings was beside himself, running to their car windows, flailing his arms and trying to direct them to the back lot. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of frustration over schedules, especially in the case of the evangelical lady who can never get Sunday morning off, no matter how much she pleads. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tubular neon in cursive script decorates the restored brick facades, and there’s a lot of brass trim, a lot of real estate, a lot of money. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of scary things happen to them. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the hall of the home, Celina Aunty set up a little crèche, a set of dolls in a stable: baby Yesu, Mary, Joseph, three kings, a drummer boy, and lots of animals. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I guess you go out with a lot of boys," Buddy said then. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

You remember thinking while braiding your hair that you look a lot like your mother and her mother before her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He bought it in a used-car lot in Santa Rosa. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After two hours on a narrow ledge seven stories above a concrete parking lot and gathered crowds, Mr. George Pollucci let himself be helped to safety through a nearby window by Sgt. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It would mean a lot. For old times’ sake?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was signed with lots of fancy titles that belonged to the colonel and the commandant, and the King Himself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: I thought a lot about what to give you this year. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The small metal dish in the middle of the lamp looked a lot like an unblinking eye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yeah, that’s a lot to expect him to get, but me, Sonny, and Malik have been tight since womb days. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was an old-fashioned-looking object made from black leather with lots of silver trimming, identical to the belt he was wearing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then old Luce ordered another Martini and told the bartender to make it a lot dryer. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of men in town were not educated. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“We have lots of valuable things in our apartment.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In short, a lot of things were going pretty well when I saw in my peripheral vision a slithering in the water beside Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Over the past few years he’d seen a lot of things: destiny, prophecy, magic, monsters, fate. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I now have four hundred healthy potato plants, each one making lots of calorie-filled taters for my dining enjoyment. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could see the pain in his eyes, could see that there was a whole lot of hurt. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are lots of good reasons to be in the middle of nowhere. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As usual she looked as though she had a lot on her mind and didn’t have time to ask her any more questions. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It takes a lot to run a household.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please do. I have a lot of questions.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“He has left a lot of energy here. He had a strong spirit.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Kat calls lots of things cute, including cats, football players, movie stars and skirts and babies. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have sketched-out legs and arms at their sides, but that’s the whole point of my brain maps—you don’t need to spend a lot of time on the legs or the arms. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Farmer says to them, speaking of the old woman in the house, “You love her a lot? Do you tell her? Don’t lie to me now.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I missed you while I was in Pakistan. A lot. I’m sorry I’ve been acting weird,” I say. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The skill of a man like Woolf was worth a lot more than $1,000 in a $100,000 race, and the owner turned down the offer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am reading a lot now, and Miss Kinnian says I read very fast. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing wrong with the mule and it made a lot of sense for me to buy it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not a lot, and I’m sorry.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Now leave us. The lot of you. I need to speak with Ned." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I guess that does make sense. But be careful, okay? I mean it. Your brother had a lot of enemies.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It's a lot more springlike in Hoffman Estates than it was in Hyde Park. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of oversimplification here, and too much shorthand for modern purposes, but the essential myth is recognizable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those phone calls cost a lot of money,” he said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There were lots of young dudes and pretty girls. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the school lot the man took the road that led away from the town. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pay the Daltons a visit. But if they don’t want to let me search their house, there’s not a lot I can do.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says it used to bother him a lot when he was younger, but not so much anymore. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would be a lot worse off now, though, if I obeyed Edwards. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bar—the one my fake dad was at—was the other way, and ahead of me were only boarded-up buildings and vacant lots. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The same businesses that create new seeds provide farmers with the tools and fertilizer they need to grow lots of corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We’ll talk about this some other time. We’d better get to bed as we have a lot of work to do tomorrow.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z