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| 例句 | In December, though he lacked an official mandate to do so, Burnham secretly mailed inquiries to five men, “feeling confident that I would carry my point.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Similar difficulties apply to personal-interview polls and mail polls as well. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Obviously over the years your Dad has taken advantage of your sister’s emotional nature via the mails. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Just to be safe, though, I’m going to find somewhere else to mail my letters from now on. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "By all rights, you ought to be in skirts and me in mail." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I made my bones steel and my skin chain mail. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “How will you mail letters to Papa from here?” asked Jonas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Granny stored stacks of old newspaper and magazines and all her mail in the extra bedroom in her house. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I let it go to voice mail and shoot her a quick text to give her my ETA. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “If I mail it in the morning, that still leaves six days for it to get there. We might just make it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “If he is still hungry give him a Popsicle from the box in the freezer,” she said to Mr. Sen, who sat at the Formica table sorting through the mail. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But they quietly placed mail orders to receive the paper in the privacy of their own homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The spike of a helmet projected from the middle of his silken turban and he wore a shirt of chain mail. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He could picture him striding across the yard in mail and plate, or sitting at his accustomed place on the bench in the Great Hall, joking as he ate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was cleaning houses in Draper when the mail came, so Robin left the letter on my bed with a note that I was a Commie now. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Much of the negative mail was sent by Alaskans. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning there was banging of bolts and creaking of rusty locks and several retainers in chain mail came into the dungeon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, my parents still had no idea that I was sending money in the mail to Africa. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z According to Ms. Bethune the results of the competition had been mailed out earlier in the week, and Fadi’s nervousness was growing, despite his attempt at patience. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Claudia arrived in Hartford feeling much happier than she had since they received the morning’s mail. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined her holding the envelope above a mail slot, closing her eyes, and letting it go. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Believe it or not, we get mail here! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Recently I received in the mail a handwritten pamphlet outlining the spread of HIV by the FBI. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A longsword hung from his hip, and his deep-dyed scarlet cloak was fastened at the shoulder with a heavy silver brooch in the shape of a mailed fist. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Beyond the gate, oversized silver mailboxes, spacious enough to hold a month’s worth of mail, stand in a row. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The following day, I got another bit of good news in the mail. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z So I called Radar, but his phone went straight to voice mail. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I don't want my mother to spot her standing behind me and figure out I took a detour on my way to pick up the mail. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All mail has to go through the censors first, so, especially at Christmas, it takes a long time to get a letter. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The hold was in the very front of the ship, past the mail sorting room and the cabins where the stokers and firemen stayed. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The mail has come, and almost every man has a few letters and papers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to describe what Auggie looked like to my mom, but she didn’t get it until the school pictures arrived in the mail. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z For a second, Seven thought it might be enchanted mail, but then she noticed the old brown dress shoes sticking out beneath the boxes. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z If it doesn’t, you can blame the shrimper who was supposed to mail it for me when he got to port. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I also help go through the mail and point customers toward the bathroom, that kind of thing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z As days went by, she would meet me at the door and before I had a chance to ask, she would imitate me, saying, “Did I get any mail?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It was as if their past, in the eternal way of pasts, had been shipped after them by sea mail — arriving in spectacular condition just when they’d forgotten it entirely. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1844, he distilled the crucial parts of his thesis into a 255-page essay and mailed it to his friends to read privately. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Children! Was that letter mailed? There is something you’re not telling me.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z A month ago, I mailed out fifteen resumes to Dallas, Memphis, Birmingham, and five other cities, and once again, New York. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One morning in late 2001, when Whitiker was alone and the apartment was uncharacteristically quiet, the mail arrived and, in it, an envelope from the state boards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I continued to check the mail every single day for weeks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I called Mom’s cell phone and got her voice mail. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I hurried down and posted it before the final mail collection, suddenly seized with the dizzy conviction that it would bring results. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t even know where and when she’s putting it in the mail. But if she typed it on her computer...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Censors read all incoming and outgoing mail, to ensure it contained no secret information. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the crunch of sword on mail, saw sparks fly as the long curved blade glanced off a gauntlet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The few owls that managed to battle their way through the stormy sky to deliver mail had to be nursed back to health by Hagrid before they could fly off again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There was not much else to do after Hungry Joe left on his mail run. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You got mail, mijo,” Mamá said, smiling from ear to ear. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And he sets off for his house, mail tucked under his arm. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no. Pensions are mailed. Return when you have an address.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Your sister, Celie Dear Nettie, The only piece of mail Mr. ever put directly in my hand is a telegram that come from the United States Department of Defense. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to make do with oddments assembled from Lord Lefford's wagons: mail hauberk and coif, a dead knight's gorget, lobstered greaves and gauntlets and pointed steel boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The southron knights rode out in plate and mail, dinted and scarred by the battles they had fought, but still bright enough to glitter when they caught the rising sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Well beyond the gibbet, two men in mail hauberks stood leaning on their spears in front of the long low building by the water, the one with the slate roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Are you aware that you broke his nose? Don’t be surprised if your parents get a hospital bill in the mail.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the reason for her anxious correspondence with the invisible doctors, interrupted by frequent disasters of the mail. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In early 2004, Governor Rod Blagojevich announced a plan to mail one book a month to every child in Illinois from the time they were born until they entered kindergarten. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z That afternoon, in the mail, Dicey received a check from the Police Department of Peewauket, for fifty-seven dollars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I have way too many voice mails and way too many texts, most of them from Momma. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I’m his dog walker. I have his keys because I was watering his plants and getting his mail while he was out of town.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Under the mail there was a shirt of soft leather, but at one point the rings had been driven through it into the flesh. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The guards motioned the wagon through with their torches but took a harder look at the big Andal on his war- horse, with his longsword and his mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My sister Briana is staying there. I just got in the mail today a postcard saying I could call her last Thursday. I’d like to speak to her now.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z On the way to the train station Claudia mailed two letters. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z "And Hodor too, I hope. The boy is simple, you know that. He does as he is told. How many times has he groomed your horse, soaped your saddle, scoured your mail?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She stuffs the “fossil” in through the mail slot. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I said, “Hold on,” and I ran down the 72 stairs, across the street, right past Stan, even though he was saying “You’ve got mail!” and up the 105 stairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My mother had been sifting through the mail and placing envelopes on the table next to her after she glanced at them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But when the picture finally came in the mail, it wasn’t her and Uncle Camp. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She inserted it into one of the strong manila envelopes that the Bureau used to mail clippings in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Emeline’s family and friends did receive copies of the announcement through the mail, and indeed these appeared to have been addressed by Emeline herself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The roads and mail system here are like our country, broken. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z We had all written letters that Mother planned to mail to her “contact,” a distant relative who lived in the countryside. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z "Might be I am, m'lord. But what of the mail and swords the queen was wanting?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A round scarred face and a stubble of dark beard showed under his steel cap, and he wore mail over boiled leather, and a dirk and shortsword at his belt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two more years to college, and I already get letters in the mail from all the historically black colleges, not to mention the state schools and even an Ivy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z So my dad would go back, start his new life, and mail the papers secretly to the clinic. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I don’t listen to the voice mail, because Mom always texts me after—and sure enough, a moment later: So sorry to do this, sweetie. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Nunu pointed: the dog had his leg up, leaving his mark on a mail box to alert the world that he’d been there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Francis was not yet in, for it was a Saturday morning and he was still home in bed glancing at the Nature that had come in the morning mail. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z We ride to Sistersville and I haul all those catalogs out to the Jeep while Dad cases mail. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked them out one by one, cursing the holes they had made in his layers of mail and leather, and yowling like a babe at the few that had buried themselves in his flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z European weapons were steel swords, lances, and daggers, supplemented by small firearms and artillery, while body armor and helmets were also made of solid steel or else of chain mail. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She called her roommate, Lita, and left a voice mail saying she was sorry. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The next day we went down together and mailed the letter. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir. All the necessary paperwork is right here. See? Just fill out the forms and mail them in with a check and a photograph of your daughter.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “To Auggie. I wrote him an apology and I sent it to him in the mail! I apologized for the way I acted.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z His mother had handled them all, with the help—through the mail—of his father, and he had some money in an account for college. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s just you’re the best mail carrier they ever had on the route.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In it, he’s dressed in crisp white short sleeves, seated on the edge of his cot, misty-eyed and grinning as he holds up the ultrasound Mom sent him in the mail. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “The other was two box tops from corn flakes. They send you twenty-five cents if you mail them two box tops with stars on the tops. For milk money, it said.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was unstamped and appeared to be the least important item in the morning's mail: Brother, This is advice from a friend who has been watching you closely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we made decisions about such matters as prisoners’ complaints, strikes, mail, food — all of the day-to-day concerns of prison life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was finished, I immediately went out and mailed them. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z One of my chores was to bring in the mail. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You have more than most people. There’s a whole box of your mom’s letters waiting for you back in Drake. She knows you can’t have mail, but she still writes every couple of days anyway.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z If I was going to keep Marcus’s letters a secret from Mom and Dad, I had to make sure I checked our mail before they did. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He was clad as a rider with a cloak of dark green over a coat of fine mail; on the front of his helm was wrought a small silver star. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The next day, right when I begin to consider a career in busking or garbage collecting, two thick envelopes arrive in the mail: one from NYU and the other from DePaul University. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He carries the mail upstairs and opens the package. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It made her look more womanly, that and the simple dress of brown roughspun they'd given her when they took her mail and leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He pushed the blazing ivy pot to the other end of the table, closer to the piles of books and mail, making it even more difficult for them to see each other. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I filled out the applications and promised I'd mail the sample in. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Noodle calls, and I let it go to voice mail. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He then disclosed that he had already mailed his report to the Physical Review. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dear Nettie, The only piece of mail Mr. ever put directly in my hand is a telegram that come from the United States Department of Defense. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw what looked like an invitation among the stack of mail on the table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We were warned that we could be targets, and for weeks we carefully hauled our mail packages to the federal courthouse for X-ray screenings before opening them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As well as my electricity and gas bills and some junk mail, there’s a small envelope. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She received more mail supporting her resignation than on any other issue she discussed that year. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I had to find somebody to write to beside Mama so I would get mail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen the ad in the New York Times down at the Ole Miss library and mailed them my resume that very day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sincerely, Maria Jon and Susan carried the letter idea to all the schools they visited, and when the week was over, six hundred were in the mail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z But I don’t remember trying to put her in a box so we could mail her back to the hospital. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I got to forward their mail, check their expense accounts, and do word counts on their manuscripts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "On second thought, perhaps you'd better leave me your address and I'll mail you Mr. Emerson's reply in the morning. He's really a very busy man." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother traded what she could for stamps to mail letters to Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Did she mail the letters?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It turned out I was supposed to have been picking them up over the summer as well—some kind of handout that I didn’t get in the mail. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z A few months later, determined to make up for his poor showing, Bobby mailed in his registration to play in the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She was clad now in mail and shone like silver in the sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His coat of mail hung lose from his stooping shoulders. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, I handed my letter to my mom at breakfast and asked her to mail it that same day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Clarence and Clement, the beefy twins who headed up security for the Lemoncello Library, marched into the Rotunda Reading Room flanked by six robotic carts loaded down with United States Postal Service mail bins. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Julia was awaiting the rail pass that the groom was supposed to have put in the mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Now and again, she heard the chink of spears, the faint metallic slither of chain mail, but even those sounds were muffled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I wished I could iron it all between sheets of wax paper like I’d done with the bright red maple leaf I’d mailed to Dad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “I had a box of chocolate drops, and the picture I wanted to copy,” said Amy, showing her mail. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z As they couldn’t go through the mail slot they had been pushed under the door, slotted through the sides, and a few even forced through the small window in the downstairs bathroom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He asks the mail carrier what her name is. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just recently, by air mail, I received an invitation to a wedding that will take place in England on April 18th. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Once, when sifting through the mail, Alice Paul noticed a letter with familiar handwriting on the envelope. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Luther Rice never allowed it, but in two cases where the couples already had mailed invitations, he did permit weddings in his office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And, because of security worries, they weren’t allowed to share information over the phone or by mail. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to mail her letters to the farm since the post didn’t deliver to Hotstack and I had to trust that Mother wouldn’t open them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z By return mail I sent Jimmy back a note. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a brown wool traveler’s cloak, with silvery chain mail glimmering underneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When a piece of mail comes with your name on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I’ve nagged about visitation and mail until they all know my face and don’t want to see it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew brought the mail in that day from the mailbox at the crossroads a mile away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Since the first “Nightline” program, there had been a great deal of mail. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He moonlights as a smuggler, ferrying mail, contraband, and people across the broad Potomac into Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll check for our mail when they take their trips to the village.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It took forever for mail to get to him, and our letters were clearly crossing each other. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I have attached them here and then will mail them to you at your home; your address is the same? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The mailboxes were on the first floor, and for weeks Alex had avoided theirs, figuring the only mail they could possibly get was bills he didn’t know how to pay. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Men from the green lands liked their women soft and sweet in silk, she knew, not clad in mail and leather with a throwing axe in each hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Over the next five years I mailed small amounts to the charity that supported Farmer’s hospital near Mirebalais. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I think the mail carrier will take the letter if you leave it in your own mailbox,” Grandma said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Pattie and I stand in the entry and stare at the stacks of newspapers, magazines, and mail surrounding the discount lawn furniture, which I decide is the exact color of a white rabbit's eyes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The booklet isn’t in the mail pile or with the old newspapers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Over the years, I threw away any mail that came from Brandeis University, figuring they were only asking for money. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever written a letter you knew you could never mail but you needed to write it anyway? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Terry walked into the room then and placed a large pile of mail addressed to the WEC in front of me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The knight raised a mailed hand, and his men formed a double column flanking Catelyn and her guard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Park brought in the mail himself now every night when he got home from work. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The red cloaks wore mail shirts over boiled leather and steel caps with lion crests. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Oh,” a muffled voice came from behind the tower of mail, “that would be lovely.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I press one and hold it, I hear the voice mail welcome. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Maybe a light helm might be found to fit him; but we have no mail or sword for one of his stature.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was plenty of hate mail too, even death threats. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Maybe he mailed them to you,” she said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He explained the lack of mail from the children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Sure, I’ll put them in the mail as soon as I get out of here.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jan Dorlich must have been thinking about riding in a mail cart when he said we could get there in half an hour. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Thin fingers of smoke rose from hundreds of cookfires, mailed men sat under trees and honed their blades, and familiar banners fluttered from staffs thrust into the muddy ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I got tired of reading my “fan mail,” I sorted out all the messages that were tagged as “business related” and began reading through those. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Most of my mail exposed to me the white man’s two major dreads. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They printed up handbills with the divorce story on it and mailed it to the home of every taxpayer in Carlton, asking the question, “Should someone be fired because of this?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He let it ring until it went to voice mail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They were being led by a man who wore a vest of chain mail over a quilted blue jacket. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Now, remembering, Robin could almost feel the weight of his father’s mailed glove on his shoulder as he said good-by. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He mailed most of what little he did make to his father to help him hang on to the family house. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The left side of the knight's face ran red with blood, and a cut to the hip opened a gash .in his mail and left him limping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a sudden rustling noise above them, and a hundred owls came soaring through the open windows carrying the morning mail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then an acceptance letter arrived in the mail. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Armpit checked the mail when he got home from school. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z With the letter mailed, Dad shrugged thoughts of death out of his mind. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I called him but got sent so quickly to voice mail that I knew he had seen my number and declined. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The mail foundered with the government; they received no answer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And every month he mailed a postal money order. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They listened in on his phone calls and read his mail. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Stagecoaches to and from Philadelphia were stopped; postmasters used tongs to dip mail and newspapers from the city in vinegar and other substances they thought would purify them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Of course, in her next letter Grandmother had wanted to know how come we could suddenly afford to pay for double the mail load. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have gotten my note—I mailed it over a week ago. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I asked him who usually picked up the mail. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Some mail I picked up. It’ll be there when you get back.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z At one point Bobby had both Protocols and Nature's Eternal Religion mailed to Jack and Ethel Collins, without asking whether they wanted to read them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I put the mail on the table, went back to the bedroom, undressed and had a shower. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z We had mailed our packages to America months ago. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Barnes said, “I’m glad I caught you. You’re supposed to get your mail every morning, you know. Your mailbox is an important channel of faculty communication.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Sincerely, Benton Ezekiel Sage Benton was able to mail his letter in Addis Ababa, the capital, and listed Rameel’s church as the return address. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z That heti smuggled bottles in his own bags from home didn’t surprise me, but that he’d found a way to have even more mailed to him right on campus did. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We got mail call and I didn’t get anything. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her brother swung up into his saddle, every inch the lord in his bright mail and flowing mud-and- water cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Daddy grabs the soiled mail and shoos me away. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z ‘And all the arrows of all the hunters in the world would be in vain,’ said Gimli, gazing at the mail in wonder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mail call was hard when you didn’t get any mail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One man mailed an eagle feather, suggesting that Garfield make a pen from it to sign his first official document after he recovered. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z After the first week, I began to go down to the ferry dock to wait for the mail each morning. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It went to voice mail, but only after ringing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Winterfell had been awake for hours, its battlements and towers crammed with men in wool and mail and leather awaiting an attack that never came. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Someone mailed it to me years ago. Your...mother. That is, if I’m right about who you are.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Had my mother mail me this too. My old trig book. Learn this stuff and you can calculate how high your rockets fly.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Adults leave voice mails, which are a pain because you have to call in and go through the prompts and then listen to the messages and then delete them. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “But none of the girls are allowed calls from their families for another week. You’ll receive a schedule in the mail telling you when you may call.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z If I’m getting junk mail from my dead aunt, then maybe other people are, too. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Young lieutenant delivering military mail: days alone across an enormous white plain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But Papito looks at the address on the envelope and explains that no mail is getting through. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Holly and her knife would be of small use against six men in mail with swords and spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That’s why I cook and clean and vacuum and take care of Ford and do laundry and take out the trash and check the mail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She leaned against the sink and flipped through the mail. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z While Penny is busy with her crayons, Mrs. V checks her mail. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The Yahoo mail page was minimized, next to a page about college basketball. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Underneath the scattered sheets, the certificate lies tossed aside like a useless piece of mail. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But still, whether in shirt or mail, he would be their old Commander. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Mom, who was back in the kitchen and sorting through mail, lifted an eyebrow in approval. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of them—short notes on large pieces of paper that had been folded, sealed with sealing wax, and mailed without an envelope. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z With Mrs. Trent, sometimes it's cookies, sometimes it's a question about how to make her VCR work, or maybe it's a piece of our junk mail that got delivered to her house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He composed a pledge that the Bureau of Education mailed to virtually every school. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She gets the mail, and there’s an envelope. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The saying currently blabbed by posters, TV ads, and government junk mail, ran: “Emigrate or degenerate! The choice is yours!” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “You go live with your daughter. I’ll mail you the money I’ve always sent you. I could get arrested if the Americans knew about you. I’m living like an American.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been to her house twice since I mailed the package to New York, both times to trade out her library books. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z So I wonder if my mom is going to mail our food home. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I put down the box I should’ve mailed or thrown away or tied to an anchor and dropped into a river. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Crimson silk draped his hindquarters, over a coat of mail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The day after the court’s announcement, Judge Johnson opened an envelope from the morning’s mail and unfolded an unsigned letter. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The return mail brought fulsome endorsements from Niels Bohr, Mark Oliphant, and Frederic Joliot, among other names likely to impress the trustees. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Did you send me something in the mail today, Ma?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z That Friday morning Concha was in a better mood, and she promised she would cross the street to the post office on her afternoon break and mail Lupita’s letter. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z ‘Supper is ready,’ said Goldberry; and now the hobbits saw that she was clothed all in silver with a white girdle, and her shoes were like fishes’ mail. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Columbia was then — as it is now — one of the largest mail order clubs in the world, and Wunderman had handled the company’s advertising since it was formed in the 1950s. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her that a girl left a message on his voice mail for her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Within a year of her joining the convent, her father began to receive puzzling letters from her in the mail. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But, of course, it’s too late, it’s already been mailed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You get a little kit or something in the mail?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t she going to say anything about the fact that she just caught me reading mail that wasn’t mine? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Episodes from their various points of view came weekly in the mail, until the uncles were executed kneeling on broken glass by people who had still other plans for the land. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It rings six times before going to voice mail. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The floors have been mopped, and unbelievably, the mail’s been cleared out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He would have to manage the delivery of supplies, goods, mail, and all exhibit articles sent to the grounds by transcontinental shipping companies, foremost among them the Adams Express Company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In my mail were admiring letters from right-wing politicians. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s been mail, but we’re not allowing you any contact with the outside world. I can tell you this: Garvey said your mom calls him almost every day to ask how you’re doing.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I saw from the postmarks that the envelopes were organized chronologically, which means by date, and mailed from Dresden, Germany, which is where she came from. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma got it first, along with the rest of the mail. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z That was the name of a magazine that came to Dad in the mail every month. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After your application makes it to the top of the pile, you get another notice in the mail for an appointment to get your fingerprints taken, which are used for a background check. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Brushing off my hands, I reached for my mail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He had told Alma the night before on the phone that he would sign the papers and mail them to her attorney in Savannah. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Just a rusty tiara and the yellow envelope that came in the mail that day. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After he got out, he held up a handful of mail. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She also seems to be the postmistress, for she is sorting mail as well as listening to Bando’s order. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He had all his mail forwarded to Westerberg’s address and told almost everyone he met thereafter that South Dakota was his home. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered years of being overlooked, of party invitations being “lost in the mail.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I flip through my small pile of mail. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then why”—he comes down the steps to face me properly— “then why did you say—” “I kept that card I got in the mail, Marv.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But mail service was erratic, which tested them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was not sending away for classical music CDs by mail, working his way methodically through the major composers that the catalogue recommended, and always sending his payments in on time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He couldn't bring himself to give the picture to her personally, so he wrapped it up, insured it for one hundred dollars, and sent it through the mail. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z His armor was plate steel, enameled white and bright as a maiden’s hopes, and worn over gilded mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I just sent you my precept in the mail: “Sometimes it’s good to start over.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. If we mail it next week, maybe we’ll hear from her by mid-February. But I can’t say for sure.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He looked at her as he fell and murmured "Cat" as the bright blood came flowing out between his mailed fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If there was no mail, I’d rush into the house, thinking, Maybe Mom grabbed it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In the blink of an eye he was surrounded by Stark guardsmen, bare steel in their mailed fists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The censorship delayed the delivery of mail because warders, some of whom were not proficient in English, might take as long as a month to censor a letter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Let the mail fall where it may, this was news that Myrt must hear at once. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s simply the mail. That is all. Now sit down, Carolyn. In fact, everyone back to your desks,” Mrs. Grayson said firmly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Once when he had wanted to send his friend a jar of his favorite tupelo honey he had ordered it from Charles Parker by mail so as not to be obliged to meet him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As she wrenched it free, a mailed hand grabbed her arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For monotonous months I had circled the mail on the hall table like a buzzard, poking through endless boring letters and bills before turning away each day in blank disappointment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z While Mr. Lias walked to the back of the buggy to get out the mail, Pink and I went up on the porch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Below, men in mail and leather and crimson cloaks were making the morning ring to the sound of swords, and riding down mock warriors stuffed with straw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Where do you get your mail?” he asked patiently. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like maybe you might want to mail your chickens to the poultry show? Or are your parents on their way?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “I thought we were picking up the mail.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "Does she know what happened? No one was there to check the mail and find her letters. By now, they’d all be sent back, and I keep wondering if anyone told her that he died." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There had been no time to mail it, so its sender, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, had used the president’s messenger to hand-deliver it to the owners of Ford’s Theatre. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s unacceptable. You’re the ones who sent the postcard and you must have known how unreliable the mail is. I insist on speaking with my sister.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Tou might not be the only one getting aces in the mail. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Look. Ignatius. I’m beat. I’ve been on the road since nine o’clock yesterday morning. As soon as I mailed you that letter about the Peace Party routine, I said to myself, ‘Mvrna. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The dress code is printed right in the handbook they mail out over the summer. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I called Johnny, too, but his voice mail was full. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Papá sent a telegram to Fito, my cousin in Guadalajara, asking him to secure our birth certificates and to send them to us by mail. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z On the back was an address in Cardiff where he picked up mail every few months, whenever the Gypsies stopped through. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z More than a thousand letters were mailed out to American Legion posts and other civic and fraternal organizations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When the mail arrived, Uncle Vernon, who seemed to be trying to be nice to Harry, made Dudley go and get it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Each day Bobby collected his mail at the store, kept for him behind the counter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dasch asked a hotel employee to mail it for him, but the FBI had intercepted the letter. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He was mounted on an armored destrier and had donned his plate and mail, and a grey steel greathelm with a horsehair crest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sentries made smart about-turns, their mail ringing on the stone floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The faculty mailboxes are still half- empty, the mail piled in a bin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Their cloaks hung almost to the ground, the heavy wool dyed a rich gold; their mail and boots and gloves were black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A 4-F card came to me in the mail, and I never heard from the Army anymore, and never bothered to ask why I was rejected. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My wife read the mail and paid our bills. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “So corny,” I say, spotting one of Guillermo’s notepads on a stack of mail. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Like those confessions people write on postcards and mail to that guy who collects them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z As soon as I walked in the door, I would ask Mamá, “Did I get any mail?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Now you know why I didn’t mail the letters. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Marigold turned back to the shoe in her hand, just as the mail truck’s tires began to scrape across the gravel parking lot. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The senders simply forgot that things like names and street numbers were necessary for the successful delivery of mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His letter to Cockcroft crossed in the mail with one from Ralph Howard Fowler, Rutherford’s son-in- law and deputy at the Cavendish. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On Wednesday, right after school, Pa told me to go straight to Chatham for the mail. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Beside it was a great pile of helms and mail, cloven shields, and broken swords, bows and darts and other gear of war. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z By 1900, at age twenty-six, he had risen in the ranks of the merchant service, carrying mail and cargo around the British Empire. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Certainly, my mail thus far was overwhelmingly congratulatory. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The postal, box near school has a sign on it that says mail pickups are every day at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z June 2: In seven US cities, anarchists send mail bombs to prominent figures. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Over the next three months I receive several dozen letters, weeks after he writes them, sometimes two in the same day, depending on where they were mailed from. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Harry had received no mail since the start of term; his only regular correspondent was now dead and although he had hoped that Lupin might write occasionally, he had so far been disappointed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He paces the house through all hours of the night and comes home at lunchtime to get the mail. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The only time I have known him to show impatience is when the postman lags, for it means we must wait another day before the arrival of our English mail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Charles and Emma remained involved and loving parents—to the boys in person on school holidays and through the mail the rest of the year. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As she picks up each piece of mail, addressed to this or that faculty member or TA, she begins putting it into the appropriate box, matching name to name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a letter waiting today when I get home from school, sticking out of mail slot 4D. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Anything that looked urgent “was telegraphed in cipher to the Pacific Coast. If not of immediate importance it was forwarded by air mail.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I don’t mean that she comes home, goes to her room to change clothes, wanders into the bathroom, picks through mail, and then finally arrives at the refrigerator. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "I never get mail, except Maria's letters," I say. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The third guy had been a mail thief as a kid. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Theo will often get more than one letter from him in a day—mail is delivered several times a day in Paris, even on Sundays. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Give the wildlings mail and they ’11 be twice as great a danger to the realm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I let the call go to voice mail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Note: I mailed this singular monograph to the library as a gift; however, I am not really certain that it was ever accepted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One, Liyana received a tiny present in the mail from Peachy Helen, a new four-inch-tall edition of Kahlil Gibran, and it was a volume she didn’t have yet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Food service workers brought them in and sold them to the cafeteria crews, who in turn had friends or relatives mail them the payments. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He simply did not want contact from anyone he didn’t know, and he made it quite clear, peremptorily, to Jack Collins that no mail—even important, flattering, or personal messages—should be forwarded to him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Under his mail and leather, his shoulder was throbbing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Though hearing about this voice mail does make him a nervous. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I mailed Johnny a striped scarf I used to wear a lot. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I had Mr. Casey mail my request from his house so the envelope would not be stamped with U.S. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Rooster Jim brought my mail and paper out to me on Thursday. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I got voice mail then, bland and businesslike, promising to call me back at his earliest convenience. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Opening the mail in the morning became a ritual. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Because of the large volume of mail I receive, I am unable to write personal responses. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Please return all mail I receive to the sender. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Does your wolf have steel teeth, to bite through jdate and mail?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Certainly not. That is not how it is done. The pension is mailed.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z For news or mail or evidence of what Rachel calls The Pale Which We Are Way Beyond, we wait for the rough-and-ready airplane pilot, Mr. Eeben Axelroot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, you don’t need to come back. Just mail in the forms.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Well, I best be going. Lots of mail to deliver.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “But we are very crowded right now, that’s the truth. We can’t send letters to relatives who might want to help, because the mail isn’t being delivered.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Buford was toting a bag like a mail sack tied to one of his legs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The armor in use at the time was chain mail, in which every ring had to be soldered by hand. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Some sent glossy football programs; some, personalized mail- grams. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk almost as far as the fence before I dial the voice mail again: would I like to change my greeting? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I call the salon, just in case she's there early doing work before it opens, but the phone rings and rings and then goes to voice mail. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There was a coal chute, like a sliding board, that went up to a metal hatch like a bigger version of a mail slot where the coal had been delivered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Gonzalez didn’t even know what kind of mail was going out of the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the moist and uncomfortable creatures in the lunch pail ceased to exist, for the little red metal flag was up on the mail box, signifying that some postal matter was inside. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1956, he returned to Hampton, taking a job at the post office as a mail carrier, maintaining his trim military shape through miles of walking each day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They’ll pretend the other doesn’t exist for a week, even if they see each other getting the mail. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Aware that wartime censors could open her mail, she was discreet and even stilted at first. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z "I reckon somebody put it in the box late last night. I took it out with the regular mail. Is it something that wasn't for you?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped checking her mail and rarely left the house except to work her shifts driving a school bus for disabled children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I asked the same question the first time I saw one. That leprechaun still sends me hate mail.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She was in charge of cataloging every single item that was left behind or mailed to Shanksville. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It was not until late that afternoon that Mr. Richardson checked the voice mail on his cell phone and got the news. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Lords and knights moved aside as he stepped through, tall and fleshless, a skeleton in iron mail, the King's Justice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I stamped the two envelopes and mailed the one to Father and put Shreve’s in my inside pocket, and then I remembered where I had last seen the Deacon. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s pretty dark in there, so I can’t see much—a wicker table piled with mail and magazines, an old-fashioned umbrella stand, and a green plastic watering can on the floor. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He dropped the change through the mail slot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I mailed them yesterday. To the lawyer,” he said. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z They pick him up and heave him into the back of the van like a sack of mail. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I hit dial, listening to it ring, my eyes closing as it goes to voice mail. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Obviously he thought nobody stood a chance of reaching them here in a storm to deliver mail. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The mail sent by British intelligence to track down Brewster was Nehemiah Marks, a Connecticut man who did for the British what Brewster did for the Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z His mail shirt and helm were parceled out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tirelessly he strode from Citadel to Gate, from north to south about the wall; and with him went the Prince of Dol Amroth in his shining mail. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He wore a long hauberk of oiled black mail, and held his sword before him: her father's greatsword; fee, near as tall as he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Stagecoaches and mail coaches changed horses at the market square, just down the street. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I had a boat train to catch with a week's mail stories, and only half of them written. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The Winterfell men looked especially fine in their silvery mail and long grey cloaks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A week after taking the tests, our scores arrived in the mail. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The first people to call him by his new name are his suitemates, Brandon and Jonathan, both of whom had been notified by mail over the summer that his name is Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t answering their phones, so I decided to get the mail and deliver it to each apartment. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Every month she pored over her magazines that came in the mail—The Ladies’ Home Journal and McCall’s. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The story had circulated all over the world, and mail, telegrams and telephone calls poured in. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning home from school one afternoon in September, Bobby sorted through his mail. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Oh, well, since you asked, I got a bunch of tapes in the mail today from a girl who killed herself. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I signed it and asked him for two telegraph forms, and wrote a message to the Hotel Montoya, telling them to forward all mail and telegrams for me to this address. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The day Jose mailed his letter complaining about the utility poles, Screamer came to rest on a transformer on a pole outside Bovina. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Bobby noticed that the postmark on the letter’s envelope was many months past, and there was actually another letter from Zita in his pile of unopened mail. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I picked up a piece of mail and rummaged in my purse for a pen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was on one crutch, sifting through the mail on the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z What was she thinking, trying to mail his treasures to New Jersey? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We each sign it, and Millie promises to drop it in the mail. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z For their entrance into Qarth, he had put away his Dothraki garb and donned again the plate and mail and wool of the Seven Kingdoms half a world away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Because our parents are childhood friends. They set this whole thing up. Your parents mailed my parents a picture of you, and vice versa.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I knew whatever I said would be written down in his mind to deliver with the mail. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And then, a few weeks later, a package arrived in the mail. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Like a sword in sharpness but five times the length of any sword, the point of the dragon's tail arched up scorpion-wise over his mailed back, above the tower. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” the judge growled, “I haven’t gotten the late mail, but I think so.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody in our squad got mail but Johnson. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The other piece of mail was a flyer from the Women’s Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know when I’d get to mail it, but I hoped it would be soon. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Now it could be dispatched by mail to silence a doubter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Even then, I’d get weird phone calls in the middle of the night, strange letters delivered in the mail. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I went to live in Cold Sassy with my brother’s fam’ly and got the mail route.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The letters didn’t pour in at the level experienced by Hollywood stars, but hardly a day would go by that several pieces of request mail did not arrive at 560 Lincoln Place. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That means I will be leaving here before very long, so I need you to send any more mail I may have received to the return address listed below. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When we came home, there wasn’t any mail at all from Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The mail poured in, hearteningly favorable and moving. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “To my cousins, or your tales sister in Vienna. We will get a letter when the mail begins to come again.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He also brought back sacks of gypsum, and Mom mixed it with water to make Venus de Milo sculptures from a rubber cast she ordered through the mail. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Boy and horse alike wore gilded mail and enameled crimson plate, with matching golden lions on their heads. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They wore masks of dully gleaming gray chain mail over their faces, their features obscured by the mesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His parents are distressed by how little money he makes, and occasionally his father sends him checks in the mail to help him with his rent, his credit card bills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mostly I was watching the people on the street step into stores and check their mail and feed the parking meter. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Thirsty for information about friends and family and folks from all around, everyone loved Spoon Man’s visits—sometimes he even carried mail and packages, saving folks the cost of stamps. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That was 1953, then I heard no more for seven years, when I received another classification card in the mail. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I held out for about three minutes before I retrieved the phone and dialled into voice mail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Shipping live cells in the mail—a common practice today—wasn’t done at the time. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly the world had an electronic postman who delivered the mail anywhere quickly and cheaply, despite rain, sleet, or snow. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z We’d drive to the different mailboxes in the circle as if we were checking the mail. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Gearhart said that if we got back to someplace we could mail the letter to go on and mail it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Agents fanned out across the country, tailing unsuspecting government officials, listening in on private phone calls, opening mail, and photographing the men and women named in Elizabeth's confession. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And just today, I received a letter in the mail saying that if I don’t send in my car payment within five days my car will get repossessed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That fall, with both the bar exam and the wedding behind me, I called my father from work one day and asked if he’d check to see if the mail had come in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But they stopped when they saw Marina and Militsa, and asked permission to mail bundles of letters their companions had given them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He’ll realize he can stop sending me lectures by mail about coming home and putting my life right. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The petitioners clustered near the tall doors, the knights and high lords and ladies beneath the tapestries, the smallfolk in the gallery, the mailed guards in their cloaks, gold or grey: all stood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To her horror, she discovered that Fabyan had been going through her mail, making sure she didn’t receive any job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As late as 1897, letters from the South often arrived with the words “All mail fumigated with formaldehyde” written on them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Diana had even gotten hate mail for her father’s idea. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Because of the large volume of mail I receive, I am unable to write personal responses. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The mail carrier hands Big Bird a package, and Big Bird is immediately puzzled: “If this is the first time you have ever been here,” he asks, “how did you know I was Big Bird?” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s a text or a voice mail message; in my case it was an email, the modern-day lipstick on the collar. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The king wore lambswool breeches and a quilted doublet, yet somehow he looked as stiff and uncomfortable as if he had been clad in plate and mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the envelope from the Educational Theatre Association is in his slot, mailed from its Cincinnati headquarters. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z At first Eliot found Mrs. Sen’s anxiety incomprehensible; his mother had a p.o. box in town, and she collected mail so infrequently that once their electricity was cut off for three days. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Waiting for them to open so I could mail a shoebox full of audiotapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Booth sits on the front step, half reading his mail and laughing aloud at his sudden good fortune. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Around the same time, a federal appeals court judge, Robert Vance, was killed in Birmingham by a mail bomb. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “No kidding? I bet they hated getting mail.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Candice picked up the letter, thinking it was an old piece of mail that had been used as a bookmark long ago. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They are forced to conclude that it is lost in the mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He looks as if he would have often written to her;—she will still be getting mail from him—To-morrow, in a week’s time—perhaps even a stray letter a month hence. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when there was a need, another ferry came in the afternoon, and on that day a second one did, bringing another bag of mail with a single letter in it: for me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you just mail it from Atlanta?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She answered the phones and distributed the mail in addition to her regular duties, which at the time involved solving a triple integral for an engineer in the division. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Please return all mail I receive to the sender. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell them after the mailman says, Here’s your mail. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Their polished chain mail and greaves gleamed over purple T-shirts and jeans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I found the letter came in the mail last week. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Before she could back out, Ivy took the picture she drew last night out of her backpack and slid it through the mail slot in June’s front door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “No, that’s not what I meant. I mean write one some- time this weekend. You don’t have to mail it. Just write it in your handwriting and give it to me.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z For Sam he brought a coat of gilded mail, and his elven-cloak all healed of the soils and hurts that it had suffered; and then he laid before them two swords. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Here's a letter I meant to leave for you if you weren't in. There's a question in it you can answer by mail. I don't feel like asking you about it right now." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He stood up and cast open his long black cloak, and behold! he was clad in mail beneath, and girt with a long sword, great-hilted in a sheath of black and silver. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Lots... of programs use the Internet: electronic mail, for example, was around long before the global hypertext system I invented and called the World Wide Web.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Arid what would they do with freedom? As well give a fish a suit of mail. They were made to dance.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I flip it open—two new voice mails, who are they?—and hold END. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z But even though she had been in the United States for twenty-one years, some of her mail still came addressed to Dung. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But Maya probably couldn’t mail something so big from camp. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I checked my phone again for a text, a voice mail, an email, anything. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a mail box in front, hanging open, empty. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Actually, her cell rang twice and then went to voice mail, which means she looked at the screen, saw who it was, and then hit reject. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Kristi’s room looks like a page from a catalog, the sort of shiny catalog I get in the mail and can only afford a toothbrush or a poster from. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A girl about two inches high had entered and was crossing the floor toward the mail boxes. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “We were the front desk security team. We greeted visitors, signed for packages, important mail, and, most of all, welcomed the workers. Thousands of them. Each day, they’d swipe their badges and we’d say ‘Hello.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Delacruz was transferred to a new prison soon after I mailed him a copy, and I have no idea when it will catch up to him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why didn’t you tell Gregory where to forward your mail? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I left her voice mails, texted her, everything. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I ran back down the 105 stairs, past Stan, who was still saying “You’ve got mail!,” back up the 72 stairs, and into Grandma’s apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Surveys to determine what issues bothered parents and students were drawn up and mailed out, and the responses were processed in order to formulate an agenda. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Most of it is of no consequence—plans for setting up equipment for the opening-night party; mail from fans. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It had been only a year since I'd discovered we were undocumented, so I didn't quite grasp the gravity of the day our Social Security cards finally arrived in the mail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They learned to write their new address: 18434 Winslow Road Up, those two little letters ensuring that their mail ended up in their apartment, and not with Mr. Yang downstairs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My heartbeat quickens as I dial into my voice mail, bracing myself for the worst. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom was sending us that letter in the mail,” Emma argued. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Postal inspector Anthony Comstock had requested a copy of the paper, and he had insisted that it be mailed to him. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z His serpent daemon’s mailed head and emerald eyes glittered in the light from the cut-glass lamp on the wall nearby. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I left a message on our home voice mail, trying to explain what had happened at Goode. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Then I was going to mail it, but Priority shipping cost too much.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Gregory’s fast, but the mail is still slow. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He had been clad in mail, and still his harness lay there whole; for the cavern’s air was as dry as dust, and his hauberk was gilded. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then with a great cry the Riders charged from the East; the red light gleamed on mail and spear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When the mail came from Maitland and he went inside to sort it out everybody had their say. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She drew a picture of the grave and mailed it to Luther. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I don’t actually mail them, so I guess it doesn’t matter whether you mind or not. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It’s a Tuesday evening when I get home from work and pull the mail out of the letter box. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A steady stream of “heir mail” announcements ensued. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I’m a guy who just mailed his application to Princeton.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t just give it to me—he presented it, took it away, had it engraved, and then brought it to the post office to mail. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He pushed aside the things on the kitchen table, the piles of mail, the unread library books. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a trick name and a trick address, and Joe was “Daddy” picking up mail somewhere else and telling Steam his name was Sage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I paid special attention to our mail delivery for three days, and figured out that our mail carrier always came to our house between twelve and twelve thirty p.m. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z After the cabinet meeting ended, the president followed his usual routine: receiving visits from friends and job seekers, reading his mail, and catching up on paperwork. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I got a letter from Mama at mail call. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His wet wool clung to him sodden and itching, his neck and shoulders ached fiercely from the weight of mail and sword, and he was sick of salt cod, salt beef, and hard cheese. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m not allowed to get in a car with somebody I don’t know, but Dad being the mail carrier for this part of the county, I know most everybody who goes by. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon felt almost naked without his mail, but he did not miss its weight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Dreadfort men had cut down Red Rolfe and Kenned, and more were pouring through, a river of mail and sharp swords. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I know you’re not going to get this letter in the mail, but I have to write down what happened. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I mailed Stan a letter asking him to please send a letter of recommendation to Princeton. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Same reason you never mailed it,” he says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The post office is already closed so I brought it over to show to Aibileen and Minny one last time before I mail it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “For some reason the helpers in the front office didn’t know who to give ‘Jessica’ mail to, so they collected it in a box.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Over a shirt of fine mail he wore a black surcoat emblazoned with the golden kraken of his House. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even though the acceptance letter had come in the mail weeks ago, she hadn’t allowed herself to really, fully believe it until her student log-in details had come via e-mail. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her box is empty, so she roots through the bin for her mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z After having sent him embarrassing fan mail when he was eleven—not that he was about to divulge that piece of information to Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She dropped a sheaf of mail on the table without a glance. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When he “tactfully” corrected Lawrence by return mail, Lawrence replied with a letter in which was enclosed, sure enough, a millicurie of Na-24. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her last foe was a northman with an axe, a big man bald and bearded, clad in a bymie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A beggar shuffled in front of it, then dove out of the way as a dark purple stegosaurus trundled by, nearly trampling him, bags of mail and packages flapping at its flanks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Are report cards getting mailed home today, or will you call first, or will I have a chance to tell them? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The war touched the Model Press Clipping Bureau with its mailed finger and made it wither away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s talk about why you really didn’t mail the breakup box,” Dylan says, like he’s going to bill me for this conversation. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I discover that the phone is no longer taking incoming calls or recording voice mail, so who knows what housing opportunities I have missed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I mail it at the Canton RO. the next morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I’m eating breakfast at the table when my father sits down beside me with the mail. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s the money he mails to Aunt Lena back home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z When I came home each day, I would check the mail and intercept any letters from school, answering those that needed answering and discarding the others. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z One man stood at the sink while the other lay on a bunk, reading his mail. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you an address where you can mail your complaints,” Nina said with a wink. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One to keep as a reminder of our San Francisco excursion, one to mail to Pa and Big Ma, and one to send to Uncle Darnell in Vietnam. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Why would you want to mail out a bunch of tapes blaming you in a suicide? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He still, however, has his mail sent to Ford’s, and his buggy is parked in a space behind the theater that was specially created for him by a carpenter and stagehand named Ned Spangler. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This man has given us all the forms and we can mail it in. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “But how could you have missed it? Mrs. Cormier put it in your mailbox on Friday afternoon. Didn’t you get your mail this morning?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I was scared that it would upset them, but I finally mailed it. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd mail it to him when he got to New York, I thought, and put it in my desk drawer. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z "You have no right, no right at all, to go through my stuff or read my mail!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I remember the day it came in the mail. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Once your background check gets approved, you receive your interview notice in the mail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They lurk around a corner as he rushes through the engineering department at MIT, checks his campus mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On Saturdays I would have to make sure I got to the mail before my parents did. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Hyacinth’s bleak mood was interrupted by Franz’s happy yowl, followed by the sound of the mail slot opening and a stack of envelopes and magazines dropping onto the floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But the volume of mail fell so low that I worked but one or two nights a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, his call went to voice mail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I try to work out what’s happening and who has sent me what could be a piece of destiny in the mail. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He finished the letter, wrote out more than a dozen copies, and mailed them to the most influential Klansmen. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A scarred face and a stubble of dark beard showed under his spiked steel cap, and he wore mail over boiled leather, dirk and shortsword at his belt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Since I’m the one who reads all our mail to Mama, I can leave out whatever Minerva marks in the margin with a big EYE. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame it has taken this long. For weeks, I have left you voice mails and have yet to receive a call back.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On the first Saturday after I mailed my letter to Marcus, my parents and I went to breakfast at the Broken Egg. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I hate them for creating the word org and I hate them for e-mail, which isn't real mail but a variation of the pointless notes people used to pass in class. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I try again, and it only rings three times before going to voice mail. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The official order arrived in the Monday mail: the execution was to be carried out within twenty-four hours. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I was so anxious to get the mail that I accidentally tripped over one of the stray dogs that followed me as I got out of the car. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “This is from your parents. Came in the mail yesterday for your birthday. I’m gonna put it right here.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Yet when he came closer, Catelyn saw that his mailed glove and the sleeve of his surcoat were black with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her proper name was Alysane of House Mormont, but she wore the other name as easily as she wore her mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I rest my portfolio and bag against an easy chair that’s smothered in unopened mail. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Dimple dialed home and wasn’t surprised when it went to voice mail. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In addition to the sweater, she buys him three sable-haired paintbrushes from the Harvard Coop, sizes he’s requested by mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I did! I mailed them on Friday afternoon. Making that announcement was next on my list of things to do today.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I mailed out the invitations for Caroline’s wedding shower. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z His fist had been mailed when he hit her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A minute later, like clockwork, the mail carrier walked up the porch steps. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Jojo, out of his seat once more, asked, “You like delivering the mail?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Once there, Fuchs was unable to contact Gold, knowing the army listened to phone calls and read the mail. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could turn the sprinkler on one evening, maybe. And take the mail and newspapers in. I’ll be away until Tuesday.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Normally, prisoners awaiting trial are not permitted mail, but Aucamp permitted it as a favor to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be the perfect distraction while I snuck off to check the mail. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z After my article about the expedition was published in the September issue of Outside, the magazine received an unusually large volume of mail about the piece. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When Bobby returned from Europe and collected his months of accumulated mail from Claudia Mokarow, there was an unusual letter waiting for him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! It’s the mail Mr. Dorlich brought while you were gone. I forgot...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I like Gregory, but why would he call me when he’ll be delivering the mail tomorrow anyway? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we go mail it right now? I can walk to the mailbox with you.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There are tables, chairs, couches, land-sliding with months, maybe years of mail, all unopened, falling to the floor in piles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then he picked up the box and carried it to the mail truck, the chickens squawking. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She asked if she could get it to him later in the week, or by mail—whatever worked better for his schedule. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “You can buy her off to mail your letters.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Once clad in mail and plate, the Lord of Bones seemed to stand a little straighter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gregory has never, ever been late with our mail. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z "All I can think of," Yoyo offered, "was they opened our mail." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Father had told them that we would tighten our belts a bit over here and try to send on some extra money to cover the mail expenses. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Tattlers pilfered from the mail chest created secret mountains beneath my bed, and Belle-cards slipped from Du Barry's office decorated the ivory screen separating my side of the room from Maman's. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I’ll ask along my mail route, but don’t know many folks with money to spare,” he says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z You drop two slices into the toaster and let it go to voice mail. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I have ten days, because I haven’t accounted for the time it will take to mail it to New York. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And I had to go get the mail and get milk from the trading post and just hang out, right? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z People also stationed themselves on Rael’s porch because that was where the mail came in, and it was also where the various government checks that arrived by mail were cashed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z —Look, when my dad was seventeen, he was already out of school and workin’ fulltime in the mail room of Proctor and Gamble. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I dangle my legs off the side of the roof and listen to her voice mail over and over and over again, just to hear her voice on the other end. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Maybe ... I mean, not to depress you or anything, but maybe he wrote them for someone else and mailed them—” “VAN HOUTEN!” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Calder had never seen either one of them look amazed when they opened the mail. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Then she put the forms and the photocopy in a manila envelope addressed to the agency and mailed them off, fully expecting to hear nothing for weeks or months, or possibly ever. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “They’ll die of old age waiting for the mail to come.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s not until after I mail the letter that I realize I probably chose those ideas she would think impressive, rather than ones I was really interested in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The dentist is selling wine through the mail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The software industry did the first by creating and popularizing a protocol known as SMTP—simple mail transfer protocol—which enabled the exchange of e-mail messages between heterogeneous computer systems. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She left a little earlier for work to have time to mail the letter from the Thirty-fourth Street post office. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hi, honey,” Dad said absentmindedly as he shuffled through the pile of mail on the counter, and therefore did not notice her clenched jaw. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Check my mail. Water the plants and such.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I got a letter from my mother when the mail started running again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Folks coming in for their mail would stop and talk a while. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Bring in the mail when they go away. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Her chain mail glittered in the afternoon sun. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And they brought my mail—that was something I really looked forward to. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z From the look of it, he'd lost his belt, his cloak, his mail shirt, and his right boot so far, while the girl had been forced to unbutton her shift to the waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Because of the large volume of mail I receive, I am unable to write personal responses. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He now had about fifty staffers reading and answering his mail. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Dad drove us to the post office to mail off the applications. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I’m the mail carrier, so I get to put it in the mailbox.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z As Dolores slid into her car, she spied the papers strewn across the passenger’s seat, the mail she’d grabbed from the box on her way out of the apartment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They read more magazines than the rest of us, more newspapers, and they may be the only people who read junk mail. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You pretend very well,” said Tyrion, examining a shirt of heavy iron mail so foil of holes that it almost looked moth- eaten. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I hated that I had to pay so much attention to the mail. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Can’t be anything dangerous, all our mail’s still being searched at the Ministry,” replied Ron, though he was eyeing the parcel suspiciously. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Finally she decided to mail it with a note of her own attached—urging caution and directing daddy’s attention to a clipping from Opportunity Magazine. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was more mail, there was more publicity. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Greenguts’s mail was old and heavy, patched and patched again, much worn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The German people also lost their right to privacy, so government officials could read their mail, listen to their telephone conversations, and search their homes without needing a warrant. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There’s a box on the kitchen table that looks like it just came in the mail. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He says it does from the ghetto, when all the mail has to go to the Nazis for inspection. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He would eat hot meals, stand for long minutes in a shower, read his Bible, and wait for mail call. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I’ve seen these letters in our mailbox dozens of times before but always figured it was junk mail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Maybe she even gave it to somebody and said, ‘Don’t mail this until next week,’ so it wouldn’t get to us very fast. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As I shuffle through the mail, a bright-yellow envelope catches my attention. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The children ran in and out, as usual, and he took breaks for reading the mail, striding around the Sandwalk, listening to Emma read, playing backgammon, and writing letters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Conor saw it was Lily’s mum calling and let it go to voice mail. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “And how about not answering all your fan mail?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His phone rang five times and then went to voice mail. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It swept by in a fine parade of shining mail, bright banners, and gaily caparisoned horses. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Her secretary puts me through and I tell her, in a hoarse, tired voice, I mailed the manuscript today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Before he goes to bed, Volkheimer descends three flights of stairs to the atrium to check his mail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And he knows Dad knows he heard it because there’s no way to make a listened-to voice mail “new” again. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” she said, “I guess I heard of that. So I’ll go back to the stamp shop tomorrow and get another sheet. These we can use for the mail.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s for the best, she said. I couldn’t believe she actually wrote that down, sealed an envelope, and mailed it to me.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z College is all I can think about these days, but no letters come in the mail. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’ll want my armor, Frog. Did you scrub that blood off my mail?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z How would they ever keep them still enough to package and mail? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Please mail this on your way to work.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In this letter, which Holmes never mailed, Alice reported that little Howard was being difficult. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In Hidalgo the old man who took care of the mail glanced sharply at Jethro when he noticed the inscription on the envelope. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We have no mail, just a Chinese take-out menu wedged into the door. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Just before he turned ten, she left a voice mail that Scoob accidentally heard while trying to call Drake on Dad’s phone. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute, honey. You got some mail.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “It’s too bad I can’t send you some in the mail,” I said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z When I turn the phone on, I see that I have fifteen texts and eleven voice mails, and they’re all from Connor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He has not checked his mail in over a week, and among two flyers and a paycheck and a single utility bill is a small package from a veterans’ service organization located in West Berlin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was a catalog and some junk mail from credit card companies. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I don’t say Papa was one of the leaders of the Movement or that he was instrumental in getting Garvey out of jail for supposed mail fraud. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad came home at six, bringing the mail. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z He nodded toward the package sitting next to Grace, a mail order from the kitchen store. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z That, anyway, was where his mail was being forwarded. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The episode opens with Big Bird running into a mail carrier, who has never been on Sesame Street before. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have to mail it to her! Overnight!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was the first time live cells had ever been successfully shipped in the mail. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Fan mail,” Van Houten answered as he sat down in the lounge chair. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Army censors read the mail and listened to the phone calls. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The mail was gilded, finely wrought, the links as supple as good leather, the plate enameled, hard as ice and bright as new-fallen snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A friend had sent the calendar in the mail as a Christmas gift, even though Shoba and Shukumar hadn’t celebrated Christmas that year. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z From his cell Holmes also wrote a long letter to Carrie Pitezel, which he composed in a manner that shows he was aware the police were reading his mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The envelope it was mailed in sitting just underneath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There was a large pile of mail on his dining room table, where I found the letter very quickly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was no telephone or mail service—no way of communicating with the clinic staff. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My nerves were on edge anytime the phone rang or the mail came. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Beside the bed, still dressed in mail hauberk and travel-stained cloak, sat her father's brother, the Black- fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I left the rest of the mail on the foyer table and went straight to my room to read it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He got the names of 160 people who lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and mailed each of them a packet. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised the sword and brought it down upon the dead man, grunting as the blade sheared through wet wool and rusted mail and rotted leather, biting deep into the bones and flesh beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hate mail addressed to him flooded the warden's office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well, I was going to collect the pictures on Thursday, after school. After putting the packet together, my goal was to mail it out Friday.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He turned over and, without looking at it, sent the call to voice mail. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Garfield hadn't concerned himself with assassination risks, though he received some death threats by mail during his campaign. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I wrote a letter to my mother, giving it to the postman the first day we had mail again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Arya looked past him, and saw steel shadows running through the holdfast, firelight shining off mail and blades, and she knew that they'd gotten over the wall somewhere, or broken through at the postern. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I fought the urge to open the package right there, in front of everyone else waiting for mail. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I would man the office, listen for the phone, open the week’s mail, greet guests when they came through, and compile the morning’s Sunday school report. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid had mailed the daughter’s young photograph to a rich and angry man with citizenship papers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I saw your voice mails and deleted them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “That hardly seems like a good reason for shipping your brother off in the mail.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He was appalled that the man had stolen their mail—and their job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They pressed on, covering not quite a mile before Renly's outriders came swooping down on them, twenty men mailed and mounted, led by a grizzled greybeard of a knight with bluejays on his surcoat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mom was downstairs, or maybe outside getting the mail, but she didn’t come right away. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 I hurried behind them, and on my way in, grabbed the mail from the mailbox next to our front door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She walked to the post office and told the clerk there to hold all mail for the Imada family. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She pressed the reject button to send it to voice mail when her eyes caught on a piece of paper that had fallen from her purse. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Weirdly enough, when we got back home and Mom brought in the mail, there were holiday cards from both Julian’s family and August’s family. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Ever since Mrs. Pranas had mailed my application, I had thought of little else. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “He writes a letter and puts cash into the envelope. Then he seals it, registers it at the post office, and mails it.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The prospect of food brought other men out of the houses, near all of them wearing bits of mail or boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I tried to call Tom on the way home, but his phone just went straight to voice mail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It's just the idea that you could call me and hear my voice mail message and KNOW. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z On his right hand was a gauntlet of lobstered steel, on his left a fingerless mitt of rusted mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We stopped in the post office so Henry could check his mail. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He stayed at home and nailed up the mail slot. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z At a third-story window a man tore up a piece of paper and shouted, “From now on, you can send my mail to Paris, postman.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Harry dodged the Smelting stick and went to get the mail. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I get voice mail again, so I hang up and dial again, and again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s my job to check the mail every day. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then Daddy tucks some bills into an envelope he mails at the post office. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The one thing I did was mail my report about Walden to him, so he could share it with his girlfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be telling me when to open my mail,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I mentioned a mail thief as a joke, but maybe there really is one. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The third most common reason was for mail delivery. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She could have made an inquiry or two, as to the expedition and the expense of the Irish mails;—it was at her tongue’s end—but she abstained. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The phone went straight to voice mail: his message from another lifetime, the voice of a busy, confident man with a beautiful wife at home. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I received mail from all over the world, from common people and from kings, from a few people I knew and from thousands I did not know. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, I waited a week or so, then pulled myself together enough to copy the poem out on clean notebook paper and mail it to Lyrics Unlimited. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No helm was on his head, no mail was on his breast, but in his hand he held a drawn sword; and as he knelt he offered the hilt to his master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On August 24, he signed the ratification certificate and sent it by registered mail to Washington, DC. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z My emails are mostly junk mail, but buried beneath that is one from Lucy’s address. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Every now and again, I checked the window to see if the special delivery mail truck had rolled up to our house. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z What little there is consists of what was assembled by Mamaji and mailed over after the events. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to the post office. We never get any mail in mid-afternoon. Nobody does. But every man in Salinas goes to the post office in the afternoon.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But my note comes back in the mail, with address unknown scrawled across it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Spaniards’ steel or chain mail armor and, above all, their steel helmets usually provided an effective defense against club blows, while the Indians’ quilted armor offered no protection against steel weapons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like the fertilizer in the mail slot on a much larger scale. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I saw Peewee put a stamp on the letter and take it out to the mail sack. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Why had this been mailed to Fischer and how had the sender found his address? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The queen remembered the Maid of Tarth, a huge, ugly, shambling thing who dressed in man’s mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dadi was afraid of the voice mail feature on our landline, but sure, messages coming through water from our ancestors she had no problem with. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She is getting the mail in the box by the road. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “See?” he’d said, waving around the offer letter when it came in the mail. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Her brother had filled out the application for her and mailed it in. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They took away the sanctity of home, privacy of mail and telephone conversations, and the freedom of speech, press, and assembly. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As I walked out of the school, I noticed a voice mail. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I don’t get any mail here because Mom pretty much gave up, and Annie...well, We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There was no one hundred per cent sure way not to have a baby, it said in an article my mother cut out of the Reader's Digest and mailed to me at college. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Captain Underpants was still out on the pile of mail in the kitchen, and that book did make sense. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Wintergreen said in his mail- sorting cubicle at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters, and slammed down the telephone without identifying himself. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The crows had stripped the flesh from the man’s face, and a feral dog had burrowed beneath his mail to get at his entrails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was dragged to the mail cart by Mama’s rough hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I bet she just left this letter on her laptop as a backup, in case the letter got lost in the mail. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That we are notified by mail to come down to this place and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man we have never heard of before. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They arrived in the mail a few days later. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The second lord, the straight-backed old man in the mail bymie, studied Reek with flinty eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One to keep as a reminder of our San Francisco excursion, one to mail to Pa and Big Ma, and one to send to Uncle Darnell in Vietnam. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the postoffice and got the mail and drove on to the store and parked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Above his head, the coloured beam of light fell upon a small and primitive piece of tapestry—a picture of some knights in chain mail, with nose guards on their painted helmets, chasing a boar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm very sorry," she said, "but Mr. Bates is just too busy to see you this morning and asks that you leave your name and address. You'll hear from him by mail." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your Grace, give me but a moment to don my mail. You should not be without protection." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I take a breath and blow out the words from the darkest place in me: “I never mailed your application.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Hagen, blow your horn and make the forest shake. Tris, don some mail, it’s time you tried out that sweet sword of yours.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Henry clipped the article, folded it into thirds, and mailed it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Since the unveiling of the bill, there had been phone calls and mail and huge editorials about invasion of privacy and people’s differing definitions of what a “threat” to society actually was. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I glanced down at the envelope I was about to mail. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He hoped someday to grow whole organs in the laboratory, filling massive vaults with lungs, livers, kidneys, and tissues he could ship through the mail for transplantation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Fie continued to provide Segre with metal scraps and even acceded to Segre’s request to irradiate a quantity of uranium oxide mailed from Italy so that he could continue searching for nuclear reactions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I guess I’m nosy, ’cause I look at all of the mail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Ordered a book in the mail to learn the game, Bridge for the Beginner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Not to mention, if I can’t get it written in time to make the mail tomorrow, it will put us yet another day later, shorting our chances to make the deadline. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The early-morning station at 125th Street had the first of the army of black workers headed downtown to sort mail, to carry bags, to push racks through the busy New York streets. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Just compare the two farms: As I discovered in that first phone call, Polyface is so outside the industrial food chain that Salatin won’t even sell his beef, chicken, or pork by mail. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I want the call to go right to voice mail—I need the call to go right to voice mail—but it doesn’t. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z When I arrived home, there was a postcard from Judy in the mail. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m behind on emails, but yes—I did get your voice mail. I’m sorry I didn’t reply right away. It’s been a hectic start of the school year.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They bombed his house and threatened his life by mail and telephone. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Every time I turned my e-mail program on, I faced hundreds of messages from kids, students, former students, parents, and teachers stacked in vast queues; it took hours just to download the mail. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have to go tomorrow anyhow. Let me mail them for you.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Marina also worked at answering her steady stream of fan mail. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You keep your wad for now. If you get the itch to do a little business, mail me something next couple of days. Okay?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured him in New York City, getting a job as a mail boy in a big company and working his way up to a management position after going to night classes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z How could he ride horseback in chain mail while his legs were bent and he had to use crutches? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In their hands were tall spears of ash, painted shields were slung at their backs, long swords were at their belts, their burnished shirts of mail hung down upon their knees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Bobby changed some of the wording of the protest before it was mailed, making it much stronger and less diplomatic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Until he could grow a Talent for making mail disappear, Zane decided he should probably work on a good lie to tell his parents when they actually did open the mail. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z One Wednesday—but what are Wednesdays to Frederick?—his mother comes in with the mail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I asked Lieutenant Carroll if he thought I could get a knife in the mail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth approached the front desk, wrote a brief note, and handed it to the desk clerk, who placed it in Johnson’s mail slot. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of spearmen attended them, clad in polished helms and shirts of silver mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before them marched the clansmen from the hills; chiefs and champions astride shaggy garrons, their hirsute fighters trotting beside them, clad in fins and boiled leather and old mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Went to voice mail,” he said after a few seconds. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Periodically, family stops by to say goodbye to our parents and deliver the packets of letters and bills they want mailed in the States. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “The box that you were going to mail the day we met.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z And now the lords Bran glimpsed were tall and hard, stern men in fur and chain mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z People sent sympathy cards, so the mail made me cry. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Boozer—Miss Alice Ann, not Miss Catherine—came in the store for some flour and sugar one day and told Papa she’d never got mail from as far away as New York City before. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Fred, her doofus bodyguard, was still there, going through her mail. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Since Thanksgiving, Lexie had checked the mail first thing when she came home, and at last, in mid-December, a fat envelope bearing the Yale logo in the corner finally landed in their mailbox. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but it’s your mom who censors his mail, right? Couldn’t I just drop a letter in the stack of already-censored mail?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At ten o’clock Lee, going out to mail a letter, found Cal sitting on the lowest step of the front porch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “He left a week ago. Like idiots we told him to mail us the key. The landlady is in Florida. We’ve been in the country at Francis’s the whole time.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He handed Mr. Levy a sheaf of mail. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We did not want word to spread through Chisamba Singles that our American friend was sending money in the mail. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Qybum was in attendance, and dour Walton in his mail shirt and greaves, plus a dozen Freys, all brothers, half brothers, and cousins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He transported the Confederate mail between the two states and sent south fresh Union newspapers that provided information valuable to the Confederacy. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Maxine drives up from New York, bringing Gogol the clothes he normally keeps at her house, his laptop, his mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The word from New York is to expect big wind and surf late tonight,” Mr. Johnson said when we stopped in at the post office so Miss Maggie could collect her mail. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Cinder's girlfriend—a gray-haired, lipsticked, cigarette-smoking mail woman named Miss Fran—would always come by his store to deliver letters and bills, always catching him in the middle of his jokester routines. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z After his first letter to his brother in over ten years was mailed Adam became impatient for an answer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I waded into the mountain of mail with both hands, tossing envelopes in all directions, until I came up with the bank statement. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Milkmen and mail carriers and shopkeepers and barmaids. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Petra heard her dad’s rumble and parts of what he said: “Sorry, honey...letter in the mail this week...you’ll see...be over before we know it.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Beckendorf s shroud was made out of metal links, like chain mail. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z By the beginning of August 1990, Chris's parents had heard nothing from their son since they’d received his grades in the mail, so they decided to drive down to Atlanta for a visit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their steel caps and shirts of mail must have been sweltering, yet they said no word of complaint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I wonder if those nurses picked up my mail by accident. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I turn away and listen to my voice mail. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I stopped writing and deleted all the emails from my sent mail folder. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Often the authorities would withhold mail out of spite. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “At that time, no bank would give us any money, but today they give you credit cards in the mail,” he said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When she had tried to talk to her father about it, he had just told her to give the mail to Tim and ignore it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It took me a while, but I eventually got my bachelor’s degree from a college that mails the coursework to inmates at my prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Marigold had the worst suspicion that she’d just mailed off her little brother to New Jersey. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Harry shuffled miserably off into the kitchen and by the time he got back, the mail had arrived, right into Uncle Vernon’s lap. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t think it was going to happen, but I finally get papers in the mail about joining the army. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that all the mail was checked and read by the Cuban censors, but how much longer would it take? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z As I was putting it in the out-of-town mail slot, I saw Bunny across the room, his back to me, scanning the row of numbered boxes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We hardly ever get mail delivered to the school.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “No, how could I? You know what mail has come.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z How all those letters were still sitting in my suitcase, never to be mailed. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z It rings and rings, and then it goes to her voice mail. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Maybe I could start a new summer notebook, and we could mail it around to each other—like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but different. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I want to arrange for a trip to the mainland to see a mail clerk named Wintergreen. Doctor Daneeka told me he could help.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mom wrote the necessary checks and mailed them off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She loves those things, and every night when we're eating dinner, she sits on our couch in the living room and watches one while opening mail and clipping coupons. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She got on the mail cart without me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But months later, I got the large package in the mail. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In 1951, I finished my trade school courses, and like clockwork, even though I wasn't a US citizen, my US Army draft notice arrived in the mail. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He unwound several folds of old cloth, and held up a small shirt of mail. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I set an alarm on my phone for noon so I could look through the mail as soon as it arrived. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z On the day I was trying to mail Hudson’s things back to him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z All he knew about her was what her brothers told him, and he simply mailed her a check once a month, faithful to the promise he had made to Jean de Satigny. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyell probably read the letter the next day, for the mail in England was quite efficient. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s already warned me about how sorry I’ll be if Wexford-Smythe University pulls out of here because they don’t like having fertilizer dumped in their mail slot. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There could be a mail thief on the loose! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’m going to tell you a secret none of those men knows. In a few years I’ll be going away. And when I do—those envelopes will be dropped in the mail anyway.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Evan never bothered to look at the mail, but Jessie was always entering contests and expecting to win, so she flipped through the letters right away. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Once Mia mailed her photographs, Pearl always knew, they would pack up the car again and the entire process would repeat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The letters came in the mail to his home and lay untouched on the vestibule table until he returned from school. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He said he had made the mail buggy wait while he made out the order. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Best of all, mail call brought me a letter from my parents. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z By denying herself all treats, she managed to mail close to the same amount she and Salvador had previously sent together. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Having no way to get word directly to anyone in Karhide, as mail would be read and telephone or radio listened to, I went for the first time to the Royal Embassy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Daddy never mailed the letter, even though he made Wendell believe he had. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I tell Max the mail doesn’t run on Sunday. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I listen to the radio, scour the Tribune, wait anxiously for the mail drop, and devour Dutchy’s letters when they come, scanning quickly for news—is he okay? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a light in the concierge's room and I knocked on the door and she gave me my mail. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Last the rear guard—more knights in plate and mail, with a screening of outriders following half-hidden to make certain no foe could steal up on them unawares. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All they really wanted now was a way of getting back at Malfoy, and to their great delight, just such a thing arrived in the mail about a week later. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Maybe they got lost in the mail, or he didn’t have my address correct until now. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She opens each piece of mail one by one and sorts them into piles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Put your letters on the counter. We’ll ask Daddy to mail them tomorrow.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Fat Tom's blade dropped from nerveless fingers as the wet red point burst out through his ribs, piercing leather and mail. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One of the 25 invitations that Lovelace mailed went to 20-year-old Mary Wallace Funk. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Once written, however, these letters were never mailed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One smote Frodo between the shoulders and he lurched forward with a cry, letting go his paddle: but the arrow fell back, foiled by his hidden coat of mail. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mama paid the driver of the mail cart, then took my hand in hers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “We got something really exciting in the mail today! My mother said I could bring it here for a bit to show you.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I opened my mail app and the email from Professor Thomas. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z So he begged his father for bread, received two hundred dollars by return mail, and, early one morning, he clambered joyfully aboard a Trailways bus bound for the capital. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just in case I don’t get a chance to mail it myself. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Malvonne looked at the clock on the mantel, figuring out how much time she had to talk to Joe and get her letters mailed before leaving for work. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to call her, but her phone goes right to voice mail too. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z As for sending a letter through the mails, it was out of the question. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He called Mama as soon as he and SJ hung up, but it went to voice mail. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If I was gone for only half a day, then I could still check the mail for a letter from Marcus when I got home. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Your boy Waters and I corresponded a bit, and in his last—” “Wait, you read your fan mail now?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Once we were in the apartment, Celia tried to call Mayor, but she only got his voice mail. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And, besides, the boy just bolted into the road, apparently excited to retrieve the mail. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There sat many men in bright mail, who sprang at once to their feet and barred the way with spears. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The phone rang so many times, Aimee was amazed her call hadn’t gone to voice mail yet. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z If from some stock-market adviser you received in the mail for six weeks in a row correct predictions on a certain stock index and were asked to pay for the seventh such prediction, would you? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The same mail who owned the hatchery for egg-layers where my father mainly worked also owned several processing plants for his roasters and fryers. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “What? No. I sent her in the mail,” I say. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The random painted wood dresser against the wall, overflowing with catalogs and junk mail. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The officers seized the unsold newspapers and arrested Woodhull and Claflin, charging them with sending obscenity through the mail. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The first time I check the mail, I get a shock. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Luther mailed what little money he could spare to Mother Harrison to buy a grave marker. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was something about knowing who the important little people were, the forgotten ones who don’t wear suits, the mail- room clerk, the secretaries, the custodial staffs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The coats of mail, the helmets, the lances, pikes, bows and arrows were being put in order, and the great two-handed sword hung on the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In August of 1982, activist Ruth First was opening her mail in Maputo, where she was living in exile, when she was murdered by a letter bomb. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The lord with the mailed fist on his surcoat raised his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Two to four weeks—if we’ve got it, we’ll send it over,” she’d promised, and Mrs. Richardson filled out her own address, attached a check for eighteen dollars, and dropped the envelope into the mail. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was taking mail anywhere from ten days to two weeks to make the journey these days! An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z And he kept out of sight behind the inkwell as he watched her open her mail box, which was about a quarter of an inch wide, and pull out her letters. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z At the apartment, Jule shoved the stack of mail upside down in a drawer and hid her wallet while Brooke wandered around. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Adam walked the two blocks to the City Hall, picked up Cal, crossed the street to the post office for his mail, and then the two walked home. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Think, Mo! It would have been somewhere remote, an unlikely place for any flower to grow. You took a cutting and mailed it to me just before you...just before your accident." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I’d expected a huge pile of mail, and a lot of phone messages and e-mails. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “It plays DVDs,” he said, “and if I had an e- mail account, I could check it on this, too.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He was lying there, propped up on pillows, reading his office mail. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The King's mail gleamed dully on a rack at the back. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama took me on the mail cart to see two of my grown-up sisters, who had taken jobs in the city. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Alice and Nellie had written to their mother repeatedly while in Holmes’s custody and had given the letters to Holmes with the expectation that he would mail them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It used to be the post office was where I went to send my mail, but once the Internet came alive, I wanted my mail digitized so I could e-mail it. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z It had been mailed in Barcelona, but the envelope was addressed in conventional blue ink by an official hand and it had the innocent and impersonal look of hostile messages. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Him,” she answered, pointing to the very tall, very thin man behind the mail counter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “My old trusty refractor. Just came in the mail today. This is what I used to do when I was your age, boys. I’d almost forgotten about it until I came down to your range.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the neighbors would feed us or a dollar bill would come in the mail from my grandmother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When Jim came for my trunk, he also brought my mail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As the office manager went to his desk to get the mail, there was a crash in the rear of the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I look around and catch sight of the papers from the cooking club last night, lying on the kitchen counter with a bunch of unopened mail. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There was a warning that honeybees had taken over the post office mail drop box, “so don’t open it unless you want to get stung.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z These points had been carefully plotted on maps by mail carriers, the workers who knew the city best. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t see anything that looked like a storage/mail receiving facility. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She gave them to my mother to keep, and each year on Jenna’s birthday, my mother sends her one of the packages in the mail. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z This did not lead anywhere, either—probably because Fabyan was still stealing her mail. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You know. With mail rates five bucks a letter to Earth, I don’t write much.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s been messin’ up people’s mail for thirty years now,” a man with a florid, hawk-nosed face said from a far booth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh god, the one who gets mad at what mail you deliver?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He says irie to the postman dropping off mail who asks the same thing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z This time, I waited until the voice mail picked up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Under black wool, boiled leather, and mail, sweat trickled icily down Ion's chest as he pressed the attack. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Firelight glittered off metal helms and spattered their mail and plate with orange and yellow highlights. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One minute she was sorting campus mail, the next minute she was out cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A few days after school started, a check for a thousand dollars arrived in the mail at our house. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The curved blade slipped past the straight one and bit deep into the knight's hip where the mail gaped open. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the day she got her first piece of junk mail, she told him, “Guess what? I got a letter today.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There was the disappearance of the name Gogol’s great-grandmother had chosen for him, lost in the mail somewhere between Calcutta and Cambridge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know because that time she went to visit her cousin in Oklahoma—remember that, Ruthanne, when her cousin had the shingles? Velma T. had me pick up her mail for her.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Her mother had typed up an explanation of Bengali wedding rituals on the computer and mailed it to all the Americans on the guest list. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He gave me tests and kept sending reports home to Grandma, which she called junk mail and threw in the trash. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I handed Grandma my letter to mail the next day, it hit me: she was around when Marcus was arrested, and when he had his trial. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The first advertisement was mailed from New York a week after the theft, the second from Florence a week after that, and the third from Amsterdam. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z If Kramer tells his landlord he’s presently sending his rent, does that mean . . . uh . . . the check is in the mail, or the check really is in the mail? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first man through was the lord with the mailed fist on his surcoat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When my parents asked me to mail something, I always took Sam with me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the pile of mail, and as she flipped through it, her shoulders slowly returned to their normal position. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They sprang up as the travellers approached, and Frodo saw that they were tall and clad in grey mail, and from their shoulders hung long white cloaks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Our front door has a tiny slot to shove mail through, but anything thicker than a bar of soap gets left outside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Its black tongue flicked this way, that way, and its mailed head with its gold-rimmed black eyes moved from Lyra to Will and back again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The last, to historicize, I sealed in an envelope and mailed to myself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was always the possibility that mail with a Northern postmark might contain Abolitionist propaganda, and when it was addressed to a free Negro, it was almost certain to contain objectionable material. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The postmistress finishes sorting the mail and brings me a glass of water. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. How was your mail when I was gone? You heard from Loretta?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We’ve been receiving so much mail from people all across the country, and we have no idea what to do with it all; the donations for our college fund are amazing and quite touching. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Not to mention the cost to mail these bills done gone up to a nickel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I call Tiny after school, but I get his voice mail, so I send him a text: "The Original Will Grayson requests the pleasure of a phone call whenever possible." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Instead she tossed Captain Underpants on a pile of mail on the counter and walked off down the hall. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Chiggen's sword raked across the naked face of a mailed rider, and Bronn plunged through the clansmen like a whirlwind, cutting down foes right and left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He can mail them from there; the mail is faster from aerial housing. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The next day Papa went to town to mail his letter to Sarah. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Mama said that since it wasn’t written on, Francie could save it for next year and mail it to someone. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A cook was at work in the kitchen, where the breakfast table was piled with junk mail, pill bottles, and tissue packets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I sped into the living room where Big Ma sat, going through the mail. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I emailed you about this but I don’t know if you got it. I also left a voice mail.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Early in the second week of January, each member of Team Kyle received a thick envelope in the mail. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Oh. But... can you at least tell me if she received it? I mailed it just before the deadline and—” “One moment please.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Booth, pretending not to hear, stares down at his mail as if he is studying the return addresses. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He spied longswords, dirks and daggers, a brace of throwing axes, mail beneath their cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And I know that the censors had reported on my mail. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z People always coming and asking for mail at the wrong time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z When she received pictures of the most recent fashions in the mail, they only proved that she had not been wrong about the models that she designed herself and sewed on Amaranta’s primitive pedal machine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Of these, two pick up and deposit mail—an operation that, as the person in charge of it fervently explains, has its tricky side. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The Quaker agent in Cambridge, knowing, as all such people did, that he was watched constantly, and that his mail might be censored, sent a message to William Still in Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine what it was like for him to mail out these tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z If Mr. Butler had been riding Old Flapjack, he’d still be delivering mail. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z 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 I don’t even hear my phone buzzing until it pings with a voice mail. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Even Davos wore mail, though he could not have said why; his shoulders and lower back ached from the unaccustomed weight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I had not known him terribly well, but he knew us, because he had been responsible for reviewing our incoming and outgoing mail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They made a grim display in their ring- mail, iron halfhelms, and black cloaks, with tall spears in their hands and swords and daggers on their belts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Someone’s going to have to come pick up the mail until the fifth. The new man should be up and running by then.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When she went to bring in the mail, though, and found the mailbox full of lilacs, her heart flooded. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I give the letter to my grandfather to mail because I don’t really want Mami to know I’m writing to a boy, even if he is my cousin. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Two years ago, we got a special package in the mail. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I got the jacket in the last mail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph retook the driver’s test by himself in June; and every day after that, as soon he came home from work, he’d rifle through the family mail, hoping. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Catelyn had ordered garments sewn to her measure, handsome gowns to suit her birth and sex, yet still she preferred to dress in oddments of mail and boiled leather, a swordbelt cinched around her waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It might take me a while to raise it up, but I’ll mail it soon as I do.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The men stood in their mail and fur and boiled leather, as still as if they were made of stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then they were filed, collected and placed in envelopes and mailed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She is unable to stem the tide of junk mail that will continue to arrive for years, addressed to her dead husband. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She’d just set a plate of pancakes in the middle of the table when Mrs. Baylor came back into the house with a stack of mail. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There was a mail slot by the elevator. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Then he enriched it with terms of singular aggressiveness, put it in an envelope, and mailed it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They were a retired couple whose adventures outdoors generally consisted of a daily slipper-clad shuffle to pick up the mail and newspaper. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Summer and early fall brought more terror, more death threats, more hate mail and midnight phone calls—and frustration. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Mr. van Daan is combing all the drawers and files for today’s mail. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When I got home, I found Mother in the kitchen, going through the mail. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t even opened the envelope with my schedule in it, which had come in the mail two weeks before. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I only need enough for a week or so. But I need to borrow a sleeping skin and ground cloth. I’ll mail them back when I get where I’m going. “They’re a wedding present.’’ Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, I take Mother her mail, Good Housekeeping magazine, church newsletters, DAR updates. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Medieval chain mail hung next to ornate layered samurai outfits and richly inlaid steel-plate suits. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He was Jewish, but he was still allowed to run the mail, as long as he showed up in the ghetto afterward. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then she signed up for a subscription program where we got books in the mail. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I give him his mail, and he even stinks like sweat. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t he also cut his ear off and mail it to a lady?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And'it was across the Tumblestone that they came home now, though the boy wore plate and mail in place of swaddling clothes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I said, “I did not expect them to be. You may mail the bill to us.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The news of these deaths never gets lost in the mail as other letters do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had quit my Aunt Mary’s by then and was working for the McCoy Publishing Company, a mail order business that supplied emblems, aprons, and books to the Masonic Order. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones left me voice mails that I never picked up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The gaoler was a scarecrow of a man with a rat's face and frayed beard, clad in a mail shirt and a leather half cape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Fabyan was reading their mail before they did, and he destroyed any letters he didn’t want them to see. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “She was gone mail it but I told her I just carry it to you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I’m writing this in my notebook, but I am going to mail it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Their garrons they left behind, along with their helms, mail, and Ghost. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few days later, when Deborah got out of the hospital, she left me a voice mail. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z "You would call me ugly, youi" He started to raise the bloody sword still clutched in his mailed fist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Around noon, he walked over to nearby Ford’s Theatre, a block from Pennsylvania Avenue, to pick up his mail: Ford’s customarily accepted personal mail as a courtesy to actors. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z About a month after I had mailed the application form to Princeton University, a reply came. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, after applying a special-delivery stamp I’d found in Bobby’s top drawer, I took the letter down to the main mail drop in the lobby. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It was around nine in the morning, right before she was going to go out and deliver the day’s mail. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You are the racket. What in the world are you wearing? Chain mail?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the door and he handed the mail to me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I could always tell Martin's letters from the rest of the mail. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She’d only had to say how the hate mail she was receiving made her want to go blow something up to prove to people how necessary the bill was to catch Tim’s attention. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail,” he famously said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez opened his desk and gave Mr. Levy the mail. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment he looked even younger than his fifteen years, despite his mail and sword and the stubble on his cheeks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Red wanted to be sure that she got the wedding gift she wanted most—a diamond watch—so he mailed her what little money he had so she could pick it out herself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So he was going to pass this off as my fury over his taking my mail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Daario brought them forward, she saw that one of them was a woman, big and blond and all in mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A few months into his trip, when he collected his mail at a port of call in Rio de Janeiro, he read a letter from his sister Catherine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, the judge has already denied your motion. You must not have gotten your copy of his order. He's down in Mobile now, so sometimes there are mail issues." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Off to one side, a wire mail holder, filled with bills. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Will you mail this for me when you go out?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all hanging around the house, waiting for the rain to quit, when the mail arrived. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I got Mr. Browne’s address from his teacher page on the Beecher Prep website, and dropped it in the mail that same day. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z While sorting mail in the post office, I met a young Irish chap whose sensibilities amazed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide I’ll go and have a look at the gallery, which I have never seen because all of this has been arranged by phone and mail. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stinson drove the postal RFD wagon that delivered the mail, so he knew and talked to everybody in the entire town, regardless of their race. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z That was the day Rufus and Nigel took the wagon into town to mail my letter and take care of some business of their own. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It had arrived in the mail wrapped in heavy paper, with twine knotted around it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mendel himself requested forty reprints, which he mailed, heavily annotated, to many scientists. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If Gold got two tickets to a sporting event in the mail, with nothing else in the envelope, he was to take note of the date on the tickets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sophie holds open the mail slot, and we insert our makeshift spout. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Besides, the mails kept them in touch and the train let him send them anything he felt like sending. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the difference between playing chess by mail and speed chess.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Above the mail was a short surcoat of black, but broidered on the breast in silver with the token of the Tree. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As we left, I turned back in time to see him shovel my letter into a mail sack, his hand wrapped in newsprint. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Now, they did not return his calls and their mobile phones went directly to voice mail. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A small girl, too young to be out past eleven, came out of a hallway and peered around a mail collection box. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought he had something important to say, but he had the mail, which was pretty important. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Zamborska mailed the announcement and the photo, and they were waiting at The Lovely Condominium when he returned from the cruise of the Caribbean. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the third voice mail, Papa had simply said, “It’s okay, beti. Just phone us.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He was bent over a table, working on some kind of long metal patchwork—like a swath of chain mail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The gypsies sailed along that route for six months before they reached the strip of land over which the mules that carried the mail passed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He continues to receive his mail there, in a nameless metal box. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d started digging through the mail when someone came up from behind and startled the frijoles out of me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Speaking-engagement requests came in—twenty-two of them in one particular Monday morning’s mail. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't return her calls or even listen to her voice mails. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When I get home, I leave the mail on the table like I always do. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Any mail, Mama?” asked Francie as usual when she got home from work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To speed up the “fan relations” process, Regina had Bobby’s photograph placed in an inexpensive greeting card on which was printed his signature, and she’d mail that out to the various requesters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some of the living swam; some of the dead floated; the ones in heavy mail . and plate sank to the bottom, the quick and the dead alike. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He wore a dark green surcoat over his mail. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z |
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